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I'm pro air-conditioning, but I do feel like the intensity of the AC debate has got a bit out of hand. London has had an average of six days a year with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius (86F) in the past decade. Chicago has 30+ days at 90F (32C) a year. There's a reason Brits didn't have AC

NEW on LA cold storage fire capitalandmain.com/as-cold-stor... -Homes awash in carcinogenic fumes -People stuck inside with no A/C in heat -Company responsible, Lineage, hired PR crisis firm -Lobbied on rooftop solar safety devices, int’l tax proposals -Cofounders are billionaires w Robin Urevich

Read the damn room, Mr. Met.

I'm actually surprised by her apparent desire to do this: I thought she had the self-awareness to know her superpower is convincing the Epstein class of her brilliance, not conning us plebeians. But I guess I was giving her too much credit.

The media trope of describing every intra-party conflict as a "civil war" drives me nuts. This is what parties do. It's like calling it a "civil war" when you and your wife debate where to go for dinner.

Seeing more events being canceled throughout next week — not just due to potential ongoing air quality/foul stench issues but also out of respect to a community that's really been going through it. Check listings before you go. Can't wait for those fireworks this year 😷

“So, if you like Airplanes and Fireworks and President Trump, be there!”

New: Russian hackers were behind a cyberattack last year that crippled Jaguar Land Rover that cost billions in damages and harmed the British economy, investigators have concluded. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...

three French nuclear reactors had to be shut down because the river they use for cooling got too hot and trains canceled in three other countries due to possible track buckling

Good news on SB 79 mapping: @california-hcd.bsky.social made @scagnews.bsky.social add proposed @metrolosangeles.bsky.social lines with selected routes (Sepulveda, K Line North, and Eastside), as the law requires! Bad news: some commuter rail stations still excluded, though a few corrected

There's something deliciously ironic about Ford--the assembly line innovator--having to hire back veteran engineers to fix quality problems induced by AI. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"As part of that testing, the train must run 30 consecutive days without a problem before it can accept passengers. This requirement has yet to be met" "The first phase of testing was supposed to start the week of April 20, approximately 60 days ago" www.latimes.com/california/s...

the electoral uprising against candidates who support data centers is truly one of the most interesting things happening in american politics, at least to me, a former tech reporter www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u...

Excited to have a brand new example to cite for the section in my Intro to Journalism class where I cover what counts as libel.

This story doesn't get to the "why" Volvo got OK but Polestar didn't, but it's a huge puzzle in front of Geely and another puzzle brought to you by this administration And, remember, Polestar isn't dead. But one federal decision basically killed it IN THE U.S. www.thedrive.com/news/feds-ki...

thank you brave political leaders for protecting us from the scourge of *checks notes* Chinese cars that have been on sale in the US for years now www.reuters.com/business/aut...

"The plant, once topped by a Sparkletts sign, closed a year ago, however, and the bid to make it a monument appeared about eight months later" www.theeastsiderla.com/lifestyle/hi...

The Union Station fan zone and other nearby festivals will open all these streets to pedestrians for the next few days. Parking will also be $65 at the station, go Metro! And yes, that means we'll be hosting a fan zone *and* running SoFi shuttles from Union Station today because WE CAN DO IT ALL

Sam Alito: It is the worst kind of discrimination to create majority-minority congressional districts and so we are going to kill the Voting Rights Act. Also Sam Alito: There is nothing we can do if the president cancels legal status because he thinks the United States is a white country.

"As of 2024, 29.7% of new car sales in the City of Santa Barbara were hybrid or battery EVs" Clever stat from a city official given there were five new car dealerships in the city in 2024 and one was Tesla www.newspress.com/2026/06/23/t...

Slate Auto Wants Its $25,000 Pickup Truck to Be the Back-to-Basics EV

You can have the Slate Truck in any color you want as long as it’s a color gizmodo.com/slate-auto-w...

Slate CEO already reporting 10,000 preorders in first two hours

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

BREAKING: Trump just said he's not signing the bipartisan housing bill — to address the housing affordability crisis — until the SAVE America Act is passed. The SAVE Act, designed to help rig elections, does not have the votes to pass.

