Just figured out that, subconsciously, one of the reasons why I’ve hardly been on Instagram lately is all the frickin’ ads. Every few images, another sponsored post. Can’t stand it. It’s ruined the experience

The Manuel Freitas Parkway creek came very close to overflowing during this evening’s soaker! #marinstorm ABC7 News

Love this

This is long — hey, you have the time! — but well worth the read. I suspect it’s a good indication of how this will all shake out over time. Not sure how much economic damage will have been done in the meantime, though… medium.com/six-four-six-n…

Another long Medium article with a very different thesis to the one shared yesterday — which has actually since been taken down! This one deals in the data, is pretty definitive and lays out a clear path out of this crisis medium.com/@tomaspueyo/co…

I wear a mask for all those reasons (not that I’m a Doctor, of course) because it’s also common bloody sense. That wearing one has become politicized is utterly mind-boggling. It’s not an infringement of your civil rights either, FFS!

Quote by a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park on why it is hard to design the perfect garbage bin to keep bears from breaking into it: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.”

Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roommates are teaching me how to have my first proper Christmas. I am approaching this with anthropological precision. Here are a few observations.

Where was this statesman-like dude when he was trying to run California (and handing out dubious pardons of his own in his final days)? I was worried where he was going with the sword for a second but this is a great video.

“We need a new media channel, the press version of a 3d party, where those financial pressures to maintain audience are absent. [W]hat’s desperately needed is an institutional reporting mechanism that has credibility with the whole population.” Matt Taibbi taibbi.substack.com/p/we-need-a-ne…

😂😂 Tweet of the year so far. Took me 2 minutes to stop laughing to tell my wife what I was giggling at

.’s America Lost is such a poignant, vital, human film that reveals the depths of despair some parts of this country have reached. If there’s a message you’d want to get through to the policy/decision-makers it’s that just throwing money around doesn’t solve poverty

How long do I savor the fact that Nate Bargatze has a new Netflix special out and let it marinate before I watch it? PositiveSean

Wildfire season struck a little too close to home today but stellar work from Marin County Fire and San Rafael Fire Department kept the #LassenFire from threatening homes in the Lucas Valley and Marinwood neighborhoods 👏

War in the 21st Century… fascinating. Ordinary soldiers and people can send messages directly to those on the other side. Grass-roots propaganda in this instance between people that speak the same language and share many cultural norms, friends and even family

Random sighting of the day. Just walked past Ed from Collective Soul at Disneyland’s California Adventure

**NEW VIDEO** #TrumpCultWakeUp **NEW VIDEO** Dear #MAGA and Trump followers, Just watch this video. It's called #TrumpCultWakeUp And I hope at least some of you do.

Update, he checked all my prediction boxes in just a couple minutes. Almost literally in the same order i predicted. Watch the second half of this video for the truth

I’ve officially had it with Apple’s messing around with iTunes. Sick of trying to keep archived purchased music off my iPhone #ifitaintbroke