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Russell Bates

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Director. Angeleno. This is Worker speaking. Hello. http://russellbates.com

AI’s primary corpus is clearly Robert Pollard’s song titles

RussellBates's tweet image. AI’s primary corpus is clearly Robert Pollard’s song titles

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Los Angeles is trying to avoid HLA by claiming that it is “restriping without making other improvements” when, in fact, it’s making many other changes across multiple projects. This behavior must stop. Read the letter we sent to the Mayor, LADOT, and the Board of Public Works

streetsforall's tweet image. Los Angeles is trying to avoid HLA by claiming that it is “restriping without making other improvements” when, in fact, it’s making many other changes across multiple projects.

This behavior must stop.

Read the letter we sent to the Mayor, LADOT, and the Board of Public Works
streetsforall's tweet image. Los Angeles is trying to avoid HLA by claiming that it is “restriping without making other improvements” when, in fact, it’s making many other changes across multiple projects.

This behavior must stop.

Read the letter we sent to the Mayor, LADOT, and the Board of Public Works
streetsforall's tweet image. Los Angeles is trying to avoid HLA by claiming that it is “restriping without making other improvements” when, in fact, it’s making many other changes across multiple projects.

This behavior must stop.

Read the letter we sent to the Mayor, LADOT, and the Board of Public Works

Truer words have never been spoken: "road rage is one of the dumbest reasons to fight." Oh and P.S. don't fight anyone!

Lost a fight AND his car #knowviolence #146



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One thing missing today... The person WHO ABSOLUTELY SHOULD be here is in ... Rhode Island. 😢 So we dialed up @_KennyUong_ -- because LA's top transit advocate deserves a tour!


Another banger from Diego. What could this have been about, anyway? It's on a pickleball court. Don't fight anyone!

When you play pickelball, everyone loses #knowviolence #131



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eat a book to gain its vocabulary


I've been hearing all about how good AI is getting, so I tried it out with a well-known logic problem and 10/10 no notes

RussellBates's tweet image. I've been hearing all about how good AI is getting, so I tried it out with a well-known logic problem and 10/10 no notes
RussellBates's tweet image. I've been hearing all about how good AI is getting, so I tried it out with a well-known logic problem and 10/10 no notes

Russell Bates reposted

Someone who normally drives chose to take public transportation. Congestion pricing works.

Normally my commute from Rockaway is about a hour and 15 minutes by car in the morning (it’s much less at night). Today, google maps said it would take an hour and three minutes. 12 minutes saved isn’t worth the $9 to me - so on the ferry I go.



OK, yes, that's very LA

Today I was crossing Hollywood and Highland, where peds & tourists cheered a just-married couple celebrating in the middle of the intersection while a fire ravaged a strip mall down the street. I've lived in LA my whole life, and this is the most LA candid I've ever snapped.

la_dorkout's tweet image. Today I was crossing Hollywood and Highland, where peds & tourists cheered a just-married couple celebrating in the middle of the intersection while a fire ravaged a strip mall down the street.

I've lived in LA my whole life, and this is the most LA candid I've ever snapped.


Highly recommend

Open a book and scream into it for fun



Now this is a flex

A yearly tradition at the South Pole is the winter-over crew watching "The Thing" right after the last flight for the summer leaves. Here is a picture of the yearly showing in the gym #southpole #winter #Xenophobia #science

SPTelescope's tweet image. A yearly tradition at the South Pole is the winter-over crew watching "The Thing" right after the last flight for the summer leaves.  Here is a picture of the yearly showing in the gym #southpole #winter #Xenophobia #science


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What do people think of the new Hollywood bike lanes? We asked people at @CicLAvia to find out.


An insightful and deeply human essay about the inherent limitations of AI by the colossal thinker/writer Ted Chiang newyorker.com/culture/the-we…


I don’t do any fighting/MMA stuff and just love this as general life wisdom


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This is so good

'Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like – such as reading to your little boy... keeps the Devil down in the hole.' Nick Cave.



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This is the future of LA. Thank you @HugoForCD13

Access to Hollywood is already transforming Hollywood Blvd. With 2.1 miles of protected bike lanes — the first in all of CD13 — we’re making the streets safer and giving people more options to get around this city. Come check it out for yourself!



A great new episode of #knowviolence where there is in fact #noviolence!

How badly do you want to win? #knowviolence #82



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