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Artist, wife, grandmother, media vet, flamenco aficionada, empath, Minnesota born, Oakland is home. Reluctant optimist. Pragmatic leftist. I know some shit! “I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours” — B. Dylan
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she is right

submitted 1 hour ago • 19 comments

Honestly this is just stupid (and a waste of time). Ft Knox is audited every year. As is the Fed, btw

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submitted 1 hour ago • 2 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1274 comments

Switching gears sane making, painting in progress acrylic on birch panel. 24”x24” #BlueskyArt #Painting #AbstractBotanical #Minimalism

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Budget issues be damned. Nay to nude sculptures a sign of the times.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Is Trump one of those leaders who agrees with whatever the last person who’s nice to him says? If so, Macron might have a chance.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Musk’s tech bros have hijacked the government, replacing expertise with chaos. They’re not fixing anything—they’re wrecking consumer protections, dismantling oversight, and turning agencies into tools for billionaire rule. This isn’t disruption. It’s sabotage. www.theatlantic.com/...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Surprise! The House Republicans have no intention of reducing the deficit or cutting the budget. The blueprint calls for deep cuts to health care and food programs to offset $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy while adding $3 trillion to the deficit. Liars and cowards, all of them.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The Trump/DOGE protection racket explained —>

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Ukraine and Europe made to sit outside as US and Russia sharpen their carving knives

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

submitted 4 days ago • 641 comments

After we let Russia occupy part of your country and steal your resources, we will occupy the other part and do the same. Quite the starting point for the Americans.

submitted 4 days ago • 196 comments

The difference between societal illiberalism and state ordered illiberalism explained.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Ordering institutions, schools & businesses to remove all references to DEI is nothing but coded racism. I feel awful about what happens next.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

IT’s not too far fetched to wonder if I’ll be getting my Social Security check this month? BTW, those are MY earnings that were lent to the government until I needed them. #HandsOffMyMoney

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

If you think protesting is boomer cringe, I get it. So find something else to do that makes Tesla's brand toxic. Make art, leave bad reviews, use your imagination. Tesla's business is weak, and if we can make it weaker, the stock will fall and wipe out his fragile paper fortune. Every bit helps!

submitted 4 days ago • 43 comments

Up next for AI review, your Social Security. Wake up America!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Aahh shit (imagine angry birds miss here)! Sorry to hear Abnb Joe Gebbia has joined DOGE. There goes my retirement income. #Oligarchs #TechBros

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Heya, about RFK Jr’s proposed “wellness farms” for people addicted to antidepressants and other legal drugs — maybe Elon Musk, could be the first farmer …set a good example, yes?

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Oracle Arena shines for one night! #Oakland #AllStarWeekend #NBA

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

We wrote about how Musk is using X as a propaganda tool to demonize each of the agencies and programs that DOGE targets for cuts, providing air cover for his engineers' incursions — with the truth as collateral damage. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... w/ @drewharwell.com

submitted 7 days ago • 78 comments

I’m encountering too many smart people who are still very consciously avoiding news and social media because they can’t take the stress. It’s concerning because we need people to tune in enough to know when and how their actions/response may be needed. The shock & awe have had the desired effect.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 7 days ago • 536 comments

We’ve been conquered by the dumbest motherfuckers

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates and infant mortality increased, a pair of studies published in JAMA showed.

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

They’re spreading something, that’s for sure 😶‍🌫️

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

chaos/firings and nuclear stockpile aren't two things that go great together

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my 55 years,” says Beth Pratt, a regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, who lives near Yosemite and is working on a book called “Yosemite Wildlife.” “Just to want to gut the Park Service? I don’t understand it.”

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

High-end Oakland apartment buildings rocked by foreclosures and fire sales

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

While the aggressive attacks on federal agencies might normally raise an eyebrow at the Department of Justice or warrant an inquiry from the FBI, all heads are turned away for fear that even a glance at what Musk is doing might anger those in charge. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...

submitted 8 days ago • 99 comments

The whole myth of total Elon genius right there folks. Smart no doubt but the smartest? Obviously not.

submitted 8 days ago • 57 comments

16th Ave mosaic steps, San Francisco, created by artists Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher (2003) #WomensArt

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submitted 8 days ago • 785 comments

Earthquake! #Oakland

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Scoop: Ed Dept is prohibiting new contracts over $25,000 for anything deemed not "mission-critical," including things "that exceed minimum needs." And a VC investor is now a DOGE member auditing the federal student loan portfolio www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments