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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 2d

Luigi not from Super Mario Bros.

mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 5d

thank fucking god. I wish this passed before I was born but I guess the second best time to legalize apartments is today

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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 6d

Any form of media that involves an angry man telling an audience what to be angry about for several hours a day is probably not good for the human brain

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 9d

Here’s the only thing getting built near the A Line in Karen Bass’s pro-housing Los Angeles: a car dealership garage. End this farce @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and sign SB 79!

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 10d

Tretinoin, a prescribed retinoid. Great for almost everything skin related from acne to "anti aging"

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 10d

but are you using sunscreen and tret

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 11d

I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 17d

An in app translate button would up my engagement with posts not in English

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Dr Grace Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 20d

4 White LA City Council members against SB79, 5 white state legislators against SB79. 0 white legislators that support SB79

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 20d

"In one instance, a large homeowner’s association in Texas was found to have banned the use of housing vouchers by Black residents. That case had been referred to the Justice Department, but the referral was abruptly withdrawn by the new Trump appointees."

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23d

The Great Resegregation in housing www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

www.nytimes.com

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 26d

gays would go crazy for Mayhem Ball tap cards

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29d

NYT: gone. WaPo: gone. LA Times: gone. CBS: gone. CNN: gone. MSNBC: going.

Plus almost all local newspapers & local TV news stations.

Plus almost all of social media.

The information environment is utterly dominated by the right & everything else is downstream of that.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 29d

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me

Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.

www.inquirer.com

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 28d

I've thought LA should have eaten a lot of its smaller cities (esp with the SB79 35,000 population thing) but this is probably better

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · 28d

lol my only complaint was how they treated Jerry/Gary/Larry. Otherwise was a big comfort show and Leslie Knope is my hero

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · Sep 14

It’s sweet but naive if you think Latinos aren’t also extremely racist and even white supremacist.

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · Sep 11

LADOT is testing concrete “Toronto barriers” in lieu of plastic bollards along 3rd Street between Main & Spring in DTLA.This could lead to concrete barriers for all protected bike lanes in the city. Let them know you support concrete bike lane barriers over plastic! mailchi.mp/streetsforal...

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Holl🌞 @willows-song.bsky.social · Sep 10

This explains it better than I can

Dave Portnoy tweet saying ‘absolutely disgusting and disturbing video from Charlie Kirk shooting today. Hoping for the best for him and his family. Anybody who is happy about this is a disgusting human.’

Pop Crave Tweet: ‘Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy says he hopes a missile hits Greta Thunberg’s boat as she sails away with aid: “I hope they hit a f*cking, like, a missile on her boat. Knock that boat down. Greta or whatever her name is”

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onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 10

whenever anyone seem to believe that homeless people that might be mentally unwell are divinely evil and they Must Be Taken Care Of to ensure societal peace, i just wish they’d ask themselves why they think homeless people want to be homeless

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · Sep 7

I wonder if there is an estimated zoned capacity for LA after sb 79 gets passed

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Upzone the coastal elites @aboutdave.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh a nice chart of zoned capacity over time. Now for NYC, not just LA!

letsgola.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/z...

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Save only the children of wealthy homeowners. Good luck everyone else

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · Sep 2

i wish it was socially acceptable to key people's cars when they intrude over sidewalks

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Aug 31

why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hipster “no-transplant”-ism is structurally identical to right wing “no immigrants”

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mars @marsargostan.bsky.social · Aug 31

tbf they proposed vivisecting the whole city but yeah they said fuck Boyle Heights in particular. Goal was 4.5 mile freeway access for every Angeleno

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