Christopher Fast

Christopher Fast

@fastcj.bsky.social

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Lewis County, WA, is Trump country. Last time I was there a few years ago, it was festooned with Trump flags and yard signs. This week, all I saw was one "Vance 2028" flag and one homemade "Trump forever" sign.

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Ryan Evans@ryanevans.bsky.social

The people who are putting our servicemembers and country at risk are those who ground our readiness down to the bone with an unwise and unsuccessful war. Not the people reporting on it.

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"You were riding during rush hour. Why were you riding then? There are way too many cars on the road. If you were commuting, you should have contacted your boss and politely asked to work from 3:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. instead." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you...

mcsweeneys.netYou’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your FaultYou were riding during rush hour Why were you riding then? There are way too many cars on the road. If you were commuting, you should have contacted your bos...

A bill was just signed into law by Washington Governor Ferguson prohibiting employers from microchipping employees. I wish the need for this was some sort of dark April fools joke.

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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

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"We have been shouting from the rooftops for months: The kind of senseless, tragic killing we’ve just witnessed in Minneapolis is a predictable outcome of the current drive to take over communities, assert government power, and intimidate locals into submission." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...

open.substack.comTrump flooded the streets with ICE agents. One just killed an unarmed woman.Good cops have been shouting from the rooftops that this would happen.

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Replying to @seattlebikeblog.com

And, just as a final bitter note, safe streets folks weren't even asking for speed humps originally. Folks wanted protected space for biking and walking on the boulevard. The speed humps were a sour "compromise" b/c at least they would be something. Cutting even the speed humps is just so bad.

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At this rate I expect next we’ll get new information about Monica Lewinsky, a list of 205 card-carrying communists employed by the State Department, and possibly some blockbuster revelations about Grover Cleveland’s illegitimate child.

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released documents related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-je...

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Sean Duffy hails from rural Sawyer Co, WI. He talks incessantly about homicides in NYC and in the subway. But a close examination of mortality risks shows beyond any doubt that they're higher in bucolic and lily white Sawyer Co than in NYC.

bloomberg.comNew York City’s Subway Is Actually Safer Than Your CarTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a point about assaults underground, but his policies aren’t improving anything.

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"Western civilization is definitely worth saving, people. But not the liberal values part, of course. I don’t mean the democracy part either. Or the shared ethical values. Or that stuff Jesus said about love and forgiveness."

mcsweeneys.netLet’s Save Western Civilization by Being Cruel Motherfuckers“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy… ” —  Elon Musk - - -I see Musk’s point. Empathy is destroying Western civilization, w...

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"Retirees are a net drain on society because they do not work eighty hours a week. They merely provide free childcare to their grandchildren and pay for unnecessary hobbies like pickleball, contra dancing, and hospice."

mcsweeneys.netKilling Baby Boomers Will Save the United States Government Trillions“Martin O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said the recent cuts made by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Departme...

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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."