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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

it makes me so sad and tired when progressive groups are making the ai slop graphics

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/08/2026

Objective Journalism, folks

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

how it's done

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mayor Ruddock says that this process (forcing a citywide vote on a 100% affordable housing project after a 4 year slog) will be beneficial to the community (for whomst, mayor?) She says that this will be a positive, as long as people don't "play the race card." GOOD LORD.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tragically, this tweet that I wrote 6 (!) years ago is even more true today than it was then

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Councilmember Anthony Tordillos @tordillosd3.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It’s a new era for women’s sports here in San José! Today we were joined by local legends Brandi Chastain and Kristi Yamaguchi to welcome our newest hockey team: @pwhl-sanjose.bsky.social! 🧡💙🤍 (1/3)

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 04/05/2026

Another strong argument against handing out an iPad or laptop to every K-8 kid cc: @emilycherkin.bsky.social

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If Republicans have had a belated realization that gerrymandering is bad, they should work with Dems to ban it entirely. I suspect though that they think it’s just bad when it happens to them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I suspect, however, that Republicans have not had this realization, and that they simply believe that disenfranchising Democrats is good but disenfranchising Republicans is bad. If that’s the case, then this race to the bottom will continue indefinitely. On Monday, Trump called the new maps a “shameful effort” to “silence the voices of Virginia conservatives.” He either didn’t remember or didn’t care that he had set off this whole process by demanding that liberals in Texas and other Republican-controlled states be similarly silenced. In fact, the president complained in a post today that the election had been “rigged” by virtue of the fact that all the votes—including mail-in ballots—had been counted.

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 16/04/2026

❌ Mattmentum ✅ Becerra Bounce

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 15/04/2026

I’m packing for what may be my last quadball nationals. Hard not to feel a little emotional. From player to referee to running events to creating content to just being a fan, my involvement has evolved since I picked up a broom in 2013, but every April I’ve made it to nationals in some capacity.

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samanthAAAH! riedel @samanthawrites.net · 13/04/2026

my final essay for Conde-era Them is about Animorphs, a series I have probably thought about every single day since 1998. please enjoy

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Cannot say enough how in 2024 disaffected & conflicted voters kept telling us in focus groups: "in 2020 you told us to turn out to 'protect our freedoms.' we did & then all this [dobbs, anti-voter laws, econ hardship] happened anyway. now you're telling us the same thing?"

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 08/04/2026

Guess we’re celebrating my birthday with a TACO Tuesday.

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Councilmember Anthony Tordillos @tordillosd3.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

As we mourn the loss of Rod Diridon Sr., I know that many of us are reflecting on his legacy as a public transit icon here in Santa Clara County. I wanted to share something about him many of you may not know.

I know that I join many of you across Santa Clara County and beyond in mourning the loss of Rod Diridon Sr., an icon of public transit whose legacy was cemented when Diridon Station was renamed in his honor.

Rod was my sponsor when I joined the Rotary Club of San José. It was a joy to get to know Rod, and last year he shared a story with me that many of you may not know. When he was a rising political star on the County Board of Supervisors and being approached by folks urging him to run for higher office, he had to make a choice: stick to his principles or further his political career.

Rod stuck to his principles. In 1979, he voted to pass a controversial ordinance that banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The backlash was immediate: anti-LGBTQ+ groups rallied attacks on Rod and the other Supervisors and put a measure on the ballot to repeal the ordinance that Santa Clara County voters approved by 40 points. A few months after the vote, Rod ran for state senate and was defeated by a Republican. For many politicians, that could have been career ending. But as he said, “If you don’t vote your conscience, you’re not worth a damn.”

And as we all know, his impact did not end there. Thank you, Rod, for your lifetime of service to Santa Clara County and your tireless work to make the lives of our residents better. Thank you for being an example of putting principles over politics.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

if you aren't listening to my dragonlance podcast, it's genuinely great. if you've never read it, listen and read along! each ep covers 2 chapters of the story.

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 01/04/2026

This is my yearly reminder that most of you are not as funny as you think you are today.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/03/2026

really can't be said enough that this case was decided by the same court that decided plessy v. ferguson. if they could have found a plausible rationale to limit birthright citizenship they would have done it. but there is none! the text is as clear as constitutional language can be.

