Nshrubs
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Ex-Arizonan mostly in Seattle. Don't mess with public schools, the environment, or my goddamned uterus. Find me elsewhere @Nshrubs@mstdn.social
While many voters are struggling to get by, Donald Trump made more than $2B last year alone. This is the story of so much of Trump’s presidency: an unending series of scandals that amount to the biggest act of public corruption in American history. trib.al/9ahFbPs
FUCK!!!! Timberline Lodge under evacuation order as Grasshopper fire nears #orwx #wawx www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
Timberline Lodge under evacuation order as Grasshopper fire nears
The historic lodge is the second to be placed under evacuation orders as the Grasshopper fire grows.
oregonlive.com
Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents
No drones in fire zones!
Washington Emergency Management Division@emd.wa.gov · 23h agoFirefighting aircraft operate at low altitudes, often just a few hundred feet above the ground – the same airspace frequently used by recreational drones. This creates a significant risk of mid-air collisions or dangerous pilot distractions that could lead to catastrophic accidents. #wawildfire
The important thing to know about boots is that Dr. Martens was bought by a private equity firm a while back, the boots are now garbage in terms of construction quality, but Solovair set up to make similar boots on the old equipment in the old factory and their versions are much better quality.
Will Wilkinson@wlknsn.xyz · 8h agoMy take on boots discourse is that we face a lemons problem with many consumer goods, given the acquisition of many storied brands by companies aggressively milking accumulated brand equity for higher profits, such that price and reputation for durability does not reliably predict higher roi.
NEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:
Trump to Speak at Casino Owned by Company Facing Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Trafficking of 9-Year-Old Girl
The ownership group is battling multiple lawsuits involving sex trafficking victims
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That's how one resident put it after weekend fires swept through Spokane County.
‘People are just in shock right now.’ Weekend fires bring destruction to Spokane
KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to Spokane Public Radio News Director Doug Nadvornick about the weekend fires that swept through Spokane County.
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The Spokane fire conspiracy theories are almost identical to the Altadena fire conspiracy theories. These people have no understand of how fire works, how science works, or why some things burn. I'm writing a book chapter about it, but the people who need to read it don't read books.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social@lorennacleary.bsky.social · yesterdayThe internet is filled with really dumb people who right now think the fires in Spokane WA were fake because the houses burned but trees didn’t. What they’re forgetting is that dead, thin, dry wood burns. Wet, dense, living wood is harder to burn. Old living pine and house vs fire: house loses.
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KOIN 6 News@koin6.bsky.social · 18h agoWA ELECTIONS: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez advances to the general election for U.S. House in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District https://www.koin.com/news/washington/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-advances-to-the-general-election-for-u-s-house-in-washingtons-3rd-congressional-district/?cid=bluesky_
Missouri Amendment 5, which would've ended state income tax in favor of more regressive taxes, also overwhelmingly rejected by voters. Big losses for Amendments 4 & 5 are both strong rebukes of GOP state lawmakers.
AP calls win for "no" on Missouri Amendment 4, which was effort by GOP lawmakers to stop citizen-led constitutional amendments. This anti-democratic measure was also supported by Christian Nationalist church as "biblical" vote: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/thou-shalt... Nice to see the big loss!
Half of the $62 million spent by outside groups in Michigan spent to support Stevens came from AIPAC.
Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
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MAX MILLER: She's 2.5 years old. She doesn't have the ability to articulate what you just said. TAPPER: But you just told me that she said she was scared to go to mommy's house. Now you're saying she's not capable of saying "Daddy kill you"? MILLER: What about due process?
A retired friend was remembering when there were departmental secretaries at universities who basically project managed the departments. You could give them handwritten documents, and they would type them up. He was shocked when I said it didn't work like that for female academics.
Kate Manne@katemanne.bsky.social · yesterdayGenerative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
The Spokane burns show not even surburbia is immune to wildfire - High Country News
The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
hcn.org
Update: the training run of the new Amtrak Cascades trainset will happen on Thursday but only go from Seattle to Vancouver, Washington. Get your cameras ready! Times subject to fluctuate since it's not a normally scheduled train. 💚🤎🤍
whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterdayDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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One of my great frustrations with the media is they know Trump is full of shit on things like this. But because they don’t know if he’s lying or delusional they type up neither possibility. But they should be loudly writing that those are the only two possibilities and both are disqualifying!
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
Unbelievable air quality readings of 1000-3000 around Wenatchee, Leavenworth, and Plain, as of 11:50 AM in Chelan County, WA. At this point, smoke is like fog. This level of smoke is hazardous to all, for any length of time outside. #wawx #smoke #wildfires
