Zach Ferguson
@zachfergie.bsky.social
🍉 theory | praxis | local government | & also birds
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to celebrate Don Jr’s engagement here he is proposing to his first wife Vanessa in a mall jewelry store in exchange for a comped ring nypost.com/2004/11/12/t...
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
to celebrate Don Jr’s engagement here he is proposing to his first wife Vanessa in a mall jewelry store in exchange for a comped ring nypost.com/2004/11/12/t...
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CBS should make me editor-in-chief and it will be 24 hours nonstop coverage about arcane menswear rules no one knows or cares about
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
CBS should make me editor-in-chief and it will be 24 hours nonstop coverage about arcane menswear rules no one knows or cares about
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This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
Why did I just see a CalTrans Rivian
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Why did I just see a CalTrans Rivian
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It's incredible what you can do when you just say words and don't believe they actually mean anything. I would wonder how these assholes sleep at night, but the simple answer is that they're sociopaths.
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's incredible what you can do when you just say words and don't believe they actually mean anything. I would wonder how these assholes sleep at night, but the simple answer is that they're sociopaths.
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I see that New York Times transcription service is unfamiliar with California's Regional Housing Needs Assessment
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I see that New York Times transcription service is unfamiliar with California's Regional Housing Needs Assessment
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Question/favor: Do any of you teach TransCAD, use it at work, and/or supervise people who do? If so, please let me know if I can ask some questions and maybe even invite you for a guest talk (low key and via zoom). Thank you!
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Question/favor: Do any of you teach TransCAD, use it at work, and/or supervise people who do? If so, please let me know if I can ask some questions and maybe even invite you for a guest talk (low key and via zoom). Thank you!
my life the past 7 days 😭
September 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
my life the past 7 days 😭
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Karma remix transition instrumental on @marketplace.org today? …who’s the swiftie-on-staff?
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Karma remix transition instrumental on @marketplace.org today? …who’s the swiftie-on-staff?
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Super proud of this issue of @highcountrynews.org, which includes two stories I edited by writers I admire: @b-zimm.bsky.social on the compassion built into the community paramedic model, and Kim Cross on the last meals served to people sentenced to death. It’s a great time to subscribe!
Our August issue just dropped. ✨
Navajo sheep. Water-guzzling data centers. Indigenous radio at risk. Queer rivers. Final meals. First hotshots. Community care.
The stories the West needs. Read now: buff.ly/QX7h75X
#IndigenousHistory #EnvironmentalJustice #WesternUS
Navajo sheep. Water-guzzling data centers. Indigenous radio at risk. Queer rivers. Final meals. First hotshots. Community care.
The stories the West needs. Read now: buff.ly/QX7h75X
#IndigenousHistory #EnvironmentalJustice #WesternUS
August 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Super proud of this issue of @highcountrynews.org, which includes two stories I edited by writers I admire: @b-zimm.bsky.social on the compassion built into the community paramedic model, and Kim Cross on the last meals served to people sentenced to death. It’s a great time to subscribe!
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They shoot journalists because they see truth as the enemy.
Law enforcement in Los Angeles shot non-lethal rounds that struck at least 4 reporters while covering protests that began on Friday and escalated over the weekend following immigration raids. Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to the state against local authorities' wishes. cpj.org?p=486855
June 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
They shoot journalists because they see truth as the enemy.
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This #WatershedWednesday , we want to bring attention to Governor Newsom attempting to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project, which threatens the Bay-Delta.
Read Full Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
Read Full Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
May 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This #WatershedWednesday , we want to bring attention to Governor Newsom attempting to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project, which threatens the Bay-Delta.
Read Full Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
Read Full Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
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NEW: Kennell Staten filed a complaint with HUD, saying he was denied an apartment for being gay — a complaint the agency had long taken seriously.
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Kennell Staten filed a complaint with HUD, saying he was denied an apartment for being gay — a complaint the agency had long taken seriously.
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
In case any decision makers are listening… www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/... via @highcountrynews.bsky.social
A veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration - High Country News
How a former Marine found a road to repair.
www.hcn.org
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In case any decision makers are listening… www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/... via @highcountrynews.bsky.social
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RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Fucking up the mail merge. Brutal incompetence facilitating the decline of an empire.
NEW: Tonight, dozens of Consumer Finance Protection Bureau employees were fired via a hastily written email.
Some affected employees were addressed as “[EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].”
W/
@makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Some affected employees were addressed as “[EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].”
W/
@makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
www.wired.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Fucking up the mail merge. Brutal incompetence facilitating the decline of an empire.
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I discussed it on the show today but it has been very funny to watch right-wing media try to just disappear this entire era
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I discussed it on the show today but it has been very funny to watch right-wing media try to just disappear this entire era
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Might I interrupt your doom for a second? Times of fear crisis - like right now - are boom times for grifters. This book comes out in a month, the result of years of reporting. You can preorder it through Friday and get 25% off - use PREORDER25 at this link:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blazing-ey...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blazing-ey...
February 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Might I interrupt your doom for a second? Times of fear crisis - like right now - are boom times for grifters. This book comes out in a month, the result of years of reporting. You can preorder it through Friday and get 25% off - use PREORDER25 at this link:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blazing-ey...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blazing-ey...
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The stupidest possible way to run an economy
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The stupidest possible way to run an economy
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This is useful context to the posts making the rounds about LA fire dept budgets, but the issue is somewhat of a distraction to current events. No city fire department, no matter how large and well-funded, could be sufficient to fight the type and scale of the fires happening now.
Since I'm seeing it everywhere:
I worked in LA City Hall when the budget passed. Our office voted No. But the idea that LAFD was "defunded" to increase the LAPD budget is not accurate. Both got increases due to salary hikes. LAFD's deal just happened after the budget process -- LAPD's was before.
I worked in LA City Hall when the budget passed. Our office voted No. But the idea that LAFD was "defunded" to increase the LAPD budget is not accurate. Both got increases due to salary hikes. LAFD's deal just happened after the budget process -- LAPD's was before.
January 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is useful context to the posts making the rounds about LA fire dept budgets, but the issue is somewhat of a distraction to current events. No city fire department, no matter how large and well-funded, could be sufficient to fight the type and scale of the fires happening now.
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Six years ago, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I put out a podcast about a military veteran who shot himself inside a car that, then, blew up in front of a house in Panaca, Nevada. The parallels with the cases of military vets blowing up cars this week are striking.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Bundyville: The Remnant
News Podcast · 2 Seasons · Series
podcasts.apple.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Six years ago, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I put out a podcast about a military veteran who shot himself inside a car that, then, blew up in front of a house in Panaca, Nevada. The parallels with the cases of military vets blowing up cars this week are striking.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Just one day after Newsom had a press conference to say that the Oakland Police Department should do more high-speed chases
Just now at 7th and Mandela, two officers sped through the intersection and collided at high speed
The bus riders were luckily unharmed by the flying vehicles, but officers were rushed off in an ambulance
Driving at high speed is very dangerous and should be used only when absolutely necessary
The bus riders were luckily unharmed by the flying vehicles, but officers were rushed off in an ambulance
Driving at high speed is very dangerous and should be used only when absolutely necessary
December 29, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Just one day after Newsom had a press conference to say that the Oakland Police Department should do more high-speed chases
Not the point but worth noting that the Louisiana Purchase also implicated sovereign nations - not just “land”
CNN is hopelessly broken.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Not the point but worth noting that the Louisiana Purchase also implicated sovereign nations - not just “land”