Doc Fran
@dr-fran-phd.bsky.social
Gen X Latinx. Environmental & climate justice, anti-racist, improving intersectional feminist, anti-authoritarian, anti-genocide. Books, photos from my walks, poetry, politics, dad jokes. Overwhelmed, caminando.
I remember hearing Shellenberger guest lecture at UCB when their outfit was just getting started, and thinking OMG, these guys are dangerous.
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember hearing Shellenberger guest lecture at UCB when their outfit was just getting started, and thinking OMG, these guys are dangerous.
100% agreement with this - My Latinx family and in-laws include lots of working class, high school educated folks, many of whom scrambled their way into the middle class via jobs in the prison industry. Others who did not either took their chances in construction or some such, or remained poor.
October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
100% agreement with this - My Latinx family and in-laws include lots of working class, high school educated folks, many of whom scrambled their way into the middle class via jobs in the prison industry. Others who did not either took their chances in construction or some such, or remained poor.
Correction: The administration is CLAIMING that they have discretion regarding back pay. Nevertheless, the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 clearly states that federal employees must receive back pay after a shutdown ends. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown
The memo suggests furloughed workers aren't entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
www.nbcnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Correction: The administration is CLAIMING that they have discretion regarding back pay. Nevertheless, the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 clearly states that federal employees must receive back pay after a shutdown ends. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
OMG, I used to have that album on the right when I was growing up!
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
OMG, I used to have that album on the right when I was growing up!
I have the same hypothesis about the “rolling coal” guys.
October 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I have the same hypothesis about the “rolling coal” guys.
Mostly just heard the big rumble with a little vibration (in NW Berkeley), but that was disconcerting enough!
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Mostly just heard the big rumble with a little vibration (in NW Berkeley), but that was disconcerting enough!
And after Nextar and Sinclair blocked the show from airing on their stations. slate.com/technology/2...
It’s Clear Why Disney Really Suspended Jimmy Kimmel—and It’s a Five-Alarm Fire
Donald Trump will not be satisfied until every media outlet becomes more conservative—and obedient to him.
slate.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And after Nextar and Sinclair blocked the show from airing on their stations. slate.com/technology/2...
Thank you for the heads up!
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Thank you for the heads up!
I grew up there and may end up there. It’s a great place. Amazing landscape and skies (and 4 seasons, thank you very much), many scars from colonization and the Cold War, an amazing array of intact and distinct cultures, economy totally based on oil and the military.
September 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I grew up there and may end up there. It’s a great place. Amazing landscape and skies (and 4 seasons, thank you very much), many scars from colonization and the Cold War, an amazing array of intact and distinct cultures, economy totally based on oil and the military.
This is silly. NM has four seasons, including intense monsoon rains and a burgeoning ski industry.
September 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is silly. NM has four seasons, including intense monsoon rains and a burgeoning ski industry.