“Trumpism is selfishness—that is its parts and that is its sum. With a powerful act of selflessness Biden can break the evil spell that selfishness has cast.” open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Give Joe Some Room

If it's time to withdraw he will--and in the process perhaps reshape our politics

One of the many joys of singing with @oigc.bsky.social is singing the national anthem at the Oakland Coliseum. Go A’s!!

Really solid response essay from Julia Doubleday in The Gauntlet. "Most of all, no one relishes watching their loved ones react with annoyance and anger rather than solidarity and empathy as they attempt to survive a new normal designed to infect them." www.thegauntlet.news/p/disabled-p...

Hi if you are reading this now, today is the last day for free Covid Test strips and I think like only 2 hours left to do it

"It was the third responder who tried to actually put out the fire. As he did, he cried something that ought to live on in popular lore [...] He told the guy aiming the pistol, 'I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers!'" prospect.org/justice/2024...

The Spectacle of Policing

‘Swatting’ innocent people is the latest incarnation of the decades-long gestation of an infrastructure of fear.

If you’re in the SF Bay Area come out tomorrow night if you’re free and feel like dancing! I’ll be singing at the closing circle with Soul Shine Choir for Daybreaker SF at Grace Cathedral (yes, it’s a sober rave in a gothic cathedral). Info and tickets here: www.daybreaker.com/event/peacet...

PEACE TOUR - DAYBREAKER

It’s 2024 fam — we’re officially in the future. What?! How?!   Welcome to our 11th season — The Peace Tour. In light of all [...]

"Mask up or stay the hell home" absolutely needs to be a Federal mandate again, and vaccination requirements for COVID need to be implemented at every job, every school, all public transport--with vaccination being free & easily acquired. This country's public health is hideous.

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The new CDC Covid "no isolation" guideline promotes people shedding virus to infect others t.co/yWrWXNZVVI Most people will still be infectious based on evidence from rapid antigen tests, which are ignored by the new policy

OMG this is great -- I've got this song already stuck in my head: www.berkeleyside.org/2024/02/21/h...

Big thanks to @RepBarragan @DorisMatsui @RepDeSaulnier @SenAlexPadilla @Senlaphonza for their leadership in urging ASAP approval of @EPA waivers for #ACCII#ACFbarragan.house.gov/2024/02/22/b...

Excellent new report from Recurrent finds that most EV drivers use between 8% and 16% of their car's battery capacity on a daily basis. The statewide breakdown shows that rural states have longer average daily mileage, but no state exceeds 45 mi/day. 🔌🚘 www.recurrentauto.com/research/ev-...