Mx. Riley
@robin.riley.pub
A wild philosopher appears! Booster for the commons and obligate organizer 🌱 Nonprofits, tech, civics, and movements 🐺
Currently @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org. Formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org etc. What's next?
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Currently @petalumapride.org @northbaypython.org. Formerly @matrix.org @opensource.org etc. What's next?
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My liberation is bound up in your liberation. A better world is possible because we dare to dream and we muster the energy to do the work, not just to win elections but to build the institutions that provide care, and fight beyond the ballot.
Tonight the flames of hope roar. Then the fight resumes.
Tonight the flames of hope roar. Then the fight resumes.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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If you want to have a gathering for women, call it a gathering for women. If you want to have a gathering for women & non-binary people, call it a gathering for women & non-binary people. If you want to make non-binary people sad, call it the Women’s Community Gathering and put us in the fine print
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
If you want to have a gathering for women, call it a gathering for women. If you want to have a gathering for women & non-binary people, call it a gathering for women & non-binary people. If you want to make non-binary people sad, call it the Women’s Community Gathering and put us in the fine print
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The law violates freedom of speech by deterring people from reporting police misconduct, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
California Supreme Court overturns law against filing false police misconduct complaints
The law violates freedom of speech by deterring people from reporting police misconduct, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The law violates freedom of speech by deterring people from reporting police misconduct, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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If there's anyone who has worked harder to flip the script on the NIMBY history of Marin than Jenny, I don't know them.
Listen to the reformers: state law gets the goods.
(And you still need people like Jenny holding cities' feet to the fire)
Listen to the reformers: state law gets the goods.
(And you still need people like Jenny holding cities' feet to the fire)
I've done a lot of housing advocacy in Marin. We have 9,000 units in the pipeline. We'd have nothing without the state-level reforms.
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If there's anyone who has worked harder to flip the script on the NIMBY history of Marin than Jenny, I don't know them.
Listen to the reformers: state law gets the goods.
(And you still need people like Jenny holding cities' feet to the fire)
Listen to the reformers: state law gets the goods.
(And you still need people like Jenny holding cities' feet to the fire)
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She's live! Creating and expanding Wikipedia articles for T&S is my current hyperfixation. Here's one on the REPORT Act
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REPORT_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REPORT_...
REPORT Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
She's live! Creating and expanding Wikipedia articles for T&S is my current hyperfixation. Here's one on the REPORT Act
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REPORT_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REPORT_...
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the only "control" that will work is taking these tools away from police.
"jurisdictions proactively banning data sharing related to immigration status or abortion seeking will be excluded from national searches, as long as the local yahoo with tactical undershorts is dumb enough to put “ICE” or “abortion” in the required reason field." @anamariecox.bsky.social re: Flock
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the only "control" that will work is taking these tools away from police.
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I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
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we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we are going to win
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
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In our latest blog, Camilla Taylor, @lambdalegalclo.bsky.social details the decades-long fight for marriage equality, and what we need to do as a community to continue protecting the hard-won right.
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
![Quote from Camilla Taylor that reads, "We knew our opponents would not simply give up and disappear after our [Obergefell] victory before the U.S. Supreme Court. Securing the freedom to marry and all it should guarantee would require more than a court decision, no matter how significant. It would require a community determined to live with pride and joy, and to defend what we have gained from the inevitable attacks. So, let’s take a day to celebrate Kim Davis’s long overdue descent into irrelevance. And then let’s brace ourselves for the tough fight ahead."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6yedvymehprtsaiuinqclvvu/bafkreiapcsja5so4ts3gjplbhejm6xozhfybusaumyapvpt6ish5u2bmsu@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In our latest blog, Camilla Taylor, @lambdalegalclo.bsky.social details the decades-long fight for marriage equality, and what we need to do as a community to continue protecting the hard-won right.
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
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I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
While I know my direction of travel, I'm still figuring out exactly what's next.
I suspect the next two weeks will provide a lot of inspiration! Looking forward to seeing folks in Oakland for Chasing Wonder and the Nonprofit Dev Summit.
I suspect the next two weeks will provide a lot of inspiration! Looking forward to seeing folks in Oakland for Chasing Wonder and the Nonprofit Dev Summit.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
While I know my direction of travel, I'm still figuring out exactly what's next.
I suspect the next two weeks will provide a lot of inspiration! Looking forward to seeing folks in Oakland for Chasing Wonder and the Nonprofit Dev Summit.
I suspect the next two weeks will provide a lot of inspiration! Looking forward to seeing folks in Oakland for Chasing Wonder and the Nonprofit Dev Summit.
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Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Keeping my eyes on what I can do beyond making calls to my reps, some of the electoral work to do for 2026 and beyond is clear:
– build up better candidates and hit the primaries
- protect voter access and rights
- expand ranked choice voting
- prioritize support for third parties, eg WFP and DSA
– build up better candidates and hit the primaries
- protect voter access and rights
- expand ranked choice voting
- prioritize support for third parties, eg WFP and DSA
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Keeping my eyes on what I can do beyond making calls to my reps, some of the electoral work to do for 2026 and beyond is clear:
– build up better candidates and hit the primaries
- protect voter access and rights
- expand ranked choice voting
- prioritize support for third parties, eg WFP and DSA
– build up better candidates and hit the primaries
- protect voter access and rights
- expand ranked choice voting
- prioritize support for third parties, eg WFP and DSA
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literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
Tesla's latest gambit: become a rental car company. As cars pile up in showrooms and storage lots, Elon is trying to rent his way out of a crisis. Good luck, bud. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
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Though they are usually well intentioned, unfunded inclusionary zoning requirements make housing less affordable by increasing the cost of building new homes, which worsens the housing shortage and drives up rents.
In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
Cuando se ha aprobó esta medida dije repetidamente que iba a ser un fracaso y que no construirían nada de vivienda asequible. Se ha probado en mil sitios y no funciona.
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Though they are usually well intentioned, unfunded inclusionary zoning requirements make housing less affordable by increasing the cost of building new homes, which worsens the housing shortage and drives up rents.
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My response to The NY Times in @msmagazine.com!
"There is no such thing as conservative feminism. … It borrows feminist words—’choice,’ ‘agency,’ ‘strength’—but drains them of their radical meaning, using them to defend inequality."
When the Headline Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is
When I saw the headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” in The New York Times, my heart sank.
msmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My response to The NY Times in @msmagazine.com!
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Also notable: in California, despite top-two primaries in state-managed seats, party registration does matter in the Presidential primary, if your preferred party operates a closed primary (the Dems do). www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pr...
Primary Elections in California :: California Secretary of State
Find information regarding Primary Elections in California here.
www.sos.ca.gov
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also notable: in California, despite top-two primaries in state-managed seats, party registration does matter in the Presidential primary, if your preferred party operates a closed primary (the Dems do). www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pr...
This is important. Situation is different here in California, but I'll remain a registered Dem.
However, I'm only putting money into @workingfamilies.org, @demsocialists.bsky.social, and the candidates that they back. If you aren't aware of the recent electoral successes of those 2, you should be!
However, I'm only putting money into @workingfamilies.org, @demsocialists.bsky.social, and the candidates that they back. If you aren't aware of the recent electoral successes of those 2, you should be!
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is important. Situation is different here in California, but I'll remain a registered Dem.
However, I'm only putting money into @workingfamilies.org, @demsocialists.bsky.social, and the candidates that they back. If you aren't aware of the recent electoral successes of those 2, you should be!
However, I'm only putting money into @workingfamilies.org, @demsocialists.bsky.social, and the candidates that they back. If you aren't aware of the recent electoral successes of those 2, you should be!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM