Susan A. Kitchens
@susankitchens.bsky.social
This year I started growing a home garden bc I’d rather be bloomscrolling than doomscrolling. Hope I can edit my posts here.
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
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Dear people outside L.A. County who are not distracted by fire, you who’ve got the brain power to strategize re this admin, please tell us, “hey, we got you, L.A. We have a plan for how to respond to Trump & Musk. When you’re ready to join us again, we’ll put you to work on our efforts.”
Please.
Please.
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
“churkin was great. he understood trump after our conversations. it is not complex. he must be seen to get something its that simple.” — J Epstein
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
It’s that simple.
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
It’s that simple.
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“churkin was great. he understood trump after our conversations. it is not complex. he must be seen to get something its that simple.” — J Epstein
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
It’s that simple.
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
He must be seen to get something
It’s that simple.
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One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
Oh.
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Oh.
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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An #EssentialMechanism project to download and make. As the gear turns, it meshes first with one rack, then the other, alternately lifting and dropping them in a satisfying reciprocating motion. #paperengineering #papercraft www.robives.com/project/reci...
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An #EssentialMechanism project to download and make. As the gear turns, it meshes first with one rack, then the other, alternately lifting and dropping them in a satisfying reciprocating motion. #paperengineering #papercraft www.robives.com/project/reci...
I love this Veterans Day post from the Print Museum
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I love this Veterans Day post from the Print Museum
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
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Not that I need to prove anything to Joyce Carol Oates, but it’s nice to have a list to compare
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not that I need to prove anything to Joyce Carol Oates, but it’s nice to have a list to compare
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
“Another important element in being successful in eliminating segregation was changing ourselves. We changed ourselves into people who could not be segregated. And once you change yourself the world has to fit up against the new you.”
Diane Nash, at ~9:29
youtu.be/qYaGKmsCVjc
Diane Nash, at ~9:29
youtu.be/qYaGKmsCVjc
Diane Nash Interview: The Significance of Nonviolence & Martin Luther King Jr.
YouTube video by Life Stories
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“Another important element in being successful in eliminating segregation was changing ourselves. We changed ourselves into people who could not be segregated. And once you change yourself the world has to fit up against the new you.”
Diane Nash, at ~9:29
youtu.be/qYaGKmsCVjc
Diane Nash, at ~9:29
youtu.be/qYaGKmsCVjc
Opens BlueSky, sees the latest news about some Dem Senators caving.
Remembers the exhilaration Tuesday night at the election results.
Thinks about Schumer et al.
Now would be a great time to go cold turkey and step way back from social media.
Be good to each other, people.
Closes BlueSky.
Remembers the exhilaration Tuesday night at the election results.
Thinks about Schumer et al.
Now would be a great time to go cold turkey and step way back from social media.
Be good to each other, people.
Closes BlueSky.
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Opens BlueSky, sees the latest news about some Dem Senators caving.
Remembers the exhilaration Tuesday night at the election results.
Thinks about Schumer et al.
Now would be a great time to go cold turkey and step way back from social media.
Be good to each other, people.
Closes BlueSky.
Remembers the exhilaration Tuesday night at the election results.
Thinks about Schumer et al.
Now would be a great time to go cold turkey and step way back from social media.
Be good to each other, people.
Closes BlueSky.
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
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The president is demanding that the DOJ just hand him millions (remember that?) and meanwhile he’s ordered them to go to the Supreme Court to argue that they shouldn’t pay for SNAP.
Money for Trump, no money for starving Americans.
That’s what the GOP wants.
Money for Trump, no money for starving Americans.
That’s what the GOP wants.
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The president is demanding that the DOJ just hand him millions (remember that?) and meanwhile he’s ordered them to go to the Supreme Court to argue that they shouldn’t pay for SNAP.
Money for Trump, no money for starving Americans.
That’s what the GOP wants.
Money for Trump, no money for starving Americans.
That’s what the GOP wants.
