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A photo of an office building with reflective square windows reflecting the sky, with a row of trees blooming purple in springtime at its base. In the foreground there is a parking lot with about 15 parked cars visible in frame

How do you know you’ve been in the Silicon Valley for a while?

You look at this parking lot in front of a gleaming multistory office building and say, “Oh, look, the trees are blooming!”

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#SanJose #building #sky #reflection #photo

Some of us just like to go to Costco to feel welcome. And if we come home with $260 worth of ‘necessities’ well so be it

According to Hegseth himself, war is hell, so just make it Dep’t and Secretary of Hell

An illustration of a comic style dumpster character in white lines on the side of a teal-colored dumpster. Words in capital letters spell out: “DUMP HIM <3”

A photo of a teal-colored dumpster sitting in the side of a small residential street in San Jose, California

Advice for the nation, on the side of my neighborhood dumpster

And not a bad message for marking International Women’s Day as well 🚮

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#DumpHisAss a #dumpster #photo for the #dumpsterfire we live in

Just ask Tom Homan how it’s done

A poster for the "Where I am from: Finding the poetry in your story and our city" SJSU Writing Center/Translate San Jose event Wednesday, March 4. The small text reads, "Join us for a virtual interactive poetry writing workshop celebrating the cultures and experiences that shape San José!" The event is on Zoom from 2pm to 3:15pm on March 4, and there is a QR code to scan to RSVP. The code leads to this website: https://events.sjsu.edu/event/where-i-am-from-spring-2026

Welcome students, teachers, colleagues & friends to this fun, free, online poetry-writing event on Weds. 3/4! The workshop will feature an exploration of identity, language, and place. More details & RSVP: events.sjsu.edu/event/where-...

Supported by the #SJSU H&A #AEPG program #TranslateSanJose

I hear that. I struggle on hills (how far forward can I lean on this thing without collapsing?), and especially uneven and slanted road surfaces, of which there are a lot of those where I live. I have jumped off several times, thankfully landing on my feet but it’s been close

Nice! Yes, great fun and workout both. What flaws are you thinking of?

I'm excited for this opportunity to hear from SJSU faculty and TESOL students about their experiments using #linguisticlandscape in their teaching design, Wednesday Feb. 25 at #SJSU and online. Zoom registration is open to all who are interested...please join! #academicsky

A composite image with Donald Trump giving the State of the Union address, or something like it, on Tuesday, February 25, 2026, with JD Vance sitting behind him on his right side, and Mike Johnson sitting behind him on his left side

🤖 🪐 👽 🛸 🚀 🌏
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Mystery Science Theater 2026
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🤖 🪐 👽 🛸 🚀 🌏

A photo of the beach at dusk in Pismo Beach, California

land | sea | sky | universe

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just another #beach #photo at #dusk

The X-Files “I Want to Believe” Poster’s Origin Story The poster above Mulder's desk was a constant in a world full of chaos and unsolved mysteries.

newrepublic.com/article/1267...

It “taps into the deepest human fear: what if this is all there is? Without aliens and without God, we’re just us: a bunch of intelligent yet stupid humans crammed onto a spherical rock in an inconsequential speck of infinite space. That can’t be it. We must be special.”

- Ella Morton, TNR
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The I WANT TO BELIEVE poster from the X-Files series

The X-Files “I want to believe” says a lot about the delusional realities we face in America. The fervor over QAnon conspiracies and casual acceptance of Epstein. The disinterest in Biden’s long-term policy gains in favor of Trump’s performative outrage. The belief in aliens over climate change.
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A photo of a red folding bicycle with a “We the People - NO KINGS IN AMERICA” flag flying on back. The bike is in the foreground, and parked on the relatively empty Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose, with San Jose State University in the background, on a sunny morning

It’s Saturday in America, which means it’s a great day for a No Kings ride 🚫👑🇺🇸🚲

Fueling up at the local coffee shop #dtsj #SanJose #NoKings #NoKingsinAmerica #bikesky

It comes with two Neighborhood Knights to stand guard while those inside attend to their royal business

A photo of a “throne” free public bathroom at the Sunnyvale Caltrain station in downtown Sunnyvale, California

The American Golden Age has finally arrived at the Sunnyvale Caltrain station, too. Take a seat, you kings and queens.

But #srsly 🚫👑🇺🇸 #nokings #please #free #bathroom #photo

Thinking about the next #mla? @modernlanguage.bsky.social
Send us your abstract! #mla27 #mla2027
We welcome innovative, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives on language, society, & pedagogy.
LSL – Language and Society is now accepting abstracts for MLA 2026 (guaranteed sessions)

A photo of Randy Fine in the Florida House of Representatives casting votes inappropriately for himself and for his absent colleagues one day in 2024

Randy Fine voted illegally more times on this day in 2024 than noncitizens have in decades

A photo of tree branches at dusk, being lit up red by a nearby stoplight

stop and grow

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#photo #streetphoto #treephoto in #red and #blue #SanJose

Cover of the book "Digital Literacy in Public Libraries" by Jenna Kammer and Lauren Hays. Nearby are digital icons like a light bulb, envelope, and a graduation cap alongside a laptop.

The first guidebook of its kind, this all-in-one resource explores the many services and resources provided by public libraries to close the digital divide and create more digitally inclusive communities. Read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/4trQGa9

We exist in the context of all in which we live and those in Minnesota that came before us 🥥🌴💙

#Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #Minnesota

“Trickle-down economics is not a theory. It is theft.”

— @jamestalarico.bsky.social

I heard there are thousands of twerks in the Epstein files. And most of them have jobs in this administration

MIA - Conference 2026 Two-Day Conference in Miami, FL In-Person Event

"Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders"

- in-person grad conference on February 26-27, held by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.

#AcademicSky

A photo collage showing US Attorney General Pam Bondi on the left and Denise Gough playing Dedra Meero from Andor on the right

One of these people is a cunning and heartless Imperial Officer hellbent on imposing the Empire's evil agenda on the galaxy.

The other is Andor's Dedra Meero, played by the incredibly talented and humane Denise Gough

An image with two news headlines put side by side: The Forbes article "What Did Bad Bunny Say At The Super Bowl Halftime Show? Every Word He Spoke In English And Spanish" on the left, and the Atlantic article "The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public" on the right

These two stories are the same one story.

“Inner lives” 😂🤣

This year I'm joining the race virtually, walking up San Jose's Guadalupe River Trail right by Levi's Stadium, where the tailgating has already started 🏈

More about IRIS' challenges this year: yaledailynews.com/articles/run...

And my race page in case you'd like to support 🤓🙏: bit.ly/4bJBHC8

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A photo of the post author on the right, standing with Senator Richard Blumenthal, at the 2018 IRIS Run for Refugees race in New Haven, Connecticut

When I lived in New Haven I loved being part of the Run for Refugees on Super Bowl day. Fundraising for the race gives critical support to Connecticut's Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services as they support new arrivals through life's challenges. Pic here from 2018 w/ @blumenthal.senate.gov ✌🏻

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