OPD is asking to enter into a new no-bid contract w/Israeli cell cracking firm Cellebrite, even tho the contract is increasing by 55%. Cellebrite has been used against Palestinians in Israel's genocidal war, as well as dissidents in Jordan, Myanmar. etc
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oh, this is very important to know!!

How ALL Union Leaderships Actually Support *More* Funding for ICE, While Actively Subverting Organizing for Future General Strikes Against Police State Terror And: How to Organize Locally for Strategic Collective Withholding of Labor, IE Wildcat General Strikes in Under a Month

My new article on how to organize locally for Wildcat General Strikes with demands of #NoWarWithIran, #AbolishICE & #StimulusChecksNOW +
(Also: I was just illegally evicted & facing homelessness.
See next post for urgent #MutualAid request & please boost!)
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Wellstone Dems meeting in Oakland this Thurs 2/26 evening is an event with attorneys and activists, "Preparing for ICE in the East Bay" Learn how our community is organizing, resources available, and how you can get involved.
In person in Oakland, and also on Zoom - www.wellstoneclub.org/events.html

EMERGENCY #MutualAid:
My long onerous fight against an illegal eviction looks to be coming to an unfortunate end as early as tomorrow, and I need help to move safely out ASAP.
My phone also just died, making things worse.
CashApp = $ErgoatOneiric
Anything helps. Please share!

I don't agree with teacher's strikes for pay disputes. The kids are hostages as the grownups fight.

That's terrorism

I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.

ICEOUT March January 30th, 2026 San Francisco

#ICEOUT #SanFrancisco #California

San Francisco, California on January 30th, 2026

From an aerial viewpoint: Market and Van Ness / 11th Street:

One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?

One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime in 2024. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did.

Reporter Beck Klein examines OPD's overtime use through 1 officer's astonishing schedule, revealing multiple problems and raising big questions.

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I woke up horrified by what happened at the candlelight vigil in Eugene last night.

As the Oregon Nurses Association held a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Federal Building, after Mayor Kaarin, Senator James Manning, and Representative Lisa Fragala left…Flash-bangs. Tear gas. Pepper balls.

This is the scene in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon, where thousands of people have braved -25F wind chills to protest ICE operations in Minnesota.

More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-sea-of-...

Pic: Mike Auger

were going to win

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

Maps of Ice Out for Good Events all over the USA

Here's the map after 24 hours of launch. Find your event or get one up here: www.mobilize.us/map/?tag_ids...

I’m as leftist as they come and think trump’s Venezuelan actions are awful and dangerous but I also think Madura is an authoritarian dirtbag and fucked up his country. I believe in democracy, the rule of law and good government more than socialism or whatever.

Private unions: labor vs capital ✅

Public unions: labor vs voters ❌

Private unions: labor vs capital ✅

Public unions: labor vs voters ❌

I used to be a strong union supporter, and I still am for non-government unions, but government unions are a disaster. OPD and Fire never stop ransacking us and corrupting our politics. OUSD's teacher union is threatening to strike as the district goes bankrupt. How do we get rid of them?

Oakland NAACP has been taken over by reactionary right wingers. They have resorted to lying, fear mongering and "tough on crime" rhetoric that has caused so much harm to black communities over decades. They don't represent the local black community.

NDAA passes the House, 312 to 112. Republicans: 197 yea, 18 nay; Democrats: 115 yea, 94 nay

As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.

I long ago decided I couldn't trust clipper digital anything. It's the contractors fault but also that government unions mean nobody wants to hire in house expertise.

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Larry Summers is on the board of OpenAI

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

I demand my politicians label West Bank settlers terrorists.

This message is from me, Jimbo Wales, founder of Wikipedia. I believe that Wikipedia is at its best when we can have reasonable discussion rooted in a commitment to write articles that reflect a neutral point of view. I believe that's especially important on highly difficult or contentious topics. I was asked point-blank in a high profile media interview about this article, and I answered with transparency and honesty: this article fails to meet our high standards and needs immediate attention. As many of you will know, I have been leading an NPOV working group and studying the issue of neutrality in Wikipedia across many articles and topic areas including “Zionism”. While this article is a particularly egregious example, there is much more work to do. It should go without saying that I am writing this in my personal capacity, and I am not speaking on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation or anyone else! I assume good faith of everyone who has worked on this Gaza “genocide” article. At present, the lede and the overall presentation state, in Wikipedia’s voice, that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested. This is a violation of WP:NPOV and WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV that requires immediate correction. Remember: "This policy is non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus."

