Damin Esper
@daminesper.bsky.social
Journalist, musician, broadcaster, media critic or red-headed, lumpy and with a loud voice - Hey, I'm Menelaus! Mr. Rogers was on Letterman on my 16th birthday. Ella Black enthusiast.
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Certified Crank Joe Maddon is comparing the new Giants manager to, you guessed it, Mamdani
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Certified Crank Joe Maddon is comparing the new Giants manager to, you guessed it, Mamdani
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Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Farmworker asking for prayers as immigration stops their bus and systematically starts detaining them on their way to work. Happened this morning near the town of Ave Maria, Florida.
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Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Texas sues Harris County over $1.35M deportation defense fund - UPI.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.35 million to oppose federal deportation efforts.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt's pyramids.
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo
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Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo
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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt's pyramids.
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo
u.afp.com/SnNf
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo
u.afp.com/SnNf
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WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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“Have a vote. Don’t hold up my people’s paychecks. What they did is WRONG. They know they’ll get paid as soon as this passes.”
REPUBLICAN REP. Austin Scott horrified senatorhagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck into the funding bill that they can sue the government for $500K
REPUBLICAN REP. Austin Scott horrified senatorhagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck into the funding bill that they can sue the government for $500K
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“Have a vote. Don’t hold up my people’s paychecks. What they did is WRONG. They know they’ll get paid as soon as this passes.”
REPUBLICAN REP. Austin Scott horrified senatorhagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck into the funding bill that they can sue the government for $500K
REPUBLICAN REP. Austin Scott horrified senatorhagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck into the funding bill that they can sue the government for $500K
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can’t see anything in SF but some of the California fire cam are showing stuff that sure looks like it, though in black and white :( share.watchduty.org/camera/17832...
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
can’t see anything in SF but some of the California fire cam are showing stuff that sure looks like it, though in black and white :( share.watchduty.org/camera/17832...
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they’re running out of white guys to pardon
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
they’re running out of white guys to pardon
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Misty and faint but def noticeable over San Francisco.
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Misty and faint but def noticeable over San Francisco.
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Vince Gilligan hates AI. To get the point across, he included the following note in the #Pluribus show credits: “This show was made by humans.”
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Vince Gilligan hates AI. To get the point across, he included the following note in the #Pluribus show credits: “This show was made by humans.”
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
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hi. Repository of San Francisco receipts here. This op-ed on charter reform was written by Sean Elsbernd, current head of SPUR, former Supervisor and floating political operative.
As Supervisor his most notable piece of legislation was a charter amendment he put on the ballot in 2010, Prop G.
As Supervisor his most notable piece of legislation was a charter amendment he put on the ballot in 2010, Prop G.
Opinion: There’s no fixing San Francisco without fixing its [540 page] City Charter. Here’s how www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
There’s no fixing San Francisco without fixing its City Charter. Here’s how
OPINION: “Reforming the charter isn’t just bureaucratic housekeeping; it’s the first step toward a government that works for the people it serves,” Sean Elsbernd writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
hi. Repository of San Francisco receipts here. This op-ed on charter reform was written by Sean Elsbernd, current head of SPUR, former Supervisor and floating political operative.
As Supervisor his most notable piece of legislation was a charter amendment he put on the ballot in 2010, Prop G.
As Supervisor his most notable piece of legislation was a charter amendment he put on the ballot in 2010, Prop G.
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Whenever Elsbernd talks about how to "make City Hall work for residents" remember he was the direct architect of a policy specifically designed to make Black City workers poorer with Wiener's full support. He's never AFAIK acknowledged or apologized for this. This is structural racism in action.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Whenever Elsbernd talks about how to "make City Hall work for residents" remember he was the direct architect of a policy specifically designed to make Black City workers poorer with Wiener's full support. He's never AFAIK acknowledged or apologized for this. This is structural racism in action.
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A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
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Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
Trump pardoned him.
Commanders DT Javon Kinlaw wasn't ejected for making contact with an official on Sunday, one play after teammate Daron Payne was ejected. Per source, the officials didn't want to eject a player on consecutive plays.
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Javon Kinlaw wasn't ejected — but should have been — for making contact with an official
On Sunday, Commanders defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw apparently was saved from an ejection because of teammate Daron Payne's ejection.
www.nbcsports.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trump pardoned him.
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Academics criticizing the ruling junta and its supporters removed for investigation of their “intellectual diversity” being diverse in an unapproved fashion.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
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IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Academics criticizing the ruling junta and its supporters removed for investigation of their “intellectual diversity” being diverse in an unapproved fashion.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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President Donald Trump said during an interview with Fox News that the US needed skilled workers from abroad, even as his administration has taken steps to make it harder for businesses to use the visa system to attract such employees.
Trump Defends H-1B Visas as Needed Despite Moves to Raise Costs
President Donald Trump said the US needed skilled workers from abroad even as his administration has taken steps to make it harder for businesses to use the visa system to attract such employees.
bloom.bg
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Donald Trump said during an interview with Fox News that the US needed skilled workers from abroad, even as his administration has taken steps to make it harder for businesses to use the visa system to attract such employees.
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An APEC volunteer accused of attacking a protester so badly she suffered brain trauma has filed to have his case diverted to mental health court, instead of criminal prosecution.
‘He rearranged my bones’: S.F. woman sues APEC, volunteer over violent assault
An APEC volunteer accused of attacking a protester so badly she suffered brain trauma has filed to have his case diverted to mental health court, instead of criminal prosecution.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
An APEC volunteer accused of attacking a protester so badly she suffered brain trauma has filed to have his case diverted to mental health court, instead of criminal prosecution.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.