PatsE
@pkayecreative.bsky.social
Patricia K. Eagan (she/they) writer, editor, & creative consultant 🪴 @oaklandartmurmur board of directors 🎨 born and raised on Ohlone-Huichin territory 🌳 #pkayecreative #equity #sustainability #thearts 🩷💛💙🧜🏻 COMING SOON: artistmutualaid.org
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@pkayecreative.bsky.social
· Oct 6
My fave assignment for #OaklandMagazine was writing a piece on Oakland’s 7th Street history as simulated by #Cal architecture & journalism students.
Rereading now while writing a #creativenonfiction book.
Have you played this game? If so, LMK:
projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/7thstreet-ar...
🎶🎷🌳
Rereading now while writing a #creativenonfiction book.
Have you played this game? If so, LMK:
projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/7thstreet-ar...
🎶🎷🌳
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Based on our research (although this not mentioned cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...) and featuring data workers you should follow here including @kristap.bsky.social & @brookh.bsky.social!!
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Based on our research (although this not mentioned cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...) and featuring data workers you should follow here including @kristap.bsky.social & @brookh.bsky.social!!
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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Not all sweet potatoes are sweet, and exactly zero of them are potatoes. But everyone should love them, @katherinejwu.com wrote in 2022.
Thanksgiving’s Most Underrated Food
All hail the sweet potato.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not all sweet potatoes are sweet, and exactly zero of them are potatoes. But everyone should love them, @katherinejwu.com wrote in 2022.
Winter #EastBayOpenStudios presents a perfect time to shop for the holiday season. Added bonus: You support local artists with your wallets! Check out the Gift Guide, and we’ll see you the first two weekends in December 🎁
Artist: Mittie Quentara
www.eastbayopenstudios.com/gift-guide
Artist: Mittie Quentara
www.eastbayopenstudios.com/gift-guide
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Winter #EastBayOpenStudios presents a perfect time to shop for the holiday season. Added bonus: You support local artists with your wallets! Check out the Gift Guide, and we’ll see you the first two weekends in December 🎁
Artist: Mittie Quentara
www.eastbayopenstudios.com/gift-guide
Artist: Mittie Quentara
www.eastbayopenstudios.com/gift-guide
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Thomas D. Peacock’s THE WOLF’S TRAIL is “a story of zaagi’idiwin, the story of love—the love of the wolves for each other and their family, the Anishinaabe people.” —Marcie Rendon
Read a book from Holy Cow! Press this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.holycowpress.org/product/the-...
Read a book from Holy Cow! Press this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.holycowpress.org/product/the-...
The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves, novel by Thomas D. Peacock | Holy Cow! Press
The Wolf’s Trail tells of Zhi-shay’, an elder wolf, and a litter of young wolves living somewhere on the side of a hill overlooking the river that flows through Nagahchiwanong in northern Minnesota.…
www.holycowpress.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thomas D. Peacock’s THE WOLF’S TRAIL is “a story of zaagi’idiwin, the story of love—the love of the wolves for each other and their family, the Anishinaabe people.” —Marcie Rendon
Read a book from Holy Cow! Press this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.holycowpress.org/product/the-...
Read a book from Holy Cow! Press this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.holycowpress.org/product/the-...
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This story alone may have completely justified my annual subscription
Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. Jamie Thompson spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town. theatln.tc/EpGemzk9
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This story alone may have completely justified my annual subscription
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Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...
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🚨 Urgent: Two Beloved Dogs Need New Homes 💚
Neighbors, we received heartbreaking news — a friend of one of our neighbors has recently passed away, and their two sweet dogs are now in need of loving homes. 💔🐾
Learn more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRVktrnksS...
Neighbors, we received heartbreaking news — a friend of one of our neighbors has recently passed away, and their two sweet dogs are now in need of loving homes. 💔🐾
Learn more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRVktrnksS...
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🚨 Urgent: Two Beloved Dogs Need New Homes 💚
Neighbors, we received heartbreaking news — a friend of one of our neighbors has recently passed away, and their two sweet dogs are now in need of loving homes. 💔🐾
Learn more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRVktrnksS...
Neighbors, we received heartbreaking news — a friend of one of our neighbors has recently passed away, and their two sweet dogs are now in need of loving homes. 💔🐾
Learn more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRVktrnksS...
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hang this one in the Louvre
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hang this one in the Louvre
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EFF sued the DOJ and DHS to get their communications demanding that tech companies remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
www.eff.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
EFF sued the DOJ and DHS to get their communications demanding that tech companies remove apps tracking immigration activity www.eff.org/press/relea...
