he’d only be 5’2” though

I Teach Immigrant Kids In An LA High School. Here's The Truth About What's Happening Here. "This week we held our graduation ceremony. Outside, school police patrolled to guard against potential ICE raids."

“He earned admission to a University of California school, where he’ll be studying biomedical engineering. Perhaps one day he’ll help develop a medicine that will benefit some of the people who don’t want him here.” —
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...

This is smart. Sounds similar to what Jetson is doing jetsonhome.com/us/

ICE raids South Park's Buona Forchetta, draws angry crowd outside popular restaurant Immigration officers swarmed a restaurant Friday in South Park, leaving the staff, the manager said, deeply shaken following the raid.

timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/0...

A quiet conversation over dinner, in a restaurant so clearly possible due to global migration, discussing the scenes from San Diego, wondering if it will happen here. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/...

I would like a word with your boss

equal opportunity racists this weekend I see

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened. “I immediately wondered if this was real.”

“What if paying off a specific child’s lunch debt today doesn’t preclude advocating for a complete structural overhaul tomorrow? What if the emotional resonance of specific, concrete actions is precisely what builds the coalition necessary for systemic change?” — www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-s...

TikTok video by Jason Pargin, author

@jasonkpargin.bsky.social has a good bit about that film’s politics www.tiktok.com/@jasonkpargi...

For many of us, it doesn’t cost much to improve someone’s life, and we can do much more of it Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big difference.

I don’t know if this is accurate but I found the article sobering

> more than 95% of foreign aid came from national governments in 2023. Just under $11 billion — or 4.5% of the total — came from private grants

ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...

Chasing RFI Waves – Part Seven Here is part seven (the final part) of my non-fiction work about the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia. You can also read parts one, two, three, four, five an…

The rest of us can get EVs so that scientists can keep doing this if they need to. Article segues beautifully into chronicling the observatory’s relationship to the neighboring community, not always but eventually a part of it.

raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/c...

Deregulated. But not like that.

Or like that.

And not like that.

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF's parks. Her methods are extraordinary Instead of forcing people out of Golden Gate Park, ranger Amanda Barrows helps them find housing.

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

Google Flights has an open methodology (TIM) with a bunch of citations and a GitHub repo. The goal is (again) per passenger but might have clues per flight? Backing out load factor from public data might be the easiest way to reuse the rest of their work?

eg travelimpactmodel.org/lookup/fligh...

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