Katie 📚
@ktpersists.bsky.social
Digital organizer, internet policy wonk. Diaspora Glitch. We are hope despite the times
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Thanks to Poster Syndicate San Francisco for screen printing this gorgeous poster in Dolores Park for the #NoKings march kickoff. The theme for the season is definitely Stop Billionaires Summer!
officially celebrating 🎃 nightmare before christmas 🎃 season now but the stop billionaires season runs all year long
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if you like san francisco / queer / counterculture history and have the criterion channel, there is a documentary about the cockettes new this month that looks super interesting!
www.criterionchannel.com/two-document...
www.criterionchannel.com/two-document...
Two Documentaries by David Weissman and Bill Weber - The Criterion Channel
Vivid, stirring portraits of San Francisco’s gay life and psychedelic counterculture, these documentaries from director David Weissman—made in collaboration with Bill Weber—tell essential stories of q...
www.criterionchannel.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
if you like san francisco / queer / counterculture history and have the criterion channel, there is a documentary about the cockettes new this month that looks super interesting!
www.criterionchannel.com/two-document...
www.criterionchannel.com/two-document...
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It’s the year 2000. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s the year 2000. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
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🎙️ON AIR:
We talk to journalist @gilduran.com about the political implications of billionaire tech moguls’ actions in the Bay Area, the U.S. and the world — and how we can fight back.
❓ Gil has said you can have billionaires or democracy but you can’t have both. Do you agree? Or not?
📻 Listen:
We talk to journalist @gilduran.com about the political implications of billionaire tech moguls’ actions in the Bay Area, the U.S. and the world — and how we can fight back.
❓ Gil has said you can have billionaires or democracy but you can’t have both. Do you agree? Or not?
📻 Listen:
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement | KQED
Airdate: Monday, December 1 at 10 AM Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extreme views…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We talk to journalist @gilduran.com about the political implications of billionaire tech moguls’ actions in the Bay Area, the U.S. and the world — and how we can fight back.
❓ Gil has said you can have billionaires or democracy but you can’t have both. Do you agree? Or not?
📻 Listen:
We talk to journalist @gilduran.com about the political implications of billionaire tech moguls’ actions in the Bay Area, the U.S. and the world — and how we can fight back.
❓ Gil has said you can have billionaires or democracy but you can’t have both. Do you agree? Or not?
📻 Listen:
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you don't even have to go to union square to see the puppies and kittens, macy's has livestreams of the spca adoption windows 9 am - 6pm pacific time every day: www.sfspca.org/holiday-wind...
Holiday Windows 2025 - San Francisco SPCA
Watch the cuteness LIVE from 9am–6pm daily. Give back by sponsoring an animal’s care this holiday season to help them get food, shelter, and much more. Or view all our adoptable animals looking for th...
www.sfspca.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
you don't even have to go to union square to see the puppies and kittens, macy's has livestreams of the spca adoption windows 9 am - 6pm pacific time every day: www.sfspca.org/holiday-wind...
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At 10 a.m. PDT I'll give a progress report on the Nerd Reich & Silicon Valley fascism.
Belated Thanksgiving praise to Garry Tan of Y Combinator, whose repeated comments about a thing called the "Network State" tipped us off to the rise of a terrifying anti-American tech cult. Soon to be a book!
Belated Thanksgiving praise to Garry Tan of Y Combinator, whose repeated comments about a thing called the "Network State" tipped us off to the rise of a terrifying anti-American tech cult. Soon to be a book!
Monday, 12/1: I'll be on @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss tech's Antichrist-obsessed fascism cult and Silicon Valley's pitch deck for replacing democracy with corporate dictatorship.
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement | KQED
Airdate: Monday, December 1 at 10 AM Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extreme views include...
www.kqed.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
At 10 a.m. PDT I'll give a progress report on the Nerd Reich & Silicon Valley fascism.
Belated Thanksgiving praise to Garry Tan of Y Combinator, whose repeated comments about a thing called the "Network State" tipped us off to the rise of a terrifying anti-American tech cult. Soon to be a book!
Belated Thanksgiving praise to Garry Tan of Y Combinator, whose repeated comments about a thing called the "Network State" tipped us off to the rise of a terrifying anti-American tech cult. Soon to be a book!
it is beyond surreal to read how we are still debating how to punish filesharers at the supreme court today, all these years after the file sharing wars which were such a huge thing way back in the day
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
it is beyond surreal to read how we are still debating how to punish filesharers at the supreme court today, all these years after the file sharing wars which were such a huge thing way back in the day
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Some neighborhood hero installed this gorgeous hand-painted sign at the bus stop.
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some neighborhood hero installed this gorgeous hand-painted sign at the bus stop.
you don't even have to go to union square to see the puppies and kittens, macy's has livestreams of the spca adoption windows 9 am - 6pm pacific time every day: www.sfspca.org/holiday-wind...
Holiday Windows 2025 - San Francisco SPCA
Watch the cuteness LIVE from 9am–6pm daily. Give back by sponsoring an animal’s care this holiday season to help them get food, shelter, and much more. Or view all our adoptable animals looking for th...
www.sfspca.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
you don't even have to go to union square to see the puppies and kittens, macy's has livestreams of the spca adoption windows 9 am - 6pm pacific time every day: www.sfspca.org/holiday-wind...
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if you are in sf and celebrating buy nothing day more generally this year, check out the free mutual aid holiday gift market on 12/14 at the mission pool clubhouse
Free Holiday Gift Market with SF Bay Area Mutual Aid
Come pick up gifts for your loved ones and connect with the community!
www.eventbrite.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
if you are in sf and celebrating buy nothing day more generally this year, check out the free mutual aid holiday gift market on 12/14 at the mission pool clubhouse
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November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I want you to understand that while news media and politicians were fearmongering every day about shoplifting in SF (while property crime was *down*), THIS was happening: "the inhalation of one-millionth of an ounce will cause cancer with a virtual 100% statistical certainty."
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I want you to understand that while news media and politicians were fearmongering every day about shoplifting in SF (while property crime was *down*), THIS was happening: "the inhalation of one-millionth of an ounce will cause cancer with a virtual 100% statistical certainty."
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This is the funniest opening line from someone witnessing a shooting that I've seen in forever. A perfect interview all around, honestly
www.instagram.com/reel/DRoHVrA...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRoHVrA...
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the funniest opening line from someone witnessing a shooting that I've seen in forever. A perfect interview all around, honestly
www.instagram.com/reel/DRoHVrA...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRoHVrA...
a tragic stuffing reheating tragedy yesterday means that we basically have to remake another batch of stuffing just to salvage thanksgiving leftovers which logically defeats the purpose of leftovers but we are probably past the point of logic here
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
a tragic stuffing reheating tragedy yesterday means that we basically have to remake another batch of stuffing just to salvage thanksgiving leftovers which logically defeats the purpose of leftovers but we are probably past the point of logic here
my state senator who really wants a job in congress is replying directly to laura loomer by posting on bsky to a screenshot from xtwitter and not really sure there is a better example of performative pandering
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
my state senator who really wants a job in congress is replying directly to laura loomer by posting on bsky to a screenshot from xtwitter and not really sure there is a better example of performative pandering
if you are in sf and celebrating buy nothing day more generally this year, check out the free mutual aid holiday gift market on 12/14 at the mission pool clubhouse
Free Holiday Gift Market with SF Bay Area Mutual Aid
Come pick up gifts for your loved ones and connect with the community!
www.eventbrite.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
if you are in sf and celebrating buy nothing day more generally this year, check out the free mutual aid holiday gift market on 12/14 at the mission pool clubhouse
happy buy nothing day to all who celebrate, please consider Giant Stack of Library Books for all your friday needs
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy buy nothing day to all who celebrate, please consider Giant Stack of Library Books for all your friday needs
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It was 50 years ago this Thursday that San Francisco’s own annual ‘Unthanksgiving’ started on Alcatraz Island, and as always, this year’s sunrise ceremony will be streaming online if you can’t make it to Alcatraz at 6 am.
Alcatraz Island’s Indigenous Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering Has Its 50th Anniversary Thursday
It was 50 years ago this Thursday that San Francisco’s own annual ‘Unthanksgiving’ started on Alcatraz Island, and as always, this year’s sunrise ceremony will be streaming online if you can’t make it...
sfist.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It was 50 years ago this Thursday that San Francisco’s own annual ‘Unthanksgiving’ started on Alcatraz Island, and as always, this year’s sunrise ceremony will be streaming online if you can’t make it to Alcatraz at 6 am.
legitimately the most wonderful time of the year
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
legitimately the most wonderful time of the year
another great update on sf politics from @esksf.bsky.social who is doing amazing work out there. interesting times indeed but at least Connie Chan sounds like a good option for this seat missionlocal.org/2025/11/nanc...
And then there were three: The race to succeed Nancy Pelosi takes shape
A rock 'em, sock 'em campaign seems ready to ensue in San Francisco's first competitive congressional race since 1987
missionlocal.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
another great update on sf politics from @esksf.bsky.social who is doing amazing work out there. interesting times indeed but at least Connie Chan sounds like a good option for this seat missionlocal.org/2025/11/nanc...
oh no when i finally cancelled the nyt i forgot about giant puzzle section day and now have to go on a wild newspaper search
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
oh no when i finally cancelled the nyt i forgot about giant puzzle section day and now have to go on a wild newspaper search
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save sunset dunes park and the most wholesome moments you will ever see
yesterday at Sunset Dunes Park in SF I spotted a young guy playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on one of the street pianos for a toddler who had happened by and it was the most wholesome thing I have seen since that bakfiets full of puppies that one time in Amsterdam
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
save sunset dunes park and the most wholesome moments you will ever see
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anyway, save sunset dunes: sunsetdunes.org
Friends of Sunset Dunes
Say Hello to San Francisco’s Newest Park! Sunset Dunes’ two-mile oceanfront promenade is an expansive, accessible space welcome to all.
sunsetdunes.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
anyway, save sunset dunes: sunsetdunes.org
they changed the formula on my cat’s expensive rx food, and chewy sent me a case of the old formula when I thought something was wrong with it but didn’t give me a heads up. now I am out of the old food with none left to do a gradual transition and mojo thinks i am trying to poison him yay
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
they changed the formula on my cat’s expensive rx food, and chewy sent me a case of the old formula when I thought something was wrong with it but didn’t give me a heads up. now I am out of the old food with none left to do a gradual transition and mojo thinks i am trying to poison him yay
sending increasingly grumpy feedback to gmail because there is no need for an email pop up to let me know that a delivery has been made. this is what the doorbell is for google stay in your lane ffs
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
sending increasingly grumpy feedback to gmail because there is no need for an email pop up to let me know that a delivery has been made. this is what the doorbell is for google stay in your lane ffs
got this exclusive interview with kevin kelly from wired in my email and after a quick skim my main takeaway about kevin kelly from wired is wow does that guy uncritically love ai
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
got this exclusive interview with kevin kelly from wired in my email and after a quick skim my main takeaway about kevin kelly from wired is wow does that guy uncritically love ai