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Devin Ben-Hur

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
She is daddy’s dream.
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Public Outreach" #DOOMLOOP #seattle
OLDER LADY: I'm furious about this new street revision! the city didn't do enough public outreach before starting construction!
YOUNGER LADY: [looking at phone] Hm. It says here they held a series of 8 listening sessions and 4 public site walks over the past 3 years
-They also sent 6 targeted mailers and hand-delivered surveys to every residence in the area. 67% of our neighbors support it
OL: That's not the kind of outreach I'm talking about!
YL: Oh. What kind did you mean?
OL: [fists balled] The kind that never ends!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The option of not moving on from "this is an illegal, unconstitutional outrage that should end his presidency immediately" was available to Peter Baker & every other journalist in the country, not only in 2019, but still in 2026.
publicnotice.co
“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
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slyris.bsky.social @slyris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cats & dragons & books, o my! A FEAST OF MAGIC is served. Six tales including "Chef's Surprise" in print after 30 years, with original art. What's Asmor serving tonight? lyris.org/book/a-feast... #MtG, #MagicTheGathering, #asmor, #ChefsSurprise, #UnderworldCookbook
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A Feast of Magic
Come feast on six tales of high fantasy, magic, and adventure. Begin with dessert. The Magic: The Gathering st...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2026
Of course one of the best science fiction directors of all time understands the science of airborne virus transmission! Steven Spielberg is wearing a high quality mask during the California COVID surge.
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Æðelwułf @iamdarkink.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a matter of hygiene and security fails by the companies in question. Were it not gemini, it would have been some script kiddie. They want regulation because they realize there's no moat. They need to keep out competitors more than they care about actual safety.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I could write a 100-page treatise on the dysfunctions of historic preservation in Seattle but Brett nailed it in six panels.
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Based on their assessed value, for $3.5 million, the City of Seattle can eminent domain Sand Point and Broadmoor Country Clubs, turn them public, and unlock the 160 acres next to this station to be 20,000 homes in a dense walkable neighborhood
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bikes are an economic disaster. The only things I bought for my bike in the past year were brake pads. At this rate, how are corporations going to make money? How are they going to buy politicians? How will I ever go into debt? Who are we going to bomb? The whole foundation of our economy is shot.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/09/2026
If you have friends in Seattle who are not yet aware that "We Heart Seattle" is basically a hate group, you can send them this:
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We Heart Seattle’s donors include a ‘race science’ patron and stolen relic traffickers
One of We Heart Seattle’s most generous benefactors helped launch a pseudoscientific racist research network.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/08/2026
A reminder that Google Maps allows you to alert it to mistakes it made and suggest fixes.
The "Fix an address" screen in Google Maps showing a "pin" on "Lake America"The form to fill out a false address, with me typing in "Lake Ontario"
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Replacing human opinion writers with AI will result in predictable pieces that say the same thing over and over. by David Brooks
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R.C. Brougham (but haunted like Christine) @captainruck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And why is race-science eugenics the disproven idea "academic freedom" people like you most consistently think needs to be relitigated nonstop? Are you still arguing for geocentrism? The humoral theory of disease? Why is it just this one disproven idea that you all cling to?
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 21/08/2026
I dunno, I don't think "this conventionally attractive blonde white woman who has spent years working to gain unparalleled access to and influence over the most powerful man in the world is somehow not fully responsible for her choices" is the feminist position some people seem to think it is
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 19/08/2026
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: How Pike Place Market Can Thrive in the Winter Without Car Traffic By Gordon Padelford, Seattle Streets Alliance via @theurbanist.org
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Op-Ed: How Pike Place Market Can Thrive in the Winter Without Car Traffic
SDOT is weighing a plan that would fully reopen Pike Place to cars Monday through Thursday from October to March. Here why that approach is wrong and how the Market will thrive with year-round pedestrianization.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Seattle police officer says that an entire SPD squad quiet quit after the 2020 protests.
For Mike Magan, the pullback in enforcement spread even to his fellow detectives, causing him to hit breaking point. “One of the robbery squads just decided they weren’t going to work anymore,” he says. “They wouldn’t leave the office, they wouldn’t help you on search warrants, they wouldn’t come out and conduct interviews with you. They wouldn’t come out and track video. It was heartbreaking.” Magan couldn’t stand it and decided to retire early.
