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We're in the midst of a fascist government takeover and Hakeem Jeffries is babbling like he's high on LSD.

America’s judges are creating a record Trump can’t erase Federal judges across the country are issuing extraordinary warnings as Donald Trump tests the limits of presidential power and pushes the nation toward authoritarianism. In a rare move, Judge Susan Graber urged Americans to “retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer,” as lower courts work to restrain Trump’s overreach. These judges aren’t just issuing rulings— they’re preserving the factual record at the very moment Trump is trying to erase history, collective memory, and truth itself.

Breaking tradition, judges are now speaking to the public through their rulings to warn of democratic backsliding. As Trump bulldozes history in real time, judges across America are putting the facts into the permanent record– where he can’t touch them. #Velshi

Ezra is hopelessly lost in the prison of his own thoughts.

This!

Can't wait to hear your report on how it smells!

Because corporations.

MSNBC's Alicia Menendez breaks down who makes up the group of people at risk of losing their food assistance.

WATCH:

#Resist

Peanut Allergies In Kids Are Finally On The Decline A 2017 change in guidance recommended exposing children to allergens “early and often,” likely preventing tens of thousands of allergy cases.

In 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases began recommending exposing children to peanuts “early and often.” A @stanfordallergy.bsky.social physician shares what's happened since that recommendation. 🥜

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

good morning

I would never wish they had collided, due to the Jays’ awful history with that, but I sure wish they had found a way to not catch that ball

100%
Sad to say, too many 90-foot errors caught up with the Jays.

I’m so sorry… at least you have universal healthcare!

teach your kids not to slide into home on a force play

FWIW, I’ve read that 85% of household dust is comprised of human dander and dead skin.👻

Right???

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Let’s go, Blue Jays!!!
#GoJaysGo

Love the Jays manager & players in the interviews after that tough ending. Zero negativity, page immediately turned, confident and joyous even about playing a huge Game 7 at home.

“Two best words in sports. Game 7.”

Get it tomorrow, boys. The whole country is behind you.

#TeamCanada #GoJaysGo

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

Radiant pinks paint the blue sky in a cirrusly colorful twilight. #stratusupdate #CAwx

Morning sun shining through tree

Foggy morning in California's Great Valley.

With ties to Giants past and present, the Tony Vitello hire was meant to be The new manager cheered for Will Clark as a kid and was in the stands at Kauffman Stadium when Madison Bumgarner closed out the 2014 World Series.

Good write-up here...
sfstandard.com/2025/10/30/t...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

10 Food Banks in SF + Where to Get Free Groceries (Updated Oct. 2025) If you're in need, here is where to get a box of fresh produce, lean protein and more each week.

If you know anyone in the SF area who might be in need of nutritional support, here's some resources:
sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/p...

Wolf in a field of late fall grass.

This was a really long range shot through very difficult conditions, its grainy but somehow the eyes turned out well. I got lucky on this one.

How the portrayal of Deaf people in film has evolved over time | American Masters | PBS March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film

Wrote a bit about the history of deaf people in film for @pbs.org American Masters in honor of the new documentary about @marleematlin.bsky.social "Not Alone Anymore". Brava to Marlee and director Shoshannah Stern on a beautiful film. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision

Don't make me tap the sign.

MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Your brain is like other muscles in the body — use it or lose it.

There‘s this bit of fascinating companion research out of Cambridge as well:

publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism? The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

The long, sordid legacy of “Neutron Jack” Welch once again rears its ugly head upon American workers.

To wit: www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1...