Someone on Reddit asked what the point of using Mastodon. Of getting no responses. Of going through the hassle of using hashtags. I replied: For the community. I was on Mastodon for years, and nothing happened. Virtually no responses. Then I listened to advice and started using hashtags - […]

Looks like that story about the commander telling US troops around Iran that they were there to start Armageddon might need to be read with a grain or two of salt. https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you-share-that-story-about?triedRedirect=true

It's official! This Sunday will be the last "leap forward" in BC! As of next November, the Vancouver time zone in British Columbia, Canada will be referred to as "Pacific Time" and will be -7GMT permanently. (same as Yukon Territory which did this 2 years ago) The presser was pretty cute […]

“FUCK ICE” is Peyote-stitched in 30,000 beads on LA utility poles by Native artist Kimberly Dawn Robertson’s “bead bombs” fasten Native feminist resistance to service poles, reflecting the city back to itself […] [Original post on mstdn.io]

The discovery of aspartame reads like a bowdlerized version of the biography of Albert Hofmann. (H/T @todayilearned) _________________________________ TIL Aspartame was discovered by accident in 1965 by James M. Schlatter while researching anti-ulcer drugs. Schlatter was synthesizing the […]

@jepyang I also refrain from multiplying unnecessary entities in my asshole.

I am at the Lunar New Year's Parade in Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Chinatown is not the same as San Francisco's Chinatown. Or the San Gabriel Valley. It was an earlier wave of immigrants; they speak Cantonese instead of Mandarin; and they turned out less wealthy. They turn to the community […]

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass finally calls for Epstein buddy Casey Wasserman to resign from LA28 Olympics committee. #losangeles #KarenBass #caseywasserman #epstein #epsteinfiles https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47954134/2028-la-olympics-chairman-urged-resign-epstein-ties

It's a commonplace in abolitionist circles that modern policing in the US began with slave patrols. This is true, and the details are fascinating and horrifying. Sally Hadden's book Slave Patrols is the only monograph on the subject that I'm aware of. Slave […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

This Steve Earle song seems relevant these days... I used to listen to the radio I don't guess they're listening to me no more Well, they talk too much, but that's okay I don't understand a single word they say Piss and moan about the immigrants Don't say nothing about the President A democracy […]

Dropbox link for the #catsanddogsvortex est arrivé! https://tb.kaljaa.fi/box/019c6b3c-5cec-0328-4f53-35814840ba26/ #listeningclub

Right then, big thanks to @saucer for the genre-stretching selection, and for flipping the frisb to @JimMcCauley who has an extra week to ponder because... ...yep, we're due for a #vortex already, and this time, mainly thanks to the predominantly soggy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

[Police in Los Angeles] I had some excitement today. https://youtu.be/e8SUyY9TgN4?si=2CFs324c8e3H1FAe

Obligatory stop while in LA. #houseofpies #la

Melrose Flea Market #la #creepy

I'm fascinated by doubled words in ordinary¹ English sentences, such as: …the company I worked for for ten years… …I noticed that that man is tall… …they had had their dinner… …I do do that… The words aren't technically duplicated since they have different functions, but it's still cool. I […]

Not all heroes wear capes

An eye-popping Instagram post on the LA tenant union account: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOKTF7wj-Ll/?igsh=MXUzcnhxaGxyeHJtYQ== These Sept and Dec 2025 reports from the Rent Brigade offer the longer version of the story for folks who aren't on Insta and/or want to read the full report […]

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

Thanks to @HeavenlyPossum I was turned on two these two #anarchist #economics academics. https://capitalaspower.com/2023/01/bichler-nitzan-the-business-of-strategic-sabotage-2/ In this article, they argue that although we think of businesses as being "in an industry" like "Trek is in the […]

If you think #capitalism has some benefits then either (a) you don't understand capitalism, (b) you're a monster, or (c) you think getting robbed at gunpoint has some benefits if the robbers don't kill you and maybe leave you a couple bucks to take the bus home when they're done with you.

1991 really was the good old days... From Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard.

