Trump wants 50% ownership of tik-tok to be American. How about making that 50% public and limiting shares one can buy.

I used to love reading dystopian fiction in high school.

Reaaaaally not enjoying living through dystopian reality as an adult.

Friendly reminder that if you buy a book on Kindle, you're only paying for the rights to read, not own. If a book truly gets banned, it will be taken away from digital platforms like Kindle, nook, etc. Consider getting physical copies of banned (or other) books!

READ BANNED BOOKS

#booksky

Enjoy the last day before tomorrow. Then four years…

Mary Oliver bringing truth this morning.
@maryoliverdaily.bsky.social

As California burns as a result of a climate crisis driven by the burning of fossil fuels, repeated speakers at President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral discuss his historic leadership and contributions to embracing a shift to renewable energy and tackling fossil fuel dependence.

LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees:

Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)

Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)

Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)

Bé Ù (Silver Lake)

Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)

Oy Bar (Studio City)

Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)

Dudley Market (Venice)

LaSorted's (Silver Lake)

Hi LA County friends, just got a heads up through the wires and don't have a place to write it up so I'll put it here instead - the city of Rosemead is providing free N95s and KN95s to the public which can be picked up at the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce on Muscatel Ave between 12-4pm today...

@rindieca.bsky.social

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
- Umberto Eco