Yup. Nothing odd going on here at all. Gah.

We will not compromise the privacy of Washington voters by turning over confidential information that both state and federal law prohibit us from disclosing. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/23/w...

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

Please stop using OpenTorment!!! It's only open-core! TormentLibre is the fully FOSS alternative!

Yeah, I’m not resubscribing.

Little late to the game as I just finished Andor and re-watched Rouge One. Canceled my Hulu/Disney+ bundle.

Charlie Kirk’s death is a tragedy, and I condemn all political violence from wherever it comes. House Republicans designed today’s resolution as a political “gotcha” — one that attempts to put words in my mouth to endorse Kirk’s views. I cannot do that, so I voted “no.”

People keep "debunking" the claim that Charlie Kirk wanted to stone gay people to death but I'm pretty sure he meant it.

It seems that keyboard shortcuts for the gmail app have broken in iPadOS 26. They were never great to begin with but now they are just broken.

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service

Check out this cool video from Frederico from cuttle.xyz on creating cool geometric patterns with their tool. It allows super easy creation of designs to be laser cut. I loved what they are doing so much I invested a while ago. (cc @forresto.bsky.social) youtu.be/aGZKTK6hVkc?...

Seattle mayoral front-runner Katie Wilson on taxes, tech sector and working with Amazon https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-mayoral-front-runner-katie-wilson-on-taxes-tech-sector-and-working-with-amazon/

UPDATE: the Committee voted down my amendment to block some military aid to Israel unless they comply with US-led investigations of IDF killings of American citizens. Frankly, it’s outrageous that members of Congress voted against this. I thank my five Democratic colleagues who voted yes.

The Von Trapp family in the Sound of Music wasn't Jewish. So why were they fleeing the Nazis? Because Captain Georg von Trapp refused to join Hitler's navy, and then the final straw came when he refused to have his family's choir sing at Hitler's birthday party. Sound familiar at all? 🤔

UPDATE: my amendment to condition some aid to Israel until they follow U.S. and international humanitarian law failed. Thank you to my four Democratic colleagues who voted yes. To the rest of the Committee: this is what the American people want. It’s time to get on board.

Our democracy seems to hinge on people who’ve dedicated their lives to money and power deciding that there are more important things than money and power. We are, as the kids say, cooked.

Oppression isn’t enough for them. Grift and money isn’t enough. Their victories feel empty to them. They want us to like them. But you can’t oppress people into liking you.

these people are genuinely idiots

Our democracy seems to hinge on people who’ve dedicated their lives to money and power deciding that there are more important things than money and power. We are, as the kids say, cooked.

Oppression isn’t enough for them. Grift and money isn’t enough. Their victories feel empty to them. They want us to like them. But you can’t oppress people into liking you.

2 Bl*ck men hung in Mississippi yesterday. 1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS. 2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State 🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️

peace is not a gift that drifts into your life unannounced. in times like these, it must be cultivated with intention, guarded with discipline, and chosen over and over again.

@repbpramilajayapal.bsky.social Ok but why are you supporting the Cuomo of Seattle, Bruce Harrell? He name checked you in the debate on Friday and plastered your face all over his materials. Remember how he did the same for Prop 1B and it tanked his reputation?

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Protect trans kids.

We've got Gavin Newsom et al. eulogizing a version Charlie Kirk who did not exist, Trump et al. blaming his death on leftist violence that didnt happen, and the entire media apparatus denouncing Dems for dancing on his grave, something no Dems are doing. Has The Discourse ever felt more unmoored?

Civil war? Please, these people sprain their backs picking up a case of Diet Coke at Costco.

Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy

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Imagine Kash and J Edgar Hoover in the same room.

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling. I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

Eye bleach. While I’m travel my wife took our dog to a ball game. Mariner’s “Bark in the Park”.

Eye bleach. While I’m travel my wife took our dog to a ball game. Mariner’s “Bark in the Park”.

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

I don’t remember where I heard this but I love this framing: “What you call purity tests I call values”

I have given money in the past to the DFL. I will not any more. This is a place for @kenmartin.bsky.social and the DNC to show leadership. Especially since he was chair previously. I suspect he isn’t up to the task.

I was a subscriber to Serious Trouble. I am not any more.

Hello stagflation! (Inflation coupled with little to no economic growth)

Bear Canoe! OG Heptio folks know what I’m talking about.

I miss when “purity tests” were simply called “principles.”

Lisbon, Feb 2024. Also Bluesky.

Happy birthday to Ruby Bridges, who is the reason I was even able to pursue proper, fair higher education. What she had to endure as the first Black child to integrate schools was unimaginable. I will forever be grateful. ♥️

Look at this image until you understand it.

Here’s to those that fight nazis.

90% of elected Dems do not know how to fight, do not want to fight, did not run for office to fight, and are not smart enough or principled enough to fight. They entered office so they could fiddle with policy and feel important, they want to hide until it blows over, and will find excuses to do so.

What is the city but the people?

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

“We’re Costco guys”