@schatz.bsky.social DO NOT CAVE

January is never going to end

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

FYI: ICE is posting up at Home Depots here in LA county and arresting work crews coming in to get supplies. If you know someone who needs to know this, pass it on.

The story behind RFK Jr. in Samoa's measles crisis has never been reported. He wasn't there to spread misinformation about vaccines (though he did). He wanted to study a "natural experiment" of unvaccinated kids.

“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Not much to see here, just Mark Zuckerberg making sure that Stephen Miller, of all people, greenlights Facebook's new hiring policies.

Gift link to this excellent NYT piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

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My new hobby is going to be ripping down these carpetbagger signs whenever I see them as property vultures descend on the areas affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Photo by the legendary LA photographer Gary Leonard.

People have been posting about cable companies being shitty about destroyed modems and routers or their credit scores falling because their home and car have been destroyed by fire.
How have we not already rebooted the French Revolution by now?

I’m experiencing “Invalid Handle” syndrome. I’ve signed out and in again, set up two factor, and reentered by user name. Still no luck. Advice appreciated.