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JDub

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they/she. Consultant to folks doing good. EVNA.org board prez in ♥️ of SF on Ramaytush Ohlone land. Volunteer for LWVSF.org in community safety & LWVC.org nominating com. 🛶 🚲🥾⛷️🕊️🌍😷💉🏳️‍🌈

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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ITEP @itep.org · 28/09/2026
California voters will weigh in on a one-time 5% wealth tax on the state's billionaires. Opponents of the plan continue to raise objections, many of which are tenuous and have already been addressed. itep.org/californias-...
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California’s Prop 40: Responses to Common Objections
Proposition 40, California’s proposed billionaire tax, is a one-time 5 percent levy that addresses a significant one-time emergency, namely the cuts made to the healthcare system by the so-called “One...
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Big news from @ij.org: A federal judge in Alabama has just ordered ICE and CBP to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining people without individualized suspicion, and to stop detaining people who present valid ID. More to come shortly.
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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW REPORT: Haitian-Americans' detention in four Ohio jails SOARED since TPS ended. Haitian women now make up 39% of the female ICE population at these jails, up from 2%. Read our new report. ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/9/...
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The death penalty does not keep us safe. Email Congress to support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...
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End the Death Penalty in America: Support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
The death penalty is not an effective response to violence. Not only does the death penalty fail to deter crime, but it takes precious tax-payer dollars away from more effective programs that have act...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026
ICE deported a former child refugee to Vietnam last October for stealing from her employer — 25 years ago. Melissa Tran begged ICE to let her stay one more week so she could be by her young daughter’s bedside while she got surgery. They didn’t let her.
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Support the 2026 We Are California Policy Platform. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
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Support the 2026 We Are California Policy Platform
We Are California's 2026 Policy Platform: Three Priorities to Put People Over Billionaires and Protect California Families California should work for people, not billionaires, corporations, or author...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026
This is worth reading with how people speak to and about one another on social media in mind "Hopeless people are easy to divide, easy to isolate, and easy to pick off. Hope is the glue that keeps us from cracking when the machine leans on us hardest."
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Hope Is a Weapon
Holding onto hope is one of the most defiant things you can do right now.
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I took action with Indivisible San Francisco. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
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Tell the Airport Commission to rein in ICE at SFO · Indivisible San Francisco
Even for domestic flights, airlines send reservation data to the TSA, which passes it on to ICE. Travelers are being targeted and abducted by ICE at check-in counters, gates, jetbridges, and baggage c...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/08/2026
In Gary, Indiana, without refrigeration insulin supplies are being spoiled, and people who depend on oxygen cannot pump it from their tanks due to lack of electricity. A public health disaster.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More than 100 Deaf people who report sign language as their primary language have received deportation or removal orders since the beginning of 2026. Deaf people risk language deprivation while in ICE detention and in court proceedings.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes as well as its retiring publisher and a civilian reporter who covers the Middle East for the news organization. Read more: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... #Flashes
From left: Stars and Stripes Publisher Max D. Lederer Jr., Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte. (Stars and Stripes)
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21/08/2026
Ukraine says Russia launched several missiles and an estimated 168 drones, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring more than 40 others. to.pbs.org/4gkHFKe
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War crimes are part of Russia's strategy in Ukraine, retired U.S. Army colonel says
Ukraine says Russia launched several missiles and an estimated 168 drones, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring more than 40 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on allies ...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"The Emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground... They are following children in parks and gymnasiums, and we need this. I need this so I can stalk my ex-girlfriend."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterday
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'The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock': Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting
"This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Kinda fascinating that South Korea has its own AI bubble, and it seems to have just popped, and no one over here seems much inclined to notice that
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/08/2026
As Sen. Elizabeth Warren puts it, the regulatory approval announced late on Friday "is the most brazen act of self-dealing our system has ever seen." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trumps’ crypto project just got one step closer to becoming a bank
A regulatory charter for World Liberty Financial could be "the most brazen act of self-dealing our system has ever seen."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)
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That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I wrote earlier this year that the shingles vaccine is the best-evidenced longevity intervention. New 2026 data: 24% dementia risk reduction. overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
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Your anti-ageing stack should include this injectable
The shingles vaccine seems to reduce the risk of dementia. There is speculation that it might slow down ageing
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
"Last year, Trump tried to send kids alone to Guatemala in middle of the night, before judges halted him. But if there are no lawyers present, such eleventh hour rescues become impossible. That appears to be the point of the let’s-eliminate-the-competent-lawyers scheme." — @anatosaurus.bsky.social
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/08/2026
A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets. n.pr/4gfdN1W
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One Puerto Rico condo building, 10 families, no water
A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It's medicine's clock moment. We don't age linearly or synchronously (our organs and cells). That leads to an inflection point for promoting health and preventing diseases. erictopol.substack.com/p/medicine-i...
