PatsE

A hand lifts a phone above a crowd to record.

Technology should enhance our lives and support democracy, but instead it’s being weaponized to make our world a privacy-invasive surveillance nightmare. That's why EFF's team of lawyers, activists, and technologists are fighting back: takebackctrl.org

November is here! Join the #pandemicpalshangout #covidcautiouscommunity tonight, Saturday, Nov. 1st, from 8-11PM ET for a #virtualevent social space. We host weekly on Saturday nights!

#😷 #maskingiscommunitycare

The Oakland Observer Reporting the Town's News and Politics

I'm the last reporter regularly reviewing Council agendas. With a Council committed to avoiding public scrutiny & participation, this is more important than ever, there's never been a more crucial time to support independent journalism, & Oakland Observer.

For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise - ICT The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction

Related: ictnews.org/news/for-ind...

a dog wrapped in a blanket is laying on a bed with the words let 's go back to sleep above it . Alt: chihuahua wrapped in blankets "LETS GO BACK TO SLEEP"

we get an extra hour this weekend

#HappyNativeAmericanHeritageMonth

INDIGENOUS IDENTITY: ‘Invisible within the data’ - ICT Federal data problems contribute to the unknown number of Indigenous people in the US

“For me, it [data] solidifies who I am as an Indigenous person and my responsibility to my community now, my community of the ancestors before, and for the ancestors after me,” Echo-Hawk said. “It both solidifies our existence and our ways of knowledge and being through the cultural history.” 🪶🌞 #AI

Related: www.dib.ie/biography/ba...

Happy All Saints’ Day, especially to the revolutionaries who went down fighting a fascist regime 🕊️🕯️☘️

7 Witchy Poetry Books to Read This Samhain - Electric Literature Embrace the spooky season with these magical and haunting collections

Collections that blur the lines between poems and incantations.

a group of people are dancing around a fire in the dark . ALT: a group of people are dancing around a fire in the dark .

Wishing a blessed #Samhain to all those celebrating today.

May the turning of the Wheel of the Year bring much needed rest and new beginnings to us all, and may the coming year be a damn sight better than the passing one.

You need to hire people to watch AI:

Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...

States are racing to gerrymander their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, and we’re tracking every development. Check out our new LIVE tracker, which provides a comprehensive overview of where state redistricting efforts stand.
https://bit.ly/47tdiN9

A plastic skeleton holds up one hand and the black and raspberry Nerve to Write logo. Raspberry spooky font reads “Submissions close tomorrow! Nervetowrite.com”

Spooky season is the perfect time to submit! We’re open for submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers until tomorrow!

Your AI Videos Use Way More Energy Than Chatbots. It's a Big Problem As AI video generation climbs with tools like Sora, energy demands will rise, too.

Grateful as always for Dr Sascha Luccioni’s research into the energy discrepancies between image, text, & now video generation: “Creating [one] AI video uses approximately 90 Watt-hours, compared to the 2.9Wh needed for image generation and 0.047Wh for text generation.” www.cnet.com/tech/service...

That's a commanding collar!

What I call positive reinforcement:

👏

The AI Slop Prezident doesn't get art:

Some human therapists are like AI (lol), but keep trying until you find the type of human who *sees* you.

New California Law Aims to Encourage Private Campgrounds  - Bay Nature The camping shortage is brutal, and the latest federal lands chaos doesn’t help. Streamlined permitting could help more Californians go camping—and rural landowners to care for their properties.

Gifted article from #BayNature 🏕️

baynature.org/2025/10/30/n...

Gettin’ ready for the forthcoming, unavoidable day of #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Artist Displacement Prevention Grant — Vital Arts Vital Arts Grant for Artists facing displacement

“Vital Arts is excited to announce our third round of the Artist Displacement Prevention Grant (ADPG), a vital initiative aimed at addressing the issue of #artist displacement in the #BayArea. This program will provide 7 need-based grants of $3,000 each.”

LEARN MORE + APPLY:

www.vitalarts.org/adpg

Artist Mutual Aid is coming soon and is based on the BPP’s Ten-Point Plan as well as other ideological movements. Veteran Panther Kathleen Campbell has invited people to utilize this plan in their communities, saying “We will find you.” I take this as a dual welcoming and warning for interpreters 💜

An image of a softly glowing red gas cloud surrounded by a sea of stars. The gas cloud looks like a little rose. The image took about 10 hours in a 2" refractor smart telescope.

The Little Rosette Nebula began as a cloud of cold, dark gas. Over time, gravity transformed the center into a cradle, kindling newborns stars. These infant suns then poured their energy back into the gas, warming it into a stunning nebula.

Image credit: my tiny telescope

#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾‍🔬

A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown, too

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.

Disgusting 🤮 And I will never wear hunter-plaid flannel EVER again

Meet the Author - Alex Werth - On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland Join authors Alex Werth and Rickey Vincent in conversation about Werth's new book On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland. Chicago has house. Detroit has techno. But Oakland slaps. On Loop explores ...

You don't want to miss this! Learn about the role of Black dance music and sonic politics in recurring struggles over race and space in Oakland. Author Alex Werth is in conversation with Rickey Vincent 6pm tonight at the Main Library.
oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/689cf...

righttobe.org/who-we-are/