The Quiet Norm
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Army Vet. #NoKings
Af-Am.Theater Artist.
❤️ my East Bay & U.S. enough to believe it can do better & share its best w/ all.
Those reduced to insults probably don't have btr arguments.
No Starter Packs pls! I'm content to gain just a few followers at a time
Af-Am.Theater Artist.
❤️ my East Bay & U.S. enough to believe it can do better & share its best w/ all.
Those reduced to insults probably don't have btr arguments.
No Starter Packs pls! I'm content to gain just a few followers at a time
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#365DaysofOakland
Like many I am not satisfied with the current state of things. Not in my city, my country, the world.
It is easy to focus on the immediacy of this dissatisfaction, all the things that feel 'wrong'.
Worse, it is easy to allow that to define our reality, to focus only on pushback/1
Like many I am not satisfied with the current state of things. Not in my city, my country, the world.
It is easy to focus on the immediacy of this dissatisfaction, all the things that feel 'wrong'.
Worse, it is easy to allow that to define our reality, to focus only on pushback/1
On Air NOW!
What do we do when the nation we live in acts like an apartheid state?
The stats are shocking, the injustice undeniable -so what do we do?
What do we do when the nation we live in acts like an apartheid state?
The stats are shocking, the injustice undeniable -so what do we do?
🎙️ON AIR:
We talk about how discriminatory dismissals and a lack of financial support keep people of color off of juries, and how that exclusion impacts our entire justice system.
❓Have you ever served on a jury? Tell us about your experience.
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We talk about how discriminatory dismissals and a lack of financial support keep people of color off of juries, and how that exclusion impacts our entire justice system.
❓Have you ever served on a jury? Tell us about your experience.
📻 Listen:
Most People Dread Jury Duty, But Some Never Get the Chance to Serve | KQED
We talk about efforts to remove barriers to jury service.
www.kqed.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On Air NOW!
What do we do when the nation we live in acts like an apartheid state?
The stats are shocking, the injustice undeniable -so what do we do?
What do we do when the nation we live in acts like an apartheid state?
The stats are shocking, the injustice undeniable -so what do we do?
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⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075:
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075:
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
A common thread in our govt's many atrocities is that, even when caught, they've done ltl to prevent it happening again.
Like, after the Japanese internment, had they put in place safeguards to insure no citizen ever again be denied due process, wd we be in the current immigration mess?
Like, after the Japanese internment, had they put in place safeguards to insure no citizen ever again be denied due process, wd we be in the current immigration mess?
This is a crazy story—the FBI may have had advance warning of a credible conspiracy to kill MLK ... and did nothing to stop it. The man at the center of the plot broke his silence this year, just before he died.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s Always Been an Official Story About One of America’s Most Notorious Murders. One Man Knew Otherwise. He Finally Told Me Everything.
Just before he died, a 94-year-old career criminal had one last confession.
slate.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A common thread in our govt's many atrocities is that, even when caught, they've done ltl to prevent it happening again.
Like, after the Japanese internment, had they put in place safeguards to insure no citizen ever again be denied due process, wd we be in the current immigration mess?
Like, after the Japanese internment, had they put in place safeguards to insure no citizen ever again be denied due process, wd we be in the current immigration mess?
How much time & money will they waste before realizing that bandaid solutions won't cut it?
I guess we're about to find out... #ClimateCrisis
I guess we're about to find out... #ClimateCrisis
Parts of New Orleans, including the city’s airport and sections of floodwalls, are sinking.
eos.org/articles/par...
Read more in our year-end issue: bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
eos.org/articles/par...
Read more in our year-end issue: bit.ly/Eos-Nov-Dec2025
Parts of New Orleans Are Sinking - Eos
Areas near the airport, along floodwalls, and in nearby wetlands are subsiding because of a combination of natural and anthropogenic forces.
eos.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
How much time & money will they waste before realizing that bandaid solutions won't cut it?