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 26/03/2026

Every em dash I include in what I write for work is a brief moment of rage baiting against anyone who would dare accuse me of using AI.

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Councilmember Anthony Tordillos @tordillosd3.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

THIS WEEKEND! Join me for my next Coffee with a Councilmember at Café do Canto on Saturday, March 28 at 10 am. Overflow parking will available at 1629 Alum Rock Ave. RSVP here: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Another example of AI not being inevitable. It can be rolled back if customers bitch hard enough

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Huge result here and the CA jury still deliberating. The idea that social platforms are defective products is going to pick up a lot of steam: www.theverge.com/policy/89991...

theverge.com

Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides

The jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in penalties.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23/03/2026

Elon Musk took over Twitter and turned it into the anti-woke, fascist-amplifying X. There’s been debate about whether to stay since he bought it. But seeing how it’s evolved and the recent Grok deepfake scandal, there’s no good argument to stay. I stopped posting there. You should too.

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It’s time to stop posting on X

There aren’t any good arguments left to stay on Elon Musk’s platform

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I hate how stupid everything is.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We must believe in a world to create that world

Battlemech looming over highway with sign

“Lgbtq rights enforced by battlemech”

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 21/03/2026

We don’t deserve Dolores Huerta.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

So much love and solidarity to Ana Murguia, Debra Rojas, Dolores Huerta, and every other survivor. Chavez was just a man; women like them, then and now, are the true heroes of the farmworkers’ movement.

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 18/03/2026

Women are always made to tolerate the intolerable. Repeatedly. These women are fighters for working people. My time in the labor movement means so much to me and this was a betrayal. But one man is not a movement. And that man’s name doesn’t belong at the heart of our downtown.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 17/03/2026

My favorite part about being pregnant is declaring that everything I don’t want to deal with (tasks, chores, the governor’s race) is bad for the baby and therefore I should not be bothered with it.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

geopolitical revenge wbc final, perfect for baseballsky (go venezuela)

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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans artists with shops #ArtShare 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people are often unemployed or live in poverty, so let's do a share to support trans artists! 🌸 Trans artists: Share your art & shops/projects/etc. 🌸 Repost/comment on 3+ others! 🌸 Please alt text, flag nsfw No AI/NFT, etc 🌸 Allies: Repost your faves!

A lovely watercolor pinup illustration of a transfemme angel with brown skin, curly brown hair (shaded with purple tones), deep blue wings, and a flat chest. She's reclined on her side, crushing a pink rose with a blue gloved hand and blue stockings, with petals falling between an open translucent robe. Vibrant pink orchids are painted around her, with a blue lace pattern filling the background.

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 16/03/2026

Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2026

it’s always two bitches telling each other exactlyyy

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/03/2026

HERE IT IS: Earlier this month, without any planning, I drove 6 hrs to the desert to capture the last full lunar eclipse until December 2028 Over 3 hours I shot over 3000 stills, but not the stars Last Tuesday I drove 4 hrs to capture the stars After 30+ hrs figuring out editing, this is DONE 🧵

15 phases of the moon captures between March 2nd at 12:37 and March 3rd at 4:36AM; the moon goes full full to crescent, then red and back towards crescent. the foreground is of a joshua tree and rocks with light pollution; the light pollution is from the original foreground. no milky way due to it being on the other side of the sky

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 12/03/2026

I can’t believe some of us lived through the same “they’re going to bomb our suburban mall” post 9/11 nonsense only for some of you to believe this circus of an administration when they say that California is being threatened. 🙄

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Haahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhaahhahhahhahaahahaaa <dies wheezing>

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Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com · 06/03/2026

I may work at City Hall now, but public education still has my whole heart. I love when my day job takes me back to something I love so much.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026

“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept.com

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Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The big one: fundamentally, sprawl is a wealth transfer from dense, productive urban cores to sparse fringe developments. It costs exponentially more to provide fire, police, and trash services to 50 homes spread over 10 miles than 50 homes on one city block. Sprawl is subsidized. It has to be.

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