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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Time to bring back the puppets!
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Mark your calendars for Aug 29 and Oct 11. We are gonna take a journey with the salmon all the way from the locks (on Aug 29) into the Cedar River (on Oct 11)! And we're gonna do it all by transit with friends :) MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!!!!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Every single claim here is false
The WIV's collection of bat samples represents a documented source of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses in Wuhan, a significant distance from where they are endemic. WIV researchers conducted studies of the genetic changes necessary for adaptation of SARS-related viruses to humans; manipulated genomes which resulted in increased infection of human cells and pathology in animals expressing the human receptor; proposed to construct viruses with genomic elements like those found in SARS-CoV-2; and conducted much of their research in laboratories that most experts agree lacked the sufficient level of biosafety for research of pathogens with pandemic potential
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
1. Hmm I wonder how they got everyone’s phone numbers…. 2. I wonder how much they spent to text half the city misleading information about the bill. ANYWAYS tomorrow will be the 1st committee hearing on our surveillance pricing bill to stop price gouging and make groceries more affordable.
Screenshot of a text sent my big business (probably) that says “Groceries are expensive enough already. The Mayor & City Council could put our grocery rewards, coupons, and discounts at risk. Tell them to stand up for Seattle families and protect your savings.
• Take action”
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Devin Ben-Hur @dbenhur.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There were piles of reasons to move on from Chief Barnes. Erica brings receipts.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“We exited the consent decree w/ Barnes” Lmao he joined SPD as the feds were finalizing the exit. “Crowd control” was the sticking point, & a disastrous protest response in May could’ve derailed that. “Hiring officers” By dangerously lowering standards, but sure!
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Seattle Times Editorial Board, which has consistently opposed any efforts to loosen the city's zoning standards, thinks the SEPA appeals process is working great and uses vague hand-waving about "the environment" to make their case.
These are not good days for the environment.
Seemingly by the hour, the Trump administration announces a new policy that shrinks habitat protections, attacks science, and places commerce ahead of our responsibilities to the planet and future generations.
But the trend isn’t limited to Trump. Just look at the Seattle City Council.
Last week, the council Land Use & Sustainability Committee voted to approve CB 121215, a bill that would strip citizens’ rights to appeal environmental findings to the Seattle Hearing Examiner in major land-use and zoning changes. It would also restrict the ability of residents to question impacts of city projects such as new athletic fields.
CB 121215 was drafted by Councilmember Eddie Lin in response to a Seattle classical musician’s recent court victory challenging the city.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Seattle Times argues that sprawl outside the city, not dense housing in it, is better for the environment. Then they compare pro-housing advocates to Trump. All because the city may eliminate one of several avenues to challenge zoning rules—an avenue Bellevue and King County don't have.
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Seattle an enviro city? Doesn't seem that way at City Hall | Editorial
The Seattle City Council is weighing whether to strip residents of the right to appeal zoning changes. Voters should pay attention.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the votes happening later this morning at the Seattle City Council will decide the future of transit in the city. The choice is expansion or stagnation.
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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Pedestrian Observations: Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development pedestrianobservations.com/2026/07/14/c...
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Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development
Corridor zoning is a style of development, in which major arterial streets are zoned for high residential and commercial density, while side streets remain zoned for low density, sometimes even for…
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Downtown Seattle Association claims taxing high earners is driving down employment in Seattle, and they point to high vacancy rates and lower total *downtown* employment to prove the point. A look at the data shows this is total BS. Here is how it works: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-the-da...
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Op-Ed: The Data Says Seattle’s High Earners Tax Is Working, Despite Whining from Big Business
The Downtown Seattle Association recently released a “report” that was meant to convince us that taxes on high earners are smothering the Seattle economy. Here’s why their analysis is flat wrong.
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Nick @nicksattele.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨 DEFEND OUR BUSES 🚨 Bob Kettle’s “defund the bus” amendment would CUT service in Seattle and halt service expansion. Join us at city council this Monday! Details here: bit.ly/SaveBuses13
Flyer of a fake RIDER ALERT telling people to comment at city hall to save our bus service
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Devin Ben-Hur @dbenhur.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
👉 "Left" and "right" have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. If you want to know if someone is on the left or the right, ask them, "What is more important: human rights or property rights?" If they say "Property rights are a human right," then they are on the right.
