It's extremely clear that the US doesn't really have an objective here except to inflict maximum pain, and attacking water supply is going to end catastrophically for the entire region. It's not just a war crime, it's approaching a crime against humanity.
And I would rather take advice from yogurt
In San Francisco, nonprofits are trying to make the city more affordable for artists through community land trusts. "What if they could curb gentrification by subverting the traditional rhythms of the real estate industry?” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/a...
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
Looking for nothing to do? Check out San Francisco is Dead, a new Bay Area events calendar compiled by the editors of McSweeney's.
www.sanfranciscoisdead.com
A farm worker harvesting flowers
The flowers you received for #ValentinesDay might have been picked by "Rio" who harvests flowers in Oxnard CA. She earns min wage and makes 8-12 bunches an hour to keep up with productivity requirements. She likes working in nurseries as it’s stable year round work. #WeFeedYou
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
In San Francisco, at least 40 institutions and businesses have announced they will participate in the national strike on Friday in protest against ICE.
Here’s a map of where they are.
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-i...
Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
One must constantly prepare for sudden beauty.
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
Our winter open reading period for literary translations and new plays runs through Jan 12. We welcome volumes of poetry, collections of short fiction, and completed novels in translation and submissions of finished full-length plays (60-120 min. running time).
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
a combination urgent care and taco bell
I'm at the combination
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Editors! @ucanr.edu is hiring an editor for peer-reviewed materials produced by @uofcalifornia.bsky.social scientists. First application review date is Dec. 5
@sciencewriters.org See careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucanr/EM... 📚https://ucanr.edu/careers
Digital portrait by Jen White-Johnson featuring a photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American woman with honey blonde hair. She is in a wheelchair and there is a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She is wearing a silky multicolored shirt and a bold red lip color. She is looking intently at the camera with the heat of a thousand suns. Behind her are red and purple flowers with a red circle in the background framing her face like a warm sun. The background of the portrait is purple.
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
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Applications for our spring 2026 internships are still open! Want to intern with our copydesk, marketing + membership, events, and social media departments? Apply now!
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
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continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
Federal immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s a guide on how to protect yourself.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
The California Teen Poet Laureate (TPL) is a new position established under California law.
This young artist will be an advocate for poetry in the Golden State and will represent the state and the California Arts Council (CAC) at events throughout their two-year term.
See capoetlaureate.org/teen
🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
A pika sits on a mossy rock.
Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.
An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.
An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
