Heads up, this is happening *today*

Price of prejudice: What’s lost when we reject trans identity Gender-diverse people face discrimination and violence. We can build a better world that values who they are.

Monte was becoming someone who defied easy classification. The doctors wouldn’t let that happen.

In this honest, arresting essay, they chronicle their loss of identity as an adolescent. And they challenge us all to challenge ourselves, to push society to grow. www.tlvoice.org/price-of-pre...

TL youth clinic supporters push to save it Allies will rally Monday at City Hall to restore funding.

Staff at the Michael Baxter clinic said they were blindsided by the news that it would be closed. On Monday, workers and union organizers will head to a commission hearing to advocate for it to remain open.

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

Exactly one (1) pledge out of 1,510 (and counting) on Iron Circus' current crowdfund is traceable to Twitter.

Nothing we haven't come to expect, though.

Honestly: if you think you HAVE to be over there, for business/attention reasons?

Nah, you're wrong. It's literally not worth your time.

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

This is NUTS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive SF organization losing access to some news content

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine

When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth.

The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors.
➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Happening in Dodge Alley right now: Poetry readings and music. Come by in the next hour to catch a performance

Tomorrow is @localnewsday.bsky.social — dedicated to connecting communities with trusted newsrooms.

We'll be marking the occasion by sharing ways those of you who already know us can help us meet more of our neighbors.

That's critical at this stage, when we've just launched.

This play captures the Tenderloin’s soul — then and now “The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot” sells out nearly every week. One community organizer reflects on why that is.

“The world needs to hear: Here, in San Francisco, in the Tenderloin, they were shakin’ shit up before Stonewall!”
— Community organizer Tyree Leslie on "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" play.
More on why this show moves people:

omg Arsicault didn't win this hands down?

can't decide if I feel they were robbed or if this means I really, really need to try Josey.

P.S. shoutout to the v underappreciated Thoroughbread on Church — they also make a really decent loaf.

The fourth block As River plodded up Van Ness, the universe reached out.

Addiction took his money, his dignity, and eventually, his shoes. "That was the saddest part of the drop," writes TL neighbor River. He reflects on homelessness, desolation, luck — and never being beyond reach.

Stephen Tennis lives on in neighbors’ hearts — and on the street that carries his name At the unveiling of “Stephen Tennis Way,” friends reminisced about the local hero who touched many lives.

"Stephen, he was our co-worker, our friend, a friend of my kids. He was my trainer. First day at my job — this is six years ago — he helped me to take care of Boeddeker Park."

"He was like a brother."

- Jalal Alabsi

www.tlvoice.org/stephen-tenn...

Oof. Such a special place. Much admiration and support to the Silver Sprocket team though, they've done amazing

Running any media organization is expensive, especially when we pay freelancers industry-standard rates. We were running at a loss until our subscription drive in October, and we're looking at around $33,000 in expenses for 2025.

That is before we pay ourselves.

Committee on Education & the Workforce | Republicans Fostering the best opportunities for students to learn, workers to succeed, and job creators to thrive.

Markup on HR 7661, the national book ban legislation, is happening right now: edworkforce.house.gov

They were teens when a parent was deported. They still feel the pain as adults The Guardian spoke to adults now in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to reflect on the lasting impact of family separation in the US

In case you missed it, for @theguardian.com I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who had a parent who was deported. They talked to me about the impact this trauma had on their families, and other long-term consequences that are still shaping their lives.

“A department head, somebody, made the decision: Screw the citizenry, screw the protocol.”

That's how one commissioner summed up this saga.

Well, now that protocol could change.

Couple things here:

1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

What Mike Vuong learned building community in the TL “Everything connects,” he said. “Like an ecosystem.”

@michaelbenvuong.bsky.social didn’t feel *seen* until joining Boys & Girls Club at age 12.

Now, after more than 20 years working there, he’s moving on.

The director of the Tenderloin Clubhouse has seen much, learned much. We reflect on his experiences.

what the nonprofit prestige journalism model + the infinite substacks model does is pay for:

- talented people who already did their apprenticeship years in a newsroom model that is becoming defunct
- people with recognizable Names

the venn diagram does overlap but not completely.

Our zine puts news in the community's hands, literally Lessons from an SF newsroom creating a print product

What have we been up to since launching @tlvoice.bsky.social? Lots, but today we want to tell you about creating an honest-to-god, ink-on-paper, print news product. What we learned, and why we did it:
newsrelaynetwork.org/tlvoice-zine...

In a world that forces you to go online to do just about anything, your business is no longer your own. You have to pass through the corridors of pernicious companies that charge you money or violate your privacy.

But this? This zine is just yours. It forces you to relinquish nothing.

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

Anyway not to shamelessly self-promote but I think today of all days I get a pass lol

Why independent media matters for a healthy democracy We mark the 50th anniversary of Mother Jones and the launch of The Tenderloin Voice, a new newsroom serving San Francisco’s Tenderloin community.

Today we were on the radio!

So grateful to the good people at @kalwradio.bsky.social Your Call with Rose Aguilar for this talk about independent media — including new newsrooms like us!

Give it a listen: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

We're at the 36-min mark, but the whole show's great.

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.

www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...