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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In the guide, Flock tells the story of how they were able to overcome public opposition and opposition from the city's privacy commission to keep their cameras in the city:

h e n Oakland's City Council considered its LPR
program, t h e discussion b e c a m e o n e of t h e most
scrutinized public safety technology debates in the
s t a t e . M o r e t h a n 1 4 0 p u b l i c c o m m e n t s w e r e
submitted. The Privacy Advisory Commission
opposed the proposal, and the Public Safety
C o m m i t t e e d e a d l o c k e d b e f o r e t h e i s s u e r e a c h e d
t h e full council.
T h e discussion was n o longer about whether the
technology worked. It was about whether t h e city
c o u l d g o v e r n it responsibly.
Rather than focusing solely on crime reduction, city
leaders centered t h e conversation o n oversight.
They demonstrated live audit logs, explained
approval requirements, outlined independent
compliance reviews, a n d showed how
accountability w o u l d function i n p r a c t i c e . T h e
result was a 7-1 council vote in favor of t h e program.
T h e l e s s o n i s instructive. The conversation shifted
w h e n officials s t o p p e d asking t h e public t o trust
t h e t e c h n o l o g y a n d s t a r t e d s h o w i n g h o w t h e
technology could be audited, reviewed, and held
a c c o u n t a b l e . Tr u s t m o v e d f r o m a s s u m p t i o n t o
e v i d e n c e .

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Every time I see historical photos of the key system in Oakland, I feel the civic equivalent of phantom limb pain.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you're a writer early in your career, please pitch us! We don't pay a ton, but we do pay, and we have a great editorial team.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 04/07/2026

new metaphor just dropped

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/05/2026

okay, long weekend over. hope you finished all the extra projects you intended to do around the house with that time because this was your last chance to get it done without all your friends and loved ones knowing. the bulletin of who slacked off this afternoon goes out first thing in the morning

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If you're a transit psycho like me, then you might find this brilliant project by Jack Weiss just as satisfying as I do: it's a live music map of LA Metro Transit—every time a train arrives at a station, it plays ambient tones. It's absolutely wonderful metromusic.weisswideweb.com

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LA Metro: Ambient - Generative Music by Jack Weiss

Real LA Metro train arrivals trigger a live generative ambient score. Each line has its own synth voice. The harmony shifts through seven modes across the day. A project by Jack Weiss.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 11/02/2026

Zoning Out Is Good For You. Deep sleep cleans your brain, but so can zoning out, daydreaming, and being bored. So put down that phone every once in awhile... [kottke.org]

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Zoning Out Is Good For You

Sleeping cleans your brain. Research suggests that zoning out, daydreaming, and being bored can perform a similar function without the need for deep sleep. So put down that phone occasionally and let your brain chill for

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

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Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 13/01/2026

Listen, I can't say for sure a new notebook won't fix me. Maybe I've just been buying the wrong notebooks.

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Oblique Strategies @obliquestrategies.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

thing on the list

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

new goals

Page from a Richard Scarry children's book. Called "Summer Activity Checklist". Shows various cute pigs doing things like: eat pickle, pick dandelion. Play ball, sing love songs

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...

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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

And blowing its credibility in the process.

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Densho @denshoproject.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Historian & activist Yuji Ichioka—known for coining the term “Asian American” with Emma Gee, as well as unearthing untold Japanese American history such as Issei leftists, sex workers, & Japanese nationalism in pre-war Nikkei communities—was born #OTD in 1936. encyclopedia.densho.org/Yuji_Ichioka/

Yuji Ichioka speaking at an Asian Americans for Peace march and rally in Los Angeles, January 17, 1970.

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Bravo - it's heartening to see two writers I love doing the right thing.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12/06/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Charles Breyer (brother of retired SCOTUS justice Stephen) hears arguments on whether to grant California's emergency motion to limit Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA. 🧵

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ceej @ceej.online · 11/06/2025

it’s not fair to judge me by my words alone. or actually my actions either. please judge me based only on my idea of myself that I hold in my own head

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Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

You’re not allowed to stop making art. You’re not allowed to stop scratching this itch of creative fulfillment. It doesn’t matter how often you do it so as long as you continue to do it. You’re not allowed to give up. It’s war.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

when i tell people i'm afraid to leave the country and they ask why, well, this is why:

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Hasan Piker Detained By ICE | Hasan Daily

YouTube video by Hasan Daily

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/05/2025

it’s not my fault that the same exotic synthetics developed by the world’s most advanced material science labs to handle the brutal conditions faced by elite mountain athletes just so happen to keep my pits dry after a long day of sitting at the computer

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Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

Two people riding bikes in Amsterdam. One says “if anyone proposed this in my town I’d kill them”

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

sweat the small stuff

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

One of the hardest truths of my 30s

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

lmao getting fact checked irl

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

So many people have to be taught to think of politics as intersecting with their day to day lives AT ALL, then have to be convinced they possess agency within that realm. It’s a long process, but bit by bit you get there.

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Evan Skolnick @evanskolnick.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

About 150 of us at the #TeslaTakedown rally in Berkeley today. Keep it going!

Protesters outside the Tesla dealership in Berkeley, CA.

“BOYCOTT” written in chalk on the pavement in front of the Tesla showroom in Berkeley, CA.

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

On this day in 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066 which rounded up and imprisoned 125,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps. As a Japanese American, it has never felt more urgent to protect and share our history — especially as we risk repeating it. densho.org/catalyst/the...

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The Day of Remembrance Is a Critical Act of Collective Memory - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

We reflect today on the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of over 125,000 Japanese Americans. As we honor the memory...

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Ok, who has a link to a DJ mixing “24hr Dog” into “Moments in Love”? My brain has decided I desperately need to hear this, and I’m too lazy to do it myself.

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 01/02/2025

For your viewing pleasure

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

You could charge me any price for a pill that cured me of this

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Michael Ichioka @ichioka.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I DDT any Randy Savage acting macho

A hand-written produce sign at a supermarket, reading “Super Colossal White Garlic”

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I've heard there was a secret KORG that David played and it pleased the Lord

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values. Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +

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Ghost: Independent technology for modern publishing

Beautiful, modern publishing with newsletters and premium subscriptions built-in. Used by Sky, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I'm seeing a LOT of memes and comics and quotes venerating David Lynch for his TWIN PEAKS quote "Fix their hearts or die," but not nearly enough about the context. His character was expressly ordering people to support and respect a trans co-worker (played by David Duchovny). Couldn't be timelier.

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FIX THEIR HEARTS OR DIE

YouTube video by Gianni

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