Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You

Today I learned that the total amount of philanthropic funding for journalism in the US since 2009 equals approximately 8.6% of OpenAI’s funding to date. Really useful #kleincamp session from @ninasachdev.bsky.social and Vince Stehle of @mediaimpactfunders.bsky.social.

One of my underlying working models for non-profit news is that nobody is in competition with each other. We should all be co-operative. We should be open sourcing code, sharing wins and losses, and doing as much as possible to lift each other up - out in the open so newcomers can benefit too.

I, for one, definitely think this revenue boost will be used to help ESPN aggressively and independently cover the waterfall of sports betting scandals plaguing our pro and college sports.

Belatedly watched 60 minutes Trump interview. OMFG. This isn't journalism.

In 1941, thinking about acquiescence to Hitler, FDR quoted Ben Franklin: “Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It’s a message for the billionaires & others capitulating to Trump. www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...

How the Berkeley economy works: we will not tolerate a gap of 400 meters between coffee shops.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

early voting starts today in TX and the @houstonchronicle.com has the paywall up on their voter guide. please be serious

"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice." YES. Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti... Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.

ed the president of the united states just announced he plans to use the U.S. military to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, i think we should probably be prioritizing attention to that right now

If we still had anything resembling a functioning Constitution, he would be impeached by lunchtime & convicted & removed from office by the close of business today.

Time to report the Marin Independent Journal to a California regulator. They arbitrarily, on no notice, charge my credit card random amounts of $, fail to give promised credits, and cut off paid access. I'd like to support local journalism. But subscribing to the MarinIJ is just supporting fraud.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism

Frankly I’m surprised more comparativists aren’t saying, “Aw that’s so cute. America’s having its first little premature rumor and speculation frenzy about the autocrat’s death after his public absence for a brief period” (common in authoritarian regimes)

Daniel Ekonde, Sara Martin and Skylla Mumana are getting valuable newsroom experience covering news and feature stories in Berkeley.

Ahead of Berkeley's historic Middle Housing vote on Thursday I wrote a whole ass series in 2021 on the history of Berkeley's zoning codes and why the housing crisis sprung up warranting middle housing to begin with. Kinda forgotten but it explains everything darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-histor...

Brad Lander told NY1 at Mamdani’s party that what Democrats need to decide right now is whether to be “fighters or folders” and yes he should immediately mount a primary challenge to Chuck Schumer

Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.

also the path is get rid of these geriatric losers who are holding the whole world hostage

That many NYers aren't avowed Democratic Socialists. So it says a lot that so many voted for one. And what it says is most Democrats (and all voters really) want fresh blood with bold, big ideas to shake things up and REALLY don't want corrupt retreads. Better get with that program.

Mamdani won the NYC mayoral primary and California is passing real reforms to allow more housing.

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

We feed you. They hunt us.

On Saturday Richmond residents plan to join a series of national Trump protests. Experts give advice on how to attend political rally.

The media has repeatedly and disproportionately elevated voices who were wrong on Iraq, wrong on 2016, and wrong on pointing to the authoritarianism of this moment. Anyone wondering where the trust went might want to consider doing things differently and trying new voices/perspctives in the future.

Los Angeles is all the proof you need that this President & his fascist advisors will use any excuse to tear down the rule of law, build a police state & blame it all on immigrants, the vast majority of whom work, pay taxes & commit no crimes.

Nonprofit that helps Bay Area volunteers covertly build and install bus stop benches persuaded Richmond city officials to create a permit process.

Here’s a fun line of inquiry for journalists: Is the *current* commander in chief now aware that the US is bombing Somalia? Does he know who the US is bombing in Somalia? Could he articulate a defensible rationale for why the US is bombing Somalia or how it fits into some broader strategy?

How the New York Times covers Biden & Trump in one screenshot.

Americans, we are so damn loud

Alameda County has the second-largest population of unaccompanied youth in California. Since 2014, more than 6,000 children have settled in the county.

Scientists are on the case. And they need your help.

Even in the face of explicit fascism, with legal residents being disappeared to torture prisons, life-saving aid being illegally yanked, open discussion of a "third term" ... ... even now, it is so obvious that the NYT's primary worry is the left getting too worked up.

No winner in sight, but the leading candidates' backers say they're feeling good.

I would read a "where journalists like me went wrong" post written by Chuck Todd. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

LaNiece Jones is part owner of a company that stands to benefit if the city completes the sale of the Coliseum property, according to public records.

I wish I shared your confidence Kara but no one went to jail for child separation. No one went to jail for CIA torture. No one went to jail for the financial crash. And the folks who did go to jail for Jan 6 were freed by the guy who didn’t go to jail for Jan 6 or anything else he was indicted for.

Dear New York Times and other media, There’s no law of journalism that says you have to surrender space in your news stories for a fascist government to spout simplistic lies. Why waste your readers’ time? Sincerely, Mark

This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

It's time to Chuck Chuck!

DA drops criminal case against key figure in Oakland FBI investigation

Liz Cheney, John Bolton, Bill Kristol had stronger statements today than house democratic leadership

It's popular to say in the Opposition that we have to be strategic and pick our fights. I have pretty much the opposite view. Fight for what you care about, some of those fights won't get much support and will fade out, but you don't know ahead of time. And some issues will unexpectedly take off.

THE Rep. Jasmine Crockett to Elon Musk: "Fuck off." So say we all. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social

If you have not won an election in a year that starts with a 2, I beg of you: Shut the fuck up.

I can’t say I’ve thought about inflation that much since the US Attorney in the district you and I both live in had to resign because the President wanted to make a corrupt deal with the Mayor, backed by the threat of a dangling DOJ prosecution, to terrorize immigrants and people of color here.

You know, you can cover what the White House does without being in the building. In fact, you can cover it *better* — Woodward and Bernstein broke Watergate from the City Desk. But keep on making apologies for rank cowardice I guess