A neutral approach would begin with a formulation such as: “Multiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.” What I’m asking for Be bold and start editing (WP:BOLD). Move from debate to concrete improvements immediately. Assume good faith (WP:AGF). Avoid personalizing disagreements. Focus only on text and sources. Attribute, don’t assert (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV). The lead and body must not declare a legal conclusion. Present who says what, with attribution and dates.

Balance by due weight (WP:UNDUE). Include significant, high-quality sources from all sides—governments, courts, NGOs, commentators. No side should speak in Wikipedia’s own voice. Use the best sources (WP:RS / WP:V). Prefer primary official statements and major secondary coverage. Avoid synthesis (WP:SYN / WP:NOR). Clarify scope. Separate factual reporting on conduct and casualties from legal characterization. Editors with strong, policy-compliant sources who have felt sidelined are welcome. Your participation is needed now. Editors are reminded this article falls under the Arab–Israeli conflict topic area; all participation must comply with the corresponding editing restrictions and civility expectations. By focusing on verifiable sources and neutrality, we can quickly deliver an article that meets our standards for contentious topics. — Jimbo Wales Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales is trying to use his name to convince Wikipedia editors to deny the Gaza Genocide, recognized by many human rights organizations.

Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.

Proposal edit I would like to propose and give the place to the Wikimedia community to discuss about possible founder rights removal. These rights were given to Jimmy Wales (was there any election?), the founder of Wikipedia, to act on Wikipedia as a steward forever. Unfortunately other communities (other than Wikipedia), were not informed about this fact, but Jimmy Wales behaves there like an elephant in china shop. He doesn't respect any ethical rules applied until this time by other stewards and simply disrupted and discredited Wikiversity. And I am afraid that other projects might be possibly injured in the future, as this was not for the first time Jimbo did it (in beginning of fall 2008 he came to English Wikiversity (at those times elected as a steward) and disrupted the project, which led to the exodus of people outside). I would say, that such charismatic person as Jimmy Wales would not saw phrases such as „I am currently discussing the closure of Wikiversity with the board.“ (source: [1]) That is what discredits Wikiversity as a project. I think such smart guy as Jimmy Wales is, can't say such a phrase even in the case WMF would discuss about the possibility of closing the project! The other problem blocking users (even administrators, who haven't been noticed as a "danger" by community), desysopsing administrators and deleting pages without a further discussion and based on a "simple" call on his Wikipedia discussion page leads to the exodus of people from the project. People who believed in community decision making are gone and may never come back. They can't swallow the fact, that community decision making is changed to centralized dictatorship from day to day, by the Wikimedia movement founder, the symbol of free thinking. So let me open this evaluation. During the last 2 years Mr. Jimmy Wales showed he is not able to use the rights, which community (or someone ?) gave to his hands. For further reading about the current problem you can visit these …

So let me open this evaluation. During the last 2 years Mr. Jimmy Wales showed he is not able to use the rights, which community (or someone ?) gave to his hands. For further reading about the current problem you can visit these pages: Talk:Wikiversity/Problems and v:en:Wikiversity:Community Review/Wikimedia Ethics:Ethical Breaching Experiments.--Juan de Vojníkov 00:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

fun fact: Wikipedians have hated this guy for decades. In 2010, he has many of his founder privileges stripped after users accused him of being an "elephant in a china shop" and abusing his power. Good thing he lost those privileges!

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More than 1,000 items stolen from Oakland Museum of California storage facility in huge art heist Burglars stole more than 1,000 items, including jewelry and historic artifacts, from the Oakland Museum of California this month in a major art heist now being probed by a special FBI team.

Burglars stole more than 1,000 items, including jewelry and historic artifacts, from the Oakland Museum of California this month in a major art heist now being probed by a special FBI team.

BREAKING NEWS: Coast Guard Security Forces opened fire on a U-Haul van advancing through their barricade just before 10pm during protests at Alameda Coast Guard Island in Oakland.