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You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC
Imagine watching disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 and thinking that the apocalyptic weather scenes were the “unrealistic” part.
Turns out those scenes were almost bang on.
The unrealistic part was the humans working together to overcome the problem & save the world. Sigh.
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
lots of devastation and negativity on the feed today.
i know this won’t solve anything, but maybe it’ll make someone smile and just forget for a small moment.
the beauty of the cosmos 🌌
From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
I don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false.
As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.
All those kids that got yelled at for padding their word count are really having the last laugh writing all these recipe web pages
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
here's today's post: "no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up" — America’s bigots are at it again.
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insects who prefer warmer weather? why the fuck are you so sensitive all of a sudden. your entire body has like 2 nerves in it. you are shit
Every time I listen to BBC World Service radio I'm reminded how excellent it is. A comparatively balanced, nuanced, global perspective that we don't get to see much of from many other newsrooms.
Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
When I was a kid, the cartoons would have these parodies from stuff like "The Godfather" & "Jurassic Park". Then I'd rent them from Blockbuster & go "I can't believe Goodfellas ripped off those pigeons from Animaniacs." I still can't believe they did that. The 90s were wild.
it's a strange thing, being in film media right now. you reach out to a publicist about a film and learn the filmmaker just lost their home. others are evacuated. and still business is happening.
we are living through a live-action prequel to ‘parable of the sower’
The Park City ski patrol strike is over. The workers got every major item they wanted from Vail Resorts.
-Starting wages up by $2/hr.
-Senior workers get pay raised by as much as $7.75/hr.
-Better parental leave and professional development.
-A better wage scale and more.
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