CHOTINER: I want to get back to what you were saying about your ex-girlfriend. KIEDIS: She called me up. CHOTINER: But you said she was alone and desperate on the prison phone. KIEDIS: Yes. They want to give her seven years. For being sad. CHOTINER: That’s not a crime, Anthony.

Keep these coming

This episode features my favorite intro in the show’s history

Sometimes you read an article that makes you feel like... idk... 15 years ago, some of us got on an express train and saw what was on the tracks ahead. And now we're on a call to the people on the slower train, now approaching, and they cannot comprehend the landscapes we describe as familiar.

Help!

where my french and indian war nerds at (this isn’t a joke, where are you, i’m so alone)

Making that dish - y'all pocket friends make great recommendations.

I'm enjoying all the #suppersky posting tonight.

Idaho DOGE has received more than 450 comments. ~50 of them were asking them to disband the committee. ~50 called for the repeal of the school voucher bill. This is great, but I think we can do even better. You can submit anonymously if you're concerned. legislature.idaho.gov/doge/

eavesdropping on a conversation between a guy who works at omb and a guy who works for a house rep lol

If you want to join us for one of Spokane's coolest political events, we just ask that you reserve a free ticket so we can get an accurate headcount to give to the bars! You can do that here:

A *free* pub crawl to a bar in each Spokane City Council district + a bar downtown, using the Spokane Transit Authority’s City Line bus route to get there. You'll meet local electeds, candidates, journalists and other civically-minded Spokanites that can be your new city hall bestie, or nemesis.

🎵We're bringing it, we're bringing it, we're bringing it back! 🎶 All Spokane voters over the age of 21 are invited to join us on Oct 10 for our second annual PolitiCrawl: Politics (& Pints) for the People, coming soon to a bar near you! If you're unfamiliar with the PolitiCrawl, here's the gist:

These are trying, exhausting times but every day we have to fight BS whatever way we can to undo as much of this harm as possible. Glad this man is out.

The trees are getting fancy again.

I've always said, the most deceptive vegetable.

ACCOUNTANT IN OREGON TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY

It’s entirely legal for federal agents to hide their identity, but it’s not necessarily normal — and it’s taking a deep toll on D.C., @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.

“Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, said Wednesday that he has received at least seven calls from ‘emissaries’ of wealthy people who have repeatedly offered him money to end his campaign.” He threatened to name names if he gets one more offer.

Hell yeah!

me being that guy who keeps the airplane window open the whole time on a transatlantic flight to look for Landmarks - that’s Santiago de Compostela down there

"This isn’t normally a problem prosecutors face, as they start with a crime, then figure out whodunnit, rather than starting with a person and only then deciding whathedun. But Trump wants Comey charged and is convinced he’s guilty of something, and it’s your job now to figure out what."

and if you're in the mood to sign up for free independent reporting do this next www.gravityisgone.com

Wow — Italy and Spain have now both officially announced they're sending military ships to support the Gaza aid flotilla

The owls, moons, ghosts, horizons, broken hearts and iron ore of his lyrical menagerie are tantamount to hieroglyphics etched in stone-immortal and mysterious, affecting and singular, a series of clues that transport its audience to a specific place in time www.welcometohellworld.com/i-hear-the-g...

"In August, Education Secretary Linda McMahon excluded Walters from a meeting when she visited Oklahoma." Excellent little detail.

~~~ Reminder! ~~~

C'MON EVERYONE

Here’s one I made kinda like that. www.etsy.com/listing/1899...

Isaac Chotiner, interview me about my dog, you coward!

"I have spent infinitely more time with my dogs [than famed war criminal Henry Kissinger] and would have preferred questions about them" is <chef's kiss> perfect, 10/10 no notes.

Oh and speaking of Hush, you can listen to this update on season 1 in The Evergreen podcast today!

Hell yeah

A Unicorn, "sparkles," is the unofficial mascot of my wife's English department. (They're all kinda obsessed...) Got a new #3dPrinting filament yesterday and decided to print a low poly unicorn as a test print. Showed it to her. It's now on her desk at work and I'm told she needs 12 more... Lol.

ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag

My review of the movie of the year (and even that might be an understatement) Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER dropped at @pajiba.com today. To say I liked it would be a bit of an understatement #onebattleafteranother

"the group discussed mothers reintegrating to formations after pregnancy, women serving in submarines, domestic violence, fitness standards, eating disorders, recruitment barriers, and retention initiatives."

CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

This reporter waited too long for a call back.

"Government attorneys instead informed the court it was dropping the deportation case against Hernandez." Good news, but the details in this piece are shocking. He's been here since he was 4, and was in his 3rd season as a firefighter.

The suburban millionaires who serve as, as @patrickwyman.bsky.social put it, American gentry and often are the car dealership owners, are a plague on this country. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Deeply odd question but if Bluesky has taught me anything, someone here will know. Anyone involved in or know someone involved in the military reenactment community in Japan? Working on a story involving it.

New: Former Boise Mayor Dave Bieter talked to a crowd of 700 in Spokane last night about how Boise has dealt with homelessness and how Spokane should mirror that. Bieter’s focus was policing the homeless and putting more effort into drug / mental health centers. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Today is George Jackson’s birthday. He would have been 84.

Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on a sunflower, Yakima, Washington (September 2025). #bees #sunflowers

Hahaha you stupid assholes!

October 27th, 2016?

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Baby that's Gavin newsome

When I watched my state gop convention last year the number of times the golden escalator was mentioned by the delegates pledging their loyalty surprised me. It was a lot. So I'm thinking this will happen.