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Ok it’s official: we want your feedback and participation in a potential #CausalIslandsLA
Let us know which day in late March works for you, and if you’d like to get involved as an attendee, speaker, sponsor, or collaborate with us on venues & organizing https://lu.ma/causal-islands-la
Causal Islands Los Angeles (Save the Date)
Some of the Fission team will be in Los Angeles the third week of March 2024. We're looking to gather interest in putting on a one day Causal Islands-style event: talks and discussion about the future of computing.lu.ma
One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct
"The journey drew a line, with a string of one hundred mules, between #LosAngeles and the source of its water in the Eastern Sierra... Mules were an important component of the labor force that made the building of the aqueduct possible. This action paid homage to the quiet dignity of the mule and the patient pace of its progress across this epic landscape." #asstodon #Infrastructure
Of course @keribla got this story for the LA Times.
“Nearly three dozen deputies have been ordered to come in for questioning, show their tattoos and give up the names of any other deputies similarly sporting ink connecting them to two of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s most notorious deputy gangs.”
Google #LosAngeles Sheriff Department gangs. The biggest and most powerful gangs in LA.
L.A. County sheriff's deputies ordered to show suspected gang tattoos
Inspector General Max Huntsman sent a letter Friday ordering 35 deputies to come in for interviews and show their tattoos.Keri Blakinger (Los Angeles Times)
#losangeles #jail #justicedepartment
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-13/senators-fault-doj-for-appalling-conditions-in-los-angeles-jails
Senators fault DOJ for 'appalling' conditions in L.A. jails
In a letter to Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland, four U.S. senators described conditions in L.A. County jails as a “humanitarian crisis”Keri Blakinger (Los Angeles Times)