Good rundown of the newly signed California immigration laws from Calmatters: https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/newsom-new-immigration-laws/

I don't know how well these will hold up against our corrupt SCOTUS, but it's something to hopefully slow Trump's Gestapo and inspire other states.

Most of these new laws go into effect immediately, though the masked police ban doesn't take effect until July 2026--too little, too late.

Screenshotting this beautiful summary of the fundamental intellectual dishonesty and greed behind Gen AI, because I couldn't fit it into a single mastodon post. The whole quote fits into the alt text field, another accessibility victory for all ❤️

From https://against-a-i.com/first-day-speeches/