Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Ahhh yes, the most urgent issue facing Americans: headlight luminosity.

About damn time.

American concentration camps are not new.
Therefore the detention centers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement must be abolished.

Val Kilmer, who got his big-budget start in “Top Gun” and went on to portray Jim Morrison and Batman, has died at 65. nyti.ms/4ciE1y4

After my wife died, I joined a community choir. It gave me respite from my private grief | David Sornig When Toni fell ill I stopped playing music entirely. Yet every so often I felt the urge to return The first person who spoke to me on the first day of choir was a woman who’d sat beside me in the crowded alto section. She leaned my way and said a little…

After my wife died, I joined a community choir. It gave me respite from my private grief | David Sornig

Otterly shellfish behavior

253: Number of scorned public servants currently writing manifestos

DOGE By The Numbers
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The current wave of forced resignations and loyalty tests reminds me of the Red Scares of the early 20th century and the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, but instead of anarchists and gays, they’re blacklisting virtually anyone who doesn’t conform to their worldview.
Let’s call this the Rainbow Scare.

@gvreamer.bsky.social
they’ll beat you down
. They will break your ribs.
They will snap your glasses
We rise
We breathe
I feel your hands

Boredom is the root of all evil.

Please be cool Bill

If there’s one thing
I’ve learnt from flowers:
We bloom
Then whither
Then bloom again

Cute kids.

You post! I keep seeing these defiant posts like “I’m sick of Zuck, I’m moving to Bluesky” and then they post nothing. I’m convinced that half of the popularity of Facebook is just plagiarism. I saw a funny picture, I press share, without any of the downsides of actually using the platform socially

When i was 12 years old, i started playing 3.0 with my next door neighbor and his little brother. My first non DnD game was Deadlands, the fantasy western game.

FIRE AID BENEFIT CONCERT JANUARY 30, 2025 KU FORUM • INTUIT DOME FIREAIDLA.ORG BILLIE EILISH & FINNEAS DAVE MATTHEWS & JOHN MAYER EARTH, WIND & FIRE GRACIE ABRAMS GREEN DAY GWEN STEFANI JELLY ROLL JONI MITCHELL KATY PERRY LADY GAGA LIL BABY PINK RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ROD STEWART STEPHEN STILLS STEVIE NICKS STING TATE MCRAE

Tweet from pcc “The money raised from this "benefit concert" will be distributed by the Annenberg Foundation, one of the biggest & longtime donors to LAPD Wallis Annenberg, the foundation's Pres, also sits on the LAPD foundation board. Another AF advisor is also on the 2028 Olympic committee.” Screenshots showing Annenberg foundations role in raising money for the concert & their past roles in LAPD funding.

THREAD: Tell your friends & family- DON’T GIVE MONEY to this FireAidLA “benefit concert.” The $ raised will be distributed by LAPD funders & Olympics boosters

Remember these names- Wallis Annenberg (LAPD Board), Steve Ballmer(stake in Olympics, directly funded LAPD), Steve Soboroff, Casey Wasserman

Omg what if Hitler was just autistic this whole time ☺️☺️☺️☺️

Remember that time when modern western philosophers told us we were going thru "post-history"? Good times...

Ah, the joys of innocence…

🎵Bang ka wang ka wang ka wang bang🎵

If, by maga, you mean institutionalized greed and a lengthy series of decisions that have led to catastrophic climate change, then sure. An unwillingness to undercut shareholder value, and an inability to promote substantive cultural changes, have led us here.

Please don’t tell anyone about Portland

LIVE: Local news crew captures fire tornado in LA.

The largest of the LA fires, in Palisades, is still only 8% contained.

Local news station KTLA 5 captured this fire tornado on its northern flank, funnelling flames hundreds of feet into the air.

(🎥 KTLA 5 News)

“May you live in interesting times”