Ricki La Luna
@rickilaluna.bsky.social
Product designer. Writing about design, user experience, and the future of transportation design at autolitics.com. Progressive comms strategies at theresistancereport.substack.com.
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If you scoff at the idea that Trump will take over Venezuela or invade Cuba and Greenland
Maybe you can explain why he proposed increasing the military budget from about $900 billion
To a whopping $1.5 trillion
Especially when he’s repeatedly bragged how he “totally rebuilt” the military already
Maybe you can explain why he proposed increasing the military budget from about $900 billion
To a whopping $1.5 trillion
Especially when he’s repeatedly bragged how he “totally rebuilt” the military already
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
If you scoff at the idea that Trump will take over Venezuela or invade Cuba and Greenland
Maybe you can explain why he proposed increasing the military budget from about $900 billion
To a whopping $1.5 trillion
Especially when he’s repeatedly bragged how he “totally rebuilt” the military already
Maybe you can explain why he proposed increasing the military budget from about $900 billion
To a whopping $1.5 trillion
Especially when he’s repeatedly bragged how he “totally rebuilt” the military already
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Can someone explain to me why the NYT reports this as though they do not have the ability to watch the video of Good being murdered?
She was trying to kill the agents??? They just print it as if it has any basis in reality.
She was trying to kill the agents??? They just print it as if it has any basis in reality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Can someone explain to me why the NYT reports this as though they do not have the ability to watch the video of Good being murdered?
She was trying to kill the agents??? They just print it as if it has any basis in reality.
She was trying to kill the agents??? They just print it as if it has any basis in reality.
“Give me your ID or you will be shot and killed” - ICE officers and GOP meat riders.
Rep. Wesley Hunt: "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
“Give me your ID or you will be shot and killed” - ICE officers and GOP meat riders.
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This is Renee Good.
She was a mother of a six-year-old child.
She was an American citizen.
She described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado.”
And she was gunned down in cold blood and broad daylight by Trump’s ICE agents.
She was a mother of a six-year-old child.
She was an American citizen.
She described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado.”
And she was gunned down in cold blood and broad daylight by Trump’s ICE agents.
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This is Renee Good.
She was a mother of a six-year-old child.
She was an American citizen.
She described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado.”
And she was gunned down in cold blood and broad daylight by Trump’s ICE agents.
She was a mother of a six-year-old child.
She was an American citizen.
She described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado.”
And she was gunned down in cold blood and broad daylight by Trump’s ICE agents.
This is an excellent sound bite and policy.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is an excellent sound bite and policy.
One of the more odious relics of the Obama administration.
I have nothing but contempt for this kind of thinking or political advocacy; anyone who joins this man's campaign is taking up with the opposition.
He waves no battle standard, his white flag is ironed, clean, unimprovised, and ready to be unfurled.
He waves no battle standard, his white flag is ironed, clean, unimprovised, and ready to be unfurled.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
One of the more odious relics of the Obama administration.
This is the kind of insanity we’ve chosen by centering modern society on petroleum.
Imagine a world powered by renewable energy. No wars for oil. No tankers to seize.
Imagine a world powered by renewable energy. No wars for oil. No tankers to seize.
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This is the kind of insanity we’ve chosen by centering modern society on petroleum.
Imagine a world powered by renewable energy. No wars for oil. No tankers to seize.
Imagine a world powered by renewable energy. No wars for oil. No tankers to seize.
The way his cult members adopt his demented blatherings and shabbily attempt to restate them with less insane language. It’s a ritual. A public display of fealty. A requirement of MAGA politicos and wannabes. 🤮
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The way his cult members adopt his demented blatherings and shabbily attempt to restate them with less insane language. It’s a ritual. A public display of fealty. A requirement of MAGA politicos and wannabes. 🤮
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I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Tesla 2025 sales declined massively in Europe. Down 27,8% YoY. I find the Germany decline especially amusing, since Musk invested so heavily in a huge factory there.
The brand isn’t quite dead, but hard to see any path of growth ahead.
The brand isn’t quite dead, but hard to see any path of growth ahead.
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Tesla 2025 sales declined massively in Europe. Down 27,8% YoY. I find the Germany decline especially amusing, since Musk invested so heavily in a huge factory there.
The brand isn’t quite dead, but hard to see any path of growth ahead.
The brand isn’t quite dead, but hard to see any path of growth ahead.
