Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can you spot SF? From the Oakland hills, bike ride night. 010
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163965530
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerDavid Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Win! CA Court of Appeal rules that the First Amendment protects to republish legally obtained police records even if they had been ordered sealed, affirms anti-SLAPP motion. law.justia.com/cases/califo... We @eff.org represented Jack Poulson who reported on the domestic violence arrest of a tech CEOlaw.justia.comBlackman v. Substack, A173244 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026)Blackman v. Substack, California Court of Appeals 2026 14017
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAsh-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good mornin’, good people, Haymarket Books is offering discounted tickets to this conversation with Angela Y. Davis. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Sarah Haley, and Ula Y. Taylor about the Combahee River Collective and its legacy for activism today. 1188
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026Math Teacher’s Duplex Too Depressing To TP theonion.com/math-teachers-duplex-t… 8121683
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have hired dozens of early/mid/late career professionals and never once gave a damn thought about their drink preferences omfg what's wrong with people. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574018611816
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There are so many officials who need to face jail time when the fascists are kicked out of power. The damage to our country is so far reaching. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comTrump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummetNational Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts 000
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Biking in the Oakland Hills, like Mars tonight 120
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026SCOOP: ICE is trying to ignore the appeals court decision striking down its third-country removal policy, using the thinnest of legal technicalities as a justification. It wants to expel a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic tomorrow. prospect.org/2026/09/23/i...prospect.orgICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals - The American ProspectImmigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show. 5345170
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm doing Scouts parent training spending hours learning about child abuse patterns and omfg what are y'all doing. 020
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Of course we want to be regulated, just not in THAT way, or by THOSE rules. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng 12552551588
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What a nice map, so neatly drawn, and well, starkly empty lol. Brilliant. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21/09/2026US has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday u.afp.com/Sj9Z 32350231
Reposted by Steve "Spike" Spikerhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Andrew Cuomo, through tears : this is marxismhuffpost.comMamdani Delivers $131 Million Settlement For DoorDash DriversThe Mamdani administration said the settlement is the largest labor enforcement action in the city’s history. 221357219
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared) 20854480
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 2822001234
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So the same security firm has now "tested AI models disconnected from the Internet" and somehow accidentally connected them to the Internet leading to real risks for other companies how many times? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comGoogle says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companiesDisclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models 021
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“Tax documents obtained by Zeteo Friday disprove the president’s repeated claims that he “saved” the revered arts center from financial collapse, and instead illustrate that Trump’s intimate involvement in the building’s affairs last year triggered the beginning of its rapid decline.“ #ETTDnewrepublic.comNew Filings Wreck Trump’s Biggest Claim About Kennedy Center TakeoverDonald Trump has repeatedly insisted the performing arts organization was on the brink of financial collapse. 1418998
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Remember when Jake Tapper dug in his heels to defend Fox News when Obama dared to move them to the second row of the press room? Well, now that the roles have reversed, I'm sure that Fox News will -- come on, stop laughing, let me finish 142104031729
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde 198129192229
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is not just me then you're saying? It's also most of us? Cool, but also terrible for a nation. 020
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery." 3045624948
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...democracydocket.com🚨 United States of America v. HanzasLearn more here. 521193284771
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On a local town planning call about realigning our main thoroughfare to be safer for everyone, so excited. Way to go Town of Moraga! 100
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Love to see bold plans that would create a better, safer community in Marin. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much. 7684761567
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerJoshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For those that don't know...Flock allows police to search anyone who has passed by the cameras wherever they are - regardless of if they are suspected of a crime or if there has been a search warrant procured Warrantless search is unconstitutional And creates the incentive for fishing expeditions 14520
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026This isn’t a “sale”. Israel purchases these weapons with a fund created with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Biden/Harris blocked these 2000-pound bombs from going to Israel. Congress can block this “sale.” VOTE. www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...nbcwashington.comTrump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8B weapons saleThe Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal. 17848031947
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE EffortAs part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 8019701014
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Everything in this piece is utter evil. The financing, the deal, the likely use of these weapons. Evil. And this is who we are as a nation, till we decide otherwise. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS set to deliver 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of vast arms dealPowerful bombs prompted such concern about mass deaths in Gaza that Biden officials paused delivery two years ago 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69285994169
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Next, the OIG says that people held in segregation were locked in tiny individual metal cages inside a building, held with no TV, no reading materials, no law library, no recreation, and no access to phones to call their lawyers. All of this wildly violated ICE standards. 10894208
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The DHS OIG finds that Florida's Alligator Alcatraz failed to meet SIX different categories of detention standards: - Medical Care - Food Service - Personal Hygiene - Recreation - Environmental Health and Safety - Special Management Units Report here. www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul... 161131307
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Flock is very serious surveillance technology that cops take very seriously: 404media.co/cops-search-...404media.coCops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box. 352194733
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Posting tips for women on how not to get murdered according to Dateline NBC. Will update with more tips 1. Don’t go on a boat with a man 2. Don’t go on a hike with a man 3. Don’t go near a hot tub or bath tub with a man. 721477226
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comMissouri’s top election official held in contempt for defying court’s gerrymander orderThe development was the latest embarrassment for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), after being thwarted in his attempt to force the gerrymander on Missourians. 451107303157
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'll take "Things some men believe" for $400 Alex. 100
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits 491129263884
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If Barack Obama had done this, every Sunday show would have talked about nothing else. 2725183525036
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Diablo is just a magic place to ride in the evening, and this route keeps you on the east side of most rugged which keeps you shaded which is just dope. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026DOJ spent 13 months going after five kids who wanted to play sports. It put $44 billion in federal education money on the table to do it. A judge just threw the whole thing out. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-pol... 452355772
Reposted by Steve "Spike" SpikerKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Absolutely yes. 732639329
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek. 000
Reposted by Steve "Spike" Spikersouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026if only there had been clues 1333759738
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I find Claude really valuable for my work, but I also see crap like this and have many doubts about AI. For reference, today is Tuesday. Thanks Google. 000