THREAD: Here's what happened in today's "We are exploiting peoples' legitimate fears around kids online safety to advance dangerous censorship and surveillance legislation" hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee... 🧵
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Digital organizer, internet policy wonk. Diaspora Glitch. We are hope despite the times
that one dude has some good ideas despite his terrible scatalogical neologism but ”essay formatted” =/= one paragraph per post
oh yeah wow there is no reason to show me which of my follows liked a post, that is so very tmi
does scott think that chatbot makes him look good because wow
In Brazil, this would be illegal under their election law.
Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 2d agoScott Wiener is so fucking creepy!!! making an AI chatbot of your woman opponent so she says all the things your campaign wants her to say is deeply misogynistic!!! holy shit!!!
a political campaign where you make a chatbot of your opponent where it fabricates her quotes should be disqualifying for office, and probably a fucking CRIME?
not sure who needs to know this but the sf firebelles are playing baseball on espn right now
tune-yards are live now at stern grove and streaming at www.sterngrove.org/livestream
Livestream — Stern Grove Festival
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it is totally worth it to develop your britdar, just ask yourself when you see a white person saying some stupid stuff especially in morning hours, is this person british and you will be astounded how often you are correct
it’s opening day for the firebells! 😍
Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 4d agoThis starts today! You can watch on ESPN at 5:00. I personally have chosen the Firebells as my team for now, because I have no sports grudges about San Francisco and because they have the best name by a mile. www.womensprobaseballleague.com
apparently the marketing people have invented a thing called summerween and yes it is a capitalism creation but now that it’s august you have to admit they have some good points
New @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social: BIG TECH IS A BIG NO ☝️ Battleground voters have very serious concerns about Big Tech's role in American society, see tech CEOs as part of the corruption problem in DC, and overwhelmingly want their lawmakers to act.
Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...
Exclusive | Inside Gavin Newsom’s desperate bid to save billionaire pals’ dream city
Newsom has been quietly whipping support for California’s billionaire-backed megacity as it faces the loss of a key tenant.
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back in the 90s, as a very young person, I had an encounter with a mostly unknown jared leto in the opening of an attraction in vegas. as the core demo of his tv show, I was the only person in the group who seemed to know who he was
This is a great essay on fast food, Huey Newton, Jim Jones, redevelopment and revolutionary suicide. Read it.
Oakland Review of Books@oaklandreviewofbooks.org · last wk.The first McDonalds in Oakland and the building Boots Riley used as Jackie's Chicken in *I Love Boosters*: "Between the Eastmont Town Center and Evergreen Cemetery, a broken down fast food joint is a relic of the moment things went bad in the Deep East": www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/dead-at-mcdo...
back in the 90s, as a very young person, I had an encounter with a mostly unknown jared leto in the opening of an attraction in vegas. as the core demo of his tv show, I was the only person in the group who seemed to know who he was
Crushed by the Hansard news. A lesser known corner of Hansard‘s life was his close friendship with Eddie Vedder. The two were a beautiful example of how to support one another through grief. That story doesn’t fit into a social media post but this performance does youtu.be/S35d9KgruNs
Pearl Jam - Falling Slowly with Glen Hansard - Baltimore (September 12, 2024)
YouTube video by MFSYNC172
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We can’t be losing people like Glen Hansard right now. 💔
Amid a spiraling cocaine and alcohol addiction, Ruby Rippey had an affair with Gavin Newsom, who was at the time the mayor of San Francisco and her boss. Twenty years later, she writes about the fallout—and piecing her life back together
How I Blew Up My Life. (Or, the Gavin Newsom Affair)
When news of her affair with Gavin Newsom exploded into the public eye, it was only the outward mark of a long-rippling private implosion. In the wreckage of the scandal, Ruby Rippey faced her demons ...
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🎙️ON AIR: Who pays for San Francisco? We discuss with @sfchronicle.com reporter JD Morris, UC Berkeley professor Sarah Anzia, and Stanford University professor @robreich.bsky.social. ❓What role do you think private philanthropy should play in government? 📻Listen:
Who Pays for San Francisco? | KQED
We talk about the impact that money can have on local politics.
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Digital is not unlimited. It is as finite as our air, water, land, and life. My most recent post on liberationtoolbox.io talks about digital decluttering, as well as individual and collective strategies. See you over there.
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Liberatory Strategy + Tech Justice for our expansive world
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we are still hope despite the times
R.E.M.@remhq.bsky.social · last wk.Here’s to 40 years of Lifes Rich Pageant
turns out i am basically powerless against the vintage neon flamingo mtv logo t-shirt on deep discount from the fanatics sale
"Going back to my 19-year-old self, she would have been blown away."
Cannabis is now the biggest attraction at the California State Fair
"Going back to my 19-year-old self, she would have been blown away."
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my book club picked the kara swisher book last time around and it has been difficult to read so far because all the eye rolling makes it hard
Customers can help themselves to "one free item per person per day."
Free Oakland Up is the Bay Area's best bargain, with a price tag of nothing
Customers can help themselves to "one free item per person per day."
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A new resolution seeks to more than double the number of speed cameras monitoring drivers in San Francisco. www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...
San Francisco Wants to Double Down on Speed Cameras
A new resolution seeks to more than double the number of speed cameras monitoring drivers in San Francisco.
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SCOOP: Remember the guy with the "Saikat lives in Maryland" van? He's back with anti-Connie Chan branding, but we uncovered that he's quietly getting paid by a pro-Scott Wiener PAC. The PAC denies any wrongdoing, and says it's paying for office work:
More than a man with a van: Guy behind the viral ‘Saikat lives in Maryland’ van has money ties to a pro-Wiener PAC
Conor Johnston has been paid nearly $30,000 by the PAC — but allegedly not for the van
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'Huerta “is an incredibly powerful and important voice, iconic, inspirational, but not infallible,” said Mike Casey, president of the San Francisco Labor Council... Chan has built a broad coalition of labor support, Casey continued, and Huerta’s endorsement of Wiener is “kind of a distraction.”'
Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 2w agoDolores Huerta, the longtime civil rights leader and United Farm Workers cofounder, is backing Scott Wiener in his race for Congress. That has left allies of Connie Chan, his rival and labor's candidate in the race, scratching their heads. missionlocal.org/2026/07/dolo...