Deborah La Torre
@deblatorre.bsky.social
Social Scientist @UCLA w/ expertise in measurement, STEM, civics, teacher and afterschool education. Former public school teacher. Musician. Art lover. Italian American. Foodie. NCAA hoops. SoCal native. Cat parent to Chloe and Lila. Photos my own.
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Big news in California, with filing deadline very near:
Nithya Raman, a progressive city councilor and a leader in the local left, has decided to run for mayor against Mayor Karen Bass (and many others).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Nithya Raman, a progressive city councilor and a leader in the local left, has decided to run for mayor against Mayor Karen Bass (and many others).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor
www.nytimes.com
Nithya is my city council woman and I’m thrilled that she is running for mayor of Los Angeles.
In case you haven’t heard of her, she’s a democratic socialist who’s done a lot of work on affordability and the housing of people in our community.
In case you haven’t heard of her, she’s a democratic socialist who’s done a lot of work on affordability and the housing of people in our community.
I am stuck under Lila cat. This has been my life since I brought the goofball home nearly five years ago.
Caturday everyday!
Caturday everyday!
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I am stuck under Lila cat. This has been my life since I brought the goofball home nearly five years ago.
Caturday everyday!
Caturday everyday!
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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The SAVE Act would force many rural Americans to drive hours just to register to vote. This bill is voter suppression.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The SAVE Act would force many rural Americans to drive hours just to register to vote. This bill is voter suppression.
I went a little crazy and ordered 12 boxes of Pastificio dei Campi pasta which is produced near Naples, Italy. It is the best!
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February 11, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I went a little crazy and ordered 12 boxes of Pastificio dei Campi pasta which is produced near Naples, Italy. It is the best!
I almost always attend my congressman’s telephone and in person town-halls.
Join our Telephone #TownHall tomorrow, Feb 11 at 7 PM for updates on the key fights underway in Washington — fighting Trump’s reckless policies, holding #ICE accountable & more.
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Special Guest ➡️ @cd4losangeles.bsky.social
Dial ➡️ 818-214-8555
RSVP ➡️ BradSherman.house.gov/RSVP
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I almost always attend my congressman’s telephone and in person town-halls.
Today is Chloe cat’s 12th adoption anniversary!
We adopted her after a long and painful experience trying to start a family, including many rounds of IUI and IVF.
Her nicknames are bestie cat, booboo, love muffin, and breaker of chains. She’s also sissy cat to Lila.
I couldn’t love her more!
We adopted her after a long and painful experience trying to start a family, including many rounds of IUI and IVF.
Her nicknames are bestie cat, booboo, love muffin, and breaker of chains. She’s also sissy cat to Lila.
I couldn’t love her more!
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Today is Chloe cat’s 12th adoption anniversary!
We adopted her after a long and painful experience trying to start a family, including many rounds of IUI and IVF.
Her nicknames are bestie cat, booboo, love muffin, and breaker of chains. She’s also sissy cat to Lila.
I couldn’t love her more!
We adopted her after a long and painful experience trying to start a family, including many rounds of IUI and IVF.
Her nicknames are bestie cat, booboo, love muffin, and breaker of chains. She’s also sissy cat to Lila.
I couldn’t love her more!
Reposted by Deborah La Torre
These farm workers are preparing for the strawberry harvest. They're weeding & removing the runners (leafless stems) that can steal nutrients from the plants. This step will also make it easier for workers to move efficiently and harvest more during the harvest season. #WeFeedYou
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
These farm workers are preparing for the strawberry harvest. They're weeding & removing the runners (leafless stems) that can steal nutrients from the plants. This step will also make it easier for workers to move efficiently and harvest more during the harvest season. #WeFeedYou
Reposted by Deborah La Torre
BREAKING: A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves.
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
BREAKING: A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves.
No new pictures.
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
No new pictures.
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
I love how people bring their inner selves to the resistance!
End ICE
End ICE
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I love how people bring their inner selves to the resistance!
End ICE
End ICE
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They will be warehousing people.
And treating them as objects.
These are concentration camps.
And treating them as objects.
These are concentration camps.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
They will be warehousing people.
And treating them as objects.
These are concentration camps.
And treating them as objects.
These are concentration camps.
While it doesn’t have a French feeling, I think that Falling Slowly is so fitting. It’s from one of my favorite movies, Once, and every time Glen Hansard plays it in concert I turn to mush.
