2/ Our first stop is Carolands, a French-style chateau in the Bay Area, built in the 1910s for a Pullman railcar heiress. The last resident, SFGiants owner Charles B. Johnson, saved $38M on his taxes by donating the house to his own private foundation.

Studios Quietly Go On Hiring Spree for AI Specialist Jobs Amid Picket Line Anxiety thr.cm/gBsvxka

“Fetterman’s legislation…would tip the scales ever-so-slightly in favor of workers… “It’s good to see lawmakers attempting to correct the wrongs of the past by reinstating a benefit for striking workers that never should have been taken away in the first place,”“

I just mustered up every ounce of courage to interrupt White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and urge the Biden Administration to stop approving new coal, oil, and gas projects. The climate crisis is here now. President Donald J. Trump, listen to Gen-Z, scientists, and frontline communities

“it’s not necessarily boring or a downer to have environmental information woven into a recipe. Or to read about other people’s very modest homes or communal housing experiments”

Palak's coverage is outstanding. She's one of the best reporter hires I've seen in more than two decades of covering Utah news. End of story.

“under the leadership of textbook heroes Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and Dwight D. Eisenhower…”: zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bonu…

“Our job was to try to make sure people can be as informed as possible and be able to accurately assess what really happened and what his role was.”

Every day!

This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday. Let's show the owner the POWER OF THE PEOPLE. Honestly, would it kill you to keep your thoughts to yourself for 1 damn day? Read a book! 👀 #August1stTweetOutDay

“The Education Department has created similar income-driven repayment plans in the past and has not faced a successful legal challenge…” cnn.com/2023/07/30/pol…

Did Oppenheimer Really Poison that Apple? by Greg Mitchell open.substack.com/pub/oppenheime…

ICYMI-

As I've written, MOST of what's framed as "independent media" is actually just traditional corporate right wing media funding influencers who purport to be "independent" while collecting massive checks from far right billionaires to spout misinformation niemanlab.org/2022/12/the-cr…

“All the benefits that come from an above-normal winter season have started to diminish and even reverse in some cases.” buff.ly/3KjEcMN

“Echoes of the satanic panic can be heard in the claims of rampant human trafficking made by contemporary conservative and religious groups.”

Congratulations to Michelle Jacob, professor of Indigenous Studies and director of the Sapsik’ʷałá Teacher Education Program in the College of Education, for receiving the 2023 Zenobia Lawrence Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award. University of Oregon College of Education  fal.cn/3Al3S

There's been much gaslighting & moderate justifying of the new Florida social studies standards, people stating the "clarifications" were designed to show Black resilience, or were just "facts." So, I thought I'd compare the African-American history standards to the Holocaust's.

“Echoes of the satanic panic can be heard in the claims of rampant human trafficking made by contemporary conservative and religious groups.”: How the satanic panic took over a Utah Newspaper - Axios Salt Lake City axios.com/local/salt-lak…

“seven years late and $17 billion over budget” apnews.com/article/georgi…