mastodon 4.7.3A transplant from #chennai via #singapore and #seattle in #sanfrancisco. தமிழ். Love bending the arc of Justice towards a more equitable world for all beings.
I cook often, take care of plants. Love birding, sewing, woodworking. These interests are funded by my tech job in #cupertino.
Tech engineering program manager by profession.
If you ever used talk space and are in California. Get them to delete your logs and records. An employer being sued for pregnancy discrimination has asked and received all of the chat logs of the plaintiff with a talkspace therapist.
https://www.proofnews.org/womans-talkspace-therapy-app-sessions-exposed-in-court/
Somewhat chuffed that I made this top after seeing someone's photos of theirs where you can tie both the front and back parts of the top.
This top is good for jump suits because 1) no need to remove the top when you have to pee, 2) you are no longer cold while doing the same!
Strong agree, Alcatraz Coyote is the best candidate for Governor.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/endorsement-alcatraz-coyote-for-governor/
It is a CRIME how so few people are following @sfomuseum@mastodon.social . Everyone crying about how public services are not on mastodon and then when a public service IS THERE nobody is following.
Immediately fix this. I need to see an increase in their follower count by Friday. They don’t toot often and all their toots are amazing work SFO Museum does.
`KARTHIKEYAN: I'm definitely spending more money on music now. I have not regretted a purchase yet.`
Same experience, I am using iTunes more to buy tracks I like that are more mainstream and use #BandcampFriday to buy tracks that are not.
https://bayareacurrent.com/death-to-spotify-six-months-later/?ref=bay-area-current-newsletter
Yesterday, I was at my friends backyard and admiring a toucan-shaped bird nest box. She told me the resident centi-millionaire makes these bird boxes and leaves them out for anyone to pick up. So she picked up and hung one. She was like, no bird has touched it.
Then, I saw a Bewick's wren come by with food in their beak. I was like, umm I think there are birds there. Sure enough, the wren was feeding the baby birds every 5 minutes!!
Coz I am a Costco fan, this reddit video explains (no evidence provided though) that Costco does a LOT of the food safety inspections that are conducted in USA and the only company to inspect the whole facility.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Costco/comments/1tu35j0/discussion_reviewing_costcos_unique_food_safety/
A London Underground station stopped flooding after beavers were resettled into the neighboring park and built beaver dams. Imagine!!! 1 family of beavers stopped flooding of an entire Tube station
GAWD
`**Here’s How Philip Morris Designed Lunchables to Hook Generations of Kids**
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health relies on internal corporate documents to chronicle how the tobacco giant applied cigarette research to its development of ultra-processed foods.`
LMAO some miscreant has replaced one letter in Google Gemini ad on all the Lyft bikes near my home so it says "Gemini – A new hell from Google" and it is so subtle (same font and size) that nobody has noticed lol.
`Despite criticism from former executives and employees over Sampson’s fundraising abilities, tax filings show the board appears to have awarded him performance bonuses, citing “outstanding accomplishments in fundraising, establishing deep partnerships, and management team building” — on top of his standard 25% bonus — in the last three fiscal years. The academy declined to confirm these payments.`
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/26/california-academy-sciences-scott-sampson-unraveling/
"What a world it is when a British fox comes to the United States by accident and receives universal healthcare"
Comment on health update of Basil the stowaway fox who arrived in US from UK
Bank of America SAN FRANCISCO branch was allegedly used to launder money from the pig butchering scams that target the elderly in USA and allegedly has the backing of a Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and an ex-Prime Minister of Thailand (& numerous other key people in both countries)
Whale Hunting has been ON this story and I have not seen a PEEP about this from elsewhere.
The definitive answer to whether Zohran was wearing a Salwar Kameez or a Thobe from Riz Ahmed & Guz Khan. It is a salwar kameez!!
I read this horrible story of a Guinean child abducted and forced to work as a slave in the US for the son of a Guinean dictator. One neighbor called the FBI but it was not acted on. Other neighbors rationalized it away thinking what they were noticing was not true. A cop found her in a park, he also did not follow up.
The couple were arrested and spent 7 years in prison. The guinean government claimed US did not understand "their culture".
The dictator's son was blatantly doing this and only got 7 years for it. His wife absconded to Belgium, the son returned to Guinea to a hero's welcome.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/25/the-human-trafficking-victim-next-door
`Parenting is no joke for our local western snowy plovers. First there’s finding real estate on the San Francisco Bay—somewhere salty, flat, and undisturbed in which to dig a slight scrape for a clutch of two to six inch-long eggs. Development, introduced beachgrass, and other human disturbance make likely spots scarce.`
`Last year, researchers counted a record 383 fledged adult birds in the San Francisco Bay—a long way from the low of 72 birds documented in 2003, and about three-quarters of the way to the 500 adults needed for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare the population recovered.`
WTF I had NO IDEA, India interned its Chinese citizens during the India China war of 1962. WTF.
Today I learned there was a sound track inspired by Living Single – the best show about friends that Friends stole from!!!??
Chaka Khan sang??
LMAO.
Zendaya & Tom Holland adopt a dog from Oakland Animal Services
`Oakland Animal Services confirmed the couple adopted a dog from them a couple of months ago.`
`California committed to 30×30 in 2020, ahead of a Biden executive order doing the same for the nation, and is most of the way toward its goal, with 26 percent of lands and 22 percent of waters protected.`
Music friends, how do you know if your favorite band camp artists are going to be performing in your town, is there a way to find out? cc @nedraggett@sfba.social
The Yurok Tribe is celebrating the establishment of a nest by two condors who were introduced back to that area recently – first nest in more than a century.
My fav is the last one Miyuki's jingle!!
Rightfully, Pakistanis are heralding the South Asian cool. Pakistani American is making country music with Sufi renditions.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/g-s1-122871/country-music-pakistan-mo-sabri-nashville
