Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires “Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them” www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...

Protestant American-centric but fun to tambourine with www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoH...

Godspell the musical has a lot of good songs

"because you can’t just sit there like Rosie Perez in ‘White Men Can’t Jump,’ saying, ‘Jeopardy’s going to call any second now!’” www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/12/02/w...

ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety. My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.

after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.

Kara Walker's stunning "Unmanned Drone," a deconstructed & reassembled statue of Stonewall Jackson that was originally located in Charlottesville, Virginia until its 2021 removal. A fascinating & complex artwork, now on view at LA art space The Brick as part of "Monuments" exhibition the-brick.org

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

my waning faith in local media is invigorated by this story by @peterhartlaub.bsky.social in the Chron. Lloyd Kahn is 90 and still runs the Dipsea race. And skateboards and swims in the bay! SF native, went to Stanford. Listen to him talk - so sharp!

We have a resident praying mantis living in the blackberry bush. And it dances!

RIP Rob Reich Turbilhão de beijos - Ernesto Nazareth Just Like A Butterfly That's Caught in the Rain-Harry M. Woods,Mort Dixon Poor Butterfly - Raymond Hubbell Don't Look Down-Rob Reich Don't Get Around Much Anymore, The Mooche - Duke Ellington Fetiche-Tony Murena www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ie...

note to self: add to reading list

Credibility - who needs it?

Wait- which one is the communist? finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

Ask us anything: the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast wants listeners’ questions this week for an episode on the 2026 midterms. What issues, candidates, causes are on your mind? Send questions to [email protected] with the subject line “midterms.” Thanks!

She was elected to the House a month ago. But Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in, knowing it would narrow his small majority and provide the final signature needed to force a vote on an Epstein papers resolution. Now she's suing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

from my hike at the Jenner headlands last Sunday, above the mouth of the Russian River

When you give yourself a Department of War, soon enough you are going to find a war to fight.

a statue of Amy Coney Barrett?

Weird way to say you seek attention

this is excellent @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social (smart editorial decision, David Remnick) www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

SF is only 2 wildcard games back

Giants just had a 5 run 6th inning that hasn't ended yet. 9-4 Giants

Jung Hoo Lee's 2nd base hit on a bunt (D-backs erred but still) Bases loaded 4-4 Giants D-backs

i miss Ricky Henderson when i see base stealing

I think the Giants are 9-1 last ten games

this Giants pitcher Joseph Lucchesi went to Chabot College in the east bay. Grew up in Newark.

used to be when White House press pool we haven’t seen and weren’t told where POTUS is, he’d be on a secret flight to some far off war zone to visit the troops… but that can’t be it now since the troops are deployed right out on the White House sidewalk

Jung Hoo Lee’s first walk-off hit helps Giants inch back towards NL playoff picture www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...

The Giants just swept the Chicago Cubs

I love this roll the Giants are on

3 game winning streak for the Giants

it's 5-3 SF yay! maybe the Giants will beat the Cubs tonight!

the Giants are ahead 3-2!! BEAT CHICAGO

omg the Giants are caught up 2-2 against the Cubs Yay!

the ballpark in Milwaukee is called "American Family Field"

who says the Giants are having a bad season? they just beat Milwaukee twice in a row in Milwaukee

um, now it's Ryan Walker pitching for SF. Go Ryan!!! Strike out those Brewers!!!

4-3 SF Giants, bottom of the 9th in Milwaukee. They can win this game!!

don't believe anyone who thinks it's over for the Giants

An idea:

The president has no authority over the “manner of elections” under the Constitution, yet Trump Says He’ll ‘Lead a Movement’ to Eliminate Mail-In Ballots www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

go Cardinal

Despite the claim that Lurie is increasing immigrant defense funding amidst a budget deficit, he has effectively reduced funding for immigrant legal defense.

Link: www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...

The Friend Gate at the SF Botanical Garden is closed for renovation. Reopens late summer, in time for Flower Piano

drawings of Japanese Tea Garden trees by Paul M Louie

I always discover the coolest books at the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture at the SF Botanical Garden. I love these drawings by Paul M. Louie.

I support the vendor’s pierogitive