Bill Hofmann
@wdh.bsky.social
Just this guy. Also @wdh@mastodon.social, Insta @bhofmann
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@mtcbata.bsky.social, you realize that Clipper card is exceptionally non-functional? Site/app lost both my cards, then brought them back. Email response is slow, chat is non-existent, and phone, well, 15 minutes after it telling me my wait time was 45 minutes, it told me my wait time was 54 minutes.
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
@mtcbata.bsky.social, you realize that Clipper card is exceptionally non-functional? Site/app lost both my cards, then brought them back. Email response is slow, chat is non-existent, and phone, well, 15 minutes after it telling me my wait time was 45 minutes, it told me my wait time was 54 minutes.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Excellent read. "You can’t reform a concentration camp regime. You have to dismantle it and replace it. We have a thousand ways to do it. And most U.S. citizens—particularly white ones—have the freedom to act, for now, with far less risk than the many people currently targeted."
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Excellent read. "You can’t reform a concentration camp regime. You have to dismantle it and replace it. We have a thousand ways to do it. And most U.S. citizens—particularly white ones—have the freedom to act, for now, with far less risk than the many people currently targeted."
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This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
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UK politics live – latest updates
A prisoner linked to Palestine Action who is on day 71 of a hunger strike has told a friend: “I’m dying.”
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, at HMP New Hall, in Wakefield, on Saturday for the first time since the protest began and said she was taken aback by her friend’s appearance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable
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Donate if you can! I did…
December 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Donate if you can! I did…
Really, now is the time to do this. And if they leave, hey, net positive.
we’ve been over this
we just did this in Massachusetts
they’re not gonna leave, they’ll whine and bitch and moan and eventually this will raise more money than expected because nowhere they go is actually like the place they’re leaving
we just did this in Massachusetts
they’re not gonna leave, they’ll whine and bitch and moan and eventually this will raise more money than expected because nowhere they go is actually like the place they’re leaving
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Really, now is the time to do this. And if they leave, hey, net positive.
Photowalk in Jingletown, Oakland with @eastbayphotocollective, Dec 2025
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Photowalk in Jingletown, Oakland with @eastbayphotocollective, Dec 2025
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Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
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DHS’s post suggesting “if you help kick people out of the country you’ll be able to afford housing” is OG Nazism.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
DHS’s post suggesting “if you help kick people out of the country you’ll be able to afford housing” is OG Nazism.
'“People read Foucault,” the redoubtable David Brooks once wrote ... “and develop an alienated view of the world.” Not by, like, trying to pay rent or having an insurance claim denied—no, no, it was probably the Foucault you read in 2003. '
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
'“People read Foucault,” the redoubtable David Brooks once wrote ... “and develop an alienated view of the world.” Not by, like, trying to pay rent or having an insurance claim denied—no, no, it was probably the Foucault you read in 2003. '
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant… So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant… So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
Plenty of reasons to find another music streaming service - ICE ads are just one more to find another one...
OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Plenty of reasons to find another music streaming service - ICE ads are just one more to find another one...
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Stephen Miller says that he wants to build a fascist totalitarian police state. Democrats agree that this is what he wants to do. The truth is more complicated.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Stephen Miller says that he wants to build a fascist totalitarian police state. Democrats agree that this is what he wants to do. The truth is more complicated.
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Hey Folks, I have a new protest song out- With Castle Canyon and Erika Von Völkyrie on vocals. Big glam rock Queen/Bowie build. Give it a spin. Start making your signs! Don’t take the fascist bait!
castlecanyon.bandcamp.com/track/no-kings
castlecanyon.bandcamp.com/track/no-kings
No Kings, by Castle Canyon featuring Erika Von Völkyrie
track by Castle Canyon featuring Erika Von Völkyrie
castlecanyon.bandcamp.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey Folks, I have a new protest song out- With Castle Canyon and Erika Von Völkyrie on vocals. Big glam rock Queen/Bowie build. Give it a spin. Start making your signs! Don’t take the fascist bait!
castlecanyon.bandcamp.com/track/no-kings
castlecanyon.bandcamp.com/track/no-kings
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MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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CALIFORNIANS!!!!
You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)
Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)
Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
1/
October 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
CALIFORNIANS!!!!
You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)
Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
1/
You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)
Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
1/
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Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
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A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
transfamilysos.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
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It's truly amazing how completely and totally feckless Democratic leadership is at a time when the GOP is malicious, incompetent and incredibly dangerous.
There is a moment here that needs meeting and no one in Dem leadership who seems to have any interest in even trying to meet it.
There is a moment here that needs meeting and no one in Dem leadership who seems to have any interest in even trying to meet it.
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It's truly amazing how completely and totally feckless Democratic leadership is at a time when the GOP is malicious, incompetent and incredibly dangerous.
There is a moment here that needs meeting and no one in Dem leadership who seems to have any interest in even trying to meet it.
There is a moment here that needs meeting and no one in Dem leadership who seems to have any interest in even trying to meet it.
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Whether it’s Barack Obama wearing a tan suit in front of reporters or an ICE agent brutally attacking a mother in front of her children, both sides have subjected our most vulnerable citizens to disturbing images.
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama wearing a tan suit in front of reporters or an ICE agent brutally attacking a mother in front of her children, both sides have subjected our most vulnerable citizens to disturbing images.
Of all things, the Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health was the guy Trump et al used to justify their garbage about Tylenol and Autism: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...
www.thecrimson.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Of all things, the Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health was the guy Trump et al used to justify their garbage about Tylenol and Autism: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Huh. Me too.
yikes, my "require alt text before posting" setting had been turned off too! check on yours if you haven't lately. it's under Settings / Accessibility.
Hey y’all, if you are using the setting to remind you to use alt text, you might want to check and make sure it’s still on. I know for a fact that it I had it on for me, but it seems to have turned itself off at some point.
September 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Huh. Me too.