The Spirit of the Dingbat
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“Kern County is good” would probably be one of my less popular opinions so let’s go ahead and do it: Kern County is, in fact, good.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Kern County is good” would probably be one of my less popular opinions so let’s go ahead and do it: Kern County is, in fact, good.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Shouldn’t you be able to get a permit to build an apartment house in Los Angeles County faster than you can to drill an oil well in Kern County?
Meanwhile, in Kern County, California.
2,000 oil wells promised annually by Sacramento are slated for the county’s new fast-track permitting. “We want to see lots of oil application permits. We’re going to get them turned around real quick in about a week.” www.kget.com/news/local-n... #EnergySky
2,000 oil wells promised annually by Sacramento are slated for the county’s new fast-track permitting. “We want to see lots of oil application permits. We’re going to get them turned around real quick in about a week.” www.kget.com/news/local-n... #EnergySky
www.kget.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Shouldn’t you be able to get a permit to build an apartment house in Los Angeles County faster than you can to drill an oil well in Kern County?
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it was prophecied
Lehe & Pandey (2025)
Lehe & Pandey (2025)
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
it was prophecied
Lehe & Pandey (2025)
Lehe & Pandey (2025)
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Why must I, the protagonist of reality, deviate from my base preferences to accommodate the existence of other human beings? Clearly this is the fault of the profit motive
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Why must I, the protagonist of reality, deviate from my base preferences to accommodate the existence of other human beings? Clearly this is the fault of the profit motive
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Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Burma
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar).
www.uscis.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
You could say you were trying to do something more important than economic growth- my sense was always that this is how a lot of people in Quebec see it- but of course that’s not what Brexit was sold as, it was sold as higher economic growth!
(Also, what a self own by David Cameron)
(Also, what a self own by David Cameron)
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You could say you were trying to do something more important than economic growth- my sense was always that this is how a lot of people in Quebec see it- but of course that’s not what Brexit was sold as, it was sold as higher economic growth!
(Also, what a self own by David Cameron)
(Also, what a self own by David Cameron)
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Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
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All the derivatives after the first look good WRT climate change solutions. Buying us more time has real value in that situation.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the derivatives after the first look good WRT climate change solutions. Buying us more time has real value in that situation.
Kids and I made it from the Natural History Museum (Expo Park) to Azusa, door to door, in 1:25 yesterday. If you count the time it would take to get to the parking garage and load them in the car (which people don’t but you should) that’s pretty good. If we fixed Flower St…
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kids and I made it from the Natural History Museum (Expo Park) to Azusa, door to door, in 1:25 yesterday. If you count the time it would take to get to the parking garage and load them in the car (which people don’t but you should) that’s pretty good. If we fixed Flower St…
Go to Denver and see all the new apartment construction downtown and on the airport line. Another clear yimby win!
Home prices are now falling in Denver on a YoY basis according to Case-Shiller:
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Go to Denver and see all the new apartment construction downtown and on the airport line. Another clear yimby win!
The sea level rise that’s probably baked in from Pine Island and Thwaites is already pretty dire, like 5+ feet. The cost of stratospheric solar reflection is going to be way way less than what our current path is going to be.
I think this is correct. Temperature is just so fundamental
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The sea level rise that’s probably baked in from Pine Island and Thwaites is already pretty dire, like 5+ feet. The cost of stratospheric solar reflection is going to be way way less than what our current path is going to be.
This is probably my most crank-coded opinion but if this is technologically feasible it is inevitable and the sooner we do it the better. All indications are that we’ve already tipped some bad things like the Pine Island Glacier and we’ve hardly even slowed carbon emissions.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is probably my most crank-coded opinion but if this is technologically feasible it is inevitable and the sooner we do it the better. All indications are that we’ve already tipped some bad things like the Pine Island Glacier and we’ve hardly even slowed carbon emissions.
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🔋🔌💡💪 40 million people.
As of 5pm today, batteries were the largest single source of power for the Californian grid www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🔋🔌💡💪 40 million people.
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RV parked in the first floor of a stalled out apartment building at Pico Station on Flower St.
Feels like a microcosm of housing in LA.
Feels like a microcosm of housing in LA.
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
RV parked in the first floor of a stalled out apartment building at Pico Station on Flower St.
Feels like a microcosm of housing in LA.
Feels like a microcosm of housing in LA.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Imagine having so much rizz that you meet someone once and change their entire dress code.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Imagine having so much rizz that you meet someone once and change their entire dress code.
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We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Architrump
Mans looks like he's about to take credit for a building project for which he only contributed a watercolor
quite a look for Trump today
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Architrump
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Left-wing vs right-wing populism in one picture.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Left-wing vs right-wing populism in one picture.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
This couldn't have been more perfect. Ignoring tradeoffs and blaming the main outgroup as the solution to every societal problem.
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I bought a pack of cheapo toy cars online and one of them is a recycling truck with a machine gun.
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I bought a pack of cheapo toy cars online and one of them is a recycling truck with a machine gun.
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One house turns into 10 homes in Palms, Los Angeles. (2018➡️2022)
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One house turns into 10 homes in Palms, Los Angeles. (2018➡️2022)
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While not many new apartment buildings are getting proposed in LA, most now contain 3 bedroom units, due to the “public benefit” incentive program in CHIP.
These two projects by the same architect show very different approaches to 3br units. One tiny compliance units, the other massive penthouses.
These two projects by the same architect show very different approaches to 3br units. One tiny compliance units, the other massive penthouses.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
While not many new apartment buildings are getting proposed in LA, most now contain 3 bedroom units, due to the “public benefit” incentive program in CHIP.
These two projects by the same architect show very different approaches to 3br units. One tiny compliance units, the other massive penthouses.
These two projects by the same architect show very different approaches to 3br units. One tiny compliance units, the other massive penthouses.