During the latter Bush years, my thanks for doing anti-war organizing was a federal informant infiltrating our veteran's organization, and a Black van spending excessive time outside of my apartment and the house of the local anarchist kids. Where's my check?

Unless you're headed for a specialty where writing is central, for instance law, the typical kid entering university needs to be able to competently write something in the neighborhood of a thousand words. That can be taught, delivered on demand, and assessed, all fully sans AI.

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

Read the replies — just crazy, income-devouring jumps in what people on the exchanges will pay for health coverage. I do hope Republicans and Dems who have made this possible understand the tsunami of electoral rage that’s about to hit them

My intro to noir novels was via the Southern variety, by way of Elmore Leonard. I hadn't read James Ellroy, nor given him much thought until @jordanharper.bsky.social mentioned him in an interview this summer. I cracked into "LA Confidential" today and holy hell, I get it! It goes hard as hell.

There was a story in the WSJ last week about a guy from California in his 60s whose ACA premiums are going to jump to $35,000 a year. Or he can move overseas for six months and a day per year and get travel insurance that also works domestically for $700 per month or $8,400.

Instead of calling the Democrats losers, you might consider that their definition of winning is not what you hope it is

Soccer is a terrible sport and I hate it

One reason Mamdani's message resonates so well is that he discarded the more egg-heady framing of "inequality" and instead hammered "affordability." People in the US are being boiled alive by soaring costs that far surpass the rate of inflation. buttondown.com/natebowling/...

"I need to move. I need $50,000 for a down payment. How much equity I got on that $300,000 house I've been posting off for 20 years?" "$12,000"

Here's some back of the napkin actuarial math on a fifty-year mortgage for $300,000 at 6%: Principal: $300,000 Monthly Payment: $1,579 Total Interest Paid: $647,520 Total of All Payments: $947,520

The President went to the Supreme Court to protect his ability to deny food assistance to citizens. Sometimes you gotta pause and marvel at the awfulness of all of it.

The best coffee I've had in my life: In like 2007, from some dude with a thermos on a random corner in Cartagena, Colombia—his "tinto"was like twenty-five cents. Next best, some straight up jet fuel in Saigon last summer. It was 15,000 VND, which is basically a dollar.

As I wrote in my Charlie Kirk essay: “The period since Kirk’s death has revealed a deeply unsettling cultural shift…espousing open and explicit bigotry no longer relegates one to the fringe of political discourse, a phenomenon we have not witnessed since the civil rights era.”

Had my eye on a watch. Reading the fine print, from the seller my wife pointed out the tariff language.

The Channel 253 Member Slack was created for nights like this

Washington, there's literally no excuse to not vote. We vote by mail or dropbox (use a dropbox since you waited til the last minute). Black voters in the South often have to stand in line for hours to do what you can do in your slippers. Get your life together and send off that damn ballot.

How can I get a candidate in my area that will help us get rid of a million of the worst people who live here in the process because I'm ready to sign up. I won't even block your fund raising texts.

I just got back from chaperoning a five daybstudent trip to Doha. It's currently 6:30 pm and I'm absolutely about to crawl into bed.

I've never been less excited about an imminent World Cup

1. They've been doing this to Black Americans since the Founding 2. They've been doing this to incarcerated people nearly as long 3. They've been doing this to detainees at Guantanamo since 2002 Now it's all coming to Main Street

Got to introduce a student to the album Kid A today and their eyes were as big as saucers. "What even is this?" Me: "Exactly!"

The publishers of the NYT see progressives wanting universal healthcare and climate action as having equal moral standing and being an equivalent threat to the established liberal order as the fascists snatching people off the streets. I don't know when I got my head around that but I get it now.

Seattle has the best CB pairing in the league, the best defensive midfielder, and the best young player in the league deployed next to him. They also have the best academy to pro pipeline. So where do they come up short or average and how can they improve those positions?

If Seattle defends like this all match they're going to concede at least two

Attention: This account is currently accepting dining, imbibing, and hotel recommendations for Budapest Thank you in advance.

If you're in a position to do so, now is a good time to donate to a direct service provider or mutual aid org. I rock with Catholic Community Services of Western WA. They run the food programs for seniors at the People's Center on Tacoma's Hilltop.

Watching "A House of Dynamite" and thinking about the current West Wing full of 4Chan trolls and crypto scammers, trying to respond to an actual crisis feels like a massage in reverse

📢 I was geeking out this entire conversation because Loretta and Marlene are GIANTS. So many things they shared had me 🙌🏻 and 🤯. Please give this episode a listen and grab a copy of their book. spotify.link/S4z4yzELKXb

What an embarrassment to the Jacobins

In personal news, Hope and I signed contracts this week to continue our time working in the Gulf. This will be the seventh year of our "two year experiment" in international teaching. Related, the guest bedroom is now available for the 2026 Abu Dhabi Formula 1 race weekend if you wanna pull up.

Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American" album is now 24 years-old. You're welcome.

I'm notably not a parent but came across this on an Amex subreddit. Parenting is a scam bro. Everytime I go to my friend's house with kids, they're watching the same damn three movies on Disney+.

I normally do a podcast every other week but sometimes the moment calls for more. Here's a conversation with Rep. Marilyn Strickland about the government shutdown and faceoff with the GOP over protecting healthcare for 15 million people. @strickland.house.gov open.spotify.com/episode/4JTM...

I made it through 6 years as an enlisted Airman without getting a Nazi tattoo. Some thoughts: Nazis are bad I'm suspicious that someone can "unwittingly" get a Nazi tattoo If one does unwittingly get a Nazi tattoo, they should get it removed This doesn't feel that hard

As promised open.spotify.com/episode/60jI...

For my #Tacoma people, this is an Audio Voters' Guide for the upcoming local elections: Mayor City Council School Board Parks Make sure to get your ballot in by November 4 open.spotify.com/episode/60jI...

Actively rooting against the US being awarded another global tournament

OpenAI, which has announced intentions to invest a trillion dollars in new data centers over the next decade, currently has fewer paid users than the streaming service Peacock... if I'm mathing correctly. futurism.com/artificial-i...

This sums up the state of media in our state well. To make matters worse the partisan local news is also the only local news. There is nowhere else for people to turn. And with King5 being bought by right wingers, it is about to get even worse.

The liberal media, eh? Conservatives dominate local TV news, thanks to Sinclair's near 300 stations Conservatives control the LA Times, WSJ & Washington Post Owners of Twitter & Meta are aligned with the administration, as is the incoming ownership of TikTok buttondown.com/natebowling/...

Washington State is one of the most Democratic leaning states in the country. Zero Republicans hold statewide elected office and the state hasn't voted for the GOP for President since 1988, that's 37 years. Nevertheless the ABC & Fox affiliates in Seattle are right wing propaganda mills.

This is a handy blocklist that you can subscribe to for all those recently created US Government rage-bait accounts. Thanks to @eva.computer for making it and @jmmurf.bsky.social for sharing it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Season 3 is out!

One of my greatest current fears (aside from the fear that there simply won't be a next Democratic administration)

I woke up this morning thinking about how the next Democratic administration is likely going to go with some nonsense about "looking forward, not backward" and "it's time for healing and reconciliation."

This is an outstanding conversation about how the city council in Tacoma is functionally banning people experiencing homelessness from much of the city. open.spotify.com/episode/6Mex...