The nineties were better in the sense of several extremely bad things not having happened yet

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

Listening in to the live Artemis II feed. I love the way they talk about everything (jargon, acronyms, plaing English) . Like a bit ago, an astronaut was talking emotionally about how beautiful the views were of the approaching moon, and Houston's CapCom person responded plainly “Copy. Moon joy.”

obviously there are bigger problems with Trump than his inability to express a complex thought (including but not limited to his inability to hold one) but it is notable how much his dominance of the political sphere has degraded our discourse and reduced so much of the press to tepid euphemism

the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system

In 217 days people from all over the globe are going to congregate in LA to watch extremely intense sporting matches in public. What's the strategy to welcome these fans if we're tear-gassing anyone who dares to drink a Modelo on the sidewalk?

The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry

Very cool moment trick or treating tonight and hearing the streets of Echo Park erupt as Dodgers win

What is up with the kid doing six-seven behind Betts

They only live to get radical. They don't have any real understanding of the sea, so they'll never get the spiritual side of it.

Surprising to discover that the hardest part about trying to be brave is that sometimes it feels virtually indistinguishable from being stupid.

Thought I would swing by the Bombay Yacht Club while in Mumbai like I’m the Protagonist in Tenet but of course it’s members only and I can’t get in so ended up settling for the Starbucks across the street

This entire post is insightful but especially loved this line: “I think this vulgar positivism itself is the problem, the way it has made people talk about their “priors” instead of their beliefs.” www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-vu...

Saw a poster in Elysian Park offering a $2000 reward for a missing ferret and now I’ve got my eyes peeled, staring down every squirrel and small rodent I encounter

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand: $678M raised through those spam tactics $282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies. $11M to actual campaigns (1.6%) The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

Usually not a fan of the dog days of summer in Echo Park but it has its moments

Miami is wild, not a huge city but you can get ceviche at 1am and there are iguanas wandering around on the sidewalk, maybe I should move here

About to try the new Pollo Campero in Echo Park, ama

Literally looks like he’s playing basketball, how is that not a penalty?!

Currently googling “Zohran Mamdani but for Karen Bass”

It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.

It's one of those things like "the velvet underground only sold 6,000 records but everyone who bought it started their own band" but for everyone who answered "yes" to this being given a national newspaper column

Haliburton injury is tragic and I am not particularly attached to either team but I have to say this is the best nba finals I can remember in a very long time

"Supporters have told of having to dispose of full water bottles before entering the ground, of people in distress inside the venue and of lines that lasted 45 minutes to get access to water that was for sale." As a reminder, in 2028 the Olympics soccer finals will be held here in late July

Rose Bowl traffic for PSG vs Atletico was the worst I’ve ever seen, LA is so not ready for World Cup and Olympics

Walking over to the DTLA protest now, the beautiful day and friendly crowd only marred by the menacing sounds of multiple helicopters overhead

This curfew is ridiculous, it’s totally fine right now in 99% of that area. Honestly the most disruptive thing all day has been the constant whine of helicopters and sirens from LAPD cars seemingly driving around in circles for no reason

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about the effectiveness of protests, but when the numbers look like this, we shouldn’t be surprised that nobody in LA cares what Adam Schiff has to say about it

As with most difficult things in life, the trick to running a long way is being too stupid to stop

Counterpoint: Bribes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/t...

A Democratic Party that pledged to crack down on scammers (spam calls, identity theft, crypto schemes) would have both a popular message and an excellent foil in Donald Trump

Anyone have advice on whether it’s better to erase an Apple Watch you believe was stolen, or keep it in Lost Mode? I lost it yesterday in São Paulo, I’m now back in LA, and GPS shows it currently in Doha airport, so little hope of getting it back.

Why is it impossible to watch a lakers game on television in Los Angeles?

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.

Felt an earthquake just as I was about to fall asleep and now I’m wide awake

Really struggling to think of a better metaphor for Trump’s second term than “Fyre Festival 2” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/s...

This “Gulf of America” stuff is obviously extremely stupid but on some level I’m glad to see these guys wasting time on pointless, easily-reversible renaming efforts. Every minute they spend on this is a distraction from their other activities, which are even worse.

There was a more innocent time not so long ago when it would have been a resignation-worthy scandal for the President to be involved in such a transparent scam, but this will barely get any attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

i think most papers of any kind in any science will get filtered by this simply because it contains too many cross cutting words you would have to reinvent the English language to do science without using these words

Seems clear that there is no plan here and they are just making it up as they go along

I just called Padilla’s LA office to ask them what’s up with this vote, and unlike Schiff, they do answer the phone.

We were just ordered to evacuate the office in Valencia due to wildfire smoke rising over the hill. #HughesFire

My car windshield looks like the bottom of an ashtray this morning