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Authentic Sushi
Someone on FB was asking, so I answered. Futomaki and inari (without complicated fillings), is the OG Japanese American sushi from the early 1900s to the 1980s. The other common one, which seems to be the main sushi at temple and church bazaars until the 1990s, was chirashizushi, which is more like a mixed rice…
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Trump’s ICE War on Los Angeles
I started this a month ago, intending to fill it up, but the actual labor of learning to spot ICE, and how to react, and rearranging society to contend with this war, has diverted me. So, first, a message to those of us privileged enough to be doomers, a post from Teka: https://www.facebook.com/brickbatrevue/posts/pfbid02z9MZL2Tr6mqhLJAUWrBATwJEn5dM9oKUtdZd6uaqJHFoetCu7aDJ4fidTSJTnXphl The post:…
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Birds Eye View of the Government Takeover and Repsonse to Trump
This hasn’t been updated in a long time due to lack of time and the breadth of the changes. Please see the two links to get an overview: Issues This table’s a list of topics I’m reading related to it. To suggest things for this list, please fill out this form. Scientific Research Banning DEI…
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DIY Dustpan or Daspan
This is the best DIY dustpan video so far. He makes it from a canister, and cuts the canister in a way that will take advantage of the bends and corners already molded into the canister. He uses wood for the handle, and attaches it with screws; I hope he’s using washers. The design is…
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AB715
For updates, see: Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies. For status, see: AB 715 at Calmatters Currently, the bill is in the Senate Education Committee and Judicial Committee. Letter to Sasha Renee Perez SRP is the State Senator for my district. — to be written — Protests A small group of people in AD49 protested against…
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Get in Touch
If you’re coming over from social media, and want to read political books, join my Reading Group contact list. If you want to send me an email landofziploc at gmail. I can give you my Signal and phone through email, but we should chat on Signal first. My Bluesky link is above. Often, I’ll post…
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May 1, 2025 March and Rally for Immigrant Rights
Join the Rosemead Tenants Union Contingent! Go to the rosemeadtu.org site and sign up for the group, and you’ll eventually get some info.
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2010s Gentrification, Protests, Boyle Heights, Arts District
Recently found photos about Boyle Heights and Arts District gentrification, and added them to this old post, also about the same topic.
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Replacing the Washers in an Old 1960s Price Pfister Two-Faucet Shower
This was a minor pain in the ass, and I’ll go into some detail about the problems I had. I’m complaining a lot in this post.
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Inventing Black and White
Original post on Nov 8, 2024 Inventing Black and White – Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races. (Note that the two classes – poor vs. indentured/slaves – united, but it was to continue the expansion of the colonies into indigenous…