“So where does the fight go from here? Hahrie Han, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a 2025 MacArthur fellow, warned that organizing thus far has mostly engaged like-minded people. The next step must include organizing in places where people may not agree….”
A groundswell of activism takes hold in the US: ‘We are a bridge to the future’
Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“So where does the fight go from here? Hahrie Han, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a 2025 MacArthur fellow, warned that organizing thus far has mostly engaged like-minded people. The next step must include organizing in places where people may not agree….”
Calling all #EastBay #artists: $150K art installation opportunity for the @cityofberkley.bsky.social. Build habitats for birds, bees, and insects! 🐞 Submit by 1/12/26 🐛 Details ⬇️ berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Calling all #EastBay #artists: $150K art installation opportunity for the @cityofberkley.bsky.social. Build habitats for birds, bees, and insects! 🐞 Submit by 1/12/26 🐛 Details ⬇️ berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Mt.Shasta,California starting to put its winter coat on. Today on a flight from Oakland to Portland. #Photography #Nature #California 📷
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Mt.Shasta,California starting to put its winter coat on. Today on a flight from Oakland to Portland. #Photography #Nature #California 📷
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What a Baller!
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What a Baller!
“The Oaklandside has collected written submissions, videos, and photos, in addition to newspaper archives from Beam’s 45-year career, almost all of which was dedicated to serving Oakland youth.”
A former Pittsburgh Steelers player, Skyline alumni, Laney football players, the Oakland Fire Department Chief, and others tell us what Coach Beam meant to them.
The legacy of John Beam through the lives he touched
A former Pittsburgh Steelers player, Skyline alumni, Laney football players, the Oakland Fire Department Chief, and others tell us what Coach Beam meant to them.
oaklandside.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The Oaklandside has collected written submissions, videos, and photos, in addition to newspaper archives from Beam’s 45-year career, almost all of which was dedicated to serving Oakland youth.”
Gifted good news from Bay Nature magazine, re: salmon spawn-a-thon
With Dams Removed, Spawning Salmon Are Heading Up Alameda Creek -
These chinooks are likely hatchery strays. But they are still an ecosystem boon—and flaming-bright symbols of restoration at work.
baynature.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Gifted good news from Bay Nature magazine, re: salmon spawn-a-thon
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Bay area native and Grammy-nominated artist whose comments on the Israel-Gaza war stirred controversy tapped for Super Bowl week concert outside San Jose City Hall trib.al/5ntzipP
Bay area native and Grammy-nominated artist whose comments on the Israel-Gaza war stirred controversy tapped for Super Bowl week concert outside San Jose City Hall
San Jose has announced that Kehlani, an Oakland-native and Grammy-nominated R&B artist, will headline a block party outside City Hall on Feb. 6.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bay area native and Grammy-nominated artist whose comments on the Israel-Gaza war stirred controversy tapped for Super Bowl week concert outside San Jose City Hall trib.al/5ntzipP
Pick me up this painting for m’birthday at #EastBayOpenStudios, Winter edition, this December!
“She wears silver” (2025)
Jillian Shea
“She wears silver” (2025)
Jillian Shea
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pick me up this painting for m’birthday at #EastBayOpenStudios, Winter edition, this December!
“She wears silver” (2025)
Jillian Shea
“She wears silver” (2025)
Jillian Shea
[Emerald green] is a kind of copper acetate arsenite salt, a paint first brought to artists from the chemical discoveries of the Second Industrial Revolution. The paint is deceptive, though; clear and smooth at first use, it darkens, flakes, and cracks over time….”
Discovering the dual degradation pathway of emerald green in oil paints: The effects of light and humidity
Light and humidity trigger distinct degradation pathways of emerald green in paints, offering crucial insights for conservation.
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
[Emerald green] is a kind of copper acetate arsenite salt, a paint first brought to artists from the chemical discoveries of the Second Industrial Revolution. The paint is deceptive, though; clear and smooth at first use, it darkens, flakes, and cracks over time….”
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"I propose we honor the lives we remember today by answering the church’s call to remember the dead by exhorting our church to reconsider its policies, attitudes, and remarks about transgender people, which too often have the overall effect of legitimizing the bigotry that kills."
On Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why Our Church Needs to Do More - New Ways Ministry
As we honor the lives we remember today, I believe we are all called to examine whether our Church's witness, in practice, clears pathways for Christ's love to spread or puts up obstacles.
www.newwaysministry.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I propose we honor the lives we remember today by answering the church’s call to remember the dead by exhorting our church to reconsider its policies, attitudes, and remarks about transgender people, which too often have the overall effect of legitimizing the bigotry that kills."