Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026idk who needs to hear this but the fog is rolling in from the westside and it feels gooood 061
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026time for my annual notice that it's time to submit your awards to @spj-norcal.bsky.social 🫡 deadline is wed sept 9! and we have a new category! details here --> spjnorcal.org/2026/08/17/s...spjnorcal.orgSPJ NorCal 2026 Excellence in Journalism Awards Contest - SPJ NorCalContact: spjnorcal@gmail.com / Ida Mojadad 415-735-6965 Know a journalist who has done brilliant work over the past year? Someone who does whatever it takes to get the story, photo or […] 102
Reposted by Ida MojadadKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026More from me... and WHY UNIONS ARE AMAZING! karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...karenattiah.substack.comThe Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement. 502251399
Reposted by Ida MojadadEmma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 31/07/2026friends! do you like a discount? who doesn't like a discount?! @coyotemedia.org is offering annual subscriptions rn at 25% off, which means a full year for just $60 the code to use is HOTDOG, which is reason #458 i love working at this fever dream of an outlet www.coyotemedia.org/summer-2026-...coyotemedia.orgCOYOTE’s Summer 2026 Subscriber DriveWe're having a sale! 067
Reposted by Ida MojadadBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just nuts - in my experience, students need these resources now more than ever 17421
Reposted by Ida MojadadMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise. 192335860
Reposted by Ida MojadadJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old. 23041281358
Reposted by Ida MojadadDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Second time in just about a week when a man not targeted by ICE was killed by them 18506211
Reposted by Ida MojadadDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026NEW: A public link let anyone watch SFPD police drone operations. We reviewed hours of leaked footage showing drones tracking cars across the city, watching detentions, peering into apartment windows, recording thermal video, and sweeping up hundreds of bystanders w/ @agreenberg.bsky.socialwired.comA Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban SurveillanceThe SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online. 10390218
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Huh I thought frontier labs wanted to protect the sanctity of trade secrets is why we have can’t have data center transparency 011
Reposted by Ida MojadadHarry Mok @harrymok.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Bruce Lee’s file is part of the immigration records at the National Archives in San Bruno, which could soon close. I explain why these artifacts are important for the Bay Area’s Chinese American community in my new @sfchronicle.com column/newsletter. Read it at www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti... 1168
Reposted by Ida MojadadRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.adweek.comPublishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google SearchThe nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators 7843681466
Reposted by Ida MojadadRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026if you want to fight back against these forces in your personal media diet, try as much as you can to visit, share and support your favorite and beloved publishers DIRECTLY (sign up for a newsletter, visit their homepage, etc.) and financially support them if you can 4604113
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 09/07/2026grim, unfollowed. murtaza who retweeted this post, unfollowed. klippenstein for being a childish asshole about it too, unfollowed. the intercept men 🗑️ 030
Reposted by Ida MojadadElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I can't believe we still have to remind people of these things but: most rape victims don't file police reports. (You're reading one right now.) Shock, denial, need to appease the rapist, nominally friendly behavior toward the rapist, etc. are all common reactions 483424661
Reposted by Ida MojadadStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be. 3135421395
Reposted by Ida MojadadMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Among other things, a 5-4 ruling on birthright citizenship is an invitation to try again. 242353370
Reposted by Ida MojadadMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026we are one john roberts heart attack away from the complete dissolution of the reconstruction amendments and instantiation of a formalized caste system 462760493
Reposted by Ida Mojadadjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026i will say that although this is the beginning of the right’s assault on birthright citizenship, one difference with roe v. wade is that the latter was fueled by a mass movement with a broad, institutionalized base in the nation’s evangelical and catholic churches. the question, i think… 18830105
Reposted by Ida MojadadDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Idk, maybe it's just me slowly pupating into a beautiful old man butterfly, but when people say things feel "off" now, this is kinda what i'm talking about. this is just really shocking stuff, and if you said it even during the Bush II admin, you would be out of politics, out of a job, etc. 692143426
Reposted by Ida MojadadKQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 15/06/2026ww2.kqed.orgCalifornia Admits Using High-Risk AI — Including Systems It Failed to Report Last YearState officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero. 064
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026throwback to my cute lemonade stands vs the neighbor boy who just stopped at selling lemons 031
Reposted by Ida MojadadChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026I know it’s considered cool not to learn about people and systems and situations you don’t like but actually studying them equips you better to fight them 422929
Reposted by Ida MojadadEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News: 6748261710
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 02/06/2026kinda surprised (not really) to see little attention paid to what the LOCAL pro Palestinian advocates that endorsed both Chan & Chakrabarti have to say about the whole thing 140
Reposted by Ida MojadadTyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/05/2026NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them: 292472924
Reposted by Ida MojadadBolts @boltsmag.org · 22/05/2026Activists in Memphis are facing retaliation for trying to document an ongoing occupation by federal agents:motherjones.comMemphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges. 212783
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I would not be alive today without this ER department. the state that is described here, now led by people with business backgrounds who seem to be more concerned with having a surplus, is absolutely atrocious missionlocal.org/2026/05/ucsf...missionlocal.org‘We can no longer pretend:’ Patients suffer at understaffed UCSF ER, providers sayProviders at UCSF's Parnassus ER say understaffing has reached a crisis point. One described seeing patients dead on a gurney. 020
