kate beale
@katebeale.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Why the hell would CHP critical alerts (silver in the case of the one I just received) contain short links redirecting to Twitter for more information? 🤯
I can’t access the info, but seems like including details within the alert would be most effective.
I can’t access the info, but seems like including details within the alert would be most effective.
May 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Why the hell would CHP critical alerts (silver in the case of the one I just received) contain short links redirecting to Twitter for more information? 🤯
I can’t access the info, but seems like including details within the alert would be most effective.
I can’t access the info, but seems like including details within the alert would be most effective.
This is so important.
So much talking *about* young voters instead of with them.They need to hear how critical they are. Many spent formative years on zoom with few if any role models.
They’ve earned that anger. Give it a job before it burns out, and we all win.
(Source: mother of a 20yo)
So much talking *about* young voters instead of with them.They need to hear how critical they are. Many spent formative years on zoom with few if any role models.
They’ve earned that anger. Give it a job before it burns out, and we all win.
(Source: mother of a 20yo)
Bernie Sanders is on the most ambitious political organizing tour in recent US history. His scheduled events w/AOC have drawn hundreds of thousands, and renewed hope in communities across the country. Now, Sanders is going off schedule to reach young voters who have the power to remake US politics!
Why Bernie Sanders Went to Coachella
The senator is building a movement, and he knows young voters are essential to making it work.
www.thenation.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is so important.
So much talking *about* young voters instead of with them.They need to hear how critical they are. Many spent formative years on zoom with few if any role models.
They’ve earned that anger. Give it a job before it burns out, and we all win.
(Source: mother of a 20yo)
So much talking *about* young voters instead of with them.They need to hear how critical they are. Many spent formative years on zoom with few if any role models.
They’ve earned that anger. Give it a job before it burns out, and we all win.
(Source: mother of a 20yo)
Luck of the Irish, according to my husband. I asked if the 4.2 earthquake in Dublin (CA) also qualified. He’s getting back to me on that.
#rainbow #sanfrancisco #photography #stpatricksday
#rainbow #sanfrancisco #photography #stpatricksday
March 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Luck of the Irish, according to my husband. I asked if the 4.2 earthquake in Dublin (CA) also qualified. He’s getting back to me on that.
#rainbow #sanfrancisco #photography #stpatricksday
#rainbow #sanfrancisco #photography #stpatricksday
These alarmist headlines are becoming alarmingly common and likely losing their luster.
Regardless, found this captured quite clearly, rationally, and simply the shit show that continues to unfold. I know I might forward this to a couple people.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Regardless, found this captured quite clearly, rationally, and simply the shit show that continues to unfold. I know I might forward this to a couple people.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Most Inexplicable Decision Yet
The tariffs are real, and they are spectacularly foolish.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
These alarmist headlines are becoming alarmingly common and likely losing their luster.
Regardless, found this captured quite clearly, rationally, and simply the shit show that continues to unfold. I know I might forward this to a couple people.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Regardless, found this captured quite clearly, rationally, and simply the shit show that continues to unfold. I know I might forward this to a couple people.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Next to of course god basketball
(with apologies to e.e. cummings)
📷: fujifilm x100vi
#sanfrancisco #photography
(with apologies to e.e. cummings)
📷: fujifilm x100vi
#sanfrancisco #photography
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Next to of course god basketball
(with apologies to e.e. cummings)
📷: fujifilm x100vi
#sanfrancisco #photography
(with apologies to e.e. cummings)
📷: fujifilm x100vi
#sanfrancisco #photography
I know this is peanuts in the big scheme of things.
But … if you’re going to tout your eco-friendly shipping solution, you can’t drop the ball quite so dramatically.
But maybe that’s the point since climate change has been, by sovereign decree, dismissed. 🙄
#amazon
But … if you’re going to tout your eco-friendly shipping solution, you can’t drop the ball quite so dramatically.
But maybe that’s the point since climate change has been, by sovereign decree, dismissed. 🙄
#amazon
February 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I know this is peanuts in the big scheme of things.
