Lia Russell

People who belong in the Hague for war crimes:
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—people who steal barbell clips from the gym

I’m glad someone else is suffering because I thought it was just me

YES OF COURSE I’M WATCHING THE WARRIORS i don’t care if it’s just preseason i suffered through months of boring ass baseball to get here you will not deprive me of this

I asked the WH for comment, got this response

Defying court order, Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a “breathtaking abuse of the law and power.”

Breaking: Trump is illegally sending 300 CA National Guard members to Portland, flouting a court order blocking him from using the OR National Guard. Gavin Newsom says he'll sue, calling it a "breathtaking abuse of the law and power" www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

This article has a lot more important problems so I feel stupid saying this…but umm…the Mercury wrote and published the first major article about the DSA councilors back in June. Of course it isn’t the local reporting linked or mentioned here.

*beastie boys*

well old homer simpson made nuclear POWER
getting paid peanuts by the HOUR
all the employees are taking TURNS
getting abused by mr BURNS

and so he became a union MAN
going on strike for a dental PLAN
didnt want his daughter to make FUNNY FACES
because after all LISA NEEDS BRACES

Also a certain outlet with a stupid name after an aquarium shape

Yea I agree, it felt like the first explicitly political movie that didn’t posit a solution being a return to a 4th Obama term or whatever

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

Excellent article. Best thing I’ve read in NYT in an eon. One quibble: The writer calls the Dodgers “arguably the most popular team in LA.” Not arguably. LA is Dodgertown, which makes this so fucked up “The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began”. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...

My only critique of the movie was that the French 75 had less coherent ideology than a “decolonize” IG infographic meme

Now! That's what I call being an ally

POLITICO Expands California Coverage with New Housing Beat, Welcomes Veteran Reporter Liam Dillon

So very excited to share that I’ll be writing about housing in Los Angeles and across California for Politico www.politico.com/blogs/politi...

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions The cannabis shop on storied Haight Street had it all: prime real estate, star power, political clout and social justice. Then things got ugly.

NEW:

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions

By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs AI regulations, bucking Big Tech After months of lobbying on both sides from Big Tech, safety advocates and Hollywood A-listers, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on artificial intelligence regulations that are expected to be a model for ...

🆕Gavin Newsom just signed the US’s first state AI regulations as Silicon Valley is going all in, despite overstated claims about what the tech can do and its environmental impacts
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

This is fascinating to me because it's clear that Klein does not understand the incentive structure at play - why Charlie Kirk videos of him SLAMMING nonbinary grad students do so well and why his Youtube Videos don't. The algorithm does not want reasoned debate. It wants fighting. Kirk knew that!

saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

larry fishburne in KING OF NEW YORK easily top 10 most swagged out characters in film history. Maybe top 3. hell maybe #1

Jim Thompson paperback loveliness in the first episode of THE LOWDOWN

Yes it is, even if I’m glad football is back. Go birds 🦅

The Roman Empire and its visionary plumbing system

NOW, HOLD UP

I lived in northern New England for 2 years, visited Boston a few times, and came to the conclusion that while it’ll always hold a special place in my heart, I couldn’t stand more than 2 winters there

lmao

ugh

and sharon osbourne??