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Emmy in Ballard

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This is Mary. Love democracy, minimalism, my dear departed Westie. Progressive Lutheran living in Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
Trump calls for “tremendous self-regulation” by AI companies. Just like the tremendous self-regulation of lifeboat supplies and iceberg spotting on the Titanic.
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After summit with tech titans, Trump calls for ‘tremendous self-regulation’ by AI companies
The president has been skeptical of guardrails on artificial intelligence, wanting to stay ahead of China. He also launched an AI-powered website, America.gov, on Tuesday.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 5h
Bill Gates Thinks Relying on A.I. Self-Regulation Is ‘Insane’ www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | Bill Gates Thinks Relying on A.I. Self-Regulation Is ‘Insane’
The Trump administration has largely rejected pleas for A.I. regulation. But as its capabilities have advanced, Bill Gates argues that the A.I. industry cannot be expected to self-regulate.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 4h
Many more questions: 1) Why did they think Smith going to a Hawks game was proof he had met with an Atlanta prosecutor? 2) When Sen. Eric Schmitt and his staff believed they were correct that Smith had gone to an Atlanta Hawks game, why did they only show the poster for 1 second and then hide it?
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13h
Does the president have the unilateral authority to tear down large parts of the White House?

No. Federal law does not give the President unlimited power to demolish or rebuild large parts of the White House on his own. I cannot give legal advice.
Main legal limit
• Congress has plenary authority over federal property and the District of Columbia.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ll never forgive them. I hate them with the heat of a million sons. My loathing is boundless and will last forever. Russia is a terrorist state.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent article ... www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Could a Month of Digital Detox Finally Break My Family’s Bad Phone Habits?
We held one another accountable to find some balance between our on-screen and off-screen lives.
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s Politically Asinine Ad Campaign via @politicalwire.com politicalwire.com/2026/09/28/t...
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Trump’s Politically Asinine Ad Campaign
Dan Pfeiffer: "It’s hard to overstate how much of a political self-own these ads are."
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Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 27/09/2026
Jane Wickline somehow found a way to make Dario Amodei’s whole deal funny youtu.be/-Nvne3LzBls?...
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Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity - SNL
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump’s strange and ironic love of Les Misérables is missing Les Point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atuc...
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Missing Les Point: Trump’s strange and ironic love of Les Misérables.
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No more shoulder-shrugging when a machine programmed by a person commits a crime. That means the person, not the machine, has committed a crime.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 26/09/2026
Don’t say, “if a human did this, they’d be indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.” A human DID do this! A human wrote the software! A human trained the software! A human tested the software! Those humans should be indicted!
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
38 Days…
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is Bari Weiss' Mamdani and El-Sayed "reporter." Actual journalists share facts and context, not taunts.
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If peace were the idea, why not bring Israelis and Palestinians together?
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Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. 

May peace be our future.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins is claiming that proposed cuts to overtime in Katie Wilson's budget will immediately reduce public safety around the city. "It's gonna mean longer response times," he said. Here's a story I wrote last year about SFD officers' excessive and costly use of OT.
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Nearly 200 Firefighters Made More than $200,000 Last Year, Amassing Thousands of Hours of Overtime - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Last year, 180 Seattle Fire Department employees—almost one in five—made more than $200,000, doubling or tripling…
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026
Portable Air Conditioner Thanklessly Shoved into Dark Closet: tinyurl.com/4d4acbht
Someone's hand closing door to dark closet with portable air conditioner inside.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
$1.8 billion for Trump’s vanity projects could cover a year of medical expenses for 88,000 veterans or 600 million school lunches. Trump’s Republican puppets keep finding money for his ego while telling families the country can’t afford basic care. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It takes genuine talent to be this wrong
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
genuinely wondering how long the heritage foundation is going to leave up the “our best days are before us” banner
A banner with text “our best days are before us” with a sign for a gas station in foreground with gas going up to 6.19
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“So the bottom line is Trump doesn’t do the show anymore.” “Yeah.” That time Dave Letterman said Trump stopped doing the show unless he apologized for calling Trump “racist” — and Dave wouldn’t do it.
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/m...
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Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground? (Gift Article)
A surprising number of pastors are running as Democrats this year, challenging Americans’ assumptions about politics and faith.
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 20/09/2026
From 1963 to 1971, USAID food kept orphaned Anne Ralte alive in Kolkata. She later joined the agency and led work on its first Title II emergency food aid strategy. America fed a child who became a lifetime public servant. Dismantling USAID destroys that promise.
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The Flag that Fed Me
As a child orphaned in India, Anne Ralte survived because of USAID food aid. She would later serve at the agency. She’s shared her story below. By Anne Ralte I began my USAID career in 1996 in the…
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/09/2026
The new GOP Chair of the Senate BUDGET Committee honestly believes Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme." Their former campaign chair wanted to sunset benefits, threatening massive cuts. Another Republican senator called it a "scam." The fight to SAVE Social Security is NOW.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Congratulations to Mellody & George on the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! 18 years in the making, it is 5-stories high, filled with some of the greatest artwork, props & memorabilia you'll ever see. An instant Los Angeles LANDMARK Thanks (again), George!!!
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...
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Opinion | This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. (Gift Article)
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away.
Artificial intelligence labs are on the verge of handing over the training of A.I. to A.I. We should stop them.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy Brothers-henge to all who celebrate.
The sun sets in the crook between The Brothers, a pair of peaks in the Olympic Mountains. The view is framed by a Seattle street lined with parked cars, trees and power lines, and over the nearby hill of the Magnolia neighborhood.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026
The one and only Lynda Carter — Wonder Woman herself — is here at the Kennedy Center. WATCH: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨 This afternoon & tonight Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center This is how it's done
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026
POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026
On the ground at the Kennedy Center where people are gathering ahead of tonight’s “Hands Off the Arts” protest. Activists are expected to hold hands to form a human chain around the center, and musical performances are expected.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is there a statement from WHCA yet?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gosh, if only there were some kind of professional organization for White House journalists that existed to advocate for the First Amendment and defend the freedom of the press. They could organize together as a united front against Trump's censorship. That would be something.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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