You know election nerds are real sickos because no one likes thinking about Michigan this much
Chris Dawe
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Apple technology consultant. Counterfeit extrovert. Apple tech, history, Wi-Fi, cooking, politics. He/him. We all matter or none of us do.
Looks a lot like Missouri's electorate unified enough to tell the GOP to go hang on Amendment 4?
help, I have established a track record of harassing captive strangers and have express intent to reoffend. now I am facing the very reasonable consequences of my obnoxious actions and it’s religious persecution is what it is. I’m being discriminated against because I’m an insufferable asshat.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoEvangelist Whitney Lynn uses most of her flights as an opportunity to share her faith. This week, her sermon got her kicked off a flight and clips of her removal racked up millions of views on social media. She called the situation “spiritual warfare.”
Well shit, this is going to be an enlightening campaign season. www.rawstory.com/anti-trans-s...
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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I'm not going to QT but there's a silicon valley NIMBY complaining about maintaining the historical character of Palo Alto and man that place should look like fucking singapore. Market cap of tech companies based in and around there is like $14 trillion and it's full of fucking bungalows? So broken
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
I am never going to understand this way of thinking. Even if you don't care about Trump voters as people, 45% of the population here agrees with you politically. 60,000 people are displaced. At least 27,000 are probably on your side politically.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
emptiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness
Dylan@dyl057.bsky.social · 3d agowell then I guess that's that
"If I abused her, why would she then act in a way designed to avoid abuse?"
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
Disastrous situation in Spokane, Wash. where a wildfire is burning through the northwest side of the city amid extreme dry winds. Gridlock traffic as emergency management rapidly expands evacuation zones eastward. Follow on @watchduty.org: share.watchduty.org/i/112554?ts=...
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Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Petition to have Marisa Tomei resurrect car talk on NPR fully in character at all times
The Wall Street Journal is doing a major story on Balaji Srinivasan and his Network State cult. I know this because Balaji has gone ballistic and is writing long screeds attacking the WSJ reporter (he always attacks preemptively when he's scared). My 2024 piece: newrepublic.com/article/1804...
The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues”
If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not OK.
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Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last wk.Projection so powerful, you could screen the Odyssey in 70MM IMAX from it.
As part of today's memorial service for Lindsey Graham, they will bomb another girls' school in his solemn memory.
in other "it's bullshit that it works this way" news apparently making yourself actually do all of the shit on your list before you sit down to get distracted means you actually get to enjoy sitting down rather than torturing yourself with "I still have shit to do?" infuriating
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.decided to get Actually Serious about burning off some fat and have been doing cardio every single day rather than a couple times a week in addition to watching food more closely and I am so deeply annoyed that it is actually working I do exercise bike and it's Fine but seriously, fuck cardio
I hate the ritual of having to text your entire local social circle after a mass shooting in your area, praying that Death hasn't visited your house. My thoughts are with those who may receive the worst news of their lives tonight. I love you, Seattle. We'll endure, even if we shouldn't have to.
Would assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
The Turner Diaries - Wikipedia
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups
One Boulder couple’s response to climate change: Grow trees, lots of trees, and give them away
One Boulder couple's response to climate change: Grow trees, lots of trees, and give them away
As Colorado’s forests face unprecedented challenges, one garden is cultivating hope one seedling at a time
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If you see this, quote skeet a photo of yourself in sunglasses.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, quote skeet a pic of yourself in sunglasses.
adding NM means every candidate who wants to win NM (which, to be fair, is going to be a very short list since AOC should do well there) is going to need a policy platform on Native issues. this is good!
Burnham Down The House@corncobanalysis.bsky.social · 2w agoKen Martin, I was not familiar with your game
it's so wild reading travel forums for literally anywhere and realizing what complete terror so many Americans live in constantly
You actually can fight it. That is absolutely something you can do.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."
We won. Thousands of kids in Seattle will not go hungry this school year because we organized, fought hard, and won. Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
Amy Sundberg@amysundberg.bsky.social · 2w agoWOW. New announcement from Seattle CMs Strauss, Hollingsworth, and Foster saying they will fund universal school meals starting in the fall after all by using the general fund. Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.
It’s the Seattle City Council version of running Cuomo for Mayor.
Sharon is watching the Mariners@sharonawrites.bsky.social · 2w agoSeattle, I love you but you fucked up. Feed all the kids lunch.
Off the top of my head there are more Republican ex-legislators in prison right now for child sexual abuse then there are trans girls playing high school sports
choo choo choose anger@ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social · 2w agoI have not ever seen a single story about a trans kid causing any issue in some sport they’re playing (other than other butthurt parents) yet this is somehow an exponentially bigger problem than an ocean of conservative men preying on children and women.