Sunday morning reading: I’ve been having trouble articulating why Ezra Klein has been so disappointing lately and this piece sums it up nicely

Take a bow, @weareecs.bsky.social 👏

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When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Eric Adams is dropping out of the mayor's race, according to the New York Post. nypost.com/2025/09/28/u...

Home. Finally.

Might as well

The SEATTLE. MARINEHS.

GOMS!! 🔱

In these dark and dour times, I'm reminding myself that the tournament now known and revered as the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup survived the Great Depression, two world wars, the collapse of multiple US professional soccer leagues and a global pandemic or two. History matters, and futbol really is life.

Renée Lopez’s portrait of the Dueñas Car Club, an all-female lowrider collective from Sunnyvale, California, is part of the exhibit and emphasizes how powerful women’s roles are in lowrider culture. Coverage from @sararae-yhr.bsky.social at the Yakima Herald-Republic.

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Taco Time NW hitting SO hard right now 🤤

Interestingly, *not* political violence 🤔

You can make sense of many things if you replace the word ‘pundit’ with ‘content creator.’

"Harrison Butker... interestingly enough is wide right!" - Rich Eisen 🏈🎙️ #NFL

Imagine for a moment that AFC Richmond was in an on field brawl and the only person from the club suspended was Dr Sharon Fieldstone.

There is no better representation in American Soccer than the Seattle Sounders. NASL, USL, and MLS. Founded in 1974. Culture. History. Trophies. Sounders. 🐳 @SoundersFC

One of the through lines of the modern Republican Party is that it doesn’t want to deal with actual problems. So over and over it takes absurd positions to justify an easy way out. War in Ukraine? Cut a deal with Putin. COVID? The cure is worse that the disease. Climate change? Fake news.

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The look of confusion, followed by recognition, then jealousy from the driver of the car next to me at a red light was entertaining. Drove home with Fruit by the Foot hanging out my mouth.

Needed this. 💙💚 Thanks @likkitp.ynyaproductions.com

Hey @likkitp.ynyaproductions.com it’s after 5:00 on Friday. What does that mean?

Okay, WTF!?! Weapons is incredible and you should go see it right now.

“We’re being treated like animals… I’m brown. If I go out they can stop me every day just cuz of my skin color.” What are we doing? 🇺🇸 (from @rokhanna.bsky.social )

"stick to menswear"

Exceptions have been made before but Columbus Crew fans are banned from waving the Palestinian flags for Wessam Abou Ali www.axios.com/local/columb...

This. This right here…. This is America.

Fuck.

Get Ready to Hit the Road, Queens! The Yakima Pride Caravan is Coming! Start your engines, darlings, because this is not a drill! Yakima Pride is calling all you road-trip warriors, runway walkers, and warriors of love to join our absolutely fabulous caravan crusade to Goldendale!

Me playing the fishing mini-game in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time:

If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September

Well… home. Unfortunately, a coyote dashed right in front of us on I-90 in Ellensburg. Poor speel-yi 😭 and my sister’s poor car 😩

Tax the rich and keep the Seattle-Bremerton route on two boats, BOB.

BIG DUMPAH!

Alex just gives Andrew the secret Goalkeepers Union handshake and moves on

IT IS TIIIME!! If you need me I’ll be keeping a Pusha T “YEUUCH” count

Moon!

According to this piece, Kerr County was seeking to nearly double their budget for jailing kids, but rejected the cost of a flood warning siren. This is what it looks like when your government plays culture wars, instead of serving its people.

everyone will see the initial images of them trying to project force, but they got chased out by a bunch of normal americans bearing fruit and foul language

Home. Took every backroad along the way. Stopped to swim in the Teanaway River and then stopped again to swim in the Yakima River. Watched the deer and elk along the way. Touch grass, friends. Touch grass.

Upgraded my waterfall park experience.

Just some nice decompression time at the waterfall park to clear the mind. WTF. That was scary.

This is basically @tlipah.bsky.social I'd imagine

Shoutout to @manuch.bsky.social for the surprise mail with one of the best stickers I’ve seen 😆😍 KEXP x Taco Time NW - two all-time greats making an all-time great mashup

The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion." But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."

Happy? 4th of July… NAH!