Bay Area News Junkie
@bayareanewsjunkie.bsky.social
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Progressive. Wide interests. Mostly posting about politics (including follow the money), climate change, funny stuff. ME/CFS, MCAS, Fibro.
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bayareanewsjunkie.bsky.social
Lots of “No Kings” events everywhere. This amazing Bay Area screenshot from www.nokings.org shows them on the map.
Screenshot of map showing Bay Area “No Kings Two” events on October eighteenth.
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karaswisher.bsky.social
What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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gilduran.com
We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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petersagal.bsky.social
You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.
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Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.
Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants
Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.
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bayareanewsjunkie.bsky.social
“From January to July…solar generation delivered 39% of the state’s generation, a record level, while fossil fuels provided just 26%, a new low…For context, across all of last year, solar provided 32% of California’s power — the highest rate of any U.S. state”
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clairenw.bsky.social
I support it and we will be voting for it. 5 votes on this house. Our country depends on it
rhutabhayga.bsky.social
Keep pushing folks! #YesOnProp50 is gaining steam and crossed the "iffy" threshold, but we need MORE support! And this in spite of being outspent by ONE millionaire.

Join a phonebank!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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grneyesgirl.bsky.social
This is happening tomorrow, Sun. Oct 5th starting at noon! Sheridan Rd (WI-32) Please help spread the word 💙
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emilylhauser.bsky.social
🧵*9/29/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, & defiance by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.
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"The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause 'offers safety to HI's ppl that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections'."
taniel.bsky.social
NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
"Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture"
jd vance looking shocked at the new tariffs on his dating life
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gregpak.net
"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"

Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!
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rbreich.bsky.social
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
bayareanewsjunkie.bsky.social
“Justice Nyakundi gave the Kenyan Government two options, either pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act or amend an Intersex Persons Bill that it is already considering so that it also ensures legal recognition for transgender people under Kenyan law.”
wagatwe.com
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like

"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."

fuck yeah
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Map of Sinclair stations
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