In Southern California the phrase "coffee shop" used to mean "diner", but now it means a place that you can lounge around in with espresso drinks. See e.g. the pictured sign: Jack's started up in 1933. Does anyone have any idea when this changed? I feel like […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

🔥 EVA VICTOR: “Fuck ICE. I hate ICE. ICE is evil, racist, and violent, and I don’t think it should exist… shut the fuck up, Ricky Gervais and Kevin O’Leary— I’m here for one night and I can say what i want.” (From @variety.com )

Ray Ware was getting his children ready for school in the early hours of Jan. 21 when federal immigration agents raided a nearby building. An agent soon after fired rounds outside his Willowbrook apartment. Neighboring schools went into lock down. Dozens of federal agents, some carrying assault […]

Who is the mathematician who communicated with Jeffrey Epstein about the polymath project in 2009? https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00769858.pdf #math #maths #polymath #mathematics

Samuel R. Delany is one of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association's Grand Masters, a member of the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and a member of the American Academy of Art and Science. If you've never read _Babel-17_, his first Nebula award winner), borrow it from your […]

Masto Re-Introduction I'm a Linux Administrator and DevOps Engineer, foss & self-host enthusiast, linux gamer, BSD weirdo, and producer of electronic music. Also have an interest learning more about philosophy, left-wing anarchism/syndicalism/mutualism and decentralized systems (outside of […]

Someone objected to ‘dudes’, apparently it’s sexist so I’ll just leave this here. In California, everything and everyone is a dude

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

RE: https://mas.to/@brian_gettler/116003674157499024 If you like American folk music at all this documentary about Charlie Parr is excellent. There's no one like him.

For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing. *A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅

A FORGOTTEN EPISODE in French-occupied Naples in the years around 1800—just after the French Revolution—illustrates why it makes sense to see mathematics and politics as entangled. The protagonists of this story were gravely concerned about how mainstream mathematical methods were transforming […]

FilmthepoliceLA streaming live from downtown Los Angeles. https://www.youtube.com/live/7jRjc6wpdQI?si=bNZcqvGN_RML0IL_ #losangeles #fuckice #protests

#FollowFriday @rancholibertad#followfriday Thoughtful, detailed posts on place-sensitive food production, ecological stewardship, etc from an anticolonial and indigenous point of view. Their website is excellent too. https://rancholibertad.com/

Downtown Los Angeles today -- the biggest protest I've seen recently. People seemed more defiant than usual too. Lots of folks on the roofs of park buildings, climbing up traffic light poles, etc. I don't know when I started getting weepy at protests but […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

Greater Los Angeles protests today, January 30: • Los Angeles City Hall at 1 p.m. •ICE Detention Center in downtown at 3 p.m. • Temple Grounds in Echo Park at 7 p.m. • Amazon Water Garden in Santa Monica at 10 a.m. • The Culver Steps in Culver City at 3:30 p.m. • First Unitarian Church in […]

A former #illinois #sheriff’s deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally #shooting #sonyamassey who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. #law #murder #police #useofforce #policebrutality […]

Livingston Montana Friday noon Park and 5th #livingstonmt #mtpol #montana #iceout

Sitting on my porch here in Los Angeles watching the sunset when a guy rides by on a bike blasting that Bruce Springsteen song about Minneapolis. ♥️🖤 #losangeles #minneapolis #brucespringsteen #fuckice #bicycles

ICE OUT! National day of action No business as usual Friday January 30 1 PM Los Angeles City Hall #fuckice #ice #losangeles #california #acab

ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.

LA says ICE out of Minnesota. Solidarity action. A day of truth and freedom. January 23. 12PM noon. Placita Olvera. #losangeles #ice #fuckice #acab #minneapolis

Join us for a candlelight vigil in remembrance and resistance as we honor all those who have been murdered while in ICE custody. We invite the LA community to stand together and hold space for protection, healing, and unity. Protest to follow. 535 Alameda […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

Join us Thursday January 8 at 5 PM. At Mariachi Plaza. 1831 E 1st Street. Los Angeles, CA 90033 as we hold a vigil demanding justice for Renee Nicole Good. #fuckice #ice #iceout #losangeles #acab #minneapolis #reneenicolegood

Emergency vigil and rally in solidarity with Minneapolis. ICE murdered a community observer. From LA to Minneapolis ICE out of everywhere. Thursday January 8 5 PM. Mariachi Plaza. 1831 E. 1st St Los Angeles. #losangeles #ice #minneapolis #fuckice #acab

I’m getting reports that hundreds of people are at the vigil outside the ICE Field Office in central #phoenix. If you can get there, get there. #fuckice #americangestapo #rhrr

From Minneapolis to Los Angeles stop ICE terror. Wednesday 1/7 6 PM. Placita Olvera, Los Angeles. #ice #iceout #fuckice #losangeles #acab #reneenicolegood

Today January 7 ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis. Take to the streets -- Los Angeles. Downtown LA Action. 4 PM. Overpass between Arcadia and Aliso. 400 N Spring Street. #fuckice #iceout #ice #losangeles #minneapolis #acab #reneenicolegood