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David Knowles

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Deputy Opinion Page editor for @sfchronicle.com. www.amazon.com/Remembering-Remember…

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 22h
This story is completely nuts: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Hegseth taps Musk, Gingrich and Luckey to predict the future of war: Be very afraid
OPINION: The owners of companies that sell weapons to the Pentagon shouldn’t advise it on the future of combat, author Sharon Weinberger writes.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We appear to have broken the planet. #ElNino #climatechange #climate
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The White House later asserted that Trump had been misunderstood." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Trump’s ‘take out’ L.A. and San Diego quip lands with a thud for Steve Hilton
OPINION: “Let’em take out Los Angeles. Let’em take out San Diego,” Trump said of Iran’s government in a comment that does no favors for Steve Hilton.
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US politi.co/4rPdj85
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. following the illness of an employee at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/10/2026
New York has confirmed 101 cases in the state, excluding New York City, as of Oct. 3
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New York Gov. Hochul Issues State Of Emergency Over Measles Cases
New York has confirmed 101 cases in the state, excluding New York City, as of Oct. 3
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991 ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/meas...
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"If you support Head Start, it’s important that you make your views known through a public comment period that runs through Tuesday." sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/head-start-trump-oakland-immigrants-project-2025-22448176.php?mrfhud=true
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Trump’s war on Head Start comes to Oakland. Here’s what you can do about it
OPINION: Oakland is one of the few cities in the United States with a publicly funded and administered Head Start program, but attacks on the program by the Trump administration threaten its...
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The latest trend in education. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Tech bros are creating schools that prioritize wealth creation. That’s a mistake
OPINION: We shouldn’t teach future generations that success is a prize reserved for “builders,” a stand-in term for anyone who managed to become wealthy, regardless of how they got there.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"I live with two countdowns. The first is my ALS countdown. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is progressively taking away things my body once did naturally, like walking, talking and breathing. The other countdown is AI-driven science." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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I have ALS. The promise and potential perils of AI are personal
OPINION: While concerns over AI safety are warranted, the technology could help us design bigger, smarter and more inclusive trials for people with diseases like ALS, Kevin J. Morrison writes.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@sanders.senate.gov op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com supporting Prop 40: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Bernie Sanders: Yes, California should pass a wealth tax on billionaires to save healthcare
OPINION: A billionaire tax would raise $100 billion, enough revenue to prevent 3 million low-income and working-class Californians from losing their healthcare, Sen. Bernie Sanders writes.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Until we start holding everyone accountable for ending sexual violence in politics — including our colleagues and allies — bad actors will continue to run for office and serve as elected officials." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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The lessons of Manny Yekutiel’s all-too-predictable exit from San Francisco’s political stage
OPINION: When Brad Chapin was Manny Yekutiel’s only accuser, prominent political figures, unions and organizations doubted his claims. On Thursday, that all changed.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"A few hours. That is all the time this disease gave us. I have spent every day since asking how this happened to a healthy young man who did everything right, and I keep coming back to the same answer: No one told us he was still at risk." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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My son died within hours of contracting meningitis B. A vaccine could have saved his life
OPINION: 80 percent of parents don’t know about the meningitis B vaccine according to a recent study, and only about 13% of 17-year-olds have completed the MenB series, Aracelly Bibl writes.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"It is time for the Supreme Court to put an end to this method of execution, if not forever, at least until a humane protocol is established." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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What the failed Tennessee execution shows about lethal injection
OPINION: It should be apparent to all that death by lethal injection is now unquestionably inhumane.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This will backfire, bigly.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
His mistake was epic, but dumber than Tommy Tuberville may not be possible.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Two Bay Area counties are running parallel experiments regarding who should manage that pretrial period, and the results should settle the question." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Alameda County should learn from San Francisco’s pretrial services mistake
OPINION: San Francisco and Alameda counties are running parallel experiments regarding who should manage pretrial services, and the results should settle the question, Andrea Crider writes.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm not the audience for the Smith hearing, but the main political issue here is that Republicans want the world to know that Smith subpoenaed congressional phone records as he investigated Jan. 6 etc, and nobody outside the Senate can explain to you why that's bad.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trailer for "Musk" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Forbes @forbes.com · 28/09/2026
The court had previously claimed it was unnecessary for Alito to step back from hearing the case.
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Samuel Alito Recuses From Major Supreme Court Case After Oil And Gas Investments Come Under Fire
The court had previously claimed it was unnecessary for Alito to step back from hearing the case.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To the few Republicans now trying to put some daylight between themselves and Trump's policies. No. You were with him 100% when it mattered and we're going to remember.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Florida asks for emergency order to halt ChatGPT development
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Florida asks court to impose guardrails on ChatGPT
Florida's attorney general says the company doesn't have the ability to properly regulate its own technology.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The one wildcard to Becerra’s strategy of keeping mum will come on Wednesday when he will be obliged to, you know, talk as the cameras roll during his CNN debate with Hilton." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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The one big potential flaw to Becerra’s low-profile strategy in the California governor’s race
OPINION: Feel the excitement of a nail-biter campaign that wasn’t, in which Xavier Becerra seems more than content to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the companies that are proposing self-regulation of AI. www.axios.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Polo's been a Category 5 hurricane for a total of 48 hours so far, longer than any other Category 5 hurricane on record for the Northeastern Pacific. 2026 also just tied 1997 and 1994 for the most Category 5 hours in a single season and should be the new recordholder by tonight.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the San Francisco Editorial Board's endorsement of Scott Weiner. "[Connie] Chan’s positions are a case study in why San Francisco has the nation’s worst housing crisis." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Endorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice
OPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Just how a news organization could be kept 'independent' of its own owners is not explained, nor is there an attempt to lay out this board’s standards, procedures or powers." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Paramount’s ‘News Editorial Independence Board’ is a joke. CNN and CBS will pay the price
OPINION: In order to secure the deal that allowed Paramount to purchase Warner Bros., David Ellison’s company agreed to create a meaningless “News Editorial Independence Board.”
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 25/09/2026
Skokie calls for review of Flock cameras following national surge of misuse
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Skokie calls for review of Flock cameras following national surge of misuse
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Literally everyone will tell you that.
Threads post 

