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San Francisco, urbanism, science, tech. Transit and gardening enthusiast.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/09/2026
Herein lies the contradiction at the heart of MAHA’s meat fixation: Eating more of it will only exacerbate the very problems that the movement purportedly wants to solve. trib.al/fRONDjE
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MAHA’s Meat Obsession Exposes the Movement’s Delusions
Robert F Kennedy Jr. and his acolytes say we should eat more meat, but that would only worsen the very problems Make America Healthy Again claims it is trying to solve.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026
NEW on “Paper Trail”: More likely than not, there are ”forever chemicals” in your blood. Here’s the thing: 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into people’s blood for decades — and continued making them. We found out how they kept this secret. Listen to the full episode:
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/08/2026
The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)
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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/06/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
France floods Europe's grid with solar, pushing prices negative www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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France Floods Europe’s Grid With Solar, Pushing Prices Negative
French solar power surged on Thursday as a stretch of sunny weather boosted generation allowing the country to export huge volumes of electricity to neighboring markets.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
RFK Jr. has fired the two leaders (Dr. John Wong and Dr. Esa Davis) of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force the expert panel that determines which medical screenings and preventive services insurance companies must cover at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Banging on this that batteries met up to 44% of demand on the CA grid yesterday, roughly equivalent to 6 hoover dams. Cheap batteries are powering the grid. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicola...
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There was another massive battery storage record in California (CAISO) yesterday, March 29 🔋 At 7pm, batteries reached 12.3 GW of output, meeting 42.8% of grid demand! To put that kind of output… ...
There was another massive battery storage record in California (CAISO) yesterday, March 29 🔋 At 7pm, batteries reached 12.3 GW of output, meeting 42.8% of grid demand! To put that kind of output d...
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/01/2026
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.” (Published Nov. 2025)
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What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place. Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/12/2025
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2025
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 16/12/2025
Do you still have paid time off or sick time left at work? Here’s what California law says about what you can roll over to 2026.
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Does PTO roll over? Here’s what California law says
Do you still have paid time off or sick time left at work? Here’s what California law says about what you can roll over to 2026.
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The Marina District is one of the wealthiest areas in San Francisco. It's incredibly damning that the self-proclaimed "progressive" candidate in the congressional race opposes the redevelopment of a Safeway into a 25 story apartment building, and claims that it will "destroy" the neighborhood.
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I see the whole category of automatic traffic enforcement, suspension of drivers licenses, confiscation of vehicles, ignition interlocks, speed limiting, and tracking to be a welcome alternative to the carceral state.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 09/12/2025
Queen *MACKENZIE SCOTT GAVE $7.1B TO NONPROFITS IN 2025: AP
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 13/11/2025
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Epstein Document Search
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Great chart from Goldman about what happened to “layoff discussions” after the launch of ChatGPT:
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2025
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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SJB @essjaybee.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Per Gallup: In 2024- 37% described their political views as “very conservative” or “conservative,” 34% as “moderate,” and 25% as “very liberal” or “liberal.” Assuming this is reasonably accurate, we can't win with 25%. 37% unwinnable. How do we get to +25% from the moderate bucket? (2/3 of them)
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
How much longer are we going to let this madness go on before we start admitting a heavily armed population is corrosive to democracy itself
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
This flew by my radar this week, but massively important: the 5th circuit court of appeals ruled that the NLRB’s structure unconstitutional. It is a huge blow to “American workers who hope to organize their workplaces without fear of retaliation. It represents a partial negation of the New Deal…”
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Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions
The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/08/2025
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
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The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/07/2025
Wired rules. Just an incredible group of journalists who are completely meeting the moment. And you can subscribe for $2 a month, which is insane www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
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A New Era for WIRED—That Starts With You
As of today, there are even more ways to enjoy WIRED’s journalism, including premium newsletters and livestream Q&As. Join us.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/07/2025
This thread is incredible.
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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk)
.@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Tucked away in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' is the requirement that all visitors to the US must pay $250 just to enter the country starting 1 October! For a family of 5 that's $1250! I doubt this will help America's crashing tourism business which is down 10% already since January
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/07/2025
Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated
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Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated
UK Biobank project to share 1bn images of organs, blood vessels and bones to help study ageing and ill health Scientists expect to gain unprecedented insights into human ageing and the earliest signs of disease after scanning 100,000 people from head to toe in the world’s largest whole body imaging project. The completion of the decade-long task means qualifying researchers worldwide will have access to 1bn de-identified images of the hearts, brains, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of volunteers alongside medical histories and rich data on their genetic makeup, health and lifestyle. Continue reading...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/07/2025
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals. What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research. Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out. zurl.co/YBGNy
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‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
JD Vance is suggesting that neo-Nazis and the descendents of confederate soldiers have more claim to being part of this nation because they're white than immigrants who believe in the Declaration of Independence. This kind of blood and soil nationalism is indistinguishable from classic fascism.
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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/07/2025
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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one dozen rats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
why is the New York Times agreeing to conceal Cremieux's real name (Jordan Lasker) as though he's some anonymous whistleblower instead of a well-known eugenicist who opposes the Civil Rights Act on the basis that black people are genetically inferior to other races
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Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
new S(ubstack)-Bahn post: in the 1960s, Paris saw major ridership drops in its Metro and buses and rising deficits. so did every major French city. the head urban planner of Paris warned of a transit "catastrophe." how did France rescue its public transit? www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-france...
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How France Saved its Public Transit from Catastrophe
One simple trick to revive a system in death spiral
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
"The FAA is losing not only its chief air traffic officer but its associate administrator for commercial space, his deputy, the director of the audit and evaluation office, the assistant administrator for civil rights and the assistant administrator for finance and management." Huh.
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Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
House GOP reconciliation language kills the FTC's antitrust authority by transferring it to DOJ judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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SJB @essjaybee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Email your city reps to support the proposed eastbound protected bike lane on Oak along the Panhandle - parktowiggle.com #sanfrancisco
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SF Bike Advocacy - Oak Street Quick-Build
Support the Oak Street Quick-Build Project by emailing your representatives
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