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Trying my best. Casual spy. vfx artist. los angeles. duck.haus/@powerllama he/him. avatar from bsky.app/profile/pantspants.bsky.so…

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austin @powerllama.com · 44m
congrats @mattdpearce.com
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h
In a rare Newsom W, today he signs AB 2222, the Community NEWS Act, which would establish some of the best tax incentives/rebates for newsrooms in the country. It would send $40M/year back into California newsrooms to keep journalists employed. Check out the presser happening live right now:
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Governor Newsom Signs Legislation & Speaks with Media
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 5h
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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austin @powerllama.com · 5h
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 29/09/2026
A very good read. Pirating the Pirates - Notes from the underground of film preservation, by Devan Scott mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/pi...
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 23h
Google served me the same result on the same search.
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Ben McCarthy @benricem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)
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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.
However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.
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austin @powerllama.com · 28/09/2026
kind of obsessed with Control: Resonant at the moment
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austin @powerllama.com · 26/09/2026
dear @papapishu.bsky.social i have no idea how to select menu items in the skill tree in control resonant this has to be a joke
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austin @powerllama.com · 26/09/2026
does someone want to come to my house and set up Moonlight for me because i can't get this shit over 50fps even fully wired in
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 24/09/2026
Huge day for enhanced geothermal: $FRVO has delivered power to the grid from Cape Station, a first for EGS. Congrats to @timlatimer.bsky.social and the rest of the team. h/t @isaiahbishop.bsky.social
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Fervo Energy Achieves First Power at Cape Station, a Landmark Moment for the Future of Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Fervo Energy
HOUSTON, September 24, 2026 – Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, today announced that Cape Station, its
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Marissa Roy For LA City Attorney @marissaroyla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This week, New York won $131 million for DoorDash drivers who were underpaid or paid late — and put nearly all of that money back in deliveristas’ pockets. Los Angeles’ City Attorney could be doing the same for our workers.
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DoorDash Agrees to $131.5 Million Settlement for Shortchanging Workers
The online delivery company agreed to give pay relief to workers and to accept monitoring of its methods after it underpaid — or didn’t pay — 264,000 workers.
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Julia Wick @sherlyholmes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“People are working 7 days a week in some cases, and several are now abusing substances or on the verge of emotional collapse.” lamaterial.com/p/mary-osako...
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Inside the Whistleblower Complaints Against UCLA’s Top Communications Official
New court filings detail allegations of bullying, organizational chaos and university resources being used to bolster UCLA Vice Chancellor Mary Osako’s personal brand.
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BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
HI SCORES. 2026 REISSUE. 20 NOVEMBER, LP / CD. Celebrating 30 years of ‘Hi Scores’. boardsofcanada.com
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Oren Hadar @futureis.la · 23/09/2026
Sorry, this is just false. Permits have been pulled to begin construction on these buildings. Only a handful have been built. Almost all will be finished years after the election.
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Mayor Bass Announces Record 10,000+ Affordable Housing Units Built Under Her Administration
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says her administration has built more than 10,000 affordable housing units, over four times the annual pace of the prior five years.
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austin @powerllama.com · 23/09/2026
huh that's weird
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The Basin @thebasinla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's not your imagination, LA Metro's escalators are some of the slowest on earth. We measured it against 139 other cities.
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austin @powerllama.com · 23/09/2026
sure hope these people actually vote
raman wins the youth vote by quite a bit in this poll
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Karen Bass's campaign has issued a statement calling the gold-standard Berkeley IGS Poll "another outlier poll" which "got the June primary wrong"
LA Times Issues Another Outlier Poll,
All the Other Data Shows a Close Race Even an outside group supporting Raman
has the race at a statistical tie LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times has again published an outlier poll, just as they had done in the primary when they got it wrong and undercounted Karen Bass' support while estimating that progressive candidate Rae Huang would get triple the
support she ultimately did. Online-only surveys consistently struggle to recruit voters that represent a true sample of Los Angeles's electorate, systematically undercounting working-class families, seniors, and non-English speaking communities who regularly turn out on
Election Day.
Here's what every other poll in the general election has shown:
Tulchin Research / Neighborhoods for a Better L.A. PolL (August 2026)
• Results: Bass 41%, Raman 35%, Undecided 24%
Estamos con Nithya / Carpenters Union Poll (September 2026).
• Results: Bass 38%, Raman 37%, Undecided 26%
Hart Research Associates Poll / Raman Campaign Internal (September 2026)
• Results: Raman 44%, Bass 39%, Undecided 17%
David Binder Research / Bass Campaign Internal (August 2026).
• Results: Bass 35%, Raman 33%, Undecided 24%
BSP Research / Latino Community_Foundation Poll (September 2026).
• Results: Bass 51% favorable, 30% unfavorable"One outlier poll which got the June primary wrong isn't reflective of the energy we see when talking to voters every day and what every other poll indicates - this is going to be
a close race," said campaign spokesperson Alex Stack. "Our campaign is continuing to do our job: contrasting Mayor Bass' record of delivering results on housing, public safety, and neighborhood investment with Nithya Raman's out-of-step views on allowing encampments near schools
and failing to show up for her constituents."Whom likely voters would support
for Los Angeles mayor Among likely voters who have voted or will vote for
