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Richard Preston
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Republican politicians in Texas are upset about Democrats leaving the state to avoid a vote on a Gerrymandered redistricting plan. Silence from Republicans when the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives on July 21 to avoid a vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
August 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hike up to the highest point in San Francisco: Mt. Davidson. Named after a charter member of the Sierra Club. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_D...
August 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is harder to convince someone that they have been fooled than to fool them the first time.
A massive budget deficit that dwarfs every prior president in the first six months of his term. A massive tax cut for the wealthy. A 747 "gift" cost $934 million to convert that will go to Trump.
August 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sunrise on Bernal Heights, San Francisco, is now 6:22. Always worth the walk.
August 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy Easter everyone!
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Taste of Bernal is coming up on May 7! Be sure to get your ticket before they sell out. sites.google.com/view/bernalb...
Bernal Beautiful
Taste of Bernal on May 7, Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm
sites.google.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ollie tries to negotiate with a peer at the Academy of Science.
March 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our friend King Shy gets ready to tackle the PCT
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Richard Preston
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM