Top of the honor roll: Venice Beach! healthebay.org/wp-content/upl…

BREAKING: Bruce's Beach is officially getting transferred back to the family. L.A. County supervisors just signed off on the details and voted unanimously to OK the plan. This is truly unprecedented. Details here: latimes.com/california/sto…

MORE ACCURATE HEADLINE: The West Hollywood City Council followed reason, not fear, in voting today to re-allocate a modest $3.2M of their $20M police contract to social services instead of $300k to 5 additional cops who spend 20% of their time responding to mental health!

Find the curved lines

Fascinating new TEDx talk by @monica_gagliano: Ideas that once had early scientists burnt at the stake are today accepted as the most basic facts that define our world. But heresy isn’t a thing of the past. tedxsydney.com/talk/how-heret… #monicagagliano #plantingelligence

The original mecca for summertime fun, the Venice Pier (aka the Kinney Pier), with surfers in the foreground. Venice, 1930s ☀️

You could be going to a “superport” in Palmdale instead of LAX for your next flight, had history played out differently. For a brief moment, let’s step into the multiverse of California air travel ✈️ latimes.com/california/sto…

.Annenberg Inclusion Initiative isn’t just studying the world. They’re changing it. In this case, it’s $25k in thesis production funds (and more) for a female filmmaker of color in their last year of film school. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

Sitting with someone you don’t see eye-to-eye with used to be regarded as a fine thing. Let’s get back to that.

Volunteers are so important to the work we do at Safe Place for Youth! They help us serve meals, work in the Garden, assist youth members at the Clothing Closet, and share their expertise with members through the Mentorship program and so much more! #volunteer #venice

The 17 works of art you need to see in L.A. County latimes.com/entertainment-…

This Sat. Feb. 11th is the Venice Beach Mardi Gras Parade! After party at the Sidewalk Cafe. Come join in on the Venice Beach Fun! venicepaparazzi.com/2023/02/07/ven…

Love this, love that it includes a bunch of my work (& the people I loved filming Michael Pollan Ben Sessa Jon Lubecky) from #howtochangeyourmind, love John Oliver, love mainstream love for psychedelic therapy - and I haven't even taken any love-inducing molecules yet today ;)

Everyone’s got an opinion on the best NY-style slice in LA. Here’s one. trib.al/mQjGgDR

"Venice Holy Ground Stained with the blood of poets City which lies Beneath the breasts of birds Guarded by cats Behind every corner The Muse, Angel of Surprise Poems out of pavement cracks." - Philomene Long, 1940-2007. Celebrating Venice's Poet Laureate on this #WorldPoetryDay

I was lucky enough to be a study participant in this research Imperial College London conducted by Chris Timmermann & Robin Carhart-Harris into effects of DMTx, "extended-state" N,N-Dimethyltryptamine administered by intravenous continuous infusion. First results published:theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

But we need some Venice Beach books! Ideas? “Outsiders often think of Los Angeles as an anti-intellectual place, all Hollywood glitz and no substance, but writers have always been drawn to it” nytimes.com/2023/05/17/boo… #venicebeach

Oh noooo! We are so sorry that this happened to our wonderful local wine store Lincoln Fine Wines and hope they'll be able to get through this. We love them! latimes.com/california/sto…

Bid on this exquisite 'Prom Queen' print today by @tomeverhartstudios ! We're also offering a chance to win it through our raffle. Purchase your raffle tickets exclusively at our merchandise booths. Remember, only one lucky winner will take it home! #abbotkinneyfestival