"Hector" works close to year-round in the strawberries in Ventura County planting and harvesting the crop. "I earn $2.30 per tray. I've been doing this work for 14 years. Strawberries look and smell like a beautiful crop but it is a very tiring crop to harvest." #WeFeedYou

Oh, come on — it’s empowering to be exploited!

Gift link: “It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution.” Key Justices Appear Skeptical of Limiting Birthright Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u...

A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order cutting funds for NPR and PBS, ruling "It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch." READ: loom.ly/lWDBASI

1/4 As often happens nowadays when someone enquires about my job, I was asked whether I teach the history of the British empire in a 'woke' way, focusing only on the 'bad stuff'. As also often happens, I replied in a non-committal way that I teach it holistically, leaving nothing out.

Here is the image, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, that stirred the White House's ire

Angelenos 👇👇👇

Stage 4

I hope that Ms. Streisand knows! @barbrastreisand.bsky.social

We're reminding President Trump what it means to be born in the U.S.A. We're honored that the one and only Bruce Springsteen trusted us with use of his iconic anthem ahead of our landmark Supreme Court case, where we’re challenging President Trump’s attempt to overturn birthright citizenship.

from 1868 to 2025 there was little dispute about what the birthright clause meant and the idea that the past year has been some great scholarly debate is absurd. a handful of partisans and hacks have churned out junk so that the president can get what he wants. that’s it.

Breaking: The Pentagon is weighing sending an additional 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East.

Angelenos - red alert: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNQGQV...

Highly recommended especially for its fantastic New York locations, including St. Mark’s Place circa late 1959/early 1960. The NYT ran an item on the production: www.nytimes.com/1960/10/02/a...

I bet I know the answer!

I am calling on Linda McMahon to state publicly that not one additional dollar will be billed to student loan borrowers as a result of this move, and all existing discharge obligations will be honored in full. The AFT will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that. www.aft.org/press-releas...

NEW: Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski, a top adviser to Kristi Noem.

bathrooms.lacontroller.app is a map of public bathrooms in the City of LA. The heat wave is going to reach extreme temps through Friday 3/20. Next week will only cool down a bit (highs will still be in the 80s until the end of the month) Stay cool: Bookmark our map and -

BREAKING Joe Kent, who just resigned as Director of the National Counterterrorism center, is under federal investigation for improperly sharing classified information. Semafor reports that the investigation predates his departure. Full Story: bit.ly/4cWcYeh

A Belgian court orders a 93-year-old former diplomat to stand trial over Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination, in a rare case tied to Belgium's colonial past.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. (Published July 2025)

I interviewed Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan in 2013 and Ryan spent several minutes just praising Michael. So happy for them today.

fuck this noise

We're implementing the largest expansion of Sammy’s Law in city history: lowering speed limits to 15 MPH at all eligible school locations by the end of our first term. And we’re not waiting to start. In 2026, we’re reducing 800 locations to 15 MPH, for a total of nearly 1,300 School Slow Zones.

YES!! A great actor so wrongly undervalued for far too long.

yes but

I know but still

why are these two giving the director award?

“what is this thing” indeed LOL

Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.

sigh

MADE!

YES!!!!!

A reminder that the Academy shamelessly and wrongly fired a lot of its archivists variety.com/2024/film/ne...

fingers crossed (twice)

nepo baby Oscars is as awkward as that sounds

One of the very best parts of the Academy is the Margaret Herrick Library, which is a truly wonderful resource. Long may its doors be open to film scholars across the world. www.oscars.org/library

Bruck!

lol!

❤️❤️❤️🎼🎵🎶

fuck no, fuck yes, FUCK NO, bleech, YES YES YES

Hi honey!

that Lilly commercial!

I’m at a friend’s and she just said it’s almost over right? LOL

UGH!

It seemed to get really bad around the memorials.