But … if you’re going to tout your eco-friendly shipping solution, you can’t drop the ball quite so dramatically.
But maybe that’s the point since climate change has been, by sovereign decree, dismissed. 🙄
#amazon
But … if you’re going to tout your eco-friendly shipping solution, you can’t drop the ball quite so dramatically.
But maybe that’s the point since climate change has been, by sovereign decree, dismissed. 🙄
#amazon
Drama & mood: Surreal possibilities present themselves as storm fronts pass through the San Francisco Bay Area.
#sanfrancisco #atmosphericriver #cawx #stormyweather
#sanfrancisco #atmosphericriver #cawx #stormyweather
February 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Drama & mood: Surreal possibilities present themselves as storm fronts pass through the San Francisco Bay Area.
#sanfrancisco #atmosphericriver #cawx #stormyweather
#sanfrancisco #atmosphericriver #cawx #stormyweather
“Donald Trump’s first two weeks in the White House have followed Bannon’s [2019] strategy like a script. The flood is the point. The overwhelm is the point.”
Musk may be an accelerant—for now. Curious how Bannon’s strategy will hold up when the man with the Messiah complex crashes and burns.
Musk may be an accelerant—for now. Curious how Bannon’s strategy will hold up when the man with the Messiah complex crashes and burns.
February 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“Donald Trump’s first two weeks in the White House have followed Bannon’s [2019] strategy like a script. The flood is the point. The overwhelm is the point.”
Musk may be an accelerant—for now. Curious how Bannon’s strategy will hold up when the man with the Messiah complex crashes and burns.
Musk may be an accelerant—for now. Curious how Bannon’s strategy will hold up when the man with the Messiah complex crashes and burns.
Wry and telling (not in a good way clearly) aside from within @theguardian.com’s broader coverage:
“As this morning’s newsletter from the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza depressingly notes, “Tomorrow was meant to be better, but it isn’t.”
“As this morning’s newsletter from the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza depressingly notes, “Tomorrow was meant to be better, but it isn’t.”
EU leaders meet for defence talks in Brussels as spectre of Donald Trump looms – Europe live
EU leaders meet for defence talks in Brussels as spectre of Donald Trump looms – Europe live
European leaders to discuss defence procurement with fragile US relations key to talks
After more than seven months of tortuous negotiations, we are going to get a new Belgian government today, after five parties struck a coalition deal on Friday, with…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wry and telling (not in a good way clearly) aside from within @theguardian.com’s broader coverage:
“As this morning’s newsletter from the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza depressingly notes, “Tomorrow was meant to be better, but it isn’t.”
“As this morning’s newsletter from the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza depressingly notes, “Tomorrow was meant to be better, but it isn’t.”
Absolutely. It’s been interesting to hear the word “architect” enter the narrative more and more as all this shit’s started to go down.
Were he alive, Albert Speer would be able to explain to you exactly what’s happening here better than anyone else.
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Absolutely. It’s been interesting to hear the word “architect” enter the narrative more and more as all this shit’s started to go down.
“From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Trudeau Details Canada’s Retaliation Plans in Emotional Rebuke of Trump Tariffs (Gift Article)
Even as Canada’s prime minister announced more than $100 billion in retaliatory tariffs, he made clear that he was imposing them reluctantly.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
If ever there’s a time to donate to The Internet Archive (or more familiarly to some of us, the Wayback Machine), it’s now.
(BTW, apropos kinda? I have always thought of them as “the little engine that could.” 😁)
archive.org/donate/
(BTW, apropos kinda? I have always thought of them as “the little engine that could.” 😁)
archive.org/donate/
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If ever there’s a time to donate to The Internet Archive (or more familiarly to some of us, the Wayback Machine), it’s now.
(BTW, apropos kinda? I have always thought of them as “the little engine that could.” 😁)
archive.org/donate/
(BTW, apropos kinda? I have always thought of them as “the little engine that could.” 😁)
archive.org/donate/
I wouldn’t be able to sit by silently. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has the patience of a saint as “The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump bashed California's water system. Then DOGE paid a visit.