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Spunky to my Friends @almagirl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A terrific summary of how badly AI has failed because the people promoting it are greedy swine. I will say again, if you can afford another newsletter, make it Fine Print. Not only is the writing smart, informed, and witty, but @karlbode.com sources everything he says. karlbode.com/the-ai-hype-...
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The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us
The massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm pretty sure nearly everyone at the public hearing on SEPA reform yesterday lives in Seattle, but of course KOMO frames it as "residents" versus "activists."
Residents and activists clash over plan to curb SEPA appeals at Seattle hearing
by Joel Moreno,KOMONewsReporterWed, July 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Updated Wed, July 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The conflict over density in Seattle was never between trees and housing. It's between property owners' suburban-style vision for Seattle and the needs of the city's renter majority.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This editorial is full of blatant lies. Even for the thoroughly dishonest Seattle Times, it's absurd to call Bruce Harrell's extremely modest comp plan proposal a "city council" plot to chop down trees and kill orcas in the interest of growth at any cost. Also, people would STILL be able to appeal!
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Seattle City Council should let residents question impacts of growth | Editorial
At a time when Seattle is rapidly changing, local officials ought to stand up for science and pledge to get right the most sweeping land use changes in decades.
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Seattle's World Cup Ambassadors" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 24/06/2026
A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
A photo of  Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada, who looks like a cuddly and rad dude, smiling while holding a sketchbook full of drawings of baby hippos.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is a brief but utterly harrowing description of our nation in decline and the role of Trump's disastrous presidency in making it all happen, from @pkrugman.bsky.social on the pod. Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/2121...
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Esprit de l'escalier @jeofree.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Life imitates (what we thought was) wildly exaggerated satire From the prescient genius of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
This Modern World cartoon about how eventually one rich guy owned more than everyone else on the planet combined and with the world in ruins pundits defend him against any meek proposals that maybe he should be taxed a little.
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Zach Wilson @televisionaryzw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This chart remains undefeated
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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Lessons from the Broadview Six prosecution: With enough prosecutorial misconduct, you don't have to stop at a ham sandwich, you can indict a "crock of shit."
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 02/06/2025
Why not kick off Pride by reading my comic Dark Science? It's about cyborg lesbians solving cosmic mysteries and destroying capitalism! dresdencodak.com
Kim Ross and Xiaoling Chavez from Dark Science engaging in Homosexual Activities
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 29/05/2026
Seattle activists trying to block growth incorrectly blame new housing for the threat to orcas, instead of the biggest culprit: cars and the sea of pavement carrying them. Paul Beard lays out how they went wrong. Op-ed: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-the-or...
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Op-Ed: The Orca Whales Didn’t Hire Toby Thaler
Seattle activists trying to block growth incorrectly blame new housing for the threat to orcas, instead of the biggest culprit: cars and the sea of pavement carrying them. Paul Beard lays out how they...
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 24/05/2026
This is some truly appalling NIMBY nonsense. Building infill housing is *good* for the environment. It *protects* birds and orcas and salmon. It *saves* forests and trees. The IPCC and Sierra Club have both recognized that infill housing is essential to protect the environment and tackle climate.
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'Orca Appeal': A science nerd's challenge to Seattle's building plan
As City Hall continues to roll out the biggest remaking in Seattle's history, one musician challenges the underlying science. It is the story of our time.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 16/05/2026
The Seattle Times editorial board opposes Seattle's "taller, denser, faster" growth plan, and they're mad enough about it to call The Urbanist "the builders' media mouthpiece." Here are the many things they got wrong in their recent editorial. Editorial: www.theurbanist.org/editorial-se...
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Editorial: Seattle Times Called Us 'Builders' Mouthpiece' for Trying to Build a Better City
The Seattle Times editorial board opposes Seattle's "taller, denser, faster" growth plan, and they're mad enough about it to call The Urbanist "the builders' media mouthpiece." Here are the many thing...
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