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Left coaster Proud parent Business owner I have a much better half MMT-curious He/Him

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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 18h
Think about this a lot www.feministgiant.com/p/how-many-r...
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Essay: How Many Rapists Must We Kill?
Why does hypothetical violence against men disturb and offend more than actual violence against women?
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, that was an earthquake on the Kitsap Peninsula! If you are in the area, you can contribute to citizen science by filling out a report here: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3 to tell us if you felt the shaking or not.
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is now a White Sox fan account. …. Chicago, right?
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Amanda Lane Cumming @amandalc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Phillies fans seem upset with Don Mattingly, have they considered replacing him with Tino Martinez?
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If billions were corruptly taken, prosecute it to the wall. It's a crime against the public, not a bad refund. The 'taxpayer money' framing shrinks public corruption into a billing dispute. Name it plainly: abuse of public office. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was a very interesting interview.
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dan Wilson Good man Players love him Wrong guy for the job
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Thomas HD @degolierthomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh, she might be going for Senate instead
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AOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New York
She says her goal is to "transform the state."
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Circling Seattle Sports @circlingseasports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last night, veteran forward Brittany Ratcliffe helped the @reignfc.com close out another victory. Earlier this week, she spoke with CSS about her role, the club's growth, what's ahead, and much more! Tune in on YouTube: youtu.be/bERX5F3rj-o #SeattleReignFC #WitnessTheReign👑 #SeattleSports
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Brittany Ratcliffe talks her season, club growth, and more - Right as Reign, September 24th, 2026
YouTube video by Circling Seattle Sports
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not all the work makes the big headlines, but that doesn't mean it isn't important. Last week, I secured a win against a debt collection company that was taking people's cars to coerce them into paying. Now, that company can't work in Massachusetts, and consumers are getting $52 million in relief.
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
an more... from the election deniers who cried wolf... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle (Gift Article)
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fighting evil via go fund me. What a world
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/09/2026
This, for people who don't follow US soccer, is the coach of the Seattle Sounders donating to the GoFundMe of the fields director at Starfire Sports (where the Sounders used to train), who was just abducted by ICE.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you @mayor.seattle.gov @cmdionnefoster.seattle.gov and CM Rob Saka for your partnership and championship of this important legislation.
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We did it!! Thanks to your advocacy and support, Seattle City Council just passed our historic legislation banning surveillance pricing on groceries with no corporate amendments.
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Field Gulls @fieldgulls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mike Macdonald reveals Sean Payton cheating accusation that led to Seahawks lawsuit threat www.fieldgulls.com/seattle-seah...
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Cheating?! Mike Macdonald reveals why Seahawks threatened to sue Sean Payton
The Seahawks’ head coach told a crazy story about Payton’s issue with him in a recent interview with Graham Bensinger.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Insane colors in the mountains today. A week early for larch madness tho……again. 😐
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 19/09/2026
"There are numerous laws in place that already prohibit many of the harmful activities engaged in by the large AI firms. But those laws are mostly not being enforced sufficiently to make a meaningful difference, because in America, we simply do not enforce the law against the powerful."
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AI Is an Elite Crime Spree
Documents show a Microsoft exec called AI the "largest theft of labor in human history.” New AI regulations are besides the point, the problem is we don’t apply existing laws to the powerful.
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey they kept Enron in check, didn’t they?
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look at that. Huh it can be done
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18/09/2026
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good article by Christina Jewett Skeptic has neutral to positive connotations tho editors should quit using it
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I did a list of 70 perfect albums of the 2000s (2001-2009). An obsessive and ridiculous undertaking, but hopefully kind of entertaining. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/70-perfect...
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70 Perfect Albums of the 2000s
2000-2009
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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val v @lqdee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
if you live on the Eastside, the @thewaroncars.bsky.social is coming to a Little Free Library near you SOON
two open boxes of "Life After Cars" books
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 15/09/2026
Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The rule would have limited transgender students' ability to play sports and use facilities. www.wvtf.org/news/20... #transgender
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Spanberger quietly kills Youngkin-era transgender rulemaking effort
“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said.
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Why does no one in power even pretend anymore to support a health care system with such humanity at its core? Instead, both political parties have protected a status quo utterly devoid of it, that routinely leaves patients to fight for their lives..." www.vanityfair.com/story/health...
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My Insurer Denied My Cancer Treatment—and My Humanity. So I Emailed the CEO
At 36, Elizabeth Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer. After her insurance company refused to pay for a new form of chemotherapy, she took a direct approach. As Luigi Mangione’s trial brings the ...
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.
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ICE is Still Surging
Dispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene @repdelbene.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Washington is leading the nation in using mass timber, an innovative & more sustainable building material. This is more critical than ever as the price of building materials is going up because of tariffs. www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
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An innovation in timber is shifting the future of buildings in WA
More architects, engineers and forestry experts are exploring mass timber, a laminated wood product. Many of the new buildings are in Washington.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
so, I'm proud of the essays I published this week on the newsletter...but unfortunately no on subscribed. So, going to share them again, and maybe if you find them valuable, consider joining? It's $50/yr, $5/month. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Never thought Ed Markey would be handing out important lessons on how to be a stand up guy. But here we are. Senate candidates would be wise to listen. None of us are free unless we all are
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hey! Noah rocks, do him and his cats a solid and cough up a meaningless (to you) amount of money because it’s meaningful (to them). You’ll get value back. 🫡
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And had people tortured.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No no no. There is no redeeming that moment. Bush sat frozen for 7 minutes while for all he knew there were dozens more hijacked planes in the air. An epic fortitude failure. Then to look like a tough guy he lied the country into war. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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For years, Bush was mocked for this 9/11 moment. Now he’s painted it.
President George W. Bush took up painting after leaving the White House in 2009 and has since made it a conspicuous part of his post-presidency.
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
$8 trillion for wars. Always "how will we pay" for healthcare, housing, education. The money was never the issue. It is Congressional votes. War gets funded because Congress votes for it. Want different priorities? Elect a Congress that votes for them. #deficits #debt #taxtherich
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ʇᴉɯᴉl ɐɯǝɥɔs® @timforgot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@naomioreskes.bsky.social found that up to half of papers on pharma drugs and medical devices may be ghostwritten or shaped by manufacturers www.sciencefriday.com/segments/nao...
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A Science Historian Tackles Ghostwriting In Scientific Papers
A science historian looks to the past to understand our current moment, and how ghostwriting in scientific papers is harming public trust.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026
As once-extinct diseases sweep through America, sickening, maiming and killing, the wild lunacy of anti-vax superstition grows ever more difficult to excuse.
A leaky drop ceiling with a large, dirty water stain.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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Funksands @funksands.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It certainly did happen....and lasted a whole 2 days. The nearly immediate heel turn took very little time and effort.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
andrew what do you think about trans kids playing high school sports? “i actually dont think about childrens genitals, what a bizarre question”
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Public Transport Users Association @ptua.org.au · 11/09/2026
NFL in #Melbourne: big event, with no MCG public parking. Public transport is showing how good it can be - plenty of services ensuring the crowds get easily and efficiently to the game.👍🚉🏈
Crowded MCG for NFL game
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
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Sassy Tea Lady @sassytealady.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I can't form good thoughts about my anger and disgust. I have never been an eloquent speaker and I never will. So I'm going to stop trying and just say: If you're trans in Portland and want a home cooked meal, DM me.
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