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Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding

Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Dust and Deli Meat | TWiT.TV Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants

New Podcast Episode:
Intelligent Machines: Dust and Deli Meat
Open Source AI Revolution
with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, Jeffrey Quesnelle

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

YouTube video by Robert Reich Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...

www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

Gavin Newsom Explains the Social Media Strategy Behind His Viral Trump Trolling California Gov. Gavin Newsom explains the purpose behind the viral posts on X making fun of Trump's social media habits.

Article on his social media strategy.
www.thewrap.com/gavin-newsom...

Two posts from Twitter. One, a parody post from Governor Newsom Press Office of a generated image of JD Vance as JD Dance and dancing. This is in response to post from Nico Sortor announcing Vance will we at Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office with a video clip from his previous meeting in the Oval Office.

His Press Office's latest post on Twitter. With a series of other Vance memes posted in response.

Amy Sherald’s cover for this week’s issue, “Trans Forming Liberty,” is a portrait of the trans model and performance artist Arewà Basit. When the National Portrait Gallery seemed hesitant to display it, Sherald cancelled her exhibition there. nyer.cm/XFwJ6ZH

Photo of burned area with grove of trees charred by CZU fire in 2020.

Photo from 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire on the east edge of Highway 1 near Franklin Point.

ICE raids have not only inspired activism — but art L.A.-area artists tap into cartooning, one-color graphic design and painting to give a voice to people protesting detentions.

Thanks to a longtime friend and colleague Adolfo Guzman Lopez from LAist for this excellent coverage.

laist.com/news/los-ang...

Who's publishing weird shit these days? Because that seems to be the only thing I'm capable of writing.

a mascot wearing a yellow jacket with a blue letter c on it Alt: uc berkeley mascot, oski, wearing a yellow sweather with a blue letter c on it

Go Bears!

bsky.app/profile/smas...

Happy Flash Fiction Day✍️ 🌊

abc7.com/post/ice-age...

The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”

After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to ‘just go out there and arrest illegal aliens’
www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

Statement from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump's Use of California's National Guard DGA Chair Governor Laura Kelly, DGA Vice Chair Governor Andy Beshear, Governor Tony Evers, Governor Bob Ferguson, Governor Josh Green, Governor Maura Healey, Governor Katie Hobbs, Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Tina Kotek, Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor Dan McKee, Governor Matt Meyer, Governor Janet Mills, Governor Wes Moore, Governor Phil Murphy, Governor Jared Polis, Governor JB Pritzker, Governor Josh Shapiro, Governor Josh Stein, Governor Tim Walz, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement: "President Trump's move to deploy California's National Guard is an alarming abuse of power. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state's governor is ineffective and dangerous. "Further, threatening to send the U.S. Marines into American neighborhoods undermines the mission of our service members, erodes public trust, and shows the Trump administration does not trust local law enforcement. "It's important we respect the executive authority of our country's governors to manage their National Guards - and we stand with Governor Newsom who has made it clear that violence is unacceptable and that local authorities should be able to do their jobs without the chaos of this federal interference and intimidation." ###

Statement from all Democratic governors.

Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move.

Navy vet Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, as a SF Supervisor in 1978. He sponsored a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations, housing & employment. He was assassinated soon after.
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...

The Paradox of Images "How to Tell a True War Story," by Tim O'Brien

The Paradox of Images
"Up in the canopy there were tiny white blossoms, but no sunlight at all, and I remember the shadows spreading out under the trees where Lemon and Rat Kiley were playing catch with smoke grenades."
-“How to Tell a True War Story,” by Tim O’Brien

Enjoyed this Forum interview by @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. MHK quoting @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social prompted me to learn more about his POV for The Sympathizer, and I found this treasure, his personal story about its discover. Thank you.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/vie...

Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81

Sebastião Salgado, a celebrated Brazilian photographer whose striking images of humanity and nature in the Amazon rainforest and beyond won him some of the world’s top honors and made him a household name, has died at 81.

Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org

Was playing with kids at a cookout. Wrote “power to the people” in sidewalk chalk.

Tow headed white boy walks over, reads it silently, nods slowly.

“If anybody erases this? I will write it back.”

Okay little John Brown, I see you.

Congratulations, @amystuber.com!

First page of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” By Joyce Carol Oates.

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: this story is my favorite to teach. It never fails to fully engage my students and get them talking. An absolute masterwork @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

GlobalX, Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked Hackers say they have obtained what they say are passenger lists for GlobalX flights from January to this month. The data appears to include people who have been deported.

Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked

🔗 www.404media.co/globalx-airl...

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Curious about the print of a detail from the stain glass window that is hung behind your office sofa. What is it? What does it mean to you?