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Medicine is Moving From Calendars to Clocks
Proteins Tell How Fast Our Organs and Cells Are Ticking
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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
ALL EYES ON THE SUPREME COURT: We at @statesnewsroom.com on this muggy morning in DC are watching today for opinions on birthright citizenship, TPS, transgender athletes, Trump's firing of a member of the Fed Board of Governors, cancer liability, mail-in ballots and more. Stay tuned.
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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Good things happen when San Franciscans show up for each other! 💜 Volunteer with LWVSF and help your neighbors vote with confidence in November. Learn about volunteering at an election kickoff meeting - online on Wed 7/15 @ 6:00pm or in-person on Sat 7/18 @ 10:30am. RSVP lwvsf.org/calendar
League of Women Voters of San Francisco election kickoff meeting. Volunteer to help San Franciscans register to vote and learn about the next election. Three hands hold election ballots with check marks.
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San Francisco Public Press @sfpublicpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
From immigration court appointments to routine ICE check-ins, the stakes for immigrants in the city have risen exponentially, often inciting fear of going to appointments that come with steep consequences if not attended. www.sfpublicpress.org/network-of-h...
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‘Network of Hope’ Doesn’t Let Immigrants Visit ICE Alone
San Francisco parents and educators provide support at daunting federal check-ins.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Speed of response is everything, and it's still lagging far behind. Essential explainer on the Congo Ebola outbreak from @JeremyKonyndyk. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Why This Ebola Outbreak Could End Up Being the Worst One in History (Gift Article)
The situation in eastern Congo and Uganda combines some of the most dangerous aspects of the 2014 and 2018 Ebola outbreaks.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/06/2026
Police officers across the country are abusing their unfettered access to Flock's nationwide network of automatic license plate readers to stalk their exes. This is a dangerous violation of our privacy. Our communities must continue to fight back against this invasive surveillance tech.
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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 07/06/2026
It looks like Mike Johnson still doesn’t have the votes to pass the MAGA spending bill that would shovel $70 billion more to ICE and CBP. We need to turn up the heat on the House GOP. Email your representative and demand they vote NO on the reconciliation bill: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-ba...
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
April US transit data is in today, & all of the 10 largest US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 17% on Muni & 15% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 10%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +7%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +0.8%) is the slowest🧵
a graph of ridership growth year-on-year for the 10 largest US urban rail networks
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Last month, a pop-up exhibit in New York City displayed over 3,400 printed volumes of the Epstein files. How the lead organizer and funder, David Garrett, intends it as a “pressure campaign” to push for accountability: on-the-media.visitlink.me/L3QDN6
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This story is so short, and totally devastating. “Power is always within”
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KTVU FOX 2 @ktvufox2.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was momentarily drowned out by protesters at City Hall on Friday as city leaders kicked off Pride month.
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Mayor Lurie heckled over budget cuts during Pride Month kickoff at City Hall
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was momentarily drowned out by protesters at City Hall on Friday as city leaders kicked off Pride month.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 05/06/2026
Even when local police have no formal contracts with ICE, some departments still provide critical help to ICE agents. But in many jurisdictions, 911 call records are subject to public records law—providing watchdogs a tool for tracking ICE activity.
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How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
How are states restricting ICE activity? Can local prosecutors charge federal officers? How can local leaders prepare for ICE deployments? We provide answers about local responses to the immigration crackdown.
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 05/06/2026
The "Overpaid CEO" tax is losing 55-45 and needs to make up ground in order to pass. But in today's vote drop, it merely lost by less. Almost half of ballots are still outstanding. via @io-y-g.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/06/sf-o...
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Election update: Overpaid CEO tax continues to bleed votes in most recent ballot drop
The CEO tax measure is merely losing by less after Thursday's release of another 15,000 ballots.
