Despite having two friends growing up who were SUPER into music, and being willing to listen to virtually anything (Dwarf invasion anyone?), I somehow until last week never heard of Ween. It has rocked my world. I can't understand how I missed it. Maybe it's a Mandela Effect.
Nothing is better than discovering a band you never heard of and realizing you like all their music. It’s like finding lost treasure.
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At the rate the insanity is going in California, I predict one day in the not to distant future, fpr reasons we can't even imagine yet, that California actually will fall into the Ocean or otherwise literally implode. It is something crazier every single day.
This is Bergamot Station in @santamonicacity - the largest public arts complex in the Western US - small, independent galleries, artist lofts, comedy club/school, a place open to all. Owned by taxpayers.
The DSA-aligned council voted in secret to tear it down for homeless housing. 700+ units. Dead serious.
What else are they tearing down:
-TWO massive parking structures that serve the beach & 3rd St Promenade (one is already gone) for $2 MILLION/unit (including land value) homeless housing (which we pay for)
-City’s public ICE SKATING ⛸️ RINK where families & kids all gather during winter months. It’s a gem. GONE to house more homeless on some of the world’s most expensive land
-THE ENTIRE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (I kid you not!!), pulling a bait and switch, claiming it’ll be a massive park while knowing there’s no budget, existing parks are full of bums, and state law (Surplus Land Act) will force it to become… you guess it! Homeless and affordable housing. On our dime.
-And councilman @EllisRaskin recently made a serious proposal (which the city is STUDYING!) to REMOVE THE ENTIRE 10 FREEWAY that runs through Santa Monica. You know, tens of thousands of cars a day, the ONLY route people in Malibu and northern coast have to connect to LA!
The homeless industrial complex is alive and well in Santa Monica, where bums get free drug needles and are IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION for most crimes if… they accept free taxpayer funded housing a couple blocks from the beach.
You can’t make this up! This must end!
Thanks to @TheSMCoalition @John__Alle @1KimberlyBrooks @Derrick_NOLA @dickclucas & many others for drawing attention to this mess. @SecretaryTurner @WHFraudTF @USAttyEssayli @USAO_LosAngeles @MattFinnFNC @BillMelugin_ @MattSeedorff
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in case you didn't see this last month... you might need this.
Knockoff is now live!
Filter out the knockoff crap brands on Amazon.
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Joseph is a talented photographer and poet, and he has a cute cat! Maybe help him out. 😁
I need to achieve “500K Verified Home Timeline impressions” in order to stay monetized here. Clock is ticking. Any ideas? Thirst traps? I look great in a bath robe. I have to keep the coffee money rolling in, and I’m willing to sell out.
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Max Headroom is finally happening, for real - 40 years later.
🚨 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Mirage News Network, the first live broadcast news channel run entirely by AI, airs TOMORROW.
Breaking stories, AI-generated interviews, and a first-of-its-kind experiment in what AI can do autonomously.
Featuring exclusive conversations with:
- @lennysan (Lenny’s Podcast)
- @andrewchen (a16z)
- @joshelman (Greylock)
- @mvernal (Conviction)
- @jesskah (Sequoia)
- @martinmignot (Index)
- @EverettRandle (Benchmark)
- @Madisonkanna (Base10)
- @burkaygur (fal)
And many more.
The entire production is powered by Mirage technologies, including our audio and avatar models, bringing world-class, expressive AI avatars to the screen.
Coverage begins 8/11 at 12 PM ET ↓
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I would love to see these numbers for California.
I looked into who is really paying our taxes in New York and it’s all at risk.
Only 0.2% of all businesses filing in New York, 799 corporations, carry 74% of the entire corporate tax burden.
And just 99,404 “millionaire” filers, well under 1% of taxpayers, cover 44.6% of all income tax collected.
The top 200 individuals alone pay $5.5 billion to the state annually.
New York State relies on roughly 100,000 people to fund its budget, and it could fall like a house of cards.
Our tax base are walking out the door. 176,000 high earners left between 2018 and 2023, taking $50 billion in income with them.
As Comptroller, I will derisk New York’s tax base with the $10 billion Empire Opportunity Fund, deploying pension capital to grow jobs and revenue, so our fiscal future doesn’t depend on 100,000 people never leaving.
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the speed at which replacement of a major water line happens in West Hollywood. 🤨
LADWP welders are now working on the replacement pipe for the ruptured trunk line. Work is progressing and will continue through the night. Read more: ladwpnews.com/ladwp-begin-re…
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check out Cary's latest recipe! He's always got great ideas.
I made a Steak-umm lasagna on a whim, using Steak-umms as a pasta replacement, and it turned out embarrassingly good!
Like, it's "please don't let this be my biggest contribution to society" good and it's an absolute protein bomb, measuring in at 116g of protein with only 13g carbs.
Please repost and help it go viral, but not too viral. 😂
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thinking of paintings that match photos from the news has to be one of the coolest talents I have seen on Twitter
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86 million lbs of frozen food about to spoil and the rats are already lining up.
Just like every other preventable catastrophe in Gavin Newsom‘s California, this solar panel fire in Boyle Heights exposes the onion-like layers of incompetence in the state.
Enjoy the forthcoming typhus, everyone.
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great idea for a father's day gift.
Dads who fish (or just love real food) deserve better than store-bought salmon this Father’s Day.
Give him wild Alaskan sockeye straight from our boat in Prince William Sound — flash-frozen portions, pin-boned or skin-on, ready for the grill or smoker.
Subscriptions mean he never runs out… and you save 10-15%.
What’s the best Father’s Day gift you’ve ever given or received? Drop it below 👇
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Laura retweeted
Are you registered but DIDN’T vote (LA city only pls)? You can still help. Check your voter status. You know you didn’t vote but it shows you did, DM ME ASAP.
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what if all us CA refugees bound togeand went back to help fix the state? how many of us are there now?! It must be a lot.
My girlfriend's sister and her husband (CA refugees from Idaho) drove down to CA for a visit yesterday.
Her husband and I had some beers and talked about CA politics (it seems everyone knows about the CA elections), etc.
They're stocking up on booze and on some of the very few things in CA that are actually cheaper, like alcohol.
They're staying for the week, so hopefully they'll be able to get some good sushi and Mexican, Chinese, or Thai food.
Luckily they drove a gas-efficient car to CA and not a diesel...my girlfriend's sister's husband was shocked by the price of diesel in CA (over $7.00 a gallon) and said:
"No wonder everything is so expensive in California".
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