HalfAstorian
@halfastorian.bsky.social
Full time Seattleite
Finnish American
Old family recipe for Molotov cocktails
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
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Let this sink in: Bari Weiss refused to fact check one goddamn thing Erika Kirk said while giving her an hour of prime time real estate last week. Meanwhile, she held a meticulously fact-checked investigative report because it was missing "critical voices."
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Let this sink in: Bari Weiss refused to fact check one goddamn thing Erika Kirk said while giving her an hour of prime time real estate last week. Meanwhile, she held a meticulously fact-checked investigative report because it was missing "critical voices."
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The thing about censorship — I say this as someone with experience living under authoritarianism — is that it’s rarely overt. The state cracks down when people flirt with the line & then folks maintain it. This 60 minutes cancellation of the episode on CECOT sent chills down my spine.
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The thing about censorship — I say this as someone with experience living under authoritarianism — is that it’s rarely overt. The state cracks down when people flirt with the line & then folks maintain it. This 60 minutes cancellation of the episode on CECOT sent chills down my spine.
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Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mel Brooks having to bury Rob Reiner is against all laws of nature and I’m not ok about it
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read the actual bill text and this is quite literally a provision designed solely to impede civil and criminal investigations into United States Senators and their staff. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
read the actual bill text and this is quite literally a provision designed solely to impede civil and criminal investigations into United States Senators and their staff. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Human employees and tangible products are risky and eliminating that uncertainty allows Starbucks to become the instrument of pure capital that is the Valhalla of all corporations,” said hedge fund manager Gerrick Spum. Before Spum could continue the interview, his job was replaced by an AI…”
Starbucks Wows Investors By Closing All Stores: tinyurl.com/3anhtzdn
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Human employees and tangible products are risky and eliminating that uncertainty allows Starbucks to become the instrument of pure capital that is the Valhalla of all corporations,” said hedge fund manager Gerrick Spum. Before Spum could continue the interview, his job was replaced by an AI…”
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Harrell Argues Seattle Needs Mayor Who Can Afford Enough Childcare to Forget Own Child Even Exists: tinyurl.com/2sjh2ca5
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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He’s just so Swedish
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
He’s just so Swedish
“Public reception of the change was a lot warmer than the sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing this week, which Amazon also helped fund.”
East Bezos Ball Demolished to Make Way for More Ball Room: tinyurl.com/4hucab54
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Public reception of the change was a lot warmer than the sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing this week, which Amazon also helped fund.”
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We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We can’t let this happen.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
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A pardon "following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." Unprecedented corruption.
President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture.
Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company
on.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A pardon "following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." Unprecedented corruption.
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It’s the Notre Dame fire if the biggest asshole in the known universe said “wow this church looks gay as hell. Let’s burn it down and build a casino” and no one was able to stop him from doing it.
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It’s the Notre Dame fire if the biggest asshole in the known universe said “wow this church looks gay as hell. Let’s burn it down and build a casino” and no one was able to stop him from doing it.
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Historic preservation is confusing. In Seattle, we conferred permanent landmark status to a Walgreen’s drive-thru.
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Historic preservation is confusing. In Seattle, we conferred permanent landmark status to a Walgreen’s drive-thru.
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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The ability to walk right into the belly of the RW media beast and say these things--to confront hostility with grace and good humor--comes across as simply miraculous in this year of bitterness and political cowardice. A revelation.
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The ability to walk right into the belly of the RW media beast and say these things--to confront hostility with grace and good humor--comes across as simply miraculous in this year of bitterness and political cowardice. A revelation.
Same, murderbot. Same.
Whatever was going on, there was nothing I could do about it now, and that just made me more furious. So I watched five minutes of episode 174 of Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. Did that work? No, no, it didn’t.
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Same, murderbot. Same.
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By the way, the Twitter thread in question goes on to identify the statements made by foreign nationals that got them banned from the United States—and in almost every instance it was just a refusal to mourn Charlie Kirk or a refusal to say nice things about him that did it, not support for violence
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
By the way, the Twitter thread in question goes on to identify the statements made by foreign nationals that got them banned from the United States—and in almost every instance it was just a refusal to mourn Charlie Kirk or a refusal to say nice things about him that did it, not support for violence
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Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
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Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine
Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine
Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
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Our plane to Spain is in the air!
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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our plane to Spain is in the air!
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.
Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.
Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.
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This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??
Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.
Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.
Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.
Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Traumatic Disorder
Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.
www.status.news
October 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??
Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.
Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.