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New book ‘Unsung Heroines’ celebrates 35 Bay Area women you need to know “Unsung Heroes: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area,” new book by KQED reporter and producer Rae Alexandra, out March 17.

“I got really angry about the underrepresentation of women in public spaces in San Francisco,” Alexandra said. “I was complaining about it constantly, to passengers on Muni and to people in bars. And then I realized: I write for a living.”

missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-u...

01.03.2026 18:25 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

02.03.2026 00:24 👍 21325 🔁 5346 💬 470 📌 315

They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all

12.12.2025 17:48 👍 1601 🔁 509 💬 235 📌 45
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Clock’s ticking. Release the files.

12.12.2025 19:22 👍 2713 🔁 523 💬 52 📌 8
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An ancient Palestinian town in the West Bank may soon no longer exist - because Israel plans on stealing it The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological site...

mondoweiss.net/2025/12/an-a...

12.12.2025 19:49 👍 11 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 0
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

10.11.2025 05:02 👍 28540 🔁 8736 💬 372 📌 407
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Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday with leaders urging urgency and cooperation to curb global warming.

U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it.

10.11.2025 14:00 👍 255 🔁 67 💬 15 📌 1
25-125 DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL.
The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a
brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for
a writ of certiorari is denied.

25-125 DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL. The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.

10.11.2025 14:34 👍 2750 🔁 652 💬 38 📌 218

a better world really is possible. not later somewhere, but here and right now

05.11.2025 04:36 👍 138 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 0

Trump is throwing a tantrum tonight, demanding “voter reform.” What does that even mean? He wants to stop Americans from voting because when we do, like we did tonight, we create a blue wave 🌊.

05.11.2025 05:12 👍 4043 🔁 530 💬 71 📌 17
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

31.10.2025 19:30 👍 16567 🔁 6682 💬 632 📌 267
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Texas Democrat trapped in House chamber after defying GOP escort rule "I'll just sit here, I don't know...I guess I'll wait til Wednesday."

Source:

18.08.2025 22:49 👍 1230 🔁 376 💬 79 📌 36
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New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

22 never-before-heard Woody Guthrie songs just dropped.

Anti-fascist folk for a new generation of protest.

🎶 Woody At Home is a call to fight back.

18.08.2025 22:55 👍 106 🔁 47 💬 2 📌 6
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Lithuanian court recognizes same-sex couple as family for first time in landmark ruling #NOH8

18.08.2025 21:54 👍 140 🔁 32 💬 0 📌 4

Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.

After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe

14.08.2025 12:42 👍 986 🔁 313 💬 14 📌 18
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Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.

This is what rising fascism looks like.

14.08.2025 18:42 👍 11647 🔁 4976 💬 1329 📌 810
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😢 The Struggle Between Grief and Your Daily Routine: Anas Al-Sharif's Murder and the Cognitive Dissonance of Loving Gaza How do you keep moving when your heart is shattered and your life refuses to stop?

www.thenorthstar.com/p/the-strugg...

14.08.2025 21:25 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨The Final Words, Will, and Testament of our Dear Brother Anas Al-Sharif I hoped I'd never have to post such a thing like this for him. He was the single most courageous journalist in the world.

www.thenorthstar.com/p/the-final-...

14.08.2025 21:26 👍 27 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 2
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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

01.08.2025 14:39 👍 2448 🔁 1198 💬 124 📌 183

A system that allows a convicted criminal rapist tyrannical traitor to gain full totalitarian control of the U.S. govt without so much as a guardrail in place to protect us from him and his deranged destructive immoral corrupt agenda is a highly flawed and broken system.

01.08.2025 05:21 👍 11824 🔁 3401 💬 646 📌 238
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🚨 Leading Israeli author David Grossman calls Gaza war a 'genocide' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Article in 🧵👇

01.08.2025 17:18 👍 28 🔁 16 💬 25 📌 0
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EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

01.08.2025 17:20 👍 20237 🔁 10500 💬 2242 📌 1501

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

08.07.2025 09:45 👍 22533 🔁 4091 💬 797 📌 311
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We will be hosting a training this Sunday, July 27th at Colonel Summers Park with help from the local peacekeeping collective @thehumbleboys! Training will begin at 3:30PM till 5:30PM and will cover chanting, corking, and de-escalation tactics. We hope to see you all there! Bring your friends.

24.07.2025 22:29 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

This is extremely fucking bad. It’s intentionally ambiguous.

Language used:
- addiction
- homelessness
- mental health conditions
- substance use disorders
- risk to self or public
- living on the streets
- cannot care for self

Please study the American Eugenics Movement. They won’t stop here.

24.07.2025 22:36 👍 23 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
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Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award Lainey's Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms. One problem in the country right now is that main stream ...

Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award Guest article by Larry Goldberg, Accessible Media and Technology Consultant
www.lflegal.com/2025/07/larr...

24.07.2025 18:49 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award Lainey's Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms. One problem in the country right now is that main stream ...

I respect a principled stand.

“Public Broadcasting, the FCC, and Why I Turned Down the FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility (by Larry Goldberg)”
www.lflegal.com/2025/07/larr...

#accessibility

22.07.2025 20:00 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

If you've been impressed by @wired coverage lately, remember that they're owned by Conde Nast.

24.07.2025 16:13 👍 161 🔁 77 💬 7 📌 3