I guess we're about to find out... #ClimateCrisis
I guess we're about to find out... #ClimateCrisis
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Not buying anything from this family.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Not buying anything from this family.
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Production for 2024 and 2025. Very proud of these two books! More exciting things to come in the future. #zatannabringdownthehouse #absolutemartianmanhunter #dccomics
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Production for 2024 and 2025. Very proud of these two books! More exciting things to come in the future. #zatannabringdownthehouse #absolutemartianmanhunter #dccomics
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If you’re too old to ride a bike, you might be too old to drive.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you’re too old to ride a bike, you might be too old to drive.
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We’ve all heard the F word quite a bit these days. I’m talking, of course, about fascism.
But what is its exact definition? What forms has it taken in the past? And is it happening here? https://youtu.be/jWYqrVsBvwI
But what is its exact definition? What forms has it taken in the past? And is it happening here? https://youtu.be/jWYqrVsBvwI
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November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We’ve all heard the F word quite a bit these days. I’m talking, of course, about fascism.
But what is its exact definition? What forms has it taken in the past? And is it happening here? https://youtu.be/jWYqrVsBvwI
But what is its exact definition? What forms has it taken in the past? And is it happening here? https://youtu.be/jWYqrVsBvwI
#DJTDailyfollies are
Illegal Orders
Illegal Orders
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#DJTDailyfollies are
Illegal Orders
Illegal Orders
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This weekend: a plant swap in SF and a past paper-making workshop in Oakland. And lots more listings at our site, coyotemedia.org!
What's going on in the Bay Area this week? Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch!
This week, we've got a boozy plant swap, anti-consumerist Black Friday markets, paper-making, and more. To see the full listings, check out coyotemedia.org!
This week, we've got a boozy plant swap, anti-consumerist Black Friday markets, paper-making, and more. To see the full listings, check out coyotemedia.org!
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This weekend: a plant swap in SF and a past paper-making workshop in Oakland. And lots more listings at our site, coyotemedia.org!
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
I wonder if it's intentional that recycling is being undermined by bad management? Or is it just bureaucratic laziness?
Every day, San Francisco residents put things in their recycling bins that don’t belong there. Here are nine common recycling mistakes.
9 things that don’t belong in recycling bins in San Francisco
Every day, San Francisco residents put things in their recycling bins that don’t belong there. Here are nine common recycling mistakes.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I wonder if it's intentional that recycling is being undermined by bad management? Or is it just bureaucratic laziness?
Me too!
Proud union member since 2000. #UnionStrong
Proud union member since 2000. #UnionStrong
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Me too!
Proud union member since 2000. #UnionStrong
Proud union member since 2000. #UnionStrong
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When Trump paused federal funding for her state and sued Maine over the state’s protections for trans students, Rep. Pingree didn’t back down. She’s standing with ALL Mainers against the President’s attacks.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When Trump paused federal funding for her state and sued Maine over the state’s protections for trans students, Rep. Pingree didn’t back down. She’s standing with ALL Mainers against the President’s attacks.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just shopped at the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse & even bought raffle tickets to support their teacher discount program! #365DaysInOakland
Today is #SecondhandSunday! Support resellers, highlight the benefits of #thrifting, and make secondhand your first choice this holiday season.
Vintage, thrifted, and #secondhand items can make the perfect gift.
Find more secondhand gift-giving tips and tricks here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pAK5Yk
Vintage, thrifted, and #secondhand items can make the perfect gift.
Find more secondhand gift-giving tips and tricks here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pAK5Yk
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just shopped at the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse & even bought raffle tickets to support their teacher discount program! #365DaysInOakland
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Meet Portugal’s newest retirees: #elephants - They will have 850 acres to roam — more than 200 times the size of Tierpark Berlin zoo’s elephant enclosure or 28 times that of the UK’s Whipsnade Zoo. “Elephants need large spaces" on.ft.com/49Rj2mZ via @FT #nature #biodiversity #Elephant
Meet Portugal’s newest retirees: elephants
Without space to roam, the world’s biggest land animals do not thrive — so what should happen to those in Europe’s zoos? One sanctuary has an answer
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Meet Portugal’s newest retirees: #elephants - They will have 850 acres to roam — more than 200 times the size of Tierpark Berlin zoo’s elephant enclosure or 28 times that of the UK’s Whipsnade Zoo. “Elephants need large spaces" on.ft.com/49Rj2mZ via @FT #nature #biodiversity #Elephant
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independent media as “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”), promote conspiracies as official truth, replace factual information with ideologically approved narratives, and use state branding to give propaganda an air of authority.
