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the San Francisco teachers' strike will, barring an overnight deal, enter Day 4 tomorrow—wages have been a major sticking point how much do teachers make vs. city-employed workers? they make less, much less: on average, almost half what nurses make, and $50K less than cops

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Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Even DinoCon

Emma here. Massive turnout at SF Civic Center rn in support of UESF and the teachers strike. Teachers, principals, parents, students.

Look, all you need to know about the situation is that Green Day sang "American Idiot" at the opening and explicitly told ICE to quit their jobs at their show on Saturday and Bad Bunny said a bunch of stuff in Spanish and alllll the headlines and angry posts are about Bad Bunny. You know why.

Heyo! I am here in #SantaClaraCA for an anti-ICE protest that is currently gathering in front of Our Lady of Peace, a Catholic church not far from Levi's Stadium, where #SuperBowlLX is due to begin at 3 p.m. There are already 250-300 people here with more than a half hour until the official start.

A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black. A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black. A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.

I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center. www.humblebundle.com/books/charli... Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party

The Untethered Telegram #4 Is out! SFist picked up my story on a public comment made for Jayda Mabrey, Say Her Name, mayor Lurie. Read here leftylea.substack.com/p/san-franci...

Failure to compensate pelvic mesh implant victims ‘morally unacceptable’, say campaigners

Read The Untethered Telegram for SF news highlights leftylea.substack.com/p/san-franci...

In about a week, the Senate is expected to vote on giving ICE and Border Patrol BILLIONS MORE in funding. Together WE can stop that. Call your senator TODAY and urge them to vote NO! #ICEout #WeFeedYou

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Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked. When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.

The ASPS has come out against trans youth surgical care. The AMA then endorsed the ASPS. Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case. And hospitals capitulate to Trump. I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

being a trans woman is crazy. "yeah all my opps are billionaire pedophile rapists"

JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

🧵 ALERT: In 30 minutes we'll join the SF Board of Supervisors for their weekly rendezvous. On the agenda: 👉🏼 Term limits for mayors/supes 👉🏼 Downtown revitalization 👉🏼 Parking in driveways 👉🏼 Possible delay of senior affordable housing. We wrote about this last week: thefrisc.com/how-to-delay...

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

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Heyo! I am at Plaza de César Chávez in #SanJoséCA for this morning's "ICE OUT OF THE BAY" protest on the first day of weeklong #SuperBowlLX celebration events happening across the #SFBayArea before the game on Sunday.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Michael Bloomberg is in the Epstein Files. Michael Bloomberg is influencing mayor Lurie on how to run San Francisco.

Everything on the up and up at Salesforce? EFTA02681888 EFTA01363646

JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

The Tenderloin has the highest concentration of children in the city and we want to amplify their voices. Read this poem by a student in the TL's 826 Valencia writing program. www.tlvoice.org/taco-family/

A sobering (“RESET”) center opens in April, and new legislation would require lithium-ion batteries sold in SF to meet higher safety standards. It's looking like a lithium-ion battery explosion caused the fire that displaced 68 TL residents in December. www.tlvoice.org/fire-prevent...

And they have a contract with SFUSD. It’s time to throw their plagiarism policy in the trash, apparently. They’re telling administrators to use it. Administrators are telling teachers to use it.

If you’re praising Minneapolis’ resistance to Trump’s 2nd Term ICE but ignoring Los Angeles’ resistance which has been going for almost a year with protectors abducted, seriously injured and imprisoned by ICE, you gotta ask yourself why. for real, confront yourself on that one.

A draft resolution from Trump’s “Board of Peace” outlines plans for a US-run Gaza, with no place for Palestinians.

On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville. On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”. In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.

The trans genocide in America is real. This this before you disagree, moreso if you’re cis. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties https://aje.news/zskjme

Half of U.S. trans teens live in a state that restricts their rights: study www.advocate.com/new... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

California will enforce segregating a trans girl from playing sports with her friends but will not enforce reigning in the secret police a single millimeter. Got it.

The trans genocide in America is real. This this before you disagree, moreso if you’re cis. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Arizona Senate chairman silences speaker after he calls anti-trans bill 'genocidal' www.tucsonsentinel.c... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Omg! Local San Antonio news is at a protest in Dilley, Texas at the Family Prison where Liam Ramos is being held. Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio. Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.

Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

San Francisco News Highlight. Read Edition #3 of The Untethered Telegram at leftylea.substack.com/p/the-unteth... #sanfrancisco #newsletter #trans #transgender #tenderloin #sextrafficking #art #strike #sfusd #blacklivesmatter #scottwiener #elections