Aaron Brethorst
@brethorsting.com
Seattleite, transit enthusiast, democracy enthusiast. Posting through it ONLY in my personal capacity.
Exec Director for OneBusAway’s parent nonprofit, Open Transit Software Foundation
Founder of Sincere (formerly Voterletters)
Exec Director for OneBusAway’s parent nonprofit, Open Transit Software Foundation
Founder of Sincere (formerly Voterletters)
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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These insults pick up a weapon that Elon wields poorly and wield it against him expertly. This dynamic:
Pickup Artist
xkcd.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
These insults pick up a weapon that Elon wields poorly and wield it against him expertly. This dynamic:
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
I want to see Democrats run on a 'American energy renaissance' platform that is basically just a way to cut red tape around interconnections and *any* energy project that is connected to the grid. (wind and solar will win. period full stop. let's stop clutching our pearls about natural gas.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I want to see Democrats run on a 'American energy renaissance' platform that is basically just a way to cut red tape around interconnections and *any* energy project that is connected to the grid. (wind and solar will win. period full stop. let's stop clutching our pearls about natural gas.)
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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This whole thread
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This whole thread
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"I have to be polite to the lying Nazi robot or else all my posts will disappear and no one will see them"
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"I have to be polite to the lying Nazi robot or else all my posts will disappear and no one will see them"
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OneBusAway 25.4 for iOS has been submitted to Apple for review! 🎉 this new version contains our long-awaited trip planner feature!
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
OneBusAway 25.4 for iOS has been submitted to Apple for review! 🎉 this new version contains our long-awaited trip planner feature!
When he's right, he's right folks.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When he's right, he's right folks.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
wow, fucking amazing. Give me a half billion dollars and I'll be able to predict that Spanberger will win *before* Election Day. www.theverge.com/column/81520...
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
wow, fucking amazing. Give me a half billion dollars and I'll be able to predict that Spanberger will win *before* Election Day. www.theverge.com/column/81520...
So says Ross. (who is apparently only two years older than me 😬)
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So says Ross. (who is apparently only two years older than me 😬)
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Maybe @jaketapper.bsky.social can find out why what's left of the White House is being turned into a memory care wing.
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Maybe @jaketapper.bsky.social can find out why what's left of the White House is being turned into a memory care wing.
A 7 point margin for Harrell is *probably* surmountable for Katie Wilson, but that’s definitely a larger gap than I’d want to be down. Meanwhile I have absolutely no idea who’s going to win for KC exec.
Early results have just started coming in Washington.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A 7 point margin for Harrell is *probably* surmountable for Katie Wilson, but that’s definitely a larger gap than I’d want to be down. Meanwhile I have absolutely no idea who’s going to win for KC exec.
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Prop 50 was called the moment that polls closed in California. The blowout showed how showing up to fight is the most important thing in Democratic politics right now.
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works - The American Prospect
The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have so...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Prop 50 was called the moment that polls closed in California. The blowout showed how showing up to fight is the most important thing in Democratic politics right now.
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push.
From me:
prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...
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Why did the attacks on Mamdani’s socialism fail? A key reason: He made clear he was a “sewer socialist,” a forgotten American tradition created by left-wing mayors who asked to be judged not by theories but by whether they deliver public services effectively & fairly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | The ‘Sewer Socialism’ of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Why did the attacks on Mamdani’s socialism fail? A key reason: He made clear he was a “sewer socialist,” a forgotten American tradition created by left-wing mayors who asked to be judged not by theories but by whether they deliver public services effectively & fairly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
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You might think you’re ready for this needle drop at the Cuomo watch party.
I promise you: you are not.
I promise you: you are not.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You might think you’re ready for this needle drop at the Cuomo watch party.
I promise you: you are not.
I promise you: you are not.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
Goddamn, what an absolute rout of Cuomo. Mamdani up over 50%
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Goddamn, what an absolute rout of Cuomo. Mamdani up over 50%
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new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love