the nearest nasi bungkus is like 30mi away now

Indo Ranch is closed ☹️

Someone ran some samples last week on the ash landing in their driveway after the Eaton Fire. 😬

(not surprising, but why I was using an N95 outside last week... cleared up yesterday and today though).

“When the Insurrection Act was most recently invoked, it was by President George H.W. Bush, who deployed elements from the 1st Marine Division to Los Angeles in 1992, after the Rodney King verdict. After taking fire while responding to a domestic disturbance with the city’s police department, Marines fired more than 200 rounds into a house with children inside after an officer yelled, “Cover me!” “

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-military-defense-worst-case-scenario.html

I apologise for the #Musk joke I made earlier, saying he's the Reichest man in the world.

He's actually the Third Reichest man.

if im understanding this correctly if the Trump DOJ argues that birthright citizenship doesn’t apply to children of undocumented immigrants then they will also have to posit that these children are not subject to the jurisdiction of the US, making them undeportable supracitizens unconstrained by federal law

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

- George Orwell, 1984

#georgeOrwell #1984 #party

No government can ever feasibly choose to ignore climate change or pandemics. You can't stop physics or biology by pretending that they don't exist. The only real choice governments make is how badly they and their people will suffer.

NEWS! Elon Musk debuts new Charlie Chaplin moustache https://buff.ly/3WqOC3p

New in Birmingham

Posted by someone else first, but here it is with alt text.

This is what fascism looks like.

One for the record, in case anyone was in any doubt.

A picture from the 2025 inauguration of President Donald Trump. Elon Musk is on stage delivering a Nazi salute to applause, cheers, and smiles from the audience.

#US #uspol #musk

#Musk fait un salut nazi pendant l’investiture de #Trump

An acre of land given back to the Tongva tribe was in the path of the Eaton fire - it’s too early to assess all the damage, but by replacing 97 eucalyptus with 50 native oaks they may have saved the property

#nativeplants #eucalyptus #californiaoak #tongva #wildfires #eatonfire

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20250120/281621016000098

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Asked a barista for her lightest roast and she said, “You have very average ears.”

https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas

If you like mapo tofu, chips and a dash of szechuan pepper-induced tongue-numbing, these are just about the perfect snack.

Really hoping I can find these again. It's not very hot/spicy (to me) but the flavors are close.

#chips #snacks #taiwan #food