“We’ll go dancing down the street …” https://youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?si=6lFnG3LeSsmYIYpN

We don’t trust Nick Bilton either, Scott. https://wapo.st/3RFWcrq

Imagine putting people before technology. The gall! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/pope-leo-encyclical-highlights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lVA.7CcU.G_8yYOAkNNg2&smid=url-share

Not trans. Not drag queens. Cops. "2 WA law enforcement officers accused of crimes against children" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/2-wa-law-enforcement-officers-accused-of-crimes-against-children/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1

When we lived in Texas, the potato-egg-cheese breakfast taco was one of my go-tos.

C’mon, guys! You know we can break $6 a gallon for regular! We’ve shattered the $7 barrier for diesel. Go for it!!

“That’s some catch, that Catch-22.” https://wapo.st/4eQ1ytl

So much for tough talk. It's Tuesday. 🌮

This has the same stench of "bros before hos". https://wapo.st/4tg4zI4

Trump's war on Christianity didn't start today. https://religionnews.com/2025/10/07/in-chicago-clergy-and-religious-protesters-say-ice-is-threatening-their-religious-freedom/

Seattle's Punk Rock Flea Market is back June 19-21. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/seattle-punk-rock-flea-market

The Times will produce hundreds of column inches on tonight's Trump speech, but this live update gives you all you need to know: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/world/iran-war-trump-oil-news?smid=url-share#a9292cdf-8dd5-5841-bfef-c90cfb38e7a1

I had the best No Kings Day ever! I was driving to the big protest, but when passing the neighborhood retirement home noticed that a couple dozen residents were out front with signs. They treated me as a celebrity when walking up in my frog suit. Love them.

MAGA media claims devious forces “behind” No Kings Day, but even details they spell out only confirm protests represent a broad range of political views, including people on the left, not that any faction is controlling or directing them. Obviously […]

Thanks, Bruce. https://youtu.be/aNe4E-uynfg

Trump is not Caesar. Trump is not God. He is a pathetic narcissist. And to the hypocrites, fuck off. A thread Matthew 22:15-22, lightly paraphrased Then the ruling class went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech. They sent their disciples to him, saying, “Teacher, we know that […]

Now more than ever, kill your television. https://wapo.st/4sgE4S8

Now more than ever, kill your television. https://wapo.st/4sgE4S8

Screw probable cause. Screw due process. Screw freedom of speech. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/justice-dept-prosecute-protesters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UVA.e2V4.xyzRuvrWiBmc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Yeah, I'm a homer, so take it for what it's worth. The first several Star Trek Academy episodes were so cringe it has hard to carry on. But Season One delivered. It has some of the tightest writing of any Trek, and some engaging -- if annoying at first -- new characters. I hate that Paramount is […]

If I had a tombstone, and I’m not planning on one, and if it would say “He treated dogs as people”, it would be OK.

The shame of my country casually wiping out scores of schoolchildren is hard to bear. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/world/middleeast/iran-minab-school-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A.ZJ3E.ccFf-aI8mLp2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

I'll put Star Trek Academy's "The Life of the Stars" episode up there with ST:TNG's "Data's Daughter" and "The Inner Light" as the few Trek episodes that will make me tear up. Nice work! #trek

OK, stop it with the frickin' lasers, feds? Please. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-closes-airspace-fort-hancock-texas-after-reported-use-anti-drone-laser-2026-02-27/

One of the things I enjoy most about Star Trek Academy is that the most emotionally available character is a gay, pacifist Klingon. #trek

Because I'm an insufferable pedant, this is my annual social media post reminding that the national holiday we celebrate today in USA is Washington's Birthday. "Presidents' Day", "President's Day", or "Presidents Day", or whatever, based on your state, is a local construct. You may now go back […]

The Turd Reich insists that every American must show a government-issued ID to vote, but can’t tolerate the notion that a few thousand paramilitary masked thugs don’t need to identify themselves in any way while they commit crimes and deny civil and human rights.

The FAA gets a lot of criticism, some of it justified, but hats off to the administrator and chief counsel for forcing Border Patrol thugs to stop firing off a laser cannon in El Paso, which by this account CBP did with remarkable incompetence […]

We just contributed another $150 to Sen. Mark Kelly - that's $10 for every exclamation point in U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's emphatic ruling granting Senator Kelly's preliminary injunction against DoD's attack on the First Amendment […]

ICE is expanding in Seattle. https://www.kuow.org/stories/ice-eyes-new-tukwila-office-near-hub-for-deportation-flights

Can we trust Border Patrol thugs to operate a laser cannon in civilian airspace? Hell no! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/trump-administration-el-paso-airspace-closure-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.lvBc.-8DeXP2R6Tt6&smid=url-share

MAGA's filthy Hitler Youth. https://stranger.social/@DeniseG/116044309352994648

Classic nonsense from TFG, tripping over his own dick. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFA.ab7t.Ex2xRRFEL3eN&smid=url-share

Be prepared today for propaganda from the clankers. Do not consent. https://wapo.st/4aHQ6N5

This is my biennial social media post reminding Americans that if you're lucky enough to get CBC, their Olympics coverage is far superior to NBC's.

Don’t back down. Shut it down. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/senate-immigration-enforcement-dhs-shutdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.brGj.fYdyLNbGQzx8&smid=nytcore-ios-share

How is Pam Bondi still attorney general? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.9MFK.2VtGOjuzPrUR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

This is a banger of a judicial ruling. It freed the bunny-hat boy and his dad. It’s a must-read. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492.9.0.pdf

More great visual journalism by the New York Times. Thank you. But you missed an opportunity to point out that this fed thug needs to fix the split in his pants. Oops […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Another banger from George Will. https://wapo.st/3ZyVOvh

If you squint and zoom in you can see my red “shame” sign at tonight’s vigil for Minnesota in Renton.

I want more. But this would be an acceptable start. I refuse to reject the good for the perfect. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.jg1v.v4sgqLIBgRHn&smid=url-share

This took considerable courage. https://www.startribune.com/chris-madel-ends-gop-bid-for-governor-says-he-cant-support-federal-retribution-against-minnesota/601570793

I go there reluctantly, but “thugs” is no longer adequate as a way to describe Trump’s paramilitary. They are now “pigs.”

Let's get this straight. The DHS funding bill passed 220-207, with 7 Dems voting for fed thugs. Had they voted against, as Dem "leaders" advocated, the funding bill would have failed 214-213. I realize this is simplistic, buy why are these Dems in leadership?