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For my mother who stood on the picket line with five days worth of savings, no husband, and a kid to feed; for the rest of us, that we may find that same courage
Bears record being 7-3 is such intense Catholic core
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bears record being 7-3 is such intense Catholic core
Imagine witnessing a historic win accomplished on the premise of making life affordable in one of the biggest cities in the country, only to turn around and make life unaffordable for millions more. Speechless but unsurprised
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Imagine witnessing a historic win accomplished on the premise of making life affordable in one of the biggest cities in the country, only to turn around and make life unaffordable for millions more. Speechless but unsurprised
We are about to see the full extent of gentrification in the fight to replace Nancy Pelosi
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are about to see the full extent of gentrification in the fight to replace Nancy Pelosi
If ur struggling w/ why or how to take community action bc you've never organized, are scared, or don’t know where to start, this session is for you. Come get unstuck with us. oacc.cc/event/activa...
From Ally to Activated: Breaking Barriers to Community Action - Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Saturday, November 15 1-2:30 pm FREE The Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in collaboration with Kim Tran (from Desai and Tran Consulting), presents: From Ally to Activated: Breaking Barriers to Communit...
oacc.cc
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If ur struggling w/ why or how to take community action bc you've never organized, are scared, or don’t know where to start, this session is for you. Come get unstuck with us. oacc.cc/event/activa...
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If you’re in the Edgewater/Rogers Park area, we need people with their whistles on visibly out on patrol. Even if it’s just a walk on your lunch break or while you walk your dog, it matters. This is an all hands on deck day. Whatever you can do. ICE is heavily present in the area. Hope I see you.
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you’re in the Edgewater/Rogers Park area, we need people with their whistles on visibly out on patrol. Even if it’s just a walk on your lunch break or while you walk your dog, it matters. This is an all hands on deck day. Whatever you can do. ICE is heavily present in the area. Hope I see you.
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Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
If Mamadani pulls this off it’s gonna be a great reminder that A LOT of cultures eat with our hands
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If Mamadani pulls this off it’s gonna be a great reminder that A LOT of cultures eat with our hands
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A journalist embedded with a group running counterintelligence on one of ICE’s most important operations in the country, in LA’s South Bay, compiling plate numbers, tracking scout cars, and tipping off workers before ICE can grab them.
Read this:
Read this:
I Went to Watch the Tiny Operation That’s Making ICE Lose Its Mind. A Lot Can Happen in 24 Hours.
At the headquarters for Donald Trump’s darkest work, a few people are getting under the administration’s skin.
slate.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A journalist embedded with a group running counterintelligence on one of ICE’s most important operations in the country, in LA’s South Bay, compiling plate numbers, tracking scout cars, and tipping off workers before ICE can grab them.
Read this:
Read this:
Al Pastor Papi
232 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
Tues-Sat
(ID required)
Monster Pho
360 40th St., Oakland
Weds-Sun
Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Check Instagram for locations and times
Tony & Alba’s Pizza and Pasta
3137 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
Tues-Sun
232 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
Tues-Sat
(ID required)
Monster Pho
360 40th St., Oakland
Weds-Sun
Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Check Instagram for locations and times
Tony & Alba’s Pizza and Pasta
3137 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
Tues-Sun
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Al Pastor Papi
232 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
Tues-Sat
(ID required)
Monster Pho
360 40th St., Oakland
Weds-Sun
Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Check Instagram for locations and times
Tony & Alba’s Pizza and Pasta
3137 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
Tues-Sun
232 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
Tues-Sat
(ID required)
Monster Pho
360 40th St., Oakland
Weds-Sun
Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Check Instagram for locations and times
Tony & Alba’s Pizza and Pasta
3137 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
Tues-Sun
People are SNAP aren't going to tell you they're on SNAP. They're kids, or elders and heavily stigmatized. People are going to very quietly go hungry. So stock your community fridge. Leave out unperishables along w/ Halloween candy. Deliver meals if you've got a car. Hunger is a quiet thing.
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
People are SNAP aren't going to tell you they're on SNAP. They're kids, or elders and heavily stigmatized. People are going to very quietly go hungry. So stock your community fridge. Leave out unperishables along w/ Halloween candy. Deliver meals if you've got a car. Hunger is a quiet thing.
They were at an ice cream shop this morning. A fucking ice cream shop. In case you were at all confused about who they're trying to kidnap and the terror they're trying to engender.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They were at an ice cream shop this morning. A fucking ice cream shop. In case you were at all confused about who they're trying to kidnap and the terror they're trying to engender.
