Robin Riley

This community is Sonoma County’s 1st to recognize Transgender History Month: ‘There’s a town that wants to see us’ While Sonoma County and its cities have recognized other transgender celebrations, Windsor is the first to formally observe Transgender History Month.

Nearby Windsor officially establishes Transgender History Month, the first town in the county to do so. Yay! www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news... #HumanRights #Pride #SonomaCounty

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We've Gone UNION, Baby! The Flytrap is partnering with the National Writers Union on freelancer policies

So thrilled to announce that @theflytrapmedia.com has collaborated with @nwu.org on freelancer policies. As a current freelancer, it's really important to me to value and protect our freelance contributors. Proud to join other indie pubs in this!

You can read all about it here:

CA could ban use of consumer location data to set prices – The Markup A proposed bill would bar companies from using data like a phone’s battery life, what apps are installed and where its user is to set prices.

California State Sen. Aisha Wahab's SB 259 would prevent retailers from using artificial intelligence to jack up prices using the information stored on customers’ phones. That could include the phone’s battery life, whether it’s an older model and more: bit.ly/45AErhq

📝 @mayacmiller.bsky.social

0.5% of the budget - funds devoted to increasing the pay of workers.

the interviewer also spoke to my dad, and my favorite thing HE said was that when you're suffering, you can't cut yourself off from community and imagine you're the only one with problems; you still have to step up to help when other people are suffering, the way they helped you

I got two good ones

summarizes a bunch of the things i’ve been thinking about lately.

one is that economic equality/fair resource distribution is possible but that we’ve been too brainwashed into accepting the current state of things as unchangeable, which benefits the ruling class

There has never been a better time to draft language for an amendment to the Constitution for the complete public funding of campaigns, with the campaign premised on the promise that no one will ever be asked to donate another penny to a politician ever again

I'm so sorry, Devin. I admire how you've been navigating all this and also just wish you didn't have to. Holding you, your mom, and the rest of your family in my thoughts ❤️‍🩹

Title: Gender Census 2025. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

One striking thing about the NYer for me is that, while preserving a tone of status-quo decorum (and luxury ads), it has published some of the most radical and impactful journalism in this country's history, "Hiroshima," "Silent Spring," 1/3

Oh huh just like trans people have been saying for a decade

Mostly brown duck with a hint of blue on her wing is swimming away from the camera while looking right. She is followed closely by 7 ducklings who are also all looking to the right.

Big family of blue-winged teals out for a cruise #birds

the ending of this explainer might surprise you

Black Panther Party’s Illinois history recognized with heritage trail The Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois marks 13 locations in Chicago where it the political group made history.

I like this type of public history project. We need more. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/02/b... [gift link]

The Chief: Carmen Sandiego has stolen the concept of hard determinism!
ACME agent: …how?
The Chief: Remember, she’s no ordinary thief.
ACME agent: That doesn’t really…okay, fine, whatever. What do you expect me to do about this?
The Chief: I don’t know.

They’re trying to speed run Orbanization because they realize how screwed they are if America ever has another relatively free and fair election. I’m not sure what options exist other than having blue states fight fire with fire.

devastated I’m not there tonight smh

For any of my resilient loves pushing through: resilience is a SCAM.

Those unmet needs will be waiting on you with *interest.*

Address what you can, but no minimization. Acknowledging that there's a gap and that it has consequences is an important step.

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

clippy saying “oops! it looks like you’re confusing the personal with the systemic. would you like help?”

Vineyard workers at a union company having a safety meeting

"Adan" works at a vineyard under a UFW contract and shares, "My union contract makes me feel safe. Because of it we consistently have safety meetings. We know what to do to remain safe which is very important during these hot summer days." #WeFeedYou

I lost the original source, but a historian on here pointed out that, over time, cities are more real and durable than countries.

That's been rattling around my head for weeks. Not sure what to do with it yet -- abandoning folks who live elsewhere certainly ain't it -- but it feels significant.

Ahhh I've got that one on my stack and need to finally crack it open! Thanks for the reminder.

Shout out to @aworkinglibrary.com, Everything for Everyone is a read I've seen on her site!

It's $6 and a solid read of the field of city planning (and its role in shaping communities for corporations)

Anyway, for me, the vision is something like this: America should be a society that works to fulfill the promise of democracy — we should have the agency to live at our own direction. Not as victims of circumstance or under the thumb of the wealthy and powerful. Our lives are our own.

The viral Bay Area pancake breakfast that you can't drive to Now, 1,000 people at a single event is commonplace.

Now, 1,000 people at a single event is commonplace.

there are a lot of things we all could improve on but at the top of the list when posting or talking about politics is the need to frame things on our terms, and to avoid solidifying fascism by mindlessly using their terms

"the infamous dancing baby" makes it sound like he robbed a bank. the baby must answer for his crimes.