Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

This Cheeky Hi-Vis Vest Helped Score a Win for Winter Bike Lanes in this Town. momentummag.com/this-cheeky-...

CBS News EIC Bari Weiss had concerns about the CECOT piece, I’m told. The network decided to hold the segment pending, among other things, comment or an interview with White House officials next year…

Next time I’m in Chicago I will wait outside shoeless in a blizzard to patronize these outstanding human beings.

Tiny mushrooms emerging in today’s rain. #Petaluma #Fungi

Waymo’s ongoing service shutdown in SF offers ten lessons on fragility, resilience, scalability, and public trust. 🧵

Per Nextdoor, our City Council just decided policy "in secret" on a "cold December night." Lest you think the public trudged through piles of snow & use a code word for entry, the meeting took place in Petaluma, a town with mild SF Bay Area weather, and the topic has been debated for 5 years now.

We are ruled by a Satanic death cult.

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

Day laborers seek work to earn a living, and are highly vulnerable to violent attack, wage theft and other abuses. Step up to support them where you live: www.mobilize.us/ndlon/map/ #Immigrants #LaborRights #MutualAid

In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.

Great Blue Heron Simple wisdom and majesty...

Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition." A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Wow. Treating that speech with seriousness and not calling it what it was is…a choice

The SMART board advanced a deal that at last makes way for a long-sought pedestrian crossing in Santa Rosa — a win for the Jennings Avenue neighborhood and an apparent end to the protracted legal a...

Every time I see someone with a bike on a BART escalator, it makes me smile - especially this rider prepared for rain. Not all policy making is so visible & tangible. Two years after we started allowing bikes on escalators, it’s worked perfectly. I haven’t heard complaints or of any big accidents.

Thomas E. Brzozowski discusses what Attorney General Pam Bondi's Dec. 4 memo on domestic violence does and how it bends and breaks the rules established after the Church Committee’s account of domestic intelligence excess.

7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Don Davis (NC-01) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Jared Golden (ME-02) Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Adam Gray (CA-13) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Woohoo! Tonight Petaluma City Council advanced a new land use map that's the product of 4 years of hard work. It's not policy yet, but now they can begin preparing the Environmental Impact Report. By next October, we'll have the new General Plan in place.

MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…” Lawless.

I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers. I use social media to talk to people about fish. When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.

Echoing @sifill.bsky.social from the latest episode of Amicus: 2026 primaries are not far off. Filing deadlines are approaching. If you're going to step up for your community, as we all should, through something such as running for your local school board: act now! @runforsomething.net!

The same property owners who are angry about losing their “right” to some of the 14% utilized free street parking, are also criticizing a local private lot that tows trespassing parkers. #CarBrain #Urbanism #Petaluma

Really? So now Kirk's murder is an "anti-Christian hate crime"? 350,000 churches in the US alone. Christians are hardly fucking oppressed. You want to see an "anti-Christian hate crime"? This is a fucking anti-Christian hate crime:

Leave it to a knucklehead CHP spokesperson to suggest that the driver of a hit & run who has NOT been identified - one which killed the cyclist - has already gone on record to suggest that the driver likely couldn't have seen the cyclist. archive.is/ldugw www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/12/12/c...

We facilitated a small but mighty fundraiser for day laborers, a group particularly vulnerable to ICE attacks. The storytelling was heart-wrenching & motivating to action. We raised over $1000 & received tons of in-kind donations for the workers. Sign up: ndlon.org/adopt-a-day-... #Petaluma #Rights

My little city of Ventura is hiring an Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer. Would you please tell your smartest, most pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly civil engineer friend about it? Good pay, and it's a lovely place to live. cityofventura.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cityof...

Miami just elected its first democratic mayor in 28 years. Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit. Running on transit is a way to win elections!

Liverwort Athalamia hyalina, looking like the advance party for a goofy alien invasion. The liverwort structures are about 1cm high. #liverwort #bryophyte #fungifriends

In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart

We don't need more cars in urban areas. We need more public transport and bike lanes. #r4today

The house we rent (in El Cerrito) would sell for 1.5 million, at least. But our landlady inherited it from her husband, and he inherited it from his parents, and so she pays $2000/year in property taxes on a more-than-a-million-dollar home she got for free.

This is a in-depth and important radio interview of how many people in Sonoma County are building a community in defense for neighbors whose Constitutional rights are threatened by ICE. archive.org/details/radi... #Petaluma #SonomaCounty #RapidResponse #AdoptACorner

Interesting alligator lizard absent of the patterns I normally see here. It was quite sluggish until the morning sun emerged, then it became its usual fierce self. #Wildlife #Petaluma #SonomaCounty

Some fascists find that killing boaters and then murdering survivors clinging to the wreckage is righteous. Other fascists caution that survivors are no longer a danger, and could we just please kill all the boaters the first time? Both claim support from Jesus, sporting cross pendants as evidence.

Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights #Wrldpoli🌐 www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...

Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)

Pretty excited to announce that my photo of a Semipalmated Sandpiper will be the May photo for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's 2026 Watchable Wildlife calendar. #birds #nature #wildlife #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.

A beloved Virgin of Guadalupe statue that went missing during the pandemic has been recovered and restored — just in time to lead Sonoma County pilgrims on their decades-old 12-mile overnight march...

We plan to hold a public memorial in the near future, but in the meantime please share your memories of Claude and messages for his dedicated animal care team at [email protected] or to California Academy of Sciences, Attn: Digital Engagement, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118.

“Critics say” Trump’s remarks on Somalis were bigoted? JFC what are you doing?

You have the right to record ICE. You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it. Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.

Portrait of Lydia Cassatt, 1880 by Mary Cassatt #WomensArt

Somali immigrants are terrific. Protect our families, friends & neighbors. Stand firm, Minnesota. www.mnchamber.com/blog/contrib... #Fascism #ICE

A public comment last night laments the dangers posed by the 32 kph top speed of a class 1 pedal-assist e-bike. Meanwhile, the top speed of the most popular passenger vehicles is over 160 kph, far exceeding local speed limits & causing nearly all the serious traffic injuries. #CarBrain #SafeStreets

My alma mater. What a great scene.

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."