factory 1
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organizing | activism | animals | growing things
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So today is San Francisco rezoning day and the Chronicle is already putting out misinformation. The rezoning plan paints a bullseye on about 35K rent controlled units in buildings getting at least 2-story height bumps above their current allowable height limit. About 12k units have heights >2x
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
So today is San Francisco rezoning day and the Chronicle is already putting out misinformation. The rezoning plan paints a bullseye on about 35K rent controlled units in buildings getting at least 2-story height bumps above their current allowable height limit. About 12k units have heights >2x
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Despite the claim that Lurie is increasing immigrant defense funding amidst a budget deficit, he has effectively reduced funding for immigrant legal defense.
Mayor Lurie takes credit for immigrant legal funding he didn’t deliver missionlocal.org/2025/08/sf-m...
Mayor Lurie takes credit for immigrant legal funding he didn’t deliver
Lurie’s office touted a private philanthropic grant as its doing. In reality, Lurie has declined to renew funding for immigrant defense.
missionlocal.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite the claim that Lurie is increasing immigrant defense funding amidst a budget deficit, he has effectively reduced funding for immigrant legal defense.
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We live in this guy's world
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We live in this guy's world
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
July 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
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New! A lone tree out on some high plains, in a dryer part of western MT. Would be real lovely framed in all white. www.sol-exposure.com/product/lone...
Lone Tree in Hot Springs
A 8×8 print on true photographic paper, developed with chemistry (not an inkjet print). Available as a print only, or matted in a 10×10 white or black mat for an additional $20. Can be fr…
www.sol-exposure.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
New! A lone tree out on some high plains, in a dryer part of western MT. Would be real lovely framed in all white. www.sol-exposure.com/product/lone...
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Apparently, in the SFChronicle style guide, building housing with union labor is anti-housing but building housing without union labor is pro-housing, and building housing that working class people can afford is anti-housing but building housing that working class people cannot afford is pro-housing
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Apparently, in the SFChronicle style guide, building housing with union labor is anti-housing but building housing without union labor is pro-housing, and building housing that working class people can afford is anti-housing but building housing that working class people cannot afford is pro-housing
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Denmark planning to grant you a #copyright to your own body, face and voice to combat deepfake technology. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Denmark planning to grant you a #copyright to your own body, face and voice to combat deepfake technology. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
at the transamerica exhibition space yesterday.
June 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
at the transamerica exhibition space yesterday.
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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We are less than a week away from Diane’s Celebration of Life. Please consider a donation gofund.me/ed2e7618
Donate to Keep Diane's Sanctuary Dream Alive, organized by Beth Hyman
After a sudden loss of Diane, the sanctuary has struggled. Beth has been in deep grief a… Beth Hyman needs your support for Keep Diane's Sanctuary Dream Alive
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May 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are less than a week away from Diane’s Celebration of Life. Please consider a donation gofund.me/ed2e7618
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These are exactly the same tactics that San Francisco and San Jose's mayors are now emulating.
NEW: Despite a $1.3 billion investment that Portland said would improve the safety of homeless people, deaths in Multnomah County have quadrupled — from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.
With @streetroots.bsky.social
With @streetroots.bsky.social
Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Skyrocketed.
The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
These are exactly the same tactics that San Francisco and San Jose's mayors are now emulating.
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Chicago's legacy newspaper the Sun-Times publishes a list of recommended books for summer reading with several fake titles hallucinated by #ChatGPT which wrote the article. No one fact checked if the books actually exist prior to publication. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to create reading list of books that don’t exist
Outlet calls story, created by freelancer working with one of the newpaper’s content partners, a ‘learning moment’
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Chicago's legacy newspaper the Sun-Times publishes a list of recommended books for summer reading with several fake titles hallucinated by #ChatGPT which wrote the article. No one fact checked if the books actually exist prior to publication. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Why is the penalty for riding SF public transit without paying higher than the penalty for parking at a meter without paying?
If you ride Muni and don’t pay, the fine is $130. If you park in a metered spot and don’t pay, the fine is $99. This doesn't make sense, especially in a "Transit First" city
If you ride Muni and don’t pay, the fine is $130. If you park in a metered spot and don’t pay, the fine is $99. This doesn't make sense, especially in a "Transit First" city
www.sfmta.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Why is the penalty for riding SF public transit without paying higher than the penalty for parking at a meter without paying?
