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Self-appointed critic and assignment editor for local news. Generally offering good-faith constructive criticism about publications I like enough to read regularly.

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One rat bite too many: Mosser tenants on Valencia St. announce rent strike Tenants at 907 Valencia St. say they're not paying Mosser rent until the company agrees, amongst others, to make substantial repairs.

RENT STRIKE!

Tired of dilapidated floors and damaged walls, tenants at a Valencia Street building owned by Mosser are withholding rent payments.

missionlocal.org/2026/03/moss...

02.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m actually not sure we can come back from β€œprediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

02.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 3149 πŸ” 573 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 30
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Uber driver on the Ohlone Greenway omg

01.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
Twin Peaks Logo Generator

Turtle Power!

Twin Peaks Logo Generator Turtle Power!

02.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 7806 πŸ” 1860 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 41

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

02.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 10157 πŸ” 2171 πŸ’¬ 442 πŸ“Œ 161
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Oakland’s most influential lobbyists 70% of lobbying in the city last year was done by just 10 people. Here’s what they did.

70% of lobbying in the city last year was done by just 10 people. Here’s what they did.

23.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Silhouette of a person standing indoors facing a window with partially open blinds. Outside, lush green trees are visible, creating a calm, reflective mood.

Silhouette of a person standing indoors facing a window with partially open blinds. Outside, lush green trees are visible, creating a calm, reflective mood.

Rev. Jesse Jackson once backed a rent strike against a corporate landlord accused of letting toxic mold run rampant.

In 2024, @thomasbirm.bsky.social reported on the tenants whose kids landed in the ERβ€”and a city system that kept failing to enforce repairs.

inthesetimes.com/article/mold...

17.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Used to be that robber barons would give away vast sums of wealth to charitable causes to launder their reputations. Now the billionaires just try to control the narrative by buying up the media companies

16.02.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.

It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

06.02.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 20408 πŸ” 5921 πŸ’¬ 388 πŸ“Œ 197
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Come to @oaklibrary.bsky.social and be a part of preserving local history!

15.01.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

This is something you have to activate? I would have thought the right way to do it would be to update the software to take care of it seamlessly

11.12.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whole of the American economy is now piracy.

10.12.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 8192 πŸ” 2044 πŸ’¬ 506 πŸ“Œ 142
new wire wheel racks for bike at U C Berkeley

new wire wheel racks for bike at U C Berkeley

New bike racks at the U C Berkeley Undergraduate Academic Building. Seems like a strange style.

09.12.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

08.12.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 27967 πŸ” 7583 πŸ’¬ 371 πŸ“Œ 1110
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Changes to Homeless Policy Urged by State Body Added to "EAP," But Prohibitions on Vehicular Encampments Remain The new version of a proposed City of Oakland β€œEncampment Abatement Plan” [EAP] policy that will be introduced at December 2nd’s Council meeting shifts significantly from the zero-tolerance positioning of the original proposal introduced at the September 9 Public Safety Committee meeting. The changes reflect significant feedback from the

After months of state warnings that Houston's "EAP" could risk $44 MM in funding if passed, new EAP to be heard Tuesday has major content/tonal changes. But removing protections from vehicular encampments remains a feature, apparently with state blessing

30.11.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some big Obummer precedents in this one

29.11.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After Trump cuts, seeds sit in the warehouse - High Country News Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.

At least six Western conservation groups have abruptly lost their federal grant funding, threatening efforts to restore habitats, protect at-risk species, and support small farmers.

27.11.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

more of an observer than a reporter

25.11.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We didn't have expensive candles back then, it was our only choice.

22.11.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing a lot of guys who I know can't get a consensus out of a room of 5 friendly ultras confidently giving electeds advice about how to lead.

21.11.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aedes aegypti showing up in more California counties. If you get bit by a mosquito during the day, call vector control!

26.10.2025 22:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She’s either…

….disgracefully uninformed about the president’s policies in her area of responsibility.

Or…

…lying.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

17.10.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 2236 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 13

more of this

17.10.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 3671 πŸ” 519 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 5

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

06.10.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 15455 πŸ” 2862 πŸ’¬ 220 πŸ“Œ 95

Your father would be so disappointed that in this interview you repeated the long-disproven lie that Hamas put babies in ovens.

06.10.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

05.10.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 2642 πŸ” 443 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 54

I hate to keep doomposting when I should be spreading geological joy, but I was raised on commissary food. Turning the military food supply over to the private sector is madness.

02.10.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

They don't make the EVs have that annoying spaceship noise like they do here?

28.09.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After 56 years on air, California TV station abruptly shutters news operations Employees at KION-TV and Telemundo 23 in Salinas were told to pack up on Tuesday.

After 56 years on air, California TV station abruptly shutters news operations

24.09.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1