Now look at the White House website, you can see the disturbing parallels.
Now look at the White House website, you can see the disturbing parallels.
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
independent media as “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”), promote conspiracies as official truth, replace factual information with ideologically approved narratives, and use state branding to give propaganda an air of authority.
Now look at the White House website, you can see the disturbing parallels.
Now look at the White House website, you can see the disturbing parallels.
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Horizonte (November 1926 Issue), archived by Jeannette
“Through the suggestion of regrouping or retreating, this cover emphasizes Mexican revolutionaries who fought and showed resilience.”
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GDHistory
#MexicanDesign
“Through the suggestion of regrouping or retreating, this cover emphasizes Mexican revolutionaries who fought and showed resilience.”
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GDHistory
#MexicanDesign
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Horizonte (November 1926 Issue), archived by Jeannette
“Through the suggestion of regrouping or retreating, this cover emphasizes Mexican revolutionaries who fought and showed resilience.”
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GDHistory
#MexicanDesign
“Through the suggestion of regrouping or retreating, this cover emphasizes Mexican revolutionaries who fought and showed resilience.”
#PeoplesGDArchive
#GDHistory
#MexicanDesign
Always fascinated with those creative humans of yesteryear...
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Always fascinated with those creative humans of yesteryear...
Staying playfully deep yet relevant...
Category mistake, the ghost in the machine, knowing-how vs knowing-that... Head over to Philosophers Corner for a primer on the #philosophy of Gilbert Ryle, subject of tomorrow's broadcast: philosophytalk.org/blog/how-we-...
#PhilSky #mind #knowledge
#PhilSky #mind #knowledge
How We Know That We Know What We Know - Philosophy Talk
Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher from the mid-20th century, famous for formulating the distinction...
philosophytalk.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Staying playfully deep yet relevant...
#365DaysInOakland
Instant Classic, this movie theater with couches!
Instant Classic, this movie theater with couches!
Saturday, November 29
10:20am: CEREAL CINEMA
12:00pm: PALESTINE 36
12:30pm: WICKED: FOR GOOD
2:00pm: SUPER SMASH BROS MELEE ON MEZZ
2:00pm: BOARD GAMES AT NEW PARKWAY
2:30pm: CHAINSAW MAN – MOVIE: REZE ARC (dubbed)
3:25pm: WICKED: FOR GOOD
4:45pm: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6:20pm: WICKED: FOR
DETAILS
10:20am: CEREAL CINEMA
12:00pm: PALESTINE 36
12:30pm: WICKED: FOR GOOD
2:00pm: SUPER SMASH BROS MELEE ON MEZZ
2:00pm: BOARD GAMES AT NEW PARKWAY
2:30pm: CHAINSAW MAN – MOVIE: REZE ARC (dubbed)
3:25pm: WICKED: FOR GOOD
4:45pm: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6:20pm: WICKED: FOR
DETAILS
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#365DaysInOakland
Instant Classic, this movie theater with couches!
Instant Classic, this movie theater with couches!
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Update: Unfortunately, our neighbor was taken back to his cell and will return for his next hearing before the immigration judge in 5 business days… the work continues. 💚🙏🏽
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Update: Unfortunately, our neighbor was taken back to his cell and will return for his next hearing before the immigration judge in 5 business days… the work continues. 💚🙏🏽
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...
Given the climate in our country right now, our neighbor’s...
Read more 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/p/DRpU4zVEWL...