Masking Bill Fuels California Legal Battle Over Federal Immigration Agents | KQED https://www.kqed.org/news/12058936/masking-bill-fuels-california-legal-battle-over-federal-immigration-agents

So this is funny. The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

California adds a new official statewide holiday https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/california-makes-diwali-an-official-statewide-21089586.php

#extortion #trump warned Tuesday of NO guaranteed BACKAY for #federalworkers during a government #shutdown, reversing what has been long-standing policy for some 750,000 #furloughed employees, acc/to a memo being circulated by the White House. Trump signed into #law after the longest ever […]

“Bucking” is a *hard* understatement https://m.ai6yr.org/@npr_bot/115332179744913131

Nearly 50 news and media organizations have signed an amicus brief supporting AP in the ongoing legal case over White House press access. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932.2139056.0.pdf

[Politics, Fascism] Adding alt text https://masto.ai/@rbreich/115333741816007667

The Guardian: Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/rural-us-town-outraged-as-only-hospital-forced-to-shut-i-would-have-died-without-it #healthcare

[Politics, Disinformation] The Guardian: Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland […]

USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-07/usc-academic-senate

California utilities are blowing their deadlines to conect rooftop #solar https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/10/rooftop-solar-hookups-miss-deadlines/ #caenergy

New poll shows majority of California voters support Prop. 50 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312403006.html #antifa

'Disappointing and frustrating': Newsom vetoes Cal Fire raise https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/disappointing-newsom-vetoes-cal-fire-raise-21088307.php

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/s/WQi8Ep3P5A #floods #climatechange

APROPOS OF EVERYTHING MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes. Living Wage Calculator https://livingwage.mit.edu/ ❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

@andybrwn wow, saw one for the first time a month or so back, off Rodeo beach

Very cool! https://mstdn.social/@donaldham/115328012672873868

This is all bad, IMHO. EFF:Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices #flock #privacy #alpr https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices

#insurance costs could push residents to leave rural Northern Calif. #fireinsurance https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/insurance-costs-push-residents-leave-rural-21078768.php https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/insurance-costs-push-residents-leave-rural-21078768.php

Rare sighting of harbor porpoise recorded in Napa River, experts urge distance https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/30/harbor-porpoise-spotted-in-napa-river-experts-urge-distance/

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/06/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-from-ghislaine-maxwell-imprisoned-former-girlfriend-of-jeffrey-epstein-2/

Chatbot dreams generate AI nightmares for Bay Area lawyers https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/05/chatbot-dreams-ai-nightmares-bay-area-lawyers/

New order is placed, DOJ requests an immediate stay, judge Immergut denies it. 14 days, like the first one. Now we see if Trump and Miller and Vance et al violate this one. #news #fascism #uspol #uspolitics #Politics #caspol #caspolitics #Portland #oregon

This is scary. ICE injures someone who has never had contact with them before. They hold him in a hospital under a pseudonym. They restrict his right to talk to family or an attorney. PDF of the TRO the court issued in this case […]

"Banned In America!" "The far-right and the Trump regime are not satisfied with sending troops into our cities, they want to police what you think and read as well" - Aure The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools In the 2024-25 school year, book bans affected […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Judge Immergut announces she is GRANTING the plaintiffs’ motion. She is conferring with the states’ attorneys as to whether she should modify her first TRO or give a 2nd order. 15/

100%! I would also object, decline and reject such actions. #weird #signs #humor #humour

We went from "we will deport the worst of the worst" to "we will deport anyone here illegally" to "we will round up anyone who looks wrong" to "people who live in cities are the enemy" essentially overnight.

The funding cliff for the telehealth and home-hospital care programs is separate from shutdown negotiations, but both programs are caught up waiting for congressional action. Some providers have been warning patients for months that their appointments may no longer be reimbursed, while others […]

Newsom suing Trump regime for unconstitutionally sending CA national guard troops into Oregon. “Trump sending the troops to Oregon would mark the first time he’s deployed one state’s Guard personnel against a nonconsenting state, raising severe state sovereignty issues.” […]

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Truckee River Cleanup Yields 12 Tons of Trash https://thisisreno.com/2025/10/down-river-trash-removal/

Hurting their own

Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US or Europe, AFAIK. https://english.news.cn/20250918/85aadb481c4646d79ec31f4c67653f1a/c.html

Trump slashed $8 billion for #energy projects in blue states. In #california, that could be felt in red areas as well https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-04/trump-slashed-8-billion-for-energy-projects-in-blue-states-in-california-red-areas-will-feel-the-pain

Marine mammals are dying in record numbers along the California coast https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-03/ocean-life

Gavin Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/10/newsom-vetoes-license-plate-reader-regulations/ #survailencestate

Trump plan would limit #disability benefits for older Americans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/05/disability-social-security-age-benefits/ #ssdi

This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/04/larry-david-ellison-media-trump/

Exclusive: #sacramento US attorney fired after questioning immigration raid speaks out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article312324273.html #ice

WGN TV – Illinois Governor Pritzker says President Trump is federalizing 300 members of the state’s National Guard despite his objections. https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/illinois-national-guard-deployment-trump-pritzker/

“On Saturday morning, a woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents on the city’s South Side, marking the second shooting of a civilian since the start of the administration’s operation.” #chicago https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/04/donald-trump-jb-pritzker-illinois-national-guard

Attorney General Bonta Secures Appeals Court Decision Affirming Nationwide Injunction in Birthright Citizenship Lawsuit https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-appeals-court-decision-affirming-nationwide

Reduced animal adoption feeds in Los Angeles County (hearing there is a significant number of animals everywhere, continued post-pandemic pet dumping 😢. STOP buying pets from pet stores, folks, and find one to adopt at a shelter) […]

20 year DOJ vet lead counsel on critical terrorism case, fired b/c he once worked in career role for Lisa Monaco. They are simply strangling the DOJ. 1/3 of leadership has left. And the cost here has to be reckoned in public safety. Everything gets sacrificed to absurd views of loyalty and […]