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/k8mtXwtapX4?...
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/k8mtXwtapX4?...
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
While it doesn’t have a French feeling, I think that Falling Slowly is so fitting. It’s from one of my favorite movies, Once, and every time Glen Hansard plays it in concert I turn to mush.
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/k8mtXwtapX4?...
#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
youtu.be/k8mtXwtapX4?...
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Just a thought before work…
We live in a world right now where too often people want to give a monologue instead of having an actual conversation.
We learn and grow through conversations. The give and take if done in a respectful way draws people together.
We live in a world right now where too often people want to give a monologue instead of having an actual conversation.
We learn and grow through conversations. The give and take if done in a respectful way draws people together.
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Just a thought before work…
We live in a world right now where too often people want to give a monologue instead of having an actual conversation.
We learn and grow through conversations. The give and take if done in a respectful way draws people together.
We live in a world right now where too often people want to give a monologue instead of having an actual conversation.
We learn and grow through conversations. The give and take if done in a respectful way draws people together.
Reposted by Deborah La Torre
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
I decided to try Spooks/MI5 since I finished Slow Horses. Spooks has such good spy craft.
I wish I’d discovered this show ages ago.
I wish I’d discovered this show ages ago.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I decided to try Spooks/MI5 since I finished Slow Horses. Spooks has such good spy craft.
I wish I’d discovered this show ages ago.
I wish I’d discovered this show ages ago.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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#LookAndSee 325
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
This is just for fun! No rules. I will post a pic often for your music association… 🎧
#LookAndSee (Day 325) 🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
This is just for fun! No rules. I will post a pic often for your music association… 🎧
#LookAndSee (Day 325) 🎶
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
#LookAndSee 325
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
This is just for fun! No rules. I will post a pic often for your music association… 🎧
#LookAndSee (Day 325) 🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
This is just for fun! No rules. I will post a pic often for your music association… 🎧
#LookAndSee (Day 325) 🎶
Reposted by Deborah La Torre
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
I think my nonna would have enjoyed Bad Bunny if she was still alive. She loved to dance and was always full of surprises.
For example, when I came home from my summer abroad in London with a tattoo, she told me she loved it and would like one too.
For example, when I came home from my summer abroad in London with a tattoo, she told me she loved it and would like one too.
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I think my nonna would have enjoyed Bad Bunny if she was still alive. She loved to dance and was always full of surprises.
For example, when I came home from my summer abroad in London with a tattoo, she told me she loved it and would like one too.
For example, when I came home from my summer abroad in London with a tattoo, she told me she loved it and would like one too.
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The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
Reposted by Deborah La Torre
Billie Joe Armstrong changes the lyrics during Super Bowl pre-game concert:
"The representative from Epstein's Island has the floor"
"The representative from Epstein's Island has the floor"
February 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Billie Joe Armstrong changes the lyrics during Super Bowl pre-game concert:
"The representative from Epstein's Island has the floor"
"The representative from Epstein's Island has the floor"
The kiddo is great in the NFL commercial
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The kiddo is great in the NFL commercial
Remember when the Super Bowl used to have fun and/or super creative commercials?
These ad agencies should have to watch the 1984 Apple commercial to launch the Mac
youtu.be/2zfqw8nhUwA?...
These ad agencies should have to watch the 1984 Apple commercial to launch the Mac
youtu.be/2zfqw8nhUwA?...
Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD)
YouTube video by Robert Cole (RobertKCole)
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Remember when the Super Bowl used to have fun and/or super creative commercials?
These ad agencies should have to watch the 1984 Apple commercial to launch the Mac
youtu.be/2zfqw8nhUwA?...
These ad agencies should have to watch the 1984 Apple commercial to launch the Mac
youtu.be/2zfqw8nhUwA?...
Could the crypto Super Bowl ad be worse?
Let’s just put different words on the screen periodically that have nothing to do with our product.
Hopefully people will understand since our value is tanking…
Let’s just put different words on the screen periodically that have nothing to do with our product.
Hopefully people will understand since our value is tanking…
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Could the crypto Super Bowl ad be worse?
Let’s just put different words on the screen periodically that have nothing to do with our product.
Hopefully people will understand since our value is tanking…
Let’s just put different words on the screen periodically that have nothing to do with our product.
Hopefully people will understand since our value is tanking…