Toben
@tobend.bsky.social
Left of the Dial
Art Director at @RAN.org by day 🌎
Views are my own
Art Director at @RAN.org by day 🌎
Views are my own
Pretty solid analysis on what’s really going on behind the curtain at X(crement)..
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pretty solid analysis on what’s really going on behind the curtain at X(crement)..
Some heroes wear carrier satchels, not capes ✊🏼📨📬🦅
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Some heroes wear carrier satchels, not capes ✊🏼📨📬🦅
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
This caused me to rethink my perspective on those that ride scooters.. 🛴
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This caused me to rethink my perspective on those that ride scooters.. 🛴
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AdBusters has officially been rendered obsolete
some type of shit you’d make 2 years ago making fun of rightwingers
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
AdBusters has officially been rendered obsolete
Humanity’s evolutionary conclusion aside, hard not to wonder how many of us walking the streets today are likely incubating the future’s equivalent of Windows ME..
Scientists are now making computers out of human brains
According to researchers in Switzerland, biocomputers made of human brain cells could be the future of energy-efficient tech – and they’re already being put to use
www.dazeddigital.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Humanity’s evolutionary conclusion aside, hard not to wonder how many of us walking the streets today are likely incubating the future’s equivalent of Windows ME..
Maybe this “Recall with concepts of a replacement” strategy isn’t what we should be putting into practice after all..
Newly appointed San Francisco Supervisor Beya Alcaraz has agreed to resign at the request of Mayor Daniel Lurie following questions about her political qualifications and rocky management of a pet store.
San Francisco’s newest supervisor agrees to resign amid pet store controversies
Beya Alcaraz agreed to resign at Mayor Daniel Lurie's request. Leaked text messages showed she paid for her business by paying employees under the table and writing off personal expenses.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Maybe this “Recall with concepts of a replacement” strategy isn’t what we should be putting into practice after all..
When you cut a treat in half and try to pass it off as two separate treats..
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
When you cut a treat in half and try to pass it off as two separate treats..
Relentless meteor from outer space slightly dampens Dinosaurs’ vibe..
Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes
Scientists report that emissions from fossil fuels rose by 1.1% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of a small increase.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Relentless meteor from outer space slightly dampens Dinosaurs’ vibe..
Excessive money and power yields only excessive misery
Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Excessive money and power yields only excessive misery
Breaking: Dems announce venue for 2028 DNC convention
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Breaking: Dems announce venue for 2028 DNC convention
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
anyone who boosts AI has to explain to me why this is worth it
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Quite the modern day “Only in San Francisco” headline…
SF neighborhood mourns loss of bodega cat allegedly killed by Waymo
"Kill a Waymo! Save a cat," reads one sign at KitKat's memorial shrine.
www.sfgate.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Quite the modern day “Only in San Francisco” headline…
More of this 👏🏻
I helped lead the National Guard. Troops don’t belong in our cities.
We must not permit this gross misuse of the military to be normalized.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
More of this 👏🏻
Some really powerful photos from the SFChron team here
Strange few days following the federal deployment saga captured by the remarkable @sfchronicle.com visuals team: @brontewittpenn.bsky.social @jachristian.bsky.social @yoshijames.bsky.social @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social @santiagomejia.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Photos: Protesters rally against Trump’s planned immigration enforcement
Protests erupted across the Bay Area as federal agents prepared to launch an immigration enforcement crackdown.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Some really powerful photos from the SFChron team here
City Lights is a national treasure 🙌
SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area
"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."
www.sfgate.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
City Lights is a national treasure 🙌
We are a Nation of Immigrants, and We Stand Shoulder to Shoulder n the Bay Area and Beyond
Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
We are a Nation of Immigrants, and We Stand Shoulder to Shoulder n the Bay Area and Beyond
What’s most disappointingly about the Platner situation (besides the obvious..) is that all of these disqualifications — and others (Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, Gary Hart, etc, etc) — would grant you a front-of-line promotion in the current Republican meritocracy regime..
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
What’s most disappointingly about the Platner situation (besides the obvious..) is that all of these disqualifications — and others (Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, Gary Hart, etc, etc) — would grant you a front-of-line promotion in the current Republican meritocracy regime..
The Diary of Anne Frank sequel is being written today in America
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...
www.wbez.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Diary of Anne Frank sequel is being written today in America
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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October 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Being told all my adolescent life that "SKATEBOARDING IS A CRIME" which now reads as "key contributor to good urban spaces..."
Skaters saved SF's UN Plaza. Can small businesses do the same for downtown?
In SF, restaurants pass 61 regulatory hurdles before opening, a 2024 report said.
www.sfgate.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Being told all my adolescent life that "SKATEBOARDING IS A CRIME" which now reads as "key contributor to good urban spaces..."