Ruth Adar 🎗️

Tomorrow Sat 10/18 is the big day: No Kings protests will happen in countless locations all across the USA. Participate, stay safe!

Find an event near you: www.nokings.org

#nokings

The hummingbirds in my yard are tiny fighter pilots.

Activists in Chicago, barred from giving Communion to ICE detainees, plan next actions A group of Catholics who marched to a Chicago immigration processing center and were prevented from giving Communion to detainees said they are not about to back down.

Somehow I'm guessing all the usual suspects who love to talk about "religious freedom" when it's a defense of refusing to bake cakes for queer couples, will be completely silent about this one. www.ncronline.org/news/activis...

#NoKings! Pass it on!

I'm with you, Rep Swalwell!

Sunset over the San Francisco Bay.

Wishing everyone a beautiful Sabbath.

The Torah reading for this week is Beresheet, back to the beginning of the Torah, back to the beginning of time.

We start over, again and again. We can use our words to build the world we want.

Choose your words carefully.

That's the other thing: the South has many regions which are wildly different. Michael includes recipes from all over and puts their nuances in context.

A seriously great Southern cookbook. Too many "Southern" cook books are merely kitsch and grease rolled in sugar, false nostalgia soaked in gravy. This cookbook has dishes I haven't tasted since childhood. My copy is already acquiring stains and marginal notes. It will be an heirloom.

dearmarcbenioff.com “An Open Letter to Marc Benioff from Salesforce employees, alumni, community members, tech workers, San Francisco residents, and our allies.”

Berkeleyans know that green and blue bins are for compost and recycling, respectively, but paying attention to the details can divert more from landfills and even impact our climate! ♻️ 🗑

@berkeleyca.gov Article: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...

I had a toy poodle who had a personality change at the sight of water birds. "I'll get you one mom!" She was all business about it.

Gay CA Supreme Court Justice Jenkins to retire California Supreme Court Associate Justice Martin J. Jenkins, the first openly gay person named to the state’s highest court, will retire at the end of October.

A milestone: Jenkins, 71, will have had more than 35 years of judicial service when he steps down. He has served on the supreme court for five years, having been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020.

www.ebar.com/story/159002...

I hear you. I was planning to visit friends in other cities this fall but I'm nervous about busy airspace.

Venture Capitalist Resigns From Salesforce Foundation Over Benioff Comments

I have a new local hero. I'm glad that someone in the venture capital world is speaking up about the irresponsibility of Mr Benioff's words.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Before they did some repairs a few years back, I understand that there was a visible crack through the stadium where the creep was taking place. The Hayward Fault has left tracks all through East Bay infrastructure: Mother Nature saying, "Don't get too comfy."

A surge of visitors to Yosemite overwhelms a skeleton crew: ‘This is exactly what we warned about’ As the US government shutdown enters its third week, concerns mount over how the nation’s public lands will fare

After the last time, you'd think the Administration would get it that understaffed national parks should be CLOSED. Unless the damage is the point... "Nice park you have here. A shame if something happened to it."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Prescription drug coverage options are shrinking for Medicare shoppers Fewer choices may be on the menu again as Medicare patients shop for prescription coverage this fall.

Fewer choices may be on the menu again as Medicare patients shop for prescription coverage this fall.

I assumed that she was afraid of him.

Drew Struzan, artist of iconic movie posters, dies at 78 The artist and illustrator created iconic posters for movie franchises like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Back to the Future.

RIP
www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

Agreed! I was grateful to learn that our little city (San Leandro CA) scheduled for 1pm.

So true! We got the strangest ideas about "love" from those songs... And films... And TV.

6+ Million Eggs Recalled for Salmonella Contamination (Here’s How To Tell if Yours Are Affected) The FDA issued an alert to recommend that consumers and retailers, and distributors not eat, sell, or serve the recalled Black Sheep Egg Company products.

www.simplyrecipes.com/egg-recall-s...

Jenny Circle Menlo Park CA Death - Development Director at Good Karma Bikes Has Died - BeautifulMemorial Jenny Circle Menlo Park CA Obituary – The Menlo Park community has been struck by a deep sense of loss following the passing of Jenny Circle, the beloved Development Director at Good Karma Bikes. Jenn...

She was a dynamic woman. She did nonprofit development the same way she had played college basketball: with passion and precision, always a team player. #obituary

Jennifer Circle Menlo Park CA Death - Development Director at Good Karma Bikes Has Died - BeautifulMemorial share.google/R7bs68tcvzbP...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Leandro” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Do not even say such a thing.

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

"MAGA aren't worried about what the old rules of politics say. They have heard the footsteps of the Lord of Hosts marching through history, and they understand that rules can be changed. They are exercising every lever of power available to them to do so: legal, institutional, cultural, financial."

The Lincoln Way How he used America’s past to rescue its future

This article lifted my spirits today:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

In other words, if you knew Stephen Miller the way Trump knows Stephen Miller, ordinary people's hair would stand on end and they'd demand that he be kicked out of our government.

Welcome to Medicare The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.

TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT:

PLEASE HELP:

1) CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN STILL EXISTS.

2) CHECK YOUR PART D RX PLAN AND COMPARE OTHER PLANS (TRUMP ADMIN. TOOK AWAY BIDEN SUBSIDIES FOR 2026)

3) REPOST THIS SO OTHERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
medicare.gov

This makes me so angry that I want to scream. It's so much worse than the headline indicates (and the headline is bad enough.) Read the article.