Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

still can't afford groceries. still no universal healthcare.

"Can the US 'run" Venezuela?" laughing & crying in Puerto Rican

Happy for New York and hopeful that others look at Mamdani's playbook and step up.

Gestapo www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 8: For everyone who knows that PROJECT RUNWAY is a predatory capitalist horror show TINY THREADS, Lilliam Rivera's (@lilliamr.bsky.social) glitzy, haute couture novel wrapped in gorgeous, slow-burn Gothic terror. Samara's getting everything she's dreamed--but at what cost?

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

The movies I've watched this week: The Warriors The Lobster Cabaret The Witch Heretic Queer Paris is Burning Wizard of Oz

thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it

yes

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.

People on 60 Minutes have pretty consistently been brave and willing to give a damn to the point of losing their job rather than sell out their soul and this email is sadly probably going to be a part of that

“I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight … Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct.” - “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Currently reading: I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman

This really came out of my mouth right now: I can’t believe I’m really writing another fucking book. I’m so dumb.

this LA wind

The Grove at Christmas

Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."

the way going to the grocery store is like a quest to not cry at how empty your cart is while what your final bill is still ridiculously high.

this bs

cuz maybe i'll re instate my subscription. maybe. lol

not that its any of my business but did that girl get fired from VF?

"This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”

“It’s been over 175 days,” the message continued, “and Home Depot has said nothing. Please boycott Home Depot and tell them to stop being complicit in these ICE raids.” sanfernandosun.com/2025/12/03/b...

100+ book recs for the holidays (or your TBR pile) from bookstores across Southern California *gift link*

"Every year since 1999, the program has sought to 'highlight how what is taking place in our macro-culture at a moment in time is expressed through the language of color.'" hear me out, though-- they actually did this exactly just not in the way they thought www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/s...

lol thehardtimes.net/music/new-sp...

went to pick up meds and they tried to hand me eyedrops that are no longer covered. The price: $2,200 no, i will not be getting those

I hate these Waymos. Driving behind one the other day and at every stop it signaled to make a turn but never did. Fuck those cars

Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...

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Spotify is running ads to recruit for the regime’s secret police. Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky

Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water. What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains. And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.

obsessed with the Bronx Punk rap group Planta Industrial plantaindustrial.store

I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated

currently reading: I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness, Irene Sola

anxiety dream last night that I was failing my classes. I couldn't tell if I was in high school or college, either way, I was messing up big time.

“Whether the corporation wants to admit it or not, Home Depot has become ground zero for this cruel, vicious immigration enforcement that’s taking place in our country,” said Pablo Alvarado, @ndlon.bsky.social’s co-executive director.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

“Since June, the parking lots of businesses like Home Depot across Los Angeles have become places where federal agents are targeting immigration sweeps. In response, Angelenos have taken it upon themselves to ‘adopt’ these lots to keep tabs on enforcement actions.” laist.com/brief/news/h...

It’is a new moon this week so maybe that’s why

Jesus Christ. Today is a lot

Scam nation

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

Props to Rep. Nydia Velazquez. This is exactly the right approach from a longtime member of Congress in their 70s. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...

Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight. * data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social