I interviewed a wildland firefighter about his work for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social: what a typical day is like, the self-organization of wildland firefighters, and what it takes to do the job. The photos are incredible, too:

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"It’s a deadly time to be a wildland firefighter. A fourth firefighter from the Knowles Fire burnover has passed away. Three weeks ago, on our way to Colorado, the initial three fatalities of the burnover passed away in their fire shelter." bayareacurrent.com/wildland-fir...

"It’s a deadly time to be a wildland firefighter. A fourth firefighter from the Knowles Fire burnover has passed away. Three weeks ago, on our way to Colorado, the initial three fatalities of the burnover passed away in their fire shelter." bayareacurrent.com/wildland-fir...

Wildland Firefighters Are More Important Than Ever

We spoke to one of the frontline union workers in the climate change fight.

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Wildland firefighters have become central figures in the fight against capitalism's ecological disaster. We spoke with a veteran federal wildland firefighter about the job's dangers, labor politics, and its joys. bayareacurrent.com/wildland-fir...

Wildland Firefighters Are More Important Than Ever

We spoke to one of the frontline union workers in the climate change fight.

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SF is rich, but its kids struggle to get to school. Why? SFUSD has outsourced buses to a private company, Zum. Only 43 of 122 schools are served, mostly for students with special needs, and drivers raise issues with student treatment, safety, and more. bayareacurrent.com/where-are-sf...

Where Are All the Yellow School Buses in San Francisco?

In a city dripping with cash, San Francisco can’t get its kids to school.

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Despite pushback, Oakland's politicos have given its cops another huge raise. bayareacurrent.com/oakland-city...

Oakland City Council Lines Cops’ Pockets

Despite public outcry, Oakland City Council decided to approve the new cop contract and reappoint police commission chair.

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Despite pushback, Oakland's politicos have given its cops another huge raise. bayareacurrent.com/oakland-city...

Oakland City Council Lines Cops’ Pockets

Despite public outcry, Oakland City Council decided to approve the new cop contract and reappoint police commission chair.

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Waymo workers have to clean WHAT? It’s come to light that Waymo uses even more human laborers than they want us to believe, and those workers deal with some pretty graphic stuff. Go check out the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social article by Stephanie Reist. bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

Unionized SF Orchestra workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and management's refusal to dip into a $270 M endowment. Workers hit picket lines and canceled opening night. The last time the musicians hit the picket lines was about 36 years ago. bayareacurrent.com/sf-orchestra...

The Show Won’t Go On: SF Orchestra Walks Out Opening Night

Union workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and refusal to dip into a $270 million endowment

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Pay workers

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Unionized SF Orchestra workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and management's refusal to dip into a $270 M endowment. Workers hit picket lines and canceled opening night. The last time the musicians hit the picket lines was about 36 years ago. bayareacurrent.com/sf-orchestra...

Unionized SF Orchestra workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and management's refusal to dip into a $270 M endowment. Workers hit picket lines and canceled opening night. The last time the musicians hit the picket lines was about 36 years ago. bayareacurrent.com/sf-orchestra...

The Show Won’t Go On: SF Orchestra Walks Out Opening Night

Union workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and refusal to dip into a $270 million endowment

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United Steel Workers Local 5 has been on strike, and is now locked out, for over 134 days at Martinez Renewables. 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 profiled one of those workers: Tomas Rivera, a proud union member and family man, who refuses to back down. bayareacurrent.com/tomas-rivera...

Over 134 Days on the Picket Line at Martinez Renewables, and Tomas Rivera Won’t Give Up

“I'm just a dad that wants to go back to work.”

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SF is rich, but its kids struggle to get to school. Why? SFUSD has outsourced buses to a private company, Zum. Only 43 of 122 schools are served, mostly for students with special needs, and drivers raise issues with student treatment, safety, and more. bayareacurrent.com/where-are-sf...

Where Are All the Yellow School Buses in San Francisco?

In a city dripping with cash, San Francisco can’t get its kids to school.

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“Ghost in the Machine ends in a call for refusal as a response to AI, centering the voices of data workers from Kenya, who are now “building a global alliance of workers.” We should join them.” @bayareacurrent.bsky.social Sept 14th on PBS! bayareacurrent.com/beware-the-g...

