Gabriel Kahn
@gabekahn.bsky.social
journalism prof. @USCAnnenberg, founder Crosstown: data-driven local news (xtownmedia.com), ex-@WSJ. Lacking sense of humor.
Open Source Investigative Journalists, put this on your calendar: Oct. 9-10 in Los Angeles. USC's second Open Source Journalism Conference. @henkvaness.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social
Annual Open Source Journalism Conference – Join us in Los Angeles for the second annual Open Source Journalism Conference on October 9 and 10, 2026!
sites.usc.edu
How much net new housing has Los Angeles County actually added? @lareported.bsky.social shows the depressing truth: an annual growth rate of 0.4%. lareported.org/room-to-grow/
Room to grow
By Jarrett Carpenter L.A. County has been adding bedrooms at a glacial pace of 0.4% per year. Will a spate of new pro-housing laws finally change that? At a packed meeting of the Sherman Oaks Homeow...
lareported.org
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
Olivia Miles is electric. Courtney Williams is a vibe. Cheryl Reeves is the 🐐. Lynx are a fun team to root for right now.
Cassidy Hettesheimer@cassidyhett.bsky.social · 4d agoCheryl Reeve’s shirt today:
As @lopatto.bsky.social wrote: “Lawsuits are Elon’s preferred alternative to therapy.”
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology
First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people
theguardian.com
One reason the Los Angeles #homeless crisis is so intractable: the city has been permitting many fewer apartments than it once did. xtown.la/2026/07/27/h...
L.A.'s #homelessness crisis is complicated with no easy fix. We put it into charts.
Four charts on the Los Angeles homelessness crisis
Declines in the number of new apartments and high rents contribute to a worsening situation on the streets…
xtown.la
Just gonna leave this here for all the people who seem to think we should be showing any modicum of care or empathy for Mitch Mconnell
Tuberville voted in Florida after tax records say he moved back to Alabama www.al.com/news/2026/06...
Tuberville voted in Florida after tax records say he moved to Alabama
Tuberville claimed Alabama residency in August 2018. He and his wife voted in Florida three months later.
al.com
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTuberville: "We probably have four or five senators that didn't legally win. They shouldn't be up here."
You had room, @politico.com, to add the words "Without providing evidence" to the beginning of this headline. Because that's what your story (which far fewer people will read) says. 1/2
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, who previously ran a company that provides aircraft for fighting wildfires, has proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. One of the company’s aircraft failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing. (Published June)
A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
propublica.org
maybe it’s a bad idea to teach your followers that any science that conflicts with doing exactly what they want to do is bullshit
I guess I have to go to synagogue now. That’s was the deal.
What's the worst place to park in LA? Amazing how just a few parking places generate millions for the city in fines. @thelalocalorg.bsky.social thelalocal.org/los-angeles-...
6 things to know about the worst places to park in LA
One Koreatown corner has already generated more than $760,000 in fines this year. Here’s where drivers are most likely to get ticketed — and why.
thelalocal.org
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
Trump's individual investment now number 6,181. That's up from 95 in 2017.
Trump Reports at Least $1.2 Billion in Crypto Earnings for 2025
President Donald Trump reported earning at least $1.4 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related businesses, according to his latest annual financial disclosure.
bloomberg.com
Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity talkingpointsmemo.com/news/census-...
Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity
The Census Bureau is walking back plans to unveil a new, more...
talkingpointsmemo.com
1. A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
popular.info
Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…
Iran has now tied New Zealand, tied Belgium and vanquished the United States.
