LukethePD
@lukethepd.bsky.social
Soccer, Beer, Books, Hiking, PC games, and Indigent Defense, not necessarily in that order.
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Access to pharmaceutical services is a growing and deepening crisis in this country. It’s been building for a long time, and for a number of reasons, and it’s not being talked about enough. So, let’s do that. 🧵 1/11
Rite Aid closes all remaining stores after 63 years in business
Rite Aid closes all remaining stores after 63 years in business
"All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support." Rite Aid, once one of America's biggest pharmacy chains, shuttered its remaining 89 stores this wee...
abc7.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Access to pharmaceutical services is a growing and deepening crisis in this country. It’s been building for a long time, and for a number of reasons, and it’s not being talked about enough. So, let’s do that. 🧵 1/11
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I've been ejected from the #Crew96 match because a security guard thinks they saw me wave an unapproved flag after being warned about waving an unapproved flag.
The flag in question:
The flag in question:
August 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I've been ejected from the #Crew96 match because a security guard thinks they saw me wave an unapproved flag after being warned about waving an unapproved flag.
The flag in question:
The flag in question:
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U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
"Tort Reform" is tort limitation. A blanket legislative barrier to ppl seeking legal recourse. Not perfect but court rules, pretrial motions, trials are better ways of determining individualized injury than generalized legislation. Govts and business should be more accountable to citizens not less.
Urbanists don’t talk enough about the fact that, when you drill down, one of the biggest barriers to these types of plazas and public spaces in North America isn’t car dependency or our zoning laws, but our ridiculous tort laws.
Tort reform would help enable bolder public spaces.
Tort reform would help enable bolder public spaces.
July 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Tort Reform" is tort limitation. A blanket legislative barrier to ppl seeking legal recourse. Not perfect but court rules, pretrial motions, trials are better ways of determining individualized injury than generalized legislation. Govts and business should be more accountable to citizens not less.
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It's important to know how the FIFA Club World Cup is affecting our community, both inside and outside the stadium.
#WeAreNotAllHere #FairShareNow
weareecs.com/2025/06/14/l...
#WeAreNotAllHere #FairShareNow
weareecs.com/2025/06/14/l...
Let’s Talk About the Club World Cup
When we first learned of the new format, the Sounders’ qualification, and that matches would be hosted here in Seattle it was exciting. This is the biggest club tournament in the world, and our tea…
weareecs.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It's important to know how the FIFA Club World Cup is affecting our community, both inside and outside the stadium.
#WeAreNotAllHere #FairShareNow
weareecs.com/2025/06/14/l...
#WeAreNotAllHere #FairShareNow
weareecs.com/2025/06/14/l...
Sounders lose 0-4 to PSG and I'm popping bottles after seeing this UCL final.
May 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sounders lose 0-4 to PSG and I'm popping bottles after seeing this UCL final.
Only time I have ever bothered to share a .@theathletic.bsky.social article with my non-soccer sicko friends was from Pablo and Matt Pentz about Wee Willie McLean. If NYT also scales back their woso coverage I'm done subscribing. Didn't know it was possible to still be disappointed in that paper
*Some professional news*: After 7+ years, my time at The Athletic is coming to an end in June.
I have dozens of great feature ideas & am eager to keep doing great work ahead of the World Cup and beyond. Somebody hire me!
My DMs are open - please reach out, or find me at pablomaurer.com.
I have dozens of great feature ideas & am eager to keep doing great work ahead of the World Cup and beyond. Somebody hire me!
My DMs are open - please reach out, or find me at pablomaurer.com.
Pablo Iglesias Maurer
Pablo Iglesias Maurer is an award-winning sportswriter and photographer whose work focuses on the game of soccer in North America.
pablomaurer.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Only time I have ever bothered to share a .@theathletic.bsky.social article with my non-soccer sicko friends was from Pablo and Matt Pentz about Wee Willie McLean. If NYT also scales back their woso coverage I'm done subscribing. Didn't know it was possible to still be disappointed in that paper
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In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
www.theatlantic.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
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The Trump administration has revoked the visas of nine current and postgraduate University of Washington students without prior notice to the students or school, the university said Monday.
9 University of Washington student visas revoked by U.S. Department of State
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of nine current and postgraduate University of Washington students without prior notice to the students or school, the university said Monday.
www.kuow.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of nine current and postgraduate University of Washington students without prior notice to the students or school, the university said Monday.
Alternative framing should be 37 employed people who work a difficult, underpaid job, were taken from their families and community for being willing to risk a lot beyond just arrest in order to make a better life for them and their loved ones.
In an early morning raid Wednesday at Mt. Baker Roofing Company in Bellingham, immigration officials confirm they arrested 37 people who fraudulently represented their immigration status.
ICE arrests 37 in workplace raid at Bellingham roofing company
In an early morning raid Wednesday at Mt. Baker Roofing Company in Bellingham, immigration officials confirm they arrested 37 people who fraudulently represented their immigration status.
www.kuow.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Alternative framing should be 37 employed people who work a difficult, underpaid job, were taken from their families and community for being willing to risk a lot beyond just arrest in order to make a better life for them and their loved ones.
Everyone knows about peer support for MH clients or the unhoused or for vets. This type of support lays bare the inherent harm of our carceral system as it operates as intended and I experienced when talking with my clients about pleas or sentencing involving a number of months in the triple digits.
