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Workplace anthropologist in tech, sociolinguist, editor; nature, art, and people lover. Intel Principal Engineer, retired. Former editor Information Technology & People. Currently academic copy editor.
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one big reason beltway journalists shouldn’t buy white house spin about los angeles is that the actual public opinion info we have doesn’t suggest the president has a winning hand here

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“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.” - Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP “Good Vibrations” (1966)

submitted 9 hours ago • 66 comments

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

submitted 1 day ago • 873 comments

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work. You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules. Get your lies straight.

submitted 1 day ago • 725 comments

I suspect in the days ahead we will hear a large number of people saying publicly what no one has been saying publicly. I suspect everyone reading this knows what I am referring to. A POTUS who falsely accuses Democratic leaders of paying for a military invasion of the United States is a madman.

submitted 1 day ago • 351 comments

Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage. Just do it.

submitted 23 hours ago • 495 comments

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submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

When private equity owns your doctor, you pay MORE for WORSE care. Their priority is profit. Governor Kotek just signed into law the strongest protections against corporate profiteering in health care. Congress should follow and get private equity out of health care nationwide.

submitted 1 day ago • 107 comments

SHARE this as a reminder to EVERY member of our military: “We don't take an oath to a King. We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator” “We take an oath to the Constitution." #FreedomToDissent

submitted 1 day ago • 220 comments

Cartoon by @adamzyglis.bsky.social. Tear gaslighting…

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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

submitted 2 days ago • 91 comments

Bill Gates to donate most of his $200 billion fortune to Africa. Read: bngstory.com/bill-gates-t...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.

submitted 2 days ago • 1000 comments

Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.

submitted 2 days ago • 122 comments

<Thread> I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces. Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into. (It will also escalate from here.) Preview⤵️

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.

submitted 2 days ago • 763 comments

At no point in this entire article of 16 paragraphs does ABC mention that another cop killed this cop by shooting her in the back. Nor does it mention the name of the cop who killed this cop. Nor does it mention that the civilians involved never fired at them. ABC might as well be state media.

submitted 2 days ago • 243 comments

SWAT shoot at a woman for filming them.

submitted 3 days ago • 706 comments