At a recent City of Los Angeles public hearing regarding Coastal Development Permit (CDP) applications in Venice, residents, business owners, and non-profit leaders turned out to voice strong opposition to proposed parking […]
Residents and Artists Speak Up about city parking meter plan.
Normal Violence
In this clip from No, It Won’t Be A Civil War; It’s Actually Much Worse | War Expert, political scientist and security expert Robert Pape discusses why the primary danger facing the […]
Venice Dell project has been approved
The Venice Dell project has been approved and funded and this decision confirms that it must be allowed to move forward. The Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled in favor of […]
Remembering George Drury Smith
George Drury Smith (March 19, 1927–August 28, 2026) I was saddened to learn of the passing of George Drury Smith, the founder of Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center. For those of us who […]
AI, Filk, and the Broadside
Ask not what your AI will do to you, ask what you will do with your AI AI is People – Jaron Lanier & Cory Doctorow Soylent Green is People – what […]
The Artificial Devil’s Dictionary
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, n. A miraculous contraption designed to spare the duped the agonizing labor of forming a thought. It is a machine cursed with a profound, algorithmic cynicism, possessing the unenviable burden […]
Here Comes the Kent State Truth Archive
Peace activist Laurel Krause was a guest on Gerry Fialka’s podcast on Aug 11, 2026. Her “Best of all” mantra resonates with our Venice Solidarity. Please read the following and support a […]
Is “it” out of the world?
Is “it” out of the world? by Gerry Fialka 7-27-26 The word “it” is a third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living […]
Influence Operations: A Global Market
by Eric Ahlberg and his pet AI. Look I really care about this issue, and AI did my research and wrote it up. Kinda like having a brilliant grad school intern to […]
Rule by Thieves: How the Clowns in Charge Are Robbing Us Blind
In a recent episode of WIRED’s Tech Support, historian and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat dives deep into the internet’s most pressing questions about global corruption, kleptocracies, and the hidden mechanisms of dictatorships. […]
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