Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
@stevenkatz.bsky.social
Twenty five years or so raising money for indy and nonprofit journalism and now at UC Berkeley doing the same for the Journalism School. Picked up a PhD in sociology along the way. Pals with a fish named Bob.
Pinned
TV on the Radio-Province
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"…Hold these hearts courageously
As we walk into this dark place
Stand steadfast beside me and see
That love is the province of the brave"
youtu.be/wr4jQia49JI?...
As we walk into this dark place
Stand steadfast beside me and see
That love is the province of the brave"
youtu.be/wr4jQia49JI?...
Today is Veterans Day. This is my Uncle Mony in the fall of 1943, just before he shipped out to Podington airfield in the UK, as a navigator. He was 27.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today is Veterans Day. This is my Uncle Mony in the fall of 1943, just before he shipped out to Podington airfield in the UK, as a navigator. He was 27.
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You can really make out the lyrics in this version.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You can really make out the lyrics in this version.
@dailycal.bsky.social on the arrests. And the bug. And the posters. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@dailycal.bsky.social on the arrests. And the bug. And the posters. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
WTAF: “...$400 in damage...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
UC Berkeley students arrested as Turning Point event nears
Protests are expected Monday night.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
WTAF: “...$400 in damage...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
indivisible.actionkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The food and drink post we need right now. I’m thinking regional playoffs - something like Oakland BBQ vs SF bagels with lox and schmear? @coyotemedia.org who’s your food and anti-fascism correspondent?
An ICE agent hit by a sandwich earlier this year testified that he could feel the sandwich’s “explosive” impact through his ballistic vest. “I could smell the onions and mustard.”
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The food and drink post we need right now. I’m thinking regional playoffs - something like Oakland BBQ vs SF bagels with lox and schmear? @coyotemedia.org who’s your food and anti-fascism correspondent?
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
These Senate Democrats - Fetterman, Durbin, Shaheen, etc - wouldn't recognize fascism if it punched them in the face. Schumer must resign.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
These Senate Democrats - Fetterman, Durbin, Shaheen, etc - wouldn't recognize fascism if it punched them in the face. Schumer must resign.
Nancy Pelosi would gut these 7 Democrats if she ran the show. That’s the standard of measurement Chuck Schumer needs to be held to.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Nancy Pelosi would gut these 7 Democrats if she ran the show. That’s the standard of measurement Chuck Schumer needs to be held to.
Politico: www.politico.com/live-updates...
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Politico: www.politico.com/live-updates...
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
(Editor: he did)
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
(Editor: he did)
After the Manet-Morisot show at the SF Legion of Honor
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
After the Manet-Morisot show at the SF Legion of Honor
Loving this from The Fedora Man’s mom (just behind him in the pic):
"His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist ...'Art and museums are living spaces,' she said. 'Life without art is not life.'
apnews.com/article/louv...
"His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist ...'Art and museums are living spaces,' she said. 'Life without art is not life.'
apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Loving this from The Fedora Man’s mom (just behind him in the pic):
"His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist ...'Art and museums are living spaces,' she said. 'Life without art is not life.'
apnews.com/article/louv...
"His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist ...'Art and museums are living spaces,' she said. 'Life without art is not life.'
apnews.com/article/louv...
Best line of the day so far: “...a bathetically unscholarly corporate-sponsored piece of risible chaff.”
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Best line of the day so far: “...a bathetically unscholarly corporate-sponsored piece of risible chaff.”
Adding this from Zaina Arafat to the “why Mandami won” pile because it rings truer to New Yorkers’ reality than pretty much anything Ezra K and The Pundits are writing these days.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | The Aesthetic That Won New York City
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Adding this from Zaina Arafat to the “why Mandami won” pile because it rings truer to New Yorkers’ reality than pretty much anything Ezra K and The Pundits are writing these days.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
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Today started with a war criminal’s death and ended with a socialist getting elected mayor of NY.
What a good day.
What a good day.
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Today started with a war criminal’s death and ended with a socialist getting elected mayor of NY.
What a good day.
What a good day.
He’s giving his victory speech now namechecking Eugene Debs
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
He’s giving his victory speech now namechecking Eugene Debs
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What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
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Happy Andrew Cuomo retirement day, for all who celebrate.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Happy Andrew Cuomo retirement day, for all who celebrate.
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Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division.
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division.
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
THe working definition of arglebargle. Useless.
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
THe working definition of arglebargle. Useless.
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Maybe there’s some 4D chess to starving 40 million Americans, doubling healthcare costs on another 20 million, and sending masked goons out on the streets to snatch and disappear an untold number more, but honestly I’m not seeing it.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Maybe there’s some 4D chess to starving 40 million Americans, doubling healthcare costs on another 20 million, and sending masked goons out on the streets to snatch and disappear an untold number more, but honestly I’m not seeing it.