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December 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Since May, residents of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Behavioral Health Center and their supporters have been protesting the city’s plan to remove them to make way for a fully locked psychiatric unit.

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San Francisco Halts Plan to Displace Dozens of Care Facility Residents With Severe Mental Illness - San Francisco Public Press
San Francisco health officials have reversed a controversial plan to uproot 82 long-term residents with severe mental illness from two units at a hospital-based care center. All occupants in one unit…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has abruptly rescinded a plan to overhaul how it funds local programs serving the homeless, leaving cities unsure how or when billions of federal homelessness dollars will be disbursed.
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HUD Scrambles Homelessness Funding Again, Causing Chaos
HUD has rescinded a plan to overhaul how it funds homelessness programs, leaving cities unsure when billions of dollars will be disbursed.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The executive director of Hep B Free, an SF-based nonprofit organization promoting medical research and health programs, said the decision was “outrageous and not based on decades of scientific evidence to the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.”
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Trump Child Vaccination Cuts Raise Hepatitis B Disease Risk
An advisory panel vote to stop recommending routine vaccination of newborns could release a new wave of chronic infections, say local disease experts.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
spencersf.bsky.social
"the state department of pesticide regulation is largely funded by proceeds from sales of pesticides."

Of course this makes complete sense in the dystopian world occupied by the bureaucrats of Sacramento
ralphmartin.bsky.social Ralph Martin @ralphmartin.bsky.social · 24d
“Newsom administration is moving forward with the plans to undo many of the regulations in the new law, a move that points to industry influence, said Jonathan Evans, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons
The anti-coagulant rodenticides also unintentionally harm wildlife across the state, including endangered species
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December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
spencersf.bsky.social
"Evans said he suspected Newsom was not aware of the proposal."

^This pretty much sums up Newsom's commitment to California. He's failing to pay attention to anything that doesn't help his presidential aspirations
ralphmartin.bsky.social Ralph Martin @ralphmartin.bsky.social · 24d
“Newsom administration is moving forward with the plans to undo many of the regulations in the new law, a move that points to industry influence, said Jonathan Evans, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons
The anti-coagulant rodenticides also unintentionally harm wildlife across the state, including endangered species
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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1. Amazon has become a major force in how cities, counties & schools buy basic supplies. Our new report finds Amazon is using opaque pricing algorithms to drive up costs and eliminate transparency—while harming competition by pushing out better-performing independent suppliers.
Turning Public Money into Amazon’s Profits | Independent Business
Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
spencersf.bsky.social
I'll take early 20th century English science fiction for $200.
booksmith.bsky.social The Booksmith @booksmith.bsky.social · 26d
hey did you know we do bookseller curated book bundles? pick a price, pick a vibe, we'll do the rest! booksmith.com/Wildcard
DEALER'S CHOICE graphic with an array of books like a hand of cards. the text reads "don't know what to read next? let our booksellers send you a mystery box!"
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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The Mayor's office claimed attorney-client privilege to hide records of the Lurie-Trump call about a planned national guard surge to San Francisco, undermining public trust.
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Critics Say Mayor’s Secrecy Over Trump Call Undermines Public Trust
Open-government experts question why Mayor Lurie is withholding records of a call with Trump that reportedly averted a surge of federal forces.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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All I need to know about this story is in the headline
A screenshot of a headline from BBC news that reads: "US judge resigns after being disciplined for wearing Elvis wig in court"
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Why you should continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine every year!
WHY YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE EVERY YEAR 01. COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to be high in the elderly (over age 65) and very young (under age 2). In 2024, nearly 50,000 people died in the US from COVID-19 and it is still the third leading cause of death in adults and eighth in children. 02. Among children and adolescents ages 6 months-17 years hospitalized with COVID-19, 41% had no underlying health conditions. In adults, COVID-19 related hospitalizations increases with underlying medical conditions. 03. Most adults hospitalized with COVID-19 had received no COVID-19 vaccine since September 2022. In children, majority of those hospitalized were not vaccinated. 04. While efficacy on protection against infection is low due to the evolving variants and does also wane, studies have shown the updated vaccines are still nearly 60% effective against hospitalization and death. 05. Studies show that those who were vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine and get infected are less likely to develop post-COVID conditions such as Long Covid and MIS-C compared to those who are unvaccinated. 06. Despite what some disinformation spreaders say, the COVID-19 vaccine is very safe. On myocarditis, countless studies have shown that the risk is significantly higher and more severe with infection compared to the lower incidence with the vaccines. Sabina Vohra-Miller
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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City Lights
A photo of the nighttime skyline of San Francisco, taken looking east from Kite Hill. The city is ablaze with lights from the Castro all the way downtown. The street lights, traffic lights and vehicle lights make Market Street look like a ribbon of light. The dome of City Hall is lit up with blue lights. The sign on the Castro Theatre is bright red (and so out of focus to be unreadable.) The cloud cover reflects the lights from the City
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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I guess there really is no accounting for taste
A photo of a Tesla Cybertruck parked in a suburban residential driveway. The truck is painted a light pinkish mauve
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
spencersf.bsky.social
So far, none of the declared candidates for Pelosi's seat will get my vote.

www.kqed.org/news/1206350...
Former San Francisco Mayor London Breed Considers Run for Pelosi Seat | KQED
Breed would face off against state Sen. Scott Wiener, Saikat Chakrabarti and others in the June 2026 primary election.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Eric Adams decided to use his last weeks in office to betray all women on behalf of big corporations.

Today he vetoed the Cabán-Farías Pay Equity Package, which is designed to shrink the gender pay gap.
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Helicopters over The Castro. What's going on?
October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Every time someone invokes mom and pop landlords to argue against eviction protections, I want to scream: when do we talk about the mom and pop tenants? When is it time to care about the mom and pop tenants that landlords are throwing out on the street?
July 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Bus conductors who took your fare and gave you a ticket on the bus.
tiffanyclay.dev Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · Jul 13
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?

Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.

Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Barely half way through the year, but I already have a candidate for the most bizzarest movie I've watched in 2025: Club Zero
A poster for the movie "Club Zero." In the center is Mia Wasikowska in a purple short sleeve shirt. She is sitting facing the camera with her hands clasped in her lap. She has a slight smile. Sitting around her are the actors who portray her pupils in the movie. They all wear identical yellow short sleeve shirts with tan shorts. They all face the camera with expressionless looks on their faces. One pupil looks at Wasikowska adoringly.
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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A naive but genuine question: why does NYC need a week to complete rank choice vote tallies? Here is SF, we get updates each evening that include RCV results for all ballots counted that day.
June 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Fuck Daniel Lurie
strawberriefeels.bsky.social 💌 @strawberriefeels.bsky.social · Jun 9
Group is being detained. Chanting ‘let us go’
June 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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How much money would President Trump vacuum away from San Francisco public media with his punishing cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?

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San Francisco public media would be eviscerated by Trump’s proposed cuts
Trump's latest rescission proposal would eliminate $30 million of money for public media stations in San Francisco.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Urban wildlife
A photo of a young red-tailed hawk perching on a vertical leafless branch. In the background is a mosaic of buildings in the Castro, San Francisco.
May 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is cutting 83,000 jobs — many of them held by vets helping other vets.
In this week’s Civic episode, @sfpublicpress looks at how federal job cuts under the Trump administration are hitting veterans hardest.
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#Veterans #DOGE
Veterans Say VA Staffing Cuts Are Worsening Their Lives
As the Trump administration cuts tens of thousands of federal jobs under the guise of “efficiency,” veterans say the sweeping layoffs and surreptitious push toward privatization are worsening their…
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May 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM