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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 17h

Reminds me of the time a certain EIC of a well-known progressive magazine bemoaned the lack of a conservative counterweight *in San Francisco* of all places.

This was also in 2023.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

this feels like forty years ago but it was 2023

www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

this feels like forty years ago but it was 2023

www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi...

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 20h

it only Tuesday

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

Compare how, across the Bay, the Chron lauded the comparatively meager "vibe-shifting" achievements of our rich white male moderate mayor.

Why S.F. residents say the city is finally undergoing a major vibe shift

San Franciscans say they now feel optimistic about the city’s future despite years of news about empty downtown offices, widespread public drug use, rampant stolen-goods sales and other concerns.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

What a weird headline: "Crime is down and scandals have faded, but can Barbara Lee turn Oakland around?" Sounds like she has.

Crime is down and scandals have faded, but can Barbara Lee turn Oakland around?

The mayor recently completed 100 days in office and gives her State of the City speech Tuesday. Oakland experts credit her with bringing steadiness to the job, but the challenges remain acute.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 20h

oh boy.

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Eileen O’Farrell @ofarrelltalent.bsky.social @ofarrelltalent.bsky.social · 1d

Support LA & her defenders at @lataco.bsky.social

givebutter.com/lataco_october

L.A. TACO Documentary Project

Support our first-ever documentary series and help us bring Los Angeles’ untold stories to the screen.

givebutter.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

One of those nights where you totally get why people would worship this thing.

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

Moon big.

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rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 1d

6 October is Fannie Lou Hamer's birthday.

"Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer's Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires."

Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer

YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

youtu.be

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

correct

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

Awake from my nap but still cranky. Is this what being a baby feels like?

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Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 1d

Contest!

How many inaccuracies can you spot in the AI-generated image of Oakland City Hall that was sent to media in a press release from the mayor's office today?

Send us your list and you could win some Oaklandside merch.

oaklandside.org/2025/10/06/o...

An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff…can you spot it?

A press release announcing Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s State of the City speech included a curious picture of a civic landmark.

oaklandside.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

Enough of this day. I’m going back to sleep.

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 1d

Check out our new series of spotlights on Bay Area worker coops! In our first installment, @soleilho.com drops in on the 50-year-old Rainbow Grocery Cooperative in SF to find out what makes it work — and to hear some tasty lore (including a fistfight over what color to paint the store building! 👀)

Bay Area Co-ops: ‘A Bunch of Weirdos’ Run a Grocery Store

Staff at San Francisco’s Rainbow Grocery reflect on collectivity, retail personhood, and an aesthetic disagreement that ended in a fistfight.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

none of my business!

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”