If you ride Muni and don’t pay, the fine is $130. If you park in a metered spot and don’t pay, the fine is $99. This doesn't make sense, especially in a "Transit First" city
If you ride Muni and don’t pay, the fine is $130. If you park in a metered spot and don’t pay, the fine is $99. This doesn't make sense, especially in a "Transit First" city
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Since Mayor Lurie took office and doubled down on mass arrests of drug users, overdose deaths have risen 50%
We can do better. Our city has an alternative plan, the Mayor just has to implement it.
Time to stop listening to the most reactionary voices and start focusing on strategies proven to work
We can do better. Our city has an alternative plan, the Mayor just has to implement it.
Time to stop listening to the most reactionary voices and start focusing on strategies proven to work
Mass Arrest Strategy is Predictably Failing as Overdose Deaths Rise 50% Under Mayor Lurie, Time for a Different Approach — Dean Preston
In just three months under Mayor Daniel Lurie’s leadership, San Francisco has seen a 50% spike in overdose deaths, with 192 lives lost in early 2025 alone. That’s nearly two people dying daily from pr...
www.deanprestonsf.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Since Mayor Lurie took office and doubled down on mass arrests of drug users, overdose deaths have risen 50%
We can do better. Our city has an alternative plan, the Mayor just has to implement it.
Time to stop listening to the most reactionary voices and start focusing on strategies proven to work
We can do better. Our city has an alternative plan, the Mayor just has to implement it.
Time to stop listening to the most reactionary voices and start focusing on strategies proven to work
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A singer in a smokay room
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A singer in a smokay room
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Could anybody love him,
Or is it just a crazy dream?
Or is it just a crazy dream?
April 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Could anybody love him,
Or is it just a crazy dream?
Or is it just a crazy dream?
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Many people imagine that drug use and mental-health problems lead to homelessness.
But a new report from UC San Francisco suggests that in most cases, the actual story is more complicated, and often runs in the opposite direction.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...
But a new report from UC San Francisco suggests that in most cases, the actual story is more complicated, and often runs in the opposite direction.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...
UCSF study clarifies homelessness causes
Report complicates common narratives.
www.sfexaminer.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Many people imagine that drug use and mental-health problems lead to homelessness.
But a new report from UC San Francisco suggests that in most cases, the actual story is more complicated, and often runs in the opposite direction.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...
But a new report from UC San Francisco suggests that in most cases, the actual story is more complicated, and often runs in the opposite direction.
www.sfexaminer.com/news/housing...
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In order to make room for the stylized sectionals, artful group photos, and sunlit midcentury modern rooms on display in the blog, the Ashbury Heights crew evicted 13 low-income, elderly, and disabled long-term residents.
"The Standard was able to piece together the story of what happened when one group’s San Francisco housing dream came at the cost of another’s."
sfstandard.com/2025/03/09/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/09/s...
When ‘living near friends’ means kicking out strangers
The co-living compound was celebrated as a utopia. But there was a catch.
sfstandard.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In order to make room for the stylized sectionals, artful group photos, and sunlit midcentury modern rooms on display in the blog, the Ashbury Heights crew evicted 13 low-income, elderly, and disabled long-term residents.
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Repeal California’s Ellis Act so that evictions like this can never occur.
March 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Repeal California’s Ellis Act so that evictions like this can never occur.
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Y’all know B could use a minute to catch her breath. A couple of days away to recharge and get a whole lot of TLC seems like just what the doctor ordered. Let’s give her that.💜
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Donate to Let’s give Beth a much-needed mini-vacation, organised by Chicken Grrl
Did you know that Beth has not taken a single day off or spent a night away f… Chicken Grrl needs your support for Let’s give Beth a much-needed mini-vacation
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February 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Y’all know B could use a minute to catch her breath. A couple of days away to recharge and get a whole lot of TLC seems like just what the doctor ordered. Let’s give her that.💜
gofund.me/8b6e9675
gofund.me/8b6e9675