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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 05/09/2026

ST should probably also just agree to ST Union demands to not replace workers with AI while they're at it. But maybe hoping ST ownership to make too many decisions that make any sense is too much to ask.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 31/07/2026

What happens when Google AI search uses Reddit to rank its news stories.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 28/07/2026

This has been something that's bugged me since covering the Cafe Racer shooting.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 20/07/2026

"Please let me stand here - Jimothy took all my public attention away last week."

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 17/07/2026

I was already going to cancel my Dreamstime stock photo sub because it's too hard to get AI options out of the results. To cement the decision, when I just searched for "cop pointing gun" I got a whole page of cops pointing a finger up and holding gun. AI is so f'ing stupid. 😂😭

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 16/07/2026

If you look at the full video, what these ICE agents are wearing really, truly looks like the cheapest Halloween costume. I wish they were self-aware enough to feel the shame and embarrassment they should. cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/xYK...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 14/07/2026

Hannah also spotted the Seattle U Provost liking AI-made pro-ICE comics on LinkedIn so of course he's both clearly a PoS and dumb AF.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 01/07/2026

I hated seeing these bullshit Microsoft ads in the May issue of The Stranger so much I kept it just to keep stewing on it, maybe parody it, and at least have it for the record. One is on the inside of the front cover and the other was the back cover.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 01/07/2026

Who is The Stranger for now? Probably Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft, who bought those ads all over the website and two full pages in the May print issue so we think more about their local scholarship donations than how they helped blow up every college in Palestine and thousands of their graduates.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 29/05/2026

Back to the Dark Ages! Gonna be fully leaning into witch mode. If you see me harvesting peni*es from my pet peni* tree, no you didn't. genevieve-carlton.medium.com/the-penis-sn...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 27/05/2026

"The mill has a long history of environmental and other violations with both federal and state regulators, though the resulting fines have been relatively minor."

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 21/05/2026

And look at how goddamn beautiful the Ed Sullivan Theater is. Protect all of the arts right now with everything you've got to keep places like this out of the wrong hands.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 21/05/2026

I'm so glad I got to see his show in person a few years ago. I'll always regret not asking a question when before the show he graciously took questions from people. I thought I didn't have a good enough q for him and then everyone else just asked him to say Happy Birthday to someone. 😂 I should've.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 21/05/2026

And if you think I'm kidding, one time Axios interviewed me about what my "Best Day Ever" would be in Seattle and it ended on watching the Late Show "like I always do." 😭 www.axios.com/local/seattl...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 15/05/2026

I have no idea why the sea lions below would be the thumbnail for this weather story when the article features this work of art by photographer Nick Wagner: "A pedestrian is reflected in raindrops as they walk along Alki Beach in Seattle."

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 14/05/2026

"If you are on a Link train, you can see the statue before entering the tunnel, and you see her when exiting it. Either way, she is there just for you. Looking at you. Loving you. Raising a drink to you. The bad traffic behind her is a dinosaur that refuses to believe in its own extinction."

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 06/05/2026

The trailer does have her holding a pink umbrella at the very end so ... (chances the people who wrote this knew what that meant are prolly zero but!)

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 06/05/2026

What makes this even more weird is The Seattle Times has so much of its own past reporting to draw upon for this story. Love the part in this article that shows how much this Laurelhurst Community Council will lie to play victim: archive.is/HHELK

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 04/05/2026

YIKES: The Seattle Times rejected a union request to not replace workers with AI saying "Journalism doesn't mean journalists." www.instagram.com/p/DX7Tkxpj55...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 29/04/2026

Yep! Took this photo of me while we were earning it:

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 26/04/2026

HE DID IT HE'S SAYING THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE BALLROOM OMFG

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 21/04/2026

Omfg: One of the things that makes me sad about Google search continuing to go down the drain is, as a writer, I often use(d) it to check phrases and words to make sure I'm saying them right or am not missing alternate meanings. The response at the top is ew. I DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOU AI UGH AS IF!

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 16/04/2026

See this is part of why I can't totally leave X until Bluesky levels up its local weather photo game. @seattleweather.bsky.social reposted this from someone on Bainbridge Island.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 16/04/2026

NWS Seattle confirms this was a water spout that was just 3 miles west of Magnolia.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 16/04/2026

Oh yeah there's some crazy photos in there.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 08/04/2026

He's following him on Instagram as of right now and has liked his recent posts. It's very disappointing.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 30/03/2026

When you click into this story, the headline is literally "Brad Smith has thoughts" (about thing he isn't expert on but would certainly like to control with his and Microsoft's massive wealth).

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 30/03/2026

This is basically a map of where the conservatives we purged went, which means this state just got that much more blue.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 19/03/2026

I say supposedly because there's a record of these cameras not being turned off even after contracts are canceled. In one Wisconsin town, the company didn't take down cameras until they were physically covered. boltsmag.org/verona-wisco...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 22/01/2026

Awesome! I also created a readymade item in my Notes App titled SALUTE that's ready to fill in if I need it. It's sad how hard it was for me to remember what each one stood for even a minute after just looking at it. 😂

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 21/01/2026

Here's an easy action you can take right now: Add this phone # for @waisn.bsky.social to your contacts so you know where to call in ICE activity if you see it: 1-844-724-3737. Acronym SALUTE helps you remember most useful things to document & share: Size, Action, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 13/11/2025

Daw - look at her! I'm so proud of Katie Wilson and everyone else who wouldn't just let the local Dem establishment/machine automatically give Bruce Harrell a second term. The desire for someone else was palpable and Katie was brave enough to step forward in a strong and focused way. Thank you!

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 05/11/2025

Drives me nuts that @reductress.bsky.social won't post their stuff on here. 😂

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 22/09/2025

Can you please add to this story that the man you're quoting throughout it will still be making more than a half million dollars a year? This public data on exec compensation from ProPublica shows he made at least $516k last year alone. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 22/09/2025

The answer: $516k. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 22/09/2025

Public data shows the local CEO for Cascade PBS makes more than a half mil a year but just HAD to lay off the ENTIRE news team. Bullshit. Sure, the Trump admin is far from helping, but this sh has been f'ed up well before his 2nd term. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 18/09/2025

Ah yes - KIRO is affiliated with CBS/Paramount and owned by Cox who are predictably also dicks:

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 18/09/2025

This is dangerous media consolidation that under any other even slightly sane administration would not let the FCC approve. (But let's get real: The concept of the FCC was always to control media too much. Thankfully it's so old-fashioned it still only controls TV and radio).

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 18/09/2025

Why have I not seen one Seattle news outlet localize what the Jimmy Kimmel thing means on the local level? Because it means a lot. Sinclair - the company that did this to him - owns KOMO. And they're bowing to the FCC so they can merge with Nextstar/TEGNA, which just bought KING 5.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 30/07/2025

When will people learn that saying shit like this only further sharpens the knives coming for them? 😂

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 16/07/2025

Is this driving anyone else nuts? Recently Microsoft Word keeps over-indenting the right margin and every time I correct it, it bounces back to that when I try writing again. There's no reason "Swim the Last" shouldn't be on the top line but it keeps popping to the 2nd etc. Final straw territory 😤

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 27/06/2025

Because all Dick Tracy villains look like that. See?

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