Or they all invested in AI and they're just shoveling money to themselves.
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Or they all invested in AI and they're just shoveling money to themselves.
Why are there so many in homeless people in San Francisco? Gavin Newsom's "Care not Cash" program
Everyone stop, this is important
Right! - If you want to know why poverty become so much more visible in San Francisco, look back to Newsom's "Care not Cash" plan. The suffering has increased ever since.
Reception this Friday!
Reception on Friday!
Under attack by the Trump administration, some nonprofits are fighting back nonprofitquarterly.org/legal-defens...
They're trying at @coyotemedia.org with some great writers.
I've got 2 art exhibits and receptions in the next couple of weeks. First, I will be bringing my biggest canvases to the Midway for a CELLspace reunion show. Then I'll be showing smaller works at City Art Cooperative Gallery on Valencia St. Come say hi! www.theartdontstop.com/events
In 2005, @girardinl.bsky.social and I convinced scores of people at #BurningMan to draw pictures of themselves to be included in one largev collective self portrait painting of the event. I just repainted the 3' x 4' canvas and will be showing it at The Midway SF... www.theartdontstop.com/events
In 2005, @girardinl.bsky.social and I convinced scores of people at #BurningMan to draw pictures of themselves to be included in one largev collective self portrait painting of the event. I just repainted the 3' x 4' canvas and will be showing it at The Midway SF... www.theartdontstop.com/events
Nonprofit legal defense funds are rising up to fight the Trump administration. Dig into my newest @npquarterly.bsky.social article to learn how nonprofitquarterly.org/legal-defens... Thanks to @afj.org's @keiththirion.bsky.social and @notesxnatalie.bsky.social for sharing insights. #NonprofitSky
I've got 2 art exhibits and receptions in the next couple of weeks. First, I will be bringing my biggest canvases to the Midway for a CELLspace reunion show. Then I'll be showing smaller works at City Art Cooperative Gallery on Valencia St. Come say hi! www.theartdontstop.com/events
Here are 4 solid shots of the American Pika from this morning. Yesterday morning I had no plans to see this, but we adjusted and we did it. Yesterday I was dragging and wanted to go home. Now I'm fired up and ready to roll! 🗺️
Happy Bastille Day!
Fashion tip: If you're going to a Weird Al @alyankovic.bsky.social concert, you should dress accordionly.
Y'know what? Primary every Democrat period. It's good for voters to hear from incumbents, and good for incumbents to have to defend their records.
Try the album "a Man Alive" by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down" youtu.be/fokoZs6SLdI?...
SF Bay Area friends. If today's trash SCOTUS ruling has you looking for ways to support the local trans community, here's something! 🏳️⚧️ More tickets will soon be released for The Compton's Cafeteria Riot play. I got to see this show, and it's amazing. More info on the next ticket release in the 🧵
awoooooo givebutter.com/coyotemedia
everyone in SF should read this. unfortunately “it’s inhumane to let people live like this” has become politician empathy speak for “and that’s why I will make things even worse for them” eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
Another one for the 67 bus for my colleagues who take it to work from the Mission: The sixty seven Up, up, up, up, down, down, down to Paul Revere School
Whew, I’m so glad OpenAI took the high road and this awful scenario didn’t happen! (Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social, 79)
![OpenAl had … a large language model called GPT-2 that was capable of generating passages of text that closely resembled human writing. In February [2019], OpenAI had taken the unusual step of proclaiming to the press that this model, once advanced a little further, could become an exceedingly dangerous technology. Authoritarian governments or terrorist organizations could weaponize the model to mass-produce disinformation. Users could overwhelm the internet with so much trash content that it would be difficult to find high-quality information. OpenAI would take the ethical high road, it said, and withhold the full version of the model, which had 1.5 billion parameters, or variables, an approximate measure of a model's size and complexity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypaxc37i3cgxdhkrl3oydlie/bafkreigpuqz4zd6jab4hh5mii6zbkf4u2w4ckeueppri6ytta5o5bmtsui@jpeg "Click to view full size")
if you're still offline, stay offline
Oh really?
We have passed 309,000 appraisals! Do your one minute of Clickens for mental health. clickens.chicken.pics. They await your judgment.
The ruling that Trump's takeover of USIP was illegal marks an important victory for nonprofit independence and a blow to the administration’s efforts to impose its ideological agenda on the sector and control specific orgs, especially those receiving federal funds. More in my newest NPQ article!
There's a reasonable chance my lemon loaf turned out delicious. Baking is 99% about the right music. (That is a true science fact.)
Roll out ( your dough) youtu.be/t21DFnu00Dc?...
Sounds like "brand bombing" - from @naomiaklein.bsky.social's No Logo. Drive other sandwich shops out of business, then close some of the subways.
