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Nowcowan
@nowcowan.bsky.social
Emerging artist. Former architectural designer. Lover of Los Angeles, random facts, local issues & being a boss ass boss
Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Bison, a sculptor from France. I carve wood into friends ! ✨You can find my shop here : bisonrimant.fr 🌟And also my DOOM II portfolio : www.moddb.com/mods/museumwad I take commissions, contact via DM here or my website.
After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.
An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.
theintercept.com
There’s this thing people do where they’re surprised that a rapper has read a book or knows any music theory or something else “intelligent”. Anyway, I hate it. Thank you.
Happy #PortfolioDay Everyone! My name is Ben and I am an LA Based Background Artist and Illustrator! I am #openforwork and always on the lookout for my next adventure! 📧: bttomimatsu39@gmail.com 🌐: btomimatsu.com
"This is also one of India's biggest anti-patriachy protests. The last 15 years have been a relentless campaign to remove women from public spaces through violence and fear. This is a rejection of that misogyny and bigotry." - @amitangshu.bsky.social x.com/amitangshu/s...
still agog & amused that this woman was married to Gavin Newsom
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 2d ago(AP) — President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.
BREAKING: Our @lukeradel.bsky.social was in the room when the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia delivered her first briefing… before she ABRUPTLY LEFT after taking only a few questions
In the Sierra Nevada, Palisade Glacier & Lyell Glacier are just hanging on after enduring for 1000s of years, the # of glaciers has fallen from 94 to 64 since 1970s. Total glacial area in the range has declined 64% & their volume has fallen 77%. 1/2 www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
A ‘charismatic landform’ is being lost in California
New scientific research offers a particularly comprehensive look at the state of glaciers across the Lower 48, including those in the Sierra Nevada and on Mount Shasta.
sfchronicle.com
CDC just closed offices in Angola and South Sudan. Zimbabwe is next; a dozen more may follow. CDC staff overseas support countries to find outbreaks early and stop them before they reach us. Decisions have consequences. Lives will be lost, including American lives. bit.ly/4B5n6uG
CDC closes 2 offices in Africa as Trump ties health aid to deals: Politico
CDC closes offices Africa as State Department ties foreign health aid to country-specific agreements under the Trump administration.
beckershospitalreview.com
New tracker: Examine the status of all transit projects funded by—or planned to be funded by—the federal gov's capital investment grant program since the 90s: www.thetransportpolitic.com/openlines/fe... Tracker shows dates for each project, how costs have changed, & status during the Trump admin.
What if a small elevator could help more people stay in the neighborhoods they love? 🛗 @sightline.org explores how making elevators easier to install in smaller apartment buildings could give more older adults the freedom to age in their communities.
Age-Friendly Homes for Oregon Neighborhoods
Age-Friendly Homes for Oregon Neighborhoods
sightline.org
After finally drafting a will, writer Rose Maura Lorre took her end-of-life prep up a notch and got a kit called a Nokbox: a box of worksheets that you file away for any next of kin tasked with managing your earthly to-dos after you’re gone. nyti.ms/4jJuIwL
And even if they take huge losses during the midterms, we've still got a very ugly road ahead. These people will thrash about and cause tremendous harm. They will keep killing, jailing, kidnapping, and bombing. This is a long fight.
🧵 about Los Angeles Open street event #CicLAvia with pictures and videos of kids and disabled hand cyclers having fun
Dr Grace S Peng@gspeng.bsky.social · yesterdayPast experience taught us that the E line becomes jammed with bicycles west of Crenshaw. So we biked from Expo/Crenshaw to the course. Followed 36th St, then through USC to Figueroa. Rode the farcical "protected bike lane" North on Figueroa until we met the course at 2nd.
relax, don't do it doin' stuff is stupid relax, don't do it sit upon your bum
Bass and Raman meet in their only live televised debate Tuesday at 7 p.m. on NBC4 and Telemundo 52. LAist will also broadcast it live. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5n56q ✍️ Frank Stoltze
Lololol Too cringe, didn’t watch I hope people understand that insufficient leasing information in dtla is not what is keeping these storefronts empty…most empty storefronts literally have a sq footage & phone number posted in the window for anyone interested Rents are too high
Mayor Karen Bass@mayor.lacity.gov · 16h agoWhen a storefront sits empty for years, it doesn't just affect one location, it impacts the entire block. That's why we're launching Vacant to Vibrant, connecting empty storefronts with people who can bring new life and new business to downtown.
The only reporting of Phase 2 I’ve seen was buried in a Stars and Stripes story: “Troops will . . begin transitioning to the next phase. Though few details were shared, the next step includes transitioning into neighborhoods such as Anacostia and Trinidad.” www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... 10/
‘A significant impact’: National Guard wraps up first year of deployment to DC
More than 9,700 troops have deployed to the city for the past year as part of an effort to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.
stripes.com
Is this why they made all the children’s toys white??!?
geoffrey 💀 (scary now)@parsnip.bsky.social · 18h agoi have now seen the straight pride flag for the first time and my jaw genuinely dropped. you're right heterosexuals, strict binarism, black and white thinking, is a kind of imprisonment, 10/10 no notes
How to defeat tech billionaire power? Look at Solano County. When billionaires invaded their community with plans to build a "tech utopia," Democrats AND Republicans banded together to fight back. In a triumph of local democracy, they stopped the project...for now. 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...
Silicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town Politics
A bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area.
wsj.com
Truly incredible how many people do not know this is opening tomorrow! Today's your last chance to fly out of the old terminal...
Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 3d agoBurbank's new terminal opens Tuesday — and it's going to be harder to get to without a car. Plus! LA28 takes a neighborhood tour through HiFi, Dodger Stadium doesn't seem ready for extreme heat, Casey Wasserman says the Epstein fallout was an "orchestrated, paid-for campaign," and more Hot Links 🔥
Here’s a selection of progressive voter guides for Los Angeles that have crossed my path/TL Still waiting on my actual ballot but thought I’d share some research options I’ve been looking at or am planning to look through this week Don’t forget to cast your ballot early if you’re able
Nowcowan@nowcowan.bsky.social · last wk.@caworkingfamilies.bsky.social voter guide
Heeeey. You know a great way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day? But my book! It tells the story of four Lipan Apache cousins who defy fate. Five starred reviews, and just released this week! Wowie look at that cover by Abigail Rajunov. <3 Thanks for sharing it, Mom! bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
