Karl Mondon
@mophosf.bsky.social
Photojournalist, San Francisco
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The Gifford Fire air show in Cottonwood Canyon Aug 4th #GiffordFire
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Gifford Fire air show in Cottonwood Canyon Aug 4th #GiffordFire
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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DOGE fired all the levee level checkers and maintenance workers
May 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
DOGE fired all the levee level checkers and maintenance workers
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April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025
Today is Earth Day, celebrated for the first time in 1970.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
April 22, 2025
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Why was the first Earth Day in 1970?
In 1969, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District recorded 65 days out of compliance with the ozone health standard, a record that still stands today. Santa Clara County was regularly blanketed in smog and breathing for many was a daily struggle.
In 1969, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District recorded 65 days out of compliance with the ozone health standard, a record that still stands today. Santa Clara County was regularly blanketed in smog and breathing for many was a daily struggle.
At the first Earth Day at San Jose State in 1970, students raised money, bought a brand new Ford Maverick, and pushed it to campus to be entombed.
April 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why was the first Earth Day in 1970?
In 1969, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District recorded 65 days out of compliance with the ozone health standard, a record that still stands today. Santa Clara County was regularly blanketed in smog and breathing for many was a daily struggle.
In 1969, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District recorded 65 days out of compliance with the ozone health standard, a record that still stands today. Santa Clara County was regularly blanketed in smog and breathing for many was a daily struggle.
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Annoyingly Cory Booker proving a very effective advertisement for the vegan lifestyle.
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Annoyingly Cory Booker proving a very effective advertisement for the vegan lifestyle.
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Social media influencer and SF critic Ricci Wynne is in even deeper trouble than previously thought. Prosecutors describe him as a serial sexual abuser of children and say there's video evidence to back it up:
www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/20/f...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/20/f...
Feds: Influencer Ricci Wynne has ‘track record’ of sexually abusing girls as young as 13
The right-wing social media influencer has been suspected of pimping since at least 2018, has been caught with underage girls multiple times, and allegedly filmed himself sexually abusing a 13-year…
www.mercurynews.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Social media influencer and SF critic Ricci Wynne is in even deeper trouble than previously thought. Prosecutors describe him as a serial sexual abuser of children and say there's video evidence to back it up:
www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/20/f...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/20/f...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
Walking with the fishes in San Jose, Calif. a pedestrian passes the Harumo Sato mural, "Celebration Under the Water."
March 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Walking with the fishes in San Jose, Calif. a pedestrian passes the Harumo Sato mural, "Celebration Under the Water."
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The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down
The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down | CNN Business
The White House has ordered thousands of government web pages to be taken down over the past month, leaving virtually no trace of some federal agencies’ policies regarding critical topics such as sexu...
www.cnn.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down
More photos from President's Day protest in San Jose. Our story: www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/17/n...
February 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
More photos from President's Day protest in San Jose. Our story: www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/17/n...
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My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, “Anatomy of an AI Coup.” With the takeover of the US government by tech elites underway, we must examine its goals and next steps — and how we will know if it has succeeded. www.techpolicy.press/anatomy-of-a...
Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
February 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, “Anatomy of an AI Coup.” With the takeover of the US government by tech elites underway, we must examine its goals and next steps — and how we will know if it has succeeded. www.techpolicy.press/anatomy-of-a...
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In a statement, AP editor Julie Pace said the White House told the AP if it did not align its editorial standards with Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, it would be barred from accessing Trump's executive order signing
February 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In a statement, AP editor Julie Pace said the White House told the AP if it did not align its editorial standards with Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, it would be barred from accessing Trump's executive order signing
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We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Colleen Shogan on LinkedIn: This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited. It… | 49 comments
This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited. It has been an honor serving as the 11th Archivist of the United States. I have zero… | 49 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
All-Star Game signs go up at Oakland Arena.
The old home of the Golden State Warriors will be hosting celebrity game and practice events, while Chase Center will host the 2025 game.
The old home of the Golden State Warriors will be hosting celebrity game and practice events, while Chase Center will host the 2025 game.
February 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
All-Star Game signs go up at Oakland Arena.
The old home of the Golden State Warriors will be hosting celebrity game and practice events, while Chase Center will host the 2025 game.
The old home of the Golden State Warriors will be hosting celebrity game and practice events, while Chase Center will host the 2025 game.
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Trump may have pardoned the rioter who viciously attacked officer Michael Fanone on January, but Judge Amy Berman Jackson made a few things clear when she dismissed the case, as she had to:
February 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump may have pardoned the rioter who viciously attacked officer Michael Fanone on January, but Judge Amy Berman Jackson made a few things clear when she dismissed the case, as she had to:
Anyone need a rainbow?
I found one over Shoreline Amphitheatre.
I found one over Shoreline Amphitheatre.
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Anyone need a rainbow?
I found one over Shoreline Amphitheatre.
I found one over Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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"I was racist before it was cool"
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I was racist before it was cool"
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
"I would not mind if Gaza and Israel were wiped off the face of the Earth"
“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity"
“Normalize Indian hate"
-- Top Musk/DOGE aide; posts discovered by WSJ's @klong.bsky.social
Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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EMERGENCY PIECE: My piece, out at 6 am today, is the exclusive source for the information that Marko Elez HAD fully read & write access and his access got downgraded to "insert only" a "read and limited write" access according to the best available understanding
www.crisesnotes.com/day-seven-of...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-seven-of...
Day Seven of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: “Yours and WIRED's Reporting is Actually Doing Something”
Notes on the Crises pivoted over the weekend into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4
If you are a current or fo...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EMERGENCY PIECE: My piece, out at 6 am today, is the exclusive source for the information that Marko Elez HAD fully read & write access and his access got downgraded to "insert only" a "read and limited write" access according to the best available understanding
www.crisesnotes.com/day-seven-of...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-seven-of...
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The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
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Government workers when DOGE shows up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Government workers when DOGE shows up.
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Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...