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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 17m

Just another collaborator.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 18h

Marc Benioff exposed himself as craven and hollow.

He's got company.

From @esksf.bsky.social

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Marc Benioff exposed himself as craven and hollow. He has company.

Salesforce CEO's inane call for siccing the National Guard on San Francisco is met with performative inanity

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1h

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1h

"Among other things, the bill will require the state Department of Water Resources to plan for 9 million acre-feet of additional water, water conservation, or water storage capacity to be achieved by 2040."

9 maf more water by 2040? Sounds a bit, uh, fanciful.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 1d

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 5h

Overkill? jeesh.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

I've been saying from the start that Trump does not choose his political martyrs well.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 17h

There may well be war crimes trials post-Trump.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 17h

"Yesterday, Oct. 13, the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California also issued a statement denouncing what it referred to as Curtis’ “targeting” of Shasta Scout and calling on the election official to “cease making baseless allegations about Shasta Scout’s integrity.”

Shasta Scout @shastascout.bsky.social · 20h

“The board unanimously respects the right of the press to have free and unfettered access to public information. We condemn Mr. Curtis’ action of excluding the press and encourage him to maintain a high level of transparency and access to public information.”

Supervisors unanimously condemn Shasta election official's decision to restrict press access – Shasta Scout

Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis responded by saying county supervisors, including the three who voted to appoint him in May, are “confused.” Nevertheless, he’s agreed to post press releases on the co...

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 17h

"But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background."

99% of the people ICE kidnaps have no criminal background.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 18h

“They had managed it so poorly,” Mount said. “They did these little tiny burns here and there. But they haven’t done a real big burn since the 90s.”

Fresnoland @fresnoland.bsky.social · 18h

Did Forest Service inaction make the Garnet Fire worse?

Years of inaction by the US Forest Service station near Fresno put one of the agency’s last stands of old growth forests in California on the brink of disaster. And then lightning struck. For six years, scores of scientists pressured the US…

Did Forest Service inaction make the Garnet Fire worse?

Years of inaction by the US Forest Service station near Fresno put one of the agency’s last stands of old growth forests in California on the brink of disaster. And then lightning struck. For six years, scores of scientists pressured the US Forest Service in backroom meetings to complete a prescribed burn on the Teakettle Experimental Forest, an ancient grove in the Sierra National Forest near Fresno which was widely feared to be ripe for gutting by a wicked blaze if wildfire struck.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 20h

My wife disapproves of the b**** word, but is more sanguine with the c*** word, so that's where I've landed.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 23h

We've got our own befuddled goobers up here in NorCal.

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Shasta Scout @shastascout.bsky.social · 1d

The Secretary of State’s office confirmed that holes in ballot envelopes are a standard feature.

Registrar of Voters calls public attention to hole in ballot envelopes. Here’s what you need to know. – Shasta Scout

ROV Clint Curtis is warning the public of an “issue” in the production of ballot envelopes, a hole that could reveal ballot markings. The Secretary of State's office confirmed that holes in ballot env...

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luis, the king of crops @itsluisgomez.com · 1d

“armchair Infrastructure Guy” is actually one of the top kind of guys you can be, this piece rules.

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 1d

"Something about this version feels more welcoming, one of the rare third spaces in the city where leisure costs nothing and the pluralism on which we pride ourselves bears out." — @jawnita.bsky.social

After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome

We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see "I'm not surprised" or "What did you expect", I insta-block.

Things are difficult enough these days without us having to wade through lame attempts at world-weary cynicism while we're all trying to keep the Constitution alive for a few more years.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Near Pixley, Ca in Tulare
County.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Traditional religious fanatics trying to make common cause with Thiel and Musk brings to mind the clergy and the nobility during the French Revolution.

Which ended well for neither.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 1d

NatCon signers are a mix of pretty much everyone tearing our country apart: techbro Svengali Peter Thiel; hatchet-man Russ Vought; campus crusaders; Evangelical leaders and politicians; white supremacists; far-right Eurotrash; faux-intellectual 'conservatives'; and a demi-monde of propagandists. 3/

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Duffy's elocution is almost as bad as Tom Homan's.

It's just impossible to argue with people who can't talk well.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Archived:
archive.is/2025.10.14-0...

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

A 23 year old weisenheimer having fun with Google.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Tech prankster sends 50 Waymo robotaxis to a San Francisco dead end street

The stunt briefly disrupted autonomous rides and ignited debate online over whether it was harmless mischief or a warning about vulnerabilities in self-driving systems.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

"Contractors, he said, “have got to be able to have a return on investment so they’ll grow.”

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

It's like they're fundamentally opposed to the Enlightenment, Darwinian biology, and modern physics. And they're attacking our institutions with unbridled
fanaticism.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Could this be lawful carry?

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

Shasta County, Ca.

La Malfa country, but soon to move over to Huffman's district if Prop 50 passes.

A singularly unimpressive voter registrar.

Shasta Scout @shastascout.bsky.social · 1d

The Secretary of State’s office confirmed that holes in ballot envelopes are a standard feature.

Registrar of Voters calls public attention to hole in ballot envelopes. Here’s what you need to know. – Shasta Scout

ROV Clint Curtis is warning the public of an “issue” in the production of ballot envelopes, a hole that could reveal ballot markings. The Secretary of State's office confirmed that holes in ballot env...

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