I made a DRAFT field guide to help journalists (or anyone) navigate police + protests in Los Angeles. ~80% done. Slides all illustrated w/photos: 👮 Agencies & Uniforms 🔫 Firearms & Devices 🎯 Munitions 🦺 PPE 🏥 Injuries Sharing this as rough draft b/c feedback VERY welcome! (Note: Google Slides.)

In part of my dream, I found myself stuck at a stoplight behind a horse. The light turned green. When the horse didn’t move, I lightly honked. The horse was actually an ostrich, that proceeded to angrily slam its beak into my windshield.

Has anyone found a better professional greeting/departure gesture than a handshake? I dislike them and hugs are probably unprofessional. I tried to get zen bows going during the height of the pandemic but it never caught on. I just don’t love handshakes, we’re in 2025 and they feel so colonial.

A disco ball, also known as, a happy moon.

"This is an unimaginable nightmare and injustice that no family should ever have to face. We demand the U.S. State Department lead an immediate investigation and hold the Israeli settlers who killed Saif accountable for their crimes," the family statement said. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

In April, white oganizers with 50501 Los Angeles harassed Erik, a well-known and respected Black activist, calling the police on him because he would not move his Black Panthers merch table out of a public area away from their protest. After an uproar, 50501 LA organizers issued an apology.

I’m intrigued by this solution and have to admit I’m uneducated about it. Looking forward to researching Seoul’s governance structure.

🚨🚨🚨ICE IN ECHO PARK LOS ANGELES TODAY. THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE THEY MAY DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, PLEASE BE SAFE (WELP, NO FARMERS MARKET THIS WEEK FOR ANNALEIGH, SIGH)🚨🚨🚨

You are not supporting any movement by abandoning those who have stood by you, and held you up, through everything. We will only continue to repeat history if we only see in black and white.

Gonna toss this out here again. City of LA with maps of other cities / areas overlaid on top for scale.

I’m not a Dr. but if you require a honorific in a form submission and Dr. is the only gender neutral option, you have left me no choice but to assume one.

Anyone who tells you you're overreacting is underreacting.

In the thread “a lot of things worth doing donmt make money” - i don’t want everything I do to need to make money. Money is just a replacement token for survival. We can survive. Let’s enjoy it. I don’t need to make money off enjoyment. The best things truly are free or illogical.

Jane Fonda in SAG Awards speech: "Woke just means you give a damn about other people" cnn.it/3XdUSvy

“Have you ever watched a documentary of one of the great social movements, … , and asked yourself, would you have been brave enough to walk the bridge? Would you have been able to take the hoses and the batons and the dogs? We don’t have to wonder anymore, because we are in our documentary moment.

I mean fuck, I like folks, I like enbies, I like men, I like women.

Is my new Subaru’s name Sylvia? Sylvia the new Subaru?

I do some of my best thinking when there’s deafening music ringing in my ears.

This is happening fast. They’re hardly trying to even be sneaky about it. Scary shit. And I’m afraid I won’t be prepared in time.

If they were a part of the cast, why is NY Times categorizing them as a protestor? This feels like an unnecessary categorization to fuel negativity. (Fwiw I don’t consider protestor as a negative, but in this time there are def those that do)

To make the boycott easier, here's a Boycott Bingo Card!

When cities clear homeless encampments, workers often take people’s belongings — including important documents, survival gear and irreplaceable mementos. Over and over, people across the U.S. told ProPublica they were devastated by such losses: https://propub.li/3WScD3g

The quick quieting of the CFPB by some of the very people they’d be protecting the consumers from needs to be noticed. Everything is scary, all the closures and all the quick takeovers. None of it should be happening, but pay attention. I don’t know what to do but will keep my ears open.

@tylersuzukinelson.bsky.social I stumbled across your Japan Adventure 2024 Obsidian Publish website on the Obsidian Discord. Such a fun way to document travel!!! As a fellow life-long learner, excited to follow you on here!

I need to add this to my to read lost. I’ve been feeling that quote as of late!

🚨 PSA: If you are an Israeli army soldier or officer and have firsthand knowledge of unreported war crimes or other atrocities committed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, Lebanon, or Syria, find a news outlet that uses SecureDrop and send it an anonymous, encrypted tip.

Head’s up.

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

My family in LA has evacuated due to the fires, and the lack of empathy is maddening. These aren’t just “rich people” being affected. My aunt and uncle bought their home back when it was actually affordable. They’re not wealthy by any means and won’t be able to rebuild easily if they lose it.

While the LA Times staff has been giving their lifeblood to keep the public informed. They deserve our thanks. This owner guy does not. Mayor Bass continues to be an excellent leader who is not the cause of the infernos facing Los Angeles but is instead guiding and cooperating with every agency.

If you're in Los Angeles, please get and use the Watch Duty app to track the fires. I cannot recommend it enough. On Bluesky, follow alerts here: @watchduty-bot.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

This is something I think we should all always keep top of mind. When it’s all gone, all we are is human. Be kind to each other no matter where, when, or how you find yourself.

Thanks to everyone replying. Going to make a shareable doc in the AM when more info is in. Hope to have some food providers and other services on the list as well. Stay safe.

I also appreciate that A24 is bringing the awkwardness back to sex in movies. That trailer is cringe but in a GOOD WAY. B/c sex, GOOD SEX, is supposed to be cringe. That’s authentic. It’s supposed to be playful. Learned. Women cant even orgasm consistently b/c they’re terrified of being themselves

Visiting family for the holidays and went with mom to Costco. I forgot what a bastion to capitalism & over-consumption it is. It worried me on if we can ever reverse the damage we’re doing to the planet & each other. Just a thought for now to ponder. Let me know your thoughts. Happy to be wrong.

its a shame we live in a world with a strict gender binary but thats what it is for now. dismantling takes time and i doubt it will be in my lifetime

Such truth! And good morning! hope today’s speed id whatever you need it to be 🌻

If you need a pinvall spot on DC! #pinballsky

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An attempt at an official Bluesky homepage for pinball! if someone has already done this, please let me know! if not, and you have suggestions for how to improve the feed, I'm all ears and happy to make tweaks and improvements! happy flipping! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Revenge Of in Glassell Park, LA, California, US Found this spot on their 2nd anniversary party, it transformed me from a casual player (play a game or two if around) into a certified pinhead - I’ll spend hours playing; also revenge of was my first league. Excited for season 9 in the new year!

#pinballsky what’s your local favorite pinball spot?

Pinball map rules and is always consulted when traveling. Not only does it help me find practice while I’m out & about but it also helps me explore off-the-beaten path locales as pinheads are fun folks and almost always pick the best neighborhoods to set up shop! #traveltips #pinball #nerdnotes

@gas-patient.bsky.social morning AJ! I’m also sober, alcohol-free to be exact. I wonder if there’s a community on here of sober folks. Is there a #sobersky? I’m a perpetual gardening hopeful and *hoping* again this spring is when I finally find my groove. So please share gardening content!

No, I don't think violently killing CEOs is the answer. I do think it's outrageous & disgusting that 70,000 Americans die preventable deaths annually because health insurance mega corps prioritize profits over healthcare & we don't acknowledge that as violent. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Who would have thought that coordinating debt payoff with the bank (who I originally owed the money to) would be more difficult than the credit collection agencies?? I always heard horror stories about debt collectors but the one I interacted with was beyond pleasant while the bank is a nightmare.