Just over on @cnn.com leaning into #newspeak But enlighten us. What exactly is a “chief loyalty enforcer?”

A bit underplayed that the Homan sting didn't reportedly come out of a public corruption investigation, it was a counter-intelligence one. Which means they somehow made the not-very-far leap to him from initially targeting a foreign and almost certainly state actor.

It strikes me that quite a lot of people knew for the last year that the guy running our horrific deportation squads took a bag with $50k in cash from undercover FBI agents investigating corruption, and it didn’t get out until now.

“We’re fine with corruption if comes with terrorizing brown people.” Really sums up the MAGA punditocracy.

So this confirms that the blithering idiot does actually think asylum relates to mental institutions.

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

Red states accused the Biden administration of "jawboning" -- coercing social media platforms to "censor" content (mostly COVID misinformation), merely by liaising and flagging false content for those companies. Now the FCC *explicitly threatens* a network over content but that's all good?

Running a poll to try and get data on what devices and formats people read TTRPGs in, so designers can make more informed choices. I intend to share the data once I've gotten enough responses, please spread this so we can cover more ground! forms.gle/V7WtvMpAUkJa...

They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, and that is proving to be the case with the Diamond bankruptcy. We had hoped for a final verdict at the end of August but the judge said..." learn more about the status of the Diamond bankruptcy from Chris Pramas at the link! greenronin.com/blog/2025/09...

Brilliant and vital truth telling about this week of madness by Ta-Nehisi Coates. So worth your time. (paywall, yes. find a way.) www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.

Very excited that I’ll be bringing #TheFifthSeasonRPG to stage at #PAXU Join me, @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @quincystavern.bsky.social @taruhunter.bsky.social & @ladyluck34.bsky.social as we Enter the Stillness at 5:30pm ET Game published by @greenroninpub.bsky.social ✌🏾

Before knowing all the facts, voices on the right are now exploiting the tragic death of Charlie Kirk & calling for all-out war on the left. This is sad, but not surprising, at a time when we should all be denouncing political violence. They were not so upset when Minn. Democrats were assassinated.

The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.

Seattle mayor in a nutshell

Dinner Tonight: Aloo Palak I was the sous chef and Pramas is finishing the cook. The bag of potatoes I bought were of notably poor quality but we got there in the end. pipingpotcurry.com/aloo-palak-r...

Dinner Tonight: Black Bean Chili with Kahlua The base recipe is for a slow cooker but I used the Instant Pot instructions. I was too busy just when I should have been putting this into the crockpot. Instant Pot to the rescue! www.101cookbooks.com/slow-cooker-...

Hey, folks, just FYI, 'unindicted co-conspirator in an adjacent sex-trafficking investigation' is not the same as 'FBI snitch'.

I’m sorry, “the vice president’s mother was a drug addict so we’re allowed to just extrajudicially murder anyone we vaguely handwave as being part of a cartel” is a real argument people are making? in public? under their own names?

The stadium Trump is in is named after Arthur Ashe, the tennis legend. What many people today probably don't know is that Ashe was literally arrested in front of the White House in 1992 for protesting the George H.W. Bush administration's treatment of Haitian refugees. www.upi.com/Archives/199...

"NUMBERS ALWAYS TEND TO BENEFIT THE LEFT"

With so many platforms screwing creators over, it's time to pivot back to having your own website. I'd love to help! I can work with you to design your custom site. My rates are negotiable, especially since life is so hard right now. Let's talk! My DM's are open. www.teagoblin-designs.com

In the aftermath of Emmett Till's lynching, white supremacists called for federal troops to invade and occupy Chicago. "If the federal government intervenes in the interests of law enforcement anywhere, it should start in Chicago, crime capital extraordinary." h/t @larryglickman.bsky.social

i am *real* skeptical of the methodology and the results here but if you are more afraid of dog autism than rabies, you’re genuinely too fucking stupid to own a dog and should probably be the one in crate training

I just looked at my checking account and apparently you can't leave the house for less than $70 in Seattle these days

BREAKING: 5th circuit panel rejects Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan nationals, saying there has been no "invasion" or "predatory incursion." Majority Southwich (George W. Bush) Ramirez (Biden) Dissent Oldham (Trump) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

This was quite a write.

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

They wanted to ban dungeons and dragons because a guy who played it went crazy one time. There were Congressional hearings on rock music because they thought you could hear "kill yourself" if you played a record backwards. ChatGPT actually killed a kid and they shrug.

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Man struck from behind while biking on section of Lake Washington Blvd where city dropped planned safety upgrades #SEAbikes #Seattle

A lawless and illegitimate regime and its minions are not entitled to the protection of the rule of law.

Burn Third Way to the ground.

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

I called @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social's office to let them know what I thought about his grotesque pushing of right-wing talking points against fellow Democrat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. You can call, too, if you're so inclined! (202) 225-5936 #DidThisToday

We've posted an update on the legal case against Diamond to legal fund GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...

OMG: "Habibi, release your client list." The way I howled as the son of Muslim parents.

"Hands Off DC" is now on streaming platforms, including Spotify (stream), Apple Music (buy), YouTube (listen), and more. Below is the full track. It's NSFW, but I think it captures the understandable outrage about what happened Monday. I hope you'll share it widely!

My personal opinion is that everyone should be alarmist about everything the conservative movement is saying and planning and attempting right now. Be extremely alarmist about fascism. Be very alarmed about White Christian Nationalism. It is an absolutely appropriate reaction.

Minnesota's mosquito population didn't want me to leave without a few souvenirs. Ugh.

How's the convention going, Nicole? #alwayssomething #GenCon2025

We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.

So much this. Complete disconnect, no vision, they’re the experts on meaningless grandstanding and ineffective symbolic gestures.

There is a certain sort of person who, when given a minor degree of power, promptly reveals how inhuman they can be. How inhuman they PREFER to be. They are bastards and must be despised.

The idea that a museum displaying a portrait of a trans woman necessitates the inclusion of a video of people talking about why they don’t like trans people is such utter horseshit these people should be ashamed www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...

"At this point, women have been cleared out of all of the military’s top jobs" By a former long-time Naval War College professor