Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
@stevenkatz.bsky.social
Twenty five years or so raising money for indy and nonprofit journalism and now at UC Berkeley doing the same for the Journalism School. Picked up a PhD in sociology along the way. Pals with a fish named Bob.
Pinned
TV on the Radio-Province
YouTube video by mo juh
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"…Hold these hearts courageously
As we walk into this dark place
Stand steadfast beside me and see
That love is the province of the brave"
youtu.be/wr4jQia49JI?...
As we walk into this dark place
Stand steadfast beside me and see
That love is the province of the brave"
youtu.be/wr4jQia49JI?...
@nilsgilman.bsky.social’s “Climate Leviathan” in hemstacks.antikythera.org takes us to China’s emergence "as the comprehensive titan of the technology that would define the central development agenda of the twenty-first century.” This is @greatdismal.bsky.social’s post-Jackpot world made real.
Hemispherical Stacks | Hemispherical Stacks
An exploration of planetary computation, emerging geopolitics, and Hemispherical Stacks—covering AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, sovereignty, and the future architecture of global power.
hemstacks.antikythera.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
@nilsgilman.bsky.social’s “Climate Leviathan” in hemstacks.antikythera.org takes us to China’s emergence "as the comprehensive titan of the technology that would define the central development agenda of the twenty-first century.” This is @greatdismal.bsky.social’s post-Jackpot world made real.
George Carlin Lives.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
George Carlin Lives.
Fired for doing her job. Fired for not being nice. Fired for not apologizing. Fired for not obeying "customs and courtesies” of the newsroom. Also: guess which one got fired?
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fired for doing her job. Fired for not being nice. Fired for not apologizing. Fired for not obeying "customs and courtesies” of the newsroom. Also: guess which one got fired?
Bountiful harvest
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bountiful harvest
Between the rains
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Between the rains
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Sorry, I’m sure I sound abysmally negative in a celebratory moment, but it’s important to know that UC admin have fought us every step of the way as we attempted to stand up for our university. It’s become very clear to many of us that they view the values we cherish as impediments to their work.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Sorry, I’m sure I sound abysmally negative in a celebratory moment, but it’s important to know that UC admin have fought us every step of the way as we attempted to stand up for our university. It’s become very clear to many of us that they view the values we cherish as impediments to their work.
"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday not to coerce the University of California by threatening its research funding...an extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’" Case brought by AAUP, other UC unions (not UC Regents or UC administration)www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday not to coerce the University of California by threatening its research funding...an extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’" Case brought by AAUP, other UC unions (not UC Regents or UC administration)www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Alt text as art. Also the cutest sheep!
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Alt text as art. Also the cutest sheep!
Signs of the times (Times?) at the end of Manohla Dargis’s effervescent review of Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/m...
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Signs of the times (Times?) at the end of Manohla Dargis’s effervescent review of Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/m...
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
This is an excellent debrief from the LA Public Press on the toll that five months of covering ICE has had on their small newsroom. Michelle is a friend and she's doing absolutely crucial work at LAPP.
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it.
lapublicpress.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is an excellent debrief from the LA Public Press on the toll that five months of covering ICE has had on their small newsroom. Michelle is a friend and she's doing absolutely crucial work at LAPP.
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today is Veterans Day. This is my Uncle Mony in the fall of 1943, just before he shipped out to Podington airfield in the UK, as a navigator. He was 27.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today is Veterans Day. This is my Uncle Mony in the fall of 1943, just before he shipped out to Podington airfield in the UK, as a navigator. He was 27.
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
You can really make out the lyrics in this version.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You can really make out the lyrics in this version.
@dailycal.bsky.social on the arrests. And the bug. And the posters. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@dailycal.bsky.social on the arrests. And the bug. And the posters. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
WTAF: “...$400 in damage...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
UC Berkeley students arrested as Turning Point event nears
Protests are expected Monday night.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
WTAF: “...$400 in damage...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
arrested the students, all young women aged 20-22...in custody at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, according to booking records.”
www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
indivisible.actionkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The food and drink post we need right now. I’m thinking regional playoffs - something like Oakland BBQ vs SF bagels with lox and schmear? @coyotemedia.org who’s your food and anti-fascism correspondent?
An ICE agent hit by a sandwich earlier this year testified that he could feel the sandwich’s “explosive” impact through his ballistic vest. “I could smell the onions and mustard.”
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
This made us hungry, so we've rounded up our favorite Bay Area sandwiches that are big, messy, smelly, and aerodynamic.
Sandwich Terrorism Is Now Legal. Also, Here Are Some Sandwiches We Like
COYOTE does not condone violence, only sandwiches.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The food and drink post we need right now. I’m thinking regional playoffs - something like Oakland BBQ vs SF bagels with lox and schmear? @coyotemedia.org who’s your food and anti-fascism correspondent?
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
Reposted by Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
These Senate Democrats - Fetterman, Durbin, Shaheen, etc - wouldn't recognize fascism if it punched them in the face. Schumer must resign.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
These Senate Democrats - Fetterman, Durbin, Shaheen, etc - wouldn't recognize fascism if it punched them in the face. Schumer must resign.
Nancy Pelosi would gut these 7 Democrats if she ran the show. That’s the standard of measurement Chuck Schumer needs to be held to.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Nancy Pelosi would gut these 7 Democrats if she ran the show. That’s the standard of measurement Chuck Schumer needs to be held to.
Politico: www.politico.com/live-updates...
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government. The White House isn’t standing in the way of an emerging deal.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Politico: www.politico.com/live-updates...
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
If I’m reading this correctly:
Giving up the fight for continuation of ACA subsidies in exchange for “an opportunity to vote” on ACA subsidies - which would require (fact check needed) 60 votes to pass.
So who exactly would be causing pain now?
(Editor: he did)
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
(Editor: he did)