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i love our amazing staff at the writers guild
WGSU is only $2,825 away from meeting their strike fund goal! they've been on strike for three weeks.
www.gofundme.com/f/wgsustrike...
among the 115 workers on strike:
- 64% are paid less than "low income" wages
- 49% are paid less than median income for LA
- 14 are paid less than living wage
the world baseball classic gave me a certificate after i pitched five scoreless innings against a gang of 17 british eel fishermen
JACKPOT BABY!!!!!! bsky.app/profile/toml...
you have been BLESSED with a VISIT from the KING for your GENEROSITY
as a reminder, the WGSU is approaching three straight weeks of picketing! being on strike is so fucking hard (ask me how i know), and a robust strike fund is going to make it that much easier for them to win a fair contract.
the WGSU strike fund is at $44,935 - that means they only need $65 to hit $45k! this is what worker solidarity looks like!
do i know one person who wants to donate $65?
or two folks who wanna donate $33 each?
or three folks who wanna donate $22 each?
www.gofundme.com/f/wgsustrikefund
text me which ones you wanna go to!!!
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Hey, remember a few weeks ago when I said this game is "a keenly-observed look at young adult life/love in the early 2000s" and also "the writing is exceptional, balancing wry humor with raw emotional honesty?" No? Well, it's still true, except now the game's on sale. SUPPORT INDIE DEVS!
Even if AI is successful beyond its boosters’ wildest dreams, there is still the inherent contradiction of a machine that kills off the people it needs to steal from
my soft curls lasted 30 minutes in houston's 80% humidity
IF YOU ARE IN LINE TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS ON SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2026 STAY IN LINE
as someone who lives in LA i am such a liability when i travel outside of this city/state because i forget not every place has gender neutral bathrooms everywhere and i will waltz straight into a men's bathroom at the houston rodeo without a second thought. i am sorry to men with big hats everywhere
Updating: The woman is Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, a current resident of Skokie who was born in Evanston
wow, the writers guild staff union is now in week 3 of their strike. if you haven't donated to their strike fund, consider chipping in $25.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Los Angeles needs money. Airbnb says the way to get it is to loosen the rules on short-term rentals (STRs). But what if instead the City enforced those rules? This analysis examines the potential role of STRs in generating revenue for the City of Los Angeles. Under the 2018 Los Angeles Home Sharing Ordinance (HSO), it is a violation for a host to list a noncompliant STR and it is a violation for a platform to book a noncompliant STR. Policy enforcement began in late 2019; the citation amounts today are $625 daily per noncompliant listing and $1,250 per noncompliant booking. Noncompliance under the HSO is widespread. During the program thus far, the City has issued $2.1 million in fines, and through the first five years, collected just $472,000-an annualized revenue for those years of $95,000. We find that since 2019 the City could have issued $5.2 billion in citations. If collected, this would have yielded $850 million on average each year.
HSO Noncompliance Creates a Largely Untapped Revenue Stream Amid the threats noncompliant STRs pose to communities and to the housing market, it is important to acknowledge one of the few opportunities they provide: revenue generation. Consider the parking meter: it is simple to comply with well-understood parking rules, but some percentage of people, some of the time, will flout the rules. We do not need to condone these parking violations to appreciate the $133.5 million in fines they contribute to the city's coffers annually.22 Thus far, the widespread HSO noncompliance has been a woefully untapped resource. The 1,374 citations issued by the City represent 0.17 percent of the total 777,145 noncompliant listings and transactions identified in this BNLA analysis. In December 2025 alone, Granicus reported 5,160 noncompliant STR listings with known addresses; yet that same month, DCP reported the issuance of a total of 15 citations-less than one-third of one percent. As a share of the total potential fines of $5.2 billion, the actual fines of $2.1 million represent a mere 0.04 percent.
The total (actual) fine revenue from the first five years of the program came to $472,434-about $95,000 annually.23 For fines issued in 2025, $195,000 has been collected thus far. BNLA finds that potential fine revenue has been $850 million annually.24 Within that yawning gap lies an opportunity for easy, if unfortunate revenue. For the initial years of the HSO, STRs generated an average TOT income of $34 million per year. Fining program noncompliance might have generated income of $70 million-per month. If the City were to start collecting the potential fines from noncompliant listings and transactions today, in two months the City would generate over $95 million, without any voter referendum or change in policy. If the City were to collect a mere five percent of the potential fines for noncompliance, the annual revenue stream ($42 million) would regularly exceed the annual TOT revenue currently generated by STRs citywide ($34 million).
A new Better Neighbors report says if LA started actually enforcing its short-term rentals, the city would rake in $40 to $50 million each month — "more than any measure the city is currently proposing for the ballot to raise revenue."
Report here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc98...
“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
i will eat a piece of dairy EVERY HOUR until you motherfuckers get this up to $40,000 even. if you have any respect for air quality you will donate twenty bucks to the WGSU strike fund
and he used his platform to shout out the @wgsunion.bsky.social!
henry is collecting signatures today at woodbine park in palms for the next few hours, come say hello to him and sign if you still need to cuz this is your last chance
i spent two seconds posting on twitter about the impact of NATO's illegal bombings on yugoslavia on my family and got called SERBIAN. never met my father mostly because of the illegal bombings on yugoslavia but i can guarantee you he would NOT be happy to hear someone thinks i'm serbian
i bet jesus hates being asked to take the wheel. he doesn't know what a car is. when you make him do that it's actually very distressing for him
our beloved staff at the writers guild are on strike until they get a fair contract. please donate to their strike fund if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/wgsustrike...
The D Line Extension to Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega opens...
this is the only picture i can find of me next to a sign that says lake zurich
this is how i learned this happened at my high school lmfao
who do you think she's calling...
I voted for this. It's good to see your vote make a difference
