Steve
@laskevitch.com
Teacher • Writer • Publishing Geek
Former Physics Prof
Science Enthusiast • Art Lover
Devotee of well-crafted libations
Contumelious to fascists
Buoyed by kindness and humo(u)r
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Former Physics Prof
Science Enthusiast • Art Lover
Devotee of well-crafted libations
Contumelious to fascists
Buoyed by kindness and humo(u)r
🇺🇦
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I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
waiting for our Mamdani moment here in Seattle.... www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count » The Urbanist
# Urbanist-endorsed progressive challenger Katie Wilson gained significantly on incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in Friday's count, pulling within two points, with a 4,300-vote gap to close. With around ...
www.theurbanist.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
waiting for our Mamdani moment here in Seattle.... www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Happy Birthday Carl Sagan. Miss ya
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Happy Birthday Carl Sagan. Miss ya
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This isn’t very hard, folks.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This isn’t very hard, folks.
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
Wonderful. Disturbing, but wonderful
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Wonderful. Disturbing, but wonderful
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A strong person speaking the truth... more of this please
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A strong person speaking the truth... more of this please
Yes please
Trump: "What the Democrats will do is make Puerto Rico a state, make DC a state, they're gonna pack the Court. They're gonna end up with more electoral votes. They're gonna end up with 4 senators. And they're gonna do this 100%."
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Yes please
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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BREAKING: Live look at the rich fleeing New York
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
BREAKING: Live look at the rich fleeing New York
🎉♥️🗽🎉♥️🗽♥️🎉🗽🎉♥️
To quote a New Yorker friend
To quote a New Yorker friend
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
🎉♥️🗽🎉♥️🗽♥️🎉🗽🎉♥️
To quote a New Yorker friend
To quote a New Yorker friend
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BREAKING: MAMDANI HAS WON according to Decision Desk
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
BREAKING: MAMDANI HAS WON according to Decision Desk
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
Have you voted today? Are you sure? In King County WA, it's midday on voting day and we're at only 24.54% ballots returned, and we vote by mail/dropbox. We don't even have to go anywhere.
C'mon Seattle!
C'mon Seattle!
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Have you voted today? Are you sure? In King County WA, it's midday on voting day and we're at only 24.54% ballots returned, and we vote by mail/dropbox. We don't even have to go anywhere.
C'mon Seattle!
C'mon Seattle!
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
A wee conversation starter for when it gets too quiet at the dinner table: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A wee conversation starter for when it gets too quiet at the dinner table: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"It'll be dead soon. Nature abhors a vacuum."
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October 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"It'll be dead soon. Nature abhors a vacuum."
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I hope folks are safe now! 30 minutes of massive rain can do this!?
In New York City, flash floods inundated the subway and sent cars floating down city streets. nyti.ms/3Li90ko
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I hope folks are safe now! 30 minutes of massive rain can do this!?
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Jon Stewart, saying to Zohran Mamdani what so many New Yorkers are feeling. 🙌🙏💪👏✊️👇
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Jon Stewart, saying to Zohran Mamdani what so many New Yorkers are feeling. 🙌🙏💪👏✊️👇
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“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
not a trick Question: Who gets nazi tattoos?
A: nazis
Pick another candidate. Maybe one who's not a mole
#GrahamPlatner
A: nazis
Pick another candidate. Maybe one who's not a mole
#GrahamPlatner
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
not a trick Question: Who gets nazi tattoos?
A: nazis
Pick another candidate. Maybe one who's not a mole
#GrahamPlatner
A: nazis
Pick another candidate. Maybe one who's not a mole
#GrahamPlatner