Owen
@owenpick.bsky.social
Seattle based, (mostly) earnest poster.
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OK Tracer Bullet was good but I assume we're all in agreement that this is the all-time BEST Calvin & Hobbes strip, correct
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
OK Tracer Bullet was good but I assume we're all in agreement that this is the all-time BEST Calvin & Hobbes strip, correct
This is obviously not true.
However most of the people saying stuff like this will absolutely move on to basically the same complaint about a different Dem who is strong or even the nominee when Newsom inevitably fades.
However most of the people saying stuff like this will absolutely move on to basically the same complaint about a different Dem who is strong or even the nominee when Newsom inevitably fades.
i think most (not all) of the "you must vote for Newsom" people are just Newsom supporters who want him to win because they like him and his policies, not because they have high minded ideas about harm reduction.
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is obviously not true.
However most of the people saying stuff like this will absolutely move on to basically the same complaint about a different Dem who is strong or even the nominee when Newsom inevitably fades.
However most of the people saying stuff like this will absolutely move on to basically the same complaint about a different Dem who is strong or even the nominee when Newsom inevitably fades.
Molloy is mostly fine but it's also pretty obvious they've lost their mind on internet polarization. So now I can't really trust them.
So what to do with that? Keep following and let it potentially skew your own reality? More and more I'm leaning towards blocking.
So what to do with that? Keep following and let it potentially skew your own reality? More and more I'm leaning towards blocking.
February 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Molloy is mostly fine but it's also pretty obvious they've lost their mind on internet polarization. So now I can't really trust them.
So what to do with that? Keep following and let it potentially skew your own reality? More and more I'm leaning towards blocking.
So what to do with that? Keep following and let it potentially skew your own reality? More and more I'm leaning towards blocking.
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Why is everyone accusing me of killing a bunch of people? I didn't even touch the lever.
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Why is everyone accusing me of killing a bunch of people? I didn't even touch the lever.
Massie is demonstrating how founders thought the system would work, competing egos.
Ambition counteracts ambition.
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
Ambition counteracts ambition.
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Massie is demonstrating how founders thought the system would work, competing egos.
Ambition counteracts ambition.
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
Ambition counteracts ambition.
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
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No one hates American culture more than the people who endlessly bemoan its loss. I love being American!
February 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The whole "die to defend" something is gender.
People will die over lots of brain dead, vain things (men mostly). But people only "tend a garden" everyday if they care deeply. And those people are also probably willing to die for what they care about.
People will die over lots of brain dead, vain things (men mostly). But people only "tend a garden" everyday if they care deeply. And those people are also probably willing to die for what they care about.
February 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The whole "die to defend" something is gender.
People will die over lots of brain dead, vain things (men mostly). But people only "tend a garden" everyday if they care deeply. And those people are also probably willing to die for what they care about.
People will die over lots of brain dead, vain things (men mostly). But people only "tend a garden" everyday if they care deeply. And those people are also probably willing to die for what they care about.
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Joe Rogan knows he is bad and continues to do it anyway
Joe Rogan profits from his influence but disclaims responsibility for it. “I talk shit for a living,” he said during a stand-up set. “If you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault?” And yet he does not hesitate to dispense it. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7BFkTt
Listening to Joe Rogan
How a gift for shooting the shit turned into an online empire—and a political force.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Joe Rogan knows he is bad and continues to do it anyway
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Sorry, but this @nytimes.com op-ed on free fares in New York City, by @galvinalmanza.bsky.social, is deeply ignorant of the issues.
It proposes that pretty social justice vibes and some careless citations will change facts of math. Thread: 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
It proposes that pretty social justice vibes and some careless citations will change facts of math. Thread: 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Sorry, but this @nytimes.com op-ed on free fares in New York City, by @galvinalmanza.bsky.social, is deeply ignorant of the issues.
It proposes that pretty social justice vibes and some careless citations will change facts of math. Thread: 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
It proposes that pretty social justice vibes and some careless citations will change facts of math. Thread: 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
A big reason I'm bearish on Harris and Newsom is because I think the California electoral ecosystem doesn't test and winnow candidates as well as other places.
