David Mendez
@jdmendez.com
Friendly neighborhood newsman @ospreynews.net.
Previously: Spectrum News, Easy Reader News, Tucson Weekly. NAHJ and SPJ member.
Previously: Spectrum News, Easy Reader News, Tucson Weekly. NAHJ and SPJ member.
Hasn’t Ben Garrison always been filed under “don’t even read this, not even for comedy value, it’s complete trash”?
it has been twenty-one minutes since using AI for ben garrison format absurdist political comics was discovered and my brain is already mentally triaging the Ben Garrison style as "don't even read this, not even for comedy value, it's complete trash"
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hasn’t Ben Garrison always been filed under “don’t even read this, not even for comedy value, it’s complete trash”?
Considering the last week has had me sick, and taking care of sick kids, all while I’ve been worrying about stories that are growing increasingly cold…this is me.
did i get anything done today? no. but did i relax? also no.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Considering the last week has had me sick, and taking care of sick kids, all while I’ve been worrying about stories that are growing increasingly cold…this is me.
For context: Trump’s post is responding to an article about Dems who are reminding soldiers that they are required to follow lawful orders and can be prosecuted for following unlawful orders.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For context: Trump’s post is responding to an article about Dems who are reminding soldiers that they are required to follow lawful orders and can be prosecuted for following unlawful orders.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
So…it seems Trump’s calling reminders to follow the law “sedition” and calling to execute opponents.
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Hey folks, we're live at the Shoreline City Council meeting, and we just learned something from Councilmember reports to the public: CM Ramsdell just announced that Sound Generations will be "severing ties" with the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center in three years.
Reaching out for comment.
Reaching out for comment.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hey folks, we're live at the Shoreline City Council meeting, and we just learned something from Councilmember reports to the public: CM Ramsdell just announced that Sound Generations will be "severing ties" with the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center in three years.
Reaching out for comment.
Reaching out for comment.
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NEW: A "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" by Lindsey Halligan imperils Comey case, magistrate judge finds.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
NEW: A "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" by Lindsey Halligan imperils Comey case, magistrate judge finds.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Hey Bluesky, we just published our second edition of the Osprey Update, our weekly(ish) collection of stories from The Osprey. Check it out here!
www.ospreynews.net/p/the-osprey...
www.ospreynews.net/p/the-osprey...
The Osprey Update, Issue 2: A feast in Shoreline, and more
This issue: We focus on food insecurity and the folks working to make lives easier for people in need, including a food ministry and a community-minded bookstore; plus, an update on Shoreline's big el...
www.ospreynews.net
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hey Bluesky, we just published our second edition of the Osprey Update, our weekly(ish) collection of stories from The Osprey. Check it out here!
www.ospreynews.net/p/the-osprey...
www.ospreynews.net/p/the-osprey...
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me, researching and interviewing experts: hell yeah this is awesome
me, sitting down to type up everything I've learned: what the hell is this
me, sitting down to type up everything I've learned: what the hell is this
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
me, researching and interviewing experts: hell yeah this is awesome
me, sitting down to type up everything I've learned: what the hell is this
me, sitting down to type up everything I've learned: what the hell is this
Miss me live-posting civic meetings? Here's a brand new place for it, from my brand new news project!
Hey Shoreline! We're going to kick off our Bluesky presence with an old favorite from @jdmendez.com:
🚨🚨🚨CITY COUNCIL LIVE POSTING 🚨🚨🚨
We're LIVE at the Shoreline City Council meeting, as the council examines its 2025 Comprehensive Plan Amendments and its 2025 Development Code Batch Amendments!
🚨🚨🚨CITY COUNCIL LIVE POSTING 🚨🚨🚨
We're LIVE at the Shoreline City Council meeting, as the council examines its 2025 Comprehensive Plan Amendments and its 2025 Development Code Batch Amendments!
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Miss me live-posting civic meetings? Here's a brand new place for it, from my brand new news project!
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That’s some heavy rain and loud thunder
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
That’s some heavy rain and loud thunder
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Alright I fucking wrote about this. It was apparently necessary to vent my rage about this this afternoon, because that took me two hours to get it all out and onto the page.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Alright I fucking wrote about this. It was apparently necessary to vent my rage about this this afternoon, because that took me two hours to get it all out and onto the page.
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democracy works when the lazy doofus can quickly and easily understand how to vote for what he likes. it’s hard to imagine a system less like that than what we have
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
democracy works when the lazy doofus can quickly and easily understand how to vote for what he likes. it’s hard to imagine a system less like that than what we have
This is goddamn obscene. Teen Vogue became indispensable through work like theirs.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is goddamn obscene. Teen Vogue became indispensable through work like theirs.
Weird how this made me miss Los Angeles.
Not to be corny but i am deeply moved watching a bunch of people from all over the world, who speak different languages and live different lives, do a thing together
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Weird how this made me miss Los Angeles.
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“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: At least one nuclear-weapons expert (one of many, I’d reckon) is baffled by Trump’s call to “immediately” resume U.S. nuclear tests.
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Resuming U.S. Nuclear Tests Would Only Help China, One Expert Says
“The only countries that will really learn more if testing resumes are Russia and to a much greater extent China,” Jeffrey Lewis says
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: At least one nuclear-weapons expert (one of many, I’d reckon) is baffled by Trump’s call to “immediately” resume U.S. nuclear tests.
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
The federal government is punishing all of its citizens to cow political opponents.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The federal government is punishing all of its citizens to cow political opponents.
Just want to underscore these:
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just want to underscore these:
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
The federal government has proudly killed 57 people. It has not provided a single piece of evidence justifying the killings.
The president is also openly musing before assembled military about sending troops into Democratically-controlled cities.
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Ellis: Border Patrol agents cannot use chokeholds, correct?
Bovino: "They can, in the appropriate circumstance."
Ellis has the 2023 Border Patrol use of force policy in front of her. She reads it, and it is only allowed when deadly force is authorized.
Bovino acknowledges that is true.
Bovino: "They can, in the appropriate circumstance."
Ellis has the 2023 Border Patrol use of force policy in front of her. She reads it, and it is only allowed when deadly force is authorized.
Bovino acknowledges that is true.
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ellis: Border Patrol agents cannot use chokeholds, correct?
Bovino: "They can, in the appropriate circumstance."
Ellis has the 2023 Border Patrol use of force policy in front of her. She reads it, and it is only allowed when deadly force is authorized.
Bovino acknowledges that is true.
Bovino: "They can, in the appropriate circumstance."
Ellis has the 2023 Border Patrol use of force policy in front of her. She reads it, and it is only allowed when deadly force is authorized.
Bovino acknowledges that is true.
man, even the marine layer was calling it quits tonight lmao
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
man, even the marine layer was calling it quits tonight lmao
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Really hoping that tomorrow’s game is played by the Oklahoma City Comets and the Buffalo Bisons, as a treat
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Really hoping that tomorrow’s game is played by the Oklahoma City Comets and the Buffalo Bisons, as a treat
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When this game started, this was Vlad Jr.
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
When this game started, this was Vlad Jr.
Ohtani so far tonight:
2 2B
2 HR
4 IBB
1 UIBB
2 2B
2 HR
4 IBB
1 UIBB
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Ohtani so far tonight:
2 2B
2 HR
4 IBB
1 UIBB
2 2B
2 HR
4 IBB
1 UIBB