Your assignment this week is to find some organic stone fruit from California. We are peak season right now. Tastes like candy but great fiber and vitamins. Coming soon? Tomatoes and grapes

I'm afraid of #PJHarvey, but in the fondest way possible.

President Trump’s so-called religious liberty commission is saying that separation of church and state is a myth. They’re wrong. And you can help us tell them that by going to this link before July 13th: act.au.org/c781c0

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I'm so thrilled to hear this news. I worked PR on dam removal to save the Alewives #fish more than a decade ago. #ecorestoration

My cousin in Tromsø, Norway, sent me this video of the world's northernmost city doing the viking row yesterday under the midnight sun. 🇳🇴

Trump "extends gun rights to buyers who had faced restrictions because of mental illness..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

They're both laughing at the end because this is so wild.

We can't win without our birthright citizen! - DJT Born in the United States to Nigerian parents, and raised in the United Kingdom, Balogun was eligible to represent the United States, England, and Nigeria at international level before he committed himself to the United States.

East Oakland is going off as usual.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Trump’s going to end up speaking to a audience of Stephen Miller, three children whose parents got drunk and forgot them, and Marco Rubio’s oversized Florsheims, which he had to abandon when they got stuck in the mud.

“Two Wheels, Two Centuries.” One of the events that celebrated Americas bicentennial in 1976 was the Bikecentennial, loads of people cycling the TransAmerica trail inspired and co-organised by some National Geographic writers. www.adventurecycling.org/blog/bikecen...

Literal Nazis are marching through the streets of DC for America’s 250th. This is Trump’s America.

HA! Nice one God. Love the precision of your humor.

G'day Socceroos. We loved being your home base during #WorldCup2026. Thanks for staying and partying with us #Oakland

Volunteers with little to no gear are helping with search missions in Venezuela after twin earthquakes devastated parts of the country.

Ditto.

In a speech marking America’s 250th anniversary, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rejects President Donald Trump’s view of the nation, and especially its immigrants, without naming him directly.

Cruises are infectious, polluting and stupid. We should ban them.

"United States data centers generating their own power could emit the same amount of greenhouse gases as the nation of Australia, according to a new analysis by an environmental watchdog group looking at proposed projects."

Trump is the worst possible president to host a 250th Birthday celebration.

Long overdue. We want this in the Bay Area! #bikelife

The Bicentennial in 1976 was a blast. "It was warm under a hazy sun but not one of Washington's blistering summer days, and 500,000 people, according to the official estimate, turned out to see more than 50 bands, GO floats and 90 marching units."

Don't invest in fascism, kids.

In 1962, this book woke up American politicians to the crisis of poverty. Michael Harrington later founded the Democratic Socialists of America. #DSA

Someone wrote, "there's more people in my head," and I can't stop laughing. #Freedom250

Republicans warn Trump is taking his own party hostage www.alternet.org/trump-midter...

*supertramp voice* Right, right, you’re …

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week: buff.ly/3Y2Mz7f We have the solutions. It's time China and everyone else to unplug the fossil fuel machine and implement them. #ActOnClimate

The SPLC’s reporting shows that white supremacist networks have long used cryptocurrencies to fund and sustain harassment. The Gersh v. Anglin case makes clear that targeted regulation of crypto is a necessary tool to disrupt that flow. Learn more in our report: https://bit.ly/44tn8gQ #YIHE

This is the one true recipe for a Reflecting Pool: 2oz rum, 4oz pineapple juice, 1oz blue curacao, one Blue Razzberry Fruit Roll-Up

Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back. In January, Trump said “we’re in charge” of Venezuela. Amid a humanitarian crisis, they’re merely “our new and great friends.”

Advocates demand inquiry into Florida’s recently closed Alligator Alcatraz detention center

Can't believe Donald Trump handed the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and paid them for the privilege. Smh.

It’s official: See all 14 statewide ballot measures Californians will vote on in November cal.news/44xmrTO 📸 Lauren Justice

🇵🇸 Gaza's surfers seek solace in sea Gaza surfers carry their boards past tents and destroyed buildings on their way to the beach in Gaza City, where they keep surfing despite the risk of Israeli attacks. "It lets us breathe and makes us feel safe," says one surfer.

"Sure, this is power pop rooted in the Beatles (it always is, really); but it’s also deeply influenced by Sugar’s distortion pedals, Buzzcocks’ propulsive pace, and Guided By Voices’ philosophy that melody wins out over fidelity every time." Why Power Pop is the Sound of Now: