Never forget they're creating this havoc deliberately—out of spite.

Safeway is partnering with a homebuilder to build nearly 4,000 homes on underused parking lots across five Bay Area sites — a direct result of state housing law, AB 2011.

www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Burrowing owl standing on the sandy shore of the Salton Sea.

Good morning! 🪶

On housing, Mayor Matt was the first councilmember to host a press conference opposing the proposal to eliminate single family residential zoning in San Jose

For everyone that thinks the Mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan, would be a YIMBY governor, this is from his official mayor website bragging about opposing the elimination of single family zoning.
www.sjmayormatt.com/meet-matt

my “quit your job” business card can be used to demoralize cops, tell off ICE agents, or be sent to the person you know who works for meta/amazon/google/etc.
www.katiemcvay.com/unhinged

NEW Webby Gallery + Index DISCOVER THE BEST OF THE INTERNET. Welcome to the NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Discover the best of the Internet and uncover trends, insights and talent that define the future of Internet excellence.

Beyond proud to announce that we've won a Webby Award for our coverage of ICE's Minneapolis takeover.

Between January 7 and February 3, we deployed reporters to Minneapolis and brought back indelible footage. 🧵

Boycott alert

Affordable starter homes.

The suit was filed Friday and on Monday the county started producing records. Gotta be a world record.

My story about how 924 sailors died of influenza over the course of a month at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

chicagoreader.com/city-life/th...

QnA after screening of “Changing Lanes” documentary at Laemmle Monica theater

“The priority has to be human life over cars. Period. Full Stop.”
Santa Monica Mayor Caroline Torosis at screening of “Changing Lanes” doc by Ben Wolf
🎥 chronicles fight over safe street redesign of McGuiness Blvd in Brooklyn which was finally implemented this year
🎙️ @awalkerinla.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Iggy Pop, who played Yelgrun, a Vorta clone, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Magnificent Ferengi."

One way Mamdani's mandate feels so novel for the U.S. is because he's really talking about a city that prioritizes children.

Universal childcare at our public schools, schoolyards greened and opened as parks, and streets safe enough that our kids can walk and bike there themselves — LA can do this!

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a Justice Department criminal probe over paid informants The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

This is an uptick from Trumps out of control DOJ. They are now siding with the domestic terrorists that build pipe bombs and the like over those who try and prevent their actions. Truly unbelievable. apnews.com/article/sout...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces criminal investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants.

Today marks 10 years without Prince

🙏💜🕊️☔️

Feel like it should be a bigger story that Howard Lutnick's firm (run by his kids) created a financial product to buy up tariff refund claims at a major discount, and will now be cashing in on the higher costs passed onto consumers.

Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy.

I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all.

Out in October with Random House.

The number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year.⁠ www.reddit.com/r/Infographi...

An event description: Multisolving Moment: Investing in Community and Self-Resilience Date & Time Apr 30, 2026 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Description How are you investing in community and self-resilience right now? This Multisolving Moment will provide an open space for attendees to discuss answers to that question and learn from the Institute and from one another what has worked for us during uncertain times. Out of respect for attendees’ privacy, this session will not be recorded.

Five reasons to join our Multisolving Moment Virtual Gathering on April 30.
1. Share your wisdom to support others - how are you nurturing individual and collective resilience?
2. Tap into the support and creativity of fellow travelers wrestling with similar challenges.

Book Launch: Andy Woodruff on

Boston! Heads up: we will be celebrating the release of Boston in 50 Maps by cartographer @awoodruff.bsky.social on May 20th at the Boston Public Library (@bpl.boston.gov)! Registration is free and the first 50 people receive a free drink ticket, but I’m told those spots are going quite fast!

CDC pauses testing for rabies and other serious infectious diseases Disease tracking is also temporarily halted for mpox and other common viruses, such as Epstein-Barr and varicella zoster.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

Joan Semmel Is Doing Her Best Work at 93 “You say, ‘Fuck you. I'm good and you're wrong,’” she told Hyperallergic. “This is who I am, this is what I do, and this is what I care about.”

Joan Semmel's boldly colorful, intimate paintings have radically shifted perspective from the male gaze toward a woman’s view. At age 93, after more than 60 years as an artist, she believes her most recent paintings are among the best she has ever made.

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

Anat Rubin and I co-wrote a story for @calmatters.org about the people behind Sheriff Chad Bianco's "election investigation" -- sovereign citizens, Christian nationalists, and "constitutional sheriffs."
calmatters.org/investigatio...

Home UN Web TV is available 24 hours a day with selected LIVE programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues.

All four official candidates for the next UN Secretary General will be holding televised three-hour interactive dialogues with the UN diplomats today and tomorrow—Michelle Bachelet, 10-1 today; Rafael Grossi, 3-6 today; Rebeca Grynspan and Macky Sall at those times tomorrow. webtv.un.org/en

Donald Gallagher, a Stonewall Veteran, member of Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, and Radical Faerie.

"Instantly recognized wherever he goes, with his multicolored hair and exuberant clothing."

Crushing medical debt may cause Donald to lose his home. Personal vouch for GFM organizers.

Fuck cancer.

7-story TOD → drive-thru, and some developers call it a win.

Costs matter, but why is the easiest thing to permit next to transit in Los Angeles a car-centric use?

Mixed-use development in the works at 1308 S. Soto Street in Boyle Heights A Boyle Heights property previously developed with a bank branch is set for redevelopment, per an application submitted last week to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

la.urbanize.city/post/mixed-u...

RIP