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Anthony Yuen
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Higher ed professional, former Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow, national parks volunteer, pinniped enthusiast. Appreciates good design, German culture, and bear claw pastries.
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berkeleyside.org
She co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, dated Jackie Robinson, delivered cash for the Black Panthers and published a memoir.
Betty Reid Soskin, once the nation’s oldest park ranger, has died at age 104
She co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, dated Jackie Robinson, delivered cash for the Black Panthers and published a memoir.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Interior Department said in a memo last month that gift shops, bookstores and concession stands have until Dec. 19 to empty their shelves of retail items that run afoul of President Donald Trump’s agenda. apnews.com/article/nati...
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
These always gave me pause www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cuddling capybaras and ogling otters: the problem with animal cafes in Asia
A boom in places offering petting sessions is linked to a rise in the illegal movement of exotic and endangered species, say experts
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Friedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in Germany www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Friedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in Germany
Chancellor suggests deportations could begin ‘in the near future’ as government seeks to counter rise of AfD
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...
China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After Careful Thought, Teen Applies To College Where Family Donated Building — theonion.com/after-carefu...
After Careful Thought, Teen Applies To College Where Family Donated Building
CORAL GABLES, FL—Saying that she had given the decision considerable thought, local high school senior Katie Simmons told reporters Monday that she would be applying to Bristol College, a school where...
theonion.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis
Antagonism toward migrant communities visible in the UK, Europe and the US appears to be spreading to Japan
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In a letter sent Friday to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, 38 retired park leaders said past shutdowns in which parks remained open caused lasting harm.

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National parks should close if government shuts down, former parks leaders say
Dozens of former park superintendents urged President Trump to close Yosemite and all 433 national park sites if the government shuts down next week, due to the risk of damage with limited staffing.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today I learned the conspiracy theory that the CIA wrote “Wind of Change” 😳
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‘We were being watched by the KGB’: how Scorpions made Wind of Change
‘A guy from our record company told me to take out the whistling. I said no way. When the song went through the roof, he came to me, bent over and said, “Kick my ass!”’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
But will they have grumpy cashiers as in Germany…?

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Aldi Wants to Conquer the American Grocery Store Landscape
The German chain plans to add more than 200 stores on a net basis in the U.S. this year.
www.wsj.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Another blow to international education—
www.middlebury.edu/announcement...
Middlebury to conclude graduate programs in Monterey, California
President Ian B. Baucom shared the news with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey on August 28.
www.middlebury.edu
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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richmondside.org
Community leaders gather in Richmond on the 109th birthday of the National Park Service to emphasize the need to safeguard the country’s stories.
'The time of need is now:' Rally at Rosie park denounces Trump attacks
Rosie the Riveter park rally took place in Richmond on the 109th birthday of the National Park Service to protest President Trump's policies.
richmondside.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Will Trans Europe Express dreams finally come true? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
London-Berlin: competition hots up for cross-Channel rail links
Firms vie with Eurostar to provide direct services from Britain to mainland Europe as they spy growth in market
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Nochmal kommen Plattenbauten--
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Germany Revives a Building Style With a Bleak History: Prefab Housing
Mass-produced concrete apartment towers once dominated cities in the former East Germany. Can modern Plattenbauten win over new fans with better design and materials?
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nearly 500 comments submitted across the US by the public in June and July show that visitors have mostly been reluctant to demand the removal of park materials about the darker chapters of America’s past, such as slavery or the mistreatment of Native tribes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s move to sanitize US history gets little support with national park visitors
Exclusive: Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popular
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When closing your windows and shades is not enough
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germans Are Finally Embracing Air Conditioning, Even Renters
Tenants face limited options in adapting to the new climate reality.
www.bloomberg.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history
"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."
www.sfgate.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Native American universities and colleges brace for crippling Trump cuts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Native American universities and colleges brace for crippling Trump cuts
Indigenous leaders warn higher education institutions will close if the funding-slashing 2026 budget proposal passes
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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peterhartlaub.bsky.social
Come to our fun event!

6 p.m. Thurs. 7/24 at Manny's in S.F.

We'll share the @sfchronicle.com's best Alcatraz archive photos & interview retired Alcatraz rangers about movies, escape attempts and the realism of "plans" for the prison's return.

Tickets here ⬇️

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Live event: Inside Alcatraz: Hollywood, myths and stranger-than-fiction history
Join the Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub and historian John Martini for an evening of rare photos and fascinating tales from the notorious prison island.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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kqednews.kqed.org
Can Trump Really Reopen Alcatraz? Delegation Heads to Island to Make Case
The Trump administration is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, a move that would require repealing national park protections and transferring control from the Department of the Interior to the Bureau of Prisons.
dlvr.it
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The National Par Service has lost nearly a quarter of its permanent staff since the beginning of the Trump administration. The agency is also far behind on hiring temporary employees to support the busy summer season, already well underway.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Park Service Is Left Short-Staffed in Peak Travel Season
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe
Many in Kassel have embraced the animal but the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do next
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown
Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Add this to the overflowing list of disturbing acts . www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Academics at Central European University, which fled Hungary after it was targeted by an authoritarian leader, say President Trump is using a similar playbook against Harvard. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
Harvard’s Battle Is Familiar to a University the Right Forced Into Exile
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM