Some absolute dipshit was illegally flying their fucking drone over the Palisades this morning and one of the water-carrying planes (they fly over the ocean, scoop water, and drop it on fires) hit the drone. The plane now has a football sized hole in the wing and is grounded indefinitely until the fbi figures out whose drone it was.
Best part? The plane is very graciously on loan from Canada.
I don’t even have words. Embarrassing.
on the other hand I am so happy and proud to see SoCal residents stepping the fuck up. The pop-up food banks, food truck gatherings, animal shelters being flooded with donations, volunteers, etc.
In Pasadena, two dudes with a hot dog cart gave out free hotdogs, then it exploded into a massive mutual aid event. Completely organic. Californians showing up and showing out for each other. Amazing to see.
For those of you too young to know, the Washington Post is the paper that broke the Watergate Scandal.
This is the paper that won a Pulitzer for its coverage of Jan6.
For this paper’s owner to refuse to publish a political cartoon (specifically because it makes the owner and the President elect look bad) is a harbinger of deep and absolute facism, where the government controls the press.
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VERY well put, and right on the money. This betrayal to their history and calibre of reporting should have everyone angry, disgusted, and terrified.
is there any temptation greater than being in the hardware store and seeing the place where they have all the little cards for the colours
as someone who works in the paint department of a hardware store i just wanna say that you are absolutely allowed (and ENCOURAGED!) to grab as many cards off the rack as you want so long as you don’t take more than one or two of each colour (they are free for customers but the store only gets so many at a time so please don’t just walk off with our ENTIRE supply of SW 7587 Antique Red cards)
That’s too specific. Have people been stealing the SW 7587 Antique Red cards in droves lately?
legally i am not allowed to comment
I’m too cheap to actually buy paint so I’ve been going to every hardware store in collecting all the SW 7587 antique red cards and gluing them to my walls
In light of Anita Bryant’s death I think we should also remember Thom Higgins, a true badass whose name is always tied to hers.
Yes, he’s the fella who put a pie in her face on national TV.
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But this wasn’t a one time thing for him – being a badass, I mean. He also once pie’d an Archbishop (John Roach – who was one of the Catholics who fucked up one of the sexual abuse scandals the church had).
He was an anti-war protestor, and the first person in Minnesota to be registered as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
He wasn’t perfect, but he did a lot of good in his life, and he was silly and puckish and loved pranks as much as he loved his activism.
He died 20 years ago of complications related to AIDS.
While you’re crab raving that the Orange Juice witch is dead, spare a thought and raise a slice of pie to Mr. Higgins. More people should know about him.
I don’t care what the subject is, if you’re making a list of celebrities to bully because they haven’t spoken out on your issue, you’re in the wrong.
Yes, even that issue. Yes, even that celebrity.
If you’re doing that, you’re not an activist any more than a white American evangelical who uses their faith as a cudgel to keep themselves on top of a social hierarchy is a true follower of Christ’s teachings.
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amhrancas 