Oakland Chinatown

The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.

I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.

West Oakland dog

Oakland bird

Port of Oakland

Every time she comes up, I remind the world that Pamela Paul ordered a “too political” paragraph cut from a review I wrote of a trans positive middle grade book, then denied it in the press, said I was like Trump, then when confronted with proof she was wrong said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”

Alameda at dawn

Bay Bridge

Poor character written by an author who has experienced poverty: My problem is that I'm $300 short on the rent and now my car is making a noise

Poor character written by a rich author: My problem is that I feel so inferior beside these beautiful, sophisticated rich people

@birderk.bsky.social
Hi, if you’re still doing bird IDs, any idea about this one?

California Bay Area

I happen to find it flapping around in a truck with the driver’s side window down. I opened the door and it eventually flew away

Thanks

Just a saved this little bird. Someone left the driver’s side window open and it must have flown in and then couldn’t get out

A Stanford student got in a car accident that killed two people and was charged with crimes. After the victims' families wrote to Stanford about it, saying he should be disciplined, he sued them and tried to use the suit to silence their advocacy. Yesterday he lost. This is the story.

Weird plant in Oakland

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.

Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

Alameda

Tweetdeck’s no longer working so I guess I’m finally off twitter