Mastodawn

Some good news:

After diligent work from several tribes to remove the dams from the Klamath River—freeing the salmon—one year later, tribal youth made an historic 310 mile kayak journey all the way to the ocean!

https://rv-times.com/2025/07/13/first-descent-by-indigenous-youths-reaches-conclusion-at-pacific-ocean/

First Descent by Indigenous youths reaches conclusion at Pacific Ocean

REQUA, Calif. — The journey is over.

Rogue Valley Times

Joel VanderWerf 2h ago

Having worked to gather signatures for prop C, I feel an impending sense of betrayal by Lurie and the Supes.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/whats-so-dangerous-about-funding-more-s-f-shelter-beds-the-fight-over-prop-c-explained/

#SanFrancisco

What’s so dangerous about funding more S.F. shelter beds? The fight over Prop. C, explained.

Next week, the Board of Supervisors will vote on proposed changes to Prop. C, diverting funding from one homeless program to another.

Mission Local

Joel VanderWerf 8h ago

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William Lindsey

9h ago

As Adam Gurri says,

"A recent leak of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s group chats has revealed that he’s quite happy to see our university system destroyed if it will keep out foreigners and humiliate the elites who 'actively discriminated against' people like him."

#TechBros #MarcAndreessen #PoliticsofGrievance #racism #gender #DEI #woke
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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andreessen-is-a-traitor/

Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor

It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.

Liberal Currents

Joel VanderWerf 11h ago

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽12h ago

Glad to hear he is safe and back with his family. But if they can disappear a U.S. citizen and terrorize his family this way, imagine what they are doing with immigrants in ICE facilities.

Joel VanderWerf 1d ago

Natasha Jay 1d ago

You needed to see a video of a hare displaying vertical take off and landing (VTOL) capability when scared by a curlew ...

Source -
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/watch-the-moment-curlew-frightens-a-hare-which-wandered-too-close-to-its-nest-5146242

Joel VanderWerf 1d ago

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Joel VanderWerf 1d ago

Karen Attiah 1d ago

Columbia cancelled my class on race and media. I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students. And more than 3,100 in the waitlist. Class starts tomorrow. We MOVE✊🏾 karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...

Joel VanderWerf 1d ago

lisa c 1d ago

this is an incredibly well written article.

My Family and the Flood: A Firsthand Account https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

Texas Monthly