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@papayathemariah.bsky.social

@lapublicpress.bsky.social is my baby ๐Ÿ’—

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Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?

Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.

18.11.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 624    ๐Ÿ” 266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.

* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social

19.11.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 188    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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LA watching NYC rn

07.11.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ahead of No Kings protest, LA City Council, judge kill LAPD bid to roll back press protections against police violence Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, who led the effort, cited a duty to hold LAPD accountable and protect press freedoms after LAPD asked a judge to halt protections against using force on journalists ...

Ahead of No Kings protest, LA City Council, judge kill LAPD bid to roll back press protections against police violence lapublicpress.org/2025/10/no-k...

17.10.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Council unanimously killsย motionย to use force on journalists at No Kings Council Member Eunisses Hernandez, who led the effort, cited a duty to hold LAPD accountable and protect press freedoms after LAPD asked a judge to halt protections against using force on journalists ...

No one:
LAPD: โ€œCan we pretty please beat up journalists ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘ˆโ€
lapublicpress.org/2025/10/no-k...

18.10.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LA County Supervisor calls on Metro to โ€˜reconsiderโ€™ firing bus driver who vowed to stand up to ICE The LA Metro driver, who was fired for speaking to LA Public Press about an unofficial driversโ€™ agreement to close the doors on immigration agents, โ€œclearly cares about his passengers,โ€ says Janice Ha...

LA County Supervisor calls on Metro to โ€˜reconsiderโ€™ firing bus driver who vowed to stand up to ICE.

The driver, who was fired for speaking to LA Public Press about an unofficial driversโ€™ agreement to close the doors on immigration agents, โ€œclearly cares about his passengers,โ€ says Janice Hahn.

26.08.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Hereโ€™s what police crowd control weapons used on pro-immigration protesters do to your body Thousands of projectiles littering LAs streets represent a massive taxpayer expense as at least eight law enforcement agencies deployed an arsenal of crowd control weapons during weekend pro-immigrant...

What are the projectiles in LA streets after recent protests? Theyโ€™re less-lethal munitions โ€” weapons designed to control crowds through pain, disorientation, and fear.

Injuries from โ€œless lethalโ€ munitions can be severe, disfiguring, or occasionally deadly. Hereโ€™s what they can do to your body.

10.06.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

What's happening in LA is state terrorism.

10.06.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Case for Movement Journalism A new limited-run column from The Objective from Lewis Raven Wallace, author of View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, about why movement journalism matters.

What if the news we took in every day inspired us, helped us connect to one another, and gave us hope and vision for another world? ๐Ÿ’ญ
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Learn more, read @lewispants.bsky.social's new column "The Case for Movement Journalism."

Subscribe today! โฌ‡๏ธ
objectivejournalism.org/the-case-for...

25.04.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
LA County Reaches $4 Billion Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Sexual Abuse Cases โ€“ COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Breaking: LA County Reaches $4 Billion Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Sexual Abuse Cases. If approved, settlement will be the costliest in County history, with long-lasting budgetary impacts.

via: LA County press release
lacounty.gov/2025/04/04/l...

04.04.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate what TikTok has become. Seems like everyday thereโ€™s a new body insecurity some of these creators come up with to peddle something from the TikTok shop.

13.03.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œYou don't look like us, but you're still here:โ€ how LA unites across faiths to help fire victims From mosques to churches to gurdwaras, local religious communities rally to support those impacted by the devastating Eaton Fire.

How LA unites across faiths to help fire victimsโ€”from mosques to churches to gurdwaras, local religious communities rally to support those impacted by the devastating Eaton Fire.
lapublicpress.org/2025/02/inte...

05.02.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œSince the fire started, a lot of people have been saying, โ€˜Have you heard from this person? Does anybody know anybody from this camp?โ€™ Itโ€™s a lot of worryโ€

16.01.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to report and organize against rent-gouging after the LA fires Tenant lawyer and LA Tenants Union organizer Jacob Woocher shares some tips.

Weโ€™re already seen widespread reports of landlords price-gouging โ€” raising the asking rent over 10% during a state of emergency. This is illegal in California under Penal Code Section 396.

Here's how to report and organize against rent-gouging:

15.01.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Stay safe out there, look through this thread for reminders on evacuation zones, packing go bags, and where to get updates.

Sources: fire.ca.gov, LAFD, LACOFD

08.01.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Surviving on $1,800 a month in Social Security, she died looking for a place to live Joanne Ericksonโ€™s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.

Joanne Ericksonโ€™s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.
lapublicpress.org/2025/01/seni...

07.01.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not even 9:30 and Iโ€™m sooo done with all the cyber Monday texts and emails. ๐Ÿฅฒ

02.12.2024 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LA judge accepts no prison time for deputy who killed father of 3 The judge who approved the deal is a former sheriffโ€™s deputy.

LA Superior Court Judge Mark S. Arnold ruled that a former LA sheriffโ€™s deputy will be sentenced to two years of probation โ€” and no prison time โ€” for his role in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old father of three.

19.11.2024 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I love Bluesky so far but I also think about how social media managers now have twice the amount of platforms to manage compared to 6 years ago.

19.11.2024 05:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem

If we don't fight for change and build systems to amplify more women and progressive voices online, we will be stuck with a media landscape that continues to exacerbate inequality and warps our political landscape for the worse. www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...

18.11.2024 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1129    ๐Ÿ” 216    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Bday weekend was cuuuute!

19.11.2024 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you, great to connect here

19.11.2024 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice to meet you! Which story???

16.11.2024 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who are my followers I donโ€™t know irl? I wanna do intros :)

15.11.2024 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And SSRIโ€™sโ€ฆ yikes ๐Ÿ˜ฌ thx for the heads up.

15.11.2024 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our publisher isnโ€™t on here yetโ€ฆ what should we post? ๐Ÿ˜

15.11.2024 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to see you and the rest of the taco fam here

15.11.2024 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also love seeing actual replies and no bots so far

15.11.2024 06:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s so refreshing to spend time in a feed thatโ€™s isnโ€™t being artificially pumped full of right wing propaganda all the time

14.11.2024 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19066    ๐Ÿ” 1317    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 410    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70

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