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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There’s a documentary on Peacock called “Kill. Bury. Print.” about a very small family-run newspaper in Oklahoma that started investigating corruption in local law enforcement and eventually got local officials on tape musing about killing them. It’s very sobering. Worth a watch.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As a San Francisco resident, I beseech you to write this PSA on your heart.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.

Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine: The Next Generation of Pigs in Space poster. Featuring pig muppets in space costumes.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“If we’re not going to fight for our rights, we’re not going to have any rights” Brian Stelter on the media ban at SPJ.

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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The new law means that, by July 2027, an independent medical examiner will be responsible for determining how and why unnatural deaths occur in Riverside County, where roughly 2.5 million people live and more than 370 people have died in sheriff’s custody since 2005 — 151 of them under Bianco.

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Newsom signs bill stripping MAGA sheriff of his coroner title

In what amounts to a laser-focused rebuke to a Republican sheriff who has dismissed concerns about deaths inside his jails, California has stripped Sheriff Chad Bianco of his duties as coroner.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dear library, when I made these holds I did not intend for eight of them to come in at once when I’m on deadline. 😵‍💫📚

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jasmine mithani @jazzmyth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm going to be talking all about funding issues for domestic violence organizations stemming from Trump's executive orders, grant delays and VOCA cuts TOMORROW. If you attend, you're eligible to apply for a reporting grant of up to $10k. usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2026 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Symposium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 16/09/2026

We’re looking for volunteers to join upcoming Beneath the Surface investigative sessions this September. Help review police misconduct records and identify patterns of gender-based violence. Sign up and learn more: airtable.com/appjP6lNZ6da...

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I feel like the time needed to recuperate exponentially increases with age

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 Let it be 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve been rewashing ours… at least everything is drying quickly in this heat?

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For a year, California's largest ICE facility has barred all detained residents from hugging loved ones. The policy has sparked so much fury that residents have launched campaigns across dorms demanding contact visits In my latest, see video from one detained organizer + how CoreCivic has responded

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ICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center. Families are fighting back

In the California City facility, ‘contact visits’ are strictly forbidden – but detained residents aren’t staying quiet. Are officials listening?

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Tommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...

"I think that we have the ability to do something that the rest of our culture is yearning for, which is make people who are too rich to care about anything resembling the public interest worry that maybe they need to tell us the truth."

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is the tool I need and I didn’t know it existed. Thank you!

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs.

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League of Women Voters of San Francisco @lwvsf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Shout out to neighbors in the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park, Diamond Heights, Eureka Valley, Mission Dolores, Duboce Triangle & nearby. The free San Francisco District 8 Supervisor candidate forum is tomorrow, Sept 2! 🎟️ RSVP bit.ly/2026Candidat... @aclu-norcal.bsky.social @sfgovtv.sf.gov

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This self guided walking tour is close to where you’re staying, includes the OUT 出 Museum and you can swing by City Lights after. www.kqed.org/news/1204598... Coyote’s calendar has great recommendations www.coyotemedia.org/tag/calendar/ Bring layers, it’s cool and foggy in the am, warm in the pm

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Take Yourself on a Self-Guided Tour of Chinatown’s Queer Past and Present | KQED

For Chinatown Pride 2025, community groups visited the neighborhood’s queer landmarks. You can now follow their steps.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s taken me a long time to realize that not everyone had to wash the kitchen floor every night, which is what was expected of me among many other cleaning tasks. It’s hard figuring out what the right amount of clean is as an adult.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Proud that the Police Records Access Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards! Working together journalists, engineers and attorneys identified about 20,000 officers who used force or violated policy in California and published records detailing the incidents at clean.calmatters.org

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Congratulations to the finalists of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards - Online Journalism Awards

The Online News Association (ONA) is proud to announce the finalists in the 2026 Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), the premier global prizes that have set the bar for excellence and innovation in digit...

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I got mine last week and can attest that it’s been very helpful for processing my feelings 💖

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Please, I need proof that John Waters is ok.

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026

the famous line about how michael caine treated the muppets as fellow actors and tim curry treated himself as a fellow muppet keeps running through my head we have a lot of brilliant actors, but how many of them can really pull off 'unhinged muppet' the way curry could? what a tremendous loss

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Tim Curry Laughing as Pirate Captain

Alt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island laughing

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I can’t even begin to process Tim Curry. I’ll just be weeping into my VHS of Muppet Treasure Island today while eating the blondies I made for Dolly yesterday.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I imprinted very hard on the Chronicles of Prydian and the Earthsea books, especially Tombs of Atuan. Both series helped me consider how our actions ripple out and can impact so many others. And to think about who I wanted to be in the world.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I basically deal with terrible government websites professionally, and I often cannot wrap my head around exactly how I’m supposed to use the Parks and Rec site. @emmaruthless.bsky.social now has words for the pain of being so close to the incredible offerings and yet so far from accessing them.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ohhh, I feel like shared resource is good bc some stores are different. Like I know SF, Edison and Vancouver have a giant bottle of yujacha, but other stores don’t have it.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"average person eats 3 centipedes a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 centipedes per year. Centipedes Georg, who lives in a well-lit house & eats over 10,000 each day,

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’m a huge fan of small notebooks as swag as well. Espevially something I can easily throw in a purse. I have a pile of them that I work through until I can restock at the next conference.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 18/08/2026

Police rarely track dog shootings, but the Department of Justice and animal advocacy groups have estimated that officers shoot and kill approximately 10,000 pet dogs every year — or about 25 to 30 dogs per day. thetr.ac/Tkf0m

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How Often Are Dogs Shot by the Police?

The recent LAPD shooting of a pet dog during the NBA finals highlights a common occurrence — dogs are shot on average 25 to 30 times a day.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026

Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone? Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal. by @shaw.al

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Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?

Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What happens if a Waymo gets stranded on Highway 1? In the city at least you can generally take a route around them when they freeze. I guess we’ll find out. I’m also curious about what the policy is during a fire evacuation…

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I’m thrilled that @spj-posts.bsky.social honored the Police Records Access Project with the Sunshine Award for our work obtaining and publishing 1.5 million pages of records detailing police violence and misconduct in California. You can search by keyword or for officers identified in the records.

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SPJ honors 2026 Sunshine Award recipients for advancing open government

Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Who else felt the quake? My cats definitely did.

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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Two San Francisco police officers used excessive force in a 2024 arrest, breaking a car window during a traffic stop and using pepper spray on the driver, according to a report by the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability.

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San Francisco cops who pepper-sprayed wrong man flagged for excessive force

Police accountability report faults SFPD officers for violent 2024 Tenderloin encounter following a mistaken traffic stop

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Mine was similar. Except sometimes she’d add that life is short and then you die and that’s why you should wear nice jewelry now.

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Lisa Pickoff-White @pickoffwhite.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is the way. Excel can’t disappear the 0s if you start with the year

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

New court filings detail immigration agents in Los Angeles referring to potential targets using racial slurs.
Civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to bar an “ongoing campaign of suspicionless and discriminatory” stops in the Central District of California.
Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a court filing asking a federal judge to bar agents from making stops based on racial profiling.

After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body camera footage captured an agent saying: “There was a guy, I’m pretty sure he’s wet he was just sitting in that minivan.” A text chain revealed an agent referring to “tonks everywhere selling food” — using a word reportedly derived from the sound an agent’s utility flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head. In a video, an agent said, “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.”

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