Department of Government Efficiency officials toured a California water-pumping station.
www.politico.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I wouldn’t be able to sit by silently. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has the patience of a saint as “The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
A phrase I keep going back to: You can't make this shit up.
(Though "What fresh hell is this?" would be an excellent addition to the rotation.)
(Though "What fresh hell is this?" would be an excellent addition to the rotation.)
WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?!
“the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United States, citing a 19th-century law that excluded Native Americans from birthright citizenship.”
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
“the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United States, citing a 19th-century law that excluded Native Americans from birthright citizenship.”
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
January 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A phrase I keep going back to: You can't make this shit up.
(Though "What fresh hell is this?" would be an excellent addition to the rotation.)
(Though "What fresh hell is this?" would be an excellent addition to the rotation.)
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Great day to donate to Planned Parenthood in Cecile Richard memory & have the “thank you” note sent to a Republican in an anti-abortion red state. Greg Abbott in Texas, for example:
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineaction....
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineaction....
Donate to Planned Parenthood.
This is the fight of our lives: Anti-reproductive health care extremists are working overtime to block patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood. Protect care, protect Planned Parenthood, prote...
www.weareplannedparenthood.org
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Great day to donate to Planned Parenthood in Cecile Richard memory & have the “thank you” note sent to a Republican in an anti-abortion red state. Greg Abbott in Texas, for example:
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineaction....
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineaction....
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Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations
“This report proposes nonviolent resistance strategies and support systems…for informing a broad-based pro-democracy struggle under [an]… authoritarian.”
www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
“This report proposes nonviolent resistance strategies and support systems…for informing a broad-based pro-democracy struggle under [an]… authoritarian.”
www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations
Many groups in the US are focused on preventing the further rise of authoritarian forces by raising alarms about authoritarian power-grabs in key states; by building financial, legal, and electoral st...
www.hks.harvard.edu
January 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Pro-democracy Organizing against Autocracy in the United States: A Strategic Assessment & Recommendations
“This report proposes nonviolent resistance strategies and support systems…for informing a broad-based pro-democracy struggle under [an]… authoritarian.”
www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
“This report proposes nonviolent resistance strategies and support systems…for informing a broad-based pro-democracy struggle under [an]… authoritarian.”
www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
When fact and fiction collide. I’d laugh even harder at some of the brilliant turns of phrase (turn of phrases?!) if they weren’t so damn close to the truth. That fine line that @mcsweeneys.net is particularly adroit at maneuvering 💪
"Finally, our government will look, smell, and act like the real America. Not an Ivy League college campus, not a melting pot of immigrants striving to achieve the American dream, but instead an endlessly replenishing stream of shout-talking men."
It’s About Time Our Government Finally Reflects the Real America—An Airport Terminal at 10 a.m. on a Weekday
Finally, and not a moment too soon, our government will look, smell, and act like the real America. Not an Ivy League college campus, not a melting...
buff.ly
January 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When fact and fiction collide. I’d laugh even harder at some of the brilliant turns of phrase (turn of phrases?!) if they weren’t so damn close to the truth. That fine line that @mcsweeneys.net is particularly adroit at maneuvering 💪
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And here’s where he starts coming unglued.
There was “A Deal!” You make all the money, then you become a philanthropist, and the whole world celebrates you. That’s the right and proper way for society to function!
You can see where this is headed, right? The plutocrat demanding he be idolized.
There was “A Deal!” You make all the money, then you become a philanthropist, and the whole world celebrates you. That’s the right and proper way for society to function!
You can see where this is headed, right? The plutocrat demanding he be idolized.
January 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And here’s where he starts coming unglued.
There was “A Deal!” You make all the money, then you become a philanthropist, and the whole world celebrates you. That’s the right and proper way for society to function!
You can see where this is headed, right? The plutocrat demanding he be idolized.
There was “A Deal!” You make all the money, then you become a philanthropist, and the whole world celebrates you. That’s the right and proper way for society to function!
