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Being pregnant has been a lot of firsts, but this is my first big (possible) last.

This time next year, I’ll have our long awaited and much desired child, so who knows if I can drop everything for a few days to hang out with friends and watch the sport I poured years into and learned so much from.

I’m packing for what may be my last quadball nationals. Hard not to feel a little emotional.

From player to referee to running events to creating content to just being a fan, my involvement has evolved since I picked up a broom in 2013, but every April I’ve made it to nationals in some capacity.

my final essay for Conde-era Them is about Animorphs, a series I have probably thought about every single day since 1998. please enjoy

Cannot say enough how in 2024 disaffected & conflicted voters kept telling us in focus groups: "in 2020 you told us to turn out to 'protect our freedoms.' we did & then all this [dobbs, anti-voter laws, econ hardship] happened anyway. now you're telling us the same thing?"

Spring has come to District 3 🌦️🪻 Email from District 3 See you on Saturday for our D3 Budget Town Hall! Dear neighbors, Spring is here, bringing some April showers to the upcoming weekend. But I hope the weather doesn’t keep you fro

Spring has come to District 3! Check out what's happening in our latest newsletter.

Yes! I can’t wait.

Guess we’re celebrating my birthday with a TACO Tuesday.

I know that I join many of you across Santa Clara County and beyond in mourning the loss of Rod Diridon Sr., an icon of public transit whose legacy was cemented when Diridon Station was renamed in his honor. Rod was my sponsor when I joined the Rotary Club of San José. It was a joy to get to know Rod, and last year he shared a story with me that many of you may not know. When he was a rising political star on the County Board of Supervisors and being approached by folks urging him to run for higher office, he had to make a choice: stick to his principles or further his political career. Rod stuck to his principles. In 1979, he voted to pass a controversial ordinance that banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The backlash was immediate: anti-LGBTQ+ groups rallied attacks on Rod and the other Supervisors and put a measure on the ballot to repeal the ordinance that Santa Clara County voters approved by 40 points. A few months after the vote, Rod ran for state senate and was defeated by a Republican. For many politicians, that could have been career ending. But as he said, “If you don’t vote your conscience, you’re not worth a damn.” And as we all know, his impact did not end there. Thank you, Rod, for your lifetime of service to Santa Clara County and your tireless work to make the lives of our residents better. Thank you for being an example of putting principles over politics.

As we mourn the loss of Rod Diridon Sr., I know that many of us are reflecting on his legacy as a public transit icon here in Santa Clara County. I wanted to share something about him many of you may not know.

if you aren't listening to my dragonlance podcast, it's genuinely great. if you've never read it, listen and read along! each ep covers 2 chapters of the story.

This is my yearly reminder that most of you are not as funny as you think you are today.

really can't be said enough that this case was decided by the same court that decided plessy v. ferguson. if they could have found a plausible rationale to limit birthright citizenship they would have done it. but there is none! the text is as clear as constitutional language can be.

Every em dash I include in what I write for work is a brief moment of rage baiting against anyone who would dare accuse me of using AI.

THIS WEEKEND! Join me for my next Coffee with a Councilmember at Café do Canto on Saturday, March 28 at 10 am.

Overflow parking will available at 1629 Alum Rock Ave.

RSVP here: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals.

And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.

And then the DEI office was killed.

And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

Another example of AI not being inevitable. It can be rolled back if customers bitch hard enough

Hero

Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides The jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in penalties.

Huge result here and the CA jury still deliberating. The idea that social platforms are defective products is going to pick up a lot of steam: www.theverge.com/policy/89991...

Knowing who to be mad at is praxis.

It’s time to stop posting on X There aren’t any good arguments left to stay on Elon Musk’s platform

Elon Musk took over Twitter and turned it into the anti-woke, fascist-amplifying X.

There’s been debate about whether to stay since he bought it. But seeing how it’s evolved and the recent Grok deepfake scandal, there’s no good argument to stay.

I stopped posting there. You should too.

I hate how stupid everything is.

Battlemech looming over highway with sign “Lgbtq rights enforced by battlemech”

We must believe in a world to create that world

We don’t deserve Dolores Huerta.

So much love and solidarity to Ana Murguia, Debra Rojas, Dolores Huerta, and every other survivor. Chavez was just a man; women like them, then and now, are the true heroes of the farmworkers’ movement.

Women are always made to tolerate the intolerable. Repeatedly. These women are fighters for working people. My time in the labor movement means so much to me and this was a betrayal.

But one man is not a movement. And that man’s name doesn’t belong at the heart of our downtown.

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

My favorite part about being pregnant is declaring that everything I don’t want to deal with (tasks, chores, the governor’s race) is bad for the baby and therefore I should not be bothered with it.

geopolitical revenge wbc final, perfect for baseballsky

(go venezuela)

A lovely watercolor pinup illustration of a transfemme angel with brown skin, curly brown hair (shaded with purple tones), deep blue wings, and a flat chest. She's reclined on her side, crushing a pink rose with a blue gloved hand and blue stockings, with petals falling between an open translucent robe. Vibrant pink orchids are painted around her, with a blue lace pattern filling the background.

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