I spent weeks exploring @KoBold_Metals, an AI mining company backed by the world's billionaires. (Think Bezos, Gates, Altman, Zuckerberg.) The founders wouldn't talk to me, but I explored the company's promises - and what some say is its hype. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/06/23/k...

Because California passed new election disclosure laws, we now know that Tom Steyer paid social media influencers about $1 million to puff up his campaign. It's great to know the truth. We need federal law to require similar disclosures. Good article by @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/05/2...

So nice of you to say!

This is a BIG day for @missionlocal.org It's expanding into 4 new neighborhoods: the Sunset and the Richmond, Bayview, and the Tenderloin. A dedicated reporter and intern will cover each area. Sign up for our new neighborhood newsletters, too! missionlocal.org/2026/04/miss...

In San Francisco, the heart of the tech universe, they're having a hard time empaneling a jury about Musk's actions when he bought Twitter, because people hate him so much. The quotes are amazing.

The @sogoreatelandtrust, one of the largest indigenous land trusts in the U.S. with $54M in assets, has big plans for its West #Berkeley shellmound site. Its financial success stems from its shuumi tax, but some Ohlone tribes have concerns about it. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/18/s...

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

I recently spent time with the feminist icon Laura X, who was involved in many of the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Later in life, she helped ban spousal rape in California. But at 85, she is just scraping by in a Berkeley hotel room. www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/09/l...

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Thrilled to share that @missionlocal.org , where I serve as a board member, has been awarded a $1.5 million gift from the American Journalism Project! This is Mission Local's largest gift ever, & goes towards our expansion across San Francisco. I'm very proud to support this work.

Disgusting, shameful and...a bit ridiculous. "The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States."

Whatever groups Good may or may not have been a part of have no bearing on what happened the day she was killed. Nor would her membership in any group justify her killing. This is not an investigation. It's authoritarian propaganda.

White supremacist talking points. No dog whistles.

Love @markruffalo.bsky.social. He walks the walk.

"But on Christmas Eve, it was as if the heavens gave way. Sheets of rain pelted down without mercy, drenching adobes, filling rivers, and turning land into morass of ankle-sucking mud,” @frannydink.bsky.social. "Towers of Gold" -> www.google.com/books/editio... #LARain

See the @60Minutes segment that @bariweiss censored. It's well-reported and should not have been shelved. I guess it's another corporate bow to Trump since the Ellisons want to buy @warnerbros www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIm6...

So the American Nazis are finishing the work of the German Nazis now

I've heard from friends that the new documentary, "The Tallest Dwarf," is not to be missed. It's a new take on what "little people" think about their treatment. It is screening at the New Parkway in Oakland on Wed. Nov 19 at 6:45 p.m.

@BerkeleyLab scientists feel like they have Trump’s ‘ax hanging above their head.’ Nearly 1 in 30 staffers have been laid off. The term “climate change” is banned from new proposals. And federal budget cuts could destroy world-class research teams. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/22/l...

Oh no. ‘A mighty redwood of a man has fallen.’ Remembering Malcolm Margolin, founder of Heyday books www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/20/m...

Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is dictatorship.

For now #UCBerkeley’s RIch Lyons is off the hook since the latest anti-semitism on campuses hearing of House Committee on Education and Workforce scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. But this from @frannydink.bsky.social on what’s at stake is worth a read. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/07/07/u...

The Trump administration hasn't targeted UC Berkeley and the UC system as aggressively as it has Columbia and Harvard. Still, Cal has lost $30-$40 million in grants. The UC system has lost about $600M. I explain the stakes. and how they are fighting back. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/07/07/u...

You may have seen clips of this speech, but if you haven't yet, you really ought to watch the entire thing and then share it with everyone you know! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slq...

"Two young men from DOGE, one who dropped out of college, commandeered the offices of the NEH in early April and unilaterally decided, without consulting any of the experts inside the agency, to cancel 1,500 grants"

After 58 years of fed support, two kids cancel the $450,000 grant that keeps Mark Twain’s work alive. Another reason to get out on No Kings Day June 14th. Sam Clemens would be there. So would Mark Twain. Also - read this really good piece from @frannydink.bsky.social about why it really matters.

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law...And remember that we are not descended from fearful men." - Famous Murrow speech just got cheers on Bway

Watching “Good Night and Good Luck” about Ed Murrow and CBS news on CNN makes me hope that CBS stands firm in Trump’s lawsuit vs @60minutes.bsky.social There is a tradition to uphold!

The #Trump Administration canceled a large grant to the amazing Mark Twain [email protected]. In this opinion piece for @sfchronicle.com, I argue we can't be exhausted by the pace and breadth of the cuts, but must fight back. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

It's sad to know US scientists invented the most sophisticated weather forecasting models in the world, the satellites and instruments to measure atmospheric conditions, and an advanced alert system to warn the public of coming disasters, and the Trump administration is destroying it all.

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

He has a short attention span: "Trump announced #Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.

I work on #alameda next to the #portofoakland in #oakland #ca. Normally, 10-15 container ships are at port, with a staggering array of containers. Right now, there is ONE. Sure, would be great IF we made things here, but now most imports are of #inexpensive #parts and etc. Stuff is gonna be $$$ soon

Why has construction in downtown Berkeley stalled? Berkeleyside lists at least four factors: - interest rates - tariffs and materials costs - falling rents - supply competition from the university’s new dorms www.berkeleyside.org/2025/04/04/b...

This is a real tweet posted by the official White House government account. Yes, really.

I interviewed a woman who defaces Teslas. She uses Elmer's glue to affix stickers of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute. “We are under Nazi attack now,” she said.“It’s as if planes are flying overhead. Civil disobedience is appropriate at this time.” #Teslatakedown www.berkeleyside.org/2025/03/27/b...

So fun to see my high school put together an Alumni Authors page! Lots of fun names here including @frannydink.bsky.social @erikalenkert.bsky.social Maggie Nelson, @johnmuirlaws.com and Shira Gill. Some I knew, others I've never met... but still a great list www.urbanschool.org/alumni/authors

MoveOn, Indivisible, and Working Families Power have created a new Substack, How We Fight Back, to offer shape and ideas for the #Trumpresistance. #Trump howwefightback.substack.com

I covered a #TeslaTakedown protest in #Berkeley on 3/22 that was peaceful until a Trump supporter tried to disrupt it. A few demonstrators surrounded his e-bike. He pulled out a stun gun to scare them away. Police arrested him. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/03/22/b...

Is this more than $1 a word? My math is rusty.

Tesla closed another 4.79% down today. 37% percent down year to date.

Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.

DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS. The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.

Are you subscribed to Democracy Docket? Here, they explain that the court has the power to appoint someone to execute civil contempt if the Marshall’s are ordered by Bondi to ignore them. 👀

#ProudBlue I hope @democracydocket.com or @aclu.org fights this immediately. We cannot have him deporting people without guardrails. Deeper down in the abyss we go. abc7.com/post/preside...

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

Pelosi statement on funding bill (she says “vote No!”). pelosi.house.gov/news/press-r...