You can see where this is headed, right? The plutocrat demanding he be idolized.
Fascinatingly bizarre rationalization from Marc Andreessen on the political evolution of Silicon Valley. “We need the censorship pressure to end. We need the debanking pressure to end. We need this kind of random terrorism coming out of the federal government to end.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
Opinion | How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms (Gift Article)
Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Fascinatingly bizarre rationalization from Marc Andreessen on the political evolution of Silicon Valley. “We need the censorship pressure to end. We need the debanking pressure to end. We need this kind of random terrorism coming out of the federal government to end.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
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So here's the deal with Facebook's new fact check & hate speech rules.
Let me explain who I am: from January to July of 2021, starting with the insurrection - actually, because of it - I co-led a team that deplatformed extremists for Facebook. These are our numbers.
🧵
Let me explain who I am: from January to July of 2021, starting with the insurrection - actually, because of it - I co-led a team that deplatformed extremists for Facebook. These are our numbers.
🧵
January 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
So here's the deal with Facebook's new fact check & hate speech rules.
Let me explain who I am: from January to July of 2021, starting with the insurrection - actually, because of it - I co-led a team that deplatformed extremists for Facebook. These are our numbers.
🧵
Let me explain who I am: from January to July of 2021, starting with the insurrection - actually, because of it - I co-led a team that deplatformed extremists for Facebook. These are our numbers.
🧵
I, like many not just in California but across the globe, continue to be floored by the president-elect’s finger-pointing during the Los Angeles wildfires, already projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. (Source: @apnews.com apnews.com/article/cali...) 1/6
The LA county wildfires could be the costliest in US history, early estimates say
The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are far from contained, but they're already expected to be the costliest in U.S. history and among the worst natural disasters.
apnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I, like many not just in California but across the globe, continue to be floored by the president-elect’s finger-pointing during the Los Angeles wildfires, already projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. (Source: @apnews.com apnews.com/article/cali...) 1/6
The one downside to the crashing & burning of the platform fka twitter is the lack of fast resolution to customer service issues.
A non-hypothetical example: when @lufthansa.bsky.social delivers only 1 of 2 missing bags and you’re left with no answers, no resolution, & no patience #cxfail 🤯
A non-hypothetical example: when @lufthansa.bsky.social delivers only 1 of 2 missing bags and you’re left with no answers, no resolution, & no patience #cxfail 🤯
January 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The one downside to the crashing & burning of the platform fka twitter is the lack of fast resolution to customer service issues.
A non-hypothetical example: when @lufthansa.bsky.social delivers only 1 of 2 missing bags and you’re left with no answers, no resolution, & no patience #cxfail 🤯
A non-hypothetical example: when @lufthansa.bsky.social delivers only 1 of 2 missing bags and you’re left with no answers, no resolution, & no patience #cxfail 🤯
7:45am this morning. After the tornado warning, which I slept through. The opening I thought I had for a dog walk. The ensuing downpour required 2 large towels to dry my 1 large Labrador retriever. #sanfrancisco #cawx
December 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM
7:45am this morning. After the tornado warning, which I slept through. The opening I thought I had for a dog walk. The ensuing downpour required 2 large towels to dry my 1 large Labrador retriever. #sanfrancisco #cawx
And Altman is co-chair of incoming San Francisco mayor — and political virgin — Daniel Lurie’s “transition team.” (1 of 7 co-chairs, which made me chuckle.)
I can’t think of a time when fact has been so staggeringly stranger than fiction.
I can’t think of a time when fact has been so staggeringly stranger than fiction.
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman donating millions to Trump’s inauguration?
America’s largest media and tech moguls line up to kiss Trump’s ass
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is reportedly planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration— mirroring a similarly large donation from ...
www.dailykos.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
And Altman is co-chair of incoming San Francisco mayor — and political virgin — Daniel Lurie’s “transition team.” (1 of 7 co-chairs, which made me chuckle.)
I can’t think of a time when fact has been so staggeringly stranger than fiction.
I can’t think of a time when fact has been so staggeringly stranger than fiction.