In downtown LA, a defunct movie palace is now a display site for more than a century of film, video and animation courtesy of the Julia Stoschek Foundation. Hannah Tishkoff writes all about it for @kcrw.com's Art Insider: email.kcrw.com/what-wonderf...

Looking forward to seeing this sign in its full neon glory once the Original Pantry reopens its doors (…in April 2026, according to the Downtown News: www.ladowntownnews.com/business/la-...). #signgeeks #neonsign

After a federal judge banned the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from using 40mm foam projectile launchers in crowd-control settings, the LAPD replaced the 40mm with another “less-lethal” launcher: the FN303. The full story: lataco.com/lapd-fn303-j... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

I just pre-ordered the collected trade of all five issues…and you should too!

One of the best to lace up a pair of boots in comics.

BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Permits TPS Terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua to Take Effect. The decision is set to impact approximately 50,000 Hondurans, 7,000 Nepalis, and 3,000 Nicaraguans. www.nationaltpsalliance.org/breaking-nin...

“Whatever euphemistic term people use for these weapons, all of them are known to maim people for life,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @shoton35mm.bsky.social. “They’re only appropriate when the only alternative is lethal force.”

DAILY MEMO: The Mask Ban Against Agents In California Is Paused by The Court, ICE Continues Separating Fathers at Gun Point, and More @eltragon.bsky.social

“I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX

A “Wall of Tears” zip-tied to a fence in Brooklyn lists the names of 18,500 children killed by Israel in Gaza. Artist Phil Buehler hopes the public work will confront people with the scale of the loss.

“They’ve known about this. They’ve known about other threats to health and well-being yet they have chosen to not be proactive and share the information with employees. It seems it’s only when they’re forced to provide information that we find out about it.” New story from @abestreep.bsky.social

Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:

straight from @propublica.org's story www.propublica.org/article/life...

Wed @ 4pm: @uclalibrary.bsky.social's Special Collections is hosting a Curatorial Open House. Themes on display will include 1️⃣ Multiracial civil rights coalitions and 2️⃣ Black LGBT community organizations. More info -> www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events... #Archives #Archivists

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Whoa: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...

“Today’s technologies— high-definition cameras, microphones, digital data harvesting & AI-driven analysis— are being used to create an environment of mass surveillance that ensnares almost all individuals within the US,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @themarshallproject.org.

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows www.propublica.org/article/life...

Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice

I don't really see a lot of reporting reminding everyone about this, but residents of Los Angeles should know that, as part of our broke-ass city budget negotiations, many LA city workers are being forced to take an unpaid holiday today, the first of five such days planned for this year

Mexican Immigrant Whose Skull Was Broken During His Arrest by ICE Speaks Out

I'll be talking with @saje-la.bsky.social's Chris Tyler and @neildemause.bsky.social on February 19 at noon on Zoom to discuss this report and what LA can do next — join us!

EFF is against age verification mandates, including Discord's new policy requiring face scans or IDs for full access to the platform. Here are some things to consider if you're planning to continue using Discord next month. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The “ICE Out of Our Faces Act” would ban ICE and CBP agents, and some local police working with them, from acquiring or using biometric surveillance systems, including face recognition technology, or information derived from such systems. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The more ICE cracks down in L.A., the harder the resistance hits back—straight from L.A.’s underground punk and ska-punk scene, packed with Latino and Black skankers. Get in the pit and pick it up!

I’m thinking about all those amazing journalists at WaPo and other news orgs and also remembering my prediction years ago. I hate that it keeps happening. www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-...

DAILY MEMO: A New CA State Bill is Introduced To Hold Private Detention Centers Accountable, Border Patrol Spends The Week in Meetings, and ICE Continued Targeted Arrests @eltragon.bsky.social

LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations. The full story: lataco.com/lapd-arrests... By Izzy Ramirez

Just a quick message to L.A., take a breather, enjoy the Superbowl cautiously, be ready for whatever Tom Homan is planning with CBPxICE integration.

Reporter @shoton35mm.bsky.social, on assignment for @lataco.bsky.social, was pepper-sprayed by DHSG and pushed by LAPD officers while covering a protest against immigration raids Jan. 30 in LA.

Friday: A video art exhibition will open at the Variety Arts Theater, originally a clubhouse for a popular women's group known as the Friday Morning Club. "Prominent public figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt spoke there before it transitioned into a vaudeville venue." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Muppets in print! My interview with Alex Timbers on the new THE MUPPET SHOW special is in the LA Times today. Read here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

For this week's @kcrw.com Art Insider, @jomc.bsky.social writes about a seven hour video game/performance about donkeys that fuses "rhythm game challenges to retro arcade shooters, suggesting a history of the Luddite movement as told by Donkey Kong." Sold. email.kcrw.com/asses-masses...

¡Brody King had them roaring in Las Vegas!

Photographer Ingrid Hernández has long trained her lens on Tijuana's squatter settlements. Within them, she finds narratives about a place where great wealth collides with great poverty, and Mexico with the U.S. I write all about it for @hyperallergic.com: hyperallergic.com/ingrid-herna...

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

On January 30, the Trump admin bypassed Congress to push billions in weapons to Israel Last July, I wrote about LA politicians who have accepted money from pro-Israel lobby groups Nearly 3 years of the Gaza genocide, & LA politicians ignore the calls for an arms embargo lataco.com/politicians-...

Shot, Harassed & Threatened: U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents

31 years ago today, February 5, 1995: #TheSimpsons episode “Bart's Comet” first aired on Fox.

Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

For #BlackHistoryMonth in 1983, the AC Bilbrew Library hosted "A Living History Salute to Black Women” that honored Rosa Parks, Sarah Vaughan, Vassie Wright, Ruth Washington, Lillian Rogers Parks, Marnesba Tackett and Marian Anderson. #LACountyLibrary: cdm15952.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Are Border Czar, Tom Homan’s, announcements today on ICE and Border Patrol changes a win? Memo breaks it down. @eltragon.bsky.social

Sat & Sun: “Afro-Latinidad Presence in Early California” exhibit at the #PioPico State Historic Park. “This exhibition highlights the descendants who helped shape the state, from founding towns and ranches to influencing political and social life.” www.instagram.com/p/DT_dZtxEsJ... #WhittierCA

ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

“It’s not a good public policy decision and it wasn’t well thought out in my opinion,” said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell during a press conference for the release of 2025 citywide crime data. The full story: lataco.com/lapd-chief-m... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

DAILY MEMO: 'They're Going To Kill Him,' Toddler Says, As Border Patrol Arrests Her Father @eltragon.bsky.social

36-year old woman and unborn baby killed by driver while riding ebike with her family on Pershing Drive in Playa del Rey — exactly where bike lanes were installed, then ripped out in 2017: bikinginla.com/2026/02/02/3... #bikeLA #LosAngeles

The @mayorofchicago.bsky.social has signed an executive order directing local police to investigate misconduct by federal immigration agents. Mayor Brandon Johnson says it is an effort to hold the Trump administration accountable and create "a model for the rest of the country."