James everything is analog
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Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
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“After that extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon.”
Eewwww
Eewwww
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“After that extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon.”
Eewwww
Eewwww
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the banks make as much as developers on the low-rise and townhome proformas i have in front of me... weird they don't have to pay up...
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
the banks make as much as developers on the low-rise and townhome proformas i have in front of me... weird they don't have to pay up...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
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I once saw a graffiti tag that said something like “we must live so beautifully that the revolution is irresistible”
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I once saw a graffiti tag that said something like “we must live so beautifully that the revolution is irresistible”
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The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
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Just saw an extended version
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just saw an extended version
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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“After the first burn, the net productivity of those plots was really low and the controls looked a lot better,” said John Battles @natureatcal.bsky.social and @ucanr.edu. “But by the third burn, the patterns had switched.” ucanr.edu/blog/green-b...
Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees | Green Blog
A two decade long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon whil...
ucanr.edu
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“After the first burn, the net productivity of those plots was really low and the controls looked a lot better,” said John Battles @natureatcal.bsky.social and @ucanr.edu. “But by the third burn, the patterns had switched.” ucanr.edu/blog/green-b...
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This is the reason why outgoing mayor Brucey hated me in our endorsement interviews for 2 cycles.
If you strut around talking about how you stand up to corporations, then you should be able to handle a question about why you, as council president, completely crumbled at the slightest pressure.
If you strut around talking about how you stand up to corporations, then you should be able to handle a question about why you, as council president, completely crumbled at the slightest pressure.
Remember this fuckery? They passed the original head tax unanimously then repealed it 7-2 a month later. (Then passed JumpStart a year later.) Every councilmember who voted to repeal will be out of public office next year (except Juarez who was appointed to fill D5 seat go figure)
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is the reason why outgoing mayor Brucey hated me in our endorsement interviews for 2 cycles.
If you strut around talking about how you stand up to corporations, then you should be able to handle a question about why you, as council president, completely crumbled at the slightest pressure.
If you strut around talking about how you stand up to corporations, then you should be able to handle a question about why you, as council president, completely crumbled at the slightest pressure.
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Remember this fuckery? They passed the original head tax unanimously then repealed it 7-2 a month later. (Then passed JumpStart a year later.) Every councilmember who voted to repeal will be out of public office next year (except Juarez who was appointed to fill D5 seat go figure)
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Remember this fuckery? They passed the original head tax unanimously then repealed it 7-2 a month later. (Then passed JumpStart a year later.) Every councilmember who voted to repeal will be out of public office next year (except Juarez who was appointed to fill D5 seat go figure)
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"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
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5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
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The Washington Post is just straight up spreading misinformation. Total witchcraft. Not a single person at the Post has any basis for the claim that "increased enforcement of tougher laws" either happened at all or reduced murder. Maybe someone should write a book about it...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Washington Post is just straight up spreading misinformation. Total witchcraft. Not a single person at the Post has any basis for the claim that "increased enforcement of tougher laws" either happened at all or reduced murder. Maybe someone should write a book about it...
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If there is an urban forestry commission then there should also be an urban salmon commission, urban beaver commission, urban camas meadow commission, urban wetlands commission, urban stream commission, urban eel grass bed commission, urban bull kelp commission, urban floodplain commission, urban…
Why does Seattle just have an Urban Forestry commission, instead of an Urban Ecology commission?
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
If there is an urban forestry commission then there should also be an urban salmon commission, urban beaver commission, urban camas meadow commission, urban wetlands commission, urban stream commission, urban eel grass bed commission, urban bull kelp commission, urban floodplain commission, urban…
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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When Amazon 1st announced they would open a 2nd HQ outside of Seattle, the usual WA conservatives gloated that progressives making wealthy corporations pay what they owe in taxes had backfired.
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
When Amazon 1st announced they would open a 2nd HQ outside of Seattle, the usual WA conservatives gloated that progressives making wealthy corporations pay what they owe in taxes had backfired.
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Why does Seattle just have an Urban Forestry commission, instead of an Urban Ecology commission?
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why does Seattle just have an Urban Forestry commission, instead of an Urban Ecology commission?
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
Trees are just one small part of the health of wetlands, watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the health of an urban ecosystem.
It’s be like if your hospital *only* had a hepatology department.
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My latest on how the 2026 Seattle budget (final Council vote on Friday) is not setting Katie Wilson up for success, between its accounting tricks, one-time funding, and CM provisos. Also some details about the federal Continuum of Care changes, which I know many of you have been concerned about.
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson to Inherit Seattle’s Budget Woes
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/k...
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/k...
Katie Wilson to Inherit Seattle’s Budget Woes » The Urbanist
# Katie Wilson may have won the mayoral election, but her challenges are just beginning. Outgoing Mayor Bruce Harrell is leaving a budget mess behind him.
www.theurbanist.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My latest on how the 2026 Seattle budget (final Council vote on Friday) is not setting Katie Wilson up for success, between its accounting tricks, one-time funding, and CM provisos. Also some details about the federal Continuum of Care changes, which I know many of you have been concerned about.
The Unicode consortium voting members are almost entirely all-US?? (Except one Italian company and two India gov/org)
No wonder there are only single family detached housing emojis 🏡🏠🏚️ and yet no multi-family housing or apartment emojis
No wonder there are only single family detached housing emojis 🏡🏠🏚️ and yet no multi-family housing or apartment emojis
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Unicode consortium voting members are almost entirely all-US?? (Except one Italian company and two India gov/org)
No wonder there are only single family detached housing emojis 🏡🏠🏚️ and yet no multi-family housing or apartment emojis
No wonder there are only single family detached housing emojis 🏡🏠🏚️ and yet no multi-family housing or apartment emojis
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My deep dive on the funding changes: publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
Federal Funding Changes Could Make Thousands of People in Seattle Homeless - PubliCola
The city and county are working on plans to offset potential federal funding cuts under the Trump Administration. By Erica…
publicola.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My deep dive on the funding changes: publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
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Honored and ready 💕
(I’d put a multi-family housing emoji but apparently I can only find single family emojis)
(I’d put a multi-family housing emoji but apparently I can only find single family emojis)
❤️🎉 @tiffanimc.bsky.social our social housing champion!
NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson picked a City insider with Tim Ceis connect, the Protecc17 ED, social housing champ, Friends of Little Sài Gòn ED, and economic development guy for transition team. WHAT A COMMUNIST!
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Honored and ready 💕
(I’d put a multi-family housing emoji but apparently I can only find single family emojis)
(I’d put a multi-family housing emoji but apparently I can only find single family emojis)
❤️🎉 @tiffanimc.bsky.social our social housing champion!
NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson picked a City insider with Tim Ceis connect, the Protecc17 ED, social housing champ, Friends of Little Sài Gòn ED, and economic development guy for transition team. WHAT A COMMUNIST!
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
❤️🎉 @tiffanimc.bsky.social our social housing champion!