Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.

And a little preview of what’s coming next week…

100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.

not to paint with too broad a brush but i feel like this comment on my short little article today says something about how some people see the creative output of humankind

I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.

Agnes Varda

I don't think GoFundMe is going to replace FEMA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

This is only one minute and forty-one seconds long, but it's also a 3 act epic.

Chaos break from the news.

Toad was sitting on his front porch. Frog came along and said, “What is the matter Toad? You are looking sad.”

Hey I'm just excited for our arts budget to not be spent on graffiti removal.

Heck of a time to be in the process of dismantling King County's climate office, honestly.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Other people have pictures of loved ones in their photos, I have shots of Hannah Arendt quotes. Actually...

The Skagit River is expected to crest above record levels at Concrete and Mt. Vernon. This flood is likely to exceed the November 2021 flood on the Skagit in Mt. Vernon. Unbelievable forecast. Stay safe, everyone! #wawx

A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for portions of western Skagit County and northwestern Snohomish County for flooding along the Skagit River. The NWS is highlighting potential for dike or levee failure. Can't recall seeing anything like this before... #wawx

Always, always, one of the poems I think of when the old men start their sabre rattling.

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"It's all so unbelievably stupid and unnecessary" is my mantra for today, and probably tomorrow, and...

The National Water Prediction Service is forecasting 18 major floods and 15 moderate floods in our state.  Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts

Mass extinctions, millions of years ago 🐚🐙🪸🦪⭐️🪱 443 mya💀 🪸🦪 🦈🐌🪸🐙🦪🌱🦂 372 mya💀 🦂🦈 🦈🪳🦂🪸🌱🐟🍄🦐 260 mya💀 🐟🪳 🕷️🍄🪲🐟🦐🐭🦈🐸🐛 252 mya💀 🐸🪲 🐟🦗🐭🐸🪸🐢🌲🐸🐜🐠 201 mya💀 🐢🌲 🦎🐢🦕🐔🐊🪰🐌🐦🦋🌺🦖 66 mya💀 🐊🐭 🦥🦇🐊🦜🦣🐀🦤🐠🐻🦥🐂🧔🏾‍♂️ 0 mya💀 🐀🧔🏾‍♂️…

Precambrian: 🦠 🦠 🦠 🦠 Paleozoic: 🦠🐚 🦠🐚🌱 🦠🐚🌱🦂 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈 Mesozoic: 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼🦆 Cenozoic: 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼🦆🍒 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼🦆🍒🐋 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼🦆🍒🐋🐎 🦠🐚🌱🦂🦈🐊🐭🌼🦆🍒🐋🐎👶🏾

On the plus side, the Right seems to have very bad graphic designers. On the negative side, they have very bad graphic designers.

Can not get over the fact that two weeks before Christmas the President told the American people that their kids should have less toys.

"Climate change isn't real." floodzilla.com/gage

“They’re cramming this gender ideology down our throats” say the people who also want to show you 41 consecutive videos of a pregnant white woman in an apron baking cookies.

Attention: many parts of the Duwamish and Green River Trail are closed to access this morning due to flooding concerns

Well the house of Theseus has another leak. If you are in the Seattle area and know of a really excellent contractor or handyman who can come take a look, please let me know

Alert: The USDA has detected H5 bird flu in a bobcat in Marion County, Oregon. Top predators are now contracting a virus designed for birds. Every mammal infection is a dangerous rehearsal for a strain that could spread without birds at all.

As a person who works with their hands and can't be bothered, I will always compliment other folks' fancy fingies.

What’s that saying, hit dog holler

Fuck it lets use wingdings so every official statement issued looks like a zodiac letter

"Last week, a ‘health and wellbeing newsletter’ was sent to staff. Titled ‘In the Pink’, it offers ‘a few money-saving present ideas’: ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’ but instead ‘propose an alternative like spending quality time together.’" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

He knows

If i could go back in time and see one musical performance, i might pick Just Ducky ruining a prom in Hot Springs MT over Hendrix at Cafe Wha

"It’s all so childish and stupid and aggressively American."

Shoutout to everyone just going with the dog-in-front-of-thing pics on Craigslist.

boredom is good actually

Just refreshing my memory about actual Stalinism as we move toward Really Dumb Stalinism: "The opera's première was postponed because Meyerhold was arrested on 20 June 1939 by the NKVD, and shot on 2 February 1940."

adding "son-in-law" to my LinkedIn profile to get more traction

Going through all of these tax instructions in advance of next year and it grinds my gears. What could have been, if it weren't for a lot of vice signalling bastards. "Termination of credits. You can’t claim residential clean energy credits for expenditures made after December 31, 2025."

A surprising conversation I had with an old contractor neighbor, when he said that buying cars, boats, and motorcycles didn't make him happy. He stopped leaning into it, and found some measure of peace. He also used to drive around with an open can of beer, so.

Cookies and biscuits, the two genders.

HUD has withdrawn the Notice of Funding Opportunity for homelessness program announcing the news during a hearing in a lawsuit by @naehomelessness.bsky.social against new rules that preclude low-barrier housing and require agencies to implement discriminatory rules. www.hud.gov/hud-partners...

Trump's zombie version of HUD is claiming their sudden decision to halt the entire funding process to make unspecified revisions enders the entire lawsuit moot. The judge said they seemed to be sowing "intentional chaos." www.publicrightsproject.org/naeh-v-hud-f...

By farmers I'm assuming acretrader.com

Are we doing Communism?