Beware the Genre of Criti-Hype: Two Documentaries about AI

Is it hype or is it Kool-Aid? “Ghost in the Machine” succeeds where “The AI Doc” fails.

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United Steel Workers Local 5 has been on strike, and is now locked out, for over 134 days at Martinez Renewables. 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 profiled one of those workers: Tomas Rivera, a proud union member and family man, who refuses to back down. bayareacurrent.com/tomas-rivera...

Over 134 Days on the Picket Line at Martinez Renewables, and Tomas Rivera Won’t Give Up

“I'm just a dad that wants to go back to work.”

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This depot worker's experiences dealing with Waymos gives a whole new meaning to 'enshittification.' bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

Cleaning Up Poop: The Human Labor Behind Waymo

Human feces isn’t even the nastiest thing they’ve found in the backseat.

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Thank you, Hasan Piker, for reading up on SF's homegrown techno-reactionaries. Help us continue our coverage of tech from the belly of the beast by becoming a paid subscriber: bayareacurrent.com/about/#/port...

Thank you, Hasan Piker, for reading up on SF's homegrown techno-reactionaries. Help us continue our coverage of tech from the belly of the beast by becoming a paid subscriber: bayareacurrent.com/about/#/port...

"We’re not meeting the future of George Jetson, but of George Orwell... as Robotaxi Handler makes clear, Waymo riders can be even more gross and depraved than their antisocial ideology reveals." From the belly of the tech beast in @bayareacurrent.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

Cleaning Up Poop: The Human Labor Behind Waymo

Human feces isn’t even the nastiest thing they’ve found in the backseat.

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This depot worker's experiences dealing with Waymos gives a whole new meaning to 'enshittification.' bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

Cleaning Up Poop: The Human Labor Behind Waymo

Human feces isn’t even the nastiest thing they’ve found in the backseat.

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SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

SF's Tech Right Debates the Ideal Dictator

Putrid vibes reigned at SF billionaire-funded Hamilton Society debate.

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People love to shit in Waymo cars... and more. We know because we spoke with one of the workers paid to clean them. bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

“There’s a lot of cleaning up poop”: A Depot Worker on the Human Labor Behind Waymo’s “Autonomous” Vehicles

Human feces isn’t even the nastiest thing they’ve found in the backseat.

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Jimmy Wu continuing his career as @bayareacurrent.bsky.social's in-house chronicler of the Bay Area tech right's most venal and dimwitted gatherings bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

SF's Tech Right Debates the Ideal Dictator

Putrid vibes reigned at SF billionaire-funded Hamilton Society debate.

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hell is empty and all the devils are here

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 4w ago

SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social, i report on a rancid tech-right vibe: Curtis Yarvin and the Hamilton Society debating whether the US should be ruled by a dictatorial "Caesar" their only fear? the specter of a "Caesar Mao, Caesar Stalin, Caesar Mamdani" bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

SF's Tech Right Debates the Ideal Dictator

Putrid vibes reigned at SF billionaire-funded Hamilton Society debate.

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Being curious about the contours of ethical bankruptcy is still ethical bankruptcy. Having a rigorous debate over say whether women deserve equal rights doesn't make you smart. It makes you an asshole who thinks such matters are actually debatable.

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 4w ago

SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

“How do you ensure,” one gentleman from Warsaw asks in earnest, “that the Caesar does not become Caesar Mao, Caesar Stalin, Caesar Mamdani?” To which a speaker on the affirmation sympathizes: “The recent election in New York, victories by the DSA, shows the writing on the wall"

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 4w ago

SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

fascism has a chokehold on the bays tech industry

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · 4w ago

SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect. bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-cae...

SF's Tech Right Debates the Ideal Dictator

Putrid vibes reigned at SF billionaire-funded Hamilton Society debate.

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waymo depot worker talks literal shit, safety issues, crazy labor practices. easily the most entertaining piece i've edited recently

Bay Area Current@bayareacurrent.bsky.social · last mo.

People love to shit in Waymo cars... and more. We know because we spoke with one of the workers paid to clean them. bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...