Unionizing the Strip Mall You pissed off the wrong nerds. They unionized Half Price Books.

You know that times have changed when workers start unionizing the Bay's suburban strip malls.

"The pay is just too low — new staff start at $16.96/hour, barely above the California minimum wage, and they work 35 hours a week with no overtime."
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Confessions & Obsessions with Anh Phoong A monthly questionnaire that tries to get to the bottom of things.

Confessions & Obsessions — our new monthly questionnaire — tries to get to the bottom of things. First up: we ask the Bay's legendary lawyer Anh Phoong... is she modern or postmodern?

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Tenant in Oakland? Your Landlord Probably Can’t Raise Your Rent Much for the Next Year Finally some not bad news.

OAKLAND TENANTS: This year, the maximum allowable rent increase is .8% if your building is covered by the Oakland rent stabilization. Get more helpful info about your rights here:

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Why Bay Area Group Stop AI Thinks Artificial Intelligence Will Kill Us All The group behind all those flyers wants you to think about AI doom, tech power, and human extinction.

Ever get one of those "STOP AI" fliers? We looked into the group that argues that, if society does nothing, AI will kill us all.

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Scene Report: Santa Cruz Verve Workers Union Launch Rally We wanted to hear what Verve Coffee workers and their supporters had to say, so we attended their union launch rally. Here's what we found out.

Unionizing Verve Coffee workers are throwing a pre-election rally today at 2101 Market St in SF. We wanted to learn more about their growing fight, so we attended their Sept 1st rally at Verve Coffee's flagship store in Santa Cruz. Here's what we learned:

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i really love to eat scramble egg. remind me of my childhood.

the way i haven’t opened this app in a month lol

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What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben-Menachem Labels like ‘gang members’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ are an easy way to make humans disposable

It shouldn't matter if Trump’s victims have criminal records. If we only defend the “innocent,” the fascists will argue that their victim “was no angel.” An anti-fascist rhetoric that carves out exceptions for imperfect victims is a gift to our opponents.

New from me for @us.theguardian.com:

It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done. This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.

"This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."

The history of America's unwillingness to sacrifice the profits of the U.S. defense industry to the rule of law, combined with the unique privilege enjoyed by the state of Israel, should have meant that U.S. support for Israel in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, was not surprising. Yet even the Israeli military expected the United States to allow them to carry out the indiscriminate bombing campaign only for a matter of weeks before reining in the scale of destruction, as the U.S. had repeatedly done in the past. Instead, the Biden administration violated American laws and bypassed Congress to rush an unprecedented $17.9 billion in weapons and security assistance to Israel, all while lying to the American public about working tirelessly toward a ceasefire.

Ex-Biden State Department official says even the Israeli military expected the US to only let them bomb Gaza for weeks, rather than unconditionally for a year and a half:

James Adomian standup tour - Northern California

*NORCAL TOUR* in MAY!

JAdo is coming up to do some standup and then get lost in the woods looking for Alan Watts …

Mill Valley, Petaluma, Hayward, Sacramento, Eureka!

Tix: linktr.ee/jadomian

Locarno FART railway station. A FART train at the station in 2011

the fart train is about to leave the station

it's not april, april fools yes it is

when 2 politicians fall in love, they put on some real sexy music and vote for each other

This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.

wait i completely forgot about Blitz. i haven’t thought about Blitz in like three months. i’m sorry saiorse i will watch it eventually

my bad ass kid adopted wannabe wigger son posing for his fit check right before his first middle school dance

Wish I were one of Elon's kids so I'd never see him again

didn’t realize this was the best song ever like that

i have been calling her “amanda diamondburger” this whole time my bad 🤦🏿‍♂️

harris dickinson please hire me i will be your stylist. xo💋

ariana grande was on the marc maron podcast??? lmaooo

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

save me fresh deep fried tilapia from ranch 99

they have everything but the bella hadid juice…

a woman sitting at a table with the words girl who is going to be okay below her ALT: a woman sitting at a table with the words girl who is going to be okay below her

just had a life affirming trivia night with friends