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I’m just saying that fun AND informative at the same time can be a thing. That whole post chased itself in a circle to tell us to follow a link that we couldn’t click in the video. I had to pause the video and manually type the address in a separate browser window.

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From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 26 Here Come the Jordans!

I really don’t like the modern-age deletion of Hal’s big family. One of the only distinctive characteristics he had in the silver age was that he was the rare superhero who not only had siblings, but was the middle child between two brothers.

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The holidays must have been a lonely time for most Silver-Age super-heroes. The adult ones, anyway. For few of them had family to be with. Still-living parents were almost never in evidence. There...

Yeah, it’s just the musical version of wallpaper.

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I don’t understand why you tell us to watch the video when the video just repeats the information in the skeet and tells us to go to sdotblog.seattle.gov for more information. This is like three separate ways to be actively unhelpful in a single post.

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Bartell’s was one of those typos that locals were more likely to make—the opposite of the Pike Place/Pike’s Place divide.

City-owned Bartell’s should be a platform in the next city council elections.

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Also, every time I visit Walgreens the company has slipped another rung further into a pit of existential despair and suffering. One day I won’t be allowed to leave. Today was not that day.

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Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Covid/flu tests sold out at the Columbia City Walgreens. Can’t be a good sign.

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Kawaiiopticon 🫠

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 25/09/2026

What did Renton do to piss off regional transit planners, anyway? In a just universe, the F RapidRide Line should already be the third Link line.

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It’s especially rough because I was stepping in to take over the moderator role for someone else who canceled, so now the festival has to scramble a second time to replace the replacement. But I’m not going to become a super-spreader if I can help it, and they were lovely about it.

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Thank you! I feel bad but I’m lucky enough to stay home and recuperate. I just hope I don’t lose my sense of taste this time.

Also, get your COVID and flu shots! I was going to get them on Friday but I decided to wait so I wouldn't feel like crap during the book festival. I figured I could hold off a week. Ha ha ha.

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Unfortunately, I found out last night that I have COVID for the second time in my life and I will be unable to host this event. I'm really bummed to miss it. You should still go! (And maybe wear a mask because between COVID and the flu people are dropping like flies in Seattle right now.)

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The balance was really quite amazing. It somehow managed to avoid all the doofy "he's right behind me, isn't he?" kind of forced humor while still making the movie genuinely entertaining and gross at the same time.

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Courtney @idlewood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last week: AI is going to kill us all! This week: I gave Meta’s cute little AI agent my banking information and all my sensitive passwords!

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I read this a million years ago, well before I even had kids, but was interested as I'd been a college athlete. I have thought about it ever since, and it completely informs how I support my kids in sports. cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/...

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Literary author tests rules of fact and fiction

The novelist Stephens tags as the “lucky token” straight guy on the list previously admitted that his debut novel, about a teacher in his thirties having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student, was based on his own experiences as a teacher.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Maksik, a 40-year-old literary novelist, has learned a great deal about life and art and the unexpected ways they can meet.

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“It looks like you’re emotionally abusing your kid. Do you need to feel shame?”

Clippy, the Microsoft Word grammar Nazi mascot.

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But I do appreciate the link, thanks! I suspected Newsom had his fingerprints on this but hadn't confirmed anything.

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I guess my broader question is why did Bonta think playing trustbuster was going to work out when Newsom was always gonna Newsom?

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 21/09/2026

Someone help me understand why the California AG even bothered to bring the suit to stop the Warner/Paramount merger in the first place. He was beclowned on the world stage and Beautiful Baby Boy Ellison got everything he ever wanted in exchange for nothing in particular. What a waste.

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Artificial intelligence understands that a compelling headline is necessary to establish reader interest.

Screenshot of a headline from Sara Nelson's new AI "news" site that reads,

"CB 121282 2026-09-21
CM Strauss's RV program (VRAP) adds eight permanent FTEs and reprograms existing homelessness funds (Part 2)"

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 20/09/2026

I liked Coyote Vs. Acme a lot, but Resident Evil was the best Looney Tunes movie I’ve seen in a while.

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 20/09/2026

News headlines: Disguise, obfuscate, and outright lie about essential facts in the piece. Entertainment titles: Give away essential plot points, erasing all mystery about what happens in the show.

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“You’re absolutely correct—concrete mix isn’t a safe binding agent for Pad Thai. That’s on me. Here’s what happened:”

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Or a lopsided couch! I can hear the book now: “Step on me, mommy.”

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Starting to notice a correlation between restaurants that use AI graphics to sell their food and restaurants that have low scores with the health department.

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Or inscribe it “To Chesterfield—you know why. XO, JD”

I suspect the hardcover copy of Hillbilly Elegy sitting in the Little Free Library I just passed is going to be a real hard sell.

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You can tell that Carly Rae Jepsen is a new mother because the second and third songs on her new record feature lyrics about the pleasure of getting a lot of sleep.

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You more than made up for my AI fatigue by spotlighting Seattle Reads, by the way.

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Love this thread. It’s celebrating one of the best comic artists of all time, but really it’s about the effects that a great teacher can have on your life.

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Ha ha ha ha ha. Just give it to me straight: How long do I have before AI personally slits my throat?

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