Anne Bloom - "A Pirate Princess"

 

I just posted this in Reddit:

I generally steer clear of claims that Pluribus is about AI - I think it's about more than that - but then I started listening to the AI singer Anne Bloom, particularly her song "Pirate Princess," and I thought that maybe that song and its lyrics were inspired by Pluribus. The songs are recent enough that that could be the case. The titles of other Anne Bloom songs seem to harmonize well with other Pluribus themes. When Vince Gilligan talks about how much he HATES AI, a few neurons in the back of my head think "the lady doth protest too much." Does anyone know of any connection between Anne Bloom and Pluribus, or is it just good correlation?

Support in Court

There are many angles to being an anti-ICE activist. On Tuesday, I decided to show up to support an activist who had been given a citation at the John Moss Federal Building protest in downtown Sacramento, so it was off to the Tani Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse. Now, I have good memories related to Tani Cantil-Sakauye, when she was Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.  I filed a claim with the California State Bar when I got ripped off by sleazebag attorney Hal Wright in 2013, when he churned out an ineffective will for me.  Not only did I get my money back - with interest! - but I also got a letter of apology from Tani Cantil-Sakauye herself.  Nice! I still have it around here somewhere.

The activist had faced Citizen's Arrest for having had the temerity to use a megaphone at noontime outside the John Moss Federal Building, where ICE is headquartered in Sacramento, and where we try to have a continuous, 24-hour protest.  Since we do make noise at times, we sometimes aren't popular with the people who live in the high-rise apartment building across the street, or the people who live in several other nearby apartment buildings.

Impressive court building.  I never knew this building was here.  If I go to court at all I usually go to the Superior Court on 7th Street, where the really big trials happen.  I guess this new building is devoted to smaller stuff. I noticed a woman waiting in the hallway carrying a wrinkled Notice of Trespass.  So, if you trespass on someone's property, and get caught, you end up here. The smaller, workaday stuff.

Nice views here.  Good view of the Sacramento Railyards.

Ooh, there's a big fire over there.  My understanding is that this was a grass fire at 20th Street and the rail line (probably the line formerly known as the Union Pacific).

Hanging out, waiting for the courtroom to open. Saw a few fellow activists. And as it proved, the District Attorney (DA) never bothered to file a charge against the activist.  Probably too stupid a citation to waste time with, especially with 1st-Amendment implications. No charge means the activist and supporters can all leave.  I guess if you get a citation the DA reserves the right to file a charge even at the very last moment, so everyone has to show up regardless.  A fine way to run a train.

I Hope The Guy Makes It Back To Redding

Suddenly, there was a knock. A shirtless guy I had never met before was at the door. He asked if I had a hand truck and if he could borrow it. I did, but I worried - who was this guy? He said he wanted to pack all the stuff up in an apartment next-door, where he said his sister had been living. She apparently had a C-Section in Redding and couldn't leave town to help.

I had no way to verify anything he was saying, but I also had no reason to believe he was lying, so I helped, to a limited extent.  I had virtually contact with his sister in the several years she had been living in her apartment, so basically needed to believe what he said at face value.

Poor guy was already tired, but he worked hard.  He finally drove off at 2 a.m., rejecting my counsel to sleep at leave the following day.  I hope he made it up to Redding without incident.

Take 2 - Sunday, July 5, 2026

This is Take 2 of Jasper’s morning walk.

Take 1 was a fiasco. I rolled Jasper into the alley behind my house, which happened to be directly in-between an exposed squirrel in the parking lot and the safety of the trees. The squirrel made a mad evasive dodge for the trees. In response, Jasper leaped out of the stroller and ran at high speed after the squirrel, kicking off his splint with the pretty pink bandage, and hammering his healing foot into the pavement. Only after failing to catch the squirrel (as always - has any dog ever caught a squirrel?) did he realize his foot hurt. 

It being a Sunday, with my usual vet at Midtown Animal Hospital closed, I took Jasper to the VCA Emergency Hospital in Rancho Cordova. After much $$$ Jasper now has a pretty blue bandage on his leg. 

I dropped by the nearby Ballet Studio to explain the situation to my classmates already hard at work in Sunday class. Elaine smiled and called Jasper “impetuous.”

Yeah, impetuous. That’s the term! Jasper is so done with this healing process.

One-Year Anniversary Protesting at Howe and Arden

Happy 4th of July! This is my one-year anniversary protesting at Howe and Arden on Saturdays, 12-2!

My Nemesis, Recently Spotted on Sacramento’s Streets

@andrewjordanmaino Nobody is safe from Sacramento’s finest, Agent Nakamura. #sacramento #916 #parking #ticket #livemusic ♬ original sound - Andrew Jordan Maino

Birthright Citizenship Still in Danger

The Supreme Court barely turned away from unraveling the 14th Amendment, and basically reopening the Civil War, this time, but probably will do so in the near future, unless we implement urgent Supreme Court reform.

@jamellebouie

An initial analysis of the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, and what it means going foward.

♬ original sound - b-boy bouiebaisse

Interesting Bumper Stickers and Related Signs

An occasional series on interesting bumper stickers and related signs I've seen lately. Hopefully not too many repeats. Trying to go lighter on the politics and heavier on the cats.