Elliott Schwartz

Elliott Schwartz

@eschwartz.org

GNC engineer in the Seattle area. Taking care of people is good, actually.

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I'm sure X is remarkably friendly if you aren't the target of racial slurs and harassment campaigns. Anyway, I wonder how many "niggers" I'll have to sift through if I start posting there again?

Next time I see someone brag about all the small individual donors they have Iโ€™m not sure Iโ€™ll believe it. Go run a real campaign and inspire people. Donโ€™t trick vulnerable folks into donating money with desperate text messages.

Pet peeve: Cd times area is what matters for efficiency, not just Cd. Companies will brag about low Cd on a bloated SUV and itโ€™ll get reported as something impressive. For EVs the thing I actually care about is miles/kWh at different speeds, which is the result of Cd * A and drivetrain efficiency.

@propublica.org wtf is this. If this is backed up by facts then go research it yourselves. Thereโ€™s no reason to link to the Daily Caller. Also, Iโ€™d prefer you stay in the โ€œresearch something deeply for months, consult multiple expertsโ€ lane and not just try to be sensational.

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social

If you care about open gov and FOIA, this should trouble you. โ€˜Delete From The Deleted Fileโ€™ โ€” Fauci Tried To Destroy Gain-Of-Function Research Email, New Docs Reveal, via @dailycaller.bsky.social

The background noise of this admin doing one dumb thing after another (deeply horrible stuff aside) is almost a rhythm I could fall asleep to, so: Asinine Strategic Memecoin Reserve

Patrick De Klotz@patdeklotz.bsky.social

Strategic Trump Memecoin Reserve

I have emailed @wadems.org about this awful tactic before. No reply. I wonโ€™t give them a cent until they apologize and do better. (I will keep knocking doors to get out the vote so donโ€™t tell me to get off the couch and quit griping.) cc @shasti.bsky.social

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. Itโ€™s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC donโ€™t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

Every time someone in aerospace writes โ€œAOPโ€ for argument of perigee my brain goes โ€œAlexandria Ocasio Portezโ€ and I canโ€™t make it stop

SE Gyges@segyges.bsky.social

it should be illegal for a politician to share a three letter initialism with an encryption algorithm, or indeed any of the 50 to 100 or so abbreviations i personally actually know by heart

@robinsparkman.bsky.social @sengelberg.bsky.social thank you for negotiating with the guild in good faith. Iโ€™m looking forward to more excellent work from your team.

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org

๐Ÿšจ WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.orgโ€™s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins๐Ÿ‘‡

Great article on whose grief makes the news and whose doesnโ€™t

South Seattle Emerald@soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN: The victims of the Seattle Center shooting deserve the city's grief and attention. So do the South End families who have endured years of overlooked violence. Marcus Harrison Green examines whose grief becomes a civic emergency โ€” and whose does not: soseaem.org/4x7A9ZT #Seattle

@cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov wanna not get primaried? this is a good start! (particularly the part where we do it and then get to see him cry about it)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."

just wait until he talks about how weโ€™re gonna reform our farce of a supreme court when we take back power, then itโ€™ll be a really good time

@robinsparkman.bsky.social youโ€™ve got the very best team in the world. Please give them what they want! Iโ€™m a regular donor and will increase my donation significantly this year (gotta get nine years of working for El*n off my conscience somehow) if the Guild is satisfied.

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org

Podcast producer Sabby Robinson knows firsthand how important layoff protections are in a union contract: โ€œI started about 3 months ago, right after I got laid off from the Washington Post.โ€ We deserve seniority-based layoff protections that are standard across the news industry.

@repkimschrier.bsky.social thanks for your vote on the Laken Riley Act! Youโ€™re up next!

Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social

๐Ÿ’ฅNEW: House Dems reeling from NY primary results - One called it an "earthquake" & a "huge defeat" for leadership - "It was a tough night," Rep. Meeks, Queens Dem Party chair, told @axios.com - Senior House Dem, asked if members are worried: "Yes they are" www.axios.com/2026/06/24/m...

Elliott Schwartz reposted

Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the worldโ€™s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comโ€˜Thereโ€™s wee girls insideโ€™: panic as masked men storm house in BelfastProtests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night โ€“ with some police officers acting as if it wasnโ€™t safe to intervene

Iโ€™m way late to the party but: The โ€œis it fascism yetโ€ debate is so tiring to me. Even worse is the โ€œif you call it fascism too early itโ€™s like the boy who cried wolfโ€ argument.

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If the magical median voter read the news or personally experienced even a fraction of the chaos, corruption, and actual violence this administration is causing, theyโ€™d make up their own mind and call it what it is.

What we call it, in one word, is irrelevant. The vast majority of people who say โ€œit isnโ€™t that badโ€ or โ€œit isnโ€™t fascismโ€ just arenโ€™t working with the same set of facts.

Iโ€™m way late to the party but: The โ€œis it fascism yetโ€ debate is so tiring to me. Even worse is the โ€œif you call it fascism too early itโ€™s like the boy who cried wolfโ€ argument.

Unlike a wolf eating your sheep, words are squishy. Itโ€™s not an obvious fact to everyone (putting aside whether, in a better info environment, it would be) if itโ€™s fascism.

@repkimschrier.bsky.social this is primary juice. thanks for your healthcare advocacy but sorry Iโ€™ll be voting for someone who doesnโ€™t side with MAGA 20 percent of the time in the next election.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

32 House Democrats joined the GOP to vote to criminalize bail funds. clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026169

@nytimespr.bsky.social whatโ€™s up with this? No statement? No examination of past reporting by @matinastevis.bsky.social for other fabricated quotes?

Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com โ€” certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country โ€” asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

@timkmak.bsky.social it would be great to move The Counteroffensive to another platform. Iโ€™m still paying for it but I feel crummy every month when I see the receipt.

kottke.org@kottke.org

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.