I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Tried to work today

Just ended up crying a lot

Well worth a watch.

Another case of normie radicalization. This guy is the former president of a local HOA, a web developer for real estate companies and a self proclaimed "member of the square community" and he's out in the streets.

Obviously, the right's "2A to stop tyranny" has and will always be performative. The question now that tyranny has come and started murdering the lawful left is how those 2A folks will respond. Because comply or die is quickly becoming the binary option being forced onto them.

“When an individual enters their residence, conceals themselves behind a closed door, and attempts to go about their everyday life, they are willfully impeding the important work of law enforcement officers and engaging in domestic terrorism,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin

In a conference this week with executives from across the country- Someone from Minneapolis introduced themselves. He couldn't get through it. He was sad to leave home, heartbroken by what his friends were experiencing, and angry with how poorly and inaccurately the story was being reported.

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Look folks, I work in conservation so I care about the public land sell-off. A lot. And I know plenty of leftist folks who seem alarmed that folks are paying more attention to that than, ya know, everything else horrific happening under this administration. BUT, this is the fight to the wage

Respectfully- kootenai county sheriff's office can stay the fuck on their side of the border, and I expect Spokane police to do the same.

we don't want you over here policing our city, anymore than CDA folks want to see us over there. This wasn't appropriate, mutual aid agreement be damned

@mayorspokane.bsky.social

Just confirming that this is the out-of-state law enforcement agency you brought in to standby by and backup policing your own residents yesterday?

Spokane police chief "we didn't use tear gas, we used smoke canisters and then pepper balls"

So you released a gas then made tears....how could folks ever have gotten the impression you used tear gas.

Spokane mayor "I've been a protestor before" is really something to say when you initiate a crackdown instead of joining your residents protesting ICE in our hometown. If "we belong" in Spokane, you belong on the protest line. Both to keep the peace and show what you'll stand for

Welp, Spokane is officially popping off. A light protest of a couple hundred people, overwhelmingly peaceful was declared an unlawful assembly before police escalated. There's now a curfew in place for much of downtown- hell of a start to Pride and no kings this weekend

Watching Jurassic Park, where a computer nerd with a debt problem and delusions of grandeur tears down all the safety systems, with no understanding of the consequences, so he can better facilitate his planned espionage and theft.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

For my conservation people: name ONE national conservation org or hook and bullet club that doesn't rely on federal grants or funding to steward our shared public lands

You can't. They don't exist.

So I'm dropping Meta. And while those platforms are generally hellscape, it's worth being specific too:
1. I have seen an unmoderated rise in hate speech there
2. Just constant ads and garbage
3. I see less content from people I want to hear from
4. My kids deserve better social media than that