LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees:

Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)

Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)

Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)

Bé Ù (Silver Lake)

Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)

Oy Bar (Studio City)

Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)

Dudley Market (Venice)

LaSorted's (Silver Lake)

TBH I think this would make a great billboard. What do you guys think?

CREW statement on Gaetz investigation vote - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

BREAKING: It is unacceptable that the Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted to protect Matt Gaetz and block the release of the report into his potential wrongdoing.

Our full statement:
www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...

The Mage Saga: Witch | Deluxe Collector's Edition The Illustrated, Leather-bound Hardcover of Book 2 in the Bestselling Epic Fantasy Series | Book 1 IS ALSO AVAILABLE

Two more days

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

As news of Mace’s bill floods Twitter, Sarah McBride, who is set to become the first Trans woman in Congress, just tweeted this.

President Biden has the power to order background checks on all Trump’s cabinet picks.
Now THAT would be fun!

We Need to Cover Donald Trump Differently This Time Every outrage and insult can’t be a five-alarm fire, as it’s critical for the media to stay focused on the most serious threats to America’s democratic institutions.

I wrote about being more focused covering trump’s second administration in @vanityfair.com

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

this is obviously bad but I am hoping it will turn out to be a self-undermining miscalculation

This hits home for me, as I was a literal trailer park kid when I got accepted to the University of Chicago. HOWEVER, I was also going to one of the best private high schools in the country at the time (on scholarship), so I was a trailer park kid with elite kid camo. I know that this mattered.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

Great Blue Heron
San Diego River Estuary

#photography #birds #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sandiego

Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.

Democratic leaders across US work to lead resistance against Trump’s agenda Democrats from California to Illinois prepare to ‘Trump-proof’ and ‘fight to death’ against his extreme proposals

I’m so glad the blue state governors are not wasting any time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

I dream of a post-scolding world. And love this moment from Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Surge in worldwide measles cases driven by lack of vaccine coverage, WHO says The WHO and CDC say there were about 10.3 million cases of measles last year, up 20 percent from 2022. Children are especially susceptible to complications.

An estimated 10.3 million cases of measles occurred worldwide last year, up 20 percent from 2022, primarily because of inadequate immunization coverage, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

The Mage Saga: Witch | Deluxe Collector's Edition The Illustrated, Leather-bound Hardcover of Book 2 in the Bestselling Epic Fantasy Series | Book 1 IS ALSO AVAILABLE

Book-ish people: Would you be willing to give this a repost? The campaign was going great, but has flatlined since Election Day. I could really use--and would very much appreciate--the help! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ken...

FOLLOW ME MOTHERFUCKER!

CREW sues DOJ for records on Matt Gaetz criminal investigation - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW is suing the Department of Justice for records related to the now-closed criminal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, including the DOJ’s decision not to charge Gaetz despite reports suggesting a...

NEW: We just asked the DOJ to expedite our request for records about Matt Gaetz's now-closed criminal investigation. Given his nomination as attorney general, the public deserves to know what the sex-trafficking investigation turned up and why Gaetz was not charged.

Funny meme: you're not the fuckface whisperer

U.S. v. Skrmetti with Chase Strangio Podcast Episode · TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones · 11/14/2024 · 40m

Trans people are facing a double whammy between the election last week and the gender-affirming care case before the Supreme Court next month. Chase Strangio of the ACLU will argue that case, US vs Skrmetti. We discuss the ins and outs of it, and what you can do.
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Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives Joshua Yuan at Washington University in St. Louis and Susie Dai at the University of Missouri, along with colleagues at WashU and Texas A&M, created biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion.

Hello #EnergySky #AgSky #ClimateSky I got a juicy press release about making biodiesel 45 TIMES more efficient. Electrocatalysis is my favorite catalysis. 🧪🌱🫘https://source.washu.edu/2024/11/researchers-create-novel-electro-biodiesel-more-efficient-cleaner-than-alternatives/

Standing with you in any and every way I can.

Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!

I hear you. I don't think I'm ready for that yet. So much to grapple with. As always, I appreciate your perspectives and will keep them in mind.