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Washington has open presidential primaries and two years ago I voted in the GOP one to vote against Trump, specifically. Now I get GOP election texts. Anyway if you're wondering who to vote against in the Washington supreme court races, here's who the GOP is endorsing.

"AI and digital surveillance reversed the American consumer model. We grew up with people constantly trying to sell us stuff. Now they're trying to sell us *to* stuff. We are the things being purchased. Our data, our lives." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koos...

Tribal leaders are urging voters to use an official drop box for their ballots as postal delays and late postmarks put votes at risk, especially in rural and tribal communities. When your ballot arrives, fill out the entire ballot and get it to an official drop box early!

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

If this isn’t a canary in the coal mine re: the economy, I don’t know what is: Stopped by a Habitat for Humanity thrift store to ask about donating some furniture. Clerk told me they’ve been so inundated by people downsizing, the earliest they could pick up a donation is… December. Holy shit. 

It would be nice if my coworkers could wait longer than 30 mins before aggravating me on a Monday morning. Or any morning really.

Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres 1. Alice in Chains 2. The Cure 3. Tallis Scholars

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This is an actual nightmare.

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📢 SPREAD THE WORD! Tomorrow my best bud @abandonedsheep.com is launching his debut indie game... Schrödinger's Cat Burglar

really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org

My specialty is accidentally typing snarky comments in the meeting chat instead of in a private chat.

And how

yeah breakups hurt, but have you ever experienced the tragedy of being dogshit at a video game character that you really like

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The ears though! 😍

I think we’re going to need this emoji 🌎 in this form 🤯

Omg… he’s going to show up at something tomorrow and they’re going to pull some more “just like Jesus” shit, aren’t they. Maybe with some “he didn’t even need three days like that other loser” thrown in.

I wanted one of my dogs to move but the words that came out of my mouth were “can you skip your twos?” I’ll refer to this when asked “when did you first notice signs of dementia?”

I would give up SO much to have one good doctor.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

I love that my local parks department posts one-star reviews left by park visitors

If #Tetris & Guitar Hero made a baby while on an @aba.org birding trip in Costa Rica, ChipNotes! might be what hatches out of the egg. Spectrograms flutter down, birds call in your left or right ear, you tap the match b4 time runs out. Free/open source! chipnotes.app #birding #birdingbyear

Yay! The airport process needs another line. 🙄

King County, WA considers decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms

As “baby animal” season starts at various “farm” attractions during spring, this piece we wrote last year remains relevant. Remember these key questions you should ask about any animal encounter! woodstocksanctuary.s...

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor”—Tupac

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have you ever read one of my Discworld QOTDs and thought, hey, I should really get around to reading those books? good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader you won’t regret it

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Shit I didn't include the link. Maybe you shouldn't trust me. Draw your horse here: gradient.horse

"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Admission is free today, tomorrow and Sunday at the Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum for visitors wearing Seahawks gear.

“Whatever may have been my political opinions before, I have but one sentiment now: that is, we have a government, and laws, and a flag, and they must all be sustained. There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter.” - Ulysses S. Grant

The date for the next No Kings Day is set. But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵

"2026 is going to be my year!" Me in January:

This is something worth reading.

to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app select the icon in the top left corner go to settings go to content and media make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off