Retired, they moved from 6 bedrooms to a tiny L.A. ADU built in 3.5 months
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Retired, they moved from 6 bedrooms to a tiny L.A. ADU built in 3.5 months — Los Angeles Times
Al and Nenette Alcazar lived in their New Orleans home for 54 years. Now, they’ve downsized to a one-bedroom ADU in their son’s backyard in Los Angeles. “We love it,” says Nenette.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Retired, they moved from 6 bedrooms to a tiny L.A. ADU built in 3.5 months
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I wonder if the US Fire Administration has ever considered just building software for fire departments itself? What do departments abroad use? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u... (🎁🔗)
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I wonder if the US Fire Administration has ever considered just building software for fire departments itself? What do departments abroad use? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u... (🎁🔗)
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FAIR plan’s current liability is greater than the entirety of CA’s annual budget and it’s only a fraction of CA’s property owners. The insurance industry would have to backstop this weee the FAIR plan to go bankrupt, which is both likely and impossible. Jane Kim wants to increase public exposure.
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
FAIR plan’s current liability is greater than the entirety of CA’s annual budget and it’s only a fraction of CA’s property owners. The insurance industry would have to backstop this weee the FAIR plan to go bankrupt, which is both likely and impossible. Jane Kim wants to increase public exposure.
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This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
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There simply is not enough public money or insurance industry regulation that can cover California’s growing climate risk. It is a serious problem that Insurance Commissioner candidates and state legislators prefer driving us off the cliff as opposed to honestly assessing reality.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There simply is not enough public money or insurance industry regulation that can cover California’s growing climate risk. It is a serious problem that Insurance Commissioner candidates and state legislators prefer driving us off the cliff as opposed to honestly assessing reality.
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One of my (unpopular) cannabis takes is that California isn't going to be the eventual "leader in cannabis" for reasons related to this thread
There simply is not enough public money or insurance industry regulation that can cover California’s growing climate risk. It is a serious problem that Insurance Commissioner candidates and state legislators prefer driving us off the cliff as opposed to honestly assessing reality.
December 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One of my (unpopular) cannabis takes is that California isn't going to be the eventual "leader in cannabis" for reasons related to this thread
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Starting next month, our patron-only summary of the month’s news is going to be getting much better as @chancephillips.bsky.social takes the reins
“If they cannot succeed when targeting one man so intensely, how could they possibly succeed at consolidating authoritarianism in a country of 340 million where a considerable proportion of the voting age population openly oppose them?” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-oppositi...
The Opposition Report #8
An announcement, Pete Hegseth, Abrego Garcia, and more.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Starting next month, our patron-only summary of the month’s news is going to be getting much better as @chancephillips.bsky.social takes the reins
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Hey folks! We've got a new batch of Verge articles that are completely free to read for the day.
First up is @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social's review of a a surprisingly affordable 5K monitor:
First up is @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social's review of a a surprisingly affordable 5K monitor:
I tested a 5K monitor that’s over $1,000 less than Apple’s Studio Display: It’s good enough
It’s a good value, but far from the best 5K model out there.
www.theverge.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey folks! We've got a new batch of Verge articles that are completely free to read for the day.
First up is @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social's review of a a surprisingly affordable 5K monitor:
First up is @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social's review of a a surprisingly affordable 5K monitor:
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getting more and more clear that the WH has nothing left to offer on econ policy except zero sum lebensraum posting
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
getting more and more clear that the WH has nothing left to offer on econ policy except zero sum lebensraum posting
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you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
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Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year, which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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AMERICOM and … INTERNATIONALCOM? are the dumbest possible CCMD names I can imagine; this half-assed plan should be rejected on that basis alone
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military
If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
AMERICOM and … INTERNATIONALCOM? are the dumbest possible CCMD names I can imagine; this half-assed plan should be rejected on that basis alone
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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lol spoke too soon, the other two options are somehow(!) even dumber
“JTF-War” are you fucking kidding me rn
“JTF-War” are you fucking kidding me rn
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
lol spoke too soon, the other two options are somehow(!) even dumber
“JTF-War” are you fucking kidding me rn
“JTF-War” are you fucking kidding me rn
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Imagine George Marshall trying to command operation watchtower and torch at the same time lmaoooo
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Imagine George Marshall trying to command operation watchtower and torch at the same time lmaoooo
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They didn’t even do this during motherfucking WORLD WAR II
December 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
They didn’t even do this during motherfucking WORLD WAR II
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one thing i am learning is that people do treat the phrase “dicking around” as an insult and a pejorative. news to me
yeah man i can't imagine why someone would get upset when you tell them all their efforts are "just dicking around"
i mean your point was correct, but come on now
i mean your point was correct, but come on now
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
one thing i am learning is that people do treat the phrase “dicking around” as an insult and a pejorative. news to me
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also "all your efforts" are not "posting"
one thing i am learning is that people do treat the phrase “dicking around” as an insult and a pejorative. news to me
yeah man i can't imagine why someone would get upset when you tell them all their efforts are "just dicking around"
i mean your point was correct, but come on now
i mean your point was correct, but come on now
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
also "all your efforts" are not "posting"
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Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.