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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been doing this for more than 20 years and this approach makes sense to me in this case. Don’t disagree w your broader point but there are exceptions to every rule. Won’t argue with an unnamed person further on it. Have a good night!

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 1d

Really was no distinction in our minds about trophies. This was a package and all the “winners” are the same people and orgs. Been doing this awhile and trust me I don’t advocate for more bills for more trophies. Prefer efficiency where possible/practical!

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

California tightens leash on puppy sales with new laws signed by Newsom

Brooke Knowles knew she wanted the black puppy posted on the Facebook page of a self-described home breeder of Coton De Tulears.

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 1d

Actually the same orgs proposed and collaborated with the authors on all three bills. Each was substantive and took on a different piece of the market/issues. So, respectfully disagree with your take on this - v happy all 3 bills were signed today.

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for being such a consistent and stalwart animal welfare champion! Big ups to the authors, to @sdhumane.bsky.social @aspca.org and to @melodygutierrez.bsky.social and team at @latimes.com! Sunlight is the best disinfectant and investigative journalism matters. 🐕🐶🐈🐈‍⬛😻

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

🐶🐱 New California pet laws!

🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID

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Ruze @arakaego.bsky.social · 5d

Summary of a segment:

Ezra Klein: What does the line mean to you?

Coates: Well if someone refuses my humanity that’s a line.

Ezra: What do you do if most of America is beyond that line?

Coates: Welcome to Black America

Lmfao

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Immergut has *granted* Oregon and California's motion to block the new call-up of Guard troops to Portland. She says this effort to bring CA and TX troops to Oregon is in "direct contravention" of her oroginal order.

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 5d

“The question since January has been whether or not the movement that took power would be able to consolidate authoritarian rule. If leading voices on the center and center-left are wavering, giving themselves permission to move the line instead of holding it, it’s a disaster.”

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 6d

This piece is just an essential, important and excellent intervention as Coates' Vanity Fair essay was. One NYT column isn't that important, but an accommodationist mindset has spread in center-left elite circles. And it should be rejected forcefully. democracyamericana.com/posts/c5d024...

Where Is the Line?

On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America

democracyamericana.com

Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for 👍🏽 #sb427 by Senator Blakespear to extend the Habitat Conservation Fund! Critical $ to ⬆️ biodiversity, protect 🐻🦫🐟🦌, build crossings, and promote resilience. 👏🏽👏🏽 @nationalwildlife.bsky.social @audubon.org @pcleague.bsky.social
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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, this is my LLM of choice.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 10d

This article is helpful: “Figure out today what your core values are and don’t trade them away.
Coates’s ‘all humanity is equal and is worthy of that’ is not a bad place to start.”

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10d

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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River Talesien🏳️‍🌈🖖🦉📖✒️ @rivertalesien.myatproto.social · 10d

Reading this is like taking a deep breath and letting it out and letting your shoulders drop, finding a center.

Finding our core values right now is essential.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10d

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 10d

Truly one of the best pieces I have read in a long time. And actually helpful, practical advice: “Figure out today what your core values are and don’t trade them away.”

kottke.org @kottke.org · 10d

I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]

You don’t have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 10d

Tagging @calnonprofits.bsky.social!

Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 11d

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Lobbyist @jenniferfearing.bsky.social joined us to talk about the perilous environment many nonprofits have found themselves in and what can be done to help stabilize the industry. Does CA need a "GoBiz" for NonProfits? #caleg

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Nonprofits, puppy mills, a "giant mess" and more, with Jennifer Fearing - Capitol Weekly

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is back from the wilderness, just in time to welcome lobbyist Jennifer Fearing. High on her priority list this session were three bills that would curtail "pup...

capitolweekly.net

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18d

Trump is pronouncing "acetaminophen" the right way.

by Ezra Klein

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18d

AI is cooked

anthony restaino @anthonycr.bsky.social · 19d

I think this covers it? my brain is well and truly cooked

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 18d

I never thought I’d ever have to consider defending Tylenol. What’s next? Apples? Shoelaces? Toothpaste?

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 22d

The real existential threat isn't AI — it's billionaires. My latest, for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

What AI’s Doomers and Utopians Have in Common

Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 20d

Happy September 21, to all who celebrate! youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 21d

“Abundance without equity risks becoming another cycle in which today’s reforms harden into tomorrow’s injustices.” open.substack.com/pub/ebonymar...

The Amnesia of Abundance: Why Memory Matters In Klein & Thompson’s Vision

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s *Abundance* is a book written in a spirit of urgency.

open.substack.com

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 21d

🦦 Be aware.

PSA: A sea otter shell-ebration is sweeping social media next week! Text📲OTTERMEDIA to 54159 to opt into Aquarium texts and stay hip to the coolest sea otter content all week long.

A PSA-style graphic spelling out jokey otter-themed alternatives to common texting acronyms.

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 22d

This piece is a fabulous read - telling the incredibly inspiring story of the effort to bring back beavers in California! Thank you @mongabay.com! @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social @canaturalresources.bsky.social @katelundquist.bsky.social

Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24d

In 2023, California relocated beavers for the first time in more than seven decades.

The moves and the state’s broader beaver restoration program are the result of decades of advocacy to change an adversarial relationship to one focused on beaver conservation and the benefits beavers can provide.

Beavers restored to tribal lands in California benefit ecosystems

This is the first installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. CHESTER, Calif. — The pictograph, an ochre-red outline with four paws and an unmistakable paddle of a tail,…

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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 23d

Going on years now of putting this song directly into my veins: Leslie Odom and Sara Bareilles, Seriously. youtu.be/hI8TCA3fJcs

Seriously - This American Life, Sara Bareilles, and Leslie Odom, Jr.

YouTube video by This American Life

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