The Conversation (1974) bsky.app/profile/koth...
You gotta wonder why so many people in Metropolis are so excited to see a bird or a plane that they shout about it.
I'm imagining the county sealer now...
San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins is collaborating with ICE. She uses a federal program called All Hands On Deck to make an end-run around our sanctuary status and passes low-level offenders to ICE. This is an EMERGENCY - call your Supervisor and demand a hearing! buff.ly/gf6X2AQ #SFPol #BrookeJenkins
happy may day here is a painting I did a long time ago
@girardinl.bsky.social makes an amazing Khoresh Chaghaleh Badoom every year (when we can get the almonds)
It's somehow worse than that: bsky.app/profile/gove...
And Sam Francisco had never actually implemented this policies! Police budget has only gone up! Poor people are just punished more!
My article on the USIP takeover and how nonprofits can prepare for government intrusion is the headline story on @npquarterly.bsky.social's homepage. My editor and I worked hard to avoid fear mongering and provide clarity in the chaos. I hope lots and lots of folks will read it and prepare.
My latest article for @npquarterly.bsky.social The USIP takeover and other recent incidents are indications of the troubling erosion of norms and laws. They're urgent reminders to nonprofits to reassess vulnerabilities and strengthen preparedness. #NPsky #NonprofitSky
This is great. I mostly hear new music by going to free shows in San Francisco and taking a chance on bands at venues w/ good bookers. @theartdontstop.bsky.social & I see bands when we travel. This takes a lot of time tho. But outside of shows? It's gotten harder. I miss the heyday of music blogs.
I took FIVE different Muni buses yesterday, all smack in the middle of the day, not anywhere near downtown, not during peak commute hours — and all five were packed SRO, one so crowded that some folks waiting couldn't get on. And SF gov and MTA leaders are cutting bus service?! Hella nonsense.
Don't tell @mattlieb.bsky.social and @vincemancini.bsky.social that the ads on their podcast are for gas pipelines and handguns 🥴🤫 (Listening via AntennaPod app)
Lurie is cutting transit service and replacing it with Waymo. letting rich people clog up the street with robotaxis that stall all the time while regular people in buses get stuck behind is terrible policy and undoes the whole point of car-free Market. absolutely catastrophic
From an interesting conversation between SFUSD Fiscal Advisor Elliot Duchon and @ppssf.bsky.social ED Vanessa Marrero, Special Education Committee Chair Havah Kelly and myself earlier this month www.ppssf.org/news/2025/4/...
I recommend texting a link to clickens.chicken.pics to anyone you know who has gone down a bad online rathole. Seriously.
I was stuck in appointments today, and am just catching up on things. Oh. We're hoarding toilet paper again, aren't we?
brb, cross-referencing Trump's cuckoo list of tariffs by country (and uninhabited islands) with this www.youtube.com/watch?v=V150...
There's still tickets left for May 10 (that's when @girardinl.bsky.social and I are going)! See you there? www.tickettailor.com/events/compt...
This is the list of Rape Culture apologists. It includes Cuomo stans and literally people sent to attack me and other survivors for years. I’ve tried to include as many high profile abusers as I can. It is bipartisan on bad people supporting abusers. Block block block. bsky.app/profile/did:...
"We built this city on rock." "Sounds good. Solid." "...and..." "Uh-oh."
Hey: if you're an REI member you get to vote on the board of directors. There are three candidates on the ballot, all of whom oppose workers rights, and REI has blocked pro-worker candidates. When you get your email ballot, vote "withhold" on all three to support workers.
if you are an REI consumer member, you can vote on the board, and this is an important election to read up on! take like 30 seconds to vote using your member number: vote.escvote.com/REI/ I just voted "Withhold" on all 3 candidates read more: www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
Just voted against all the REI board nominees. The existing board blocked union-friendly candidates from running. Encourage anyone else who has an REI membership to vote down this sham board. More info here: www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
Are you an REI member? Vote against the current board who are union busters. I just searched my email and found the link to cast my vote. www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
I’m an REI member and I support the union. Just voted ‘withhold’ for all candidates. Union YES!
done :)
I bet @banditelli.org and @jortsthecat.bsky.social will support this campaign. REI members can vote against union busters. www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
Are you an REI member? Vote against the current board who are union busters. I just searched my email and found the link to cast my vote. www.ourrei.com/2025-rei-boa...
me to every local and state lawmaker as the fiscal cliff approaches: "DO NOT TURN OFF THE BUS"
That dude is yolked.
After having the Target card for more than 11 years, I've cancelled it because the company has abandoned its commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion and the LGBTQ+ community. A small statement, but I hope it stings.
It's usually about 75 minutes long.
oh, the SCRAP stories I could tell ❤️ Surely SFUSD could relocate them into one of their many other vacant properties. How about a Westfield-sized SCRAP?
