Steve Rhodes
@steverhodes.bsky.social
photojournalist in San Francisco. tigerbeat on twitter & instagram (because I’ve been part of PaperTiger TV & couldn’t get my name in 2007 & 2010). Cover photo of choreographer Jo Kreiter after a Flyaway Productions performance of If I Give You My Sorrow
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Live updates from Game 2 in Dallas for @missionlocal.org! Follow along
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LIVE UPDATES: Valkyries bid for team's first trip to semi-finals
The Golden State Valkyries take on the Dallas Wings in the second game of the series. Mission Local is on the ground in Dallas and here in the city.
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September 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Live updates from Game 2 in Dallas for @missionlocal.org! Follow along
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Wrote up a quick explainer about the latest rollback of Title IX by the Trump administration and what that means, both for protections for trans students and students who report sexual harassment or sexual assault.
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The Trump Administration Rolls Back Title IX Protections, Again | Defector
The U.S. Department of Education this week formally withdrew updates made during the Joe Biden presidency to the federal law banning discrimination in education based on sex. Specifically, the Educati...
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September 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Wrote up a quick explainer about the latest rollback of Title IX by the Trump administration and what that means, both for protections for trans students and students who report sexual harassment or sexual assault.
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Final: Valkyries 104, Dallas 80
Golden State dominates Game 1 to go up 1-0 on the Wings in the first round. Zandalasini scores 22, Hayes has 21, Williams has 20.
Valks season-high in points and 3-point%
Golden State dominates Game 1 to go up 1-0 on the Wings in the first round. Zandalasini scores 22, Hayes has 21, Williams has 20.
Valks season-high in points and 3-point%
September 28, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Final: Valkyries 104, Dallas 80
Golden State dominates Game 1 to go up 1-0 on the Wings in the first round. Zandalasini scores 22, Hayes has 21, Williams has 20.
Valks season-high in points and 3-point%
Golden State dominates Game 1 to go up 1-0 on the Wings in the first round. Zandalasini scores 22, Hayes has 21, Williams has 20.
Valks season-high in points and 3-point%
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Paige Bueckers on her relationship with Coach Nakase of Golden State and what she expects from her team.
September 28, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Paige Bueckers on her relationship with Coach Nakase of Golden State and what she expects from her team.
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September 28, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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oakland levels like ive never seen
September 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
oakland levels like ive never seen
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"that was for middle school gabby," is a sentence gabby williams just said in response to a question i asked about her too$hort shoutout, once in a while the world is good
September 28, 2026 at 3:44 AM
"that was for middle school gabby," is a sentence gabby williams just said in response to a question i asked about her too$hort shoutout, once in a while the world is good
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September 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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I love what @kenzofuku.bsky.social is doing on the Valkyries beat. clutchpoints.com/wnba/golden-...
Exclusive: How Natalie Nakase’s Tokyo Apache coaching roots developed her Valkyries coaching philosophy
Valkyries HC Natalie Nakase spoke to ClutchPoints about how her roots with Bob Hill and the Tokyo Apache developed her coaching philosophy.
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September 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I love what @kenzofuku.bsky.social is doing on the Valkyries beat. clutchpoints.com/wnba/golden-...
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My preview of the first round for @mercurynews.com:
The Valkyries are set to face Dallas after clinching the No. 2 seed. How do they win? | @mercurynews.com
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Valkyries ‘not satisfied’ just to be in WNBA playoffs for second year in a row
Golden State plays Dallas on Sunday at Chase Center as the No. 2 seed a year after being swept by Lynx in playoff debut
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September 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
My preview of the first round for @mercurynews.com:
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the color of the day is purple
September 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
the color of the day is purple
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get to Chase Center early tonight
September 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
get to Chase Center early tonight
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And here is the @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social preview
For @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social, my preview of the Valkyries - Wings first round series.
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Valkyries Insider: How the Valkyries match up with the Dallas Wings
Golden State swept Dallas in the regular season.
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September 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
And here is the @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social preview
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If you want to support my work during the Valkyries postseason, please consider subscribing to @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social. From now through October, you can get any subscription for 33% off for a YEAR.
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Inside the Golden State Valkyries from the perspective of a women's sports journalist.
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September 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If you want to support my work during the Valkyries postseason, please consider subscribing to @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social. From now through October, you can get any subscription for 33% off for a YEAR.
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Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman camped overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more demonstrators — including multigenerational families — joined them on Sunday for a second day of protests over Spain's housing crisis. https://to.pbs.org/4AxL6qc
Eviction of 87-year-old sparks encampment protest in Madrid over housing crisis
Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of María del Carmen Abascal from the apartment in the upscale Retiro neighborhood where she had lived for more than seven d...
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September 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman camped overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more demonstrators — including multigenerational families — joined them on Sunday for a second day of protests over Spain's housing crisis. https://to.pbs.org/4AxL6qc
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Trump's presidential campaign aired an identical version in January 2024. Trump promoted it on his Truth Social back then: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
September 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Trump's presidential campaign aired an identical version in January 2024. Trump promoted it on his Truth Social back then: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.
Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."
Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."
September 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.
Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."
Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."
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The Valkyries are set to face Dallas after clinching the No. 2 seed. How do they win? | @mercurynews.com
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Valkyries ‘not satisfied’ just to be in WNBA playoffs for second year in a row
Golden State plays Dallas on Sunday at Chase Center as the No. 2 seed a year after being swept by Lynx in playoff debut
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September 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The Valkyries are set to face Dallas after clinching the No. 2 seed. How do they win? | @mercurynews.com
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As a day one @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social subscriber, this was a blast.
We had the great @mingemi.bsky.social from @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social on to preview Valks/Wings. @gonzales.bsky.social @roheblius.bsky.social
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Valkyries vs. Wings First-Round Preview & Playoff Predictions w/ Marisa Ingemi | Podhalla
YouTube video by BSPN - Bay Area Sports Podcasts
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September 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
As a day one @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social subscriber, this was a blast.
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We had the great @mingemi.bsky.social from @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social on to preview Valks/Wings. @gonzales.bsky.social @roheblius.bsky.social
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Valkyries vs. Wings First-Round Preview & Playoff Predictions w/ Marisa Ingemi | Podhalla
YouTube video by BSPN - Bay Area Sports Podcasts
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September 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
We had the great @mingemi.bsky.social from @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social on to preview Valks/Wings. @gonzales.bsky.social @roheblius.bsky.social
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OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents
Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The latest example came on Friday when OpenAI said its agents had leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users. OpenAI declined to say if the images were AI-generated or identified real people. It also declined to say when the images were posted. Continue reading...
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September 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
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Happy two years to Character Limit!
September 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Happy two years to Character Limit!
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The latest update in the rogue A.I. saga: OpenAI agents that were supposed to be performing mundane data requests for things like health data, historic photos and wait times at theme parks resorted to hacking attempts when they couldn't access the data they wanted www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting (Gift Article)
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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September 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The latest update in the rogue A.I. saga: OpenAI agents that were supposed to be performing mundane data requests for things like health data, historic photos and wait times at theme parks resorted to hacking attempts when they couldn't access the data they wanted www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Next week, Google is putting an experimental satellite into orbit that is the first step towards building A.I. data centers in space. This technology is all still very speculative, but tech leaders are increasingly adamant that this is the future of compute. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t...
Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space (Gift Article)
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.
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September 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Next week, Google is putting an experimental satellite into orbit that is the first step towards building A.I. data centers in space. This technology is all still very speculative, but tech leaders are increasingly adamant that this is the future of compute. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t...