Have you noticed that the entire business model of the American media has been reduced to one simple strategy? Harassment. That’s it. Pure, unadulterated harassment. They don’t want to inform you. They […]
The Business of Being a Pain in the Ass
The Free Venice Beachhead New Years Eve Party
Watch The Video above and hear 4 lovely songs about Venice, and see a short presentation about the history of the Free Venice Beachhead. NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY At Beyond Baroque A […]
Intellectual Property, Rent-Seeking, and AI.
From a Pluribus review: “We are living in a time when AI has unfettered access to interpret and manipulate art without ever crediting or compensating the people that are behind that art existing in the first […]
Why you should be very worried about AI, but can’t refuse.
I asked Gemini AI about this video. In the video, Julia McCoy highlights several precarious social and economic issues arising from the rapid advancement of AI agents like SIMA 2: The […]
by Greta Cobar Don Geagan was one of my favorite co-volunteers on the Beachhead collective. A veteran who willingly enlisted, as he used to say, “because back then that’s what you did […]
VOTE YES ON PROP 50.
Prop 50 will redistrict California in response to Texas redistricting for Trump. In 2031 the current way of having independent commission-drawn maps will return, based on the 2030 census. Prop 50 would, […]
AMERICA’S NEW TOP DOG
AMERICA’S NEW TOP DOG Wee-wee are in the Best of Show times and the Worst of Show times. America’s new top dog is a doggone, dogmatic, rabid, fat, pit bull. He is […]
California Coastal Commission and the Venice Dell Community ..some thoughts
California Coastal Commission and the Venice Dell Community ..some thoughts by Eric Ahlberg and mostly Lydia Ponce I (Eric) asked a contractor friend what he thought about the California Coastal Comission, CCC, […]
A Bridge Home Update
Venice’s A Bridge Home, which since February 2020 has offered unhoused residents interim housing and case management, is closing as of December 31, 2024. Although the groundbreaking for permanent housing on the […]
Emily Winters, Presente!
by Suzanne Thompson and Eric Ahlberg Emily Winters PRESENTE! It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that our dear friend and longtime compadre in art and politics Emily […]
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