smickable

In case you missed it…

Who could have seen this coming aside from literally anyone actually paying even a small amount of attention.

I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”

Trump wants to take over the Gaza strip & turn it into ”the Rivera”. He says Gazans should be removed from their homeland & sent to Jordan where there are already over 3 million Palestinian refugees.

Trump does not have that right

Trump just said with Netanyahu that he expects the United States to “own and develop Gaza.”

Speechless.

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...

Two of those sources say that Elez’s privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US government: The Payment Automation Manager (PAM) and Secure Payment System (SPS) at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS).

Breaking news: China has slapped tariffs on imports of US LNG, coal and crude oil as it retaliates in Donald Trump's trade war www.ft.com/content/5653...

It only took 10 days to get to concentration camps.

What a nightmare. The crashed plane is reported to be an air ambulance—and multiple homes and cars are said to be on fire on the ground. (This is in NE Philly, near the Roosevelt Mall.)

Barf

Hughes fire in Los Angeles prompts mandatory evacuations The massive vegetation fire sparked amid significant fire weather conditions and an increase in winds

Hughes fire in Los Angeles prompts mandatory evacuations after it quickly erupts from 500 to 3,400 acres

Fire crews are battling a swiftly growing blaze dubbed the Hughes Fire burning near Interstate 5 in Castaic, in the northern part of Los Angeles County. Residents in the immediate vicinity of Castaic Lake are under mandatory evacuations, fire officials say.

Read more: cnn.it/4h5g27d

Oh, cool. We just live in a fascist country now.

Bye TikTok 🖕

Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.

saw this while driving last month. felt like a congrats from the universe. I'm 11 years sober today.
and if you came here to tell me you lost your kid's 11th birthday party balloons in Dec, no you didn't. byeeeeeee

Roy’s dog sitter lost her car and entire apartment in the Palisades Fire. She went to Pepperdine and is safe. Early 20s, taught me about the wonders of Tik Tok and painted this pic of Roy while at my house last Xmas. Please consider sharing or donating! gofund.me/8233f7b2

LA friends, if you’ve lost your home, I’m so sorry. In case it helps, here’s some stuff I wish I’d known:

1. Make detailed contemporaneous notes about every conversation you have with your insurance company.

Fire evacuees can find rooms at these L.A. hotels State law prohibits businesses from boosting prices on hotels by more than 10% for 30 days after a local or state agency has declared an emergency.

After an emergency evac in 2023 I learned that "accepts pets" usually means "no cats" (and they *will* turn you away). A Bring Fido search with "cats allowed" checkbox can help but call ahead to validate.

Link: www.bringfido.com/lodging/city...

www.latimes.com/travel/story...

at the end of a 14hr flight into LAX, the pilot told us not to be alarmed if we smelled smoke, the plane wasn’t on fire, just the city

Guys, C-SPAN is momentarily in a state of lawless anarchy.

Maybe recruiting and training hundreds of thousands of men to carry out sanctioned state terror overseas was always going to boomerang back into the imperial core the way literally every scholar of extremism and empire said it would

Anybody that gets a song written about them had sex with the songwriter. For instance, Francis Scott Key probably fucked that flag

Periodic editor's reminder to use "TK" for your placeholder copy, because it's easier to catch at a glance than whatever your gentile social media producer might use instead

I feel we’re being generous with the term manifesto. Three pages? more of a passionate diary entry

Tired: Quitting your job to pursue your passion.

Wired: Offing the CEO.

can't they just put their execs in glass cases that you have to get an employee to open for you

Hey! I deleted it but they still need stuff!

Happening now at Washington Square Park: A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition, including people who intentionally and unintentionally dressed the part.

Hey @hollyanderson.bsky.social could you give Stephanie a boost, repost, re-skeet if you will, to help out these adorable rescues? @smickable.bsky.social is freaking awesome with these newborns in need. And hygiene kits for the homeless in LA.