Reposted by Demiane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 5hwhat a biased hatchet job, using the mans own words like this 210518
Reposted by DemianElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6hIt’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study 621154558
Reposted by DemianJordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 8hThis is a pathetic failure of the EU and Canada to recognise that this US government is not on our side. #EUpol #CApol #Trump #disinformation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc… 2023
Reposted by DemianJulia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 14hThis is a reminder that you can read the Wall Street Journal for free through your local library. 0163
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16hOur local NPR station, KUOW, had a segment on “The debate over WA’s millionaire’s tax”. There might’ve been some good points made, but the both-sides framing as a debate already advantages the billionaire funded astroturf effort to repeal this modest tax that makes WA slightly less regressive.So […]mastodon.onlineOriginal post on mastodon.online 000
Reposted by DemianSteffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Advanced Voting begins in Victoria, BC today. If you don't vote, other people will choose the direction your city goes in on your behalf, and you may not like their priorities. Want a city with parks, art, culture, cycling, and lifestyle-focused values? Or a city with more parking? Choose. #yyj 062
Reposted by DemianMignon Fogarty @grammargirl.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 17hJust got a mass email from our bank that essentially says, "If you give your username and password to an AI agent, you're on your own." You've. Been. Warned. 🤣 3256
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16hMaría del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87 | Spain | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/… 112
Reposted by Demian😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026I hope they find the traffic Engineer who did this (not a single mention of the deadly design of elevated freeways in this story, no questioning the inhumanity of this #transportation system whatsoever, it's just sad.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bngj3sG_75c 001
Reposted by DemianServelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Kushner's "private equity firm is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns." Top Democrat is investigating Jared Kushner’s financial investments after CNN report | CNN Politics […]newsie.socialOriginal post on newsie.social 002
Reposted by Demiane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not 172357708
Reposted by DemianNate Bowling @natebowling.com · 07/10/2026State agencies throwing their workers under the bus is trash. Support labor over management, always* *Unless that labor is the cops 33412
Reposted by DemianErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BUT, I do appreciate the donations that fund 100% of my work (Project Homeless is a good example of the outside funding that pours in to the Times from corporate-backed philanthropic groups). If you appreciate scoops like my story breaking this news in July, please support PubliCola!publicola.comSupport PubliCola - PubliColaPubliCola is 100% reader-powered! If you like the work we’re doing here, and would like to support PubliCola financially, please… 0132
Reposted by DemianErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Guys, can you believe this? A MAN made LUNCH for his OWN KIDS so they wouldn't STARVE AT SCHOOL! The craziest thing about it was his wife was RIGHT THERE! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comCalifornia scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kidsDr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics. 714113
Reposted by DemianA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska 81409316
Reposted by DemianFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026At least 10 people were arrested at the Arizona-Mexico border today as they protested the felling of a 250-year-old cottonwood tree. It was the last of an old grove that was being cut down to make way for Trump's border wall. Here's more from KJZZ Phoenix. flip.it/8Wf2yw […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Reposted by DemianGlyph @glyph.im · 06/10/2026boosters one month ago: the vulnerabilities are REAL. they're REAL and they're SCARY. it can INDEPENDENTLY hack stuff. you CANNOT DISMISS that it can ONE-SHOT vulnerabilities PERFECTLY EVERY TIME. prepare for DOMINATION by the CYBER-OVERMIND boosters today: 1211
Reposted by DemianDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026fuckin humanityai.ai/open-call © 2026 MacArthur Foundation humanityai.ai/humanity-ais-executiv… About Humanity AI Humanity AI is a $500 million five-year collaborative grantmaking initiative dedicated to ensuring artificial intelligence serves the public good. It […]circumstances.runOriginal post on circumstances.run 438
Reposted by Demian#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 06/10/2026Biggest filing of the cycle so far, adding $4,228,309.49 in the last 48. With that Elon is over $30m, including: -$11,205,796.82 vs @jamestalarico.bsky.social -$5,012,118.80 vs @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social -$4,499,737.73 vs. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social -$1,055,949.93 vs @troyjackson207.bsky.social 511136
Reposted by Demian😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026Not every street needs to be for only cars every day and night of the year. #streetsForPeople #carsRuinCities #openStreets #Halloween #VisionZero #BanCars 002
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026Love to see it! Sorry I missed it tho.journa.host 000
Reposted by Demiantante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026RE: tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/1173636… Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]tldr.nettime.orgOriginal post on tldr.nettime.org 147
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026Interesting. Shows another way that protests mattersocial.mondoweiss.net 000
Reposted by DemianWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 04/10/2026Prominent Republicans are angry at Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, because of one of her campaign ads. It's a pretty standard "welfare queen ad," but this queen is a young white guy. Republicans say that's racist, because it fails to perpetuate their preferred racist stereotype against Black Americans.nytimes.comAd About Welfare Fraud Draws MAGA Backlash (Gift Article)Far-right influencers piled on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Trump’s former press secretary, over a campaign ad about Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas. 14013
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026Wow! I figured they’d be better but this is pretty astounding 021
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026Come on Brazil! Don’t join Trump’s axis of evil! #politics #brazil 242
Reposted by DemianQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026CODDLED DRIVERS—LAVISHED WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE JUST GIVEN TO THEM WITHOUT ANYONE NEEDING TO LAUNCH AN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN THAT TAKES ALL OF THEIR TIME ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS—EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE 1230544
