Susan A. Kitchens
@susankitchens.bsky.social
This year I started growing a home garden bc I’d rather be bloomscrolling than doomscrolling. Hope I can edit my posts here.
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
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Dear people outside L.A. County who are not distracted by fire, you who’ve got the brain power to strategize re this admin, please tell us, “hey, we got you, L.A. We have a plan for how to respond to Trump & Musk. When you’re ready to join us again, we’ll put you to work on our efforts.”
Please.
Please.
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Nearly-perfect printed and handwritten text recognition is the most consequential technical contribution to the study of human culture of the last fifteen years, and it's not even close.
It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Nearly-perfect printed and handwritten text recognition is the most consequential technical contribution to the study of human culture of the last fifteen years, and it's not even close.
It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee released a flotilla of Epstein emails—more than 20,000 in total. What if you were able to read them like emails?
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
The uncanny Gmail clone that drops you straight into Epstein’s inbox.
A clever bit of digital wizardry turns the 20,000-plus email dump into a working Gmail parody you can search, sort, and star.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee released a flotilla of Epstein emails—more than 20,000 in total. What if you were able to read them like emails?
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
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This is amazing. A Gmail-like interface for searching the Epstein emails released by Congress.
jmail.world
jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is amazing. A Gmail-like interface for searching the Epstein emails released by Congress.
jmail.world
jmail.world
Nice! Use collective Economic power — #WeAintBuyingIt
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nice! Use collective Economic power — #WeAintBuyingIt
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
I have friends everywhere, Charlie Brown
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS — EXCEPT EUROPA, CHARLIE BROWN
You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I have friends everywhere, Charlie Brown
I am a meat popsicle, Charlie Brown
You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I am a meat popsicle, Charlie Brown
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P-p-p-poper face, p-p-poper face
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
P-p-p-poper face, p-p-poper face
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The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
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Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me online, Monday 11/24 at 3:30pm ET, to talk about where we are in the US struggle for democracy. ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
The Breakdown with Erica Chenoweth and Steve Levitsky – Ash Center
Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy. Each month, Chenoweth and Levitsky will break down key developments, reflec...
ash.harvard.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me online, Monday 11/24 at 3:30pm ET, to talk about where we are in the US struggle for democracy. ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
This morning we harvested, rinsed and packed 3 ice boxes full of beautiful red lettuce.
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This morning we harvested, rinsed and packed 3 ice boxes full of beautiful red lettuce.
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
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I've covered climate at TIME for a decade. This year, I spent much of my time reporting on the fire that destroyed my hometown—and my own childhood home
The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
time.com/7335166/la-w...
The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
time.com/7335166/la-w...
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I've covered climate at TIME for a decade. This year, I spent much of my time reporting on the fire that destroyed my hometown—and my own childhood home
The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
time.com/7335166/la-w...
The result: a story of LA's recovery—and a warning of what happens when systems break down
time.com/7335166/la-w...
I’m decluttering in my home office (personal paper archaeology!) & I just uncovered a business card for a disaster recovery fund dating back to the 2007 Slide Fire in the San Bernardino mountains.
There are layers to this. Layers. Literally (paper strata) and oh my! A disaster recovery fund. 😳 oof.
There are layers to this. Layers. Literally (paper strata) and oh my! A disaster recovery fund. 😳 oof.
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m decluttering in my home office (personal paper archaeology!) & I just uncovered a business card for a disaster recovery fund dating back to the 2007 Slide Fire in the San Bernardino mountains.
There are layers to this. Layers. Literally (paper strata) and oh my! A disaster recovery fund. 😳 oof.
There are layers to this. Layers. Literally (paper strata) and oh my! A disaster recovery fund. 😳 oof.
Altadena in this weather is achingly beautiful. Oh I’ve missed seeing sunlit palm trees against dark rain clouds.
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Altadena in this weather is achingly beautiful. Oh I’ve missed seeing sunlit palm trees against dark rain clouds.
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
The wears n tears of modern keyboard/device life and the toll they take on the human body.
Coach E / Precision Movement has been XLNT
YT channel rocksTheir app—ROM Coach (range of motion)—v2.0 launches.
contest.rom.coach/460100/22978...
Coach E / Precision Movement has been XLNT
YT channel rocksTheir app—ROM Coach (range of motion)—v2.0 launches.
contest.rom.coach/460100/22978...
Join the ROM Coach 2.0 Launch Celebration Contest!
ROM Coach 2.0 is here! Rebuilt, refined, and better than ever. To celebrate, we’re giving away an exclusive coaching package with Coach E, plus Precision Movement merch to top participants. Enter, sha...
contest.rom.coach
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The wears n tears of modern keyboard/device life and the toll they take on the human body.
Coach E / Precision Movement has been XLNT
YT channel rocksTheir app—ROM Coach (range of motion)—v2.0 launches.
contest.rom.coach/460100/22978...
Coach E / Precision Movement has been XLNT
YT channel rocksTheir app—ROM Coach (range of motion)—v2.0 launches.
contest.rom.coach/460100/22978...
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A Native woman in Iowa was set to be released from jail when her family was told that she was being turned over to ICE. Her family said she couldn’t be deported bc she was Native. Her family, with the help of tribal leaders, finally got her released...
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
A Native woman in Iowa was set to be released from jail when her family was told that she was being turned over to ICE. Her family said she couldn’t be deported bc she was Native. Her family, with the help of tribal leaders, finally got her released...
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The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
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Translation: they’ve finished scrubbing and re-manufacturing whatever is there.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Translation: they’ve finished scrubbing and re-manufacturing whatever is there.
Selection now playing: Tom’s Album
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Selection now playing: Tom’s Album
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
Morning Pages Pro Tip: when writing and getting tempted to pause, argh (goal: keep hand moving on the page), let Tom’s Diner song be an earworm, and write to that cadence.
“This is written with the tune of that song by Suzanne Vega, and something something outside and hair is getting wet.”
“This is written with the tune of that song by Suzanne Vega, and something something outside and hair is getting wet.”
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Morning Pages Pro Tip: when writing and getting tempted to pause, argh (goal: keep hand moving on the page), let Tom’s Diner song be an earworm, and write to that cadence.
“This is written with the tune of that song by Suzanne Vega, and something something outside and hair is getting wet.”
“This is written with the tune of that song by Suzanne Vega, and something something outside and hair is getting wet.”
“Los Angeles County Counsel has officially opened an investigation into State Farm’s handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims. Not a review. An investigation by the Consumer Fraud Division.”
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Los Angeles County Counsel has officially opened an investigation into State Farm’s handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims. Not a review. An investigation by the Consumer Fraud Division.”
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