tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Read your piece in Oakland Review of Books. I say this as a fellow El Cerritan and ex-Ohian: you're my hero. Also: Nextdoor is distilled social media poison. 110
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialLaki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌.. 192300855
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialamityf @amityf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Every morning on the news, there's car ads--taking kids to soccer, going shopping, to work, to the park. Maybe we need more public transit ads that are doing the same. Not just the social media posts of real people praising transit, but shiny ads of stereotypical families using the bus. #busride 68112
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We've always been at war with the Islamic Republic of Japan. 000
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.” 10623832912749
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialRebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/04/2026So sad to miss this, especially since it’s at my local theatre. If you haven’t been to El Cerrito’s Rialto, I highly recommend it. It’s a beautiful theater, with great food, wine, and beer. Just a ten minute walk from El Cerrito Plaza BART. 083
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialPlaces Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back:placesjournal.orgThe Disappearance of the Public BenchBenches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest. 401875688
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026@madar.bsky.social - ngl, a little disappointed you are t running in HU this cycle. 110
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 30/03/2026@joescott.bsky.social Just saw your Alcatraz episode. I enjoy your work, but I am always surprised by how hard people think it is to swim from Alcatraz. Hundreds of people do it every year. In good weather, if you know the tides & your head is kept warm, it’s not far. serc.com/alcatraz-inv...serc.comAlcatraz Open Swim - South End Rowing Club 000
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 07/02/2026millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad. 1043090
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Walz: "We sill investigate this. We will not be stonewalled ... this will end when enough American say this will end. Do I have any confidence that Donald Trump will do the right thing? No ... quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement." 703005836
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Like all of us, I have both progressive and conservative values. I contain multitudes. They are all enraged. 000
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Where are the Libertarians who worried so much about government overreach now that the Feds break into houses without warrants? Hell, where are the Second Amendment fans and their explanation of how their guns are supposedly protecting us from being killed by these masked government agents? 100
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE kills another person. Where are the “free speech absolutists” defending our right not to get our six month old tear-gassed nearly to death while we drive? Where are the Tea Party protesters who don’t want taxes going to healthcare, now that we pay billions to kill Minnesotans in the street? 100
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/01/2026BREAKING NEWS: ICE agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis. I was interviewing Minnesota AG @ag.state.mn.us when it happened and he explains why it has become an absolute necessity for the “invasion of the Twin Cities by federal agents” to come to a stop. youtu.be/mh7bR-_rPAoyoutu.be🚨BREAKING: ICE MURDERS AGAIN in Minneapolis Amid Growing PROTESTSYouTube video by Katie Phang 81911331
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.social🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 24/01/2026Another Murder By ICE GESTAPO in broad daylight!! www.instagram.com/reel/DT5jh7b... 77948
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialKelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest 93120112458
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 23/01/2026“Stick together and we’ll win.” Some readings to get inspired for the Minneapolis General Strike.buff.ly“Stick Together and We’ll Win.” How to Get Inspired For the Minneapolis General StrikeTomorrow is ICE Out of Minnesota, a mass protest against ICE and their murder, violence, and oppression of innocent people. The day of collective protest has gotten the backing of unions and politi… 05124
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 04/12/2025ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts 33897133
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialChase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026God bless all the good people of Minneapolis ✊ 0152
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Read this story and decide if this is the America you want to live in. ICE saw a Latino man driving a car. Chased him down and rammed him. Just because he wasn’t white. He was just a guy - an American citizen - driving to the auto shop.sahanjournal.comICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling Latino driverICE agents rammed into a man’s car in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon while profiling the Latino driver. 18526251112
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13/01/2026Jon Stewart on the disconnect between Trump excusing J6 protesters and MAGA condemning Renee Good 34961324
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her. 140111606310
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Should have at least tagged @katz.theracket.news. Oops. Also, feels like The Prize is worth a reread as well. 000
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Sadly, this book is newly relevant. A double medal of honor winner in the early 20th century comes to realize that he is simply acting as muscle for business interests. It is very much nonfiction, and it seems like we’re slipping into that world once again. Worth reading at least the first 2/3. 110
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 23/09/2025What will my podcast feed do without Melvin Bragg? I guess I'll just have to re-listen to all 1,000+ shows. Also, he is a Lord? www.bbc.com/news/article... cc @madar.bsky.socialbbc.comMelvyn Bragg steps down from BBC Radio 4's In Our Time after 26 yearsThe veteran presenter has hosted more than 1,000 epsiodes of the programme over the past 26 years. 020
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Canceled #disneyplus and #hulu. We can’t have the government bullying us out of the first amendment by pressuring media companies. #1A 010
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Dammit. When this goes bad, let no one who promoted this war slink away. 010
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I have a lot of issues with Gavin Newsom but he is calling out Trump in a way other major leaders aren’t and if he causes Trump to have a stroke I will buy him a latte 1865858802
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here? 31915280
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.social🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants. 17370822186
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Jan Hammer? It’s a bold choice, but a man who can compose the Miami Vice theme can do anything, I suppose. 010
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Are we sure we wouldn’t have been better off with the nice lady? 000
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialChristopher Rose @khowaga.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Ok, I don’t actually mind the penny thing. What? Even a broken clock that broken can be right once a month… 021
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"The new regime must seize all points of power, without respect for paper protections." If you have not yet subscribed to @gilduran.com's Nerd Reich newsletter consider this your reminder. 14325
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 31/01/2025...Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing." 000
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 31/01/2025...Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is... 100
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction..." -Toni Morrison 50 years ago. All this anti-DEI BS is just meant to distract and impede. She went on: "...It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being... 120
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country 220912613324429
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialSenator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 28/01/2025The Trump Chaos Cuts are threatening the safety and well being of Americans everywhere—from our children and elderly, to police and veterans. The administration needs to provide answers now. 53608277
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I just explained both Michesleson-Morley and Modigliani-Miller to the kids in one evening. Got the names confused, though. Turns out that debt/equity ratios do not alter the value of luminiferous ether. #econsky #physicssky 000
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialTess Taylor @tessathon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024 Oh man, it is almost the darkest day, and I’ve had a rollercoaster of a week, but here’s something amazing to share! I’m over the solstice moon to announce today that my next book of poems, COME, BITE will be published by Milkweed Press in Spring of 2027! @milkweed.bsky.social 161
Reposted by @tas2.bsky.socialMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024A quick way for DOGE to cut over $1.3 Trillion in spending: Gun safety laws save $557 billion. Universal healthcare with Medicare for All saves $650 billion. Ending fossil fuel subsidies save $20 billion. Cutting contractor profit from the military budget saves over $80 billion. Start there. 33783255
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Poets wrote about Taylor Swift (no relation) and the @nytimes.com turned it into a very cool quiz including work by @tessathon.bsky.social (yes, relation). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comMatch the Taylor Swift Song to the Poem Inspired By Her Music (Gift Article)Famous poets (tortured or not) have taken inspiration from Swift's music. Can you match the poem to the song? 010
tas2.bsky.social @tas2.bsky.social · 26/09/2023It’s out, y’all! Tess Taylor’s podcast “Intimate Addresses.” Take a listen. It’s a great dose of art and history. If you ever wanted to “get” 20th century art, this is a great place to start! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... 010
