Alex Pretti memorial ride, Nevada City, CA

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Critical mass rides this Friday in remembrance of Alex Pretti

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

2 things! 1. This is an awesome program! 2. That’s my kid!!! (In the rad lifeguard hat) - Woot!

NEW: Trump is floating a $1.5 trillion war budget. $1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED. War costs us a better world.

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

Racist POS

Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her

Following the thread of who (or what entity) would authorize the costs and action of the US to purchase Greenland…

Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

BLOCK them.

This is a threat, gaslighting, a lie, and irrational -- all at the same time. Quite an accomplishment.

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

🇮🇷 In Iran, protesters have taken control of an entire city — Abdanan: local police have laid down their weapons and sided with the people Protesters are destroying streets and burning cars. Fierce clashes are ongoing between protesters and police in other cities.

We visit this area of our neighborhood in hope to hear or see the (apparent) resident great gray owl(s?), but the sunsets never get old.

Near miss 2 night ago. Bummed to lose a sugar pine.

Storm break. Driving through north Mendocino County

Another warm and dry December weekend <sigh>

Not as much fun as skiing

I’ve seen this concern raised by some FF leaders related to the proposed use of goats/sheep for the purpose of grasslands fuel reduction. The concern: the herds will spread invasives from other grazing sites thru their scat and the invasives will exacerbate wf hazard or change the fire ecology.

Stars aligned this afternoon with conditions and personal schedule for a small burn. Entry into an area close to the house that we haven’t burned yet.

#nokings La Jolla, CA

In my neighborhood. Please consider donating. Herd owners are doing this work on fed lands (w/ approval) for free. The BLM lands and adjacent state park are used by 100k’s peeps. This would help protect several summer camps, my neighborhood, and nearby areas. gofund.me/40163d9fd

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

It is maddening and frustrating to observe and experience this in real time. I hope more of our population can wake up to this reality soon to move forward to something more sane. It’ll be interesting how flood risk assessments play out with the current paradigm. 1/

This is a key step towards primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, one of the big 3 age-related diseases that we should prevent from ever occurring. More here erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...

So, why is the Trump Administration gifting Argentina $20 billion dollars for “infrastructure” when Natives on the Navajo Nation Reservation must have water trucked in because reservation water is polluted from decades of non-Native mining?

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

My latest commentary with the Baker Institute @riceuniversity.bsky.social www.bakerinstitute.org/research/new...

I’ve read/heard SO many nauseating and deeply concerning statements made during the prez cabinet meeting today…. I think this dog-whistle may be the worse one. Awful.

Big news out of Florida tonight! An environmental challenge has brought the use of the Everglades detention camp to a halt.

Shade tree mechanics corner

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this. Definition of terms: “these people” = Latino migrants “Inner city people” = Black people “We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

Last of the season for us

Poem for today: Kristi Noem is Stephen Miller With hair extensions and tons of filler

“Any federal actions designed to terrorize and separate farm worker communities is an attack on Californians and a dangerous waste of resources. Indiscriminate raids and chaotic sweeps put public safety at risk.”

We feed you. They hunt us.

Efficiency is when you make the troops homeless *before* they're veterans

Statement from the White House regarding deployment of the national guard in California: “Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen…”

As the federal government conducts chaotic immigration sweeps across the country, the state is deploying additional CHP to maintain safety on Los Angeles highways to keep the peace. It's not their job to assist in federal immigration enforcement.

Re-reading Justice Robert H. Jackson's famous speech on the dangerous discretion of federal prosecutors in light of the dubious indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This section stood out. www.roberthjackson.org/speech-and-w...

NEW: LAPD just declared ICE protesters an unlawful assembly. A few moments ago 👇🏾

Muir class of 97 in solidarity and support.

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

I don't want this to get lost: after RFK Jr. finished with his tantrum, he ADMITTED he is blocking BILLIONS in federal child care funding. That needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

Two news stories. A black Congresswoman enters an ICE facility & is charged- no evidence of violence. A white woman enters the Capitol and busts things up & is killed while trespassing. Her family gets $5 million. This Administration is doing it in broad daylight. #Racism #Facism #Resist