Gutter Chirping

Dead animals feel past pain, but these veggies feel NOW pain, which is definitely more brutal.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure to ban anyone from marrying anyone under the age of 18, making California the 18th state to do so in a decade-long nationwide push to outlaw the practice. cal.news/3U3J14X 📸 Rahul Lal

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception. cal.news/3UyxIlg 📸 Khari Johnson

When Parody Candidates float better policy ideas than 95% of career politicians .... 😎

This victory is due to the indefatigable efforts of so many. Make no mistake – the litigation, open rescues, protests, pressure on authorities, press coverage, and efforts of rescue organizations all contributed to this.

1/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵

meta last week: how dare u mention this totally innocuous code in our smart glasses app that is not even activated yet u are making a big deal about absolutely nothing we have nothing to hide meta this week: wat code

Rep. Eric Swalwell said the Trump administration is refusing to brief Congress, leaving state leaders without any info about what the FBI “actually knows” about potential threats to California.

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

Shut. This. Shit. Down. No accountability = no funding Abolish ICE

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Lmao

It’s 6 *times* 7

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

@techconnectify.bsky.social Please make a video on balcony solar. It's cool solar tech where solar panels can be directly plugged into an outlet It's only legal in Utah in the US right now but it is legal in some European countries I want it to be legal in California!

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.

Border Patrol has been targeting the elderly heavily. Today in Santa Ana, that’s almost all they took, including this man and his cane.

Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."

Prop 50 called at exactly 8pm and currently at 64%, California let’s fucking gooooooooo

Enough is enough. After months of Donald Trump playing around with the California National Guard as if they're his toy soldiers, we're asking the courts to finally return all service members back to California's command. Let's get them back to the real work they signed up for.

Organizers of Day of the Dead celebrations in the Bay Area have canceled or downsized their events after President Donald Trump threatened to send federal agents to the region.

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital. "I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!" The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck. Houston, Texas.

Such deranged, casually fascist shit.

China has very detailed maps of our homes.

Official data is in today, and American solar power remained near a record high in August, with generation up 25% compared to last year!

It's time for NIMBYs to do some good

San Francisco is one of the safest big cities in America — especially compared to crime in many red states. Violent crime in Oakland and the greater Bay Area continues to decline year after year. There's no reason for Trump to send federal agents into California communities.

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

This photo…just…wow.

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

They’re moving step by step toward a massive crackdown on progressive organizations, funders & activists, based on literally nothing other than their need to freeze themselves in power.