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wrote OIL BEACH | LOW POWER TO THE PEOPLE | HACKING DIVERSITY
glooming in the (mostly SoCal) gloaming | muttering re. envirotech, media, infrastructure, dross | ✊🏻 #AAUP | personal acct. typos. posts ≠ endorsements | pfp/banner: oil extraction
glooming in the (mostly SoCal) gloaming | muttering re. envirotech, media, infrastructure, dross | ✊🏻 #AAUP | personal acct. typos. posts ≠ endorsements | pfp/banner: oil extraction
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How do you balance your love life with the struggle? Call 215 436 9212 and leave a short message on our Unruly subjects hotline. Let us know how you balance love work, dating protest, writing, etc. not trying to keep that spark in your life @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
How do you balance your love life with the struggle? Call 215 436 9212 and leave a short message on our Unruly subjects hotline. Let us know how you balance love work, dating protest, writing, etc. not trying to keep that spark in your life @rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
update: it's contained but still burning(!). they dragged it into the port of long beach, LA's even dirtier little cousin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3p...
Cargo ship fire continues to burn off the Los Angeles County coast
YouTube video by CBS LA
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
update: it's contained but still burning(!). they dragged it into the port of long beach, LA's even dirtier little cousin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3p...
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NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Join a national call to debrief this past weekend’s viral ICE Scraper action, strengthen our nonviolent strategy, and coordinate safe, visible actions nationwide.
Learn how communities are organizing ...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
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The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
ICE Detains University of Oklahoma Professor With H-1B Visa, Colleague Says
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
it's trying to split the difference btwn cardigans and turtlenecks, but it's neither. color is nice tho!
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
it's trying to split the difference btwn cardigans and turtlenecks, but it's neither. color is nice tho!
wait, is this *different* from the zombie deer outbreak?? 😬
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
wait, is this *different* from the zombie deer outbreak?? 😬
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This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wow, good personnel choice!! Congrats Alondra!
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wow, good personnel choice!! Congrats Alondra!
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Dr. Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor boarding a flight to attend an academic conference in DC, was detained by ICE & jailed: “This guy is illegally detained. He's following all the laws. He's been impeccable about doing everything,” said his Univ of Oklahoma colleague Joshua Landis.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Dr. Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor boarding a flight to attend an academic conference in DC, was detained by ICE & jailed: “This guy is illegally detained. He's following all the laws. He's been impeccable about doing everything,” said his Univ of Oklahoma colleague Joshua Landis.
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looking up a hillside
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
looking up a hillside
i was actually sort of surprised that she was so thumbs-down given that i'm the hater/cassandra & she's the normie with the good attitude, but she had absolutely no space for what AI is "contributing" in her work environment
the ppl using it make more work for everyone who cares abt not fucking up
the ppl using it make more work for everyone who cares abt not fucking up
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
i was actually sort of surprised that she was so thumbs-down given that i'm the hater/cassandra & she's the normie with the good attitude, but she had absolutely no space for what AI is "contributing" in her work environment
the ppl using it make more work for everyone who cares abt not fucking up
the ppl using it make more work for everyone who cares abt not fucking up
"does our implementation follow the language in the bill?"
"are we doing the steps for this medical procedure in the right order?"
<handwaves>
"are we doing the steps for this medical procedure in the right order?"
<handwaves>
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"does our implementation follow the language in the bill?"
"are we doing the steps for this medical procedure in the right order?"
<handwaves>
"are we doing the steps for this medical procedure in the right order?"
<handwaves>
had a convo w my policy-ish-working sister yesterday. they've been told they must us AI at work; so far she says it's worse for comparing language in technical documents than MS Word; terrible at summarizing said docs; & basically just shows her *who in her workplace cares abt getting details right*
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
had a convo w my policy-ish-working sister yesterday. they've been told they must us AI at work; so far she says it's worse for comparing language in technical documents than MS Word; terrible at summarizing said docs; & basically just shows her *who in her workplace cares abt getting details right*
all forms of social, scientific, medical, technological progress ("progress") are so, so fragile
we're already feeling the impact of broken research & aid; just wait till farming out education and expertise to chatbots comes home to roost
we're already feeling the impact of broken research & aid; just wait till farming out education and expertise to chatbots comes home to roost
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
all forms of social, scientific, medical, technological progress ("progress") are so, so fragile
we're already feeling the impact of broken research & aid; just wait till farming out education and expertise to chatbots comes home to roost
we're already feeling the impact of broken research & aid; just wait till farming out education and expertise to chatbots comes home to roost
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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Thr NWS is still producing beach hazards statements. Days with one have a much higher risk of something like this. Its worth looking at the forecast and choosing to avoid the risk
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/22/s...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/22/s...
Second tragedy off Big Sur coast when three people swept into ocean, one still missing
The harrowing incident off Soberanes Point comes a week after a father and his 7-year-old daughter were killed in rough waters three miles farther north off Big Sur’s Garrapata Beach.
www.mercurynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Thr NWS is still producing beach hazards statements. Days with one have a much higher risk of something like this. Its worth looking at the forecast and choosing to avoid the risk
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/22/s...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/22/s...
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“Car wash employees — along with street vendors, day laborers, farmworkers and gardeners — have become low-hanging fruit. At least 340 people have been detained in raids on 100 car washes across Southern California since June, according to the CLEAN Car Wash Worker Center..”
This L.A. car wash depends on immigrant labor. Can it survive Trump?
The car wash industry, emblematic of California's highway culture, has long depended on immigrant labor. It's been hit hard by President Trump's deportation campaign.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“Car wash employees — along with street vendors, day laborers, farmworkers and gardeners — have become low-hanging fruit. At least 340 people have been detained in raids on 100 car washes across Southern California since June, according to the CLEAN Car Wash Worker Center..”
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Amidst so much that is lamentable, I’d like to share this wonderful film I learned about last night, via Anthology Film Archives 🥰
OMG! In 1970 Hiler + Dorsky "collaborated on... an industrial film commissioned by NJ’s Sussex County Area Reference Library, whose local branch Dorsky and Hiler frequented first as patrons, then eventually as projectionists and programmers for the library’s 16mm screenings" - ft Tony Conrad :)
Library (1970) by Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiler
YouTube video by For All People
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Amidst so much that is lamentable, I’d like to share this wonderful film I learned about last night, via Anthology Film Archives 🥰
looking up a hillside
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
looking up a hillside
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a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The collision pushed the Jeep Cherokee through the pedestrian sidewalk, where it hit a fire hydrant and then a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban in a parking lot, police added"
Why I'm always so afraid just walking around here
Why I'm always so afraid just walking around here
Police say they’re investigating the death of a man involved in a crash near Long Beach Boulevard and East San Antonio Drive early Saturday night.
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/driver-dies-...
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/driver-dies-...
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The collision pushed the Jeep Cherokee through the pedestrian sidewalk, where it hit a fire hydrant and then a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban in a parking lot, police added"
Why I'm always so afraid just walking around here
Why I'm always so afraid just walking around here
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This is the 52nd traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year, making it the deadliest year since at least 2013.
Police say they’re investigating the death of a man involved in a crash near Long Beach Boulevard and East San Antonio Drive early Saturday night.
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/driver-dies-...
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/driver-dies-...
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is the 52nd traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year, making it the deadliest year since at least 2013.
the gaslighting economy
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the gaslighting economy
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You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.