Roberta

Sunny day outside Graumans Egyptian

Frankenstein still of Oscar Isaac

Frankenstein canvas bag at the Netflix store.

Frankenstein

“Today, Dr. Frankenstein's descendants keep promising that Al won't destroy civilization while ignoring Shelley's point, that the inventor is more dangerous than his monster.”

I was born in D.C., my parents were federal workers. Today’s sculpture has an urgency we could never have foreseen in 2008 when we first put it out into the world…

We’re here on the National Mall, livestreaming all day, watching our democracy melt into a puddle.
MeltedAway.com #publicart

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

TV On The Radio at the Greek Theatre

TV On The Radio at the Greek Theatre

TV On The Radio setlist

Drum Stick

TV On The Radio at the Greek Theatre

Text message stating ballot received and counted.

Vote 🗳 Yes on Prop 50

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t. Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

In September alone, at least 246 individuals were kidnapped on the streets in Southern California. The working class of LA is under attack, and your help is needed! Join the DSA-LA Home Depot Patrol Corps to learn how you can defend your neighborhood. No experience needed. Sign up at dsa.la/patrol

CA, there’s only one box to check on the Prop 50 ballot > YES

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Want a fast and easy way to make your Indigenous Peoples Day impactful for years to come?

I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶

Come honor these beautiful Native voices!

Spring 2024: Tommy Orange in conversation with Bobby Wilson. Tommy Orange reading from Wandering Stars. Tommy Orange - 2025 MacArthur Fellow, Genius Grant.

Spring 2024

Tommy Orange in conversation with Bobby Wilson #booksky

Wandering Stars Align: Tommy Orange Named A 2025 MacArthur Fellow When the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 Fellows, one name carried through Native communities like a spark. Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author from Oakland, was named one of this ye...

Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author of There There and Wandering Stars, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, one of the highest honors in the arts.

redpopnews.com/wandering-st...

#macarhurfellowship #MacArthurFoundation #redpopnews #tommyorange

Book cover of American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera

Could relate 💙😆🙃 Good read the last half month of
#latinoheritagemonth

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

Verve coffee collab with WHOSMiNG. Image of person on skateboard with a coffee cup and pencil

Bungu LA at union station

Bungu LA Union Station

BUNGU Los Angeles ☕️

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Amélie quote "To a kid, time always drags. Suddenly you're 50."

Been 50 for over a year and only now really realizing I'm in my 50s 👻🙃

the dotcom i worked for survived the dotcom bust back in the day & we got bought out by a corporation. i don't work for a tech company at the moment...this 😑

Facebook post: "Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles For sale: Wetzel's Spartan Market, the red corner store with a 5-room grocer's flat above that's been serving Hollywoodians since 1912. It is actually perfect, so please don't buy if you want to "fix" it, and especially don't paint the awning! https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1259-N-Las- Palmas-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA/37909078/ Tifany Hwang Real Estate Sales Associate Residential, Commercial., Lease 1259 n LAS PALMAS AVE, HOllywood LOS ANGELES, CA 90038 213.210.4500 tifonyredpoint@gmail.com DRE#02089583 HISTORIC MIXED-USE RETAIL + RESIDENTIAL BUILDING with MARKET BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY"

Grew up with this lovely store in my hood 🫶 Every time I'm in the area, it's good to see it's still there...I hope that continues.

Movie Posters left to right: Marlee Matlin not alone anymore. Sleepy Hollow. Eleanor the Great. The Smashing Machine.

A very good documentary. A rewatch for spooky 👻 🎃season. June Squibb 🫶 I had to look away during the fight scenes. #LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched

Marquee "Happening @ Amoeba Hollywood" Thurs. Oct. 9 5PM Bret McKenzie

Bret McKenzie and band at Amoeba Hollywood

Bret McKenzie shares his chocolate 🍫 with the audience

Band Meeting: Bret.

The last time I saw Bret McKenzie perform on stage was with Jemaine Clement in 2008 (FOTC). #FlightoftheConchords #FOTC #musicsky

Guillermo Bert Chile, b. 1959, active Los Angeles La Bestia, 2017 Grounded exhibition at LACMA

Fernando Palma Rodríguez Mexico, b.1957, active Milpa Alta Quetzalcóatl, 2016 Grounded exhibition at LACMA

Beatriz Cortez El Salvador, b.1970, active Los Angeles llopango, Stela A, 2022 Grounded exhibition at LACMA

Refreshing drink from bopo mofo cafe

Grounded #artsky

Huge screen with sets 2 set of hands. Bruce Nauman: From the Collection. LACMA

Exhibition entrance. No photos or video allowed. Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began. LACMA

Churros from Santa Canela in the shape of "LA"

View of the Moon, palm trees, and David Geffen Galleries

Night Out at LACMA 🌕

only days into October 😆

Holiday decorations at Costco

Every year. Bah humbug.

This weekend, we’re walking the blocks and making sure our communities know their rights.

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