"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

Horrible violence against a protester in California: www.latimes.com/california/s...

new SF publication alert! huge fan of the concept, and also the neon logo they came up with

at least 538 estimated killed in Iran amid mass protests, internet, international phone calls and electricity shut offs. it was about the same number but within a year of the 2022 protests. please don't treat these numbers as normal, just like we wouldn't here.

during Trump 1.0 an Iranian elder told me the US is looking more like what she left behind, what my parents left behind. Today, it’s not lost on me that there are protests raging in both countries, both fueled by anger over state violence

This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

this man is a true patriot. this is from 2010 when he facing a 6-year sentence archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blog...

New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance. Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...

"ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances ... Then, last May, tragedy struck." Incredible piece of journalism from @leddder.bsky.social and @stephco.bsky.social: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion. This is the aftermath in one area

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

In the past week, the Trump-Vance admin: –Bombed Nigeria –Bombed Venezuela, abducted its leader –Bombed more ships in the middle of the ocean –Threatened military action in Iran, Colombia, and Cuba –Accepted the “Israel Prize” & hosted Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago (despite his soldiers killing Americans)

Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.

actually reads like it was drafted by the White House, cherry on top is the argument that Maduro will be in the “humane American prison” system

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

The U.S. Postal Service implemented a rule clarifying that postmarks reflect when mail is processed, not when it is dropped off.

"It's another thing for The New York Times to report this. I think they put a stamp of legitimacy on medical falsehoods. They also legitimized anti-trans hate, really." Very important comments from @billiejsweeney.bsky.social. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...

Israel’s government says it will suspend the licenses of dozens of humanitarian groups operating in Gaza beginning Thursday, which relief workers say will lead to deeper suffering and difficulty receiving medicine. https://wapo.st/4qxbFWC

the propaganda alarm bells are ringing off the hook here jesus christ read a real story -> www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

stumbled across an old article I wrote for SF Weekly at a YBCA exhibit the other day 😭

I'm grateful for my brilliant students. One wrote about impacts of last weekend's debacle: "if we only talk about #Waymo, we will miss a critical, broader conversation around how San Francisco’s innovation policy still treats the city as a laboratory first and a community second." archive.ph/x6Iyq

THIS part is so critical. at home I barely knew what was happening and couldn't even load the PG&E website. there needs to be coordinated outreach to check on people in affected areas, especially for seniors and those with disabilities missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-r...

unfortunately, you need to assemble a case with pictures and receipts but will definitely be giving it a try. and make sure to at least hound them for the $30 credit for every 24 hours your power was out if it doesn't show up on your bill within 2 months sfstandard.com/2025/12/22/s...

you know 97% of SF may have power again but for the 3% of us who still don’t it majorly sucks. Two nights without electricity and scrambling all day to keep what we can from going back and charging up isn’t cute!!

The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision. "The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Treasure Island has no permanent medical service nor are there plans for any despite major developments expected to bring 20,000 more people by 2042. In the meantime, a clinic on wheels rolled onto the island www.sfpublicpress.org/treasure-isl...

“What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?” Weissman told the New York Times.

This year MinnMax is using our reaction stream for The Game Awards to raise money for the Somali Museum of Minnesota. People aren't "garbage". Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe

"“If you’re not willing to give my child a puberty blocker shot, which is an evidence-based, legal, medically necessary care, then what are you going to do? Stop providing abortions? Stop providing vaccines? It’s just a really slippery slope.”" Read this. sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...

New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."

BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr

Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Damnit, I already am. But if you aren’t, you should!!

This is an insane paragraph. This is at the very least, literally, not "indisputable". The lower-court ruling you're overturning said otherwise, and there's written, public evidence the DOJ said do this for racial reasons! "Indisputable" just means "I don't care to deal with contrary evidence."

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.

riding a bus in LA during the evening rush hour is the closest one can get to riding the Harry Potter knight bus in California

The way to say you miss someone in Farsi is that "your place is empty," which is 100% how it'll feel when returning to Cal Academy. RIP to an SF icon 😭

FWIW- this is not just one of those meta convos reporters have among ourselves. Non-journo friends who have watched these videos lately have started asking me wtf is going on with my industry. We are public servants. The public holds us accountable. And courage builds public trust in journalism.

even after a high profile fuck up the mayors office is outsourcing basic vetting to local journos

Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.

“One deputy, Sgt. Ibarra, reportedly taunted the women that the videos would be posted online, but they’d have to blur their genitalia,” Chan wrote in the public defender’s complaint.”

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."