I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
Ben Boquist
@benboquist.bsky.social
Songwriter, theater maker, art teacher
LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone.
I saw operation mincemeat over the weekend and had a lot of thoughts. Overall I enjoyed it and had a good time. It’s stylish, well performed and tells an interesting, fresh story. It stopped just short of being thrilling and I think that’s down to the music… (1 of 2)
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
Like asking if Pangea is too problematic for today's continents You don't have today's conceptions of queerness without Rocky Horror, in its absence things would have gone a different way
it really should be a bigger story that Karen Bass enthusiastically supports the cult of Scientology
Obama’s real sin was interrupting America’s cherished tradition of turning every foreign-policy problem into a 20-year war.
Cat is in a happy place 🤗 and so is the little girl 🤗
Selected illustrations by Graham Rust published in THE SECRET GARDEN (D. R. Godine, 1987) by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Pod save America was my go to show between 16 and 20. It soothed me, entertained me, made me feel informed and gave me optimism. But now it’s noise. Bland people with no special knowledge or wit hypothesizing election strategies. Is that all it was the whole time? Have I changed?
I keep having ideas for visuals I have no idea what I’m doing
