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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sorry to hear that! I hope you heal up fast, good that your girlfriend is there to tend to you. I’ve had plenty of crashes and spills, it’s never fun.

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My faithful GF is patching me up and changing my bandages. See men, this is why its better to settle down than be a bachelor!

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Daniel Pucca @dpucca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you start a story with “Trump said…”, you’re doing it wrong.

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Western Watersheds Project @westernwatersheds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tomorrow will be the last day to submit comments on the Roadless Rule rescission and so we need you to take action today. These areas provide clean drinking water, store carbon and give wildlife a chance in increasingly fragmented habitats. Talking points and a way to submit:

westernwatersheds.org

Talking Points: Roadless Rule - Western Watersheds Project

Click here to submit your comments Deadline: October 6, 2026 I oppose the Forest Service’s proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Forest Service should strengthen the Roadle...

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

really torn on Padres-Brewers but it must be hell for the Trappists

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Strictly diesel in my car, but if your gas-guzzler doesn’t have variable ignition timing then use what the manufacturer recommends.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The truth is that those prices are utterly fictional, nothing close to that in “Silcon Valley” or elsewhere in Bay Area or California. Poor messaging overall, and why smear penguins?

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Somebody at @acvote.bsky.social really screwed up the voter information guide… in our version the RTM pages are strewn about and mixed into candidate statements and other measures. Was their copy editor laid off?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼 (As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics) (H/T @atrupar.com)

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 01/10/2026

"In returning to the White House press pool while CNN remains excluded, the press has repeated the cardinal sin of capitulating to a bully."

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You Can Help Improve Legacy Media

🚨33 Days to the Midterms🚨

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think my results have improbably improved since switching to hard mode. Wordle 1,929 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just now came to understand that restaurants are charging to cancel reservations, and I guess it makes sense, but please… Belotti on College Avenue would have absolutely no trouble filling those seats. $75/person if within 24 hours of reservation! Thankfully we were comfortably outside that window

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did not know he was a tribbing fan.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am more convinced than ever that educational institutions should follow the lead of Berkeley Law and start from a default position of no AI use for student work. If an individual teacher or faculty member thinks differently and wants to allow it, that's fine!

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Those billionaire tech guys all talk too fast, I don’t trust anything they say.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Heating oil = diesel fuel

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This is the most important story nobody but Washington insiders know. Russell Vought is the fount of tremendous human suffering, misery, and death. 7/

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was just challenged by my librarian/archivist wife on this, she insistent that no such outlandish film had ever been made. I urged her to trust Tehipite Tom, and Wikipedia.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Before I die, I hope to see Idris Elba in the role.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The way forward: RCV and Proportional Representation.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some cities have & sponsor “incubator” spaces for teensy tiny business ideas to get tested. Kitchens might be the most visible of these, but micro-spaces for books or wares or clothing are supported too.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Forgive me, but it wobbles? And seems reluctant to rotate?

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Diesel is $8.99 here in Berkeley. Sharply higher across the board elsewhere in the country since Trump’s failed war against Iran. Red America is hurting, and will turn against republicans in the upcoming elections.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Blinky, the blind squirrel, asks if you’ve seen deez nuts…

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Now extended to Oct 6! But still urgent.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Off, or maybe on topic, I guess they’ll soon be reporting on @repjackkimble.bsky.social and the 54th Congressional district.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I remember Geography being taught in school. It instilled in me a love of maps and triggered a lifelong curiosity about places and place names.

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Potomac Ripper Inclusive @potomacripper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think I’ll avoid riding in the robot car that occasionally may imprison me and hand me over to the police for violating their TOS www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

usatoday.com

Kids arrested after Waymo reports a gun in self-driving car

The young people had an AR-style "ghost gun" and suspected marijuana in the self-driving car, police said.

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schmette.bsky.social @schmette.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Now I have a matched set😎

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Our local San Francisco phone book had a name at the end, I think it was Zachary Zzzarra. Us young punks took delight in calling him, poor old man was a drunkard… I guess that’s why I’ll end up in the Hot Place.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ordered from Berkeley today.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Seeing the conspiracist weirdos on nextdoor that you thought were just familiar neighbors is always fairly unsettling. I like to think I know who I can count on, on this street, for when SHTF but then I read their screed and have to recalibrate.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes, but... imagine your right hand with fingers outstretched *away* from you... as if you were a bear about to strike... that's your thumb right there.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I always thought of it as the thumb

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’ll worry when its diameter shrinks by eight or more miles.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Comms 101: do not give interviews to the disingenuous opposition propaganda shithose outlet

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tf is "Regional Partner." Bro, put me in charge of all Bay Area wayfinding at MTC. BART needs all its wayfinding standardized immediately

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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 08/09/2026

Japan just made its streets safer overnight! Following Spain and Wales, the country just slashed the speed limit on more than two thirds of its streets, from 60 km/h to 30 km/h. Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hurting Bombardier hurts the U.S. companies that supply their components. Trump and his advisors are idiots.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes, Diesel at Chevron in Berkeley was $8.20 today. Thanks, Mitch McConnell…

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I would not be surprised if these shits are already clutching pre-emptive pardons.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks for the tip. I just switched to Vivaldi on mobile.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I was once the foreman on a jury, and had to convince a single reluctant juror that BAC was stronger evidence than her suspicion of racial prejudice by police. Count me in favor or jury reform, to allow a 11-1 jury decision.

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Berkeleyan @bswp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Stupid people, doing stupid things, putting themselves and rescue personnel at risk. There are a multitude of ways to interact with actual humans and gain insight into the various aspects of hiking/climbing on Mount Shasta. Trusting an AI is like believing in Lemurians.

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