Christina Koch And Jessica Meir Doing NASA’s First All-Female Spacewalk Now

Christina Koch And Jessica Meir are two residents and NASA astronauts who are doing the first all female spacewalk in history right now.

The effort to replace a failed power controller started at 7:38 AM EST and is expected to last for 5.5 hours.

Worth watching on Twitter or on NASA TV.

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Libby Schaaf, Mayor Of Oakland’s Measure AA Defeated In Court

This effort on the part of the Mayor of Oakland was unpopular from the start. A number of Oaklanders expressed joy in emails. This one was from Oakland Tax Preparer Nancy Sidebotham:

Breaking news. Today, an Alameda County Superior Court handed a victory to the plaintiffs in their lawsuit against the City of Oakland regarding Measure AA. As you may recall, Measure AA was a $200/parcel parcel tax that was supposed to fund the very vague “Oakland Promise.” It needed 2/3 to pass. It only got 62%. So it failed. Except then then the City tried to certify the measure as having passed. Which is basically like changing the rules after the game is over, so that they could declare a win. Even by City of Oakland corruption standards, this was unprecedented. So a group of taxpayers sued, and today they won outright, without even the need for a trial. That’s how clear the law was, and how outlandish the City’s legal position was. The Court basically said that the City was trying to commit a “fraud on the voters.” Today’s ruling is a victory for the rule of law, for democracy, and for taxpayers who care about ethics and accountability.

For her part, the Mayor Of Oakland told me when I talked to her about this issue and asked what she would do if she lost at the hands of the court, she said she would try another approach.

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Did Elizabeth Warren Rub Something From Her Nose On To Tom Steyer’s Shoulder? via IFTTT

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Earthquake In Pleasant Hill CA 4.7 Felt In Oakland At The Alley Cat Bar via IFTTT

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