Brendan Carr

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In the face of fear and uncertainty, our strength has always come from standing together.
Thank you, #will.i.am and #Taboo, for reflecting the heart of not only Los Angeles—but of Los Angeles Unified.

#InspiringGreatness

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

Dance This Mess Around The B-52's · The B-52's · Song · 1979

when i remember this song exists i remember god is real

On June 6, 2025, the federal government initiated immigration raids across the City of Los Angeles. Protests swiftly followed, and some individuals involved in those protests were unruly and even violent. State and local law enforcement responded. The following day, President Trump ordered that members of the California National Guard be federalized, and thereupon assumed control of those forces. At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not. His actions were illegal-both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY RESTRICTS MILITARY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN LOS ANGELES - COURT RULING

The founding fathers did not live and die to see this moment. It’s time for all of us to stand up peacefully.

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

My strong instinct is that Trump's threats against Americans' first amendment right to peaceably assemble is going to massively juice attendance at Saturday's protests.

www.nokings.org

Newsom: I told the president, just get it over with. Arrest me. Move on. If you need someone’s head to scalp, then do it with me. But stop messing with these kids. Stop messing with four-year-olds. Kids in elementary school

EXCLUSIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses immigration protests in Los Angeles.

"Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight ... His mess — we're trying to clean it up," Newsom said.

Newsom addresses Trump directly: "Where's your decency, Mr President? Stop ... it's immoral. You're creating the conditions that you claim you're solving."

And wouldn't it stand to reason that those skeptical of modern contrails would be the biggest proponents for fuel-cell powered electric aircraft to reduce/eliminate any climate impacts?

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

PACERS. THUNDER. 🍿

The #NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV are officially set!

Game 1: Thursday, June 5th at 8:30pm/et on ABC

Joanna Francescut has done a tremendous service for Shasta County - thank you!
This firing is because she would have stood up for the law and the people and they are trying to get rid of anyone in the way. It is an extreme disservice to the community.
She's running for Clerk/ROV in '26!

We love to see it.

Every day this illegal firing stands is another day Americans are put in even greater danger.

Here's his video announcement:

Trump just tried to fire the Commissioner @trumkacpsc.bsky.social today! Hope everybody who cares about CPSC can go give a follow and show public support for the independence of the agency!
We see you and support you, staff!

I was illegally fired for standing up for the American people.

From North Side of Sacramento River Trail looking South. Foreground: natural, blooming flora. Background: Hills (former Carr Fire burn scar) with small brush and occasional tree.

Sacramento River Trail in Redding, California

This administration making us all "À bout de souffle" (Breathless)

AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care?

There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.

The "...trade war policies are expected to bring about a 35% decline in cargo arriving at the Port of Los Angeles by next week as "essentially all shipments out of China for major retailers & manufacturers have ceased," according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.

You're correct that ships are still coming but, according to the article you may be referencing, the 35% reduction is container ships from China for all major retailers and manufacturers.
www.investors.com/news/trump-t...

YouTube video by Brendan Carr Jay Graber on Bluesky's Moderation Policies at SXSW

At SXSW, @jay.bsky.team said that their policy comes downstream from the App Stores. But also that Bluesky was really keen on developers and community builders adding labelers as part of a multi-layered moderation effort using a tool called Ozone.

youtu.be/5xoaesPIiiw?...

Maybe AI "Reasoning Models" will be better at research if the equation is able to understand the question in context. Idk I'm not a developer. "this is the wikipedia they warned us about citing in school" is a funny way to remind us that we need to teach folks to have healthy skepticism of AI output

Digital literacy is a really such a key skill these days to understand the true nature of our society. We've created a math equation (LLMs) that is really good at *just* predicting the next word in a sentence and it make it in a way that a human would like to hear it.

The American Furies Lawlessness in the Social Media Age

Here. I've written about Aeschylus' Oresteia, the importance of courts, and the current calls on the right for Trump to ignore the courts and act outside of the law.

othermeans.io/p/the-americ...