New month, who dis? Get together with other folks in San Francisco who believe in democracy by coming to one or more events we've got coming up. Our calendar is packed with ways you can take action, learn something new, or just enjoy a night at the theater! lwvsf.org/calendar

“It’s just nice [to be reminded] that people still genuinely give a shit about culture." says Joanna Lioce, who's booking shows at the soon-to-be-reopened punk venue Mabuhay. “Have some fucking joy.”

What in the evil corporate copyright infringement?

People need to understand that the Trump administration is currently engaging in shock and awe tactics. It’s one obscene thing after another for the purpose of making you feel overwhelmed—of making you tune out. Don’t. Keep track. Remember everything. A day will come for accountability.

Scientists are leaving X/Twitter in significant numbers due to its declining professional value. Those who went to Bluesky find it a more effective platform for networking, outreach, and staying updated on research. www.psypost.org/scientists-s...

You were always goth in your heart

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

You were always goth in your heart

I've had enough of this East Coast-style hot and humid weather mucking up my city

This is what happens when young people are scolded into cutting back on coffee to save for a house www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/f...

Let's get this rapture going. The rents are too damn high.

Let's get this rapture going. The rents are too damn high.

“It’s just fucking super Google that destroys the environment.” Today on COYOTE @soleilho.com checks in with an Oakland venue owner who’s fed up with AI-generated show flyers, to talk about what we lose when we normalize the practice (It’s not just braincells!)

All the SF perimenopausals are begging this to stop

Every time you repost or quote repost and indie creator's project, you can imagine yourself as a hand in this gif

The Economist does mention nonprofits censoring under threat. But it misses the bigger meaning: it isn’t just websites being scrubbed. It’s about nonprofits being forced to abandon people the administration has decided are undeserving. I covered this early on: nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofits-s...

Tired: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. Wired: Cold, Salt, Meal.

We’ve long known that noncitizen voting isn’t a threat to our elections because it is extremely rare — and Louisiana just confirmed it again. The real threat? Politicians are using lies about noncitizen voting to suppress EVERYONE's right to vote. Including yours.

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi. This is *not* normal. I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

Aaagh! This is so nerdily cute!!

If you are worried about misinformed U.S. federal guidance on vaccines and preventative health measures right now, here’s a list of well sourced and science backed alternative sources of information. A thread that you can bookmark for future reference and pass on to others 🧵

Here are some other warning signs of attacks on nonprofits and civil society the Economist somehow missed, but I covered. First up, my most recent article about how the Trump administration is gutting nonpartisan voter registration programs: nonprofitquarterly.org/voter-regist...

Do you have a lot of annoying admin tasks or household chores you need to accomplish, but never seem to find the time for? Then may I suggest: setting aside a day to do nothing but write, you will be amazed at how many such tasks you can accomplish.

The Economist misses the mark here. PSLF changes are far from the "first real warning sign" of attacks on nonprofits. And framing the admin's targets as "lefty activism" just fuels division. I break down what the PSLF changes actually mean in my article: nonprofitquarterly.org/proposed-psl...

Glad The Economist is covering the Trump administration's attacks on nonprofits and civil society. But in reality, this has been escalating for months. I’ve been reporting on this for @npquarterly.bsky.social—here’s what The Economist missed and got wrong. 🧵 www.economist.com/united-state...

San Francisco independent media includes @missionlocal.org, @sfpublicpress.bsky.social, @coyotemedia.org, @eltecolotesf.bsky.social, @bayareareporter.bsky.social, @48hills.bsky.social

Seems POLITICO has decided that fact checking isn't important and everything sources say should be believed and repeated.

Glad The Economist is covering the Trump administration's attacks on nonprofits and civil society. But in reality, this has been escalating for months. I’ve been reporting on this for @npquarterly.bsky.social—here’s what The Economist missed and got wrong. 🧵 www.economist.com/united-state...

➕ @bayareacurrent.bsky.social @sf.gazetteer.co

San Franciscans are blessed with a wealth of good options to invest in (and 48 Hills). Take your cancellations and do something useful with them.

San Francisco independent media includes @missionlocal.org, @sfpublicpress.bsky.social, @coyotemedia.org, @eltecolotesf.bsky.social, @bayareareporter.bsky.social, @48hills.bsky.social

So so so many of the people whipping up anger in this tiresome recall are the same people who poured toxicity and manipulation into the city's redistricting process.

Groundhog's Day

Not qualified. Not normal.

Reddit r/photoshopbattles doing some real magic with Melania's goth weirdness reddit.com/r/photoshopb...

For months I've heard crazy stories about SF's reorganized street medicine teams, which are now forced to focus on "the list" — a small number of homeless folks who've annoyed politicians or angry neighbors. This means every day they have to drive past people in urgent need of medical care. 1/3

Seriously @sfmta.bsky.social! On a crowded southbound 49 and your fare inspector is standing in the way of people trying to board the bus so y'all can squeeze $3 out of someone.

Love to see all the people lined up for covid and flu vaccines at Kaiser in San Francisco! It's mostly older folks and people with disabilities here. You should get the vaccine ASAP for your own protection, but also to help more vulnerable folks! Bonus pic of some of my favorite bizarro murals.

Voter Registration Faces Threats Nonprofits Can’t Ignore nonprofitquarterly.org/voter-regist... @girardinl.bsky.social @votolatino.bsky.social @lwvus.bsky.social @natlvoterregday.bsky.social #VoteReady #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #nonprofits

For the afternoon bluesky folks

Political leaders are taking steps to gut nonpartisan voter registration programs and put the federal government in control of voter eligibility. My newest article for @npquarterly.bsky.social - just in time for #NationalVoterRegistrationDay nonprofitquarterly.org/voter-regist...

"If anything stands in the way of a clear path for a citizen to vote and their voting power, we are out there." ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 We're so proud of our fellow Leaguers at the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region @lwvmhr.bsky.social! www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Incredibly timely news, journalist/researcher friends: @righttobe.bsky.social just launched Expert Voices Together - a FREE service that helps journalists and researchers who are being intimidated/harassed! Check it out at expertvoicestogether.org !

🚨BREAKING: Right-wing groups are mobilizing activists to pressure a top federal voting agency to require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Take action today! The deadline to tell the Department of Education to not jam political ideology into the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is this Wednesday, September 17. You don't need to work at a nonprofit to oppose the PSLF change. You can just be someone who knows nonprofits do good.

I ditched the nonstick years ago. Almost everything is possible in cast iron. Yes, even omelettes.

Can't wait to see what COYOTE does for journalism in the San Francisco area!