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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"Lindsey Graham lived his life as a pilot fish, a parasitic sucker fish hovering about larger predators. He was a sidekick and the hollowest of hollow men." open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

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Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.

Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I did not need to wake up to Claire McCaskill on MSNow scolding us all to be "charitable" to Lindsey Graham because he was a "good man." No, he wasn't. He was the fascists' handmaiden.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Since I last posted, #HollywoodFringe has come and gone. I saw 44(!) shows. Met a ton of awesome theatre artists. And Strange Beings was nominated for 6 awards and won 2. This is the most personal story I’ve ever told, and I’m so grateful for the team who made the show possible. #HFF26 #LAThtr

A black and white production photo features two smiling people. Text reads: “We’ve been nominated! Strange Beings.” Six laurels show nominations for: Top of the Fringe, Fringe First for World Premiere, Dramatic Theatre, SoHo Playhouse International Fringe Encore Series, The Sacred Fools’ Award for Unique Theatricality, and The StageCrafts Season MiniFest Award.

In a photo, three people lean on gray pipes and smile at the camera. A green lightbulb shines in front of them. Text reads: “Strange Beings. Fringe First for World Premiere Winner. The StageCrafts Seasonal MiniFest Award Winner.”

A framed poster for Strange Beings stands upright behind an award statuette and an award certificate.

In a photo, 7 people smile at the camera and stand in front of a colorful mural that reads: “Home of Sacred Fools since 2015.”

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Come see my space show this June at the #HollywoodFringe! If “Past Lives meets Star Trek” sounds like your kind of sci-fi, then this is the show for you 🚀 #HFF26 #BWFringe26 #LAThtr www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13389

On a poster, a small spaceship approaches a colorful nebula. Text reads: “Day for Knight Productions presents: Strange Beings. Written and directed by Nicole Knudsen. Monday, 6/8 at 9:30pm. Saturday, 6/13 at 3:30pm. Tuesday, 6/16 at 6:30pm. Saturday, 6/20 at 2pm. Sunday, 6/21 at 12:30pm. Wednesday, 6/24 at 9:30pm. Saturday, 6/27 at 11am.”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“The ICE warehouse jail in Merrimack is not opening. For the people who would have been detained there and their loved ones, this is a real win. It also proves something larger: detention expansion is not inevitable. Everyday people can stop these facilities.” afsc.org/news/how-sma...

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How a small New Hampshire town stopped an ICE warehouse jail

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Recent news has stirred up big feelings. And per usual, the big feelings wound up in a poem. For everyone who has ever felt, for one reason or another, that they had to stay silent. #Poem #Poetry #Writing

WHOSE PEACE ARE YOU KEEPING

when you bite your tongue?
When you smile with closed lips to hide
the blood pooling behind them?

Spit it out, my darling,

smear crimson across
his “spotless reputation.”
You do not drag him into ruin,

he did that himself.

His flag was already stained red,
As you hoist it into the light,
may your courage be contagious.

— Nicole Knudsen

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Rename everything named after Cesar Chavez for Dolores Huerta.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Civilians are always the ones who pay the price. In Iran. Palestine. Sudan. Congo. Immigrant communities. Trans communities. Too many to count or name, but I am thinking of all of them.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“What terrible news to wake up to” is a sentence I wish felt rare

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🐟 cafe 🏳️‍⚧️♿️ @cafeesh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

bisan is calling for another global strike for tomorrow: thursday, august 21st! as always, please do what you're safely able to in order to limit your spending, call into work if you can, be as loud & disruptive as possible, & support this strike! share posts & spread the word! #freepalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The death of journalism in Gaza. LA Public Press condemns the weekend deaths of five more journalists, calling the 237 total deaths evidence of a systematic war on press freedom. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/the-...

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The death of journalism in Gaza

LA Public Press condemns the weekend deaths of five more journalists, calling the 237 total deaths evidence of a systematic war on press freedom.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Would you like some fictional horror to distract you from the real world horrors? Check out the latest episode of Someone Just Like You, written by yours truly! (Please read the show notes for content warnings.)

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

In these dark times, remember to be gentle with yourself. #poem #poetry #writing

Grief is an old friend who knows I leave the spare key under the mat. I keep meaning to find a safer hiding place (under the mat is where any burglar would check first) but old habits die hard. Today, Grief lets herself in at 5 AM, long before the sun rises or my alarm beckons me into the morning. She sits square on my chest, her usual perch, and rails about the wrongs of a former lover. My fiancé sleeps soundly beside me, and I worry that Grief will wake him, too.

Her hold on my heart is tight, her weight far heavier than it’s been in years. I ask her: why is she here? This is an old pain, one she has long since let go of (though occasionally will knock at when she’s feeling spicy). She doesn’t move, her weight doesn’t lessen, her grip remains vice-like. I ask again: why are you here? Finally, she tells me.

It’s too much. Too much? Out there. I am being called to too many places at once. I feel myself sprouting up everywhere. It’s spreading me so thin. She finally shifts her weight, my breath coming a little easier. This, she says, squeezing the memory of my old flame’s carelessness: it’s easier to return here. I know how to navigate a broken heart, not a breaking world.

Slowly, I wrap my arms around her and ease her off my chest. Lying in this embrace, I do my best to understand her. That is what old friends do, after all. My fiancé stirs. Of course we woke him, how could we not? He kisses us both on the forehead, gets up, makes a pot of coffee. In case you want any, he tells us. For when you’re ready to face the day.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Sometimes, writing is inching forward on a project, bit by bit. Other times, it’s cranking out the first draft of a 50+ page one-act play in 10 days. The ebbs and flows of creative output will never not fascinate me. #Writing

A screenshot of a Scrivener project’s writing history. Writing days: 10. Average words written per day in draft: 825.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hakeem Jeffries has used the “magic minute” to hold the floor for the last 4 hours. There is still time to pressure Republicans. See our thread below for who to reach out to.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

If you need a distraction from The Endless Horrors (please call your reps!!!), might @thereeljferrero.bsky.social and I suggest the most recent episode of What A Movie? Listen to our discussion about fictional, dinosaur-based horrors: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZDI...

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51. "Efficiency!" - The Lost World: Jurassic Park

What A Movie: A Nostalgia-Infused Podcast · Episode

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Justin Satzman @jsatz.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” @msnbc.com reporter #nokings

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DSA-LA @dsa.la · 08/06/2025

This weekend’s shocking and violent raids in Los Angeles are meant to be a show of force from the Trump regime. This is about instilling fear and terrorizing Angelenos.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Wrote a thing for you. gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/i-encourag...

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I encourage you to write today

I do.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

For the sake of my sanity, I’ve been trying to limit the time I spend on social media. So there have been a few recent(ish) podcast things that I haven’t posted about. Number 1 - The Godfrey Audio Guide’s Q&A episode! open.spotify.com/episode/62tE...

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Q&A Episode!

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

After watching this on Saturday, my first thought as I left the theater was “I need to see this again.” I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. #Sinners is absolutely stunning.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Fascism: “Columbia University recently set up an office that is secretly investigating its students for political statements about Israel, Drop Site News reported this week, and is requiring students to sign non-disclosure agreements to view the evidence being brought against them.”

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BREAKING: DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment After Online Campaign by Pro-Israel Groups

Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday, is being held at an ICE detention facility.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Artemisia Gentileschi knew a thing or two about feminine rage

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Do any other #writers here switch from your computer to pen and paper when you’re feeling stuck? There’s something about the messiness of my handwriting on the page that makes me less self-conscious about the messiness of the content. It’s a trick that helps me get out of my own way. #writing

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Darkness, lurking in every corner. Be the light that banishes it. #Haiku #Poetry #TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Senate is moving forward on HR28 / S9, threatening to defund schools unless they segregate trans students and subject women and girls to invasive genital and sex exams for athletics programs. Protect students, save Title IX! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Your Senators: 28 is Hate!

HR 28 intends to use the far-right myth of transgender women's advantage in women's sports as a Trojan Horse to smuggle an unscientific and oversimplified fiction of sex into our law. By reductively d...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/03/2025

“Humanitarian aid should never be used as a tool of war.” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says the Israeli decision to stop the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip is “outrageous and will have devastating consequences”. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/66nsyl

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Bee Zelda 🍉 @beezelda.com · 28/02/2025

This will not be the first economic blackout or the last. But it's a place for new people to start, and for others to continue their boycott. Eat. The. Rich.

A graphic titled "2025 Economic Blackout Schedule" outlines planned consumer blackouts. The word "BLACKOUT" is displayed in bold black letters with a crossed-out shopping cart icon inside the letter "O." A calendar and clock emoji appear in the top right corner. The schedule lists:

Total Blackout (Feb. 28): No purchases at all, with a recommendation to buy essentials in advance and shop local if necessary.
Amazon Blackout (March 7-14): No purchases from Amazon.
Nestlé Blackout (March 21-28): No purchases of Nestlé products, including Gerber, Perrier, Chefmate, Purina, and Friskies.
Walmart Blackout (April 7-14): No purchases from Walmart or Walmart.com. A sad face emoji is next to Walmart's name.
Total Blackout 2 (April 18): Another full no-purchase day with similar recommendations.
At the bottom, three sections encourage people to:

Spread the word – by sharing the information.
Prepare – by purchasing necessities before the blackout days.
Spend $0 – by avoiding purchases on blackout days and shopping local if necessary.

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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

LA STUDENT WALK OUT - RIGHT NOW: high school students have walked out of class and gathered in front of LA city hall for the fourth straight day of anti-ICE, immigration rights protests. Solidarity with the youth! 🫡 Fuck ICE!

