19/ Forgetting this #petitioning provision of our #FirstAmendment rights at the federal level is eroding democracy-between-elections in cities. Here in #SanFrancisco a tower of apartments planned for the west side will naturally disrupt nearby merchants. But ... sfstandard.com/2026/09/05/w...

16/ Back to my theme: I recently was asked to join with some quality signatories in #petitioning one of the major U.S. agencies, like the #HHS or #CDC or #SEC. I didn't give it much thought, *until it was time to sign* at which point I paused to carefully read the petition for thoroughness...

15/ I worked on that piece for the last 17 years. People think you slapped something together when you don't get a book deal or get greenlit to write it as a freelance article. But I had to synthesize #privacy with #petitioning and an explanation of U.S. #bureaucracy so it went into my newsletter.