Hey if you're super big mad about Gavin Newsom betraying the LGBT community, consider leaving him some feedback: www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
That must be so magical and wonderful for like 15 minutes.
All of my 6th grade students got to meet the mayor and shake his hand. Word is: "soft hands"
That CA Democrats didn't reform the recall system after last time 🤦🏻♂️
Wherever you are, engage in community contact whenever you can. This International Women's Day, I will be at Oakland's Fruitvale Station. Meet, Workshop, March, Make Art, Share Ideas. #IWWD2025 #IWD2025
“It’s basically a candy store for teachers,” says Todd Berman, a teacher at Paul Revere PreK-8 School and former director of the San Francisco Arts Education Alliance. “It’s a bin for inspiration that directly leads to results for students.” thefrisc.com/favorite-san... by @idamoj.bsky.social
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We need commercial rent control.
52%!!! 52% rent increase on a small, amazing, locally owned restaurant. The staff at Aslam's Rasoi are utterly delightful. The food is delicious. Greedy landlords* are killing San Francisco. *Don't come at me for being anti-landlord. I like my landlord. I dislike GREEDY landlords.
Your mom-in-law is a cat?!
As the Musk administration slashes HUD funding, Gavin Newsom, instead of helping, piles on and demands performative cruelty toward homeless people or he'll pull already inadequate state funds too.
Made a new r/Nonprofit Reddit megathread on today's good news about three court rulings against Trump administration in cases involving the federal funding freeze, foreign aid/USAID, and refugee admissions/funding. reddit.com/r/nonprofit/...
Nonprofits: do not pre-comply. Obeying in advance is how authoritarian regimes successfully seize power. great reporting from @girardinl.bsky.social @npquarterly.bsky.social
Storytime print deal etsy.me/4e0SyxF #storytime #publiclibrary #classroom
Nonprofits are starting to censor themselves in wake of Trump maneuvers. Our latest via @npquarterly.bsky.social by @girardinl.bsky.social #npsky #nonprofits #nonprofitsky #nonprofit nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofits-s...
My first article for @npquarterly.bsky.social has arrived! It's about nonprofits removing banned language, including mentions of vulnerable and marginalized people, from websites and public docs. Some orgs are being ordered to do so by the Trump administration. Others are obeying in advance.
As a middle school teacher who had a pile of extra desks in the back of my classroom for 5 months, the cover does resonate with me. I've requested the book from @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social based on how much I love what you say when you guest on all the podcasts I listen to.
R U READY? featuring art by Retna, and other unknown SF street artists #collage #collageforthepeople #collageconspiracy #getready #blm #blacklivesmatter #resist #analogart #analogcollage #ruready #madebyhand
Per Greg Alt "Most people know a bit about Rosa Parks getting arrested for refusing to give up her seat to an entitled white man. It's usually presented as a spontaneous action. In fact, she had been the secretary of the local NAACP for a dozen years and was frustrated with the lack of results." 1/5
Let's fill California Democratic Party leadership with progressive grassroots organizers. Updated post with the #GrassrootsRising slate of delegate candidates - and more new art! #cadem www.theartdontstop.com/inquiry/regi... Thank you @capnfurious.bsky.social and team🤗
sites.google.com/view/grassro...
Yeah, @99pi.org covered this 99percentinvisible.org/episode/offi...
Adding to this thread additional sources for info re: nonprofits. @girardinl.bsky.social is curating via Reddit - www.reddit.com/r/nonprofit/...
Just updated the megathread on the r/Nonprofit Reddit community with today's news that nonprofits need to know related to the federal funding freeze and the other chaos being caused by the Trump administration and Elon Musk reddit.com/r/nonprofit/... #NPsky #NonprofitSky
Please, science Bluesky. I am begging. I need to know the most ridiculous looking species. Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are. Give me your weirdest animal facts. My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
early Muppet energy
Is there a slate for us to vote for in SF? 🙏
BREAKING: Harbor seal pupping season is ON in La Jolla, California Cuteness to be added to thread.🦑
CHECK ME OUT, new on Bluesky with lots to upload still - here's a taste! - California Curve -EXTRA POWER -Angry Women prep in my studio - Life Skillz #collage #collageforthepeople #angrywomen #analogcollage #cutandpastecollage
One day left to request a ballot to vote online for California Democratic Party delegates - form closes at noon this Friday 1/31! Party delegates vote on endorsements and work on the party platform and organizing volunteers I'm running with the AD14 Progressive-Labor Slate! ademelections.com/home
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Sign this petition to oppose EVICTING FAMILIES FROM SHELTERS WITHOUT A PLAN. Seriously #MayorLurie?
Sign this petition to oppose evicting families from shelters with no plans.
