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kudos to the guerrilla marketers who turned kylie jenner's perv glasses ad into a surveillance warning when seen from a certain angle...

upfromsumdirt@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 2w ago

the age of celebrity endorsement is dead. or should be. nothing turns me off a product faster than some rich celebrity shill trying to convince me some new technological bullshit completes my "lifestyle". i aint with it.

what’s your sign?

Brian Spears@briankspears.bsky.social · last wk.

What’s your sign?

My husband has discovered PDX bike culture. Yesterday he went on a ride that ended at a festival for brass marching bands. Today he is on a ride to look for especially nice cats. There are cats marked on the map who look forward to the event.

They’re just going to keep adding to the bottom of every water main break story the same DWP quote: “the city goes through two to four water main breaks per day and …the city’s 36% leak rate is lower than the national average. When we have a large break, it draws attention to our smaller breaks”

KTLA 5@ktla.com · last wk.

Another water main break reported in Los Angeles neighborhood

corey ruiz memorial, night 4

Her mind! This from @karenhao.bsky.social should be one of those inspirational quotes that a crafter does in needlepoint. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

On Aug. 1, I am going to launch my online jewelry shop. I am both excited and prepared for disappointment 😅 MariNaomi.myshopify.com

We don’t remember having seen an oriole in our backyard, but we did this morning 💛

My unintentional yet apt reading pairing: Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage by Matthew Wolfe / Yellow Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins

I am finally going to read the nyt interview Lulu Garcia-Navarro did with my crush Seth Rogen, instead of just keeping the browser window open that features a huge image of his face which embarrassed me at least twice in the last week when showing someone something on my phone

I’m leaving instagram for an undetermined amount of time. I used to do it for a month minimum here and there throughout a year, but I think that ended when 🧊 began aggressively abducting people in LA last June…and it’s time. When I will take temporary leave from here? remains to be seen…

Reminder that not only do you not have to watch lynching videos, but circulating them is a way of participating in antiblack violence and watching them is the consumption of Black pain. It is an instant unfollow if you share this video, it is the same as if you shared a lynching postcard

I appreciate this essay about EMDR by Grace Byron~ gracebyron.substack.com/p/just-notic...

Just Notice That

On EMDR

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www.wpr.org/news/shootin... Good article about a fucked situation. Much love to Madison WI

MPD: Man shot, killed by police on Madison's east side after officer was injured with knife

One officer fired shots, although a total of four officers were involved in the incident and have been placed on leave.

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Wearable research zine!!!

Brandon Walsh@walshbr.bsky.social · 2w ago

The @scholarslab.bsky.social summer student showing off her project! Seyla Fernandez is a rising sophomore at Brown interested in C20 labor history. She worked with us to match materials and methods to topic, making a wearable zine on the politics of C20 women's sewing labor. #DHMakes

When you zoom out to view the whole country on the Watch Duty app—I’ve never seen so many current fires and floods on this map before.

“Weirdest accomplishments” sometimes amounts to forms of hyper-vigilance getting an opportunity to be enacted for good.

In my family I’m known to have extremely fast reflexes—in action, that once had me easily, flawlessly, capture a fast, skittering mouse in a jar to take outside, on the first try.

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2w ago

Okay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?

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Guavas being cooked down before becoming a paste in the kitchen tonight ✨

“We’re heartened by the community response who share memories from their childhood. Their loyalty is such a beautiful part of our family business. We’re proud to be part of this legacy and want to continue this LA landmark for generations to come.” @eater.bsky.social: la.eater.com/los-angeles-...

Olvera Street Is Los Angeles’s Birthplace. Right Now, It’s Empty.

The historic corridor remains at risk for becoming a Los Angeles ghost town

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A beautiful metaphor for America here at Glacier National Park: a bunch of people standing under a melting glacier that could collapse onto them at any moment despite all the signs warning them.

this man is the single best politician in america by a massive margin, it's no wonder the establishment hates him. he makes them all look like fools & cowards.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

A new favorite in my collection, no date/info.

This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

Worse on Purpose

The brands you trusted quietly gutted quality to protect margins. Investigative essays on corporate enshittification. Free newsletter.

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In the “roaming around the house eating whatever” phase of the writing project I’m working on.

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The thing about someone ‘improperly receiving benefits’ is I don’t care. Oh no did someone get food or health care? Good!