John Kawakami
@johnkawakami.bsky.social
#LosAngelges folks, there's a protest against Spotify. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Since I don't sub to Spot, what I'm going to do is start using the app to listen to podcasts, and use up their bandwidth. I'll try to skip ads.
Since I don't sub to Spot, what I'm going to do is start using the app to listen to podcasts, and use up their bandwidth. I'll try to skip ads.
Spotify Protest: LA · Indivisible
This Wednesday and Thursday, Media City Indivisible, East Valley Indivisible, and Los Angeles residents will protest outside Spotify’s Los Angeles Headquarters to oppose the streaming giant’s airing o...
www.mobilize.us
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#LosAngelges folks, there's a protest against Spotify. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Since I don't sub to Spot, what I'm going to do is start using the app to listen to podcasts, and use up their bandwidth. I'll try to skip ads.
Since I don't sub to Spot, what I'm going to do is start using the app to listen to podcasts, and use up their bandwidth. I'll try to skip ads.
Wow. I never liked the New Atheists, once I saw some videos. I'd been an atheist since my mid 20s, and found them repellent and mean.
I began to thought New Atheism was terrible because it cheerled wars, denigrated whole populations of Muslims, and spearheaded transphobia, but turned out it was also best mates with Jeffrey Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wow. I never liked the New Atheists, once I saw some videos. I'd been an atheist since my mid 20s, and found them repellent and mean.
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A Fullerton police officer intervened when he saw a man in plain clothes pointing a gun at a female driver on a busy street in Santa Ana. The man later identified himself as an immigration agent and accused the driver of "following him" during an "operation"
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A Fullerton police officer intervened when he saw a man in plain clothes pointing a gun at a female driver on a busy street in Santa Ana. The man later identified himself as an immigration agent and accused the driver of "following him" during an "operation"
Does this make sense?
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Does this make sense?
Trump is a Maoist?
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump is a Maoist?
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Anarchism: Doesn't Sound So Silly Now, Does It? An introduction
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Anarchism: Doesn't Sound So Silly Now, Does It? An introduction
If Black people can't be racist, because Black people lack the power of white people, then Asian people can't be racist, for the same reason...
...yet, these groups accuse each other of racism against each other.
(Find my logical error.)
...yet, these groups accuse each other of racism against each other.
(Find my logical error.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
If Black people can't be racist, because Black people lack the power of white people, then Asian people can't be racist, for the same reason...
...yet, these groups accuse each other of racism against each other.
(Find my logical error.)
...yet, these groups accuse each other of racism against each other.
(Find my logical error.)
Who's Afraid of Gender? (A Guide to Judith Butler)
YouTube video by Philosophy Tube
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I was talking with a friend about patriarchy, and we were following a logic, and he was trying to say competitiveness or seeking rank as a patriarchal quality. I couldn't agree. I thought "maybe".
This had a tinge of "matriarchy"... but I don't think matriarchy exists.
This had a tinge of "matriarchy"... but I don't think matriarchy exists.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I was talking with a friend about patriarchy, and we were following a logic, and he was trying to say competitiveness or seeking rank as a patriarchal quality. I couldn't agree. I thought "maybe".
This had a tinge of "matriarchy"... but I don't think matriarchy exists.
This had a tinge of "matriarchy"... but I don't think matriarchy exists.
A 300%+ increase.
watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A 300%+ increase.
I get the feeling there are people on the left who equate liberalism only with capitalism, while ignoring that it means more than that. It includes social liberalism, and a general rationalist outlook.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I get the feeling there are people on the left who equate liberalism only with capitalism, while ignoring that it means more than that. It includes social liberalism, and a general rationalist outlook.
This company, Pacifica, was also the purchaser in the sale of Keiro senior housing. Part of a gentrification goal for Boyle Heights. @latenantsunion.bsky.social @knockdotla.bsky.social
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te... by Julia Talante
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te... by Julia Talante
Long-Time Mar Vista Tenants Fight Evictions at the Hands of Pacifica Companies - Knock LA
Amid the recent wave of ICE terror, a multibillion-dollar corporation is using the Ellis Act to displace already vulnerable immigrant families
knock-la.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This company, Pacifica, was also the purchaser in the sale of Keiro senior housing. Part of a gentrification goal for Boyle Heights. @latenantsunion.bsky.social @knockdotla.bsky.social
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te... by Julia Talante
knock-la.com/mar-vista-te... by Julia Talante
I'm might switch over to being a "gloves on" BBQ eater.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm might switch over to being a "gloves on" BBQ eater.
My pop was a hoarder. After he passed, I had to clean out. Craigslist "free" saved me from hauling hundreds of pounds of stuff. I just dragged things out, and listed. People would come to the door or driveway and take it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My pop was a hoarder. After he passed, I had to clean out. Craigslist "free" saved me from hauling hundreds of pounds of stuff. I just dragged things out, and listed. People would come to the door or driveway and take it.
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From Judge Immergut: “The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority."
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/f...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/f...
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
From Judge Immergut: “The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority."
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/f...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/f...
The saddest thing about Charlie Kirk was that he was in his 30s, and a racist.
He's a reminder of how far we haven't moved forward. The shit he was saying was shit racists were saying in the 1980s.
Where the fuck is the "progress" if we keep producing a fresh batch of bigots every year?
He's a reminder of how far we haven't moved forward. The shit he was saying was shit racists were saying in the 1980s.
Where the fuck is the "progress" if we keep producing a fresh batch of bigots every year?
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The saddest thing about Charlie Kirk was that he was in his 30s, and a racist.
He's a reminder of how far we haven't moved forward. The shit he was saying was shit racists were saying in the 1980s.
Where the fuck is the "progress" if we keep producing a fresh batch of bigots every year?
He's a reminder of how far we haven't moved forward. The shit he was saying was shit racists were saying in the 1980s.
Where the fuck is the "progress" if we keep producing a fresh batch of bigots every year?
Saw Quezon. A good movie, one of the best I've seen this year. This article compares real photos to promotional presskit photos from the movie, along with some history.
www.spot.ph/entertainmen...
www.spot.ph/entertainmen...
Fiction Vs Reality: The 'Quezon' Cinematic Universe and Actual Photos from History
A necessary companion material for those who've seen the movie and those still planning to catch it.
www.spot.ph
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Saw Quezon. A good movie, one of the best I've seen this year. This article compares real photos to promotional presskit photos from the movie, along with some history.
www.spot.ph/entertainmen...
www.spot.ph/entertainmen...
Most of us are all sexy and sexual.
If they don't think you're sexy, that's their opinion.
If they don't think you're sexual, that's dehumanization.
If they don't think you're sexy, that's their opinion.
If they don't think you're sexual, that's dehumanization.
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Most of us are all sexy and sexual.
If they don't think you're sexy, that's their opinion.
If they don't think you're sexual, that's dehumanization.
If they don't think you're sexy, that's their opinion.
If they don't think you're sexual, that's dehumanization.
Media stereotypes, prejudice, and preference-based reinforcement: toward the dynamic of self-reinforcing effects by integrating audience selectivity
academic.oup.com/joc/article/...
academic.oup.com/joc/article/...
Media stereotypes, prejudice, and preference-based reinforcement: toward the dynamic of self-reinforcing effects by integrating audience selectivity
Abstract. The media portray various social groups stereotypically, and studying the effects of these portrayals on prejudice is paramount. Yet, audience se
academic.oup.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Media stereotypes, prejudice, and preference-based reinforcement: toward the dynamic of self-reinforcing effects by integrating audience selectivity
academic.oup.com/joc/article/...
academic.oup.com/joc/article/...