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We help everyone, even people in states who despise us. When people are in need, Californians dig deep. 🙏
“GoFundMe’s Year in Help report, ranked California as the most generous state and Los Angeles as the most generous community, based on the percent of repeat donors to GoFundMe charities or crowdsourced fundraisers.”
"Four other California counties were also ranked in the top 10.”
"Four other California counties were also ranked in the top 10.”
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We help everyone, even people in states who despise us. When people are in need, Californians dig deep. 🙏
Dan Hicks
#BOTD
Thomas Dolby later had a hit with a cover of this dreamy '60s song "I Scare Myself:"
youtu.be/2wBPIcZpFIk?...
People of a certain age will remember the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks LP, Striking it Rich (1969)
#BOTD
Thomas Dolby later had a hit with a cover of this dreamy '60s song "I Scare Myself:"
youtu.be/2wBPIcZpFIk?...
People of a certain age will remember the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks LP, Striking it Rich (1969)
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - I Scare Myself
YouTube video by DaBerSher
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dan Hicks
#BOTD
Thomas Dolby later had a hit with a cover of this dreamy '60s song "I Scare Myself:"
youtu.be/2wBPIcZpFIk?...
People of a certain age will remember the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks LP, Striking it Rich (1969)
#BOTD
Thomas Dolby later had a hit with a cover of this dreamy '60s song "I Scare Myself:"
youtu.be/2wBPIcZpFIk?...
People of a certain age will remember the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks LP, Striking it Rich (1969)
In watching "The Revolution" on PBS you have to use your imagination harder than you did for "The Civil War," because of necessity they rely on paintings more than photographs. Old mannered pictures are harder to "bring to life."
In art school my life drawing teacher had opinions about this...
In art school my life drawing teacher had opinions about this...
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In watching "The Revolution" on PBS you have to use your imagination harder than you did for "The Civil War," because of necessity they rely on paintings more than photographs. Old mannered pictures are harder to "bring to life."
In art school my life drawing teacher had opinions about this...
In art school my life drawing teacher had opinions about this...
This 4K restoration of Wizard of Oz on AMC is really something. Rich colors and details I've never seen before, even movements and expressions that had gone unnoticed by me. Glinda's sparkly dress and the ruby slippers are dazzling ✨️ It's a whole new experience ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This 4K restoration of Wizard of Oz on AMC is really something. Rich colors and details I've never seen before, even movements and expressions that had gone unnoticed by me. Glinda's sparkly dress and the ruby slippers are dazzling ✨️ It's a whole new experience ❤️
Think about it. Have you ever been to a restaurant whose clam chowder wasn't "Famous"?
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Department of Homeland Security is just so adorable!
Looking forward to those hype videos of Santa swooping down the chimney and dragging out children, set to festive death metal carols.
He knows all the children have been bad this year. Ho ho ho!
#DHS #trump #ICE #borderpatrol #holidays
Looking forward to those hype videos of Santa swooping down the chimney and dragging out children, set to festive death metal carols.
He knows all the children have been bad this year. Ho ho ho!
#DHS #trump #ICE #borderpatrol #holidays
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Department of Homeland Security is just so adorable!
Looking forward to those hype videos of Santa swooping down the chimney and dragging out children, set to festive death metal carols.
He knows all the children have been bad this year. Ho ho ho!
#DHS #trump #ICE #borderpatrol #holidays
Looking forward to those hype videos of Santa swooping down the chimney and dragging out children, set to festive death metal carols.
He knows all the children have been bad this year. Ho ho ho!
#DHS #trump #ICE #borderpatrol #holidays
Oh there's more 'gold' lettering on the White House now, quelle surprise.
I hadn't realized the signage was 3D and glued on, which is even tackier than painted letters.
And that clumsy spacing!
It looks SO shitty 👎😵
#trump #whitehouse
I hadn't realized the signage was 3D and glued on, which is even tackier than painted letters.
And that clumsy spacing!
It looks SO shitty 👎😵
#trump #whitehouse
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Oh there's more 'gold' lettering on the White House now, quelle surprise.
I hadn't realized the signage was 3D and glued on, which is even tackier than painted letters.
And that clumsy spacing!
It looks SO shitty 👎😵
#trump #whitehouse
I hadn't realized the signage was 3D and glued on, which is even tackier than painted letters.
And that clumsy spacing!
It looks SO shitty 👎😵
#trump #whitehouse
With trump you can't tell if he's referring to drugs or immigrants. Probably both.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
With trump you can't tell if he's referring to drugs or immigrants. Probably both.
Pete's head is shaped like a dented-up muscle car.
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Pete's head is shaped like a dented-up muscle car.
We're pretty sure it will be called Le "Arc" de Trump, pourquoi pas?
Trump: We're doing ballrooms. We're doing arcs. You probably heard about it, the arc that we're looking at by the bridge near Arlington
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're pretty sure it will be called Le "Arc" de Trump, pourquoi pas?
In Becca Rothfeld's review, you find yourself wishing she'd written Nuzzi's book instead. Very well done ✔️
🎁 gift link
🎁 gift link
“There could have been a version of this book in which she dared to interpret her fall from grace as continuous with the country’s — in which she, too, was shocked to find herself seduced by charismatic vulgarity, in which she admitted to ugliness or inelegance.” Now that’s a book I would have read.
Review | Olivia Nuzzi tries and fails to save her reputation in ‘American Canto’
The flashy reporter who lost her job at New York magazine over a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returns with a memoir light on gossip — and reckoning
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In Becca Rothfeld's review, you find yourself wishing she'd written Nuzzi's book instead. Very well done ✔️
🎁 gift link
🎁 gift link
Drop something MIRRORED
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Drop something MIRRORED
You mean the "invaders" who grew and picked everything on your Thanksgiving table?
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
You mean the "invaders" who grew and picked everything on your Thanksgiving table?
Random Miles Davis mood:
All Blues, one of the most famous compositions in jazz, from the landmark album Kind of Blue (1959).
youtu.be/lKoybkBF9Ik?...
All Blues, one of the most famous compositions in jazz, from the landmark album Kind of Blue (1959).
youtu.be/lKoybkBF9Ik?...
All Blues
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Random Miles Davis mood:
All Blues, one of the most famous compositions in jazz, from the landmark album Kind of Blue (1959).
youtu.be/lKoybkBF9Ik?...
All Blues, one of the most famous compositions in jazz, from the landmark album Kind of Blue (1959).
youtu.be/lKoybkBF9Ik?...
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
- Reed and Malloy don't miss.
Who's coming to save you?
- Reed and Malloy don't miss.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
- Reed and Malloy don't miss.
Who's coming to save you?
- Reed and Malloy don't miss.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
AI has plagiarized recipes and entire websites - even photos of the cooks' families, altering their faces. And the recipes themselves are screwed up and unusable.
AI slop recipes now dominate all food-related web traffic by 25% to 80%.
AI slop recipes now dominate all food-related web traffic by 25% to 80%.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
AI has plagiarized recipes and entire websites - even photos of the cooks' families, altering their faces. And the recipes themselves are screwed up and unusable.
AI slop recipes now dominate all food-related web traffic by 25% to 80%.
AI slop recipes now dominate all food-related web traffic by 25% to 80%.
Migrating turkey vultures "kettling" above a desert park in Lancaster, CA.
Traveling southeast from Tehachapi to the Victorville area.
#birding #birds #migration
Traveling southeast from Tehachapi to the Victorville area.
#birding #birds #migration
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Migrating turkey vultures "kettling" above a desert park in Lancaster, CA.
Traveling southeast from Tehachapi to the Victorville area.
#birding #birds #migration
Traveling southeast from Tehachapi to the Victorville area.
#birding #birds #migration
Let's take a relaxing drive down the Wilshire Boulevard of 75 years ago. 🚗 🌴
An unhurried look at the shops, cars, billboards and people on the Miracle Mile in 1951.
#travel #nostalgia #1950s #LosAngeles
youtu.be/JKqOXRX7imY?...
An unhurried look at the shops, cars, billboards and people on the Miracle Mile in 1951.
#travel #nostalgia #1950s #LosAngeles
youtu.be/JKqOXRX7imY?...
Los Angeles 1950s, Wilshire Blvd | 4k and Remastered
YouTube video by Vivid History
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Let's take a relaxing drive down the Wilshire Boulevard of 75 years ago. 🚗 🌴
An unhurried look at the shops, cars, billboards and people on the Miracle Mile in 1951.
#travel #nostalgia #1950s #LosAngeles
youtu.be/JKqOXRX7imY?...
An unhurried look at the shops, cars, billboards and people on the Miracle Mile in 1951.
#travel #nostalgia #1950s #LosAngeles
youtu.be/JKqOXRX7imY?...
Rainfall totals from almost 100 locations across SoCal. And light snow is falling in the San Gabriels :)
#LosAngeles #weather #LARain 🌧
#LosAngeles #weather #LARain 🌧
Southern California storm brings more than 3 inches of rain to some areas
Southern California storm brings more than 3 inches of rain to some areas
The latest storm to soak Southern California dropped more than 2 inches of rain in some areas — and even 3 inches in others — with showers still falling Friday morning. Westminster recorded 3 inche…
ktla.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Rainfall totals from almost 100 locations across SoCal. And light snow is falling in the San Gabriels :)
#LosAngeles #weather #LARain 🌧
#LosAngeles #weather #LARain 🌧
What was the worst Secret Santa gift you ever got?
At my last corporate gig the gift had a $20 limit; my Santa thoughtfully gave me a dirty old set of bongos from his closet. Surprise! 😆
#Christmas #giftidea #secretsanta
At my last corporate gig the gift had a $20 limit; my Santa thoughtfully gave me a dirty old set of bongos from his closet. Surprise! 😆
#Christmas #giftidea #secretsanta
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What was the worst Secret Santa gift you ever got?
At my last corporate gig the gift had a $20 limit; my Santa thoughtfully gave me a dirty old set of bongos from his closet. Surprise! 😆
#Christmas #giftidea #secretsanta
At my last corporate gig the gift had a $20 limit; my Santa thoughtfully gave me a dirty old set of bongos from his closet. Surprise! 😆
#Christmas #giftidea #secretsanta