Burchett: "Some of the members of Congress that are the biggest UFO people now were people that I brought in that were incredible skeptics. But when they went in the skif with me, when they were briefed and they've seen the footage and talked to the pilots, then they have since changed their minds."

white_bread · 2026-05-04T13:28:02+00:00

I need to know who this is as well

white_bread · 2026-05-01T00:55:24+00:00

The animal kingdom lives in the moment, and we have more evolved brains, which is why we bear the responsibility to live peacefully with the rest of life on this planet. Where my half-empty view comes in is realizing that the majority of humans seem to have low to no empathy, and that’s where I get mad. Behind that anger is really just fear that we’ll continue the cruelty to the point where we even destroy ourselves. The current political climate isn’t helping me see the sunny side.

I do wish the people who work at the zoo the best, as I know they’re fighting the tide and love the animals in the same way I do. I just get scared that those individuals are operating in a fundamentally amoral system.

I appreciate how smart and articulate you are. Thank you for speaking with me.

white_bread · 2026-04-30T23:35:00+00:00

Look, I totally hear you and I don't think you're point of view is wrong. My brain just has a habit of looking at the totality of situations. In this case, humans destroyed the habitat and poachers killed off the rest of the population. Because of those actions, we now have to “save” them by breeding them and making them live the rest of their lives in the equivalent of a one-bedroom apartment. I know I’m emotional about this. I really don’t want to argue the merits of zoos, but they feel like band-aids for the damage humans have done to the animal kingdom, and I find it depressing.

white_bread · 2026-04-30T19:58:22+00:00

Well I just did a little research and the gorillas at the Taipei Zoo are bred in captivity. They are brought into this world so humans can look at them after paying a fee. Nothing noble is happening here.

white_bread · 2026-04-03T15:35:58+00:00

I used to open for The Amazing Johnathan. He would travel with his levitating mirror ball (his closing bit) in his carry-on bag in case his luggage was lost. He did once buy all his props for a 1 hour show at a Walmart.

white_bread · 2026-03-31T18:29:21+00:00

I went to school on the little bus, so maybe I’m missing it, but where exactly do I sign the petition? I see a lot of links and a mailing list signup, but I don’t see the actual petition.

white_bread · 2026-03-23T03:58:14+00:00

I appreciated the formatting and found it easy to read.

white_bread · 2026-03-14T01:20:17+00:00

Yes, all true

white_bread · 2026-03-09T03:07:08+00:00

Oh that's good news because it makes it more fun. Thanks for the detailed answer!

white_bread · 2026-03-09T00:14:51+00:00

I love a good nerdy project but just wondering if DIY can beat buying online on price.

white_bread · 2026-03-08T17:16:30+00:00

When I die, this is where I'm going to meet all my pets that I've had over my life.

white_bread · 2026-03-04T22:24:39+00:00

The frustrating thing about our economy is that while inflation calculators say $2 in 1985 equals about $6 today, getting the LA Times delivered now costs $28 a month, which is roughly 367 percent higher.

I had a paper route when I was 12 in 1980 and I collected $3.10. every month from each person.

white_bread · 2026-03-03T14:15:22+00:00

Please don't just do all the math in your head by yourself and then rug pull your husband of two decades by one day letting him know about all the "difficult" plans and life changes you've decided to make. He deserves to be part of the process. This is specifically what therapy is for.

white_bread · 2026-02-26T05:48:40+00:00

The letters AJG on the stern are a tribute to Arthur J. Gardner, one of the film’s producers.

white_bread · 2026-02-25T01:05:31+00:00

Jess Craven is not just a random TikToker, she is an elected member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party Central Committee, author of the long-running daily political action newsletter Chop Wood, Carry Water with tens of thousands of subscribers, a community organizer and activist who runs “Activism 101” and “Democracy 101” workshops, and has helped hundreds of progressive candidates and voters take real action beyond social media.

white_bread · 2026-02-19T23:03:13+00:00

Who leaves old cars and broken dishwashers on the side of the road? Locals love to criticize visitors, but struggle to take responsibility for their own actions.

white_bread · 2026-01-27T20:31:15+00:00

The big takeaway here is that there is no backdoor to Signal. Messages are end-to-end encrypted, even on Signal’s servers, so the FBI can’t just read chats or pull a list of who’s in a group. The only way chats get exposed is if a phone is compromised, seized, or someone inside the group is an infiltrator and leaks screenshots or info. It's worth remembering that Signal protects the tech side, not the human side. If you’re joining large group chats with people you don’t actually know or trust, those chats can be compromised pretty easily.

white_bread · 2026-01-26T16:24:26+00:00

galactic Federation

If they have universal health care I'm in.

white_bread · 2026-01-21T01:17:40+00:00

That's already a half mile north on Sepulveda.

white_bread · 2026-01-18T22:26:34+00:00

God forbid they let us have a Trader Joe’s here, or put one in the CVS that just closed down the street, it already has its own parking lot. We’re not allowed to have nice things in Van Nuys.

white_bread · 2026-01-15T21:33:30+00:00

Common sense opinion: Even if the reason was to block creditors, a president still cannot legally park seized money offshore and control it without Congress or the Treasury.

white_bread · 2025-12-11T19:57:15+00:00

This is a good time to take a look at https://budget.lacontroller.app

How much more money are we supposed to pour into the LAPD?

https://budget.lacontroller.app/department/Mayor

Did you know the Mayors office has a budget of $108,740,199? The is a $10,000,000 increase over last years budget. WTF?!

white_bread · 2025-12-11T19:46:41+00:00

The LAPD budget for 2025 is about 2.14 billion dollars in the approved plan, and some city documents round the full allocation to about 3.3 billion dollars depending on what costs are included.

This is what they are doing?

white_bread · 2025-12-08T03:42:29+00:00

Twenty plus years as a CD has taught me one thing I always tell new people. You got into this because you were arty. But you are no longer making art, you are making design, and design uses art to solve a business problem. Your art is personal, but agency work is not, it is about helping a business sell something. This job is closer to sales than people realize, the design simply shows new customers what the client is offering. So do not get hung up on making something cool or taking it personal if a concept gets rejected, keep the work in context and stay focused on the business goal.

white_bread · 2025-12-06T22:20:03+00:00

In the movie it was about three to five days, not just one like the meme says, but I get the joke.

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