Reposted by Ida MojadadRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Press Robinson was the first member of his family to vote and the first Black person to win a seat on the Baton Rouge school board. He thinks a Supreme Court ruling will erase political gains African Americans have made across the South. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comHe spent 60 years building Black political power. He sees a wipeout coming.Press Robinson, who years ago mounted a legal fight to become the first Black person elected to a Louisiana school board, was on the losing side of the Supreme Court case weakening the Voting Rights A... 015767
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 02/05/2026one of the few things I can say with agreement from my fellow Iranians is that it is a deeply terrible time to be Iranian. thanks to @suhauna.bsky.social for capturing the dark divisions beyond that sentiment that's consumed us www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comBehind the Trump administration's detentions of L.A. IraniansIn L.A., home to the largest Iranian diaspora, a vocal segment has joined forces with Trump-aligned far-right activists to wage campaigns against other Iranians. 033
Reposted by Ida MojadadSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 02/05/2026This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America. 822022747
Reposted by Ida MojadadMatthew Kupfer @matthewkupfer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026In just over 24 hours we've gone from SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act to Louisiana suspending an active election to do a high-speed gerrymander. Just an absolute travesty of justice.democracydocket.comLouisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymanderEarly voting was set to begin Saturday in Louisiana’s May 16 primary election, and mail ballots have already been sent out to voters. 001
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"Partisan gerrymanders require partisan control of state governments to begin with...One reason Callais is so immediately terrifying is that Republicans currently enjoy trifectas in most of the former Confederacy, where VRA was an important constraint on them until now" nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThe Many Serious Implications of the Supreme Court’s Callais RulingFrom partisan gerrymandering to upcoming elections to reversing racial justice, here’s collected commentary and analysis about the likely impact. 001
Reposted by Ida MojadadIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy. 128100113534
Reposted by Ida MojadadIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South. 340123045049
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026took a slightly different path home today, noticed a billboard for company i've never heard of before (or don't remember), then immediately get like 4 ads on youtube for it within a couple hours and now it's hard to feel like advertisers don't somehow have access to my eyeballs, too 150
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026once you're done digesting the gutting of the voting rights act, and the house advancing the renewal of FISA's warrantless spy powers i have something else for you here sorry 111
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 29/04/2026which will also cost $55 million?? pending Legislature approval 011
Reposted by Ida MojadadRachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026What exactly are they arguing over? It's ... complicated. My full breakdown here. 🧵⚖️ www.kqed.org/news/1208129...kqed.orgHow to Unscramble an Omelet in Silicon Valley: The Musk v. Altman Trial That Will Try | KQEDTwo Silicon Valley titans, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, face off in court starting Monday in a case that claims Altman and others enriched themselves by allegedly betraying OpenAI’s founding mission. 013
Reposted by Ida MojadadJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 27/04/2026*ongoing* ceasefirebbc.comIsraeli strikes kill 14 in Lebanon amid ongoing ceasefireThe US announced three days ago that the ceasefire was extended by three weeks after talks. 61019313
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 25/04/2026this is money workers earned, and may not even be aware is theirs. if you've ever worked in SF and didn't get healthcare from your employer, which may not have even bothered to inform you about your Healthy SF benefits, this may be you sfstandard.com/2026/04/24/s...sfstandard.comSF workers have weeks to claim $240 million in health funds — or the city will pocket itThe city may owe you thousands. It’s a use-it-or-lose-it situation, and the clock is ticking. 067
Reposted by Ida MojadadSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 15/04/2026The federal government – ICE, FBI, and more – is spying on you without a warrant. This week, Congress will decide whether Kash Patel, Stephen Miller and Trump can keep spying on Americans. If that scares you (it should) this thread is for you. 23986443
Ida Mojadad @idamoj.bsky.social · 16/04/2026at this point SFUSD employees may have the skills to become very niche personal finance influencers. via @thefrisc.bsky.social thefrisc.com/sfusd-employ...thefrisc.comSFUSD Employee Retirement Accounts Are Likely Missing Hundreds of Thousands of DollarsSchool employees discovered the problem months ago. The district and pension system say don’t worry, the money’s in a trust fund. 043
Reposted by Ida MojadadReuters @reuters.com · 13/04/2026Millions of people in Sudan surviving on one meal a day as food crisis deepens, NGOs say reut.rs/4tHekP6reut.rsMillions of people in Sudan surviving on one meal a day as food crisis deepens, NGOs sayMillions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country's food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to a report published on Monday by a group of non-governmental organisations. 04942
Reposted by Ida MojadadPeter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Wrote a tribute to the Church of Total SF 🌁 🍿 ❤️ Home of soooo many epic San Francisco movie nights with @heatherknightsf.bsky.social Happy 100th birthday Balboa Theater! Gift link 🎁 ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti... 3416
Reposted by Ida MojadadPrism @prismreports.org · 11/04/2026Health care workers in Lebanon face Israel’s illegal attacks, Neha Madhira reports. As Israel’s illegal invasion & ground siege continues in Lebanon, 500,000+ residents fled at once in March. Pregnant women were forced to give birth on the side of the road & 55+ clinics were shut down or attacked.prismreports.orgHealth care workers in Lebanon face Israel's illegal attacksHealth care workers warn the attacks put a strain on Lebanon’s medical infrastructure, similar to how Israel targets Gaza’s health care system 297
Reposted by Ida MojadadKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 11/04/2026Nothing speaks to the fact that sexual abuse is so often about power that people who have, allegedly, done sexual abuse seek political power. 225645
Reposted by Ida MojadadJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/04/2026Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:... 6245131371