The Quiet Norm
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Army Vet. #NoKings
Af-Am.Theater Artist.
❤️ my East Bay & U.S. enough to believe it can do better & share its best w/ all.
Those reduced to insults probably don't have btr arguments.
No Starter Packs pls! I'm content to gain just a few followers at a time
Af-Am.Theater Artist.
❤️ my East Bay & U.S. enough to believe it can do better & share its best w/ all.
Those reduced to insults probably don't have btr arguments.
No Starter Packs pls! I'm content to gain just a few followers at a time
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#365DaysofOakland
Like many I am not satisfied with the current state of things. Not in my city, my country, the world.
It is easy to focus on the immediacy of this dissatisfaction, all the things that feel 'wrong'.
Worse, it is easy to allow that to define our reality, to focus only on pushback/1
Like many I am not satisfied with the current state of things. Not in my city, my country, the world.
It is easy to focus on the immediacy of this dissatisfaction, all the things that feel 'wrong'.
Worse, it is easy to allow that to define our reality, to focus only on pushback/1
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Melania hates Christmas. She told us so, and it shows.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Melania hates Christmas. She told us so, and it shows.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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'Negotiations' continue for a peace deal in Ukraine. Today's cartoon by Oleksiy Kustovsky. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
#Ukraine #Putin #Trump
#Ukraine #Putin #Trump
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
'Negotiations' continue for a peace deal in Ukraine. Today's cartoon by Oleksiy Kustovsky. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
#Ukraine #Putin #Trump
#Ukraine #Putin #Trump
Now I'm curious!
The pro shot version of Merrily We Roll Along with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez hits theaters this weekend. I don't see any reviews, so maybe there's an embargo, in which case it would be completely inappropriate for me to say "Do not miss it."
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Now I'm curious!
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Do pollsters ever ask if anyone personally WANTS to go to war?
Being able to see govts careening toward war isn't the same as agreeing there's a need for it. I wish the framing of these polls reflected that distinction...
Being able to see govts careening toward war isn't the same as agreeing there's a need for it. I wish the framing of these polls reflected that distinction...
Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds.
Most Germans, French see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia, survey shows
Just over half of citizens across nine European countries believe there is a high risk of a conflict, French poll finds.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Do pollsters ever ask if anyone personally WANTS to go to war?
Being able to see govts careening toward war isn't the same as agreeing there's a need for it. I wish the framing of these polls reflected that distinction...
Being able to see govts careening toward war isn't the same as agreeing there's a need for it. I wish the framing of these polls reflected that distinction...
During the night, a Palestinian collapsed in grief next to his brother’s body after he was killed in Israeli strikes targeting displacement tents in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nice to wake up to some good news!
The current situation puts extra pressure on us to show up for those in need. I'm glad to know someone rises to the moment...
The current situation puts extra pressure on us to show up for those in need. I'm glad to know someone rises to the moment...
Located in a century-old mansion in Harlem, Casa Cecilia provides queer and trans people 6 months of shelter and care. In the entrance are the words “travesti”, “puta”, “bendita” (transvestite, whore, blessed), terms of power for late trans and queer rights legend, Cecilia Gentili, who died in 2024.
A new home named after a trans icon is bringing much-needed hope to queer people in need - LGBTQ Nation
Casa Cecilia in New York is a house built for queer people, by queer people.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nice to wake up to some good news!
The current situation puts extra pressure on us to show up for those in need. I'm glad to know someone rises to the moment...
The current situation puts extra pressure on us to show up for those in need. I'm glad to know someone rises to the moment...
"Blue Bottle Independent Union launched its first strike ... 100 workers in the #EastBay & #Boston jointly withheld their labor to pressure Nestlé-owned #BlueBottleCoffee to the bargaining table to negotiate a first union contract." @bayareacurrent.bsky.social
bayareacurrent.com/barista-rebe...
bayareacurrent.com/barista-rebe...
Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle Workers Walk Off the Job
Blue Bottle—the artisanal coffee chain owned by Nestlé—has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back.
bayareacurrent.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hard to ignore her. They can't claim she doesn't have standing... #DJTDailyfollies
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing. n.pr/3Y7cjxW
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hard to ignore her. They can't claim she doesn't have standing... #DJTDailyfollies
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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🔭 Galaxies in the Furnace
Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...
Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Galaxies in the Furnace
Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...
Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25120...
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You can't separate this from the Atlantic article claiming their are too many students with disabilities. It's a moral panic meant to push out young people with disabilities from access to resources and to reify ableist bigotry. It's exactly what they did to trans people.
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
You can't separate this from the Atlantic article claiming their are too many students with disabilities. It's a moral panic meant to push out young people with disabilities from access to resources and to reify ableist bigotry. It's exactly what they did to trans people.
Israeli strikes kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza makeshift camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strikes-kill-five-palestinians-sheltering-makeshift-camp
Israeli strikes kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza makeshift camp
Latest ceasefire violations follow Hamas handover of captive’s body, with one remaining held in Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Israeli settler groups attacked Palestinians in the Wardan area of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, injuring at least seven people, according to local sources.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Known as Palestine's Nelson Mandela, he has been in prison for more than 23 years and subjected to brutal abuse.
Global campaign launched to free jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti
Known as Palestine's Nelson Mandela, he has been in prison for more than 23 years and subjected to brutal abuse.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Known as Palestine's Nelson Mandela, he has been in prison for more than 23 years and subjected to brutal abuse.
The #DJTDailyfollies are little more than smoke & mirrors...
Too bad so many act as if there's real fire behind it
Too bad so many act as if there's real fire behind it
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The #DJTDailyfollies are little more than smoke & mirrors...
Too bad so many act as if there's real fire behind it
Too bad so many act as if there's real fire behind it
Let's ride!
As I roll around town, I often catch glimpses of the ways public transit shaped the East Bay from the curving & parallel streets, to the hillside neighborhoods accessed by public stairways...
I can't help wondering what it'll be like if we reach for that again?
As I roll around town, I often catch glimpses of the ways public transit shaped the East Bay from the curving & parallel streets, to the hillside neighborhoods accessed by public stairways...
I can't help wondering what it'll be like if we reach for that again?
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Let's ride!
As I roll around town, I often catch glimpses of the ways public transit shaped the East Bay from the curving & parallel streets, to the hillside neighborhoods accessed by public stairways...
I can't help wondering what it'll be like if we reach for that again?
As I roll around town, I often catch glimpses of the ways public transit shaped the East Bay from the curving & parallel streets, to the hillside neighborhoods accessed by public stairways...
I can't help wondering what it'll be like if we reach for that again?
Some tasty brain-food here...
But I'm curious: what sold so well this weekend?
But I'm curious: what sold so well this weekend?
Due to some pub date changes & some other books selling out over the weekend, we've made a few changes to the catalog. Thought I'd present three of the art highlights in a thread.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Some tasty brain-food here...
But I'm curious: what sold so well this weekend?
But I'm curious: what sold so well this weekend?
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Raises the obv question (again and again) what the point of accountability systems are if the people ostensibly being held to account control this systems 🙄
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Raises the obv question (again and again) what the point of accountability systems are if the people ostensibly being held to account control this systems 🙄
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Even Republicans in Congress are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it. Remember this.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it. Remember this.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Even Republicans in Congress are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it. Remember this.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it. Remember this.
So stop him, please
Millions of Americans with student loan debt are hanging on the edge of a cliff — a debt default cliff.
And the Trump Administration is making it harder for them to hold on.
And the Trump Administration is making it harder for them to hold on.
Millions of Americans with student loan debt are hanging on the edge of a cliff
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So stop him, please
I hope the Frog Force is on its way...
DHS has launched its long-anticipated deportation surge in New Orleans.
https://www.notus.org/louisiana/dhs-new-orleans
https://www.notus.org/louisiana/dhs-new-orleans
DHS Starts Its Deportation Surge in New Orleans
The Trump administration had long floated having a federal presence in the Democratic-led city.
www.notus.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I hope the Frog Force is on its way...
Justice meet the #DJTDailyfollies...
NEW: Judge Howell barred the Trump administration from continuing to make warrantless immigration arrests in DC unless there is probable cause to believe there is a risk of flight.
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
w/ @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The admin illegally lowered the standard, she said.
w/ @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Justice meet the #DJTDailyfollies...
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Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...