The Spirit of the Dingbat
@dingbattitude.bsky.social
Yes
Oh god I found a high-res version www.rtr.zone/usbahn.html?...
usbahn
www.rtr.zone
February 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Yes
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Oolddoorp?
We need a high res shot of these place names
We need a high res shot of these place names
Found this insane map underneath the 7 at Court Square last night
February 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Oolddoorp?
We need a high res shot of these place names
We need a high res shot of these place names
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Fourth measles case confirmed in L.A. County; person visited LAX, restaurants while infectious
Fourth measles case confirmed in L.A. County; person visited LAX, restaurants while infectious
The L.A. County Department of Public Health has confirmed its fourth measles case of the year. The infected individual flew into LAX and visited a few San Gabriel Valley fast food restaurants.
www.latimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Fourth measles case confirmed in L.A. County; person visited LAX, restaurants while infectious
A corollary to the LA establishment and non-profit industrial complex viewing transit as only a lifeline service is a paternal view that riders time is just not very valuable. But conversely I can tell you from experience that there are many people in Operations that do care - a lot.
February 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A corollary to the LA establishment and non-profit industrial complex viewing transit as only a lifeline service is a paternal view that riders time is just not very valuable. But conversely I can tell you from experience that there are many people in Operations that do care - a lot.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 170k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction remains low
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 170k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction remains low
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Hegseth has made clear that he thinks he’s on a modern day crusade.
I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Hegseth has made clear that he thinks he’s on a modern day crusade.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Moon and Mercury setting next to the Griffith Observatory just moments ago. Found a good spot to take photos.
#Photography #Astrophotography
#Photography #Astrophotography
February 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Moon and Mercury setting next to the Griffith Observatory just moments ago. Found a good spot to take photos.
#Photography #Astrophotography
#Photography #Astrophotography
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social
The Colorado River Crisis is Here
States fail to reach a deal; Lake Powell Deadpool appears imminent
www.landdesk.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
“is there a technology that the left is excited about?”
Yes, but this kind of smart, energy efficient, all-electric, heat generating machine is illegal in the US and Canada.
Yes, but this kind of smart, energy efficient, all-electric, heat generating machine is illegal in the US and Canada.
February 19, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“is there a technology that the left is excited about?”
Yes, but this kind of smart, energy efficient, all-electric, heat generating machine is illegal in the US and Canada.
Yes, but this kind of smart, energy efficient, all-electric, heat generating machine is illegal in the US and Canada.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
“We don’t want to have to think about how we make our employees commute from Winters”
Elites pearl clutching about housing. Put it in my veins!!
French Laundry owner slams proposed affordable housing project near restaurant
Concerned business owners worry that financial risk could fall on locals.
www.sfgate.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
“We don’t want to have to think about how we make our employees commute from Winters”
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Two wind-driven wildfires in February in Colorado!
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Wind-driven wildfires prompt evacuations on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
Wind-driven wildfires prompt evacuations on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
Firefighters worked to control the flames as strong winds pushed across dry land in eastern Colorado
coloradosun.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Two wind-driven wildfires in February in Colorado!
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Airliner Traffic at Denver Airport delayed
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
An exceptional accounting of WEXMAC TITUS and the contracting gears moving the machine of ICE's push to build a $38.3 billion deportation processing network. Great work, @marisakabas.bsky.social!
Mandatory read for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how WEXMAC works.
Mandatory read for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how WEXMAC works.
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
An exceptional accounting of WEXMAC TITUS and the contracting gears moving the machine of ICE's push to build a $38.3 billion deportation processing network. Great work, @marisakabas.bsky.social!
Mandatory read for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how WEXMAC works.
Mandatory read for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how WEXMAC works.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Hotels are a much more efficient way to accommodate temporary visitors than full-year whole home rentals. Building them helps address the housing crisis and benefits both visitors & residents.
Opinion: Why Vancouver's hotel shortage is driving our housing crisis | Urbanized
Vancouver's hotel shortage and the resulting demand for short-term rentals is driving our housing crisis, especially in downtown areas.
dailyhive.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Hotels are a much more efficient way to accommodate temporary visitors than full-year whole home rentals. Building them helps address the housing crisis and benefits both visitors & residents.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Paul Koretz, the previous councilmember, also killed a road infrastructure upgrade on Westwood Blvd. where someone ran over a bicyclist before driving into a supermarket last week, killing three people.
Shout out to @controller.lacity.gov for ending his career!
la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/c...
Shout out to @controller.lacity.gov for ending his career!
la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/c...
February 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Paul Koretz, the previous councilmember, also killed a road infrastructure upgrade on Westwood Blvd. where someone ran over a bicyclist before driving into a supermarket last week, killing three people.
Shout out to @controller.lacity.gov for ending his career!
la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/c...
Shout out to @controller.lacity.gov for ending his career!
la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/c...
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
Rather than trying to build towns from scratch in the middle of vacant fields, perhaps billionaires could focus on improving underutilized sections of existing cities that are already well-serviced by transit.
Better yet, rather than waiting on billionaires, California government could just do it.
Better yet, rather than waiting on billionaires, California government could just do it.
Tiny Montclair embraces urban-density housing near transit and mall
Village at Montclair, with 350 units on 6 acres, is latest in wave of development. “We were probably one of the first to do anything outside of L.A.,” planner tells columnist David Alle…
www.dailybulletin.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Rather than trying to build towns from scratch in the middle of vacant fields, perhaps billionaires could focus on improving underutilized sections of existing cities that are already well-serviced by transit.
Better yet, rather than waiting on billionaires, California government could just do it.
Better yet, rather than waiting on billionaires, California government could just do it.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
This is the kind of American I am.
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is the kind of American I am.
Reposted by The Spirit of the Dingbat
“…and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very harbingers of re-appearing tyranny and oppression.”
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“…and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very harbingers of re-appearing tyranny and oppression.”
