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Chief Impact Officer w @First5Alameda, personal account. Anti-racist, Christian, dad+husband. By day, team building & #civictech By night, #girldad, social justice and hip-hop. Side hustle stealingbeautyphotography.com
The New York Times published an extraordinary study of the role of billionaires in politics earlier this week, that naturally got lost in everything that is going on, including in Iran.
Here is a gift link to the article, and a few select quotes:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
Add your voice in support of a new mountain bike flow trail in the Berkeley Hills at Wildcat Canyon. The route is a fantastic spot for a trail like this which is sorely lacking in the northern hills area. #justridebikes
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Our local government agency: you can't take new staff out to lunch
DoD: lobster for everyone! wtf
Authoritarianism is so often used as a cover for rampant graft and corruption and abuse, just like this shit.
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
(Published Jan. 2026)
Wild story from @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social:
ICE "wasted millions" to buy "thousands of employee vehicles that the agency cannot use to arrest illegal immigrants"
The problem: the vehicles are marked with ICE logo and motto
“ICE has never had marked vehicles,” person familiar said
It's whole "Bro I found these psychedelic local fish we should try man, it's a buzz, hey, where are you goin dude?' vibe.
In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.
13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.
The law didn't change.
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So proud to be part of the legal team that won this bodycam video for @marisakabas.bsky.social! Read her story and watch the videos -->
Trump saluting a flag-draped casket carried by soldiers, wearing his standard ill fitting suit and a white baseball hat that says USA in gold letters visible from space
I think it's great that the president put on his most solemnly branded baseball cap to receive the returning coffins of soldiers killed in the unnecessary war he launched to distract from his failing presidency and pedophilia scandal.
Look at that gold-like letting. Classy as shit.
Have you pivoted to military strategy innovation services Dan?
So much of what makes excellent technologists is simply knowing what kinds of things are even remotely possible with modest effort. #govtech
Town Legends.
NEW: Pardon seekers are routinely being asked to pay $1m+ to lobbyists & lawyers claiming access to Trump, often with bonuses if clemency is granted.
I investigated the Trump Pardon Industrial Complex, & detailed the backstory behind 1 interesting pardon.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.
good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs
Something something love language yes spicy thank you
Credit Scores wasn’t created until 1989
ICE wasn’t created until 2003
Abolish both
copilot asked to create a reminder, instead it gives help info how to do that. Like Clippy used to.
If this is what MS is passing off as AI enablment, I have so many questions. This is about as "AI" useful as Clippy was.
Am I missing something here?
Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI
I'm sure there's some equally strong Korean Mexican action in LA too? This one place in Oakland, Belly, was just incredible.
I see how this goes Dan. Throw us to the wolves, I mean Nazis.
I'm a Jesus follower and this stuff is off the chain crazy. Christian Nationalists and Zioninsts together are down for some horrendous stuff.
DURBIN: How does taking dad from child dying of cancer qualify as a violent crime?
NOEM: I don't know what you're speaking of
D: Ruben Torres 2 weeks ago buried his daughter. When he was arrested at Home Depot, he said, 'Please. My daughter is dying.' They deported him. Was he a violent criminal?
Where do I sign away my freedoms sir?
Happy #DeLaSoulDay! 3/3 🌼🌼🌼
Celebrate with us at the @npr.org Tiny Desk ☁️🏠⛅️ youtu.be/5AVYDHTOixU?... #TinyDesk #NPRTinyDeskConcert
So me and my bully friend went up in the face of this other bully, and because my friend was about to land the first punch, I also punched them so they wouldn't lash out at me for us collectively threatening then attacking them first.
This is classic self defense theory I am certain. For 9yos.
recipe videos to instill fear
We need an intervention here people, this is going too far. #foodsky
Pointless?
If we can't point to science, we can't question their actions or logic.
If we can't point to history, they won't be afraid of repeating evils, and won't fear being recorded as doing so.
If they get rid of loving for others, they won't fear anyone coming to help you when it's your turn.
