A little lovin' goes a long way. How do I know? An old beau turned me onto Carla Thomas many years ago; and this morning this got me bopping because I've got some. open.qobuz.com/track/119898...
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Stefanie Kalem Bae
@skalembae.bsky.social
Public servant, intersectional feminist, pragmatic fantasist, compulsive extrovert. Read more women. Watch more stuff centering the experiences of women, nonwhite, trans & queer folx. My writing is on stefaniekalem.com and on substack as @stefaniekalem.
My professional love language is GIFs. My professional religion is RACI. You codeswitch your way, I'll codeswitch mine.
Are they finally catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?
It me! Belated scares form my b-movie past!
Cul-de-sac of Blood@culdesacofblood.bsky.social · 12mo agoThis week, a scary season treat from one of our favorite essay writers, Stefanie Kalem, who somehow never told us she was in a straight to video horror B-movie epic a couple decades ago. We made her watch it & write about the experience🖤 www.culdesacofblood.com/stefanie-kalem
Sharing this one, too, because I am proud of California and hope we can secede soon. L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids
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Alameda County approves $3.6 million to scale up immigrant defense amid ICE surge oaklandside.org/2025/10/15/a...
Alameda County approves $3.6 million to scale up immigrant defense amid ICE surge
The measure follows a 500% spike in calls to ACILEP, a county hotline. It will expand the hotline hours and fund more legal aid for immigrants.
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Hi, Bluesky. I haven't been here since June. What did I miss?
Oakland protest anyone? - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS East Bay · No Kings
The narcissist-in-chief is throwing a ridiculous military parade for himself in DC - everywhere else we rise up to say NO KINGS!! ***WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES!*** *ASL interpretation provided!* ...
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Over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists live-streaming for 100 hours—kicking off today at 1 PM eastern and running through June 1–about how DOGE is impacting weather and climate science. Livestream at wclivestream.com/watch
Weather and climate science needs your help
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Song of the day: "Man in Mind" by Ida. Kitchen's unpacked. Record shelves populated. Stereo hooked up. We rewarded ourselves w/brewery lunch out w/friends, then I took a nap and thought about how I still can't play this on piano, though I know the vocal harmonies by heart. youtu.be/UHQlGlx7ZGs?...
Man in Mind
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SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Song of the day: "Run Baby Run" by The Primitives, a band I was fortunate enough to see for free at the Malibu Nightclub in Long Beach, NY, when I was 17 years old. But that was long ago, and this week I am finishing packing up my apt of a decade so... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA0K...
Run Baby Run
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As someone with a complicated relationship with the conservative Judaism that tried to raise me (and the orthodoxy and zionism to which I often had a front seat) I always find Kaya's writing about Catholicism a thoughtful, progressive, and nuanced window into that parallel spiritual universe.
Kaya Oakes@kayaoakes.bsky.social · 2y agoI'm back -- maybe just temporarily? -- because @sojo.net asked me to write about Pope Francis, and I wanted to share it with you. sojo.net/articles/opi...
Song of the day: "Sanctify" by the Blake Babies. I heard it at random recently and my soul's muscle memory ROARED to life. I still know every yelp, lull, and shriek as if I were 18 and full of raging love confusion all over again. youtu.be/wezEQQpYIW8?...
Blake Babies - Sanctify
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It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
Indictments, fires, police scandals, riots: The crises Oakland’s mayors have faced oaklandside.org/2025/03/27/e...
Indictments, fires, police scandals, riots: The crises Oakland’s mayors have faced
We looked to see how different mayors dealt with or were doomed by upheavals.
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First home improvement project on the books. Committing to my town in a time of strife and uncertainty.
Trying not to get my gloom all over these California poppies.
I'm TERRIBLE at shooting live music bc I feel bad doing so (even in the year of our dark lord 2025) + I'm usually having too good a time to do so. Last night #kimdeal played the entirety of her extraordinary solo debut at the Fillmore and I managed to capture this killer Breeders encore for you.
Last night I realized that "wolverine" and "Ben Vereen" rhyme well. I don't know what to do with that knowledge.
7 pm tomorrow (3/12), in person or zoom: Celebrate pioneering local Chinese American labor activist Sue Ko Lee! AND learn about the Fight the Heist campaign focused on US fashion brands, which brings together 25 garment worker unions from throughout Asia. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/fight-...
#GenXers! You know how there are songs that, when they end, you automatically hear the start of a song that was next on yr mixtape? My most common one: When the impeccable "Ziggy Stardust" ends, it's immediately followed in my mind by this otherwise forgettable track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNsm...
Love and Money - Candybar Express (1986)
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