Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz

+100 on top of your +100

49 of San Francisco's Most Awesome Murals, Mapped · Mapping 29 Pieces of Public Art Across San Francisco [Curbed SF]

Also lots of folks don’t know that San Francisco is also Mural City USA. Coit Tower. Beach Chalet. Balmy Alley in the Mission. Women’s Building. So many more: sf.curbed.com/maps/49-of-s...

TOTAL +1. A true only 1 in the world and it’s on the pier in San Francisco place. Bring quarters.

The Loss of Federal Funding is a Loss for America - UCLA Office of the Chancellor Chancellor Frenk shared a message with the Bruin community. Dear Bruin Community:  UCLA received a notice that the federal government, through its control of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the...

Could the story have rec’d more/better coverage - yes, of course, but UCLA Chancellor did post this yesterday:

chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/the...

And @latimes.com :

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Nonprofit news sites are built to generate impact — but these are also generating audiences In markets large and small, these nonprofit news organizations are achieving traffic numbers that many commercial outlets would envy. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 nonprofit news site...

What a terrific roster of nonprofit news leaders. all of them worthy of your support. and all of them really good reads!

www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/nonp...

‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows

Of course this won’t get any traction but eventually, even with Trump’s liars in power, the truth will out.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

“Tulips,” they whisper. “Tulips.”

A scientist who was working in California’s Half Moon Bay yesterday sent this video showing an otherwise imperceptible indicator of the tsunami: pelicans being pulled backwards away from shore.

Opinion | They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.

“The way we view it is that you stop fascism, you stop authoritarianism by protecting those that are at the end of the whip.” Pablo Alvarado National Day Laborers Organizing Network. Great to see this piece from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

makes it so much worse.

2025 Nonprofit News Awards finalists reflect the power of civic journalism - INN News The most powerful reporting from nonprofit news outlets over the past year went beyond compelling storytelling to have real impact.

Congrats to all the amazing nominees in this year's Nonprofit News Awards, sponsored by @inn.org!

Inspiring journalism everywhere for everyone! news.inn.org/2025-nonprof...

GO CHRIS!

Press Release July 28, 2025

B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel:

Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip

The full report is linked within:

mailchi.mp/btselem/18ac...

“Genocide refers to a socio-historical and political phenomenon involving acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Both morally and legally, genocide cannot be justified under any circumstance, including as an act of self-defense. "

B'tselem, today:
"[T]he unequivocal conclusion [is] that Israel is taking coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip. In other words: Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

www.btselem.org/publications...

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

Mayor Brandon Scott in Baltimore exemplifies why we need to fund communities and why social programs and services give society the best outcomes

Famine on the left. Burgers and scrambled eggs on the right.

Nobody on the design team took a closer look during layout?

such dead eyes.

A (front) page that every US news outlet could learn from:

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

map showing the Quebec-Vermont border and Venise-en-Quebec on the northern tip of Lake Champlain, where the Quebec man was fishing and detained by USCG

This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.

Such a wild chart on so many levels.

…the underlying political economy of the university is top-heavy...

Even with the differences between a public university and a private one, this goes far to explain the situation at the University of California too. There’s every reason to think that the Regents would behave in much the same way.

www.programmablemutter.com/p/this-simpl...

There’s really no point in compliance. They will always come back for more.

World Court Delivers Landmark Opinion On Climate Justice, Confirming Countries Have Legal Duty To Act On The Climate Emergency The International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court and the principal judicial body of the United Nations – has issued a landmark and potentially game-changing advisory opinion on countries...

A huge decision by the International Court of Justice. “The court said in no uncertain terms that climate impunity is no longer allowed, and those who have caused the greatest harm are required to provide remedy to those most affected by climate change”

www.climateinthecourts.com/world-court-...

“Demonstration in Tel Aviv against the starvation of Gaza and the ongoing genocide.”
📸 SK

www.refuser.org Refuser.org

Go get ‘em Josh!

This is how it’s done, No Bull 💩, No drama and No Grandstanding!