BART speedrunners. (audio)
Wall Street vs. the AP: “The endgame is to eventually diminish consumers’ options and put fewer people in charge of America’s journalists and the news Americans see. Gannett deserves to be rooted against.”
Data centers, energy crisis. Also.
I wonder who Oakland’s mayors are gonna be: “The new council of 7 with D2 vacant will immediately set about electing a new Council President and President Pro Tempore. The new Pro Tempore will essentially become the Council President, as by Oakland charter mandate, the President will assume the Mayor’s role until a new Mayor is elected in April.”
“Utopias is the Spanish acronym for “units for transformation and organisation for inclusion and social harmony” and offer welfare services to promote wellbeing alongside sports and culture.”
Elon’s spies. (audio)
Six thousand years of controlled burns up in smoke.
At Shawarmaji, the place to eat downtown, check out The Heart of Gaza, “a photo exhibition featuring the work of Ahmed Younis, a photojournalist in Gaza who’s been documenting life during the ongoing aggression.”
Finding Mike Davis in LA, part one and part two.
Oakland is where Derrick made the transition from “a gangster” to “a cry baby.”
What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People: “Teresa Stratton sat on her walker near a freeway in Portland, Oregon, talking about how much she wanted to live inside. She missed sleeping uninterrupted in a bed and having running water. When you live outside, “the dirt embeds in your skin,” the 61-year-old said. “You have to pick it out, because it just doesn’t come out anymore.” Living inside would also mean no longer having her belongings repeatedly confiscated by crews the city hires to clear encampments. These encounters, commonly known as “sweeps,” are the “biggest letdown in the world,” she said, noting that she lost the ashes of her late husband to a sweep.”
Unhoused voters: “Michael Barnett left the presidential portion of his ballot blank on Nov. 5. The 66-year-old didn’t come to the James Wood Community Center in Los Angeles to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump; instead, he was much more interested in down-ballot races related to policing, healthcare, and housing that would impact Skid Row, his community of nearly a decade. Barnett worried that if Los Angeles County’s progressive District Attorney George Gascón lost to opponent Nathan Hochman, policing could increase in the downtown Los Angeles neighborhood home to thousands of unhoused and formerly unhoused residents.”
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