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@LeBuzzdilyacin1 @lionel_trolling read this still / ending as offering a sliver of redemption, after hitting rock bottom of decadence. the girl is a reminder that innocence still exists, even if he can’t reach it or hear it.

@lionel_trolling Lovely reference, but I'm not sure anybody really wants to be in the situation Marcello Mastroianni is in at the end of the Dolce Vita

this is the energy I'm bringing into the New Year

@WeCanShootToo !

We have a guestbook in our Airbnb. Guests this weekend left the best note yet.

@Paul_Bowers @lionel_trolling one of the best stamp designs in decades, used my last one to send in a tax payment and it hurt

@lionel_trolling Really loved these Ellsworth Kelly stamps a few years ago, was sad when I used the last one.

Glad to see they are still honoring great gay Americans

@PaulSkallas this doesn’t hold up for Philly - “expensive” map shows 250-450k condos and 7 miles away in the “bad” area there’s 250-400k houses

In city after city you see the same issue. Half of real estate part of the normal economy the other half of real estate part of this criminal economy where you risk your life if you buy. not normal

Americans accept as normal that half their cities have depressed housing values due to crime. Not normal. The state has failed to do its job Concentrated crime removes vast housing stock from use, forcing demand into safe areas and driving prices up. lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/the-housing-…

@jbarro @NateSilver538 @TheStalwart you can get all the same produce on the east coast … it’s just 6 days older

@NateSilver538 @TheStalwart Californians also get a little smug about their produce. It’s like they think they invented vegetables.

It’s so funny that in 2025, people are still describing certain cities as having good food. No shit. They all do now.

@WeCanShootToo at first glance I can imagine some hipster adopting a “so bad it’s good” version of this

How do people live like this?

@ExileGrimm NF should have put Errol Morris on the LA mag story from a few years ago with the compelling Zodiac lead

@nickyotissmith that scene between Pesci and Damon has come to mind over the past year

@WeCanShootToo @conor64 people put up with the negatives of san francisco to be somewhere interesting and a group of them decided "let's build a new boring town 100 miles away in a field"

@conor64 And maybe some fun places to hang out. Palo Alto is incredibly boring.

First could you build some more housing in Silicon Valley?

@WeCanShootToo @mattyglesias that one is like a shameless capitol records tower rip off, like no one would notice 30 miles south

@wb @mattyglesias I've been up on the 20th floor of that round building on the very left a few times to watch the Grand Prix.

@WeCanShootToo @mattyglesias tbf the building with the teal roof is circa 1928 and was once the tallest building west of the Mississippi, until LA city hall was built

@wb @mattyglesias Wow. Ha, I almost posted that after the one from Santa Monica.

@WeCanShootToo @mattyglesias and it turns out LBC has slightly more people than Miami?

@WeCanShootToo @mattyglesias Long Beach, California

@LAcrimes @ConnorASheets seems like the Malibu NIMBYism is the buried lede. Are residents choosing this risk instead of creating density?

Officials were warned of failing water system before Palisades fire. Fixes never happened ⁦@ConnorASheets⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

@TierZoo anyone on tik tok making this argument should disclose what their monthly "free speech" payments are from tik tok

arguing that a tiktok ban is contrary to free speech is hilarious given that this is the same app that taught gen z to be too afraid to say the word "killed" or "died"

@TheHofstatter @la_dorkout “Cadillac Desert” is essential reading and should be mentioned that he took responsibility for killing 400+ people related to the St Francis Dam failure.

@la_dorkout Can you recommend any good books about people like him and the founding of Los Angeles?

A moment to honor DWP's 1st water chief, the flawed but brilliant William Mulholland. "Old Bill" designed the reservoirs in LA's hills, recognizing the necessity to store water for hillside residents & fight fires. Stone Cyn., Lake Hollywood, Encino -- all vital in saving homes.

@lionel_trolling every time I try to read this guy, I notice the scroll bar and realize it’s 4000 words longer than it needed to be

I think if you take a crack at someone you shouldn't paywall it, so they can mount a defense of themselves without having to pay for the privilege. substack.com/home/post/p-15…

1986 Drums – Masahiko Togashi Pocket Trumpet – Don Cherry Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy Bass – Dave Holland youtu.be/v3nSQNhWyck?si…

@daveweigel but: first, second or third set of 12/18/70?

I will never run for office, but in the world where I did, I'd absolutely make the crowd sit there during the 12/18/70 Cellar Door Sessions version of "What I Say."

John Coltrane practicing the flute at a Japanese train station, 1966 Imagine coming home from work and randomly seeing Coltrane perform…