President Donald Trump is once again targeting San Francisco’s Presidio, taking sweeping action to remove the entirety of the federal agency’s governing body.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

This is a brilliant analysis by Lisa Friedman, with eye-popping graphics by @harrystevens.bsky.social, on how the language of the EPA has changed under the climate-denying Lee Zeldin. Everyone should read it carefully! 🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.

Love to see it! Now remove him and Gonzales from office.

“‘Solidarity’ means that what Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other authorities do to them is also done to us.” —J. Malcolm Garcia on septuagenarian priest Father Ray Riding, who ministers to migrants in Tucson, Arizona www.thebeliever.net/only-god-wil...

Anti-nazi sticker spotted in Oakland, California

One of the ways news media often fail us is by giving us the microscopic rather than the telescopic view. Everything I mention in this essay is well-documented, but the dots are mostly not connected to make visible this death by a thousand cuts our country is undergoing.

Widespread suffering due to Swalwell’s abuse: “[Staff] said that if they remain in their jobs it would be, in part, to support junior staff who cannot “immediately forfeit their income and benefits without significant personal risk or consequence,” stressing, “our responsibility now is to them.”

Happy #DeloresHuerta Day! I know a few streets, buildings, and soccer fields that could use her name. Much gratitude, labor queen 🤎💜

”For now, you won’t be able to use Claude Mythos Preview. Anthropic is not publicly releasing the model: not because of the alignment concerns, but because of its ’powerful cybersecurity skills.’” #regulateAI

“In a comment to the Guardian the DHS said: ‘Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure.’ It urged immigrants to self-deport using the agency’s app.” #Impeach

Bulk spending on ICE’s non-training, non-operations & maintenance spending is also down since February. In Q4CY2025, ICE was spending millions a month on advanced spyware, vehicles, IT/AI, etc. That trend collapsed in Q1CY2026.

TONIGHT: #Oakland #District1 Town Hall with City Councilperson Zac Unger, Chapel of the Chimes, 6:30 PM

Finally biked by this beautiful mural honoring Alysa Liu! SHOUTOUT OAKLAND! 💚💛

#Impeach the #EpsteinRegime

youtu.be/h3hhoyTbP6A?... Toni Morrison on why art is dangerous but necessary.

“According to Hunt, the women she is working with have 'secured pro bono legal representation' and are 'in the process of sharing information with reporters and ensuring that they are physically and legally safe.' Hunt . . . runs the left-wing group Gen-Z for Change.”

“The influencers say a group of women have retained counsel and plan to speak out soon, but they claim some have been hesitant because they have signed a non-disclosure agreement. The Swalwell campaign disputed the existence of any NDAs.” #Swalwell thanked ICE w/ HR 488, now this?! Eyes up.

#StreetArt by Eduardo Kobra "Stop Wars" located in #NewYork City.

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

How cool, the @oaklibrary.bsky.social has curated a reading list for #Sinners fans! #LibraryFinds #FundLibraries oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/c...

The Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, a local nonprofit, bought the 33-unit complex on Claremont Avenue earlier this year for $12 million.

In 2020-21, Glover made history as the first Black person to stay for an extended period on the International Space Station. Consider this: "As a verdict neared in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer accused of murdering [George] Floyd..Black astronauts called from Earth to lend..moral support."

"On Exactitude in Science" by Jorge Luis Borges, _Collected Fictions_, translated by Andrew Hurley:

This should remind you of that Borges story 'On Exactitude in Science'.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1968, just two days after the assassination of #MLK, 17-year-old #BobbyHutton, first to join #BlackPantherParty after its founding, was killed after a shoot-out. He was shirtless, unarmed, and surrendering when #Oakland #police put twelve bullets into him.

An ongoing Oakland Museum of California exhibit organized in collaboration with Native fire practitioners, artists, cultural leaders, and ecologists—including ESPM's Peter Nelson—details how Native communities across Northern California use fire as a tool. nature.berkeley.edu/news/espm-pr...

Never Give Up! Every Ton of Carbon We Can Cut Still Matters - Legal Planet legal-planet.org/2026/04/06/w...

today, 4 humans are going to break the record for the furthest distance traveled from earth.

It's really not too much to ask those around you to care about you and care for you, because why are you around otherwise?

In her first interview about the docuseries, ‘Trust Me: the False Prophet’ director Rachel Dretzin shares an “unprecedented glimpse inside” the fundamentalist Mormon sect that trafficked child brides

My favorite assignment in elementary school: Write a guidebook of an imaginary world you create. I drew a map of “Artulia,” a continent inhabited by artists and art advocates. The exercise felt utopian, even before I knew the word.

Amna Nawaz sat down with Gisèle Pelicot to discuss her book, "A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides." https://to.pbs.org/4s553zn

BREAKING: Trump skipped all three scheduled Easter masses he was meant to attend today. Something is wrong with the president and the White House is keeping it from us.

At the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. annual Hunky Jesus extravaganza in Dolores Park, the festivities began by canonizing three locals on the stage where the pageants would take place later. I was one of them and my saint name as you can read here, is Esperanzapedia.

"Asynchronous is the word scientists use to describe climate-driven misalignment between organisms dependent on one another. That same word, for many of us, might name a life that no longer lines up with what we imagined."

Same goes for #creativenonfiction

set up a nesting box with cam nine days ago and this morning got a prospective tenant - fingers crossed that his mate will approve

SpaceX wants to put up to a million data centers in orbit. There are a few technological hurdles standing in the way.

the images of earth from artemis ii are absolutely gorgeous

Ask me a question about reducing climate pollution and saving money. If @npr.org chooses your submission, you'll be part of the reporting process. More information and a short form are in the link below. www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Here’s the southeast view from High Camp at Palisades yesterday. There had been about 2 feet of new snow over the previous 48 hrs, and you can see a lot of that in the foreground. But look beyond that, toward the lake 😞

The previously shuttered Miller Ave library, which the City closed and left to fall apart and decay, was named the Ina Coolbrith branch. Not sure why they don't just go with that here

OPENING RECEPTION at Joyce Gordon Gallery—April 3, 6–9 PM: In partnership with Joyce Gordon Foundation, Joyce Gordon Gallery presents a new exhibition, "The Art of the African Diaspora," featuring the works of multiple artists. Curated by Eric Murphy. www.eventbrite.com/e/aotad-26-n... #Oakland

TODAY at FM Gallery—April 3, 5–10 PM: For April and May, Daisuke Okamoto is back for another show of "Okaina Image" with artist Brenda Cibrian in a joint exhibition called _Dreamscapes_. fmoakland.com #Oakland

OPENING at East Bay Photo Collective—April 3, 6–9 PM: The Oakland Photo Workshop presents 23 artists' capture of the often overlooked jobs that keep society running. Curated by @eastbayyesterday.bsky.social! www.ebpco.org #Oakland #labor