ICE shooting Richard Noticias LA today would be SECOND time they hospitalized him. On June 13, DHS allegedly hit him with car as he live streamed. Video months ago show him handcuffed before going to hospital. www.tiktok.com/@losangelesc... www.tiktok.com/@losangelesc... bsky.app/profile/lore...

ICE totally shot a US Marshal while smashing out a window with their service weapon. And I dunno but I doubt that is SOP for window smashing. Maybe these guys need more than an afternoon of training. www.kktv.com/2025/10/21/u...

Chile "The source with knowledge of the White House’s plans said that the meeting 'appears to be an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign even though it’s obviously not in the schools’ interest to do so.'"

The city of LA and the LAPD are asking the court to lift the injunction that prevents the dept from assaulting and arresting journalists ahead of tomorrow’s No Kings protests due to officer and public safety risks.

Whew! www.latimes.com/california/s...

Deeply relatable!

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

Tomorrow's Ground Delay/Ground Stop Bingo Card has been issued.... (plus any bonus ones not on the ops plan). #aviation

remember when

“Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan was revealed last week to be the driving force behind a Trump administration campaign pressuring nine major U.S. universities. Apollo Global Management, which Rowan co-founded in 1990, own[s] the for-profit University of Phoenix.”

"Admittedly, research grant funding is not the most riveting topic to come before this Court. However, the Court has come to appreciate that, as Defendants readily admit, basic research is an 'essential' service that universities provide to the federal government and so to the American people."

Hard to ignore this living in California

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

Burbank still doesn’t have air traffic controllers so LAX it is. Southwest gate agent is going above and beyond to help everyone.

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14

Happy fall y'all

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Massive blaze erupts at Chevron's refinery in El Segundo

“Hey Siri, this is Shirley”

RIP CBS

There’s something about waiting for a regional flight in the southwest terminal that makes me feel v Californian.

All garlic powder is not the same… invest in the highest quality garlic powder available Spend the extra 3 dollars

FAIR model for #IDC is in jeopardy: OMB may be moving forward with 15% rate with limited additional allowable DCs #RAdminSky www.acenet.edu/Documents/Le...

I think about how they filled in Brookside Plunge rather than integrate it every time I am on the east side of the Rose Bowl

I had a similar thought tonight after noticing the satellite launch streaking across the sky

DAILY MEMO: Feds Abduct At Least 23 Workers Today, Highest in Weeks If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a monthly or yearly member of L.A. TACO so we can continue to bring you this vital information. @eltragon.bsky.social

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Starting a thread for examples of why American fascism couldn’t have happened without car-centric planning and American suburbs.

Go light on the Kissinger, what a cursed phrase

If you’re reading this, go stream Anita Baker “Rapture” on repeat today. Let’s see if we can get it to number one. I think we can do it. 😂

they said:

At a wine tasting in Alsace and somehow of course the only two other people at this winery are also from California.

Research and public service professionals across the University of California voted by 83% on Tuesday to form a new union (RPSP-UAW) that will represent 7,200 workers. @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social | @uawregion6.bsky.social dailybruin.com/2025/09/02/r...

Canadian agenda at work

For the serious policy wonks. The White House released an amended version of OMB Circular A-11. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... I have NOT been through this (it'a ~1000 pages) but I understand it asserts more authority to not spend appropriated funds. This is relevant to the FY 2027 budget.

If you're in LA on 9/30, you can see me in conversation with Alexandra Grant at Occidental College. Free tickets, here: www.eventbrite.com/e/oxy-live-a...

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

Here is a gift link. I know people have feelings about the times but this is free and reading this should make you very very mad and then you should do something:

Sales associates Mr. Kool and Mr.Gang are available to help during working hours.

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Takes More Than 12 From Studio City Car Wash, The Most In A Single Raid @eltragon.bsky.social

"A Homeland Security source said the jump was driven by deportees swept up in Trump’s mass deportation campaign trying to sneak back into the US." It turns out that people object to being torn away from their life partners, their kids, the lives they've built. Who could've foreseen this.

The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.

(canned) salmon patties 4-ever!

have been also learning lately that data centers primarily draw water from public drinking water systems with huge implications for access, infrastructure quality, cost of buildout, and water rates for residential customers who already usually subsidize industrial use, in addition to capex

They hit the MacArthur Park Home Depot a 4th time. That was one of the spots raided the first week of June that led to protests which led to the military occupation of L.A. which still hasn't ended.

When the Trader Joe’s clerk asked us if we had any plans I said no, but pizza and PBS Friday is plans I suppose 🍕 🍕🍕

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

“Turn it down a notch, Starscream”

#RAdminsky is this a trend? My institution is currently going through layoffs, so far I've heard that both med and engineering schools laid off a bunch of Research Administrators, reclassed those positions to a lower grade and told them they could apply to their old jobs at the lower pay grade.