Reposted by DemianQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026anywhoo, if the seattle times is looking for a headline writer i am available 1444
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026RE: mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/1173615618… Sad! While I largely abandoned Reddit a decade ago, it has been a good community forum site and I still occasionally go there when looking for answers on specific questions. But this enshittification seems inevitable given it’s a […]mastodon.onlineOriginal post on mastodon.online 000
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026‘It’s sad seeing players promote it’: Wembanyama says he will never endorse gambling companies | Victor Wembanyama | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/…theguardian.com‘It’s sad seeing players promote it’: Wembanyama says he will never endorse gambling companiesSpurs star says it is ‘very sad’ to see NBA players promote gambling companies and insists money no longer drives his sponsorship decisions 000
Reposted by DemianDan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026The pro-crypto legislation didn't pass after all, and some of the credit for this surely must go to Molly White. She is without question doing the best, most relentless coverage of that irredeemably slimy and corrupt industry -- joined at the hip with the irredeemably corrupt Trump world. And […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 110
Reposted by DemianBruno J. Navarro @bruno-j-navarro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-outb… 011
Reposted by DemianErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ketamine was not "at the center" of multiple men's decision to rape someone, the men who made the decision to rape someone were at the center of that decision 016422
Reposted by DemianWeird Socks @ohmu.social.seattle.wa.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026RE: mastodon.social/@KevinFreitas/11736… #Music!!mastodon.social 001
Reposted by DemianHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026RE: mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117363288… The Roberts 6 lifted an administrative stay granted by the 6th Circuit so it could consider Christa Pike’s appeal of being sentenced to death. In other words, they refused to allow a pending claim for relief to be heard, allowing […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 1017
Reposted by DemianErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hmm, I wonder if there is any controversy around using AI-controlled autonomous fighter jets to kill people? no, it's just a happy story about business and jobs? in that case cool cool cool www.geekwire.com/2026/shield-...geekwire.comShield AI selects Seattle area to build X-BAT autonomous fighter jet, plans to add 4,000 jobs by early 2030sDefense tech upstart Shield AI has selected the Puget Sound region as the manufacturing hub for X-BAT, bringing AI-piloted fighter production to the region and promising 4,000 jobs by the early 2030s. 57219
Reposted by DemianErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026any story about the possibility that rape culture in "Greek life" at clleages is going to meaningfully change after the latest high-profile assault should provide the context that high-profile assaults have never meaningfully changed rape culture www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...nytimes.comCornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault ClaimWith their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes. 2363
Reposted by DemianAnna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026“… the 87-year-old woman who was evicted from her #Madrid apartment that she had lived in for seven decades has been allowed to return home following the street protests by thousands.” www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-598570… 011
Reposted by DemianBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”theguardian.comHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streetsUnder Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance 15654216
Reposted by DemianBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city. 124572
Reposted by Demiane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/09/2026well well well, will you look at that electrek.co/2026/09/15/t...electrek.coTesla's record month: 4 fatal Autopilot and Full Self-Driving crashesJuly 2026 set a record for Tesla driver-assist crashes: 236, including 4 fatal ones the public never connected to Autopilot or FSD. 317148
Reposted by DemianPaco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026You know what an AI chatbot does when it is the first line of support? It raises the temperature of every customer who reaches a human in support. By the time they have run the gauntlet of pointless, incorrect, and idiotic responses, they are tired, they feel disrespected, they are frustrated […]infosec.exchangeOriginal post on infosec.exchange 0210
Reposted by DemianJones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026The 25-year-old Ireland international, born to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother, was targeted with “monkey chants”, as videos circulating on social media showed, but the fans’ behaviour has gone unpunished by UEFA. An Israeli supporter also led chants about his country’s military from the […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 011
Reposted by DemianLance Bachmeier @lance.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026In case you can't read what I boosted: Anthropic's 2025 financials were just revealed: $6B in revenue $8B in operating losses $42B in net losses 0539
Demian @dgodon.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house | Technology | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…theguardian.comMeta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his houseThe new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users 43020
Reposted by DemianJulia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great to spend Sunday supporting @nohateinwastate.bsky.social with Ram cellars and Vinos Pinguinos at Birch Road! Remember to vote NO on forcing girls to have genital exams to play sports in WA. No hate in WA. 1183
Reposted by Demiane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 26/09/2026a friend won a dolly parton lookalike contest at a bar and a stranger just handed this to her and I almost passed out 230516
Reposted by Demiane.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 27/09/2026read the NYT review that said it was shallow and not really about anything and then went and watched it and it was about EVERYTHING 4733
Reposted by DemianVelocipedestrienne 🇿🇦 @hayiwena.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026Ain't it grand what bus lanes can do? theneedling.com/2026/09/10/mayor-wi…theneedling.comMayor Wilson Accused of Being Witch After Making Both Route 8 Bus and Denny Car Traffic FasterBusiness leaders across the city came together today to accuse Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson of being a witch after somehow making both a bus route and car traffic on one of the city’s busiest streets faster at the same time. “Witchcraft is literally the only way adding a bus-only lane on Denny Way could benefit […] 102