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James Tang
@jamesthetang.bsky.social
Actor (To Die Alone, B99, NCIS:LA)
Content Creator/Filmmaker
Third Culture (BKK✈️LAX)
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I created my own scifi detective show and played 10 different characters, because apparently I’m a glutton for punishment.

Check out the full 17 min first episode about a grumpy detective who’s forced to partner with a lovebot!
Detective is forced to partner with a lovebot | Lies & Lovebots Ep. 1
YouTube video by James Tang
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

“Big tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“WhY dO tHeY eAt WiTh ThEiR hAnDs??” he asks while pushing food onto a single fork with his other hand
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Well that first hour or so of Clair Obscur hits like a cement truck holy moly
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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This is the 16th strike of its kind this year — and at least 66 people are dead because of the government’s rash actions.

These extrajudicial strikes are illegal under both international and domestic law.
2 killed in U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says
Two people on board an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific were killed by a U.S. military strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”

Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
estibass.com esti @estibass.com · Jun 25
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Can’t believe it’s legal to run gas powered leaf blowers at 7am on a Monday
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I created my own scifi detective show and played 10 different characters, because apparently I’m a glutton for punishment.

Check out the full 17 min first episode about a grumpy detective who’s forced to partner with a lovebot!
Detective is forced to partner with a lovebot | Lies & Lovebots Ep. 1
YouTube video by James Tang
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It feels like everything I’ve tried just doesn’t work, or if it works it was only temporary. Every move is like starting from 0
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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✨The Knock LA Voter Guide for the 2025 Special Election is here✨

The shortest one ever! You have no excuse for not reading it!

knock-la.com/knock-la-pro...
The Knock LA Voter Guide for the November 2025 Special Election - Knock LA
It's the shortest Knock LA Voter Guide yet! Read on for analysis on Proposition 50 and why you should vote yes.
knock-la.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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When people glorify ‘Tough On Crime’ they are just saying that they are gleefully punitive & nothing more.

Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.

Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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A timeline of events involving the shooting of news TikToker Richard L.A. and the subsequent lockdown and student walkouts at Santee High School.

The full story: lataco.com/ice-shots-sa...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Memo Torres
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Nobody cares until it’s convenient
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Does Benson Kwan have a brother? He should have a brother and I should totally play him 👀
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.

You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly.

I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.

Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
September 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Listen! Do not let your fight against fascism stop with today’s No King’s protest—let today start & accelerate!

Register to vote, volunteer on a campaign, get involved locally, donate to a candidate you believe in, run for office—democracy is not for bystanders! Democracy needs your courage!❤️✊🏽
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Block fascists. There's no reasoning or arguing with them, you might as well debate with spoiled leftovers. Don't let them bait you. Block fast, block often, block fascists. Let their accounts mummify.
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM