Bob West - Personal Account

Got an email today from the City of LA with the Subject line:

President’s Day Adverse Weather Event

…Which begs the questions, will there be:

+ Limited-time deals on street flooding?
+ Bargain-basement prices on fender benders?
+ Deep discounts on hailstones?

Hey! So great meeting you… and thanks so much for the kind words! I think I may be blushing. 😀

BTW – For dino-related stuff, I use @yesthatbobwest.bsky.social

Hope to see you over there – and again at another show!

Stand with USAID Toolkit Stand with USAID Toolkit BACKGROUND Elon Musk is illegally purging and shutting down USAID - the U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent federal agency that provides life-saving hum...

I'm in direct contact with someone at the director level at USAID. They're not going down without a fight and need our support in combatting this illegal, immoral attempt to destroy a life-saving agency. Here's a toolkit with graphics and sample posts. Please share!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Looks amazing!

Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!

@amyknight13.bsky.social – Halloo!

GOP Rep. Eli Crane, who voted against wildfire prevention funds in December, tweeted, “God bless our firefighters” 2 days ago.

meidasnews.com/news/44-repu...

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

@scottzillner.bsky.social – First follower! 😀

It's discouraging that the DOJ policy holds. But he's asking that the charges be dismissed without prejudice – and I'm guessing they will be brought again after the clown is out of office. Also, he plans to issue a public report with the evidence he has; may not swing DT's core, but it's still good.

Absolutely. Or, the platforms should start automatically labeling them, at least with a percentage of likelihood.

Thanks for this, but I'm also getting the Page Not Found error...

Yup. :/

From SEMAFOR (below): The Chinese Communist Party has now admitted that it was using the Musk Algorithm to spread disinformation—and that the rise of Bluesky is a major threat to it. This tells us everything we need to know about what Twitter was and is—and who the new co-POTUS Elon Musk was and is.

Transcript is out. Do read this.

This man has absolutely no right to be placed in a position to make this kind of decision. He knows nothing but conspiracy theories. This madness must be stopped.

Local Journalism Directory | Media and Democracy Project We created a directory to help you find local journalism and local news sources in your area worth reading and supporting.

It's important to support local journalism! And since "all politics is local," local journalism is even more important.
This is a great resource!
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...

Yep, it's me!

Big Bro!

Bluesky’s Current Efforts on Trust and Safety - Bluesky This is a big quarter for Trust and Safety at Bluesky, as we work on a large number of improvements. Here’s a preview of everything that is in progress.

Yep! They struggled at first, but keep refining their systems. They even use actual human moderators (what a concept!).

bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Ugh… So sorry! But you and yours are safe, and that's definitely a good thing.