Lex Vaughn
@lex.vaughn.theneedling.com
Founder & Editor of @theneedling.com, Seattle's Only Real Fake News. Pulitzer Prize-winning real real news reporter.
A lil more about me: https://tinyurl.com/awveap8v
A lil more about me: https://tinyurl.com/awveap8v
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“Sure, most folks can hear your standard ‘pa-pa-pop-pop-whiz’ and know it’s a firework, but others are absolutely sure it’s a homeless Rambo walking around with an M60 and fully loaded bandolier—for them we have the NextDoor AudioBallistics Certification Program."
NextDoor Creates Certification Program for Identifying Fireworks Versus Gunshots: tinyurl.com/mrwzrxwn
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
“Sure, most folks can hear your standard ‘pa-pa-pop-pop-whiz’ and know it’s a firework, but others are absolutely sure it’s a homeless Rambo walking around with an M60 and fully loaded bandolier—for them we have the NextDoor AudioBallistics Certification Program."
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NextDoor Creates Certification Program for Identifying Fireworks Versus Gunshots: tinyurl.com/mrwzrxwn
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
NextDoor Creates Certification Program for Identifying Fireworks Versus Gunshots: tinyurl.com/mrwzrxwn
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Bashar al-Assad maintained control of Syria by having secret police abduct his critics and send them to secret prisons where they were tortured to death. Could the same thing work here for Trump?
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Bashar al-Assad maintained control of Syria by having secret police abduct his critics and send them to secret prisons where they were tortured to death. Could the same thing work here for Trump?
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Nothing tastes as good as gettin your lick back
Skittle Rainbow Stretches Over Seattle as Curse Finally Broken, Beast Mode Avenged: tinyurl.com/yc5atmkm
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Nothing tastes as good as gettin your lick back
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In 50 years: “the last real journalist in Seattle, @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com, hosted their first @theneedling.com class in this very coffee shop so we must landmark the entire block and restart the DEIS process for the central Ballard Link station.”
I can’t wait until we landmark something because someone famous like dan savage posted from there
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
In 50 years: “the last real journalist in Seattle, @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com, hosted their first @theneedling.com class in this very coffee shop so we must landmark the entire block and restart the DEIS process for the central Ballard Link station.”
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Big talk from a guy who knocked himself out with his own guitar after he threw it in the air and it landed on his head, ending Nirvana's set at the 1992 MTV Music Awards (which I strangely saw with my own two eyes because the tix were a gift for my 7th birthday😂).
I really need people outside of Seattle to know how much Krist Novoselic sucks
![A screenshot of a Facebook post by Krist Novoselić:
A new proposal would prohibit clearing encampments unless local government provides higher levels of accommodation for shelter. Our state's ruling party is attempting to codify what appears to be a lifestyle. There's no longer any expectation of personal accountability.
Quoted post from Cascade Party Washington:
WA legislature proposal out of touch with worsening chronic addiction homelessness - read now in The Summit (independent press of Cascade Party WA).
[Link with a preview image of a person lying face down on the street next to a dumpster]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yfbs5wymp42eunwvyd57zsem/bafkreiapxbisw52e7xtxafnpnvonviqjfumlmhotqmqsgin7uteiy5qdn4@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Big talk from a guy who knocked himself out with his own guitar after he threw it in the air and it landed on his head, ending Nirvana's set at the 1992 MTV Music Awards (which I strangely saw with my own two eyes because the tix were a gift for my 7th birthday😂).
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My fave uno reverse of the year so far:
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Gov. Andy Beshear - Breaking the Trump Fever in Kentucky | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My fave uno reverse of the year so far:
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
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Overgrown thorned blackberry bushes magically receded as a Skittle rainbow stretched over the city of Seattle today, confirming the Seahawks Super Bowl curse was broken overnight and Beast Mode had finally been avenged.
Skittle Rainbow Stretches Over Seattle as Curse Finally Broken, Beast Mode Avenged: tinyurl.com/yc5atmkm
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Overgrown thorned blackberry bushes magically receded as a Skittle rainbow stretched over the city of Seattle today, confirming the Seahawks Super Bowl curse was broken overnight and Beast Mode had finally been avenged.
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🙌🏾
ROUT: The U.S. women's hockey team just crushed its biggest rival in the opening round. Here's how dominant Team USA was over Canada. on.nbcboston.com/g08vENs
USA women's hockey dominates Canada, enters quarterfinals unbeaten
Team USA dominated one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the Milan Cortina Games, taking down the arch rival Canadians 5-0. Canada, which was without captain Marie-Philip Poulin, had never been shut out in an Olympic game prior to today.
on.nbcboston.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
🙌🏾
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See, I thought that when large groups of people gather in solidarity, department policy is to show up in riot gear
The Seattle Police Department has issued an assignment for all fans to attend the Seahawks victory parade — along with a signed letter excusing their absence.
