Worst of NextDoor

...get rid of furniture, give advice on humanely removing bees and publicize events. But, like so many other social media websites, NextDoor has devolved into a toxic stew of hatred tapped out by lonely, late night keyboard warriors. Here in my Los Angeles neighborhood, topics on homelessness and gentrification seem, in particular, to bring out the trolls. NextDoor has become 4chan for old homeowners. Here’s a typical discussion on my neighborhood’s...

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I Deleted my Facebook Account

...n-target information. Facebook knows that I’m an epee fencer who practices urban homesteading, reads Rowan Williams and goes to Nick Cave concerts (damn, that’s all pretentious!). But it also seems to think that I’m an African-American who grows with hydroponics, rocks out to the Queens of the Stone Age and loves Honey Baked Ham. I suspect much of the data Cambridge Analytica gathered was, similarly, off-target and useless. How to #DeleteFacebook...

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Saturday Tweets: Rainy Day Tweets

...(@nowthisnews) December 5, 2018 Check out all of the Advent and Christmas events at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral this holiday season! https://t.co/MOeCCl1y4p — St. John's Cathedral (@stjohnsla) December 4, 2018 "Hey guys!" How YouTubers learn to sound authentic – from the algorithms – explains Jamie Cohen on a brand new @teamhumanshow. Plus a monologue on how Russia turned us all into "useful idiots." https://t.co/b2QaPaJYsL — douglas r...

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2022 in Review: Cats, Mushrooms and Politics

...elly. What follows after the jump is a random assortment of things, places events that made up our 2022. CATS CATS CATS and other critters One of the happier moments was helping trap the cat pictured above that had escaped her owners and had been missing for almost a month. After baiting the trap for a week she finally showed up in one of the traps I was monitoring. Her owner, who was expected a baby soon had become distraught. When I found her ca...

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Salsa Dancing in a World Without Oil

For those of you in the Los Angeles area here’s some events to mark on the calendar: SALSA SALSA What: Salsa Salsa, a Celebration of Love Apples Type: Public Art Event in which we make salsa while dancing to salsa music together. When: Sunday, August 17th, 3 to 7 p.m. Where: Farmlab, 1745 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Free to the public SALSA SALSA is a harvest festival inviting the citizens of Los Angeles to come make and taste tomato...

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