Take a minute to check out this great piece by @radleybalko.bsky.social about our extraordinary group of peer advocates. Their perseverance, determination, and joy are the soul of public defense in New Orleans.
The redeem team
Collectively, they spent 155 years in prison. Now they counsel other people facing their own long sentences. A conversation with five "peer advocates" at the New Orleans public defender's office.
radleybalko.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Everyone knows about peer support for MH clients or the unhoused or for vets. This type of support lays bare the inherent harm of our carceral system as it operates as intended and I experienced when talking with my clients about pleas or sentencing involving a number of months in the triple digits.
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They don't do everything right, but proud of my club for this.
Your first matchday experience is on us 🎟️
Introducing: First Match On Us! Our new program offers free home match tickets to fans who have never attended a match, as part of our commitment to growing the game in the PNW.
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/jd1pt31l
Introducing: First Match On Us! Our new program offers free home match tickets to fans who have never attended a match, as part of our commitment to growing the game in the PNW.
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/jd1pt31l
February 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They don't do everything right, but proud of my club for this.
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pregame reading about what she may or may not believe
btvc.beehiiv.com/p/5-extremel...
btvc.beehiiv.com/p/5-extremel...
5 extremely true things about the shebelieves cup
the suffering will continue until morale improves
btvc.beehiiv.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
pregame reading about what she may or may not believe
btvc.beehiiv.com/p/5-extremel...
btvc.beehiiv.com/p/5-extremel...
Going to feel bad about this the same way I felt about Zavaleta.
🟣🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Colorado Rapids have acquired midfielder Josh Atencio from the Seattle Sounders, per sources.
Seattle will receive $1.3m GAM + add-ons. Atencio will remain a U-22 initiative player for Colorado.
Atencio, 23, made 111 apps for Seattle.
www.givemesport.com/colorado-rap...
Seattle will receive $1.3m GAM + add-ons. Atencio will remain a U-22 initiative player for Colorado.
Atencio, 23, made 111 apps for Seattle.
www.givemesport.com/colorado-rap...
Colorado Rapids acquire Josh Atencio from Seattle Sounders: Sources
The Colorado Rapids have acquired midfielder Josh Atencio from the Seattle Sounders, sources tell GIVEMESPORT.
www.givemesport.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Going to feel bad about this the same way I felt about Zavaleta.
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With ETR’s death it’s a good reminder that the only way we create a good soccer media ecosystem is with independent coverage. Here’s a good resource for finding some. But dont hist follow, support. go.bsky.app/Pysvk5B
January 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
With ETR’s death it’s a good reminder that the only way we create a good soccer media ecosystem is with independent coverage. Here’s a good resource for finding some. But dont hist follow, support. go.bsky.app/Pysvk5B
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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today's naming and shaming: newrepublic.com/post/189960/...
The 48 Democrats Who Voted to Deport Nonviolent Undocumented Offenders
The bill could lead to undocumented immigrants who were arrested—but not convicted or even charged—for nonviolent offenses being deported.
newrepublic.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
today's naming and shaming: newrepublic.com/post/189960/...
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Today at the Bernabeu will be the 982nd game of Jesus Navas’s career. It will also be the last. In the end, the pain is too much and even he can’t go on. Here’s his story, told by him www.theguardian.com/football/202...
December 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Today at the Bernabeu will be the 982nd game of Jesus Navas’s career. It will also be the last. In the end, the pain is too much and even he can’t go on. Here’s his story, told by him www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Marta 🐐 just cooked 3 out 4 players of KCs backline plus the keeper to score. Giving hope to all 38 year olds out there.
November 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Marta 🐐 just cooked 3 out 4 players of KCs backline plus the keeper to score. Giving hope to all 38 year olds out there.
Calling them Masshole United until they change it, good thing they got two years to rebrand before they play a match...
October 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Calling them Masshole United until they change it, good thing they got two years to rebrand before they play a match...
Donate for those impacted by the new normal on our planet & enjoy a most unique collection of music
(100% of proceeds split evenly between Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR), and BeLoved Asheville)
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(100% of proceeds split evenly between Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR), and BeLoved Asheville)
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Cardinals At The Window, by Various Artists
136 track album
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October 10, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Donate for those impacted by the new normal on our planet & enjoy a most unique collection of music
(100% of proceeds split evenly between Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR), and BeLoved Asheville)
cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardin...
(100% of proceeds split evenly between Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR), and BeLoved Asheville)
cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardin...
As someone whose very limited understanding of Korean History is only thanks to taking a undergrad seminar with James Palais and films by Bong and Park I would love to learn how this modern class consciousness developed beyond just experiencing"hyper modern late capitalism go burrr ☠️🤢😵🔨💵 "
Future episodes settle into the "Class War" aspect of the show, namely there are White Spoons, famous named chefs, vs. Black Spoons, chefs with smaller careers who go by colorful monikers.
In practice, this largely means you're looking forward to the Black Spoons to win their challenges.
In practice, this largely means you're looking forward to the Black Spoons to win their challenges.
September 30, 2024 at 1:17 AM
As someone whose very limited understanding of Korean History is only thanks to taking a undergrad seminar with James Palais and films by Bong and Park I would love to learn how this modern class consciousness developed beyond just experiencing"hyper modern late capitalism go burrr ☠️🤢😵🔨💵 "