Not the point but why does this 4 burner stove have 7 knobs

Nobody knows anything. Help people know things. You can win.

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

I literally spent 10 min translating Lula’s speech about Palestine to English. I just need every single one of my gringo friends to listen to this man in order to maybe restore their faith in politics. This right here is a politician. This is why we voted for him. And personally, I’ll do it again.

He looks like Yogurt from Spaceballs. Merchandising!

I had to login to 2 sites and it took 10 minutes for the cancellation page to load, but it just increased my sense of accomplishment when it finally went through.

If you don’t feel like writing to Disney but do want to complain to someone, this is another great option. In LA, KTLA is nexstar.

This is how you know I’ve never met David Strathairn

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow

These motherfuckers respond to a day that ends in y with calls for violence

The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.

the problem for Ds right now is not winning elections. they are doing fine at winning elections. the problem is what happens *between elections.* as in, if you don't fight fascism between elections, election outcomes start not to matter. 1

What this tells me is I can go a lot harder in my messages to my senators about how much I hate Schumer

Drag teaches us that social rules are fake and that appearances effectively are reality. If you show up to an intersection dressed like a construction worker and you’re equipped with the bare minimum of the right gear, everyone will assume you are supposed to be repainting the rainbow crosswalk.

In urban policy, it is considered bad for someone to be rent-burdened (spending at least 30% of their income on rent). But Cuomo's newly proposed law would *require* that people be rent-burdened. Absolutely insane.

Does the former HUD secretary not know the difference between affordable housing and rent control? Between rent control and rent stabilization? Or is he lying? I don’t know which is worse

Anti-ICE protest in DTLA 6/6/25. For @calmatters.org

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I used to do this. JDI is inviting folks to write holiday cards to incarcerated people. It's simple: you sign up and they send you cards to write: justdetention.org/woh/ - perfect for people who are homebound.

Sure no one knows who was president in 2020, but I thought we were pretty solid on 2019

“This administration has sent a clear signal that it is OK with sexual abuse in detention,” said Linda McFarlane, executive director of Just Detention International, in a statement. “And now roughly 2 million people in custody will be in greater danger of sexual abuse.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Our version is to play songs by people who come from the towns/cities/counties we’re driving through. Evacuate from a wildfire, become an Ivan Cornejo (Riverside, CA) fan!

Same. We were in Pasadena and I’ve never been in such a polite crowd. Every accidental bump got an apology, so many bottles of water being handed out.

WWOZ New Orleans just played “I Love L.A.” ❤️

I’d forgotten how exhausting it is to be furious all day

Watching LAPD officers aim less than lethal directly at protesters is like watching the LA city budget get diverted in real time to lawsuit payouts

seeing lots of critiques from mainstream Dems about the protests (of a federal force that is literally black-bagging people without due process). instead of endless "left vs liberal" debates, perhaps as an anti-MAGA coalition (a popular front?) we can internalize this idea:

No Rodríguez, Price, Park, or Lee

This is the “Bobby Caldwell is WHITE!?!?” of 2025

My dad didn’t approve of the Thomas Guide so it was a set of fold up AAA maps for me. You just had to know where you were going!

The Owens Valley is a special, beautiful place that has survived in spite of our best efforts to destroy it. A Canadian mining company wants to begin exploration for an open pit gold mine just off the 395. BLM is accepting public comment til 6/16. Please speak out. eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui...

Gritty Night Court reboot

It’d be nice to shop at Target again but I guess they don’t want my money

Not mentioned: Traci park shouting about “homeless drug addicts” and wanting to cancel every dollar of spending addressing homelessness www.latimes.com/california/s...

I’m not going to argue that Americans aren’t provincial, but people want to feel like things are within their control. Accepting that 2024 was just a global trend takes that away. (That also may be an American attitude, I don’t know)

I know it’s scary but people really need to realize how much is beyond their personal ability to control.

Same. I used to go at least 3-4 times a month. I’ve been twice in 2025.

The Prison Rape Elimination Act passed Congress unanimously in 2003. It requires audits of every prison and jail in the US and technical support for efforts to end carceral rape. Without funding, this doesn't happen. Appalling. Not surprising. But absolutely appalling.

For SB 677 we need folks represented by Senators Arreguín, Caballero, Cortese, Durazo, and Padilla to call, as they've not yet voted on that bill. Phone numbers and talking points for SB 677 are here:

Too late

Bravery is contagious

RIP Nancy Bea

The “lesser of how evils” theory makes sense when Democrats are working against the greater evil. But every Dem senator voted to confirm Rubio. Many voted to confirm the heads of agencies currently being dismantled. What’s the point in voting for Dems when they’re helping Trump destroy the country?

seems like a good time for the Working Families Party to be dramatically ramping up their national efforts…

AOC primary @schumer.senate.gov please. Anybody with a fucking spine primary @schumer.senate.gov please.

Me, a communist: “Schumer needs to whip his caucus harder into opposing the secretary of labor nominee! 17 yes votes is unacceptable.” Sheryl, retired Iowa schoolteacher who caucused for Klobuchar: “so what if he carries his kid around, a 4 year old isn’t stopping a bullet”

Shouts out to @climatebrad.hillheat.com who got a lot of heat/called a liar for reporting this and is now extremely vindicated