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"Arts administrators around the country have told NPR that booking performances for performing arts centers is done years in advance."

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 9h

The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.

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The Kennedy Center names new artistic director, amid concerns

The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good. Let's get ourselves even more deeply embedded in all that. Let's go after Iraq too. 😐

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11h

That and “I was actually working against him from the inside.”

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 11h

Russia and Ukraine have been at war for years and diesel prices didn't hit record highs until after trump attacked Iran.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 11h

"While the AZA’s reasoning is not public, Wildlife Safari does appear to violate an accreditation standard by offering photo opps with leashed cheetahs. Ashe said under AZA rules, animals must have the freedom to opt in or out of interacting with guests."

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OPB @opb.org · 12h

After 40 years of accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a renewal by Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, was denied late last month.

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Wildlife Safari in Winston denied accreditation by Association of Zoos & Aquariums

After 40 years of accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a renewal by Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, was denied late last month.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Trump just handed Putin a lifeline weeks before the midterms. Energy analysts say his Russian diesel deal won’t meaningfully lower prices. And a tanker that left Russia weeks before the announcement raises an even bigger question: How long was this in the works?

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Trump Reopens U.S. Market to Putin’s Diesel — Consumers Get Little Relief

Days after the White House invoked an emergency to ease diesel costs, Trump promised Russia new fuel sales as analysts warned the arrangement is unlikely to move prices.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13h

“ABC pulling the story only made it a bigger story. Certainly not what Don Jr. or the WH were going for. And ABC doesn’t look great, either. All of which underscores the need for news that is neither owned nor leveraged by this White House— a commodity vanishingly rare in today’s media environment.”

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ABC News Hands Massive Gift to Trump Family

ABC pulled a critical story on Don Jr. without explanation. I think it’s clear why.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 13h

"The companies that review the Medicare claims — in Washington’s case Virtix Health — are paid based on how many claims they deny." Classic "free market" incentive which belongs nowhere near any healthcare system.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 13h

Doctors and Democratic lawmakers say a federal pilot program in six states, including Washington, is using artificial intelligence to delay and deny care for Medicare patients seeking certain procedures.

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The feds are using AI to deny care to WA seniors, Sen. Murray says

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 13h

If you happen to be on Washington’s Coast near one of our tsunami sirens, they will be tested at approximately 10:15 AM using the actual “Wail” sound they will use during an emergency. Not the usual Westminster Chimes sound used during the monthly tests: mil.wa.gov/tsunami

A blue and white graphic which says, “Washington’s tsunami sirens are tested at noon on the 1st Monday of every month with the Westminster Chimes. The sirens are also tested once a year in October with the actual warning wail sound as part of the Great WA ShakeOut. When you hear the tsunami siren wail, evacuate inland to high ground. Go on foot if possible to leave roads clear for emergency vehicles and people with mobility needs. The Great WA ShakeOut is the only day of the year you will hear the siren wail as a test - a good opportunity to practice your evacuation route!

A blue and white graphic explaining Washington’s tsunami sirens alert the public to distant tsunami threats in outdoor places like beaches where it may be hard to get other alerts. The sirens are an outdoor alerting method and not meant to be heard indoors. Washington has more than 120 tsunami sirens along its outer Pacific coast, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Salish Sea, and in the Puget Sound as far south as Edmonds.

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 13h

Participating in the ShakeOut earthquake and tsunami drill on Thursday, October 15? Perfect! Please remember that an alert will NOT be sent out to your cell phone at 10:15 a.m. To learn more about what alerts will be issued, visit mil.wa.gov/news/worlds-...

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 15h

#OnThisDay in 1943, Burton Baskin married Shirley Robbins, setting into motion the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. historylink.org/File/22912

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 15h

How tf did Zelensky end up as the bad guy in this when putin was the one who INVADED his country for no damn reason???

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 14h

Actually, to the civilized world he didn’t. But the current US/Russian government and about a third of its population are not part of the civilized world at the moment.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has raised the official death toll of U.S. troops during the war with Iran to 21, with 865 wounded, weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called reporting that the military had undercounted deaths “a complete lie.”

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 15h

trump is just mad because Zelensky is refusing to sell out his country to Russia like he did.

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SciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 15h

A throuple of water puppies close to the walkway around the Cap Sante marina this morning kept us and our land puppy entertained. This one decided to just stay on the slip and watch its friends. #MarineLife #PNW #Anacortes

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SciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 15h

Since the last time he was in office, I’ve compared Trump and his supporters with those who got off on watching unarmed people torn apart by animals, screaming as they were burned alive while tied to a stake and who considered it “entertainment” to hang a Black man from a tree.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 15h

"The basis of politics in the Trump regime is sado-populism. Rather than offer policy that benefits Americans, Trump uses the government to hurt some, and offer their pain as a spectacle to everyone else."

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 16h

How does the internet and society usually treat snuff films? For example when the Islamic State was posting beheadings? Is there a chance legitimate platforms will refuse to allow this thing, relegating it to the dark web?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...

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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution

Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)

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OPB @opb.org · 16h

Piggott’s Castle is one of Portland’s oldest remaining examples of castle-style architecture. Its tower, crenellated roofline that mimics medieval battlements and thick brick walls make it a “castle” by aesthetic definition, not by practicality.

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This Portland castle ‘is an incredible piece of the past’ that’s faded from view and memory

Piggott’s Castle, one of Portland’s only surviving castle-style homes, was a conspicuous landmark when it was built in the Southwest Hills in 1892. Its current owners hope to revive its legacy.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 16h

That's exactly why, if Democrats take the Congress, they can't just sit on their hands, moving to the center, reaching across the aisle like they always do. They've got to get aggressive and take this administration on full tilt.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18h

Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇

Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."

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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 19h

For a sec I was super-impressed that gas utility Puget Sound Energy did such a study. Then I saw this PSE is an Oakland nonprofit called Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy. 🤷‍♂️

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 20h

President Obama got one, and that's what is sticking in his craw.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Lettuce, jalapenos, blueberries, beef. All these recalls and illnesses aren’t a coincidence. They’re the result of incompetence and corruption within the Trump regime, and unchecked corporate power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hAzTOEuCJA

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Trump's Food Policy is a Literal Sh*tshow

The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public serv

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Derek Cressman @derekcressman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Last year, TikTok’s executives quietly defanged its advertising rules, opening the floodgates to fraudsters that target American users with fake sales of products that never arrive. Sources said the change was understood internally as a way to make more money." www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

forbes.com

How TikTok’s Weakened Ad Rules Allowed Fake E-Commerce Sites To Scam Tens Of Thousands

Last year, TikTok’s executives quietly defanged its advertising rules, opening the floodgates to fraudsters that target American users with fake sales of products that never arrive. Sources told Forbe...

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So Lottie is what would be called a "TikTok influencer?" 🤔

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Needed sanity against the Haidt moral panic: "Blaming screens is a convenient way to avoid harder, deeper issues: inadequate mental health care and a system that chronically underfunds treatment." I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

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Opinion | I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. (Gift Article)

If we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 09/10/2026

Brigadier General (Ret.) Steven Anderson lays into Hegseth and Trump for turning the Ft. Hood shooter's execution into a public show, arguing that violence and war is sometimes necessary, but should never become entertainment. voteveterans.substack.com/p/yes-execut...

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Yes, Execute Nidal Hasan. Don’t Make It a Show.

By Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson (Retired)

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW on MS NOW: The FBI plans to offer the UFC an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat. UFC chief executive Dana White has long been a Trump ally. "This is just Patel giving his friend Dana White a lucrative contract."

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Patel’s FBI wants to give UFC exclusive contract to train agents

CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.

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•⊹DesiKarma⊹• @desikarma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re openly embezzling tax payers money!!! This BS needs to stop.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

With that, we've officially become a third world country. 😐

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Mark Keller @mwkeller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He is the most petty, vindictive, and weak person... At this point, the rest of the world needs to impose sanctions on the US for as long as this treasonous dimwit and his minions are walking free.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As bad as or worse than the Dred Scott decision. This court will live in infamy.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

SCOTUS unleashed Trump. Sotomayor’s dissent: “This new official-acts immunity ‘lies about like a loaded weapon’ for any President that wishes to place his own interests, his own political survival or his own financial gain above the interests of the Nation.” www.americaamerica.news/p/i-can-do-w...

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“I Can Do Whatever I Want,” Trump Says. Not If We Do Our Job.

He told us who he was back in 2016. Finally, American voters can prove they believe him.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is Anacortes, another reminder of how similar we are...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just got back from the Middle East. What I saw made clear that Trump and Hegseth aren’t telling the American people the full story about the cost and damage of this war. Here are my four biggest takeaways.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.

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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers

Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.

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