severud.bsky.social
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Believe or not, I watched The Sound of Music for the first time today. I thought it would be goofy but wow that movie is wonderful. What a feat, balancing a musical against such a terrible era. And as far as Captain Von Trapp, I absolutely get it now 👀
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Touring the California pacific coast this week in a 2012 Fiat 500c convertible with a full-retraction roof so I can look up at the sky and mountains and trees. $57/day all-in with Turo and my personal insurance w/ comprehensive that covers rentals so I don't need their plan.
December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people.

A reminder that this work really does matter.
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Arcyria obvelata slime mold. Northwest Territories, Canada. Slime mold is approximately 3cm across.
#slime #fungifriends
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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So far, three different Daytona police officers have seen my wife and I delivering food to some of our unhoused residents... and didn't stop to harass us or them.
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti

Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta

Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Chaucer Doth Tweete is the gift that keeps on giving
🎶 Thou needest not have wealthe
To be my love
Thou needest not be coole
To rule above
Ther nys no especial signe Ich have affinitee wyth
Ich nede naught but
thyne extra tyme and thy

[lute riffe]

kysse 🎶
December 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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If you get pulled over it should be legally required to say "you have the right to remain silent but you are legally required to give me insurance and registration if you wish to continue driving tonight "
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles.
Minnesota DVS warns ICE agents they’re violating state law by switching license plates
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services told federal homeland security officials to stop license plate switching immediately. Gov. Tim Walz called tampering with plates “criminal activ...
www.mprnews.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Rents would have to go up 20% and the building would have to sell for $75/sq ft to make an office to residential project happen in downtown Seattle. That’s a 50% reduction in site acquisition cost and would likely mean a recession bargain deal
December 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Remember. Kamala Harris won more votes than any other female candidate for POTUS in history in 2024.
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents. "If we don't have [$2.25 million] for a whole county to give homeless people a shower and a place to get out of the rain and a place to wash their clothes, what kind of society are we?" www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This isn't innovation, it's tax fraud as a service.
Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud

Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Happy Christmas, to those that do!
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast: homemade gravadlax, cream cheese and pumpernickel.
The gravadlax was cured first with a beetroot, juniper and orange cure, then a brown sugar and dill cure.
#hobbybaker #homemade #Christmas #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🎄🎁
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.

"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I’m walking this morning on the Point Defiance Promenade. Even though it’s only 43° out, it’s sheltered from today’s southerly wind. On a clear, cold day when the wind’s from the north, it can be uncomfortable. The tide sure is running high. Lots of folks out fishing. #pnw #wawx
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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California Academy scientists identify 20 new species in Guam’s deep reefs. Retrieving devices from twilight zone, they find unique life, including a clam-dwelling hermit crab. This shows a rich, unmapped biodiversity persisting in ocean’s dark depths and an urgent need to protect fragile habitats.
Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean
A potentially new species discovered. California Academy of Sciences
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼

Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.

Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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DJ Kevin Cole is playing music for the solstice (dark/light) on KEXP right now, including songs by Leonard Cohen, Jacob Alon, Nick Drake, Joy Division, and lots of outstanding Icelandic music. What a beautiful show for this teeny, tiny day in Seattle.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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God jul and merry christmas to you and your loved ones 🎅🏻🎄🤶🏻🎁❤️
December 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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regulatory oversight stifles innovation
“.. some engineers argued for mechanical handles,” but “Musk’s directive was clear: Virtually everything in the new vehicle — including the doors — should be controlled electrically ..

“.. 15 people have died in crashes where Tesla doors wouldn’t open ..”

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM