The Ennui is winning - actually, *has* won, for the time being. Not sure I can drag myself out of it, not sure anyone else cares enough to help. See y'all in a week when the brain fog clears, I guess.

Getting mighty sick of the ways the "conservatives" prove that cruelty is the entire platform. If we can just never let these people anywhere near power again, that'd be great.

Democracy is dying in America. ICE is a murderous secret police force. We’re about to bomb Iran for Israel. Your kids are shot at in school daily, and pedophiles run our government. There’s no healthcare, and your food is poisonous. We need real leaders - not career politicians.

I am very proud of my city and my colleagues on Shoreline City Council. We are unanimously standing with our community and protecting our most vulnerable residents. shoreline.granicus.com/MetaViewer.p...

Well.... anybody know an insurance company hiring that actually is willing to uphold the doctrine of utmost good faith? Got a funny feeling I need a new gig in the VERY near future.

If we've learned anything from the part of our history where we created the extremely powerful, world-changing, uncontrollable new technology of a social internet, it should be that whatever is about to happen with AI will, if nothing else, be extremely dumb.

I was feeling a kind of way today. So I wrote some thoughts down on my Substack. Impromptu and minimal editing, so read at your own risk. substack.com/home/post/p-...

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Well played, Seahawks!

Alright. I'm too white to understand the fast majority of the lyrics... But that halftime show kinda slapped.

Alright. Halftime, and this game is going alright. Not fantastic... Seahawks offense is a little off kilter. But going well enough.

for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations

If I die, I want my remains to be scattered at the US Capitol. Do not cremate me.

I don’t want ICE in my community. I don’t want strange masked men taking my neighbors. I don’t want strange masked men lighting fires in my city. I want the world to see what’s happening in my community. I want Minneapolis to be left alone and not made into a war zone.

If anyone is offended by my use of the word Fuck, don't follow me. I am one pissed off American. Fuck Trump & Fuck maga.

My life would be measurably better if I were surrounded by a gang of drag queens teaching me that I'm okay and worth caring about.

I really try to keep an even keel, and self-regulate because it’s the only way to be in this for the long haul, but sometimes the fury overtakes you for a bit.

That feel when you really *want* to participate in the national strike folks are talking about tomorrow, but need the money too badly to take time off on no notice like this (esp. when recent illness means I've already drained most of my time off).

Yesssss. Separate out DHS and shut it down.

Media just keeps taking the bait. The extortion demand for voter rolls from mob moll Bondi is phony and has nothing to do with attempts to fix the 2026 election. It's but the same propagandistic claim that 2020 was stolen - done ONLY to again divert us from Trump's actual documented steal in 2024.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

It's nice when an artist you've enjoyed turns out to be... even cooler than you thought. Too often one's heroes turn out to be disappointing.

When MAGA says it doesn’t do anything, ask them this.

The wonderful @reinessa.bsky.social pointed the existence of this song out to me again today. Actively mad at myself for having let it fall off my playlist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9E...

We ALREADY have ICE concentration camps. We are ALREADY so far gone. Fuck the people who support this evil.

I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing. But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.

It's good vs. evil. And this regime is pure evil.

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Living in the "naked imperialism" timeline absolutely sucks. Like, yes - there's validity to the neo-imperialist critiques of the world order the US was head of for the last eighty years. But it was *miles* better than the multipolar world of conflict before it. And we are regressing badly.

If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time? Really American FB

Happy New Year, Bluesky. Here's hoping 2026 is a better year for us.

Microwave popcorn has a three second window between ‘not ready yet’ and ‘you’ve summoned smoke demons who hate you personally’.

The boss cat says Merry Christmas to all his servants.

Sharing this for reference - the powers that be tried to kill this story. But the internet is forever. (I've downloaded the files locally, and recommend you do the same).

Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.

Fortunate enough to not be too directly affected by the flooding here in Western Washington. So coping with the weather via a delicious Pizza Soup tonight

It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.

DHS and ICE are the enemy of everything good and American and the entire agency needs to be torn to shreds and the ringleaders need to rot in prison as betrayers of the most fundamental principles of this nation

Really hate how appropriate an omen this feels like.

We're getting KOTOR 3? Alright. 2025 now only 98% bad.

Memories take us back. Dreams move us forward.

Obligatory "fuck Mondays". This job has burned me out so thoroughly that halfway through my day, I'm even more upset I had to work than when I woke up. Screw this gig.

Happy Friday. New crashout post on how screwed up everything is just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/hiddensa...

“Socialism is the only way to fight fascism in America.” Viggo Mortensen.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Okay... I might be good at making the absurd volumes of food.