Al Bergstein

Al Bergstein

@8string.bsky.social

Musician, biker, writer,IT Specialist, Filmmaker, left wing Jew. Publisher of The Olympic Peninsula Environmental News and Rainshadow Journal.

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Al Bergstein
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Northwest Tribes seek to take ownership of National Wildlife Refuges in the Salish Sea. olyopen.com/2026/06/23/t... A rather shocking bit of news was brought up casually at a County Council Meeting in the Pacific Northwest.

olyopen.comTribes seek ownership of National Wildlife Refuges in the Salish SeaIn a surprising statement in a meeting of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners, Jamestown S’Klallam Chairman and CEO Ron Allen stated that a number of tribes in the Salish Sea a…
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The SNAP Hunger Games view from the Olympic Peninsula: Port Angeles, # of households accessing the food bank grew from 10,000 in 2017 to 45,000 in 2024, Sequim Food Bank has seen an increase in need of 35 percent, Jefferson County Food Bank expecting a 25 percent increase in client load.

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@8string.bsky.social

A partisan speech to a mandated assembly of officers was a gross violation of the Hatch Act. telling officers to be ready to use force against U.S. citizens — was an impeachable offense. In an earlier era, Trump’s incoherent ranting would have meant his removal from office under the 25th Amend.

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@8string.bsky.social

recent survey from Seattle this was in the Seattle Times this morning. Bicycle commuting is up 32% in Seattle year over a year. I'm going to use this every time. I see a comment by an anti-cycling person to remind them that these are almost 17,000 trips that are not on his damn or her damn highway

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@8string.bsky.social

Minn. shooting: “The suspect, had weapons w/antisemitic & anti-Israel slogans, including “6 million wasn’t enough” praise for mass killers — echoing some of the same grievances against the Jewish immigrant aid group that motivated the Tree of Life synagogue gunman in Pittsburgh.

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HIAS, originally the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is an immigrant and refugee aid group that was also targeted in online writing by Robert Bowers, the man convicted of murdering 11 Jews in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018.”

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@8string.bsky.social

I think we need to reframe the argument against bike lanes. Let's start calling streets and roads "car lanes" instead. Document all the empty unused car lanes that you can find in your town and promote those as needing to be turned into bike lanes . like these!

Al Bergstein
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"Where's the beef?"

The New Yorker@newyorker.com

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

newyorker.comThe A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of HistoryLike the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
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In case you missed it: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended Tuesday that children between 6 months and 23 months old receive the vaccine to protect them against serious illness caused by the virus.

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Kids under the age of 2 are especially vulnerable to severe COVID-19, the group said, and should be prioritized for vaccination unless they have an allergy to the jab or its ingredients.

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“There is no scientific evidence to support the changes HHS made to COVID recommendations for pregnant women or for children most at risk for high-risk transmission of severe disease,” said the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

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Where was Emily Randall when the vote happened that defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting & numerous foreign aid? (HR 4)She was one of four Democrats who did not vote and the vote was lost by two.

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wonder whether it's going to get worse soon or not, the answer is yes.(DOGE) is planning to move the computer system of the Social Security Administration (SSA) off the old programming language it uses, COBOL, to a new system. they think they can do it in a few months. They have no idea.

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Ukraine has received the first tranche of 2.5 billion CAD (close to 1.7 billion USD) promised funds from the proceeds of Russia’s frozen Canadian assets. Thank you, Canada! 🇨🇦

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this article is a reminder that we all must do our best to keep teenagers out of the juvenile justice system at all costs. Are there kids that must be locked up absolutely. But we have to weigh the cost of what might happen to them inside. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comCalifornia charges 30 officers over ‘gladiator fights’ at juvenile facilityStaff at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall alleged to have allowed or encouraged nearly 70 fights involving young detainees