Textbook case of a story that's actually informative, like, I bet most of you don't know what an emergency declaration actually does. But because the fire's already politicized, that's at the top and the important information goes so low you won't get there www.latimes.com/california/s...

I'll have more on the Slate Truck EV today but here are the basics: $25,000 to start, 205 miles of range, everything you need, nothing you don't (sorry, Nissan). Lots of hand-raisers for it but the question on a lot of minds, mine included, is who it's for in the long run gizmodo.com/slate-auto-w...

Fun news before it gets buried by everyone (and me) by Slate Truck stuff today: Honda's realized the pool of nice-ish Elements is only getting smaller so they have to make a new one. Instead of being CR-V based, though, it'll probably be... CR-V Hybrid-based www.autonews.com/honda/an-hon...

This @lamaterial.com story is for anyone wondering wtf happened to election endorsements at the L.A. Times. lamaterial.com/p/la-times-e...

Don't think this is the win for Nithya Raman's campaign her supporters think it is because 1) she upheld the firing 2) it robs her of time to talk about the city moving forward (her biggest strength) and 3) the runoff could devolve into a knife fight quickly www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trying to keep count of Dem incumbents who appear to be going down to challengers from their left tonight. I have: —2 congressmembers (both NY) —3 state senators (1 in NY, 2 in MD) —4 state house members (3 in NY, 1 in MD) May be missing some, will update.

What's interesting to the readers isn't always the same to the newsroom and that can be explained in way less than 1200 words It's like me trying to tell an editor once, "No, it's not just a vehicle fire story, it's Dick Van Dyke being saved from a vehicle fire and it's worth a brief"

Predictable but still depressing. Possibly the last non-chain, non-wine bar, non-bar bar left downtown on State Street — and that has nothing to do with the street being closed to cars www.newspress.com/2026/06/23/d...

"We need a person like Carlos Ghosn. He had bad aspects, but he had good aspects as well" A Carlos Ghosn "type." Good lord www.theautopian.com/nissans-shar...

"But the hard plazas themselves are barren; lacking enough shade, art, greenery and invitation. Benches, where they exist, are tiny and defensive" Maybe because the trees are about 17 minutes old. I get why this is in the Arts section but it seems a tad trivial www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

giant baby brendan carr is very upset that ABC is starting to form something vaguely resembling a backbone

American's first Airbus narrowbody retrofitted with an entirely new cabin is out of the shop. It brings the 787-9P color palate to the domestic fleet and looks good. Also bumps up the number of premium seats, up to 12 on A319 and 16 on A320. No, American did not bring back seatback screens. #PaxEx

KBJ's dissent: "The court reduces some of Congress’s greatest legislative achievements—federal laws that secure civil rights, environmental stability, healthcare, and more—to nothing more than the wheelings-and-dealings of an especially wealthy private party." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

"'The wake of a data breach would be a good time for Madison Square Garden to stop subjecting its patrons to biometric surveillance'"

Renderings are easy. Functional, profitable auto factories are EXTREMELY hard. Don't buy a car or truck on a rendering.

"The commonly-cited AQI measures five major air pollutants, including particulate matter. But AQI readings can only tell us how much particulate matter is in the air, not what toxic metals or other substances might be in that particulate matter." lamaterial.com/p/how-a-scie...

it's because the major questions doctrine is a crock of shit

FLAG: Trump says he's preparing a lawsuit against ABC for "false reporting" about the reflecting pool. There's no evidence of false reporting.

His insistence that the pool was rarely open moves this from “peculiar Presidential hyperfixation (non-Nixon category)” to Caligula Moment

Some real zeitgeisty references from Trump here

NEW: Insane screwup inside Meta. The company exposed worker keystroke data that was being used to train AI — making it potentially accessible to anyone at the company. The data included personnel and performance info, private convos, full transcriptions…imagine your coworkers seeing all of that.

They arrested a mariachi band, bear sprayed an observer, and ditched an injured citizen at a hospital in the next town. “The ICE agents allegedly then performed donuts with their vehicles under the freeway overpass for about 15 minutes.”

"While the city maintains the streets, tenants are responsible for rent and building maintenance costs. Robertson said she had to wait for the city to approve the electrical renovation plans, causing a delay in the restaurant's reopening" www.latimes.com/food/story/2...