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St. John Barned-Smith

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Reporting for the SF Chronicle. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.' Signal: stjbs.82

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St. John Barned-Smith@stjbs.bsky.social · 7h ago

“It’s a war,” he said. “We are Ukraine and she is Russia. There are atrocities on both sides. It’s absurd that this is continuing this far.” My latest -- a truly wild story about a mysterious SF landlord and a 3-year-rent strike www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/l...

A mysterious landlord. A tenant revolt. Inside a bizarre, only-in-San Francisco housing battle

After a new San Francisco landlord cut services and threatened evictions, these tenants banded together for a bitter, yearslong housing war with little end in sight.

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San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 6d ago

As the San Francisco 49ers’ head coach, Kyle Shanahan must make complicated decisions in seconds. But after suffering a concussion in a car crash, he’s still often overwhelmed by mundane choices.

49ers’ Kyle Shanahan built a career on quick decisions. A concussion makes lunch feel impossible

As the San Francisco 49ers’ head coach, Kyle Shanahan must make complicated decisions in seconds. But after suffering a concussion in a car crash, he’s still often overwhelmed by mundane...

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.

Alex Jones saying there's going to be a national draft in 3 weeks.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

Sami Schalk@drsamischalk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 3w ago

Ninety percent of the 71 detainees contacted in the concentration camp on Fort Bliss say they were beaten by guards are witnessed beatings, in addition to inedible meals and lack of access to medication or lawyers.

Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses

A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...

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