Douglas Beach
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Douglas Beach
@taliesinnola.bsky.social
· Feb 23
If something can't go on forever, it won't.
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Years ago I interviewed Houston Mayor Annise Parker who told me one of the main reasons the city was able to cut homelessness by so much is she forced all the governments and nonprofits into a room and made them use the same data system.
Meanwhile in LA www.latimes.com/california/s...
Meanwhile in LA www.latimes.com/california/s...
October 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Years ago I interviewed Houston Mayor Annise Parker who told me one of the main reasons the city was able to cut homelessness by so much is she forced all the governments and nonprofits into a room and made them use the same data system.
Meanwhile in LA www.latimes.com/california/s...
Meanwhile in LA www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The tech oligarchs are rallying around Elon Musk to block a filmmaker from advertising a deeply reported documentary that lays bare what a slimy -- and dangerous -- person Musk is. www.hollywoodreporte...
(Meanwhile, Corporate Journalism continues to support him. Of course.)
(Meanwhile, Corporate Journalism continues to support him. Of course.)
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 26, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The tech oligarchs are rallying around Elon Musk to block a filmmaker from advertising a deeply reported documentary that lays bare what a slimy -- and dangerous -- person Musk is. www.hollywoodreporte...
(Meanwhile, Corporate Journalism continues to support him. Of course.)
(Meanwhile, Corporate Journalism continues to support him. Of course.)
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This is going to be one hell of an Ethics Committee report.
🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”
September 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is going to be one hell of an Ethics Committee report.
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The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
evanstonnow.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
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So they beat up a citizen for refusing to provide ID
Papers, please
Papers, please
"He said the individual refused to provide identification, was detained for fingerprinting, and resisted detention. Agents later determined he was not the person they were seeking and learned that he was a U.S. citizen. He was released."
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
evanstonnow.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:28 AM
So they beat up a citizen for refusing to provide ID
Papers, please
Papers, please
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Trump is historically unpopular, launching an illegal war no one wants, doing everything he can to increase prices, and breaking records for corruption.
Any Democrat running for office who embraces transphobic talking points is acting like a loser in a defensive crouch. Nobody likes losers.
Any Democrat running for office who embraces transphobic talking points is acting like a loser in a defensive crouch. Nobody likes losers.
September 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Trump is historically unpopular, launching an illegal war no one wants, doing everything he can to increase prices, and breaking records for corruption.
Any Democrat running for office who embraces transphobic talking points is acting like a loser in a defensive crouch. Nobody likes losers.
Any Democrat running for office who embraces transphobic talking points is acting like a loser in a defensive crouch. Nobody likes losers.
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This is the "moderate" president of Israel, overriding the wishes of the IDF (!) to pardon a cold blooded, cowardly murderer who shot a helpless man in the head as he lay incapacitated on the ground.
The problem in Israel is wider than the Netanyahu-led far right.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The problem in Israel is wider than the Netanyahu-led far right.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Herzog pardons IDF soldier convicted of killing wounded Palestinian assailant
The IDF has previously objected to pardoning Azaria, citing his lack of remorse over his actions. Defense Minister Katz, who requested the pardon, said it sent a message that 'we do not leave our sold...
www.haaretz.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is the "moderate" president of Israel, overriding the wishes of the IDF (!) to pardon a cold blooded, cowardly murderer who shot a helpless man in the head as he lay incapacitated on the ground.
The problem in Israel is wider than the Netanyahu-led far right.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The problem in Israel is wider than the Netanyahu-led far right.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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A truck driver; an Amazon/rental car employee. No apparent criminal records; and no evidence provided by ICE that these guys are violent criminals. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A truck driver; an Amazon/rental car employee. No apparent criminal records; and no evidence provided by ICE that these guys are violent criminals. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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One side of this war has an elected legislature but it doesn't really have any power compared to the supreme leader and the council of guardian jurists, and the other is Iran.
September 16, 2026 at 4:46 AM
One side of this war has an elected legislature but it doesn't really have any power compared to the supreme leader and the council of guardian jurists, and the other is Iran.
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We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
September 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
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Elon pays people to post csam on Twitter, this is not a joke its literally true and nobody with power seems to give a shit
Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Elon pays people to post csam on Twitter, this is not a joke its literally true and nobody with power seems to give a shit
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Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”
“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”
Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods
“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”
“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
September 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”
“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”
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Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal
www.nature.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
September 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Support the troops!
The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because
September 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Support the troops!
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This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
September 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.
September 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.
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Not even safe on a sidewalk.
If an ebike rider killed someone on a sidewalk, how fast would this town ban ebikes?
Why are there no regulations on these pedestrian killing pickup trucks with blunt force front ends designed to do as much damage as possible? Surrounded by huge blindspots on all sides
If an ebike rider killed someone on a sidewalk, how fast would this town ban ebikes?
Why are there no regulations on these pedestrian killing pickup trucks with blunt force front ends designed to do as much damage as possible? Surrounded by huge blindspots on all sides
August 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Not even safe on a sidewalk.
If an ebike rider killed someone on a sidewalk, how fast would this town ban ebikes?
Why are there no regulations on these pedestrian killing pickup trucks with blunt force front ends designed to do as much damage as possible? Surrounded by huge blindspots on all sides
If an ebike rider killed someone on a sidewalk, how fast would this town ban ebikes?
Why are there no regulations on these pedestrian killing pickup trucks with blunt force front ends designed to do as much damage as possible? Surrounded by huge blindspots on all sides
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𝟔𝟎+ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
August 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
𝟔𝟎+ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
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"For the next two minutes, Cloud detailed three issues impacting women that she believes deserve more attention than Freedom: domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
Natasha Cloud calls Enes Kanter Freedom ‘irrelevant,’ urges WNBA to ban him league-wide (Gift Article)
“I will talk about real issues that face women, and it’s not our trans human beings,” Cloud said.
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"For the next two minutes, Cloud detailed three issues impacting women that she believes deserve more attention than Freedom: domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
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You know, ordinarily I’d say centrally planned economies are a bad idea. But what if — and hear me out, here — what if we switched to a centrally planned system, except there was only only one planner, and he was a corrupt, senile, 80-year-old man who had driven multiple businesses into the ground?
Trump’s Bad Bet on Beef
A new plan to lower prices is causing a rift in his own party.
www.theatlantic.com
August 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
You know, ordinarily I’d say centrally planned economies are a bad idea. But what if — and hear me out, here — what if we switched to a centrally planned system, except there was only only one planner, and he was a corrupt, senile, 80-year-old man who had driven multiple businesses into the ground?
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The future of Parton’s Imagination Library has become uncertain due to the quiet machinations of Republicans in the Midwest that have sought to unravel public funding for the cause. trib.al/Z9f1GpD
August 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The future of Parton’s Imagination Library has become uncertain due to the quiet machinations of Republicans in the Midwest that have sought to unravel public funding for the cause. trib.al/Z9f1GpD