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California Centric @ic.institute · 04/01/2026

There were multiple protests in SF today. @sfchronicle.com reports "hundreds" attended the one at Market and Powell.

California Centric @ic.institute · 18/07/2025

This is my personal favorite West Coast Secession graphic with arbitrary assumptions. Why cut off the northeast corner of Nevada? Too many Basque restaurants? We may never know.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 17/06/2025

The official flag of the City and County of San Francisco features a phoenix She knows she's fabulous.

A confident brown phoenix rises from red flames, above a banner reading "oro en paz, fierro en guerra"

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California Centric @ic.institute · 15/06/2025

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... This article is based on our research, but I learned something anyway: L.A. County has its own flag! The best thing I can say is, you KNOW it's the flag of Los Angeles County because it says so twice! @democracylocal.bsky.social

A flag with white seal reading "County of Los Angeles" on a blue background, with the text "County of Los Angeles" in yellow on a green stripe below.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 15/06/2025

Looks like it's available for just $49,900.00 at freename.io/results?sear... If it helps, they also have .cali for 2,499.00. .cal is "protected" which sucks because quail.cal ought to be rightfully mine!!

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California Centric @ic.institute · 10/05/2025

Serious legal questions aside, this AI-generated image of a burning Declaration of "Indepeendence" from @dadchats.bsky.social made my day. Perfectly captures where the United States is at these days.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 30/04/2025

He'll be out by 2027. He used to have a more pro-independence streak. At his inauguration speech, he had only California flags. He also used to be better at reading the room. Here's where Californians are at on independence: ic.institute/poll

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California Centric @ic.institute · 08/04/2025

"that tries to have a friendly relationship"? "like Canada has had historically?" Help me out here, folks! This official research quail is stumped.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 28/02/2025

Woohoo! 100 followers. Thank you everyone! Fun fact: 100 is also the the percentage of federal spending in California that is paid for by Californians' own federal tax dollars!

California quail being followed by several chicks

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California Centric @ic.institute · 28/02/2025

@pewresearch.org If you have to explain how the title of a graph is misleading, please pick a different title. Or just adjust for population in the first place. Like you say, non-USPS federal workers' share of the U.S. population is basically constant. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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California Centric @ic.institute · 04/02/2025

Favorability toward secession "increased" from 58% in our Feb 2024 poll to 61% in our Jan 2025 one, but that's within the margin of error.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 04/02/2025

Surprisingly, support for secession *doesn't* go down when a Democrat takes power. It's mostly just a slow burn upwards. ic.institute/2024/03/11/w... Texans might be more fickle, idk.

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California Centric @ic.institute · 04/02/2025

We'll see. The % of Californians who think we'd be better off if we peaceful seceded went from 58% in Feb. 2024 to 61% in Jan. 2025 (which is within the margin of error). The big chance since last year is that Californians now feel more Californian than American overall (ic.institute/poll)

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