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Chomsky haters eating GOOD tonight.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Chomsky haters eating GOOD tonight.
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Eye-opening books on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, and other shipwreck stories of life and loss. Select titles now 30% off with code MN94100.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Eye-opening books on the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, and other shipwreck stories of life and loss. Select titles now 30% off with code MN94100.
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YES! As someone who had family in southeast Alaska and spent a fair amount of time there it is INSANE to me how much damage the Jones Act does to those communities.
"The Jones Act: A century-old anchor dragging Alaska’s economy under water" www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: The Jones Act: A century-old anchor dragging Alaska’s economy under water
The Tustumena replacement’s ballooning price tag shows how the Jones Act’s U.S.-build mandate bleeds coastal Alaska and delays relief.
www.adn.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
YES! As someone who had family in southeast Alaska and spent a fair amount of time there it is INSANE to me how much damage the Jones Act does to those communities.
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The funny part about this is that this maneuvers things to a point where one of the potential outcomes is about as close to the joked about "undo the 2024 election button" as is practicable.
It's already been rejected but it's genuinely wild to see people calling a proposed deal that consisted of DEMOCRATS GETTING THE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DEMANDING a cave.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The funny part about this is that this maneuvers things to a point where one of the potential outcomes is about as close to the joked about "undo the 2024 election button" as is practicable.
The Urbanist (which is a good publication!) continues to blow its coverage of Tacoma politics. The races between Ibsen/Hines and Palmer/Johnston had very little to do with housing or urbanism.
@theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
@theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
Pro-Housing Candidates Make Gains All Around Puget Sound » The Urbanist
# On the whole, there were bright spots for urbanist candidates all around the region, with major gains seen in Burien, Redmond, and Tacoma. There was also some backsliding in places like Sammamish an...
www.theurbanist.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Urbanist (which is a good publication!) continues to blow its coverage of Tacoma politics. The races between Ibsen/Hines and Palmer/Johnston had very little to do with housing or urbanism.
@theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
@theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...
I'm starting an anti-faction faction and you're all invited (except for the grifters)
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 3:28 AM
I'm starting an anti-faction faction and you're all invited (except for the grifters)
The story of Antonio Mays Jr.'s murder in the Seattle CHOP, and the failure to identify his murderers, is insane. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
New Seattle CHOP videos contradict city’s narratives on teen death
A father’s civil suit reveals videos that could change how the public views the unsolved, highly politicized death of his son. A trial set for next week could be the public’s last chance for answers.
www.seattletimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The story of Antonio Mays Jr.'s murder in the Seattle CHOP, and the failure to identify his murderers, is insane. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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if you think Charlie Kirk is some obscure figure that only hyper online plugged in people know about then I have bad news about who is living in a bubble
Kirk's murder is getting the treatment it's getting because media types still live on Nazi Twitter and have a warped idea of his significance -- and the significance of a lot of stuff -- to regular people.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
if you think Charlie Kirk is some obscure figure that only hyper online plugged in people know about then I have bad news about who is living in a bubble
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Last year, the MTA lost $1 BILLION to fare and toll evasion, across the buses, subway, railroads and road tolls. For the first time in five years, it looks like 2025 could start to turn the tide, thanks to a range of anti-fare evasion tactics www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...
Fare Evasion Cost the M.T.A. $1 Billion in 2024, but the Trend May Be Slowing
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Last year, the MTA lost $1 BILLION to fare and toll evasion, across the buses, subway, railroads and road tolls. For the first time in five years, it looks like 2025 could start to turn the tide, thanks to a range of anti-fare evasion tactics www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...
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It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
The TNT with a really great article on tipping, minimum wages in restaurants, and service charges.
www.thenewstribune.com/entertainmen...
www.thenewstribune.com/entertainmen...
Restaurant service charges rub Tacomans the wrong way. Should we get over it?
As restaurants across the country embrace service charges, Tacoma seems stuck in time. Will the local industry get left behind?
www.thenewstribune.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The TNT with a really great article on tipping, minimum wages in restaurants, and service charges.
www.thenewstribune.com/entertainmen...
www.thenewstribune.com/entertainmen...
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What is the point of this? Whom does it help? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What is the point of this? Whom does it help? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...
Tacoma's new Urban Design Board will be discussing potential engagement and review process for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension at their meeting this afternoon.
I'm sure one more reviewing entity is just what this decades-long, chronically delayed project needs.
cms.tacoma.gov/Planning/Urb...
I'm sure one more reviewing entity is just what this decades-long, chronically delayed project needs.
cms.tacoma.gov/Planning/Urb...
cms.tacoma.gov
August 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tacoma's new Urban Design Board will be discussing potential engagement and review process for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension at their meeting this afternoon.
I'm sure one more reviewing entity is just what this decades-long, chronically delayed project needs.
cms.tacoma.gov/Planning/Urb...
I'm sure one more reviewing entity is just what this decades-long, chronically delayed project needs.
cms.tacoma.gov/Planning/Urb...
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Has this place come up with a solution for bookmarks?
May 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Has this place come up with a solution for bookmarks?
