Mike Shaw
@zax2000.bsky.social
A yokel Bostonian bumbling around Seattle. Stints in 北京 and Bali along the way. I used to craft/edit journalists' spam. Geopolitics is my jam. I post, therefore I am.
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Apropos of nothing, but over the last few months I've begun to feel less & less like a Pete Buttigieg for POTUS guy. Not sure if it's something that he's done or if I've shifted somehow... Could be that Trump's 2nd term has got me looking for fight over pragmatism. Or something like that. 🤷
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Apropos of nothing, but over the last few months I've begun to feel less & less like a Pete Buttigieg for POTUS guy. Not sure if it's something that he's done or if I've shifted somehow... Could be that Trump's 2nd term has got me looking for fight over pragmatism. Or something like that. 🤷
Hey #Starbucks! I'm a long-time loyal customer who lives in #Seattle, and I don't cross picket lines!
I just discovered that a rival local coffee chain actually has vegan breakfast sandwiches. Yum! The money that I spent there today would've gone to you, but you won't negotiate w/your Baristas.
I just discovered that a rival local coffee chain actually has vegan breakfast sandwiches. Yum! The money that I spent there today would've gone to you, but you won't negotiate w/your Baristas.
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey #Starbucks! I'm a long-time loyal customer who lives in #Seattle, and I don't cross picket lines!
I just discovered that a rival local coffee chain actually has vegan breakfast sandwiches. Yum! The money that I spent there today would've gone to you, but you won't negotiate w/your Baristas.
I just discovered that a rival local coffee chain actually has vegan breakfast sandwiches. Yum! The money that I spent there today would've gone to you, but you won't negotiate w/your Baristas.
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Trump carried MTG's House district by 37% in 2024. A primary battle between her and a Trump-endorsed candidate carries huge risks for him. If she wins it'd cement his status as a politically dead lame duck & trigger a Squid Game-like battle for dominance within the GOP.
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump carried MTG's House district by 37% in 2024. A primary battle between her and a Trump-endorsed candidate carries huge risks for him. If she wins it'd cement his status as a politically dead lame duck & trigger a Squid Game-like battle for dominance within the GOP.
Welcome to The Resistance... *checks notes* ...Uh, Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Trump pulls his support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls her “Wacky” in quotes and encourages a primary challenger.
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Welcome to The Resistance... *checks notes* ...Uh, Marjorie Taylor Greene?
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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How cool is it to have the mayor elect of Seattle show up at a Starbucks picket line and say “I’m not shopping here until these guys get a contract”?
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How cool is it to have the mayor elect of Seattle show up at a Starbucks picket line and say “I’m not shopping here until these guys get a contract”?
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$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Ukraine has been able to consistently chip away at Russia's oil industry over the last several months. Beyond the implications for the war in Ukraine & the global oil market, what does the success of this campaign (so far) say about an organized 5th column or anti-Putin resistance within Russia?
Yesterday Ukraine blew up the Novorossiysk oil refinery, which is still burning furiously. Today Russia has been forced to suspend all exports - 2.2 million barrels a day.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ukraine has been able to consistently chip away at Russia's oil industry over the last several months. Beyond the implications for the war in Ukraine & the global oil market, what does the success of this campaign (so far) say about an organized 5th column or anti-Putin resistance within Russia?
Porn 'stache Vrabel is now 2-0 against the spread.
Never shave that off, Coach.
Never shave that off, Coach.
"Not just the players, not just the coaches, the entire program."
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Porn 'stache Vrabel is now 2-0 against the spread.
Never shave that off, Coach.
Never shave that off, Coach.
Very excited to see @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social take office in #Seattle! Just imagine the chill that the fat cats felt hearing this line: "I want much more land & wealth to be owned and stewarded by communities instead of corporations."
She'll need the people's continued support to be successful.
She'll need the people's continued support to be successful.
My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Very excited to see @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social take office in #Seattle! Just imagine the chill that the fat cats felt hearing this line: "I want much more land & wealth to be owned and stewarded by communities instead of corporations."
She'll need the people's continued support to be successful.
She'll need the people's continued support to be successful.
