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Rusty Staples

@cpnfurious.bsky.social

Public School Parent in the 415🌁 🏳️‍⚧️

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Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer · 4d ago

Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man

Alex@alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 6d ago

There's a lot to like about this article but it ultimately pulls its punches and misses the mark. Lets start off noting @scottwiener.bsky.social hasn't reckoned with the consequences of his years of genocide enthusiasm as @nadiarahman.bsky.social said and continues trying to avoid the issue.

The Wiener campaign did not respond to requests for an interview.
Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 7d ago

Despite his pivot on Gaza, “[Scott] Wiener’s critics say they’re not willing to forget the state senator’s past record.” @alexbkane.bsky.social reports for our News Desk: jewishcurrents.org/scott-wiener...

Mark Misoshnik@misoshnik.bsky.social · last wk.

HUGE UPDATE: ALL charges against the Stud Alley defendants were dropped!

Judge tosses charges against Stud Alley partygoers ‘in the interest of justice

Judge dismisses cases against 18 people accused of failing to leave unpermitted party during pride weekend

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH@lcrw.news · 3mo ago

NEW from LCRW: Last weekend, SFPD brutalized trans-focused Pride events in San Francisco. @misoshnik.bsky.social talked to over a dozen people who saw what went down from a car attack to riot lines and assaults on bystanders.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

If Talarico’s comments and stances cause people not to vote for him then he should make better comments and take better stances. I accurately report on those comments and stances, that is my job and my role in my community.

Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am actually grateful for social media today. If you are under 25, you are getting a more honest accounting of the post 9/11 era than I got about the post-Vietnam era than I did as a young person. I attribute this 100% to social media. Traditional media and US politicians cannot be counted on.

Rusty Staples@cpnfurious.bsky.social · 2w ago

Every US city: police OT and vague police spending is causing a massive deficit Also every US city: we should massively increase the police budget every year

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2w ago

A budget crunch in Dallas is forcing cuts and layoffs, but the police budget will go up. "Our revenue gains are about as much as our increase for DPD. We live in a police state, a police city," said Councilmember Paula Blackmon My latest for @dmagazine.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...

Rusty Staples@cpnfurious.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dorsey has an opponent, Alex Behrend, but ML isn’t giving him equal coverage because he hasn’t raised what ML considers is enough money. IOW, ML thinks money is the most important factor in elections

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 2w ago

Sixth Street has been “revitalized” again and again — raising the same question each time: improve the neighborhood for whom? This week, we asked D6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey what revitalizing the corridor should look like. missionlocal.org/2026/09/meet...

Rusty Staples@cpnfurious.bsky.social · 4w ago

SF Democrats have endorsed a candidate credibly accused of SA. They also opposed a billionaire tax and a measure to dedicate funds for affordable housing. This is why voters don’t trust Dems, part 5,000.

Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 4w ago

JUST IN: San Francisco Democrats endorsed Manny Yekutiel in his supervisor race tonight, despite allegations of sexual assault. The meeting was contentious. Yekutiel's accuser took the mic, & outraged attendees cried “Shame!” missionlocal.org/2026/08/s-f-...

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 4w ago

Fun fact, tho not so much given the circumstances: Many large west coast SEIU local numbers are based off mergers. 1021 was 10 locals, now 1. 521 was 5, now 1. 721 was 7, now 1. Not 925. 925 is numbered after the 9 to 5 movement of women workers in the 70s, which Dolly wrote the song about.

SEIU Local 925@seiu925.bsky.social · 4w ago

We’re not in the habit of recognizing celebrity deaths here at 925. That said, Dolly Parton is a national treasure and some folks here joke that Dolly is our Locals patron saint. After all her song “9 to 5” is our anthem. Today we remember all the love and kindness Dolly brought the world.

Tribute-style portrait of a Dolly Parton performing in a ruffled light purple blouse, arm raised and singing into a microphone, overlaid with the lyric: "You're just a step on the bossman's ladder / But you've got dreams he'll never take away."