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US to get 15% profit sharing from China sales
Just the latest way that Trump is scrambling our political economy - taking an idea advocated by the left (profit sharing), and applying it a totally bizarre fashion that mixes rent-seeking, industrial policy, and geopolitics.
www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
Just the latest way that Trump is scrambling our political economy - taking an idea advocated by the left (profit sharing), and applying it a totally bizarre fashion that mixes rent-seeking, industrial policy, and geopolitics.
www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government
Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration
www.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
US to get 15% profit sharing from China sales
Just the latest way that Trump is scrambling our political economy - taking an idea advocated by the left (profit sharing), and applying it a totally bizarre fashion that mixes rent-seeking, industrial policy, and geopolitics.
www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
Just the latest way that Trump is scrambling our political economy - taking an idea advocated by the left (profit sharing), and applying it a totally bizarre fashion that mixes rent-seeking, industrial policy, and geopolitics.
www.ft.com/content/cd1a...
Great ideas here
August 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great ideas here
The only problem with it is that, because there's no realistic hope of having enough Senate votes to convict, you will essentially be lying to people.
August 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The only problem with it is that, because there's no realistic hope of having enough Senate votes to convict, you will essentially be lying to people.
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Chat is it a good idea to divert more than half of the soybean oil we produce in the United States to feed vehicles instead of people, necessitating more soy-related deforestation in other countries to supply the world’s growing demand for soy as food and feed?
Biofuel demand to soak up more than half of US soyoil production next year, USDA says
U.S. biofuel makers will consume more than half of all soybean oil produced in the United States next year as a recent flurry of federal policy moves has transformed the sector, including higher blending mandates and curbs on foreign biofuel imports and feedstocks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Chat is it a good idea to divert more than half of the soybean oil we produce in the United States to feed vehicles instead of people, necessitating more soy-related deforestation in other countries to supply the world’s growing demand for soy as food and feed?
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1. 🧵 about mid-19th century wages in the UK and US. I've been looking for the wages of navvies and couldn't find them, but while looking I saw other sources showing interesting things about working-class wages, and even gender.
July 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. 🧵 about mid-19th century wages in the UK and US. I've been looking for the wages of navvies and couldn't find them, but while looking I saw other sources showing interesting things about working-class wages, and even gender.
lmao
The "Abundance Agenda" is broadly popular, per our new June Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.bsky.social poll.
The exception is for local zoning reforms.
Here’s our alternative to the other pretty obviously biased polls floating around on the subject: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-appr...
The exception is for local zoning reforms.
Here’s our alternative to the other pretty obviously biased polls floating around on the subject: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-appr...
June 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
lmao
Took some time to listen to Tacoma's new urban design review board do their first public review of a proposed multi-family housing project.
Can't say it did much to overcome the concerns about the process. Lots of petty concerns and nitpicky questions. Not what we need in a housing crisis.
Can't say it did much to overcome the concerns about the process. Lots of petty concerns and nitpicky questions. Not what we need in a housing crisis.
June 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Took some time to listen to Tacoma's new urban design review board do their first public review of a proposed multi-family housing project.
Can't say it did much to overcome the concerns about the process. Lots of petty concerns and nitpicky questions. Not what we need in a housing crisis.
Can't say it did much to overcome the concerns about the process. Lots of petty concerns and nitpicky questions. Not what we need in a housing crisis.
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Making mayoral races about national or international issues is so terrible for our cities
Support of Israel has become a major issue in the NYC mayor's race --
When I asked Zohran Mamdani to clarify if he thought Israel had a right to exist as a Jewish state, an aide tried to stop the interview. Then he didn't answer directly himself, several times.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/p...
When I asked Zohran Mamdani to clarify if he thought Israel had a right to exist as a Jewish state, an aide tried to stop the interview. Then he didn't answer directly himself, several times.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/p...
Andrew Cuomo campaigns for New York’s redemption – and his own | CNN Politics
In New York, Andrew Cuomo’s comeback after resigning in disgrace could end up taking less than four years – with a scandal-plagued incumbent mayor, a disorganized left wing and a feeling that the city...
www.cnn.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Making mayoral races about national or international issues is so terrible for our cities
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“A proposal aiming to streamline permitting for Sound Transit light rail projects could be hindered by an amendment requiring additional public outreach and documentation”
The state should grant this agency its own permitting authority.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/30/r...
The state should grant this agency its own permitting authority.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/30/r...
Rivera Proposal Would Slow Down Seattle Light Rail Permitting - The Urbanist
# Councilmember Maritza Rivera's last-minute proposal would require additional public outreach and documentation for light rail permit applications. The underlying bill had been intended to cut red ra...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“A proposal aiming to streamline permitting for Sound Transit light rail projects could be hindered by an amendment requiring additional public outreach and documentation”
The state should grant this agency its own permitting authority.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/30/r...
The state should grant this agency its own permitting authority.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/30/r...
Has this place come up with a solution for bookmarks?
May 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Has this place come up with a solution for bookmarks?
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Americans
we need a name for pro-canada americans
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Americans