HEY #seattle LAST DAY TO VOTE and put your ballot in a ballot box directly instead of mailing it if you can, if you drop it in a post box in DeJoy's postal service there's no way to know when it'll get a postmark so it probably won't count

Guys, there's video of baby Jimothy

IYKYK This is a great reply to the typical depravity of a NYT opinion piece arguing for Democrats to adopt an extreme anti-trans platform. No notes.

Gemini@geminidrgn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Might I interest the writer in a gently used Head of Vecna?

I’m saddened to announce the passing of my work colleague, The Zodiac Killer. While we were often on opposing sides of the business, I always enjoyed his silly little scavenger hunts.

Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

Seriously: everybody loved the walkable downtown vibe of Seattle during the World Cup. *Everyone.* They wrote articles about it in newspapers around the world! We cemented our reputation as a global city! And now ... we just have to let all the cars back in? Why?

When you are evaluating whether someone should be granted the power to make laws for an entire state or nation, you should not extend them the benefit of the doubt, you should not extend them grace, you should not be generous. You should be skeptical and cynical and rigorous.

Taking a moment to reflect on how the vibe in Seattle has been incredible these last few weeks. The waterfront was packed. Different languages everywhere. People enjoying the sun, the Sound, and each other. We should have company over more often.

"If the Free People are going to defeat Sauron, you need to let go of your elitist attitudes and choose someone who can appeal to the moderate orc vote. That’s why I support Saruman the White to lead the Council of the Wise."

We Need a Wizard Who Can Appeal to the Moderate Orc Voter

“Gandalf has gotten a lot of attention by making the One Ring the center of his campaign. We all can agree that the Ring is important, but shouldn’t we also ...

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For every day that passes, I regret my vote for him more and more. @girmayzahilay.bsky.social this is so ridiculous. As ridiculous as your forced RTO.

Reminder: The next time we get the chance to take down Confederate statues and monuments, they need to be burned or melted so that they can never be put back up.

No, for real, though, here’s my proposal: As soon as you crest into $1 billion, we throw you a party, congratulate you for winning the game, and then we build a bunch of affordable housing and you wake up tomorrow in an apartment with $1000 to your name. When you win the game, it resets.

“What is wrong with Gen X?” Well, for every alterna-geek that became the face of my generation, there were thirty wannabe Alex P. Keatons, Steff McKees, and Heather Chandlers who used “f*g” or “r****d” freely and with venomous conviction.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Atlas Intel dropped a D+14 poll and HOLY HELL THESE CROSSTABS

AOC is right to say this, and anyone who attacks her for it is wrong. And AOC should under no circumstances be labeled antisemitic.

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

The Supreme Court has direct assaulted the 15th amendment. The Reconstruction amendments are the foundation of American democracy. Without them this country is not worth preserving. The only way to preserve our country then is to end the current Supreme Court by adding 4 pro-equality justices.

sitting in the texas book depository, lee harvey oswald silently curses to himself as president kennedy's ballroom motorcade drives by. "fuck," he thinks. kennedy goes on to be reelected and ends the vietnam war.

This is a must-read. It’s a detailed proposal based on systems that work around the world, and doesn’t require reopening an EIS. There’s a path here toward building *all* of ST3, sooner and cheaper. But so far, Sound Transit leadership has refused to consider it, wanting instead to cut rail projects

The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 4mo ago

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3 By Scott Kubly, Trevor Reed via @theurbanist.org

coming at this as both a political scientist and a member of Gen X, my main theory is that a significant proportion of Xers passed thru the critical impressionable years for political socialization (14-24) during popular GOP presidencies (Reagan/Bush); this has an enduring effect on party ID. (1/n)

Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 4mo ago

I would love to read an in-depth analysis of how Gen X became the MAGA generation. I’ve seen lots of different theories and explanations but nothing that brings it together or is fully convincing.

I blame Reagan for everything.

If you want to know more, @transnews.network is pretty much the only news org taking the Catholic Church's total trans healthcare ban and its devastating impacts seriously. In-depth coverage here: transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nig... And here: transnews.network/p/u-s-cathol...

I’m so fucking embarrassed to be from the United States with this insane freak in charge.

look yall I understand that AIPAC is terrible but ima need yall to stop conjuring their name in topics where they have not been bought up or mentioned or are only tangentially involved, you're doing the "Jews run the world" conspiracy without even realizing it

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

"Mass immigration is good, socially and economically; is the single most significant factor in America’s current position as the global locus of commerce and culture; we’ve been lucky to have it; and we should want more," writes @felipedlh.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2080...

This Is a Historic Opportunity for Democrats to Get Immigration Right

As the public turns against Trump and the Republicans on immigration, the Democrats can seize the moment with a new, positive vision. Here’s what that might look like.

newrepublic.com

Plausibly, this should (if it happens) be understood as the death of the federal Constitution Not just, to be clear, a mortal wound: imo that's already happened. The actual death. Such that it should no longer be understood to be in force

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I don't know what SCOTUS will do on birthright citizenship case, it's anybody's guess. But if they endorse Trump's diktat, the only response is defiance. Outright, open defiance by the states. A decision not just erroneous but illegitimate, beyond their power, null and void from the day it's issued.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day