The cherry season's starting in CA's San Joaquin Valley. Workers are getting ready to start picking for the day. "I hope this will be a good season. I worry it will start raining and the fruit will go bad like it did last year and I won't be able to earn a salary." #WeFeedYou

I know fans don't like this but if you ever played organized basketball you know for player drawing a cheap foul is super fun. Like, it's hard to keep a straight face when you actually get the whistle. And if it ends up being consequential? The best.

Best documentary you're gonna see this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAa...

Just finished yet another absolute banger. If you have the chance to borrow it from your local library I urge you to “check it out.”

"Javier" works in Oxnard, CA, harvesting strawberries. "I get paid by the box, so I have to move very fast. By the end of the day, my back and hands ache from all the movement." #WeFeedYou

Account of Civil War era debate between abolitionist Union Army troops and their Confederate Texan prisoners.

The "what no one tells you about" or "no one talks about" genre of framing is kinda irritating, IMO.

TBH this is better than a network late night show. No obnoxious commercials. Interesting and charismatic guests. Only thing they promoted was a very valuable free grief counseling service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrW...

Couldn’t someone just make a new search engine that returns links to websites? I mean, the origin story of Google-era startups was based on fact it only takes small group of people to start company that becomes globally successful.

Someone get this fish a Costco membership. It would love the hot dog deal!

I’d be embarrassed to spend this much. Half fun of road trip is bragging after how little you spent mapping every Costco for hot dog stops, leveraging parks and libraries for breaks, packing perfect cooler and camp stove meals you can whip up on the tailgate. Anyone can just spend more money.

Vida Blue, 1975 #OaklandA's #Baseball

Sometimes there is foggy weather in Greece.

Ed Harris in The Truman Show energy.

Unpopular position: “Family Tradition” is better dive bar juke selection than “Friends in Low Places.”

Yes, the cashier should be able to afford rent, groceries, and healthcare with their one paycheck. And the janitor. And the waitress. And the fry cook. And the teacher.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett showed how good work and commitment can coexist with wanting to be known. Wrote her autobiography––posthumously brought to publication by her daughter––cuz of marginalization by colleagues and youth didn’t know her. Like Wemby said, “Being too humble is going to hold you back.”

This guy says he went to Harvard but I question if he even went to college. If he did he'd know easy A's are a precious resource. No one is like "dang this class is too easy, now I've got too much extra time for coffee shops and bars."

TBH I kinda like it that people can just turn off replies and quote posts. If someone wants to pop off and isn’t interested in my two cents I appreciate they can effectively say so up front.

Good thing no one follows constitutions anymore.

The trucks are very similar in length and F-150 has full crew cab and 6.5 foot bed.

I'll just note that critical race theory predicts quite a lot about the current racial retrenchment and for being *correct* it was pilloried in the press and by some academics.

Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada. 2026 Mustangs. A couple very new arrivals. From earlier today.

"Julio" share this video from Madera CA. "We're covering mandarin trees to help stop pests from eating/damaging the crop. This also protects the crop from direct sun. I have a UFW contract and earn $17.89/hour vs min wage. My contract also gives me job protections." #WeFeedYou

Found footage: Actual video from planning session for U.S. World Cup and 250th events. youtu.be/TCNj6tEUpjg?...

Accurate.

Counter point. Legislators and elected executives should be paid median wage or less of area they represent and be barred from outside sources of income. They can apply for TANF and SNAP if they need it. Let them experience life as regular constituents.

Don’t totally buy this. I haven’t noticed higher levels of corruption among lower paid people. But the inverse?

Lemme screencap that. Been working on handing out compliments more readily. Template could help.

Watsonville workers are picking strawberries in the pouring rain. "Julio" shares, "The supervisor told us if we leave wr will no longer have a job. Even though all my clothes are wet and I'm freezing I keep on going as I need this job to support my elderly parents." #WeFeedYou

The most pointlessly angst-triggering genre of post across all social platforms — admittedly subjective — to me is genre I call, “Stating bad thing we all have known for long time is bad thing is, indeed, bad thing.” It activates angst muscle without moving convo forward.

Here's a spider I saw several years ago.

Spied a cat out making its rounds in Chinatown.

"Flora" is harvesting strawberries on CAs Central Coast. "The weather hasn't been good which means the strawberries aren't good. I earn piece rate and can't harvest enough with these conditions. I have two children to support and I'm worried as I'm not earning enough." #WeFeedYou

Better than most U.S. transit.

Do you even know DC is called Chocolate City to us? There's debate about if that still holds since our numbers decreased so with gentrification. At one point we were like upwards of 70% of DC. Only Black faces on the street. It'll always be Chocolate City in my heart! Understand us as a Black city.

Where is there a restaurant demanding ID? (He didn’t say bar so that doesn’t count, reply people.)

I was forced to the back of the bus. This ain't theoretical for me. I lived this shit.

I also don’t get why any D-side fed pol wouldn’t support DC statehood. It would be two Senate seats right there. If DC statehood is an issue that will make someone vote against you that person probably isn’t voting for you anyway.

So by this logic you could say that anyone who, say, likes to wear red hats, gets assigned a ballot that goes straight into the trash can. I mean, they got to vote!

I truly don’t understand why Ford doesn’t just partner with one of these companies and do a re-badge for U.S. market. Those deals have been around for decades.

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

And a great college career!

"Juan" is harvesting mandarins in the Dinuba, CA area. "I get paid $55 per 900lb bin. I fill 2 bins in the 6 hours I work. My family depends on my wages. Sometimes I can't make ends meet. I don't speak up for fear of losing my job, as work is currently very scarce." #WeFeedYou

I liked this shot from train over Manhattan Bridge.

Thing is even if you are driving and even if you are going to someplace on Market you don’t need to drive on Market. There are cross streets. Also, I’d say driving is the least convenient, most expensive way to get to someplace on Market. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Every draconian white supremacist ruling out of the south, that's a minority of rich whites oppressing the Black masses that are part of those places. It's not for you to look to centering these nasty racists. It's for you to get that they're impacting millions of real Black people & center them.

Didn't feel like cooking so we walked to dinner. Snuck a few shots along the way.

One big reason I avoid driving is so I can use camera during commute. Fun to get some creative time en route.

Highly recommend this day hike. It’s a winner. Also accessible from Schneider Cow Camp.