mayor in the June 2 election.
Karen Bass
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Nithya Raman
25%
Spencer Pratt
22%
Rae Chen Huang
9%
Adam Miller
5% Undecided/did not
vote for mayor
10% Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted online May 19-24 in English and Spanish among 1,913 registered voters in Los Angeles, 1,351 of whom were
considered likely to vote in the city's June primary election. Results from the overall registered voter sample have an estimated sampling error of +/- 2.5 percentage points while results from the likely voter sample have an estimated sampling error of +/- 3 points. Funding for the poll was
provided in part by the Los Angeles Times.
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austin @powerllama.com · 23/09/2026
going from Nine Inch Noize to nerdy train shit is some whiplash
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austin @powerllama.com · 23/09/2026
if you can make it into 15 minute's of the new @nickandert.bsky.social video you'll see the absolute bureaucratic nightmare that is the governance of our inter-city rail in socal
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California's Brilliant State Rail Plan
A close look at California's 2024 State Rail Plan, and what needs to happen for us to make it real. Absolutely no AI was used in any part of the process for this video. Map Links Northern California Present: https://imgur.com/vBYy7IK Northern California State Rail Plan: https://imgur.com/F9JGjAX Southern California Present: https://imgur.com/2cFTdjX Southern California State Rail Plan: https://imgur.com/bxcUiBI Southern California with my adjustments: https://imgur.com/FvUm8y4 0:00 Intro 1:03 State Rail Plan Overview 4:28 Service-Led Planning 10:17 Too Many Cooks 13:35 When It's Going Great 21:10 A Better Model 24:58 This 10 Minutes is Basically the Video from the Ring 35:08 What if Things Didn't Suck 41:18 Applying the 'Not-Sucking' Method to the State Rail Plan 53:27 The SRP Detailed in NorCal 57:18 The SRP Detailed in SoCal 1:00:47 My Changes
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austin @powerllama.com · 23/09/2026
it's been long enough i can watch the Nine Inch Noize show again right?
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 23/09/2026
(extreme Chris Cornell voice) asshole son
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's David Ellison's statement on his successful Paramount-WBD. Thanks Newsom "for his support throughout this process." State AGs were on track to kill the the merger with litigation and delay. Is Newsom giving up on the presidency and instead pursuing a post-gov career as Friend of Oligarchs?
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/09/2026
weird day to be worried about state-run tv, gavin!
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austin @powerllama.com · 21/09/2026
happy 10th anniversary to the time Demi Adejuyigbe slowly drove himself insane
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do you remember? https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/778789555751178240/video/1
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
at the toyota dealership asking them to bring out the trucks ISIS has with the guns on the back
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Ard Collider @ardaniel.collider.mov · 21/09/2026
Got mine Saturday; if you’re in LA and in the age bracket, CVS definitely has them now and Walgreens probably does too. Flu before boo, kids.
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austin @powerllama.com · 21/09/2026
thinking about doing some grave digging but when i hit the grave it won't make a loud thump
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Ry @ duck.haus @ryatduckhaus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The party of Accepting the Premise
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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
when you're trying to get ice sometimes the cubes humiliate you on purpose
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austin @powerllama.com · 20/09/2026
one of the best videos on the WWW
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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austin @powerllama.com · 20/09/2026
VFX: unionize or die
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DVS @dvsblast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
welcome to the dispensary. we have drugs and also if u want we have a hat that SAYS "drugs". both of these cost the same.
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austin @powerllama.com · 19/09/2026
what they don't teach you in school is that if a bar has touch tunes you can play all 20 minutes of Dripping Tap by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and no one can stop you
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austin @powerllama.com · 19/09/2026
media2.giphy.com
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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austin @powerllama.com · 18/09/2026
this post will only make sense if you live near me The Greyhound is The Hermosillo's Wario
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
oh, that's bad.
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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 18/09/2026
Claude is making all of your otherwise nice web projects look like a fugly brown pair of cole haan oxfords
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine)
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i've started to learn blender and i gotta say, it's resulted in some really boring anecdotes. to take one example, yesterday i intended to keyframe-shift an object to 15.5 on the z-axis, but mistakenly entered 15.5 on the y-axis instead! thankfully i realized and corrected my mistake some time later
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austin @powerllama.com · 18/09/2026
The Drifter fuckin rocked. only got stuck one time and the solution was very obvious after i looked it up. easy compared to an old LucasArts game with tremendous voice acting. loved it
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austin @powerllama.com · 17/09/2026
before ai your friend would make silly photoshops of your other friend's faces on stuff and now it's just slop. massive L
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ballpoint pen, watercolor, acrylic paint, copic marker, and colored pencil.

A man in a sweater vest carefully walks through a field of wild flowers. He’s concerned about accidentally stepping on his colleague so he calls out, “Don’t wanna stomp ya out. Clap so I know where you’re at.” Beneath the flowers we see a very teeny man, also in a sweater vest, clapping to make his location known. Their plan works. No one is stomped. 

The meaning of this piece is open to interpretation. If we don’t take the scene literally, the smaller man could be a version of the larger man that exists somewhere in his subconscious. A part of him that needs to make itself known so it isn’t forgotten (or stomped out). Artist’s note: I usually start off drawing with no plan to turn it into a “comic” or whatever this is. For this one I started by just sketching flowers. I think originally I had dozens of little creatures clapping before simplifying it into the final version.
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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