@giladam.bsky.social
Software Eng from Los Angeles. Not an orc. Likes: 15-minute cities, movies, geopolitics. I love nothing more than sitting in a good cafe, watching the world go by.
I prefer to have my political positions à la carte as opposed to bundled.
I prefer to have my political positions à la carte as opposed to bundled.
An interesting video on the taco business in Los Angeles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpW6...
Skip the ad from 01:20 - 4:05 or so. Too much detail in some places, and a little too little detail in other places, but the implications and concepts are interesting.
Skip the ad from 01:20 - 4:05 or so. Too much detail in some places, and a little too little detail in other places, but the implications and concepts are interesting.
The Territorial Business of Tacos
YouTube video by Modern MBA
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An interesting video on the taco business in Los Angeles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpW6...
Skip the ad from 01:20 - 4:05 or so. Too much detail in some places, and a little too little detail in other places, but the implications and concepts are interesting.
Skip the ad from 01:20 - 4:05 or so. Too much detail in some places, and a little too little detail in other places, but the implications and concepts are interesting.
Some pictures I took of the protests in Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA today.
April 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Some pictures I took of the protests in Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA today.
Hear! Hear! 🏁 Great job @booker.senate.gov and staff! Sleep well tonight, and thank you kindly! Thank you for demonstrating competence and inspiring us when we needed it the most, so that we may rediscover hope! 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🇮🇱🇺🇦🏳🌈 ⚔⚖✌🗽
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hear! Hear! 🏁 Great job @booker.senate.gov and staff! Sleep well tonight, and thank you kindly! Thank you for demonstrating competence and inspiring us when we needed it the most, so that we may rediscover hope! 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🇮🇱🇺🇦🏳🌈 ⚔⚖✌🗽
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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
February 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
You know, Bluesky, and I guess Threads too, could really use a snooze feature. I’d like to take a break from certain accounts but maybe I don’t want to unfollow. Now nice it would be if social media could function more like useful tool and less like a time and attention thief.
November 28, 2024 at 12:04 AM
You know, Bluesky, and I guess Threads too, could really use a snooze feature. I’d like to take a break from certain accounts but maybe I don’t want to unfollow. Now nice it would be if social media could function more like useful tool and less like a time and attention thief.
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Urbanist Beavis and Butt-Head: A 13 part 🧵
Beavis: ‘Uh, this place sucks.’
Butt-Head: ‘Yeah, it’s like, totally boring. Huh huh.’
If anyone deserves an e-bike, it’s Beavis and Butt-Head. Stuck in single-family zoning sprawl, they’re forced to walk everywhere. Imagine these two in a 15-minute city!
Beavis: ‘Uh, this place sucks.’
Butt-Head: ‘Yeah, it’s like, totally boring. Huh huh.’
If anyone deserves an e-bike, it’s Beavis and Butt-Head. Stuck in single-family zoning sprawl, they’re forced to walk everywhere. Imagine these two in a 15-minute city!
November 13, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Urbanist Beavis and Butt-Head: A 13 part 🧵
Beavis: ‘Uh, this place sucks.’
Butt-Head: ‘Yeah, it’s like, totally boring. Huh huh.’
If anyone deserves an e-bike, it’s Beavis and Butt-Head. Stuck in single-family zoning sprawl, they’re forced to walk everywhere. Imagine these two in a 15-minute city!
Beavis: ‘Uh, this place sucks.’
Butt-Head: ‘Yeah, it’s like, totally boring. Huh huh.’
If anyone deserves an e-bike, it’s Beavis and Butt-Head. Stuck in single-family zoning sprawl, they’re forced to walk everywhere. Imagine these two in a 15-minute city!
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Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living Virtuously (1930)
1. Do not lie to yourself.
2. Do not lie to other people unless they are exercising tyranny.
3. When you think it is your duty to inflict pain, scrutinize your reasons closely.
1. Do not lie to yourself.
2. Do not lie to other people unless they are exercising tyranny.
3. When you think it is your duty to inflict pain, scrutinize your reasons closely.
Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living Virtuously (1930)
Image by J. F. Horrabin, via Wikimedia Commons
Bertrand Russell may have lived his long life concerned with big topics in logic, mathematics, politics, and society, but that didn't keep him from thin...
www.openculture.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living Virtuously (1930)
1. Do not lie to yourself.
2. Do not lie to other people unless they are exercising tyranny.
3. When you think it is your duty to inflict pain, scrutinize your reasons closely.
1. Do not lie to yourself.
2. Do not lie to other people unless they are exercising tyranny.
3. When you think it is your duty to inflict pain, scrutinize your reasons closely.
I feel a bratty spell coming on…
November 17, 2024 at 4:44 AM
I feel a bratty spell coming on…
I love this guy's insights into movies and art. I especially love how he talks about how the death is not a sacred concept anymore in this type of content. Good stuff!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpF...
Pop Culture is Eating Itself
YouTube video by Solar Sands
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I love this guy's insights into movies and art. I especially love how he talks about how the death is not a sacred concept anymore in this type of content. Good stuff!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpF...
I found this BBC documentary "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Adam Curtis helpful for understanding the times we live in.
It's 6 parts and I learned a lot from each part.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKD...
It's 6 parts and I learned a lot from each part.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKD...
Can't Get You Out Of My Head | Adam Curtis Documentary | Part 1 : Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain | BBC
YouTube video by Adam Curtis Documentaries
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I found this BBC documentary "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Adam Curtis helpful for understanding the times we live in.
It's 6 parts and I learned a lot from each part.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKD...
It's 6 parts and I learned a lot from each part.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKD...