Sleepless in Seattle
@nosleepnseattle.bsky.social
Autistic pattern seeker. Prolific reposter. Aficionado of WWII history. Ocean and forest explorer. Wannabe freediver. Seashell collector and bibliophile. Neurodivergent advocate. #ActuallyAutistic
🇺🇦
🇺🇦
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Trump’s 28-point peace plan with Russia “is misnamed,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.”
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump’s 28-point peace plan with Russia “is misnamed,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. “It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.”
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
The value provided by having the rough geographic location data of X users available to see is a reminder how this feature isn’t standard elsewhere. (Including here).
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The value provided by having the rough geographic location data of X users available to see is a reminder how this feature isn’t standard elsewhere. (Including here).
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Foreign-based enemies of American democracy know MAGA is poison, so they spread it.
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Foreign-based enemies of American democracy know MAGA is poison, so they spread it.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
This is beyond embarrassing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the U.S. “authored” a 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, after a Republican senator asserted that Rubio had distanced himself from the proposal and called it a Russian initiative.
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
The comment from Secretary of State Marco Rubio came after a group of U.S. lawmakers claimed that he said the plan was a Russian initiative, not a U.S. proposal.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is beyond embarrassing.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Police in Brazil arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday amid fears that he might escape house arrest to avoid serving a 27-year prison sentence for a failed coup plot, according to a Brazilian court order.
Jair Bolsonaro Arrested in Brazil Amid Fears He Might Flee to Avoid Prison
The arrest came days before the former president was expected to be ordered to begin a 27-year prison sentence for staging a failed coup.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Police in Brazil arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday amid fears that he might escape house arrest to avoid serving a 27-year prison sentence for a failed coup plot, according to a Brazilian court order.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Rep. Eugene Vindman, Democrat of Virginia, called on Friday for the declassification of what he described as a “highly disturbing” 2019 phone call between President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
Representative Eugene Vindman of Virginia said he reviewed a classified transcript of the 2019 conversation that would “shock” Americans.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Rep. Eugene Vindman, Democrat of Virginia, called on Friday for the declassification of what he described as a “highly disturbing” 2019 phone call between President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
Rhetoric around Russia’s war in Ukraine has once again shifted to discussions about a potential “diplomatic solution.” However, the “deal” on the table — a 28-point plan that contains many of Moscow’s...
theins.press
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
🧵 1/18 — INTRO
What the Deputy Attorney General said on national television tonight is far outside DOJ norms and an example of an authoritarian administration weaponizing justice to target its opponents. Here is a breakdown in a thread.
www.foxnews.com/media/deputy...
What the Deputy Attorney General said on national television tonight is far outside DOJ norms and an example of an authoritarian administration weaponizing justice to target its opponents. Here is a breakdown in a thread.
www.foxnews.com/media/deputy...
Deputy AG blasts Democrats' 'abhorrent' video urging troops to 'refuse illegal orders'
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called a new video from Democratic lawmakers “abhorrent," accusing them of pushing troops and intelligence officials to defy direct orders.
www.foxnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🧵 1/18 — INTRO
What the Deputy Attorney General said on national television tonight is far outside DOJ norms and an example of an authoritarian administration weaponizing justice to target its opponents. Here is a breakdown in a thread.
www.foxnews.com/media/deputy...
What the Deputy Attorney General said on national television tonight is far outside DOJ norms and an example of an authoritarian administration weaponizing justice to target its opponents. Here is a breakdown in a thread.
www.foxnews.com/media/deputy...
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
I already have a counterproposal:
Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.
Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.
All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.
And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.
Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.
All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.
And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I already have a counterproposal:
Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.
Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.
All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.
And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.
Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.
All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.
And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
RFK Jr. confirmed that he personally directed the CDC to change its statement on autism and vaccines. It did not come from any changes in what we know. I'm not sure if there is a way to make people understand how insane that is if they don't already appreciate it. thehill.com/policy/heal...
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
RFK Jr. confirmed that he personally directed the CDC to change its statement on autism and vaccines. It did not come from any changes in what we know. I'm not sure if there is a way to make people understand how insane that is if they don't already appreciate it. thehill.com/policy/heal...
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
Reposted by Sleepless in Seattle
New: A year after WA's destructive bomb cyclone, Trump admin has stiffed the state on FEMA aid, even though six counties qualified under FEMA standards. Meanwhile, Trump has openly bragged about awarding FEMA $$ to states that voted for him.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Year after bomb cyclone, FEMA denial stings WA as Trump touts red-state aid
A year after Washington's bomb cyclone, the Trump administration has withheld aid even as the president has bragged about awards to states that voted for him.
www.seattletimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New: A year after WA's destructive bomb cyclone, Trump admin has stiffed the state on FEMA aid, even though six counties qualified under FEMA standards. Meanwhile, Trump has openly bragged about awarding FEMA $$ to states that voted for him.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans
Cc: @cidrap.bsky.social @thijskuiken.bsky.social @cmyeaton.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
Cc: @cidrap.bsky.social @thijskuiken.bsky.social @cmyeaton.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans
Cc: @cidrap.bsky.social @thijskuiken.bsky.social @cmyeaton.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
Cc: @cidrap.bsky.social @thijskuiken.bsky.social @cmyeaton.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social