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CHP is currently pushing people out of the entrance to Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California, where ICE agents and federal guard are being housed. They’ve been asked to clear the street so “civilians” can leave the base. Unclear what they mean by “civilians” and won’t offer more information.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
CHP is currently pushing people out of the entrance to Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California, where ICE agents and federal guard are being housed. They’ve been asked to clear the street so “civilians” can leave the base. Unclear what they mean by “civilians” and won’t offer more information.
Just got off a call with a parent who wanted to know how to protect her kid's school. I left her with a plan and Maya Shenwar's intro to Let this Radicalize You: "We all have a role in imagining and building the world we want to live in. No one gets to simply ask, to simply write down the answers."
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just got off a call with a parent who wanted to know how to protect her kid's school. I left her with a plan and Maya Shenwar's intro to Let this Radicalize You: "We all have a role in imagining and building the world we want to live in. No one gets to simply ask, to simply write down the answers."
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NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
news.wttw.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Today I learned that empathy without direction can be toxic. In other words, the empathy we feel while doomscrolling can actually be physiologically harmful if we don't let it lead us to join mutual aid or community defense efforts
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today I learned that empathy without direction can be toxic. In other words, the empathy we feel while doomscrolling can actually be physiologically harmful if we don't let it lead us to join mutual aid or community defense efforts
We should prepare ourselves for what will inevitably be very violent turf battles between branches of law enforcement
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We should prepare ourselves for what will inevitably be very violent turf battles between branches of law enforcement
But it's a "ceasefire," right?
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2
Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
But it's a "ceasefire," right?
San Francisco, like numerous American cities, is deeply segregated by class. Thinking that this solitary event indicates a trend, let alone one that transcends social division, is just silly?
This story describes one single party comprised of rich people who already love AI and openly describe themselves in the story as living in “a bubble”
One dinner, described as a trend
One dinner, described as a trend
“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
San Francisco, like numerous American cities, is deeply segregated by class. Thinking that this solitary event indicates a trend, let alone one that transcends social division, is just silly?
Gentle reminder that polls don't gauge what is ethical or just. A poll about how "most Americans" feel about trans healthcare is simply a way to understand how effective media and religious campaigns have been in their transphobia.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gentle reminder that polls don't gauge what is ethical or just. A poll about how "most Americans" feel about trans healthcare is simply a way to understand how effective media and religious campaigns have been in their transphobia.
“ is he tall Does he remind you of your father?” Gotta send this person directly into therapy
Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“ is he tall Does he remind you of your father?” Gotta send this person directly into therapy
No Kings is a liberal protest and critiques of that are valid. That being said, this is a massive number of people and they represent a huge opportunity unlike any we’ve seen in years. I hope that most of us can do both, see what’s presented here and push it forward instead of tearing it down
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
No Kings is a liberal protest and critiques of that are valid. That being said, this is a massive number of people and they represent a huge opportunity unlike any we’ve seen in years. I hope that most of us can do both, see what’s presented here and push it forward instead of tearing it down
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to cover whats happening in my community as transphobia deepens at a national level and to @deanspade.bsky.social for offering framing beyond the individualism usually associated with unemployment
Jobs alone cannot solve trans unemployment, @but-im-kim-tran.bsky.social reports. A complex matrix of poverty & punishment fuels the trans unemployment crisis, as community members experience roughly twice the rates of joblessness as cisgender people.
Jobs alone cannot solve trans unemployment
A complex matrix of poverty and punishment fuels the trans unemployment crisis, as community members experience roughly twice the rates of joblessness as cisgender people
prismreports.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to cover whats happening in my community as transphobia deepens at a national level and to @deanspade.bsky.social for offering framing beyond the individualism usually associated with unemployment
I have learned so many important lessons from being in Chicago about preparedness and how broad our coalition will be. Am eternally grateful to this city (with a special shoutout to Rogers Park) for showing us how to fight what is here and what is coming
October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I have learned so many important lessons from being in Chicago about preparedness and how broad our coalition will be. Am eternally grateful to this city (with a special shoutout to Rogers Park) for showing us how to fight what is here and what is coming
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Dear Grim Reaper, I have some notes
October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Dear Grim Reaper, I have some notes
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California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.
Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.
Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.
Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.
Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.
Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.
Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.
Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.
Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.