Early Beatlemania was fuelled by teenage girls, but they won't tell you that.

Women and girls have always been the trendsetters and the tastemakers.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The potential risk for entrapment,” the agency added, “can result in a severe injury or death of the operator and other occupants of the vehicle.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Tesla is fixing its doors in China. A Piedmont crash shows why it should fix them here, too
OPINION: Teslas sold in China are not worse than those sold in the U.S. The difference is that China swiftly adopted a rule requiring a mechanical release inside and outside every door.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE is removing detainees with final deportation orders from its online tracking system. This makes it nearly impossible for their lawyers and families to contact them, which could prevent them from using all their constitutionally protected legal options. Trump’s cruelty is endless.
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
> @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann Selzer — rejecting claims that its inaccurate pre-election poll amounted to consumer fraud.
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Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register
The dismissal is an early test of Trump's broader push to use litigation against news organizations over coverage he disputes.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"For years, AI workers have sounded internal alarms to no avail. It took someone speaking publicly to trigger a substantive response from AI leaders." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Congress should protect AI company whistleblowers who have signed NDAs
OPINION: Many tech workers are forced to sign nondisclosure agreements when they accept a job. Congress should carve out an exception when it comes to AI risks.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As the Golden State Valkyries head into the playoffs, fans have a new name for the ferocious defense that has become one of the team’s signatures. They call it “Valkatraz.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Welcome to Valkatraz: How Alcatraz became part of the Valkyries’ story
OPINION: As the Golden State Valkyries head into the WNBA playoffs, their fearsome defense has a new nickname that pays homage to a San Francisco landmark, Christine Lehnertz writes.
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/09/2026
First lady Melania Trump's office approved credentials for CNN and Politico at her “Fostering the Future Together” event in New York, breaking with her husband's ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW. CNN's Betsy Klein reports. Read more: cnn.it/4AxnCla
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Axios @axios.com · 22/09/2026
GOP senator wants Trump Jr. subpoenaed after Russian oligarch-funded wedding
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A GOP senator wants Trump Jr. subpoenaed after Russian oligarch-funded wedding
Sen. Curtis' call for an investigation follows a ProPublica report.
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Politico @politico.com · 23/09/2026
Paul: ICE hasn’t shared information about Minneapolis shooting probes
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Paul: ICE hasn’t shared information about Minneapolis shooting probes
DHS faces continued bipartisan scrutiny in the wake of several incidents where ICE or Border Patrol agents used deadly force against individuals they were trying to apprehend.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22/09/2026
A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.
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Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#FLgov @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What if he became the Democratic nominee and was facing Vance in the general?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not sure that distinction is all that important. Awful either way.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump's admiration for Hitler has been well documented.
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David Knowles @writerknowles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Via Wikipedia: The Nazi regime used the concept of "fake news" by weaponizing the German term Lügenpresse ("lying press") to dismiss independent journalism, foreign reporting, and critical facts as deceitful enemy propaganda.
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