Gail Williams
@wellgail.bsky.social
Community, nature, pix, writing, fine beer. Northern California
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these assholes have spent years claiming that the phrase"happy holidays" is part of a war to eradicate the meaning of christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
these assholes have spent years claiming that the phrase"happy holidays" is part of a war to eradicate the meaning of christmas
The destruction. www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
WIRED obtained notes from a Social Security Administration management meeting, where employees pressed leadership on plans for the agency.
www.wired.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The destruction. www.wired.com/story/social...
After the rain pauses at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Nearly nobody around. Sand reorganizes.
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
After the rain pauses at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Nearly nobody around. Sand reorganizes.
Mosaic Canyon and Twenty Mule Team hikes in Death Valley National Park. Large part of park closed due to flash flood damaged roads. Repair work on Badwater road halted due to Gov shutdown, but hotels and some hikes and side roads open. Visitors seemingly respectful overall #protectpubliclands
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Mosaic Canyon and Twenty Mule Team hikes in Death Valley National Park. Large part of park closed due to flash flood damaged roads. Repair work on Badwater road halted due to Gov shutdown, but hotels and some hikes and side roads open. Visitors seemingly respectful overall #protectpubliclands
#nokings Bishop, California- small town shows up - 500 or more attendees along highway. Surprisingly large percentage of trucks honked in support. #smalltown #protest
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#nokings Bishop, California- small town shows up - 500 or more attendees along highway. Surprisingly large percentage of trucks honked in support. #smalltown #protest
Paulina Borsook needs our help. She has recently thanked people of The Well for chipping in. And now it’s time to amplify the ask. This thread about her is excellent. She was an early critic of the cyber libertarian ethos we see playing out today… her book should come back into print too
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Paulina Borsook needs our help. She has recently thanked people of The Well for chipping in. And now it’s time to amplify the ask. This thread about her is excellent. She was an early critic of the cyber libertarian ethos we see playing out today… her book should come back into print too
The wonderful Bernal Rock is looking powerfully sad today. #sanfrancisco #looksabitliketrump
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The wonderful Bernal Rock is looking powerfully sad today. #sanfrancisco #looksabitliketrump
San Francisco is lucky to have parks and trails like the paths in Glen Park. Nature in the midst of us.
September 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
San Francisco is lucky to have parks and trails like the paths in Glen Park. Nature in the midst of us.
Keep the faith
i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Keep the faith
Example of a DIY
California window sign
California window sign
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Example of a DIY
California window sign
California window sign
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Btw very important to say that the FCC has not at all said what Kimmel said that was so objectionable! This is classic chilling effect - there are no rules so everyone stops talking
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Btw very important to say that the FCC has not at all said what Kimmel said that was so objectionable! This is classic chilling effect - there are no rules so everyone stops talking
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
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In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report.
nyti.ms
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.
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This bird cloaked in shimmering blues & whites with a striking fan of tail feathers, seems almost too magical to be real. Endemic to the forests of Borneo, it thrives in dense, shadowy undergrowth. Threatened.
Bulwer’s Pheasant 👇
Bulwer’s Pheasant 👇
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This bird cloaked in shimmering blues & whites with a striking fan of tail feathers, seems almost too magical to be real. Endemic to the forests of Borneo, it thrives in dense, shadowy undergrowth. Threatened.
Bulwer’s Pheasant 👇
Bulwer’s Pheasant 👇
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🔫 Guns and mental health
A review of 467 studies finds firearm access and violence worsen mental health, linking guns to suicide risk, trauma, and aggression. Stronger policies could reduce harm.
🔗 doi.org/10.1097/HRP....
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Guns 🧪
A review of 467 studies finds firearm access and violence worsen mental health, linking guns to suicide risk, trauma, and aggression. Stronger policies could reduce harm.
🔗 doi.org/10.1097/HRP....
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Guns 🧪
The Impact of Firearm Ownership, Violence, and Policies on... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry
We evaluate the influences of gun ownership, violence, and policies on mental health outcomes across different populations.
Methods:
A comprehensive literature review was conducted following the Pr...
doi.org
September 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🔫 Guns and mental health
A review of 467 studies finds firearm access and violence worsen mental health, linking guns to suicide risk, trauma, and aggression. Stronger policies could reduce harm.
🔗 doi.org/10.1097/HRP....
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Guns 🧪
A review of 467 studies finds firearm access and violence worsen mental health, linking guns to suicide risk, trauma, and aggression. Stronger policies could reduce harm.
🔗 doi.org/10.1097/HRP....
#SciComm #MentalHealth #Guns 🧪
San Francisco and the hyping of new tech, 110 years ago.
September 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
San Francisco and the hyping of new tech, 110 years ago.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Ok PBS just let David Brooks say that his friends texted him “this is our George Floyd”
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ok PBS just let David Brooks say that his friends texted him “this is our George Floyd”
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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Pay attention to this
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Pay attention to this
Nice dive into the words vibe and vibe coding!
Word of the week: Vibe coding.
fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
Word of the week: Vibe coding
It's a whole mood.
fritinancy.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nice dive into the words vibe and vibe coding!
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"Drill, baby, drill" doesn't work if you wreck the economy www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
Houston's ConocoPhillips to lay off up to 25% of global workforce
The Houston-based oil giant announced the plans Wednesday and employs about 13,000 people globally.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Drill, baby, drill" doesn't work if you wreck the economy www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
Ocean Beach SF, edge of the continent
September 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ocean Beach SF, edge of the continent
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Not a great sign when the NRA is doing more to speak up against trans people having constitutional rights stripped away than a lot of our actual supposed allies are.
Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not a great sign when the NRA is doing more to speak up against trans people having constitutional rights stripped away than a lot of our actual supposed allies are.
August 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM