Victor Stevko
@victorstevko.bsky.social
Living in a 1930s house in California, so there's a significant risk of old-house stories. Otherwise, expect some combination of cooking, computers, biochemistry, skiing, and hiking.
Fabergé rhinoceros match holder and striker, before 1896. Sandstone, silver, garnets.
If you live in or around Martinez, California, please keep a lookout for Mike’s lost cat.
Mike Jung@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot
Unfortunately, it is likely that smoke from the fires in Washington and Oregon get pulled westward over the Pacific Ocean, down the coast and toward the Bay Area by Wednesday. Other parts of Northern California, like Tahoe, could get smoke as early as Tuesday.
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d agoElon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
Your infrequent reminder that if you live near the San Francisco Bay Area you should go to Moss Landing (south of Santa Cruz) and rent kayaks there, because the estuary is full of sea otters and you will encounter dozens of them
So uhh I have multiple pairs of these USB rechargeable hand warmers that just got recalled for fire and burn hazards that killed someone and some of you might too
OCOOPA Direct Recalls 1.5 Million Rechargeable Hand Warmers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards; One Death Reported; Imported by Shenzhen Street Cat Technology
Consumers should stop using the recalled hand warmers immediately and contact OCOOPA Direct for a full refund in the form of an OCOOPA gift card or the original form of payment. Consumers will be aske...
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general reminder that you absolutely do not need to have an opinion on everything. social media just makes you think you should. "i don't know enough about this to have an opinion" is one of the most liberating thoughts you can have in the modern world.
Gordie Howe Bridge opened yesterday, 46 days after Trump blocked it. Owner of rival bridge, who donated $1 million to Trump PAC in March, earned an estimated $6.9 million in tolls during that time as travelers and businesses endured costs of slow border crossing. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Gordie Howe International Bridge is open! Here's what you need to cross it
The Gordie Howe International Bridge opens at noon July 27. Here's what drivers need to know to cross, including tolls, ID info and more.
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imagine billions of years of crashing planets and amoebas turnin into fish turnin into you and each choice your great great grandparents made then BANG theres GLORIOUS IMPOSSIBLY SPECIAL YOU. can you FATHOM that entities art being anything less then ten out of ten five stars? ridiculous. its perfect
The nearly 26,500-acre Fox fire prompted the closure; as of Monday morning it is 0% contained. https://mrf.lu/2chS5
@seananmcguire.bsky.social - Michael is down in Sunnyvale, but I suspect you know doll fans who can help here.
Michael Van Vleet (he/him)@signalstation.bsky.social · last wk.One challenge I have is that AJ collected dolls for years. Lost interest a few years back so they filled closets and boxes. And now I want to find them a new home, but the most obvious path (document, photograph, post, sell) is a job. Ideally, doll fans descend like hyenas and just clear me out.
Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, please meet El Castaño Sagrado of Andalusia, Spain A Sweet Chestnut of biblical proportions Photo: Ernesto Rubio Velasco
Marvelling at the late medieval and baroque woodwork that cover a lot of the walls at Plas Newydd, the Gothic-style house famous for being the home of the “Ladies of Llangollen" 🤯 🧵 #medievalsky
When you have secret police, things like this happen. Which is why democratic societies don't have secret police. www.oregonlive.com/clackamascou...
Armed men posing as ICE agents detained, assaulted woman after fake traffic stop, police say
Oregon State Police officials are seeking information after a woman was detained and assault by three men posing as federal agents.
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For my own future reference and yours: NOBODY will cover stolen ebikes unless you get dedicated ebike insurance. Homeowners and renters insurance and AMEX Purchase Protection all consider them motorized vehicles and exclude them from coverage. Learn from my mistakes: GET DEDICATED EBIKE INSURANCE
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫@lookitup.baby · 2w agoMy brand new ebike got stolen by somebody breaking into my garage and I’m beside myself. I’m not sure my insurance will cover it and I can’t afford to replace it and I’m just so sad
Bay Area people, please share this with anybody in your life who loves puppets. There is an estate sale coming up that has a ton of old puppets and if they don't sell they'll probably go in the trash and that makes me sad estatesales.org/estate-sales... I need these puppets to be saved!!!!!
Pull On Every String: Puppets, Precision & Prose in Palo Alto | EstateSales.org
View photos, items for sale, dates and address for this online auction in Palo Alto, CA. Online bidding ends on Thu. Jul 23 at 5:30PM US/Pacific. Sale conducted by Caring Transitions of Central San ...
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House Republicans and 13 House Democrats today voted to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, which (1) Does not ban insider trading among members of Congress or the President (2) Imposes a stringent photo ID law and basically eviscerates mail voting
Some architectural features from San Francisco, in the neighborhood of UCSF Parnassus.
Despite a legal requirement to publish twice-yearly reports on rape kit testing and investigations, SFPD failed to do so for a decade, posting them only after The Standard requested them. sfstandard.com/2026/07/21/s...
SFPD promised transparency on rape kits. It waited 10 years
A 2016 mandate ordered public reporting on every rape-kit case. The department buried it until The Standard came asking.
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Oh this sucks. So so sorry, Washington and Oregon lungs.
Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 2w agoAnother lightning outbreak now ongoing in PacNW (TS Elida's remants), & this time fuels are considerably drier west of Cascades following recent heat. Numerous additional wildfire ignitions are likely across much of OR/WA over next 48 hr, worsening existing outbreak. #ORwx #WAwx
The fuckers called Eisenhower a commie and the interstate highway system a commie plot to make America commie, just so you know how long this commie bullshit has been going on.
Blue stripes on dish towels have apparently been around for a v v long time.
"Perhaps the worst blow to food safety science was the administration’s elimination of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, a group of experts whose recommendations have informed many major food safety programs." gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
The wannabe CDC Director lied about the cause of autism. The wannabe ASPR lied about leading Ebola responses, said HBV birth dose is for pedophiles & he’d rather perish than vaccinate his kids. Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
DO NOT HIRE: The New ASPR and CDC Director Failed Their Job Interview
Here's how you can stop them from being confirmed anyway
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