Does anyone in Santa Rosa or #sonomacounty want free masks? I have some new Dragers (small) and decorative cover masks for over other N95s. I'm here all day, message me. #masks #freemasks
San Jose reaches tentative agreements with city unions
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/10/09/san-jose-city-unions-tentative-agreement/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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This is exactly what I was so irritated by in the conversation about consciousness. You can't make the ghost story machine tell you stories about a disembodied consciousness that experiences pain and then go "Wow I think it actually experiences pain guys."
When are people going to get serious?
“We haven’t seen any counters from Harvard on our proposals. We haven’t seen any points of discussion, anything."
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/10/9/hgsu-second-strike-authorization/
A new law guarantees that young Californians held in juvenile detention facilities have the right to hug their families during visits.
It’s been called the Hug Act.
Here we go again.
If you fire a bullet at a practice dummy and the bullet hits a person instead, the bullet was not “acting on its own.”
When Anthropic's software—designed, programmed, prompted, and activated by humans working for Anthropic—does stuff the humans failed to predict, stop saying the software has "gone rogue.” The software does not have agency. Only the humans do.
Joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
“We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the #ICC.
NEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @awinston.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy, @regret.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has ...
SoCal folks, have a call to action for you for tomorrow. Please show up if you can
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‘No to the father, no to the son’: Thousands march in Rio against Bolsonaro
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/10/7/no-to-the-father-no-to-the-son-thousands-march-in-rio-against-bolsonaro-2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people?
Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says "please be good" and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying "My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!" Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests $100 million in your company.
Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ
Sorry I missed your call. I was in a meeting with the forest.
So excited to announce this!
Today, the workers behind Dungeons & Dragons (I'm one of those!), Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, and more are coming together to unionize as part of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA!
This morning, the Dungeons & Dragons team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work.
We’re proud to follow in the footsteps of MTG Arena’s own union and have worked with them in preparation for today. Now, we get to share it with you all!
Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union. The support for MTG Arena’s union was key to their victory, and we hope that you show the same support for us.
You can learn more about our mission on our website. Sign our petition, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates.
Read more: https://unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-studiox-join-uwotc-cwa
Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcpetition/
#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #MTG #MagicTheGathering #WizardsOfTheCoast #CWA #CommunicationsWorkersOfAmerica #UnionStrong #DontSplitTheParty
Hey Fedi folks,
I'm at the protest camp at Lochiel, Arizona. For 70 days, protesters have been occupying an ancient cottonwood tree as part of a blockade of border wall construction through this area.
This morning, at dawn, while protesters were conducting a sunrise ceremony in the middle of the wall road, Border Patrol showed up with overwhelming force to evict the protesters and the tree sitter, destroy the tree and blade the entire area flat. 100 agents is a very safe estimate.
These are a few of the photos I shot and edited. I'm going to post them with extremely brief captions and no alt text because I have very limited reception, I'm exhausted and I have a 4-hour drive home. I will try to come back and edit them with more data later.
Approximately 20 people were arrested, 10 taken to jail and 10 received citations and were released on site.
The protesters are even more determined now.
I emailed top USA Today editors on Friday, in the hopes that there was some misunderstanding. No response. Unilaterally feeding entire interviews into an AI slop machine is not OK. It has to stop.
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Democrats in Cupertino. Ballots arriving on the week of Oct. 5th. Visit https://www.sccdp.org/cupertino to find Ballot Drop Off Locations, Ballot Tracker & Official Voter Guides.
Santa Clara County counsel sues Cupertino restaurant for allegedly failing to pay decade-old unpaid wages
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/29/santa-clara-county-counsel-sues-cupertino-restaurant-for-allegedly-failing-to-pay-decade-old-unpaid-wages/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
Ho Yin Mo, California Assembly aide detained by ICE, is freed
Ho Yin Mo, a field representative in Assemblymember Catherine Stefani’s office who was detained by ICE on Sept....
https://missionlocal.org/2026/10/ho-yin-mo-california-assembly-aide-detained-by-ice-is-freed/