SF Bay Area folks, can anyone take in this gorgeous creamsicle cat?

Just a reminder that in the Los Angeles ICE case, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence played up the extent to which those *not* properly subject to immigration arrest were detained "briefly" and released "promptly." www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-... That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.

Boosting. (My cousin’s kid did this internship, which turned into deeply meaningful work. Highly recommended.)

Reading this piece on the wildland firefighter pulled off an active fire line in Washington by #ICE & his release by the feds with dropped charges after a month in detention ought to infuriate every American. Our tax dollars are paying for this BS. Just an outrage. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Jay Kuo: DOJ is “playing with fire. … in a deep credibility and ethical hole with the judiciary & skeptical grand juries … White House seems intent on pouring gasoline down that very hole … Time for judges and grand jurors to stand ready with extinguishers.” open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

It’s all about the photo-ops, looking good for the glance-&-move-on optics. I swear, several times I hear that tag line from the old Cartoon Network show ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ - “stupid dog, you made me look bad!” - with news on this current administration

Of course they defy. This is going to be an interesting test of CA local police departments, to say the least. #ICE

Gotta admire how a prosecutor who *really* knows the law can explain it.

Medicaid work requirements cost twice as much as just covering people’s medical needs. Which means it’s a goldmine for putting public money into private pockets. Because that’s where “administrative costs” end up, amirite?

Interesting thread on turning a half-millennial bog oak log into furniture planks. (Am thinking Juliet McKenna could make good use of this story in her Green Man series.)

"Though FEMA can be picky in disbursing aid, it must abide by federal civil rights law; private charities do not." -->really smart story about Trump + private faith-based disaster aid. @grist.org tried to follow the money and...it got murky grist.org/accountabili...

Of course this is the obvious escalation. Damn them all. #ICE www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...

Wish more cities & towns thought ahead to what it means to have a private prison as a major employer. Is more jobs (how many more?) worth the rise in domestic violence, living under prison rules, the reputations hit, drop in property values… Look at how the towns near Nazi camps fared over time.

Destroy car dealerships and you save US democracy

This. The anti-vaxx movement is built upon grifters, starting with Wakefield & right up to the present day.

Long may she - & her farm - thrive! 🌱

Guide to creating wildlife-friendly urban yards! 🌱

On the face of it, firing 100 immigration judges in the last 8 months (“over 100” so far, + these) is crazily counterproductive to their plans to deport thousands of people each month. Why do this?

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

A bit underplayed that the Homan sting didn't reportedly come out of a public corruption investigation, it was a counter-intelligence one. Which means they somehow made the not-very-far leap to him from initially targeting a foreign and almost certainly state actor.

“The anticipated regulation could reduce eligibility for new applicants to the SSDI program by as much as 20 percent overall, and up to 30 percent among older workers. The potential impact on the SSI program is unclear.“ just no.

*9/22/2025 noncooperation thread* “The most important thing is to be respectful and responsive to what the day laborer community wants.... Our number one purpose is to be responsive and dynamic. We set up the table, listen to their needs, and respond.” 5/

Public libraries have been the stopgap in crossing that digital divide for 2-3 decades. But this administration has cut library funding far past the bone; without a *lot* more local money (from where?), I doubt they’ll be able to continue that narrow bridge.

Happy September Equinox! Today the dividing line between day and night runs exactly from the North pole to the South pole, and the sun is directly over the equator. This is an actual image of the Earth today, taken from the Himawari-8 satellite.

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

As we wait for today's announcement about autism, Erin McCanlies tells us how RFK, Jr. brought an end to her research on the environmental causes of autism www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Spd...

Now, she is using her platform to bring attention to the plight of women in detention, like 32-year-old Palestinian Leqaa Kordia, the second Columbia University protester arrested this spring, who has since been dubbed “the forgotten prisoner” while sitting in ICE detention for nearly six months.

the fact that in multiple cases the Supreme Court has worked to legalize bribery in the United States is a major corrosion of our civil order

OMG

And it's still about a month off, but the last Monday in October (the 27th) is Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov Withholds Authorization Day!

Mark your calendars!

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

Unhinged antics by transphobes: open.substack.com/pub/erininth... I hated stripping in locker room fishbowls in jr. high / high school, but there’s an easy solution to that. Why not offer cubicles with privacy curtains, like adult gym facilities or the Y?

Boosting the signal on this GoFundMe for a medically vulnerable neighbor who was snatched, shackled, & detained on Friday at what was supposed to be a routine check in. Fundraising is for legal fees & her daughter’s living expenses. gofund.me/9ec82c6e2

So glad the literal impossibility of any “pure race” is getting called out, in these openly racist times.

💊 New antibiotic class Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪

Still unclear how or if local police will enforce this, but it’s a much-needed step. CA SB 805 immediately “requires all local, state and federal law enforcement, like ICE, operating … to be identifiable with a name or badge number, whether they are in uniform or not.” deadline.com/2025/09/gavi...

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

A reminder that these are the same people who have been fighting against police oversight / accountability for decades. Remember how hard it was (still is!) to get LE to use body cams, even when they protect their wearers as well as the rest of us? More sheltering bullies & enabling corruption.

okay AI controversy aside, just talking as a nerd for a second: this is such a cool paper

What ICE is doing in Broadview is really fucked up.

Epic story on this fellow’s experience donating blood stem cells, & how easy that is, IF someone can find a match.

The Miami Herald n multiple international news sources have reported this! Where the F r they?! #arresttrump #arrestnoem

if you have a library card (which all of you should have), you most likely have free (!!!) access to Kanopy aka an underrated, ad free streaming service with a ton of movies + short films FREE!!! through the library!!! your smart tv most likely as an app for it- mine does!

No it wasn’t - isn’t - clear, Karoline. Another “announce first, gauge reaction, then fumble the messaging” setup from this administration.

Pro tip: your boycott means bupkis unless you tell them you’re doing so, & why.

I am pleased to report that Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has dropped another total evisceration of the Supreme Court. He says originalism is a fraud—and the Republican justices are shamelessly making up facts and history to impose radical Christian nationalism: slate.com/news-and-pol...