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Elon Musk, 2022
Elon Musk, 2022
Would welcome your thoughts (and humanity), Bluesky:
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Would welcome your thoughts (and humanity), Bluesky:
@marketplace.org Great report on the Athletics, who, to be clear, play in *West* Sacramento, and not in the state capital.
July 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@marketplace.org Great report on the Athletics, who, to be clear, play in *West* Sacramento, and not in the state capital.
Amazing work by @nytimes.com this weekend--a recount of Paul Revere's ride, the then-and-now neighborhoods along the way, and those who say "the past bravery of Revere...and others had inspired them to join" a demonstration 250 years later (that would be 2025):
Riding Paul Revere’s Route 250 Years Later, Here’s What We Saw
We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Amazing work by @nytimes.com this weekend--a recount of Paul Revere's ride, the then-and-now neighborhoods along the way, and those who say "the past bravery of Revere...and others had inspired them to join" a demonstration 250 years later (that would be 2025):
News you can, and should, use:
Not sure of the paywall status with this but really enjoyed this piece in The New Yorker, assembling a practical guide to remaining fully American, even under Trump, w interviews from global dissident movements. Good stuff. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
News you can, and should, use:
This @washingtonpost.com headline implies Musk has uncovered ‘waste,’ but the article, while echoing the headline, doesn’t point to any such discovery.
Column | Some Republicans act as if Musk is the first to uncover waste. He isn’t.
Outside groups from across the ideological spectrum have spent decades documenting questionable government spending.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This @washingtonpost.com headline implies Musk has uncovered ‘waste,’ but the article, while echoing the headline, doesn’t point to any such discovery.
As was said in the movie ‘The Town,’ now that’s how you drive a $&@#%+* car!
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
As was said in the movie ‘The Town,’ now that’s how you drive a $&@#%+* car!
So when Biden gets his facts wrong, he’s unsuited for the presidency—but when Trump does the same, it means the person correcting him is undiplomatic? Piece this together, @washingtonpost.com—it’s not that hard.
The Trump-Zelensky blowup, broken down by body-language analysts
The decision not to use an interpreter, the power imbalance, Trump’s misstatements and Zelensky’s “warrior energy” helped fuel the unusual public flap.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So when Biden gets his facts wrong, he’s unsuited for the presidency—but when Trump does the same, it means the person correcting him is undiplomatic? Piece this together, @washingtonpost.com—it’s not that hard.
Do @washingtonpost.com's new op/ed rules break new ground? No and yes, Adam Penenberg tells @cnbc.com:
Musk praises Bezos' new rules for Washington Post opinion pages as top editor resigns
Jeff Bezos said that Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley decided to resign rather than lead the opinion section under the new policy.
www.cnbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Do @washingtonpost.com's new op/ed rules break new ground? No and yes, Adam Penenberg tells @cnbc.com:
Hoping Justice Alito sees this...
Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down U.S. flag on El Capitan as a distress signal www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hoping Justice Alito sees this...
Can AI target where to cut federal spending? Yes, but the answer may be incorrect. @merbroussard.bsky.social explains, via @axios.com:
Experts: DOGE's AI-first strategy courts disaster
Elon Musk's team wants to streamline government through AI, but the risks are piling up.
www.axios.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Can AI target where to cut federal spending? Yes, but the answer may be incorrect. @merbroussard.bsky.social explains, via @axios.com:
A reminder of the larger mission of higher ed--happy to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social embracing it: "Approaching the three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Campanile will play the Ukrainian national anthem Feb. 24." Thanks Daily Cal for the 2025 coverage. Video from 2024.
Ukrainian national anthem rings out at Cal campus — song of solidarity
YouTube video by KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A reminder of the larger mission of higher ed--happy to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social embracing it: "Approaching the three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Campanile will play the Ukrainian national anthem Feb. 24." Thanks Daily Cal for the 2025 coverage. Video from 2024.
Sometimes the simplest lessons are the hardest to follow--but that's no excuse, especially today:
“The goal of Trump--like all autocrats and dictators--is to make you feel that “resistance is futile,” but history shows that people standing up to that leader has inspired others to do the same.”
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat: It's time to take our country back from Trump/Musk—and here is how.
Resistance is not futile!
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sometimes the simplest lessons are the hardest to follow--but that's no excuse, especially today:
@gtconway.bsky.social: perhaps of interest...
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, long known for his accurate predictions of world events, recounts in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social how "Hitler (effectively) sought legislative authorization for his dictatorial rule" through #TheEnablingAct:
America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test
As echoes of 1933 grow louder, will Congress act or must the American people shut the country down?
www.salon.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@gtconway.bsky.social: perhaps of interest...
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, long known for his accurate predictions of world events, recounts in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social how "Hitler (effectively) sought legislative authorization for his dictatorial rule" through #TheEnablingAct:
America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test
As echoes of 1933 grow louder, will Congress act or must the American people shut the country down?
www.salon.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, long known for his accurate predictions of world events, recounts in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social how "Hitler (effectively) sought legislative authorization for his dictatorial rule" through #TheEnablingAct:
More @nytimes.com failing: Vance meets w/ the head of Germany's neo-Nazi party then goes to Dachau to cover his tracks, w/ the Times dutifully running the KZ photo op. Are you naive or is this the outcome you want? Note: Vance is standing in front of the word 'never,' leaving only 'again/wieder':
Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.
The vice president’s speech in Munich, expressing support for far-right, anti-immigration parties and criticizing suppression of conservative voices, was a global extension of his core political theme...
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
More @nytimes.com failing: Vance meets w/ the head of Germany's neo-Nazi party then goes to Dachau to cover his tracks, w/ the Times dutifully running the KZ photo op. Are you naive or is this the outcome you want? Note: Vance is standing in front of the word 'never,' leaving only 'again/wieder':
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You can find a list of refugee resettlement orgs and other allied groups here: rcusa.org/members/
Many of them are faith-based organizations, but not all.
Many of them are faith-based organizations, but not all.
January 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You can find a list of refugee resettlement orgs and other allied groups here: rcusa.org/members/
Many of them are faith-based organizations, but not all.
Many of them are faith-based organizations, but not all.
Happy to see principle and teachable moments are not dead...yet: 'It's almost like (Trump) was trying to say it didn't happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren't pardonable. I don't want the pardon.'
“I was treated like a celebrity for having stormed the Capitol building. Not just from the inmates, but from the staff as well. The first thing a correctional officer said to me when I reported in the booking was, 'Let's go, Brandon.'“
Keene man arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 rejects Trump’s pardon
On his first day in office this week, President Donald Trump pardoned all rioters at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jason Riddle served time in jail for his participation in the 2021 riot.
www.nhpr.org
January 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy to see principle and teachable moments are not dead...yet: 'It's almost like (Trump) was trying to say it didn't happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren't pardonable. I don't want the pardon.'
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I’m reading my story about the vibe in the grocery store after the Sandy Hook School shooting. On Jan 26 @writersread.bsky.social hosts 14 writers at City Winery NYC and gives us 650 words to tell our true story 🎙️ writersread.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m reading my story about the vibe in the grocery store after the Sandy Hook School shooting. On Jan 26 @writersread.bsky.social hosts 14 writers at City Winery NYC and gives us 650 words to tell our true story 🎙️ writersread.org
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The L.A. fires have destroyed at least 11 schools and 30 child care facilities. Here’s how organizations like Project:Camp are working to bring a sense of normalcy to kids’ lives through free pop-up camps. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Free camps are offering a safe space for kids as L.A. fires cause child-care upheaval
Free child care is bringing a sense of safety and normalcy to kids impacted by the L.A. fires, especially for those whose schools burned down.
www.latimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Hanan Shaheen, the mother of slain 6-year-old Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi — who was fatally stabbed in an October 2023 attack that drew hate-crime charges — met President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House as he wrapped up the final days of his presidency.
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hanan Shaheen, the mother of slain 6-year-old Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi — who was fatally stabbed in an October 2023 attack that drew hate-crime charges — met President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House as he wrapped up the final days of his presidency.
If memory serves, this is *not* how the Biden administration communicated w red state governors in the midst of their many natural disasters the past 4 years…
California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, will soon navigate the politics of federal disaster relief and a rebuilding project with Donald Trump. The president-elect has heckled Newsom with personal insults and has never been shy about using natural disasters as political weapons.
As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface
California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If memory serves, this is *not* how the Biden administration communicated w red state governors in the midst of their many natural disasters the past 4 years…
Prompting an enthusiastic membership renewal…
After some Costco shareholders asked the company to end its DEI policies, this was their response: “Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary."
This explains why Costco is an industry leader!
This explains why Costco is an industry leader!
December 27, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Prompting an enthusiastic membership renewal…
Top this, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social: Can a woman ever be elected president? We turn *first* to GOP Senator Lindsey Graham for his take…
Will the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President?
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Top this, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social: Can a woman ever be elected president? We turn *first* to GOP Senator Lindsey Graham for his take…
'Reports' that alleged killer was a 'Middle Eastern migrant' are false--in fact, appears to be backer of the party Elon Musk supports. Via @thetimesofisrael.bsky.social:
Report: German Xmas market attacker is Saudi anti-Islamist who shared pro-Israel content
Regional premier says suspect is doctor, 50, who lived in Germany since 2006, showed support for far-right AfD; Washington Post says man believed to have been under influence of drugs
www.timesofisrael.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:11 PM
'Reports' that alleged killer was a 'Middle Eastern migrant' are false--in fact, appears to be backer of the party Elon Musk supports. Via @thetimesofisrael.bsky.social:
Because @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social always hits the right notes, especially in times of tragedy. From 12/15/12. #SandyHook
Cold Opening: Silent Night - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Because @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social always hits the right notes, especially in times of tragedy. From 12/15/12. #SandyHook