To solve a budget shortfall, Gov. Bob Ferguson is proposing to trim $800 million in spending, withdraw $1 billion from the state’s rainy day fund, and tap nearly $600 million in revenues from the Washington's auctions of air pollution allowances. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/23/f...

If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

In February, DOGE - under Elon Musk’s direction - gutted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, notably including their autonomous vehicle safety unit, which was investigating Tesla.

Kash Patel does not look like a coked out squirrel. He looks like a coked out opossum. These are the things I argue about with @thewayoftheid.bsky.social. She says squirrel, I say opossum. What's your vote?

goooood morning it is chilly and dark but at least it wasn’t raining, so we did our Christmas Eve loop around the ‘hood and yeah, you betcha: Lucy Loved That Walk

He’s lying

Also, Justice Kavanaugh sounds like he really, really wants a second try at his decision authorizing Kavanaugh Stops. He's now insisting that immigration enforcement should not be like EXACTLY WHAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE UNDER TRUMP'S THUGGERY.

New YouGov poll: 47% of Americans say Trump is trying to cover up Epstein's crimes. 31% say he isn't. 46% say Trump was involved in Epstein's crimes. 30% say he wasn't.

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences. AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade. Grab your beverage of choice.

To be clear, the Trump regime wouldn't give a shit if the EU was restricting the speech of the American left or left-of-center, because they only believe the American right has an unhindered right to speech, at home and abroad.

CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery

"No deploys in December" should include household appliances

You may not know it, but over the years Santa Claus has had an interesting relationship with nuclear weapons. During World War II—on a visit to the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—his sack of toys was subjected to a thorough search before he was allowed to enter the secret city.

the united negro college fund is unconstitutional... but not the ku klux klan? not the proud boys? not ice? fuck all the way off with that old bullshit.

Decorating a Christmas tree at the Hanford Reservation’s Science Center in the 1960s. As @wellerstein.bsky.social wrote in 2012, the photo below shows “an exhibit probably meant to illustrate how dextrous the remote-handling equipment [used to manipulate highly-radioactive nuclear bomb fuel] was.” 🎄

my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)

The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous. It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.

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Nice display at Earthwise Building Salvage in Kenmore, north of Seattle #seattle #shoreline #salvage #reuse #lumber #vintage #oldgrowth

The feral cats will gladly handle any unwanted birds gifted to you during the twelve days of Christmas

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

Chester, who has just had his bath (hence his bathrobe) gets his Advent Calendar treat and shows why all squirrels and rabbits in our neighbourhood are completely safe. #DailyChester

what a bleak fucking paragraph

This is a perfect way to explain the difference.

Just a reminder that Trump has, on camera, bragged about walking in on Miss Teen USA contestants changing and explained his 17-year-old daughter asked him not to “date” girls younger than her. I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible

Today I learned (in a conversation with @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social about her new bill, HB 2095) that in Washington a driver is currently presumed liable for a collision if they strike a bridge, but not if they strike and harm someone walking on a sidewalk.

20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding. Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers. Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.

kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass

You want men to be less threatened by women achieving, I cannot emphasize this enough, *while women are doing nothing wrong in pursuing achievement*? Make sure they have more girlfriends! Who are peers! Whose destiny they are invested in. Scott Galloway make a lady friend besides Kara challenge

These declines are MASSIVE. And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING. “Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?” THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it. Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.

It is my body! I do in fact have this! Thank you!

Small note: if you see a fat person out exercising, you don’t need to give them advice!

y'all, I really love romance. I know it has its many problems. I love critiquing those problems and reading amazing smart critiques from other people. I just also really love romance a lot, a lot, a lot. thank you to the many beautiful romance writers out there making my life lovelier.

Read a preview of Harley And Ivy: Life And Crimes #2 from DC Comics, written and drawn by Erica Henderson.

I always hated people using the term PDF File as a euphemism for pedophile but Trump being 100% confirmed as a pedophile because of the sloppy retractions in a PDF file is making me lose my mind

Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: The aircraft boys of Lakeport by Edward Stratemeyer https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77538

We've really removed consequences and shame for all but the innocent and vulnerable. Worst possible way to be reminded of the existence of a great instrumentalist.

In my short time on this planet we have gone from Preppy Handbook to .... Prepper Patreon.

This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status. These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.

Some possible reasons: US went from potato exporter to importer. Mostly from Canada. Most of the potato parts of Canada are pretty close to the potato parts of the US (AB & BC vs ID, OR, & WA). So it's not a HUGE difference. But it can change up supply chains just enough to be noticeable.

Source: confessionsofadiabetic and geekandmisandry on tumblr

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s military takeover of Chicago will not go forward after the Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling halting his attempt to send hundreds of National Guard troops to the city. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Christmas fucking miracle right here

I totally got a little cart and it was a game changer! Also, that’s where I learned to always shop for produce anyplace you see lots of Asian grandma’s shopping, because they DO NOT FUCK AROUND. They will holler the ear off any grocer passing off substandard veggies.

I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.

The airwaves are filled with familiar holiday favorites, but one thing I love about noncommercial radio is that you’ll hear songs and musicians that are never played on normie stations. 🧵

The cashier at Target should be able to work full-time and afford their bills with a little left over. That’s not radical.

If you notice you're paying more for holiday gifts this year, just remember, Donald Trump’s message to you is: “don’t be dramatic.”

That’s the fucking point of the primary Vote for the person in the primary who you actually fucking want AND THEN DO DAMAGE CONTROL IN THE FUCKING GENERAL IF YOU HAVE TO