Father and son Hossein and Amir Razavi took over the Middle East Market a decade ago, and recently expanded to open an adjacent restaurant.

This is revelatory – the pioneering psychiatrist Carl Rogers, writing at the dawn of the Cold War, on how to fix breakdowns in communication www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/11/c...

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From food-matching programs to volunteer opportunities and co-op memberships, here are some strategies to help stretch a food budget. ⬇️

"The Widow (after Käthe Kollwitz.)" Pastel and acrylic on canvas. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart This is based on one of Kollwitz's woodcuts. They look simple, but this was difficult to replicate.

#cutpaper #paperart

#Canada #satire #immigration My friend Joanne sent me this. I love Canada more and more.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yY...

Can't wait to try it

Right on!!

My thoughts exactly

You're after my own heart!

The City Council ordered staff to inventory all the property Berkeley owns, then figure out how to keep federal agents off of it.

Thousands of California high school students staged walk outs this week to support the Make Polluters Pay bill, which would require oil and gas companies to cover the escalating costs of wildfires and other climate disasters. Some coverage from around the state: 🧵 www.kalw.org/bay-area-new...

OP-ED: Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government secrecy instead?

Thespian-turned-lepidopterist Liam O'Brien shares his passion for butterflies with @kpfa.org:

As CalFresh runs out of money and the federal shutdown goes on, the county board agreed last week to spend more on food banks and meals.

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde

A perfect description of the GOP

Early voting starts Saturday for California’s special election on a Newsom-backed ballot measure to redraw the state's Congressional map.

This hangs on the wall of my studio

What to say to ICE agents at home, at work and on the street. How to find a lawyer and find someone who's been detained.

As per the SF Chronicle, 100 federal agents dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda, presumably headed to San Francisco.

Sunday and poems

This is such amazing news 🥹 Reversing the damage humans have done to the earth will always be worth fighting for

"Doubt everything. Find your own light." | Last words of Buddha, in Theravada tradition.

"The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free." ~ Margaret Atwood

Thanks George!

"We are gathered under our First Amendment right. And so we are here to gather today in prayer, in celebration and recognition of Indigenous peoples here locally and around the world."

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” The life and legacy of e.e. cummings, born 131 years ago today, in a lovely illustrated tribute www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/30/e...

Gorgeous work! I love how you managed the greens

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#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Nine color reduction print finally complete. I wonder what my next project will be...

“Actually [Monty Python’s Life of Brian] was upholding Christ and knocking all the idiotic stuff that goes on around religion, like the fact that many folks often misread things and will follow anybody.” - George Harrison, Musician Magazine (1987) Read more at www.instagram.com/p/DPtyD-8DKG....

An advertising firm told Berkeley each of its "smart kiosks" would generate more than $26,000 in revenue. They actually made $5,000.

"The consensus was that things have gone better than anyone could have anticipated." A rare statement in 2025. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

Host Mychal Threets, a librarian who grew famous on TikTok, has done events at Berkeley libraries before, including leading a day last year celebrating Black hair.

"Some books are toolkits you take up to fix things, from the most practical to the most mysterious, from your house to your heart… Some books are medicine, bitter but clarifying." Rebecca Solnit on why we read www.themarginalian.org/2019/01/03/a...

PSA: If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

“If [George] walked in the room now, he would make you smile. He had a great presence, and he was an uplifting person. He could be grumpy too, but he didn’t like people around him to be unhappy.” - Olivia Harison, The Independent (2005) More at www.instagram.com/p/DPbveWQDLU.... Photo by Olivia

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@lateefahsimon.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov #governmentshutdown In addition to holding that space, how about a resolution (someday) that says: congress will not be paid in the case of government shutdown. It worked in California. Why can't it work at the federal level? 3/3

@lateefahsimon.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov #governmentshutdown that does not support citizens with basic healthcare. The ACA has allowed me to do so much. Continue to hold that space. 2/3

@lateefahsimon.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov #governmentshutdown Greetings to my elected officials, I'm just an ordinary constituent in Berkeley, CA. Thank you for holding the line on healthcare. As you know, the US is the only major nation in the world .. 1/3

Earth Day “The things of nature do not really belong to us. We should leave them to our children as we have received them.” Oscar Wilde. #cutpaper #paperart #earthday

"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Back to Basics

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.