Aaron Priven
@aaronpriven.bsky.social
For now you might want to look at @aaronpriven.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy
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February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We’re hiring! Transform seeks a collaborative and detail-oriented individual who has experience engaging across diverse communities to join our Programs Team.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again
"We can't fix the Dems, we need a new viable third party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix Earth's environment, let's colonize Mars"
In that however hard the first one might be - maybe very! - the second one is orders of magnitude harder
"We can't fix the Dems, we need a new viable third party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix Earth's environment, let's colonize Mars"
In that however hard the first one might be - maybe very! - the second one is orders of magnitude harder
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again
"We can't fix the Dems, we need a new viable third party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix Earth's environment, let's colonize Mars"
In that however hard the first one might be - maybe very! - the second one is orders of magnitude harder
"We can't fix the Dems, we need a new viable third party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix Earth's environment, let's colonize Mars"
In that however hard the first one might be - maybe very! - the second one is orders of magnitude harder
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so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.
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Don’t want to brave the crowds at the new Tokyo Central in Emeryville?
Head to El Cerrito to shop at my favorite Japanese grocery store, Yaoya-San.
It has an amazing selection of groceries, produce, fresh fish, and sushi, and no crowds or long lines.
Great @berkeleyside.org article about them:
Head to El Cerrito to shop at my favorite Japanese grocery store, Yaoya-San.
It has an amazing selection of groceries, produce, fresh fish, and sushi, and no crowds or long lines.
Great @berkeleyside.org article about them:
This El Cerrito mom-and-pop Japanese grocery store is not only thriving, it recently doubled in size
For 21 years, Yaoya-san in El Cerrito has built a following for its well-stocked Japanese kitchen staples. In October, the market expanded its square footage two-fold.
www.berkeleyside.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Don’t want to brave the crowds at the new Tokyo Central in Emeryville?
Head to El Cerrito to shop at my favorite Japanese grocery store, Yaoya-San.
It has an amazing selection of groceries, produce, fresh fish, and sushi, and no crowds or long lines.
Great @berkeleyside.org article about them:
Head to El Cerrito to shop at my favorite Japanese grocery store, Yaoya-San.
It has an amazing selection of groceries, produce, fresh fish, and sushi, and no crowds or long lines.
Great @berkeleyside.org article about them:
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It’s terrible that every judge instantly sounds like an Aaron Sorkin character me but it’s exactly what the moment demands. When they talk like Scorsese characters they’re in deep shit.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
It’s terrible that every judge instantly sounds like an Aaron Sorkin character me but it’s exactly what the moment demands. When they talk like Scorsese characters they’re in deep shit.
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Someone needs to write a romcom meet cute about two divorced Twin Cities parents circling each other around, each thinking the other is ICE, only to wind up in a fender bender.
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Someone needs to write a romcom meet cute about two divorced Twin Cities parents circling each other around, each thinking the other is ICE, only to wind up in a fender bender.
I think the Poker Creek border crossing needs to be open 24/7 immediately and the U.S. should send a very large number of CBP employees to staff it
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I think the Poker Creek border crossing needs to be open 24/7 immediately and the U.S. should send a very large number of CBP employees to staff it
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The funny thing is that it’s widely viewed that the reason Rome was so much more successful than, say, Sparta was that it developed a concept of “citizenship” that was much more expensive and capable of integrating more groups and peoples
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
February 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The funny thing is that it’s widely viewed that the reason Rome was so much more successful than, say, Sparta was that it developed a concept of “citizenship” that was much more expensive and capable of integrating more groups and peoples
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The guiding principle of Minneapolis rapid response has been to assume all channels are infiltrated and allow participants to engage in accordance with their own risk appetite. This principle is extremely effective because the risk is low and many of us joined. We overwhelmed them with numbers.
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The guiding principle of Minneapolis rapid response has been to assume all channels are infiltrated and allow participants to engage in accordance with their own risk appetite. This principle is extremely effective because the risk is low and many of us joined. We overwhelmed them with numbers.
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my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Ps: a common refrain that you'll hear is that "you're saying the Dems can't be at fault, it's the voters, as if the voters owe something to politicians and not the other way around!"
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Canadian Social History
The Art of the Book in the Computer Age
Quality of Urban Life
Advocacy in Public Administration
Early California Cultures
Canadian Social History
The Art of the Book in the Computer Age
Quality of Urban Life
Advocacy in Public Administration
Early California Cultures
Tell me five classes you took in college:
History & Literature of the Old Testament
Stellar Structures & Evolution
Russian History I (up the the Romanovs)
Queer Literature
Linear Algebra
History & Literature of the Old Testament
Stellar Structures & Evolution
Russian History I (up the the Romanovs)
Queer Literature
Linear Algebra
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Canadian Social History
The Art of the Book in the Computer Age
Quality of Urban Life
Advocacy in Public Administration
Early California Cultures
Canadian Social History
The Art of the Book in the Computer Age
Quality of Urban Life
Advocacy in Public Administration
Early California Cultures
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And he kept going out there. A hero.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
And he kept going out there. A hero.
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DOWN WITH THE TRAITORS AND UP WITH THE STAR
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 AM
DOWN WITH THE TRAITORS AND UP WITH THE STAR
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One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.
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“Tyranny is execution followed by a press release”
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
“Tyranny is execution followed by a press release”
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Not even a little surprised that the same "2nd Amendment" people who have for years been telling us "gun violence is the price of freedom" now use "he was armed" as a justification for summary execution
We should never again listen to the idiots who thought these people were acting in good faith
We should never again listen to the idiots who thought these people were acting in good faith
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Not even a little surprised that the same "2nd Amendment" people who have for years been telling us "gun violence is the price of freedom" now use "he was armed" as a justification for summary execution
We should never again listen to the idiots who thought these people were acting in good faith
We should never again listen to the idiots who thought these people were acting in good faith
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You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
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Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
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I have no way to know the immigration status of anyone I meet in California. But just in percentages alone I’m sure that every day I rely on someone “illegal” - someone doing a hard job well. And similarly I see families taking care of their children. They deserve security and certainty not terror.
January 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I have no way to know the immigration status of anyone I meet in California. But just in percentages alone I’m sure that every day I rely on someone “illegal” - someone doing a hard job well. And similarly I see families taking care of their children. They deserve security and certainty not terror.
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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ice core data for how fucked everything has been is that in Trump 1 "Trump has hired warmonger Jon Bolton!" was like a five alarm fire and now in Trump 2 it's "John Bolton is one of the few republicans willing to decry Trump's warmongering"
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
ice core data for how fucked everything has been is that in Trump 1 "Trump has hired warmonger Jon Bolton!" was like a five alarm fire and now in Trump 2 it's "John Bolton is one of the few republicans willing to decry Trump's warmongering"
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Meet Letty Hernandez, our Graphic Arts Computer Typesetter, Lead Person. She joined AC Transit in 1992 and has been part of the Print Shop team since 1995.
Thank you, Letty, for 34 years of dedicated service!
Thank you, Letty, for 34 years of dedicated service!
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Meet Letty Hernandez, our Graphic Arts Computer Typesetter, Lead Person. She joined AC Transit in 1992 and has been part of the Print Shop team since 1995.
Thank you, Letty, for 34 years of dedicated service!
Thank you, Letty, for 34 years of dedicated service!
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the thing is that AI is very good at confident bullshit, which becomes more a part of your job toward the top of the ladder
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
the thing is that AI is very good at confident bullshit, which becomes more a part of your job toward the top of the ladder
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When Trump dies we get Vance. Thiel’s pet.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When Trump dies we get Vance. Thiel’s pet.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.