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turtlyburtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

jesus fucking christ this is bad

Speaking to PubliCola last year, staff who were involved in the creation of the report expressed intense frustration at being asked to turn their office into one called a “propaganda arm of the city” by the Harrell Administration. “We tried to soften the language to appease them,” that staffer said, but the report ended up making claims that just weren’t supported by the data. “I’m not going to spend my waking outs doing that,” the staffer said; that staffer, and another staffer who worked on the report, quit their jobs and left the city over what they saw as interference in their work that compromised its integrity.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.

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I cannot emphasize enough that the president has pudding for brains

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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

good morning

comic panel depicting clark kent handing a handgun to lois lane.
clark: here, lois -- shoot the gun at Jimmy and see what happens!
lois: but why..oh, all right!

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my_random_name @my-random-name.bsky.social · 22h

Hello, I am interested in exchanging money for actions described in the municipal code section 14, subsections 1.a through 2.c. What would this cost? In US dollars. Many thanks, Not a cop

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23h

No AI for kids. Full stop.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 22h

Send this to Seattle Public Schools superintendent Ben Shuldiner and all seven members of the school board

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the 1980s, WA State Rep Cal Anderson heard cops were hassling people in gay bars, so he went when cops were there & dared them to give him trouble. They backed down. Not as high-stakes as standing against tear gas, but still the kind of leadership we're entitled to demand from elected officials.

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of the worst parts about living in a city is the dichotomy of "quality of life" laws. Busy bodies misuse poorly written code to shut down nice things that improve quality of life Police refuse to enforce the laws against public space mal use (eg drag racing) that actually hurt quality of life.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026

All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026

Well that was disturbing as hell. I was just out walking my dog around the neighborhood when a drone came buzzing by a couple hundred feet up. It (or a similar one) does this nearly every day; I have no idea who owns it or what it’s for. Anyway, this time it paused, then lowered itself down…

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

from 2001. no one’s doing product testimonials like this anymore. t.co/PEswCtbEZz

Toyota's unease at being associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda is evident. In its September statement, the company said,
'Toyota does not have a sales or distribution channel in Afghanistan, and we do not export vehicles to that country."
Somewhat less laconic was Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week.
"It is not our proudest product placement," he said. "But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability."

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Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wrote about Victor Wembanyama creating a stir and finding his voice, while channeling at least a piece of his former coach. Sunday column, a day early: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

The little pauses bring back memories. They come during the two or three seconds between a question and an answer, while a man seated in front of a Spurs banner considers how much he can say.
Or how much he should say. Or whether it would be safer not to say anything at all.
In that seat used to be a different man, an older one who didn't mind ticking folks off, whether they were fellow millionaires or paying customers. A man who decided there were certain things people needed to hear, whether they wanted to hear them or not.
Occasionally during those pauses, that man reckoned it was worth it to speak what he believed to be the truth. Sometimes he caught grief for it, but he understood the power of his own voice.
Now, little by little, a younger man is learning the power of his.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’d also like to speak to someone at USA Today to get more clarity on their source recording policy. Can be anonymous. Reach out.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have never heard of any newsrooms with alarming practices like those described in this thread. If you have, I’d like to hear from you. Contact in bio.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

will get old and die waiting for someone to say "At least you tried." When I worked at EW, I used to say that our five worst selling covers of the year should be the five stories we most believed in. Because when you pander and sell badly, you accomplish nothing. Same is true in movies, I think. >

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I remember back when Minneapolis used to take stuff like this as a challenge to do even better. We should bring that feeling back, and not let Seattle beat us at having awesome and safe Halloween streets!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 02/10/2026

This seems like a pretty major scandal. Sound Transit needs to immediately remove this photo of a candidate for office at a brand new station in the district in which she is currently running.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's both the case that this is terrible, and also that they work for dhs so fuck 'em

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Confused how this is dropping 2mln year over year when the chart shows drops ranging from 1-12 million YOY for each individual country? Are there other countries where visitor counts are skyrocketing?

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Costume Quest is $1.99 on Steam. Just thought you should know.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't think this helps solve the problem at all - but it is very much the reason why I get so frustrated by paywalls, even as I acknowledge their necessity

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No matter how many subscriptions I can afford to pay for, I'll encounter more links I can't access than those that I can - and I can't assume anyone I might want to share news with can access it either, unless the site has easy generous gift link policies

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So it's not just that things are more expensive than free (relative to the 2006-2018 era), the ability of a single household to stay on top of the news in a broad sense feels out of reach.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not to mention, instead of getting a periodical everyone in the house can read, each individual now needs their own subscriptions to guarantee access.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...it also feels like now you need a separate subscription to cover every news topic you might want to track - politics, sports, etc - on top of multiple subscriptions for any areas you *really* want to be on top of.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...maybe more if you have specialized news needs. But now, most newspapers have stopped covering an array of topics (eg, local sports). And while the rise of lots of small indie shops has led to opportunities for specialization and greater resilience...

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think part of the problem here is the collapse of classic publishing models and the rise of indie media has also resulted in a dispersion of news sources Pre- and early-internet, you could cover most to all of your news needs with one or two newspaper subs and one or two magazine subs...

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Curious if you or @davidkurtz.bsky.social have a take on whether scotus reform needs to include an attempt at reforming hard right appeals courts like the 8th? Or judge shopping in general?

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 01/10/2026

Read this thread

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault

Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Doctor J @jonathan-ehrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pretty sure hr folks generally aren't mandatory reporters 😅

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