Just in time for discourse bait, Harris is leading the Focaldata primary poll that came out
First choice: Harris 39%, Newsom 21%, AOC 10%, Pete and Shapiro 7%
But the most interesting part is the RCV
First choice: Harris 39%, Newsom 21%, AOC 10%, Pete and Shapiro 7%
But the most interesting part is the RCV
February 15, 2026 at 6:16 AM
A big reason I'm bearish on Harris and Newsom is because I think the California electoral ecosystem doesn't test and winnow candidates as well as other places.
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
No one wants to defend Newsom
However it's pretty obvious ya'll are just doing a dry run at tearing down the Dem nominee (who will obviously not be Newsom).
However it's pretty obvious ya'll are just doing a dry run at tearing down the Dem nominee (who will obviously not be Newsom).
February 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
No one wants to defend Newsom
However it's pretty obvious ya'll are just doing a dry run at tearing down the Dem nominee (who will obviously not be Newsom).
However it's pretty obvious ya'll are just doing a dry run at tearing down the Dem nominee (who will obviously not be Newsom).
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
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They think of “urban” as synonymous with Black and that explains a good deal of the invalidation of urban spaces as “real America”
February 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
They think of “urban” as synonymous with Black and that explains a good deal of the invalidation of urban spaces as “real America”
How I feel about everyone north of I-90 celebrating more trains.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
How I feel about everyone north of I-90 celebrating more trains.
Please stop demanding public transit fix our broken safety net and criminal justice system.
Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Please stop demanding public transit fix our broken safety net and criminal justice system.
An entire political party committed to doing cruelty and violence to little kids.
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
An entire political party committed to doing cruelty and violence to little kids.
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This is what Republicans want. Vote every last one of them out, no matter the office. Don't let these monsters anywhere near government again.
In the early morning, ICE raided the elementary school bus stop during the pick-up time, causing panic among the 4th and 5th graders. This unfortunate event took place outside the Woodland Village Apartments in Lindenwold, New Jersey.
February 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is what Republicans want. Vote every last one of them out, no matter the office. Don't let these monsters anywhere near government again.
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notice that in the video quoted here the person who said he is engaging in protest for the first time in his life says, with emotion, “that’s not who we are,” in reference to ICE terrorizing grade schoolers.
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
notice that in the video quoted here the person who said he is engaging in protest for the first time in his life says, with emotion, “that’s not who we are,” in reference to ICE terrorizing grade schoolers.
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
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When we teach police officers that large and small rules do not apply to them, it directly encourages the disregard for public safety evident in police shootings, violence against protestors, and reckless driving.
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When we teach police officers that large and small rules do not apply to them, it directly encourages the disregard for public safety evident in police shootings, violence against protestors, and reckless driving.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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Take action now! Tell your state representatives you want them to pass HB2095 to strengthen accountability for drivers who hit people walking or biking: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2095
A vote is expected soon, and your voice makes a difference. cc: @wabike.bsky.social @cascade.org
A vote is expected soon, and your voice makes a difference. cc: @wabike.bsky.social @cascade.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Take action now! Tell your state representatives you want them to pass HB2095 to strengthen accountability for drivers who hit people walking or biking: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2095
A vote is expected soon, and your voice makes a difference. cc: @wabike.bsky.social @cascade.org
A vote is expected soon, and your voice makes a difference. cc: @wabike.bsky.social @cascade.org
Malloy could qualify their statement by saying they won't vote for a Dem in the primary. Just saying.
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Malloy could qualify their statement by saying they won't vote for a Dem in the primary. Just saying.
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KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
No?
How about we just illustrate you can prosecute, convict and imprison criminals, including rich ones and immigrants?
How about we just illustrate you can prosecute, convict and imprison criminals, including rich ones and immigrants?
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 8:12 AM
No?
How about we just illustrate you can prosecute, convict and imprison criminals, including rich ones and immigrants?
How about we just illustrate you can prosecute, convict and imprison criminals, including rich ones and immigrants?