@robertfrancoeur.bsky.social
Beautiful views on my run from the Embarcadero to Crane Cove Park and back 🏃🏻♂️🌊
Making Rounds www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/b... I love this! As someone who doesn’t own a car, errands are an everyday activity. This keeps me active and I enjoy the casual interactions I have with local shops.
Making Rounds
nytimes.com
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
I picked up almost as much from the library as I did from school—real history, not that polished nonsense we were fed!
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
I’m 64 next month and I loaded up with groceries from Costco and biked home up 4 hills-not an electric bike. No carbon burned, just calories. The wildfires in France/Spain are horrifying. Please do all you can to not burn carbon. 🔥🔥🔥
‘This is us’: Carnaval San Francisco showcases Latin American heritage and pride www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... Beautiful weather for SF Carnival celebration!
‘This is us’: Carnaval San Francisco showcases Latin American heritage and pride
The four-hour spectacle of sight and sound drew thousands of observers to the Mission District.
sfchronicle.com
‘Our time to shine’: There’s a wave of new restaurants in this S.F. neighborhood www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur... Time to visit the Bayview. Yum!
‘Our time to shine’: There’s a wave of new restaurants in this S.F. neighborhood
There's a wave of new restaurants in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood, with new soul food, barbecue mariscos and more.
sfchronicle.com
Celebrate Bike to Work Day Friday with friends and neighbors from all across Boston. Join a group ride from your neighborhood and enjoy free breakfast at our festival on City Hall Plaza. 🚲☕🥯 Sign up and learn more: boston.gov/bike-to-work-day.
Wildly creative S.F. chocolatier opening first store on Mother’s Day www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur... Yum.
Wildly creative S.F. chocolatier opening first store on Mother’s Day
Topogato, whose chocolates are mini works of art, will sell its handmade creations in the Richmond District shop.
sfchronicle.com
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution? How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ? 20 minutes at the most
Mother is a verb as well as a noun, so I hope everyone can honor whatever mothers them and whatever capacity to mother they have, or the equivalent in whatever gender language works for them.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020... This recipe is so soothing if you have a cold. I am experiencing the worst cold in years. Ugh!
Easiest Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
The majority of shortcut chicken soup recipes use rotisserie chicken It’s a convenient hack, but cooked chicken doesn’t absorb flavors very well On the other hand, sautéing ground chicken in olive oil...
cooking.nytimes.com
Thanks to the advocacy of Black Alabamians and organizations like @allontheline.bsky.social, Black voters in Alabama will continue voting in fair congressional districts that allow them to elect candidates of their choice. This is a win for Alabama, and proof that progress is possible.
Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black voters in Congressional redistricting, judges rule
The court-ordered map, used in the 2024 elections, resulted in Alabama electing two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in history.
al.com
transformca.org/cap-and-trade/ Consider signing the petition supporting cap and trade/environmental justice.
Cap-and-Trade - Transform
California's Cap-and-Trade Program must do more to reduce GHG emissions and help communities burdened by decades of toxic pollution.
transformca.org
🧵Telegraph Hill is quintessential SF – panoramic Bay views, lush urban parkland, breathtaking architecture and very steep hills. It’s no surprise, then, that this hill, with the iconic Coit Tower perched atop it, has become one of the City’s true treasures and most popular tourist destinations.
SFUSD is in a financial crisis and the country is becoming a fascist/authoritarian state, but the views from our meeting location today are stunning.
One day heatwave. Wonderful run through the Botanical Garden, Blue Heron Lake, and Golden Gate Park🚶🏻♂️🌺🌲
@echo163.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky- trying to drag as many family & friends as possible off META. It’s tough though-folks are addicted. Fuck Zuckerberg and all the other greedy rich fucks.
Breast cancer memorial in Golden Gate Park, a national first, a poignant reminder of lives lost www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... I came across this beautiful new memorial today
Breast cancer memorial in Golden Gate Park, a national first, a poignant reminder of lives lost
The $1 million memorial garden at a park overlook is the first since the AIDS Memorial Grove opened 34 years ago.
sfchronicle.com
Beautiful day for biking, walking, reading, and meditating.🚶🏻♂️🌺🌲🌊
