turtlyburtly
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tom barrack is currently us ambassador to turkey and i would very much like marco rubio to explain under oath why we are sending alleged child rapists to conduct our foreign policy
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
tom barrack is currently us ambassador to turkey and i would very much like marco rubio to explain under oath why we are sending alleged child rapists to conduct our foreign policy
keep an eye on dr. abdul el-sayed, he's hot on the mic
“Israel exists. Palestine doesn’t. And so I always wonder why nobody asks me why Palestine doesn’t have a right to exist.” - Abdul el-Sayed, candidate for Senate in Michigan.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
keep an eye on dr. abdul el-sayed, he's hot on the mic
my political position is morphing slowly to "waterboard everyone who has ever set foot by choice into mar-a-lago"
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
my political position is morphing slowly to "waterboard everyone who has ever set foot by choice into mar-a-lago"
just checking in - why do people set warming fires, again?
maybe let’s think one step further back
maybe let’s think one step further back
A surge of arsons in October has made it one of the hottest months on record for the crime. People impacted are wary of more and concerned about the volume.
Spike in arsons has some Seattle neighborhoods on edge
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
just checking in - why do people set warming fires, again?
maybe let’s think one step further back
maybe let’s think one step further back
it’s somehow even more embarrassing when they sit out an endorsement and then the incumbent wins 80% of the vote
Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
it’s somehow even more embarrassing when they sit out an endorsement and then the incumbent wins 80% of the vote
Now welcome, Kate
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
disgraced public “servant” ends race-baiting reelection campaign to focus full-time on accumulating portraits of slaveowners in his billfold
Harrell to Spend More Time with Most Of His Family: tinyurl.com/z5z3xvd4
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
disgraced public “servant” ends race-baiting reelection campaign to focus full-time on accumulating portraits of slaveowners in his billfold
um crazy stuff from temu waititi here
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
um crazy stuff from temu waititi here
happy bruce harrell shitting himself day to those who celebrate
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
happy bruce harrell shitting himself day to those who celebrate
i'll always remember rob saka for being a corporate shill and a giant fucking idiot
![ROB: Watching council president Sara get obliterated at the polls on Tuesday got me thinking
-What type of legacy am *I* building at City Hall?
-Will people remember me for my deep commitment to affordability and traffic safety?
-Or my eloquent oratory in defense of equity and social justice?
-Or perhaps- [CURBY appears as an apparition]
CURBY: Ahem
-There’ll be no left turns for you, ROB](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreiffl6as4n7ch4lo2wppu6x2zlpbjezczetjpwlgytzvfu3yo34zfy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i'll always remember rob saka for being a corporate shill and a giant fucking idiot
Reposted by turtlyburtly
Reposted by turtlyburtly
If you didn’t know, Seattle restaurant owners and consultants have been fighting against street food and food truck reforms for decades.
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
With unpermitted food vendors proliferating in King County, Washington restaurateurs are calling on the county and state to get more aggressive to deter them.
WA restaurateurs beg state, county to deter unpermitted vendors
www.seattletimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you didn’t know, Seattle restaurant owners and consultants have been fighting against street food and food truck reforms for decades.
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
so there’s definitely pastors out there using chatgpt to write sermons right
can’t imagine that’s not destroying the corpse of christianity
can’t imagine that’s not destroying the corpse of christianity
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
so there’s definitely pastors out there using chatgpt to write sermons right
can’t imagine that’s not destroying the corpse of christianity
can’t imagine that’s not destroying the corpse of christianity
1. this is both petrifying and infuriating
2. unless major changes occur, this story will continue to be written
3. i read this and can't help but remember that bruce harrell wants to pump more and more public funding into this technology
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. unless major changes occur, this story will continue to be written
3. i read this and can't help but remember that bruce harrell wants to pump more and more public funding into this technology
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
1. this is both petrifying and infuriating
2. unless major changes occur, this story will continue to be written
3. i read this and can't help but remember that bruce harrell wants to pump more and more public funding into this technology
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. unless major changes occur, this story will continue to be written
3. i read this and can't help but remember that bruce harrell wants to pump more and more public funding into this technology
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
the fuck is this verb choice @wsj.com
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
the fuck is this verb choice @wsj.com
Reposted by turtlyburtly
If this evidence ever sees the light of day, I want prosecutors, judges, and juries to see it, but I have absolutely no interest in viewing any of it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If this evidence ever sees the light of day, I want prosecutors, judges, and juries to see it, but I have absolutely no interest in viewing any of it.
so what kind of champagne does everyone have prepped, seems like it's becoming a more relevant question by the day
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
so what kind of champagne does everyone have prepped, seems like it's becoming a more relevant question by the day
israeli lawmakers appear to suggest that nyc jews should honor their dual loyalty to israel by moving out of the usa? but sure itamar, it’s the nerdy guy who wants to make the trains free who’s the problem *audible eye roll*
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Zohran Mamdani’s Triumph in New York Evokes Intense Reaction in Israel
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
israeli lawmakers appear to suggest that nyc jews should honor their dual loyalty to israel by moving out of the usa? but sure itamar, it’s the nerdy guy who wants to make the trains free who’s the problem *audible eye roll*
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
this isn't from a far-left source - anger towards the tech economy and the companies/executives driving this industry is absolutely becoming more and more mainstream
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
this isn't from a far-left source - anger towards the tech economy and the companies/executives driving this industry is absolutely becoming more and more mainstream
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
american catholics frantically trying to undo vatican II so they won't have to listen to the pope call them bigots in english anymore
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
american catholics frantically trying to undo vatican II so they won't have to listen to the pope call them bigots in english anymore
if he directed staff to do on-the-clock work for a private business, then he misused public funds, full stop. that's not just unethical, it may well be illegal per article VIII section 7 of the WA state constitution
leg.wa.gov/state-laws-a...
leg.wa.gov/state-laws-a...
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
if he directed staff to do on-the-clock work for a private business, then he misused public funds, full stop. that's not just unethical, it may well be illegal per article VIII section 7 of the WA state constitution
leg.wa.gov/state-laws-a...
leg.wa.gov/state-laws-a...
the median homebuyer aged seven years in the last four years, which is good because i've aged twenty years since january
BREAKING: The median age of a first-time homebuyer in the US is now at a record 40 years, up from 33 in 2021 and 29 in 1981, per Axios
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the median homebuyer aged seven years in the last four years, which is good because i've aged twenty years since january
this looks like a middle school dance in the cafeteria before the lights turn off
Got to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's election night party a little early; here's what it looked like a few minutes after 7, an hour before the first results come in. Photos by Josh Feit and me.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
this looks like a middle school dance in the cafeteria before the lights turn off
i predict a HUGE night for university of texas professor of political science christopher wlezien
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i predict a HUGE night for university of texas professor of political science christopher wlezien
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM