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Strange, twisted rearing form in bronze
Kara Walker's stunning "Unmanned Drone," a deconstructed & reassembled statue of Stonewall Jackson that was originally located in Charlottesville, Virginia until its 2021 removal. A fascinating & complex artwork, now on view at LA art space The Brick as part of "Monuments" exhibition the-brick.org
As a former Palisadian, I can say that the risks of living there do not need to be covered by people living in less affluent, low fire risk neighborhoods.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
The losses the CA state insurer of last resort took on are being funded (in part) by an equal percentage increase to policy holders across the state, regardless of fire risk at any specific property? (Let alone consideration of property value or income??)
I have found the silver bullet for getting republicans on board with decarbonization: Reagan loved heat pumps (according to the Reagan library)
The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. 🔌💡
(2) you certify a nationwide class.
Would I prefer other options existed? Yes. Do I think it’s useful to describe accurately the decision that issued? Also yes.
Here’re some options the decision leaves intact for stopping unconstitutional orders nationwide: (1) plaintiffs show that their injuries can’t be redressed absent nationwide relief (ie, blue states will get to argue again that they can’t be made to determine citizenship anew for all who move here)
My paper just came out in PPR today, here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... It's about interesting relationships that our attitudes bear to the world. I argue that belief is very different from other attitudes, and this difference follows from its relationship to the truth of token contents.
It was always clear why Ganz’s left-wing interlocutors fought with him: To do so would be to admit that US governance could get much worse — or that professional-class liberals, who academic leftists define themselves against, might be right about something.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/there-was-...
Please let me know if you have any questions, about anything really, the wisdom I have is not just for me.