Kenneth Trease
@kptrease.bsky.social
engineering manager currently taking a break, co-founder @burkebrewing.bsky.social, opinions my own. he/him. normie shitlib data science bikes housing abundance transit language kids birds beer seattle
My renter once called me with a "rat in the toilet" problem, and reader, I did not believe her.
But I humored her, and came over to look, and reader, she was correct.
Poor little wet thing had almost drowned, was tiny and shivering.
But I humored her, and came over to look, and reader, she was correct.
Poor little wet thing had almost drowned, was tiny and shivering.
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
My renter once called me with a "rat in the toilet" problem, and reader, I did not believe her.
But I humored her, and came over to look, and reader, she was correct.
Poor little wet thing had almost drowned, was tiny and shivering.
But I humored her, and came over to look, and reader, she was correct.
Poor little wet thing had almost drowned, was tiny and shivering.
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Well. It's certainly not boring over in vaccine world.
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
www.sciencenews.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Well. It's certainly not boring over in vaccine world.
Third world power grid. Not my house this time, but my small business has no power!
Luckily, the beer taps work without electricity.
Luckily, the beer taps work without electricity.
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Third world power grid. Not my house this time, but my small business has no power!
Luckily, the beer taps work without electricity.
Luckily, the beer taps work without electricity.
You know they're going to redact the visual presentation and forget about track changes or something.
BREAKING: Justice Department is reportedly rapidly redacting the Epstein files before release tomorrow, per CNN
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You know they're going to redact the visual presentation and forget about track changes or something.
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Asking Americans if they prefer suburbia over dense, urban, walkable places is like asking them if they prefer cats over unicorns.
Have You Ever Seen A City?
When we talk about urbanism, most of us don't know what we're talking about
www.thedeletedscenes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Asking Americans if they prefer suburbia over dense, urban, walkable places is like asking them if they prefer cats over unicorns.
My god. This is amazing.
take a moment to watch this classic where they isolated his vocals. it gives me chills every time. what a singular talent he was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Fj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Fj...
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (A capella)
YouTube video by gramophoneferreira
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My god. This is amazing.
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The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them
The boats were smuggling... um... appropriation of oil leases. Yep, appropriated oil leases were in the hold of those boats.
First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The boats were smuggling... um... appropriation of oil leases. Yep, appropriated oil leases were in the hold of those boats.
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“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN.
It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned.”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
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Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
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When you don’t own a car by do own a cargo bike and have an engineering degree 😝🤓
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When you don’t own a car by do own a cargo bike and have an engineering degree 😝🤓
Maybe once a month, I'm like "I thought I was jaded and cynical, but I can't fucking believe we're doing this."
MAGA absolutely HATES George W Bush for starting a foreign war to protect American oil interests.
But MAGA loves Donald J Trump for... *checks notes*... starting a foreign war to protect American oil interests.
But MAGA loves Donald J Trump for... *checks notes*... starting a foreign war to protect American oil interests.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Maybe once a month, I'm like "I thought I was jaded and cynical, but I can't fucking believe we're doing this."
Hmmmm.
NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson has chosen Angela Brady, director of the Office of the Waterfront, Civic Projects and Sound Transit, as head of the Seattle Department of Transportation. Brady will replace Adiam Emery, former mayor Bruce Harrell's SDOT director and his former deputy mayor.
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hmmmm.
To me, YIMBY means "yes, also like that" for aesthetic considerations. I don't care if you don't like the looks of the apartment building going up, it's not your business and we need houses.
But it's legit to critique functionality and how dumb rules and regulations limit that functionality.
But it's legit to critique functionality and how dumb rules and regulations limit that functionality.
To me, YIMBY means "yes, also like that."
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To me, YIMBY means "yes, also like that" for aesthetic considerations. I don't care if you don't like the looks of the apartment building going up, it's not your business and we need houses.
But it's legit to critique functionality and how dumb rules and regulations limit that functionality.
But it's legit to critique functionality and how dumb rules and regulations limit that functionality.
Loved this essay.
"The one thing Nuzzi could offer to a reader is the one thing she refuses to provide." defector.com/american-can...
American Cant | Defector
Dante Alighieri thought he could write himself out of exile. In 1300, while serving on a governing committee in his beloved Florence, the poet was involved in a factional dispute among city leaders. T...
defector.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Loved this essay.
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Cyclists may be familiar with Schroedinger's cyclist. But I'd suggest also Schroedinger's public transport: simultaneously too slow and restrictive for car-users to take, while also perfectly fine and therefore not in need of any funding for improvement or expansion, or reallocation to bus lanes.
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cyclists may be familiar with Schroedinger's cyclist. But I'd suggest also Schroedinger's public transport: simultaneously too slow and restrictive for car-users to take, while also perfectly fine and therefore not in need of any funding for improvement or expansion, or reallocation to bus lanes.
Ea-nasir is making the rounds - not to ruin the meme, but there's really interesting history here.
www.aandeloucas.com/bluesky-page...
www.aandeloucas.com/bluesky-page...
aandeloucas - Maligned-Ea-Nasir
Was Ea-nasir Unfairly Maligned?
www.aandeloucas.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Ea-nasir is making the rounds - not to ruin the meme, but there's really interesting history here.
www.aandeloucas.com/bluesky-page...
www.aandeloucas.com/bluesky-page...
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Had to explain Ea-Nasir to my therapist
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Had to explain Ea-Nasir to my therapist
I know Gluesenkamp Perez gets a lot of play in western WA media as The Person Who Can Win That District cause of her unique approach, but I keep seeing examples of how her approach kinda sucks.
7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I know Gluesenkamp Perez gets a lot of play in western WA media as The Person Who Can Win That District cause of her unique approach, but I keep seeing examples of how her approach kinda sucks.
Seattle could have this.
Or (6) 1000 sf flats with parking, front and back yard, big private porches, 2 accessible units, 2 subsidized rental units. Lot coverage at 50%.
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Seattle could have this.
This power outage is gonna get elected to congress. It’s disenfranchising me.
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This power outage is gonna get elected to congress. It’s disenfranchising me.
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Another datapoint for the argument that we are living through an increasingly ludicrous market bubble
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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