The California #Prop50 map result graphic we all need — one with a heat map to show, county by county, how close the vote was, or not.
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The California #Prop50 map result graphic we all need — one with a heat map to show, county by county, how close the vote was, or not.
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
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Why is the FAA cutting commercial passenger flights by 10% but making no changes for private jets, which also require air traffic controllers?
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why is the FAA cutting commercial passenger flights by 10% but making no changes for private jets, which also require air traffic controllers?
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
The #DiaDeLosMuertos community #ofrenda (altar) at Fair Oaks Burger in Altadena
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The #DiaDeLosMuertos community #ofrenda (altar) at Fair Oaks Burger in Altadena
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
300 days ago: #EatonFire (+Palisades)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
300 days ago: #EatonFire (+Palisades)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
This whole thread
I only started following the Dodgers last year. That spring, after my kids' school burned down in the Eaton Fire, they were treated with free tickets to a game and the 4th graders went for Jackie Robinson Day, where my kiddo got to take their pic w/Mookie Betts & the World Series trophy.
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This whole thread
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What a gift! As someone who spent the first half of the year dealing with the immediate aftermath of the Eaton Fire that ravaged my hometown of #Altadena, thank you #Dodgers for giving us all something to cheer for & genuinely be happy about.
The work continues & this win boosted a lot spirits!
The work continues & this win boosted a lot spirits!
a dodgers baseball player is standing on the base with his arms outstretched
ALT: a dodgers baseball player is standing on the base with his arms outstretched
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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this is what i was telling even non-baseball fans who arent angelenos. i know there are dozens of reasons to root against the dodgers. but this means so much to us - the altadena and palisades fires, the national guard, the ice raids, all of it.
I don't have a feeling about baseball but Los Angeles has been through hell this year and something that makes this city feel good is good
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
this is what i was telling even non-baseball fans who arent angelenos. i know there are dozens of reasons to root against the dodgers. but this means so much to us - the altadena and palisades fires, the national guard, the ice raids, all of it.
Tho Unified Command’s structure “designed to encourage collaboration, it also divides responsibility & accountability”
“Though the [McChrystal] report didn’t make clear why west Altadena got such late alerts, it detailed a process that put LA Co Fire at the helm of the delayed evacuation alerts.”
“Though the [McChrystal] report didn’t make clear why west Altadena got such late alerts, it detailed a process that put LA Co Fire at the helm of the delayed evacuation alerts.”
Firefighters urged mass Altadena evacuations. It took three hours for command center to act
County Supervisor Kathryn Barger conceded this week that county fire department was responsible for "a gap" between when evacuation alerts were needed and actually ordered.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tho Unified Command’s structure “designed to encourage collaboration, it also divides responsibility & accountability”
“Though the [McChrystal] report didn’t make clear why west Altadena got such late alerts, it detailed a process that put LA Co Fire at the helm of the delayed evacuation alerts.”
“Though the [McChrystal] report didn’t make clear why west Altadena got such late alerts, it detailed a process that put LA Co Fire at the helm of the delayed evacuation alerts.”
LA Dodgers! Sounded like New Years! 🎆🎇 As I left the Altadena house (remediation starts Monday), this improbable victory sinks in as I pass by empty lots.
For the angelenos in/near the Eaton and Palisades fire scars, it’s nice to have a big big celebration after/in midst of so much heaviness.
For the angelenos in/near the Eaton and Palisades fire scars, it’s nice to have a big big celebration after/in midst of so much heaviness.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
LA Dodgers! Sounded like New Years! 🎆🎇 As I left the Altadena house (remediation starts Monday), this improbable victory sinks in as I pass by empty lots.
For the angelenos in/near the Eaton and Palisades fire scars, it’s nice to have a big big celebration after/in midst of so much heaviness.
For the angelenos in/near the Eaton and Palisades fire scars, it’s nice to have a big big celebration after/in midst of so much heaviness.