Great news. Imagine if we had an effective opposition leadership.
With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Great news. Imagine if we had an effective opposition leadership.
Seems to me that Tesla’s focus on just two core (aging) products and musk’s extremist political activities have proven to destroy the sales of a company that once dominated its market.
Buyers want choice. And they don’t want their car purchase to imply support of RW extremists.
Buyers want choice. And they don’t want their car purchase to imply support of RW extremists.
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Seems to me that Tesla’s focus on just two core (aging) products and musk’s extremist political activities have proven to destroy the sales of a company that once dominated its market.
Buyers want choice. And they don’t want their car purchase to imply support of RW extremists.
Buyers want choice. And they don’t want their car purchase to imply support of RW extremists.
“Limit the first amendment to protect it.” Could hardly be more perfectly Orwellian. And the total lack of response from the cable anchors is perfectly trumpian. Dark.
This guy, an Israeli billionaire, believes it’s time to “limit the First Amendment in order to protect it.” He believes the government should control social media and everything that is posted.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #BlueCrew
#FirstAmendment
#Pinks #ProudBlue #BlueCrew
#FirstAmendment
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 AM
“Limit the first amendment to protect it.” Could hardly be more perfectly Orwellian. And the total lack of response from the cable anchors is perfectly trumpian. Dark.
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Hard to be mad that a mayor’s wife has $600 boots she paid for when the president is a crypto billionaire who got a $400M plane as a “gift” that he didn’t pay for.
January 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Hard to be mad that a mayor’s wife has $600 boots she paid for when the president is a crypto billionaire who got a $400M plane as a “gift” that he didn’t pay for.
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These dumb takes always go one way.
They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie
They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
These dumb takes always go one way.
They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie
They never run a photo of a billionaire in Central Park, calling out a capitalist for hypocritically enjoying a public park like some kind of commie
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Hardly new or surprising at this point, but it's still so crazy how the US president goes to bat for Russia, aping the Russian government's propaganda, lying to the world on a Russian dictator's behalf, and trying to help Russian military aggression succeed against a US-partnered European democracy.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hardly new or surprising at this point, but it's still so crazy how the US president goes to bat for Russia, aping the Russian government's propaganda, lying to the world on a Russian dictator's behalf, and trying to help Russian military aggression succeed against a US-partnered European democracy.
It’s sad on a symbolic level but … it’s zany to feel any meaningful impact from MTV quitting the music video racket???
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It’s sad on a symbolic level but … it’s zany to feel any meaningful impact from MTV quitting the music video racket???
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Good to hear BUT crazy that this is a huge sea-change. Cars — the most crucial HMI on earth — using touch screens for mission critical, safety impacting controls and settings is one of the dumbest developments of all time.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Good to hear BUT crazy that this is a huge sea-change. Cars — the most crucial HMI on earth — using touch screens for mission critical, safety impacting controls and settings is one of the dumbest developments of all time.
As anyone capable of logic predicted, the mindless “shoot yourself in the foot” anti-immigrant ICE raids have ground Texas construction industry to a halt. A horrible development for housing and economic outlook. Congratulations, you played yourself.
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As anyone capable of logic predicted, the mindless “shoot yourself in the foot” anti-immigrant ICE raids have ground Texas construction industry to a halt. A horrible development for housing and economic outlook. Congratulations, you played yourself.
Good to hear BUT crazy that this is a huge sea-change. Cars — the most crucial HMI on earth — using touch screens for mission critical, safety impacting controls and settings is one of the dumbest developments of all time.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Good to hear BUT crazy that this is a huge sea-change. Cars — the most crucial HMI on earth — using touch screens for mission critical, safety impacting controls and settings is one of the dumbest developments of all time.
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perfect metaphors don’t exis—
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
perfect metaphors don’t exis—
Does he have a sexual fetish for marble??
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Does he have a sexual fetish for marble??
Who wouldn’t love to rest their elbow on some nice cold stone? Sounds so comfortable.
Yes but…perhaps there’s some unknowable reason it’s never been done?
Yes but…perhaps there’s some unknowable reason it’s never been done?
December 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Who wouldn’t love to rest their elbow on some nice cold stone? Sounds so comfortable.
Yes but…perhaps there’s some unknowable reason it’s never been done?
Yes but…perhaps there’s some unknowable reason it’s never been done?