Nick
@nacinla.bsky.social
Former editor/designer at LA Times and four other major newspapers. USC adjunct. Seriously concerned abt democracy. Fact-based. Angeleno. If you don't claim your seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu. I block fake accounts. 🌈
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I'm sure they're cheering this in the oil capital of the world, my birthplace, Houston. I remember in the '60s driving down Westheimer Road in August, in the heat and humidity, and you could not see two blocks ahead of you. Forward into the past
Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’
Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution from vehicles will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I'm sure they're cheering this in the oil capital of the world, my birthplace, Houston. I remember in the '60s driving down Westheimer Road in August, in the heat and humidity, and you could not see two blocks ahead of you. Forward into the past
No opposing response to the party line in this dictation by the NYT:
Ahead of Jobs Report, White House Seeks to Downplay Any Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
No opposing response to the party line in this dictation by the NYT:
Sounds like NBC is suppressing the Super Bowl crowd noise so you can’t hear them chanting FUCK ICE. Or is it me? 😊
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Sounds like NBC is suppressing the Super Bowl crowd noise so you can’t hear them chanting FUCK ICE. Or is it me? 😊
OK. This is real. A friend asked a question of the Post's AI. Here's the answer:
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
OK. This is real. A friend asked a question of the Post's AI. Here's the answer:
This
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This
Time to step up ....
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gofund.me
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Time to step up ....
(Hope-inducing) Read of the day:
"We need to help students grow into the difficulty of reading. The best way to do that is not to “meet them where they are,” a bromide that has become doctrine for higher education. We have to do as Whitman says..: Stop somewhere ahead and wait for them to catch up."
"We need to help students grow into the difficulty of reading. The best way to do that is not to “meet them where they are,” a bromide that has become doctrine for higher education. We have to do as Whitman says..: Stop somewhere ahead and wait for them to catch up."
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
(Hope-inducing) Read of the day:
"We need to help students grow into the difficulty of reading. The best way to do that is not to “meet them where they are,” a bromide that has become doctrine for higher education. We have to do as Whitman says..: Stop somewhere ahead and wait for them to catch up."
"We need to help students grow into the difficulty of reading. The best way to do that is not to “meet them where they are,” a bromide that has become doctrine for higher education. We have to do as Whitman says..: Stop somewhere ahead and wait for them to catch up."
San Ramon has been shaking since 6:27 a.m. Small ones, but shaking nevertheless
February 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
San Ramon has been shaking since 6:27 a.m. Small ones, but shaking nevertheless
Yep
February 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Yep
If true, this is no surprise. The Orange Menace has paid people to show up at rallies. That’s why he’s always accusing protesters of being paid; it’s all projection
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
If true, this is no surprise. The Orange Menace has paid people to show up at rallies. That’s why he’s always accusing protesters of being paid; it’s all projection
I may have to subscribe to the National Catholic Reporter:
Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel
Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters." As the country continues to reel from the shooting of Alex Pretti, Catholics are making it clear who they are choosing to serve. It isn't alw...
www.ncronline.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I may have to subscribe to the National Catholic Reporter:
Loving how all these 2A fanatics are spilling the beans that it’s really 2A rights for them, not the people they hate and demonize
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Loving how all these 2A fanatics are spilling the beans that it’s really 2A rights for them, not the people they hate and demonize
This needs to be shared
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This needs to be shared
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Must read:
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Must read:
🎯
The safest thing for any American civilian to do at this point is to assume that every ICE or CBP agent you encounter is a pardoned violent January 6 insurrectionist with demonstrated homicidal urges toward those they disagree with politically and choose your actions accordingly.
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
🎯
This
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This
I just discovered Michael's posts. His analysis is spot on and the writing is articulate and rich. If you aren't following him, or reading him on Substack, you're missing out on a clear-eyed take on what's happening
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I just discovered Michael's posts. His analysis is spot on and the writing is articulate and rich. If you aren't following him, or reading him on Substack, you're missing out on a clear-eyed take on what's happening
Great speech. The light of sanity in an otherwise dark time. And I won't begin to make comparisons between Carney and the current occupant of the White House.
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Great speech. The light of sanity in an otherwise dark time. And I won't begin to make comparisons between Carney and the current occupant of the White House.
And whom should we believe?
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
And whom should we believe?
Amen
On this MLK Day, one particular passage from his address at the March on Washington seems especially relevant.
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Amen
