Lesley Groff, longtime assistant to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is scheduled to sit for a closed-door transcribed interview on Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee. https://to.pbs.org/4g9TJzt

Steve Hilton's nickname in UK politics is "Gollumn." He is known for refusing to wear shoes and socks, even in the office...or on airplanes. He was in a big public spat for refusing to wear shoes on a plane. All of these things would be issues if he were a Dem. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

Steve Hilton, a Republican from Britain who is running for California governor, was a public champion of Brexit. Has one reporter asked him about his support for this massive failure of a policy, and how it reflects on his political judgement? Not that I could find.

CNN's Reliable Sources essentially calls out Bari Weiss and her camp for being behind that Axios story this morning in an obvious attempt at spin control amid all the negative headlines -- and the belief that Paramount may be tiring of her.

surely the normally extremely vocal "free market" Libertarian think tanks have thoughts on this

dudes probably don’t consciously do this sort of thing to assert control but they definitely react to rejection like their autonomy is threatened

first three paragraphs reveal this as also gender

@mistyswoman.bsky.social What do you make of these accounts? I keep noticing them on the San Francisco feed. They spout happy AI-generated platitudes with photos that look borrowed or sometimes professional. They are almost always female personas, often Asian women.

Elim Chan's first concert set with the San Francisco Symphony as music director designate was quite the event! Beyond the music, what really stood out was seeing the CEO, the board chair, the head of the search committee, the development staff, and the musicians all looking so relieved and happy.

A federal appeals court judge appointed by President Donald Trump charged with battery after a video showed him pursuing a driver across a parking lot, stomping on his sunglasses.

Cal/OSHA is fining Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco for violations of worker safety laws in connection to an employee's deadly stabbing last year.

My middle school students come up with better excuses for missing deadlines.

The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again. www.wired.com/story/anguis...

This email thread could have been a meeting.

Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced over 20,000.

It's a goddamn beautiful day.

This would be a fantastic innovation with national impact on theater, and all it would take to make it happen is some institutional will and planning, and probably one deep-pocketed donor who loves the art form. playbill.com/article/alde...

Come again?

Hegseth removed Wicca, atheism & humanism from military chaplain codes. "Also removed were Unitarian Universalists, the faith group with which multiple Founding Fathers were associated, including John Adams and Thomas Jefferson." Uh, most of us don't... 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

The NYT ranks the 48 jerseys of the World Cup. As a map enthusiast I loved Ghana (their no 1 pick) as I wrongly thought I spotted a map. Turns out we see a multi-coloured spider's web. Source: buff.ly/xOTZHEw

Thanks to the Roxie Theater for inviting EFF to co-present surveillance classic The Ear (1970) for @amcinematheque.bsky.social #BleakWeek. EFF is all about fighting for a brighter future. What's your favorite movie depicting modern dystopia?

NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons. "[I]t is fundamentally unreasonable for prison officials to respond to serious risks ... by intentionally creating those risks and offering to treat them after they predictably occur." Today, at Law Dork:

5pm ET today! Join renowned virologist, science chair of the Save America Movement, & Co-Editor in Chief of Vaccine @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @elizabethginexi.bsky.social, who was a Program Official at NIH for 22 years & who wrote that now-legendary piece on Vought's grotesque proposed rule

There are countless videos of Russia’s “human safari” in Kherson. Anyone who claims that Russia is exercising restraint and trying to spare Ukrainian civilians is either an idiot or a manipulator. Don’t trust them.

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.  That’s why I'm supporting you.”

Candidate for Michigan Senate Haley Stevens: "Michiganders cannot pay a dime more for energy bills, for water bills, for taxes." @citizencohn.bsky.social spoke with the Democratic candidates for the Michigan Senate ahead of the primary race.

Ukrainian drones have once again hit the oil depot at Novorossiysk, Krasnodar. #explodey

More reasons to despise Blake Treinen www.hitc.com/two-dodgers-... #Pride #beatLA

You'll need a box of Kleenex to read this sad, compelling piece RFK Jr has set his sights on the HPV vaccine. Along with his vaccine adviser Martin Kulldorff, the 2 guys made $$$ by suing the HPV vaccine maker. RFK Jr lies when he says the vaccine increases cervical cancer risk; that's dangerous BS

So, the biggest IPO in the history of the world has the vast majority of its future value being created by an AI platform whose only distinction, thus far, is that it is the only one that's generated sexualized imagery of children? And they're going to force it into our 401ks so we're bag-holders?

Puppet

It's a goddamn beautiful day. #realSF

The city of San Diego envies the plate performances of the Giants when they are feeling destiny's moment.

Susac is so good. He’ll getcha. #sfgiants 🖤🧡🖤

Okay, Dylan Smith, whoever you are 1-2-3 inning pls #SFGiants

More runs!

The thing about the Cubs is they're just as capable of stranding runners as we are. #SFGiants

Chappy is Pappy #SFGiants

Chappy drives one in in the 10th! 2–1 #sfgiants

Keaton Winn 🤦🏼‍♀️ #SFGiants

The States Where Life Is Better www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/o... Apparently life is nicer in Minnesota

Jung Hoo drives in Rafi on national TV! 1–0 #SFGiants

Hegseth is an idiot narcissist who is a colossal dipshit and embarrassment.

So much online discussion is just embarrassingly reflexive and negatively polarized Don’t need full-throated defenses of CA’s counting just because Rs can’t lose without crying fraud We can understand Rs are being pathetic and also think we can and should expect better from CA

Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan Primary #DecisionMade: 7:57 PM EDT

DDHQ Race Update (est. 87% in): Los Angeles Mayor Primary Karen Bass (N): 250,871 (34.7%) Nithya Raman (N): 196,198 (27.1%) Spencer Pratt (N): 193,085 (26.7%) Adam Miller (N): 26,531 (3.7%)

Mérida, Yucatán #Pride yesterday 25,000 people showed up to support

The latest flu shot is ready for review—but RFKJr wants to block it without leaving evidence of his involvement. A dozen experts, including former ACIP members and former HHS officials say they have never encountered such uncertainty about the basic government process of recommending the vaccines.