Seattle police 'draft' all fans to attend Seahawks parade
www.seattletimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
See, I thought that when large groups of people gather in solidarity, department policy is to show up in riot gear
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TMRW!
Joketellers Union is THIS WEDNESDAY! We'll be bidding a farewell to Union Fave Juno Men, who is moving away to seek her fame and fortune in NYC. Come join me & @emmettmontgomery.bsky.social & Burl Dirkman, big fun guaranteed
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Emmett Montgomery and Brett Hamil Present: Joketellers Union w/ the Juno Men farewell experience
Emmett Montgomery and Brett Hamil Present: Joketellers Union w/ the Juno Men farewell experience Doors 8pm 21+ $12adv/$15dos A monthly comedy show produced by Emmett Montgomery and Brett Hamil fe...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
TMRW!
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Martin Selig, ICE's landlord in Seattle, who fled Nazi Germany as a child in 1939, refused to stop renting to Trump's Gestapo. Now 19 of his downtown properties are in receivership including the one that housed ICE, he's defaulted on almost a billion in debt. Biblical fates await ICE collaborators.
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Martin Selig, ICE's landlord in Seattle, who fled Nazi Germany as a child in 1939, refused to stop renting to Trump's Gestapo. Now 19 of his downtown properties are in receivership including the one that housed ICE, he's defaulted on almost a billion in debt. Biblical fates await ICE collaborators.
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Seattle fans are riding a fandom high after the Seahawks dominated the Patriots to become a two-time Super Bowl champion team. Turns out, this kind of sports fandom can be a good thing, win or lose.
Your self-esteem and the Seattle Seahawks: Why sports fandom can be a good thing
www.kuow.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Seattle fans are riding a fandom high after the Seahawks dominated the Patriots to become a two-time Super Bowl champion team. Turns out, this kind of sports fandom can be a good thing, win or lose.
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Endorse.
Yes! Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.
Remove Your Ring Camera With a Claw Hammer
Home and life improvement.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Endorse.
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NEW: CM Kettle + Seattle's State Leg Affairs Director lobbied Olympia for a huge exemption from a bipartisan bill regulating Automatic License Plate Reader tech. So the City cares less about civil liberties than half of the Republicans in the State Senate! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
Seattle Lobbied Olympia For Huge Exemption For Seattle Police In Weak Surveillance Regulations
While advocates shame the Washington State Senate for being too lax in its bipartisan bill regulating fascist-enabling Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, Seattle City Council Member Bob...
www.theburnerseattle.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
NEW: CM Kettle + Seattle's State Leg Affairs Director lobbied Olympia for a huge exemption from a bipartisan bill regulating Automatic License Plate Reader tech. So the City cares less about civil liberties than half of the Republicans in the State Senate! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
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Friendly reminder that the @seattletimes editorial board does not share Seattle’s values. Many of our local residents have no idea what their actual agenda is, because they hide behind a capable newsroom.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89CcHx2/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89CcHx2/
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Friendly reminder that the @seattletimes editorial board does not share Seattle’s values. Many of our local residents have no idea what their actual agenda is, because they hide behind a capable newsroom.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89CcHx2/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89CcHx2/
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lol donald trump invaded venezuela and captured maduro all so that they’d stop sending oil to cuba and start sending it to israel jesus christ man its just too ridiculous
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
lol donald trump invaded venezuela and captured maduro all so that they’d stop sending oil to cuba and start sending it to israel jesus christ man its just too ridiculous
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A former resident of Kitsap County and Kingston High School graduate who now lives in San Francisco shares how she became a part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show.
One of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl bushes used to live in WA
www.seattletimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A former resident of Kitsap County and Kingston High School graduate who now lives in San Francisco shares how she became a part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show.
My fave uno reverse of the year so far:
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Gov. Andy Beshear - Breaking the Trump Fever in Kentucky | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My fave uno reverse of the year so far:
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
Jon Stewart: You guys haven't discussed with one another whether you'll run for president?
Andy Bashear: No
Jon Stewart: You're not going out to coffee, doing the governor thing, etc.?
Andy Bashear: Well, Jon, we're here: Are you doing it?
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Marshawn needs to be Grand Marshall of Wednesday's parade.
Skittle Rainbow Stretches Over Seattle as Curse Finally Broken, Beast Mode Avenged: tinyurl.com/yc5atmkm
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Marshawn needs to be Grand Marshall of Wednesday's parade.
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I really need people outside of Seattle to know how much Krist Novoselic sucks
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I really need people outside of Seattle to know how much Krist Novoselic sucks
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"I'm more used to signing missiles but with the similar shape I'm sure I can make it work." chaser.com.au/general-news...
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"I'm more used to signing missiles but with the similar shape I'm sure I can make it work." chaser.com.au/general-news...
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Love this for Marshawn and Seattle.
Skittle Rainbow Stretches Over Seattle as Curse Finally Broken, Beast Mode Avenged: tinyurl.com/yc5atmkm
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Love this for Marshawn and Seattle.