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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
When I explain that CA takes time in part because it's got "lots" more mail ballots, I mean lots lots. Mail ballots (from the 2024 general election): CA 13,185,566 next closest (WA) 3,927,132 median state 307,185
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Mike Chen 陳懋華 @mikechensf.com · 05/06/2026
San Francisco Dept of Elections released the Thursday update an hour ago. With received uncounted ballots, the estimated turnout is 50.3%, higher than the 2022 midterm at 46.4%. Turnout could go up as more ballots arrive by mail. #SanFrancisco #elections #sfelections
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/06/2026
New World screwworm is a fly whose larvae eat living tissue, causing severe wounds in livestock, wildlife, & occasionally humans. Its return to TX after elimination in the US since the 60s is concerning—but surely gutting public health infrastructure & the fed workforce had nothing to do with it 🙂
nbcnews.com
Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd
The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
What Landback isn't is a demand for Non-Natives to hand over their housekeys or master plan to rid the land of Non-Natives. Landback is a framework, a set of ideas & possibilities that can take very different shapes depending on the land in question, the tribe involved and people doing the work.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Covering Netroots Nation 2026 in-person for @50501movement.bsky.social, to help make the largest annual progressive conference in the U.S. more accessible for organizers, activists, & volunteers across the country
50501 No Kings dork with the media pass Netroots Nation 2026
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ITEP @itep.org · 03/06/2026
Oil and gas companies pay more in taxes abroad than they pay in the U.S. thanks to excessive tax breaks and subsidies. But as Americans face higher fuel prices, even more handouts to this industry will not lower prices. itep.org/major-oil-an...
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Major Oil and Gas Corporations Pay Little in U.S. Tax
The oil and gas industry has long been known for widespread tax avoidance. Now, thanks to new disclosure rules, we have a better picture of how this occurs.
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Native American Rights Fund @nativerights.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has returned Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe to the Eighth Circuit for reconsideration, continuing a key case on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. NARF and our partners will continue to defend Native voters. Read more: buff.ly/Clr3Jjk
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Supreme Court Sends Voting Rights Case Back to the Eighth Circuit - Native American Rights Fund
Today the U.S. Supreme Court voided the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s previous erroneous decision in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ndians et al. v. Howe, a voting rights case in…
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 04/06/2026
More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months. Yes, that's billion with a "B." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds
President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the gifts as a boon to taxpayers, but critics of the project say the administration’s refusal to release a full list of donors creates the potential for co...
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #immigration #justice #NoICE
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Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP
Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...
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JDub @jwaggo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Vote today! San Francisco yes one A&D. No on B&C. More help voting in the comments.
Photo of me at the Department of Elections about to put my ballot in the slot with text that matches the post.
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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🫨 Haven't registered yet? You can still register and vote today. Visit a polling place or the City Hall Voting Center to register conditionally and vote provisionally. That's a fancy way of saying the SF Department of Elections will verify your eligibility before counting your ballot.
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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
❌ Do not use a blue USPS mailbox today. Changes in mail processing mean your ballot might not be counted. Instead, use an official drop box, bring it to a polling place or the City Hall Voting Center, or walk into a post office and ask for a same-day postmark.
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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
You hear that sound, San Francisco? It's coyotes howling for you to VOTE 🔥 Ballots due by 8pm TODAY🔥 Get our San Francisco voter guide at lwvsf.org/vote
A coyote in front of a sunset over the ocean howls the word "Vote".
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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Whether you want to meet like-minded San Francisco neighbors or see what the League of Women Voters is all about — we've got an event for you! Pick an event to come to and find your people 💜🤍💛 lwvsf.org/calendar
List of upcoming events from the League of Women Voters of San Francisco. 5/18 Deadline to register to vote. 5/27 Member co-working. 6/2 Election Day! Last day to vote. 6/6 Annual meeting. 6/25 LWV National Convention. 7/8 Happy hour with LWVSF. 7/20 Member book club. Get more info at lwvsf.org/calendar.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Trump's immigration enforcers look into buying ad data. Industry insiders fear what comes next. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
politico.com
Trump's immigration enforcers look into buying ad data. Industry insiders fear what comes next.
Businesses that collect and sell information on Americans face an ethical debate about its potential use in federal immigration probes.
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