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@mikstev.bsky.social

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Just another jerk who moved to Seattle. Occasionally says something about stormwater and flooding. Thinks numbers in one's user name indicates weakness. Mostly on Bluesky to hone my sarcasm.

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 11d

Goes to show you how immigrant invasions end up ruining countries.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 13d

I mean, they got Cary Joji Fukunaga to direct a Bond film, so...

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 13d

UPDATE: Cinnamon fired, replaced with cassia.

The Needling @theneedling.com · 14d

Starbucks Cancels Pumpkin Spice Season After Cinnamon Unionizes: tinyurl.com/436ewmrb

Cinnamon sticks demonstrating outside Starbucks headquarters with protest signs reading "Who's Got the Cinnamon? We Got the Cinnamon" and "Pumpkin Does Nothing"

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 14d

Russia's final warning, eh?

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 14d

I cross this bridge every time I have to into the office. The fumes are INTENSE.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 17d

Behind the Bastards did a great piece on the Business Plot, well worth listening to.

The episode also has a brief bio of Smedley Butler, the guy who uncovered the plot. Dude went from heavily decorated marine to denouncing foreign wars as colonialism bullshit.

Behind the Insurrections - When Rich Fascists Almost Took Over America | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

YouTube video by Behind the Bastards

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 18d

Q: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?

A: The Holocaust.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 25d

I mean, this whole thing is ridiculous. But that's where I lost it.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 25d

"I guess we're BIPOCs now"

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 25d

South Korean culture has these strange customs that Americans find hard to understand.

For instance, their last president was impeached for using the military to subvert democracy, then arrested, and is now facing trial.

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 26d

I'm nowhere near as plugged in as other folks in this conversation, I just see a D making a cynical calculation to further their electoral chances rather than fighting for their allies. I see strategy instead of idealism.

Given the current state of things, I'm sick and tired of strategy.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 26d

Is she still endorsing Harrell?

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 26d

To be fair, mainstream Dems have been running on the same platform for the past 30 years.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 27d

There is no magic in summoning fruit flies, none.

No, the real magic is getting them to go away.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 27d

The population's gonna increase by 50% over the next 25 years, during which time Sound Transit may complete the light rail line to Ballard.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 27d

If all it took to turn a kid from a conservative background into a wide-eyed leftist was a single semester at a Utah university, I'd have serious doubts about the strength of conservatism as an ideology.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 27d

It's amazing how the second deadliest terrorist attack on the US is memory-holed while we literally bake 9-11 into school curricula.

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · 28d

As someone who lives in Beacon Hill, I see a silver lining: Maybe they'll also fix our god-awful elevators when they add in turnstiles.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you think of "lady" as the feminine equivalent of "lord", being a "lunch lady" sounds like a noble calling.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Sep 4

NB Kissenger was the exception that proved the rule.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Aug 31

If you want to see Lord of the Flies, mention the Romani to any Central European.

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mr Rogers: When things are scary, look for the helpers.

ICE: 🤔

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Aug 25

And that's not even mentioning the time he threatened a pregnant woman with a gun over a parking spot.

[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ride on Rainier. It's not nearly as bad as it might seem.

Southbound, ride in the center of the right lane. Traffic usually keeps cars from going too fast. It gets much nicer once you're south of MLK.

Northbound, use the bus lane.

Avoid Rainier north of I-90 at all costs.

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[MS] @mikstev.bsky.social · Aug 18

Venn diagram of those two is a perfect circle.