“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
I think it's time for the yearly "how to deal with extreme heat" thread.
Please reskeet and comment with advice.
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
"Paul Krekorian, head of Los Angeles’ Office of Major Events, was driving to SoFi Stadium for the U.S. soccer team’s opening match against Paraguay when he found himself stuck in a traffic jam."
What does it say about LA when our own officials aren't taking transit to these games?
It was surreal driving by the Boyle Heights exit on the freeway and not being able to see a block down due to the thickness of the smoke.
how does Whoopi do this job every day
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The fire in Boyle Heights is throwing so much unbreathable shit into the air. Briefly driving by the area on the freeway was enough to make me feel sickish. Everyone needs to be evacuated from that area immediately.
In addition: the owner of the site, who is the richest person in the world and doesn’t need the money, has used the site to sell child sexual abuse material that was generated by his platform. Normal people used to not do business with those who sold child porn.
Per FilmThePoliceLA on Twitter (I refuse to call it X), Karen Bass received a max donation from the co-founder of the company at the epicenter of the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights polluting and poisoning Los Angeles County
Los Angeles is about to host its fourth match of the tournament, the most of any city thus far. Olympic organizers are taking notes.