#AnimalRights activists in #SonomaCounty disrupt local #RoseParade, and protest outside county DA's home who is prosecuting one of their members for advocating for dirty and deeply distressed #chickens revealed as raised by #Petaluma #Poultry, a local subsidiary of #Perdue. The activists are also hosting the #AnimalLiberation Conference (#ALC) in #SantaRosa Friday, May 23rd to Tuesday, May 27th
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/05/19/18876631.php #DxE
Been really busy since New Year's, and then the fires started, but I finally got this vlog of the Rose Parade in Pasadena edited!
Was debating on not showing this off at all cause it's so late, but I think it'd be good for people to see what Pasadena's like when it's at its best, as opposed to everything going on in the news right now.
Also, I brought my new friend with me!
Avicii's "Wake Me Up" performed by Aloe Blacc is a very appropriate start to the next 4 years. Well played, #RoseParade 
@shayman
I went in 2003 & 2004. Caltech Alumni had a program for alumni and students and their families. Going to the park across the freeway in the afternoon to see the floats up close was amazing! The smells just don’t come across on the television!
Not that I stay on top of marching band uniforms, but what's with all the bodysuits in gradient colors? Some of them look REAL comfy. #RoseParade
The #CalPoly float has a playful puffin!
#RoseParade
You can usually support the student-led effort that has put a float in the Rose Pared for 76 years at https://www.asi.calpoly.edu/get-involved/rose-float/
"Here's the so-and-so marching band, let's listen!" (coverage cuts immediately to the next float) #RoseParade
@shayman
No, but many get some sort of award. The Lutheran Hour and smaller cities’ floats don’t usually win anything. The floats that are basically ads for the sponsors also don’t win anything.
No float is allowed more than one trophy. So there’s a heirarchy. (Sweepstakes and Queen’s trophies take priority. Others are more specialized, like the Mayor’s trophy which can only go to a city entry.)
And over the years, you learn which awards line up with your personal taste and which are most impressive to earn.
"Preparing for the next era of warfare ..." Oh boy, I sure wanna get on board with that! 
#RoseParade
Random aside for people watching the Rose Parade:
The museum that is in many of the shots on TV is the Norton Simon Museum, and is IMHO the best art museum in the Los Angeles area. Certainly the most underrated.
Tired of LACMA and the Getty? Come to Pasadena.
Enjoying the military bands (particularly the piccolos!) at the 2025 #RoseParade
If UPS actually used #pterodactyls to deliver their packages, I would use them all the time. #RoseParade
I wish they would stop saying "self-built float" . I know what they mean, but it makes it sound like a nanobot replicated itself to become a float. #RoseParade
#京都市、おはようございます！今 #京都 立花のマーチング・バンドを #ROSEPARADE で(テレビ)見ています。
@dtauvdiodr
I will always tune in for Jackson State marching. Or any of the HBCU marching bands, honestly.
The Japanese and Hawaiian bands that get recruited to the #RoseParade are also a lot of fun.
#RoseParade
#ingenuity_rotocraft on the Rover Rendezvous float is really cool!
Nice to see white people still lose their shit that a marching band can have soul. #RoseParade
Pink Roses In Brass Vase for Rose Wednesday
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#RoseWednesday #rose #flower #nature #artforsale #art #prints #gifts #homedecor #photography #naturephotography #NewYear #RoseParade #wednesdaymotivation
Watching the #RoseParade. Jackson State's marching band literally turned it out with their performance. Stopped the show.
Unlike Mississippi Valley State at the upcoming Trump inauguration parade,the Sonic Boom deserved to be on national TV.
