Know anyone who'd be interested in reading about life in an emergency room in 1978? Grab them a copy of Rachel Callaghan's Pain Killers. It's .99 til the 17th. www.rachelsfiction.com/pain-killers... I built her website. I know she could use more reviews! Help an author out! #books #booksky #KU

💯 It irks me also that the admin's language stresses that despite the strike everyone should model polite respectful behavior. Implying that opposing admin is somehow potentially hurtful to kids. This is how we've come to be a society that thinks the only form of protest is quietly holding signs.

During the #teacherStrike, schools will be in the lockdown mode made for preventing school shootings. Curious what #union folks think of this. Seems to me locking out teachers isn't what lockdown is intended for. @thatgreenunionguy.bsky.social #WCCUSD #UTRstrong

Admin says lunch will be served, I wonder by who. Teamsters are definitely striking in solidarity. And they claim they didn't know about strike as recently as Monday. #union #UTRStrong

Texts this week from #WCCUSD. I guess school admin didn't think parents would actually want to know their students will be in "classes" of 200 students. It's NOT feasible to believe admin didn't know the strike starts today. I've known for at least a month, and I'm not even a teacher.

Who could have guessed that a group that is maligned enough to be concentrated away from society would be neglected? Besides anyone who understands the history of #concentrationcamps, natch

It's official! West #ContraCosta School District teachers go on strike Thursday. Admin emailed all the parents that they are "heartbroken for our students" to have to experience a strike. Boo hoo! Students are old enough to learn how to fight back against greedy admins. #Richmond #Hercules #union

I don't know you @mercymercury.bsky.social but if @jan-steckel.bsky.social follows you I trust that you're legit. Following back! Have you been to any of the women's-only backyard readings that Jan and others host? I went to one and want to get back!

"turns out we can take notes too"

Surprising no one, another fascist with a 🍄 www.cbsnews.com/news/adolf-h...

Big win for not allowing cops to surveil citizens last night in #oakland. This morning city council trying to sneaky reintroduce proposal this morning while folks are at work. Call to stop them.

"Be willing to "go there" to find your author voice." -Renee Swindle When you hear that idea, what writers come to mind? For me, the poet Sharon Olds. #writers #writers

Renee Swindle asks us to discuss: how do you know your writing is honest? I have my own answers but what do you guys think? 👀 #writers #authors @cwc-berkeley.org

@generousmuse.org suggests finding an author voice by getting so into the head of your narrator/protagonist that they are writing the story. - Finding Your Author Voice with Renee Swindle for @cwc-berkeley.org #writing #writers

Finding your author voice: identify your particular themes and obsessions. That's part of your voice. #writing #writers @cwc-berkeley.org

Mark your calendars! swamp pink's annual prizes in fiction, poetry, & nonfiction will open on January 1! $2,000 & publication awarded per genre. $20 fee. All entries considered for publication. #writingcontest #writers #litmag

My plans for Sunday... if you want to go but are feeling shy, @ me; I'll be your buddy. #writers #EastBay #BayArea #Events #MeatSpace #writing #publishing #StuffToDo #Berkeley #SanFrancisco #Oakland

Been feeling this way since Mehserle murdered Oscar Grant on New Year's 2009. One side effect of the prevalence of guns is a natural fear and distrust of strangers. "What if he has a gun" is a rational thought that tends to escalate the situation. Every encounter becomes life threatening.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

#BayArea #writers come hang with me at this event. I run the marketing and craft support group that meets after the speaker. Our new venue sells booze. =D @cwc-berkeley.org cwc-berkeley.org/discovering-... #Berkeley #author #event

Read more about our upcoming Trapper Keeper-inspired issue over at @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price? $2733.15 a month.

NY Times, history repeating.

Fantastic point. It's wild how conservatives understand the need for economic growth but fail to connect how reducing government programs is a contracting of same economy.

Just gonna drop this into your algorithm open.substack.com/pub/strangep...

Next time a rural conservative complains to you about the dangers of #SanFrancisco tell them Berkshire Hathaway disagrees. www.ktvu.com/news/bay-are...

I tracked a lot of those job losses. Papers seldom cut sports section so at some they'd have 3 editors for amateur sports but like "call Jim for movies, music, gardening, opera, books." As if the guy into tulips and opera was also best to pick album of the year.

Police in #Portland prevent #ICE from driving through protestors This is why I'll have hope no matter how bad tyranny gets: the enforcers are people too. substack.com/@letsgetinto...

"Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please ... tell us something that will save us from ourselves." ~ Alan Watts

Event: www.sunflower-alliance.org/panel-what-e...

"your pet is a number on somebody's spreadsheet" A good example of how everything is political. If someone w/pets says they're not political send them this. youtu.be/Po6muzvQgEk?... #privateEquity #dogs #cats #technofeudalism #pets

If you intend to march at #NoKings so that your opinion will be represented, you need to read this. #directAction karmabennett.substack.com/p/symbolic-p...

I got on 🦋 an hour ago to see if anyone else felt an #earthquake near Oakland, but got distracted as usual by all your amazing posts. Anyway, there was, in fact, an earthquake. earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-...

I recently discovered @edzitron.com's podcast Better Offline and have been obsessively replaying his 4-part series on the #AIBubble, since the numbers won't stick in my ADHD brain.

OR: Now that AI stole the intellectual property of academia, why should we pay academics to survive in an economic model that demands pay as proof of value? Like our environment, our labor is just another resource for fat cats to exploit and throw away.

We're open for subs for our new online issue RIGHT NOW

First post in my new series on direct action and protest strategy. open.substack.com/pub/karmaben... #protest #directAction

Setting a boundary isn't something you ask, it's something you do. 🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=kngR... #boundaries #psychology #wellness #video

#StephenMiller #TheyreAllGonnaLaughAtYou 😂😂😂😂🤣 #AOC

This is a great example of the kind of actions we need more of. Not symbolic, not making a statement, but tangible, specific and targeted.

I understand that #Trump doesn't actually care what's legal, but is this even something the president can do? I thought ”Congress controls the purse strings"... This seems unconstitutional. No? newrepublic.com/post/201223/...

Hegseth is indescernible from Tommy Lee Jone's character in Captain America, who would be a villain if he were more important. youtu.be/lSab01vhpoY?...

I miss the days when I didn't have to worry that about the US government disappearing people. Explain to me again why I'm not supposed to call this a concentration camp? Also why is this not front page news? youtube.com/watch?v=NwPb...

Nothing like waking up to an unexpected settlement check from a charter school I worked for years ago. Thanks to Uncle Sam, I can pay off those two cocktails I ordered last night. Real question: Should I bother to inquire what this school was sued for? Or go about with my day?

"Trump falsely labeled Mamdani a 'communist' and said his ideology 'has failed, always, for thousands of years.'” Raise a glass for those pinko commies who built the pyramids. www.reddit.com/r/politics/s...

Super big props to @emmaruthless.bsky.social for being such a warm and welcoming hostess at the Coyote launch party last night. PS support independent media. 👇

And @coyotemedia.org!

@soleilho.com Were you the one in the cool mushroom shirt, working the merch table? Keeper of Honey? I never got your name.