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Steve Mullis

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Editor @ Marketplace.org based in Seattle; D&D DM // Former: NPR's Morning Edition & Up First, NPR digital, MPR News, Orlando Sentinel. // Big fan of dogs and bookstores. READING: Bee Speaker

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 36m
This Golden State-Dallas game is intense! #WNBA #playoffs
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2h
I'm sorry, what? That's it, I'm clocking out.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3h
Nothing makes me feel safer to fly than "hurry up with those planes!"
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4h
California's supreme court ruled that a county sheriff broke the law when he seized more than 650,000 ballots, KSL News reports:
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California sheriff unlawfully seized over 650,000 ballots and must return them, state Supreme Court rules
The California Supreme Court ruled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3h
The future of the military and warfare is in the hands of these two guys. Cool. Great. No notes.
Image of Palmer LuckeyPhoto of Elon Musk jumping and looking terribly awkward
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 6h
“Unites” was a typo but also not a typo
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 7h
I always forget that we live in the Unites States of Bible
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8h
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 9h
The top 1 percent holds 31.0 percent of total wealth – just slightly less than the entire bottom 90 percent of U.S. households. inequality.org/facts/wealth...
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Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
The United States exhibits has more inequality and disparities of wealth between rich and poor than any other major developed nation.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 9h
top-tier Lithgow
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 9h
an accurate sentence about a real situation that sounds like a Mad Lib
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 11h
the best way to push back against this "death of reading" nonsense is to just, read a book. talk about books. buy someone a book. share a book. support your local indie booksellers.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 14h
wondering which news organization will be the first to use "super intelligence" sted "artificial intelligence" unironically.
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 15h
Five years ago in the middle of a reckoning over abuse and misconduct, the players of the NWSL were debating if they should save the league or burn it down. They picked both. On the last five years, free to read at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Five years ago, the NWSL was in crisis. Thanks to its players, it’s flourishing (Gift Article)
Amidst a reckoning over sexual misconduct in the NWSL, players faced a difficult choice. The action and change they forced saved the league.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 30/09/2026
The first round of the #WNBA playoffs being a best-of-3 is lame. There's no reason it shouldn't be a best-of-5 series.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 30/09/2026
*finger to ear* I’m being told that gas and food prices are suddenly plummeting. … … Oh, wait. That’s not right. Turns out I made a mistake. And that’s on me.
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brendan @schlage.town · 29/09/2026
FYI for folks looking for a good substack alternative :)
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 29/09/2026
There is some marketing strategist in Silicon Valley making a mint out of telling all of these companies to make cutesy avatars for their AI agents.
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Introducing dots
Dots by OpenAI are a proactive assistant that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 29/09/2026
Pablo Torre going for that second Pulitzer
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
HBO's The Franchise didn't get enough credit for capturing the absurdity of filmmaking in the superhero era
An image from HBO's "The Franchise" (now canceled)
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
Filming these movies when you're not the lead must be a nightmare
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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Star Alan Cumming Says ‘I Don’t Fully Understand the Plot’ and Only Acted With Florence Pugh’s Stunt Double
Alan Cumming says he has no idea what the "Avengers: Doomsday" plot is and he only acted with Florence Pugh's stunt double.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah see that’s the problem you tried to see the movie without purchasing the Day One Ultimate Edition, you can’t expect it to have all the movie in it
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
That lad definitely arrived to deliver a quest
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
i maintain that this site would be a lot healthier if people quote-replied less and replied directly to those they have a beef with
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:
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Breaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison
Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning.
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Steven Lemongello @stevelemongello.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Florida Senate demanded the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel destroy a long-hidden state report detailing property insurers’ payments to sibling companies whose profits remained secret. Now we are publishing the complete report. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/25/n...
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News organizations publish Florida’s secret examination of insurer profits
The Florida Senate demanded the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel destroy a hidden state report on insurers’ secret sibling company profits. Read it here instead.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
If I opened someone's fridge and it looked this I would run immediately b/c they are a serial killer
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
is this a new version of rage bait like those very obviously absurd cooking videos?
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 28/09/2026
As their parents are detained & deported en masse, thousands of children are being shuffled among anxious temporary caregivers. There are so many family crises unfolding right now across the U.S., and @caitlindickerson.bsky.social takes us inside three: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/09/2026
I found this in a book I had on the shelf and my wife and I had a dark laugh as we struggled to recall WHICH of the many incidents outside of our house in DC this was from.
A business card from a DC homicide detective 

Metropolitan Police Department
Detective Bryan Adelmeyer
Homicide Branch
bryan.adelmeyer@dc.gov
101 M Street SW | 202-645-6364 (Desk)
Washington, DC 20024|
202-430-8924 (Cell)
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 27/09/2026
Seattle, why are we not forming a posse?
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 27/09/2026
👍 China liked this
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 27/09/2026
Pastoralia by George Saunders Every George Saunders story is a fun little game of "What the fuck is going on?" Though these stories veer a little more toward "man with wandering and intrusive thoughts." A quick read that'll make you want to read more Saunders. 📚💙 #booksky
Cover image for the paperback edition of Pastoralia by George Saunders, featuring a fake stag standing against a mountain landscape
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
I'm guessing it's Dr. Doom
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
Can my toaster feel pain? It can, if I slam the door, anthropomorphize it, and make a little voice come out of it saying, "Ow, ow, please, sir, that hurts."
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
There is so much going on in that handwriting. Very cool.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
The Uncool by Cameron Crowe (audio) Whether you're more interested in the journalism, the bands or his movies, this is a nice little memoir from the writer/director. It made me nostalgic for magazine journalism before the internet. Crowe's audio narration is a little shaky, but fine. 📚💙 #booksky
Cover image for "The Uncool" by Cameron Crowe
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 26/09/2026
Defended our castle ⚔️
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
just another oopsie doodle www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
With the Education Department, OpenAI’s technology tried to hack the website to gather data from the department’s civil rights office but failed, researchers from the A.I. research firm Transluce said. The A.I. also pulled data from the Census Bureau website, which is housed at the Commerce Department, using login credentials it found online. Separately, OpenAI’s agents shared public data from the S.E.C. website on an online forum.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 26/09/2026
A cross-section of the Mechanical Turk, showing how Joseph Racknitz thought the operator sat inside as he played his opponent. Racknitz was wrong about both the operator's position and the dimensions of the automaton.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 25/09/2026
To be fair, the list is a poll of 500 "stars, showrunners, craftspeople, executives and other industry experts." The Times asked them to vote for the 10 best series that have premiered since Jan. 1, 2000. If you look at some ballots, many have shows that aren't on the list.
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Created to help socially disadvantaged farmers, the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers was halted unexpectedly. Growers are calling on congressional leaders to hold the USDA accountable. bit.ly/3VwcXqI
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A Key Voice for Farmers of Color at USDA Has Gone Silent Under Trump
Growers are calling on congressional leaders to hold the USDA accountable for ignoring the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 25/09/2026
Level 8-3
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 25/09/2026
"We assembled a team ..." ??? Is the Make It Make Sense team running the whole paper now?
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.
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