Dean Preston
@deanpreston.bsky.social
Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Deeply saddened by the loss of the amazing Katherine Campbell, a friend, Black Panther veteran, organizer of the annual Free Breakfast Program in the Fillmore, and a relentlessly positive, kind, and committed warrior for justice. Rest in Power, Katherine.
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Deeply saddened by the loss of the amazing Katherine Campbell, a friend, Black Panther veteran, organizer of the annual Free Breakfast Program in the Fillmore, and a relentlessly positive, kind, and committed warrior for justice. Rest in Power, Katherine.
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Jail or prison time served by high-ranking Nixon officials as a result of Watergate:
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Jail or prison time served by high-ranking Nixon officials as a result of Watergate:
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
Attorney General: 19 months.
Chief of Staff: 18 months.
White House Counsel #1: 18 months.
White House Counsel #2: 4 months.
Secretary to the President: 8 months.
Special Counsel: 7 months.
We really need to ban mayoral appointments to the Board of Supervisors. Hold a prompt special election instead and let the people decide.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
As Mayor Lurie takes a second try at appointing a D4 supervisor he’s adding extra vetting and asking for more public input.
This weekend, the five finalists even got homework: connect with community members and report back.
via @io-y-g.bsky.social and Xueer Lu
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-l...
This weekend, the five finalists even got homework: connect with community members and report back.
via @io-y-g.bsky.social and Xueer Lu
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-l...
Mayor gives shortlisted candidates for District 4 supervisor weekend homework
Lurie has taken recommendations from the Board of Supervisors seriously and has embraced a more open process the second time around
missionlocal.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We really need to ban mayoral appointments to the Board of Supervisors. Hold a prompt special election instead and let the people decide.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
The head of the executive branch should not be able to appoint members of the legislative body that's supposed to provide oversight of his administration.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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My colleague and another student were just arrested after nonviolently defending immigrants outside Alligator Alcatraz.
Support their jail fund here:
Support their jail fund here:
Donate to Support Young Protestors Arrested at ICE Detention Center, organized by Ashmu Murakami
Young people have gotten arrested shutting down Krome ICE det… Ashmu Murakami needs your support for Support Young Protestors Arrested at ICE Detention Center
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November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My colleague and another student were just arrested after nonviolently defending immigrants outside Alligator Alcatraz.
Support their jail fund here:
Support their jail fund here:
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California style YIMBY ideology has failed on its own terms. Even as it racks up legislative and regulatory wins with hundreds of laws & code changes, CA's housing production remains flat while prices continue to climb.
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
California style YIMBY ideology has failed on its own terms. Even as it racks up legislative and regulatory wins with hundreds of laws & code changes, CA's housing production remains flat while prices continue to climb.
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CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
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This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thanks to San Francisco voters who passed our Prop I (2020) these transactions will generate $24.5 million in tax revenue intended for social housing
Two of S.F.’s biggest hotels sell for $408 million — a nearly 75% drop in value from 2016
Parc 55 and Hilton San Francisco Union Square, two of the city’s biggest hotels, have sold for $408 million after a two-year marketing effort following their foreclosure.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Thanks to San Francisco voters who passed our Prop I (2020) these transactions will generate $24.5 million in tax revenue intended for social housing
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Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
A federal judge blocked the Internal Revenue Service from sharing data with immigration enforcement officials, ruling that the tax agency violated federal law and individual rights in its support for ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with DHS for immigration enforcement
Another tech billionaire who is thrilled with the Mayor’s war on the poor.
“Huang praised Lurie, the first-term mayor, including his efforts to bolster the police force. He said the city needs “tough love” and added that he was grateful to Trump for offering to help fix the city.”
“Huang praised Lurie, the first-term mayor, including his efforts to bolster the police force. He said the city needs “tough love” and added that he was grateful to Trump for offering to help fix the city.”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reveals what he told Trump before he called off immigration surge
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called President Trump to discourage a planned immigration enforcement surge in San Francisco, he mostly praised Mayor Daniel Lurie.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Another tech billionaire who is thrilled with the Mayor’s war on the poor.
“Huang praised Lurie, the first-term mayor, including his efforts to bolster the police force. He said the city needs “tough love” and added that he was grateful to Trump for offering to help fix the city.”
“Huang praised Lurie, the first-term mayor, including his efforts to bolster the police force. He said the city needs “tough love” and added that he was grateful to Trump for offering to help fix the city.”
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR honors the memory and lives of victims of anti-trans violence. This day also brings visibility and momentum to a call to action to end the hatred and ignorance that the transgender community faces daily.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR honors the memory and lives of victims of anti-trans violence. This day also brings visibility and momentum to a call to action to end the hatred and ignorance that the transgender community faces daily.
Instead of taxing billionaires, the powers that be are going to try to force school closures. Students, families, teachers, school staff stopped this the last time they tried it.
Follow @sfedalliance.bsky.social for independent analysis and advocacy for our public schools.
Follow @sfedalliance.bsky.social for independent analysis and advocacy for our public schools.
SF School Board Could Put School Closures Back on the Table | KQED
Considering school closures and implementing a new school assignment system appear to be Superintendent Maria Su’s next directives from the San Francisco School Board.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Instead of taxing billionaires, the powers that be are going to try to force school closures. Students, families, teachers, school staff stopped this the last time they tried it.
Follow @sfedalliance.bsky.social for independent analysis and advocacy for our public schools.
Follow @sfedalliance.bsky.social for independent analysis and advocacy for our public schools.
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The meta point worth making here is that obviously none of these officials feared any sort of consequence for shamelessly lying their asses off in a federal court, which ought at very minimum end your career in law enforcement.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The meta point worth making here is that obviously none of these officials feared any sort of consequence for shamelessly lying their asses off in a federal court, which ought at very minimum end your career in law enforcement.
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BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
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Who’s more fit, LeBron James or Elon Musk?
Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James
While Musk wants you to trust Grok to organize all of human civilization's knowledge, the bot's fealty to Dear Leader is out of control.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Who’s more fit, LeBron James or Elon Musk?
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
Supervisor Sherrill is making sure Marina Safeway is protected from any upzoning, while Fillmore Safeway is now slated for development of 1800 units, 85% unaffordable to neighborhood residents.
See a pattern?
See a pattern?
How one lawmaker is shielding wealthy neighborhoods from mayor’s housing plan
Supervisor Stephen Sherrill nets endorsements for his reelection after submitting targeted exemptions to Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan.
sfstandard.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Supervisor Sherrill is making sure Marina Safeway is protected from any upzoning, while Fillmore Safeway is now slated for development of 1800 units, 85% unaffordable to neighborhood residents.
See a pattern?
See a pattern?
The real story of the upzoning debate in SF right now is that the mayor and the YIMBY supervisors don’t have the courage (or interest) to take on wealthy single family home owners in rich white neighborhoods (upzone Pac Heights, etc) so they are upzoning demolitions of rent controlled homes instead.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The real story of the upzoning debate in SF right now is that the mayor and the YIMBY supervisors don’t have the courage (or interest) to take on wealthy single family home owners in rich white neighborhoods (upzone Pac Heights, etc) so they are upzoning demolitions of rent controlled homes instead.
It appears they don't like whistles
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It appears they don't like whistles
"Blackstone, with the help of their cheerleader, Daniel Lurie, seems poised to turn the counterculture capital of California into America’s eviction epicenter."
Why is Lurie Courting The Most Evil Company in Real Estate?
Exploring Daniel Lurie's controversial connection to Blackstone, the real estate giant, and the hidden tensions between corporate interests and public sentiment in San Francisco.
brokeassstuart.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"Blackstone, with the help of their cheerleader, Daniel Lurie, seems poised to turn the counterculture capital of California into America’s eviction epicenter."