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...

Normalize doing profiles of everyday, rank-and-file workers who actually embody a form of heroism. Read about Tomas and his 130+ day strike and lockout:

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

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...

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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“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 · last mo.

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...

They're toilets on wheels

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

We always wondered why Waymo vehicles are porcelain white... Waymo depot worker tells all: bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...

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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Cops across California are getting incentivized to arrest more people for stealing from chain stores with the help of millions of dollars in grant money that they can use to buy surveillance technology from companies like Flock. bayareacurrent.com/shoplifting-...

Prices Skyrocket and Retail Profits Soar. So Why Are Cops Focused on Mundane Shoplifting Arrests?

Thousands of pages of records reveal how the worst mall brands in America sold surveillance tech Flock to California.

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"Spending one’s brief time on this mortal coil trying to convince companies to fire their customer support teams and replace them with AI voice agents is not the act of a grounded person, in touch with their humanity." — @dellsystem.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/ai-slop-star...

AI Slop Startups Like “Delve” Will Never Beat the Fraud Allegations

Tech Billboard Decoder: Buzzy San Francisco-based startup Delve promises ‘AI-native compliance,’ turns out to be a house of cards.

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