For satire to work, it must either be so outrageous as to make us take pause or it must be rooted in truth. I believe this is satire rooted in truth.

Pasadena and Altadena residents, especially near the Eaton Fire burn scar: a stronger storm is expected this afternoon and evening. A Flood Watch is in effect from 6 PM tonight through 6 AM Wednesday. Heavier rain, gusty winds, and possible thunderstorms are expected.

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

5’th Amendment: “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process.” It doesn’t say anything about citizenship status, party affiliation, religion or race. Just “person.”

"The measure also establishes that “willfully” disseminating or helping a minor access material deemed “harmful” without their parental consent would be a crime... possibility of imprisonment of up to a year, and a fine between $500 and $2,500." I. TOLD. YOU. littlevillagemag.com/iowa-house-b...

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

I think I'm the only person who monitors the Spotify charts closely enough to notice a potentially huge single rising up the charts, it's almost in the top 50 and I'm curious to see how far it can go. Can find nothing about the artist, White Noise Radiance, I don't get how there's so little coverage

RIP Robert Duvall

Someday someone’s gonna try to remake Big Trouble in Little China and it’s gonna be the worst thing you’ve ever seen.

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

Brawndo’s got what plants crave.

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

In a key procedural vote, three GOP lawmakers—Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley and Don Bacon—joined Democrats to defeat Mike Johnson’s bid to block future votes on Trump’s tariffs. That gives Democrats the opportunity to force a vote on a resolution disapproving of Trump’s 25% duties on Canadian goods.

It's so weird that I can't stop thinking about the 1987 movie "Matewan" with James Earl Jones and David Strathairn about working-class people standing up against private corporations who employ death squads to rob them of their rights and dignity. It's a mystery. Why this movie? Why now? I dunno

Name them shame them

Unsubscribe from Amazon. Plus, my thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s monopoly. www.resistandunsubscribe.com

I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together. www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...

If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

Last night we streamed “The Name of the Rose” (which @maeviuslynn.bsky.social had not seen before) only to discover that Amazon’s version censors about 4 minues from the film, including a brief but significant scene. Wishing I had popped in the BluRay instead.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

This morning's moon

Words from Ursula K. Le Guin urging everyone to shine their light against the darkness.

BREAKING: Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.

#TheLostCoast #Redwoods #LandscapePhotography #ForestPhotography #Forest #Photography #Forest #TheWildImages #WestCoastKin #WestCoastPhotographers.

Man…I’m just really freakin happy for Sam Darnold. We were in Arizona for his loss to the Rams last year—to go from that to this, and from castoff to the Super Bowl. What an incredible journey. What a game. What a moment for him.

ME: Bluetooth, this says my mouse is connected to iPad (new (new)). What device is that? Is that the blue iPad? BLUETOOTH: You tell me. I don’t know. ME: Why would a mouse even connect to an iPad? BLUETOOTH: You’re the one who fat fingered it.

The “different type of warrant”:

Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law

“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”

Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Good morning from one of the barn cats

“Miss, do you agree with the sign?” “Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥 #ForcedBirthNation

5 perfect movies (in no particular order): - Three Colors - Red - Groundhog Day - Me and You and Everyone We Know - Lawrence of Arabia - Departures

tv.apple.com/ca/movie/the... Heck of a movie. For no reason at all.

It's a Wonderful Life premiered on Dec. 20, 1946. Steven Spielberg said of the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and that’s a very powerful message."

Literature humor

Mellow Dream by Ryo Fukui www.shazam.com/track/318867...

Far Side

More of this energy in the news cycle thx

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ― James Baldwin Pic of the day #photography

The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.

An Irving Penn portrait, from 1947, of the hulking Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his chic wife, Dagmar, seems made for the coldest days of winter: www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

Before there was Union Station, there was La Grande Station, LA's main railway hub from 1893 to 1939. Located at 2nd and Santa Fe on the LA River, it was smaller but equally ornate, with a mashup of Spanish Colonial, Art Deco, Moorish and Mission Revival styles.