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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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SCOOP: A key member of the Civilian Oversight Commission which oversees LASD has resigned after he says the county's lawyers tried to block the commission from filing a legal brief detailing oversight concerns in a high-profile criminal case. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

submitted 9 days ago • 212 comments

To everyone who says Democrats have no power: Do they have less political power and fewer tools at their disposal than Black Americans in the Jim Crow south?

submitted 20 days ago • 34 comments

LGB+s, when they come for the Ts, they clearly come for all of us.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

south korean politicians were literally scaling fences to protect their government and our senators are sending out pre-scheduled tweets about the super bowl while an unelected foreign billionaire seizes control of the treasury.

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

THIS AMERICAN DOES NOT WANT YOU TO WORK TOGETHER WITH A FUCKING FASCIST TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON WHICH PARTS OF DEMOCRACY WE NO LONGER NEED

submitted 21 days ago • 268 comments

For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost. www.latimes.com/environment/...

submitted 21 days ago • 360 comments

This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.

submitted 21 days ago • 400 comments

Lemon, it’s January

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

If you live in LA County please call your Supervisor and tell them that LASD needs to evacuate the 4,500 people in the Castaic complex before it's too late.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

defend themselves in court

submitted 32 days ago • 28 comments

Cops are great www.wtap.com/2025/01/13/b...

submitted 37 days ago • 39 comments

friends not gonna lie, my brain cannot make the shift from chicago red stars to chicago stars (the ball, representing soccer) football club

submitted 39 days ago • 17 comments

Today’s glimmer of hope brought to you by the creator of Watch Duty, LA’s nonprofit fire map that’s been such a lifeline for so many. More of this, please! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

submitted 39 days ago • 49 comments

it's not a mystery where all the money in america is going. any time we can't build infrastructure, house & feed people, or deal with natural disasters, remember that it's because rich people will always prioritize their own wealth & comfort– more police to control workers and protect their capital.

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

The 100-acre Hurst Fire reported in Sylmar is less than 2 miles from Barry J. Nidorf juvenile hall. I've reached out to see if the youths held there will be evacuated.

submitted 45 days ago • 4 comments

"If you don’t have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he’s illegal, we can make him disappear." Read @jesspish.bsky.social's deeply disturbing new piece on how sheriffs could fuel Trump’s mass deportation regime:

submitted 51 days ago • 11 comments

AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE

submitted 48 days ago • 54 comments

Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. mappingpoliceviolence.us

submitted 50 days ago • 72 comments

Thorough, necessary reporting on sleep deprivation in prisons by @shannonheffernan.bsky.social and @keribla.bsky.social

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Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one

submitted 74 days ago • 42 comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries. It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration. www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...

submitted 80 days ago • 935 comments

Really loved "She Sheds Her Skin" by Raven Jakubowski @ravenjake.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com !!! Unsettling horror about shape-shifting monsters & how we shift our own shapes for the sake of relationships that might not be super healthy. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/she-...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

Did you know that fewer than 20 people could hold conversations about daily topics in the Lingít language? That there are six remaining master-level birth speakers? That you can take Lingít classes for free at UAS and through Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and Tlingit & Haida? You can watch online, too.

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

jill ellis ain't SHIT "I had flown home for personal reasons, on landing I find out I lost my job. Obviously with that comes challenges, because it's not just me it's my family too. Unfortunately it terminated our visas...and just left us with challenges as a family." youtu.be/J94OAQQhYO0...

submitted 95 days ago • 14 comments

Considering how to follow the example of ordinary resistance

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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.

submitted 100 days ago • 865 comments

What's up world! We're back with the latest edition of the newsletter, and you can already guess who's in it. Tap in! sheabutterfc.beehiiv.com/p/there-s-a-... *photo credit to sportingnews.com

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

starting a US carceral history starter pack. I’m a little under caffeinated this morning so lmk if you want to be added go.bsky.app/HYbh9m3

submitted 102 days ago • 22 comments

I recreated a cocktail party for 25 people from Martha Stewart's first book, in an attempt to see how she became who she is. Here's me on Martha, making blini from scratch, Reaganism, and what is worth aspiring to. www.eater.com/24283638/mar...

submitted 106 days ago • 5 comments

An entire news cycle blaming Latiné people for this loss. Encouraging multiple white folks and other people of color saying “enjoy the camps”. When what is clear is the big shift was Cubans and South Americans - populations centered in Florida.

submitted 105 days ago • 17 comments

Trans friends - here's an overview of what to expect/prepare for legally. This is from a lawyer I know well, who specializes in LGBT family law. I trust him to be 100% accurate and careful in his analysis. www.jernerlaw.com/after-the-el...

submitted 105 days ago • 7 comments

one down, three to go, and tomorrow might be the most tactically intriguing matchup of the quarterfinal round btvc.beehiiv.com/p/nwsl-playo...

submitted 105 days ago • 3 comments