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A close-up photo of pink cherry blossoms against a gray sky

Cherry blossoms from my walk this morning

Yeah that definitely had to be it

Anyone in the Los angeles area hear a loud boom a few minutes ago? It shook the house I'm renting (Hollywood Hills area) and scared the crap out of my dog. Frankly, me too. It was very low frequency rumble so didn't sound particularly close. #losangeles

That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

I really don't get how people think "strongman" antics indicate actual strength. Everything Trump does reeks of insecurity, weakness, and a bottomless need for reassurance and validation.

I genuinely don't get how people -- any people -- don't see that.

The preparatory work goes back quite a while. I think a big slice of the blame lays at the feet of the Koch family.

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

Tell me more about Republicans' respect for the military.

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I support getting Musk out as the unity demand.

But as a person in one of groups targeted by the executive orders, it would be helpful for those who are not to avoid treating what's happening to targeted groups as a small issue or side distraction from the DOGE stuff.

It's really depressing to me that the attacks on trans people are the only issue Schiff and Padilla haven't even mentioned in their pressers and releases. Declaring that an identity doesn't even *exist* and using language like "mutilation" is literally pre-genocidal shit IMO.

It’s Day 16.
Our country is being dismantled 24/7.

If “…just 53 days.” applies to us, like it did in 1933 Germany, that means March 13, 2025, could be the last day of our country, as we know it to be.

Tick tock, tick tock…

#SheShed

Mount Fuji, Japan 🌸

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I feel you. I am down 16 pounds since the fires on Jan 7th. I was starting to recover a bit of appetite last week, but a touch more personal bad news landed yesterday morning and it vanished again.

Otoh, I'm still almost 20 above the top of the healthy BMI for my height, so perhaps a silver lining

Just two weeks ago, everyone was screeching about China stealing all of our data through TikTok, but now Elon steals it and the MAGA crisis actors are OK with it?

That's some fucking bullshit.

Colin Kaepernick knelt, and his career was over. Elon does 2 Nazi salutes, and no one bats an eye. That, my friends, is what we call white privilege.

This is a false dichotomy.

It’s important we say

“We understand and we welcome you to complete the work necessary to reconcile, with the safety and protection of the people you targeted at the fore front “

Hot Creek, California

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GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…

If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

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Would it be possible for you and your colleagues to march over to the Treasury Dept. and demand to see what Musk is doing? Draw attention to it. Let the media cover your actions.

Everyone realizes they’re trying to shift the Overton Window, right?

They’re conditioning you to be accepting of the insane shit they’re doing now so you’ll accept the more insane shit they do later.

Oh we'll vote. In exactly the same way Russia "re-elects" Putin every six years.

But if your goal was to weaken Los Angeles in its ability to resist you and to be a sanctuary city, wiping out lumber imports just as we need to rebuild 10,000 homes would be a GREAT way to do it.

The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”

Read this, folks. Read this and listen.

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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower

The CDC web guide to help MDs prescribe contraception has been removed.

We weren’t overreacting about Project 2025.
It’s real and it’s happening NOW.

This is a full on assault against women’s rights. No fault divorce will be next-Mark my words.

Clip: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2jV5Kvo/
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If someone who depends on ACA care voted for Trump, I confess it will be hard for me to summon a lot of sympathy.

The math there was not that hard to do.

Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:

Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."

And just stand there.

This is how many of you are coming across.