I kind of think this is an important point to reiterate. It's never "rockets vs science." And sometimes (like with the Artemis II mission), there is science that can piggy-back on missions where enabling human spaceflight is the primary goal. The proposed science cuts are just about cutting science.
Those Fuel Coffee shops are a great opportunity for someone who wants to own a small neighborhood bookstore/cafe. There are lots of fun possibilities for inventive booksellers to build bookish communities out of those spaces.
This is breaking the fundamental social compact between writer and editor it's like the Red Wedding for people who write for a living
Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “The Texas gerrymander freak out. What’s happening in Texas is not a threat to democracy.”
Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss. The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it.”
The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas.
But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”
Indeed. Complaints about redistricting are invalid. Republicans did it everywhere and invalidated a Constitutional Amendment so they could do it on explicitly racial lines.
There are two choices: use the same levers of power as Republicans do, or let them win. There is no "principled" opposition.
My most liberal idpol radlib take is that I think it's pretty bad that
right wing forces are actively intervening on behalf of the Klan with the full weight of the state legal apparatus
“What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain… Because both Britain and the United States are confronting outbreaks, I am sharing my story. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”
I wanted to write about Campfire for years but could never get an attending author to go on the record about it. The sensory deprivation tank image in this piece is brilliant.
Congratulations, so exciting!!! 🎉
Because some comments make me think people missed the PSAs I do semi-regularly: if you were born before 1987, you should get a MMR booster now. The second childhood dose of MMR wasn't added until 1989, and folks who were older than 2 (the age for the 2nd) may not have gotten it.
Big news about PROTEC17 stepping up for its CARE team workers and filing an unfair labor practice. Particularly brave to take on SPOG in this way.
45th and University, Seattle. From my book, More Walks With Willa. Etsy.com/shop/stevenreddy
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Excited that InfoWars has switched sides in the infowars
Well…yes…
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The thing that is hard about writing is conclusions. Also introductions. And the middle stuff.
I’ll be damned if I’m going to change my bad writing just because some bad readers can’t tell the difference between artisanal bad writing and algorithmic bad writing. I was bad at this first; let the robots change.
PEPFAR saves lives, but only when the program is funded, and funding means nothing if it sits unused. Use this tool to email your members of Congress to demand they release PEPFAR funding:
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I didn't know you were a WOT fan until today!! I loved the soundtrack so much
I thought McSweeney's was a parody website?
Man wearing sunglasses laying back on a sunny grass at Gas Works Park
‘Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This,’ Says Seattle Man Enjoying 37-Minute Window of Sunshine at Gas Works: tinyurl.com/24fw2w75
I had a wonderful time talking to Sujin Witherspoon last week (@tswitherspoon.bsky.social) about her new book! We talked about the dreaded sophomore slump, when to follow tropes and when to subvert them, and much more. Romcoms aren't usually my thing, but hers truly make me laugh out loud!
loved loved loved chatting with @citycastseattle.bsky.social about CHUM’s place in local media, the story behind our name, and our long-term goals as a worker-owned and subscriber-supported news outlet ✍️
click below to hear us yap! yay for collaborative, independent, hyperlocal media 🫶
Man in shower happily spraying self in face with bottle of Rain-X
Seattle Resident Applies Rain-X Directly to Skin to Avoid Needing Umbrella: tinyurl.com/mw32bfmz
Earlier this month, I got to interview internet legend @felicia.day about her debut graphic novel, 'The Lost Daughter of Sparta'! We talked a lot about the book, and also a little about being a creative in these trying times. Check it out here:
OPINION: Removed Jackson School Middle East Center director speaks out (via @lunacronebaron.bsky.social)
www.dailyuw.com/article/remo...
And so the greed of a few evil people and the criminal ignorance of a few powerful people is allowed to kill hundreds of thousands of people, and will likely result in the deaths of millions
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