Absolutely wild stuff. Not a great look for cops to be arresting a clergyman who's calling what's going on an act of "evil" within feet of a sign that says, "God's love knows no borders." This whole thread is damning. The police are clearly pushing their way into a crowd that's behind barricades.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Absolutely wild stuff. Not a great look for cops to be arresting a clergyman who's calling what's going on an act of "evil" within feet of a sign that says, "God's love knows no borders." This whole thread is damning. The police are clearly pushing their way into a crowd that's behind barricades.
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike.
Is an attacking Canada goose some sort of apropos metaphor? Better minds than I will decide. But this feels very, very #Seattle- especially to us Green Lake denizens.
Is an attacking Canada goose some sort of apropos metaphor? Better minds than I will decide. But this feels very, very #Seattle- especially to us Green Lake denizens.
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike.
Is an attacking Canada goose some sort of apropos metaphor? Better minds than I will decide. But this feels very, very #Seattle- especially to us Green Lake denizens.
Is an attacking Canada goose some sort of apropos metaphor? Better minds than I will decide. But this feels very, very #Seattle- especially to us Green Lake denizens.
Seriously, the whole narrative that businesses & billionaires were going to start streaming out of NYC if Mamdani won was always laughable. There's ungodly amounts of money streaming into real estate & biz expansion there.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Seriously, the whole narrative that businesses & billionaires were going to start streaming out of NYC if Mamdani won was always laughable. There's ungodly amounts of money streaming into real estate & biz expansion there.
BREAKING: Egomaniacal, narcissist billionaires wrong about something.
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BREAKING: Egomaniacal, narcissist billionaires wrong about something.
BREAKING: Egomaniacal, narcissist blowhard is wrong about something.
Despite Elon Musk proclaiming that Delaware continues to "bleed companies," just 28 have de-incorporated from the state so far this year. Exclusive with latest data from Delaware Sec. of State here: www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d... #DExit #debunk
Despite Coinbase departure, only 28 companies have left Delaware this year
Coinbase became the latest high-profile company to announce plans to reincorporate outside of Delaware, but it's still a very rare move.
www.cnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
BREAKING: Egomaniacal, narcissist blowhard is wrong about something.
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I have a conspiracy theory that most conspiracy theories are made to discredit the people pointing out real conspiracies.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I have a conspiracy theory that most conspiracy theories are made to discredit the people pointing out real conspiracies.
Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.
Oreo-ception.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Oreo-ception.
The Oreo-loaded Oreo wondered if he was made of Oreos, or if Oreos were made up of him. And he screamed silently, as he did not know.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The Oreo-loaded Oreo wondered if he was made of Oreos, or if Oreos were made up of him. And he screamed silently, as he did not know.
Once again, Trump prepares to swoop in to (partially) solve a problem that he created, then declare victory. Ugh.
Trump Readies Tariff Cuts, Trade Deals in Affordability Push
US President Donald Trump is readying substantial tariff cuts designed to address high food prices and a series of new trade deals — including framework agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvad...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Once again, Trump prepares to swoop in to (partially) solve a problem that he created, then declare victory. Ugh.
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NYT’s dumb take caused me to go look up her Wikipedia. Pretty impressive work. Cofounded a nonprofit focused on transit, moved legislation, served on a government workgroup on revenue stabilization, board of a think tank, etc.
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
NYT’s dumb take caused me to go look up her Wikipedia. Pretty impressive work. Cofounded a nonprofit focused on transit, moved legislation, served on a government workgroup on revenue stabilization, board of a think tank, etc.
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
Proud Masshole resident of the People's Republic of Seattle.
Katie Wilson, a Political Newcomer, Is Elected Mayor in Seattle
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Proud Masshole resident of the People's Republic of Seattle.
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How could Katie Wilson allow this happen
Cal Raleigh finishes second in AL MVP voting, with 13 first-place votes to Aaron Judge's 17.
Julio Rodríguez finished sixth.
Julio Rodríguez finished sixth.
Yankees’ Aaron Judge wins tight race to take home his third AL MVP, and second in a row - BBWAA
New York Yankees' slugger Aaron Judge earned four more first-place votes than Seattle Mariners' catcher Cal Raleigh to win the American League MVP. Judge outpolled Raleigh, 17-13, in first-place votes...
bbwaa.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
How could Katie Wilson allow this happen