I'm going to keep this week's diary and newsy stuff post short this week because today's the big day for the kid. Our check-in is at 5:30 in the morning, so I'm just staying up all night and gonna try to get listings done as early as possible; then maybe I can actually get some zoo time this week as Darren and I kinda do our recovery care in shifts. I don't really know what to expect though, so we'll just play it by ear and hope for the very best and the fastest recovery possible.
If you're out in the world and paying attention, tariffs that were postponed by a month might kick in this week, so no joke, stock up on your toilet paper, because they're running out of the Kirkland stuff at Costco (check the app if you don't believe me) because it's Canadian supplied. Even if they don't kick in, the psycho in chief is definitely pissed at Canada and will burn all relations to the ground because he is a small, bitter, spiteful piece of shit. Shop for your imported goods accordingly.
Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- San Diego County Fair is just around the corner. This year the Fair has partnered with the San Diego Humane Society for their theme, Summer Pet-Tacular, which is cute and all, but considering they face a huge budget cut with the currently proposed budget, they can use any help and good PR they can get. There are a whole bunch of Pet Events & Activities that require pre-registration, so you should start browsing and signing up now, so you know before you go.
- SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLITICS:
- County Releases Recommended Budget to Public - County News Center (5.1.25)
- How did San Diego trash fees end up so much higher than predicted? It’s complicated, officials say.. City budget experts call the faulty estimate an honest mistake based on some bad information and some miscalculations. - San Diego Union-Tribune (5.4.25)
- County Grand Jury urges City of San Diego to overhaul parking meter policy and disclose what the revenue is used for. The San Diego County Grand Jury recommends dismantling parking districts and enhancing meter transparency. - CBS 8 (4.29.25)
- In a side note, while trying to park in Hillcrest, I had to go to three different spaces because the first two meters themselves were broken. On top of that, it's HILARIOUS that City Council has a problem with Vons Club coupons being too hard for non-phone/non-digital users, yet the Port, the City, and the County, plus numerous jurisdictions within the county, all use digital QR codes or parking apps while rejecting cash payment, and even certain debit cards. I've been a Todd Gloria voter numerous times, but he's definitely demonstrating he has completely lost touch with average and below-average incomed San Diegans.
- ZOO GOSS:
- San Diego Zoo Safari Park welcomes birth of Masai giraffe calf - Times of San Diego (4.30.25)
- San Diego Zoo Workers Might Strike—Why You Should Care? - Reddit (If you read this thread, it appears there will be a picket line as soon as 5/11)
- One of my favorite little monkeys at the zoo is Kasai, a DeBrazza's monkey. He was born around Halloween of 2023 to mom Lillie and dad Augustus. Unfortunately and kind of shockingly, Auggie died around Christmas of what turned out to be an unknown heart condition. The bright spot was that it was believed that he had maybe impregnated Lillie before he passed. With the math of it all, May was really the last possible chance that she'd have a baby if they had been successful. So, the big news is that in fact, she did have a new baby last Thursday!! I haven't seen it yet, in fact today was my first time seeing Kasai in about a week because I kept getting to the zoo after he's gone in for the day, but I'm so excited. And he was out playing by himself today with a new enrichment toy that he seems to love, so I can't wait to see their little family when they all emerge together. In a related note, there was an adult male they thought might be tricked into thinking he was the dad and join the fam, but it was too much for Kasai, so after a day of introductions about a week before the new baby was even born, it was determined it would be better if he just went somewhere else and Lillie was just left alone with her babies. And so it is.
- TRANS RIGHTS & GUN FIGHTS:
- A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students - ProPublica (5.2.25)
- US GOVERNMENT DESTRUCTION:
- TFG:
- Elizabeth Warren Marks 100 Days Of (TFG) By Reading Aloud 100 Reports Of His Corruption. The Massachusetts senator plans to read into the congressional record dozens of cases of (TFG) using the presidency to benefit himself personally. - Huffington Post (4.29.25)
- On "unleashing" the police. (TFG) doesn't really want cops to be unrestrained. He just wants to be the one holding the lead. - The Watch (5.3.25)
- CBP/DHS:
- Judge bars Border Patrol from racial profiling, warrantless arrests in California sweep. The ruling comes after residents in a largely Latino California community said Border Patrol agents stopped and arrested them without cause. - Courthouse News Service (4.29.25)
- CRAZY SHIT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION (HHS | FDA | CDC | NIH | COVID-19 |AVIAN FLU | HEALTH | WELLNESS | ETC):
- In Reversal, FDA Rehires Staff Tasked With Releasing Public Records - KFF (5.2.25)
- CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years - AP News (5.2.25)
- Federal officials sound alarm over New World screwworm near Texas. The parasite was identified in a cow in Mexico recently. - Chron (5.5.25)
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