In San Francisco, the heart of the tech universe, they're having a hard time empaneling a jury about Musk's actions when he bought Twitter, because people hate him so much.
The quotes are amazing.
The @sogoreatelandtrust, one of the largest indigenous land trusts in the U.S. with $54M in assets, has big plans for its West #Berkeley shellmound site. Its financial success stems from its shuumi tax, but some Ohlone tribes have concerns about it. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/18/s...
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
I recently spent time with the feminist icon Laura X, who was involved in many of the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Later in life, she helped ban spousal rape in California. But at 85, she is just scraping by in a Berkeley hotel room. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/09/l...
This.
Thrilled to share that @missionlocal.org , where I serve as a board member, has been awarded a $1.5 million gift from the American Journalism Project!
This is Mission Local's largest gift ever, & goes towards our expansion across San Francisco.
I'm very proud to support this work.
Disgusting, shameful and...a bit ridiculous. "The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States."
Whatever groups Good may or may not have been a part of have no bearing on what happened the day she was killed. Nor would her membership in any group justify her killing.
This is not an investigation. It's authoritarian propaganda.
White supremacist talking points.
No dog whistles.
Love @markruffalo.bsky.social.
He walks the walk.
Thanks for posting. It is raining hard in NorCal too.
"But on Christmas Eve, it was as if the heavens gave way. Sheets of rain pelted down without mercy, drenching adobes, filling rivers, and turning land into morass of ankle-sucking mud,” @frannydink.bsky.social. "Towers of Gold" -> www.google.com/books/editio... #LARain
See the @60Minutes segment that @bariweiss censored. It's well-reported and should not have been shelved. I guess it's another corporate bow to Trump since the Ellisons want to buy @warnerbros www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIm6...
So the American Nazis are finishing the work of the German Nazis now
I've heard from friends that the new documentary, "The Tallest Dwarf," is not to be missed. It's a new take on what "little people" think about their treatment. It is screening at the New Parkway in Oakland on Wed. Nov 19 at 6:45 p.m.
@BerkeleyLab scientists feel like they have Trump’s ‘ax hanging above their head.’ Nearly 1 in 30 staffers have been laid off. The term “climate change” is banned from new proposals. And federal budget cuts could destroy world-class research teams. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/22/l...
Oh no. ‘A mighty redwood of a man has fallen.’ Remembering Malcolm Margolin, founder of Heyday books www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/20/m...
Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next.
This is dictatorship.
For now #UCBerkeley’s RIch Lyons is off the hook since the latest anti-semitism on campuses hearing of House Committee on Education and Workforce scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. But this from @frannydink.bsky.social on what’s at stake is worth a read. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/07/07/u...
The Trump administration hasn't targeted UC Berkeley and the UC system as aggressively as it has Columbia and Harvard. Still, Cal has lost $30-$40 million in grants. The UC system has lost about $600M. I explain the stakes. and how they are fighting back. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/07/07/u...
You know the judge Charles Breyer is Stephen Baeyer’s brother. Just an interesting bit of trivia.
You may have seen clips of this speech, but if you haven't yet, you really ought to watch the entire thing and then share it with everyone you know!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slq...
"Two young men from DOGE, one who dropped out of college, commandeered the offices of the NEH in early April and unilaterally decided, without consulting any of the experts inside the agency, to cancel 1,500 grants"
After 58 years of fed support, two kids cancel the $450,000 grant that keeps Mark Twain’s work alive. Another reason to get out on No Kings Day June 14th. Sam Clemens would be there. So would Mark Twain.
Also - read this really good piece from @frannydink.bsky.social about why it really matters.
He was a generous man and had J-School students to his house for a bbq. Listening to him reinforced the important legacy of CBS News, a network with integrity.
I had the honor of taking a class from Fred Friendly, Murrow's producer,
at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social He held these roundtable discussions where he posed ethical questions about journalism. It was great.
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law...And remember that we are not descended from fearful men." - Famous Murrow speech just got cheers on Bway
Watching “Good Night and Good Luck” about Ed Murrow and CBS news on CNN makes me hope that CBS stands firm in Trump’s lawsuit vs @60minutes.bsky.social There is a tradition to uphold!
The #Trump Administration canceled a large grant to the amazing Mark Twain Project@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. In this opinion piece for @sfchronicle.com, I argue we can't be exhausted by the pace and breadth of the cuts, but must fight back. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
