It’s me, Jason

5. Bottom line: I expect we are in for DAYS AND DAYS of protests. Hell, there’s gonna be one at 9am Monday to demand the head of the SEIU be released from jail. And while I pray life remains normal for us on the outskirts of this powder keg, I have no idea what will happen next.

It feels quiet now. But it’s tense. Police are attempting to clear the streets in the narrow slice of downtown that is the primary “hot spot” (so far). The governor just said he will sue the administration on Monday for unconstitutionally sending in federal troops, and demanded he rescind them.

3. it’s still a horrifying abuse of federal power, and most skirmishes were instigated by the authorities. Peaceful protestors were attacked, arrested, teargassed. But still, in most places in LA, it was background noise. Life went on.

2. In the afternoon, crowds started getting tear gassed. Fights broke out. Later a group of dozens briefly shut down a ramp and one lane of the 101 Freeway. A car was on fire somewhere. It was not “Riots” or chaos like most media said. HOWEVER…

1. All morning & midday, until at least 2pm, hundreds of people - your fellow Americans - marched and chanted and protested peacefully. Mostly downtown, in a small radius. LAPD kept a tense peace. A few hundred National Guard troops stood around menacingly.

It’s 10pm on Sunday. If you’re not in LA, let me tell you what went down today and where things stand from my POV

Governor Newsom: "I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops ... and return them to my command.

... This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed."

The letter:

Nickel Creek: Celebrants

If the price of coffee goes up the guy from blues traveler will be fine because he also likes tea

Look what one week of unchecked GOP rule has wrought. Two years of it will do a generation’s worth of damage. Four years will be the nail in America’s coffin. And right now, electorally, that seems to be the most likely outcome.

…that enough people feel betrayed by this, and get mad as hell, and that Democrats (or some other party) can harness that anger and offer a better alternative, and their message reaches enough people to remove the GOP’s grip on power. The 2026 midterms are the most important election of our life…

As recently as October 2024, a majority of Americans opposed the policies of Project 2025. Now we are watching Project 2025’s swift implementation. And it does NOTHING to lower the price of eggs, or housing, or create jobs, or raise wages, or improve infrastructure. My only hope is…

Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017.

it's also a good time to remind everyone that about 90% of TikTok's global userbase is outside of the U.S.

TikTok is playing you.

I’ve been on social media since 2004. It’s never been worse than it is in 2025. Twitter soured in 2016. Facebook zombified soon thereafter. Now Meta has opened the floodgates of hate & abuse across all their products, IG & Threads will soon enshittify. Is Bluesky the last good social platform? idk

Surprisingly, my wife and i only had to run downstairs and break up two fights last week. The kiddos have been pleasantly civil so far.

PRAY SCHOOL IS OPEN ON MONDAY

Whole family played a game of Catan that nearly ended in tears, involved a glare-off between me and 11yo, and was ultimately won by 7yo.

11yo beat Zelda Echoes of Wisdom with 100% completion. They are now planning a speedrun.

7yo devoured an adorable mobile game, a word puzzler about time traveling bears. I am now also obsessed with it.

I’m a Los Angeles dad with two kids ages 7 and 11. They’ve been out of school since Wednesday. Stuck indoors bc the air is raining cancerous ash. Mom and I WFH. Here’s what they’ve been up to:
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Feeling this so hard.

that sexy pottery scene in ghost only we’re cutting off pieces of al pastor

Where do y’all go to read honest, smart, unbiased news & current events? Bezos is ruining WaPo, The NY Times has lost all credibility, and my local paper (LA Times) is run by a certified right-wing kook. What are the good news sites now? (NOT left-wing rags…I want genuinely unbiased news)

Real trees also provide the thrill of living with an imminent fire hazard in your home for several weeks. Fun!

“Mmmmm, this cranberry sauce is so good!”
Thanks, I used a fuckton of sugar.

“Wow, this stuffing is delicious!”
Thanks, I used a fuckton of butter.

“Wow, this pecan pie is amazing!”
Oh, that’s my secret recipe: a fuckton of butter and two shitloads of sugar. Try it with some vanilla ice cream.

Welcome to Austin. Tonight we took our kids to a bar that also serves breakfast tacos where a saucy gay guy hosted a Mario Kart tournament on an outdoor dining patio. My 10 year came in 2nd to a woman with an asymmetrical haircut and leopard-spot leg tattoos.

Weird Al doing an unironic, impassioned cover of HOT TO GO in a rainbow zebra striped suit is the content my soul needs right now bsky.app/profile/alya...

So far, Bluesky has funnier posts, better features, fewer bad takes & less rage bait than Threads. If I can get rid of all the anime, I think I’ll stick around here.