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First day I’m not feeling totally embarrassed by my country. Damn I’m even feeling a twinge of pride and joy

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Omg yes yes hell yes. Just what we need to make the next year more bearable and to organize and leave behind right wing and lame spineless liberalism

Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes. I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.

Not all ferry rides are created equal

The popular appeal of Listers (the film on extreme birdwatching) and the Harper’s Goon Squad essay lies largely in their deeply ethnographic nature (& ethnography done right). Too much long-form journalism has become allergic to this form and to its own peril.

Officially a birder watcher?

I always feel behind on the West Coast but with today's mayoral race in NYC it will be nice to maybe learn the results earlier than you all out east 😱 and I certainly hope it goes the way of Mandami

The Authoritarian Stack: An impressive visual database tracking the tech oligarchs razing our (already weakened) democratic foundations, with Europe now in their crosshairs. www.authoritarian-stack.info

Seattlelites: the arboretum is lit! And worth visiting this week

This is brutal, and Amazon is making *$86 BILLION* this year — with $20 billion of that in profit. This may well be the first domino that reveals what so many already know, which is that everyone but the wealthy are already in a recession. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

I was definitely wrong about this the visuals of him destroying a landmark to build a dance hall nobody asked for while furloughed government employees wait in long food bank lines really resonated in useful ways

Found this news clip from 1987 about the arrest of Leslie Lynn Doucette, aka Kyrie, who was arrested for running a network of teenagers engaging in fraud across the U.S. The media dubbed her “Queen of the #Hackers” #hacking #history youtu.be/RBiSItRDKL4

Extreme wealth and ideology: what a powerful mind altering drug tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...

I don’t get why the air quality is so bad in planes? Can’t they just let in a bit more air?

Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

The part that drives me crazy is I think Democrats (US perspective) do a disservice to themselves if they force all MAHA curious people to the GOP. Which they do if they completely write off mold, long COVID, Lyme, etc. Outliers like you (and me and Biella) won’t make up for that.

And I’m talking about things like doubting the vaccine schedules and doctors, not obvious morally reprehensible actions like making death threats against scientists or doctors. One is a level of complete personal responsibility and one is a mixture of that plus the social contract/public health.

Pretty alarming when masked federal agents are taking an unknown number of demonstrators off the streets and even members of Congress can't find out what happened. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

Blue Cross Blue Shield denied my super bill acupuncture claim: when I called to find out why, they admitted they denied it for no (good) reason and will cover it. Moral of the story: they have no morals (and always check)

An angel, robed in spotless white, Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night. Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone. Men saw the blush and called it Dawn. Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Big zucchini or small dog?

Only quibble with this book? Too good so I tore right through it on one cross Atlantic flight

UW published this really nice article about my work on governance challenges and lifecycles faced by peer-produced online communities—the work supported by my NSF CAREER grant. Check it out if you want to know what I've been thinking about and working on!

I'm proud to work with so many bad-ass lawyers.

An angel, robed in spotless white, Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night. Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone. Men saw the blush and called it Dawn. Paul Laurence Dunbar

🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social

They look a little chubby, don’t they?

Fasted all day for no reason. Never use special characters for medical testing requisition is the lesson learned for the day

How many former phreaks thought Bad Bunny's DtMF was about their hobby?

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

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Playing hooky from work today, now on to the book

Bookstores with stellar views 1. Kingfisher, Coupeville, WA kingfisherbookstore.com

"We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe" Massive investigation into a SS7-based cellphone location tracking empire: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Rare moment of journalist solidarity as major news outlets, including WaPo, NYT, CNN, Newsmax, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Reuters and the Guardian, along with the trade publications Task & Purpose and Breaking Defense, all reject new Pentagon reporting rules (no word from Fox yet)

Resetting my circadian rhythms (and soul) with my morning walks

52 pounds. 30 plus years. Total beauty. Pure mushroom nerd goodness

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What is it about the flowers in WA? Always next level

Relatable

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists. 50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path. drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...