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Sara @aeirlys.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

When screaming into the void, remember to breathe from your diaphragm. Not only does it protect your voice, but it improves your projection. The Endless Horrors™️ will not fear you if they cannot hear you.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

If any of y’all have ever had questions for me or @thereeljferrero.bsky.social about The Godfrey Audio Guide, you’ve got 2 days left to send them our way! You can submit your questions via the form on this page: thegodfreyaudioguide.com#contact #AudioDrama #AudioFiction

A screenshot of a podcast player. On The Godfrey Audio Guide’s feed, an episode title reads: “Send us your questions!”

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Rain’s pitter-patter outside calms my troubled soul. Listen, and be still. #Haiku #Poetry #TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

RAIN! After weeks of fire and smoke, a welcome gift. (Please don’t cause mudslides…) #TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI #LAFires #Haiku #Poetry

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?

Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked." She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.

I see people posting that Elon was at Auschwitz this time last year - therefore, his recent "gesture" is not antisemitic. I was there, too. Last year. With Elon. I am embarrassed that I have photos of this on my phone. My love, Gidon Lev, was the "special guest" of this photo-op event. We thought, at the time, that it would be good publicity. But I would not share the photo today. I chatted with Elon Musk. I spent hours with him and walked with him through Auschwitz. I stood with him, looking at the nauseating heaps of hair, luggage, and shoes flooded with violet light meant to preserve it.
Is Musk an antisemite? People, actually, it's worse - he doesn't care whatsoever. Elon, father of "little X" as he described his freezing cold son to me, literally does not care. He was unmoved by the experience. For Gidon, to be in the place where his father, Ernst, died on a death march - whether shot by the side of the road or having simply collapsed - was a huge deal. Elon did not care. He was about his press junket and his bodyguards. I was ten feet from him as he posed for the cameras of his entourage. He was utterly detached. He cared about how he looked. When he placed a wreath at Auschwitz and Gidon was overlooked, he walked away with the cameras whirring. This is Elon Musk. A sociopath, if ever there was one. To deduce, from this visit, that he is a friend of the Jews is desperately naive.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My heart races for no good reason. And every good reason. Breathe. Breathe. #TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI #Haiku #Poetry

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Watch Duty currently says the Hughes Fire is 3,400 acres. Stay safe, y’all. And remember to mask up if you have to go outside.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Laughter among friends reminds my body that joy still lives within it. #TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI #Haiku #Poetry

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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

What to do when you see ICE - resources in thread: When informing your community, remember "S.A.L.U.T.E." Report ICE/CBP sightings to a local rapid response network (more info below 👇)

IF YOU SEE ICE
VERIFY THEIR IDENTITY AND PURPOSE
• CONFIRMING WITH OTHERS OR BY LOOKING AT THEIR UNIFORM THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS ICE
• CALL YOUR LOCAL RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK
HOTLINE AND REPORT WHAT YOU SEE
DOCUMENT
• RECORD OR TAKE PHOTOS OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
• MAKE NOTE OF THE TIME, DATE, AND THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE ENCOUNTER
SPREAD AWARENESS
ONCE YOU VERIFY THAT ICE IS THERE AND WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR, YOU CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION ALONG WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE DOCUMENTED.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ONLY SHARE VERIFIED INFORMATION. THIS ENSURES THAT WE DON'T CREATE ANY UNECESSARY STRESS, FEAR, OR ANXIETY.

Spread Information not panic
When reporting or signal boosting potential threats: provide as much information as possible!
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/Strength
"5 to 6 Armed Agitators"
中r
Actions/Activity
"Harassing random people on the move"
Location & Direction
"Manhattan, East of Central Park, E 97th St"
Uniform/Clothes
"Dark Jackets, ballcaps"
Time & Date of Observation
"8:32 PM June01"
Equipment & Weapons
"They have Body Armor and Pepper spray"
Not a useful tweet: "proudboys spotted"
"Where? When? What are they doing?
How Many? What are they carrying?"
Use your Judgement!

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20/01/2025

that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

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Nicole Knudsen @nicoleknudsen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

“Man comes to the door, asks if the King’s inside. Tell me. What’s he really asking?” “He’s asking, ‘May I kill your guest?’…He’s asking, ‘Will you hand over to me one more victim to add to the long slow massacre that is becoming our history.’ To which an honest man answers - “ “No.”

A photograph of a page from Bill Cain’s “Equivocation.”

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Shockingly few people are talking about the toxic air and water in LA. It’s eerily reminiscent of early days of the pandemic when we were assured we didn’t have to mask Listen to air quality experts. The same folk educating about IAQ & COVID are providing life saving info now. And wear a mask.

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LA is Toxic, and We Need to Talk About it

The asbestos, my friends, is blowing in the wind

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