Mx. Riley

Now accomplishing more before noon than I did in entire days during my depressive episode. Oh, what a feeling ❤️‍🩹

Mamdani wants to take buildings from bad NYC landlords. This bill could make it happen. A Council bill with majority support would revive the once-controversial "third-party transfer" program.

The New York City Council is considering a bill to allow the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development to seize buildings from landlords who have racked up housing code violations and debt from unpaid taxes and fines and turn them over to better owners.

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all my friends are like shut the fuck up cara shut the fuck up about communism but I won't shut the fuck up about communism

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‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

Must read from @janus.bsky.social about how “age verification” laws are paving the way for the online version of what just happened to trans people in Kansas (gift link!) www.theverge.com/policy/89207...

Today is MAR 10, aka Mario day. It is also extremely close to the spring equinox.

This implies a cycle of Wario Day (fall equinox), Luigi Day (summer solstice), and Waluigi Day (winter solstice).

A bird perched on a post, back to the camera but turned toward the left, giving a nice profile of its black head. Its back and tail are black as well. Its wings are blue, with white above and below.

🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae. Here is a black-billed magpie from New Mexico a while back, holding down a post. #birds #photography

A little-known virus is spreading in Northern California. Here’s what to know Human metapneumovirus, a little-known respiratory virus, is circulating in Northern California as flu and COVID cases decline.

Human metapneumovirus, a little-known respiratory virus, is circulating in Northern California as flu and COVID cases decline.

Latino nonprofit brings night market, ballet folklórico to Healdsburg

“Vamos al Tianguis” will premiere as an open-air night market beginning March 21, providing a platform for local groups, singers, poets and ballet folklórico alongside local food and ar…

Teachers strikes are rare in California. Why are so many happening now? More districts are on the brink, including Sacramento County’s Natomas Unified, while Los Angeles and Berkeley have authorized strikes even as negotiations continue.

More districts are on the brink, including Sacramento County’s Natomas Unified, while Los Angeles and Berkeley have authorized strikes even as negotiations continue.

MediaNews Group looks to have killed all their RSS/XML news feeds for all their news sites. Dammit.

Time for scraper design and more overt alt URLs.

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Just pulling this out for those who don't want to read the whole thread. Claude Shannon was awesome!

UN experts urge UK to ensure equal protection for all women and girls and all transgender people GENEVA – The United Kingdom must ensure its ongoing review of statutory guidance under the Equality Act remains compatible with international human rights law and upholds equal protections for all tra...

Another major warning from the UN about the threats to #trans rights in the UK, raising serious concerns under international human rights law.

This was issued 10 days ago. Where's the media coverage? www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

A bright red cardinal sits on top of the Sideview mirror of a car

The Cardinal jumps down to look at himself in the mirror

The cardinal begins furiously attacking his reflection in the mirror

“Look at that bird”

A Play In Three Acts

Moms Are Risking Arrest to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth The government wants to ban care nationwide, and hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

www.them.us/story/trans-...

The "e-bikes are cheating" trope is just "protected bike lanes are unnecessary because I rode all over the place without them" for a new era: A mix of gatekeeping and survivorship bias that allows the person invoking it to defend their perceived status.

Vaccines save lives.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Bay City Books: New books by NorCal authors -February-March 2026  - Local News Matters These are among the new titles with local themes or released by local writers, listed in alphabetical order by author names:  Rae Alexandra (Photo by

New reads from Northern California authors 📚 Our latest #BayCityBooks roundup features recent fiction, memoirs and other titles from writers across the region. Take a look ⬇️ ✨
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It is mildly hilarious that I'm being clocked as lesbian and am getting good reviews from lesbians, and yet find myself more attracted to men than ever?

Gender and sexuality are weird y'all. #StillBiTho

I am, as they say, full of surprises 🤣😁

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.

We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

Tech Reporter CalMatters/The Markup is looking for an ambitious reporter to cover technology in California and beyond, including: This reporter will have an appetite to produce frequent stories on their beat as well as an aptitude for sustaining longer-term accountability and enterprise stories. They should have a deep understanding of technology and the tech industry as well […]

CalMatters/The Markup is looking for an ambitious reporter to cover technology in California and beyond.

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My favorite French lesbian gave me high marks on my appearance at the symphony tonight so I must be doing something right 💅🏻

Which, yeah. I was pretty broken about that too, I had held her in much higher esteem till then 😓

For me, Lynda showed her true colors when she betrayed the independent redistricting commission back in 2022. Toward the end of the process a brand new map was introduced out of nowhere, and suddenly the Supervisors coalesced around that. Whatever her actual values, she's only a fairweather friend.

UCSF-Fresno staff member checks the blood sugar of a farmworker during a check-up in an equipment barn during a Rural Mobile Health program visit at a farm outside of Helm on June 16, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

California Democrats introduced legislation to restore Medi-Cal for all income-qualifying residents of any age, including undocumented immigrants. Gov. Newsom scaled back that program because of state budget deficits. bit.ly/47lR7t4

📸 Larry Valenzuela

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Totally, so much organizing happening there now! I'm glad they've introduced some features to help segment and manage all the billions of chats 😂