@vivaviv.bsky.social
I try to be kind. But I have no tolerance for rude people.
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Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
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If you admit to wanting to hurt others on the internet, especially when it comes to wanting to abuse children... that's not a thought crime.
That's you needing to gtfo the internet and find professionals and not just telling your urges to thousands of people online.
That's you needing to gtfo the internet and find professionals and not just telling your urges to thousands of people online.
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you admit to wanting to hurt others on the internet, especially when it comes to wanting to abuse children... that's not a thought crime.
That's you needing to gtfo the internet and find professionals and not just telling your urges to thousands of people online.
That's you needing to gtfo the internet and find professionals and not just telling your urges to thousands of people online.
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Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
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Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine over the weekend that officials in Kyiv are calling one of the most devastating attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes on Ukraine over the weekend that officials in Kyiv are calling one of the most devastating attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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very interesting read cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The economics of the second Trump administration
As soon as he took office for the second time, Donald Trump made it clear that there would be dramatic changes in US government policy. This column describes how President Trump’s actions may have undermined his stated goal to “Make America Great Again” with low inflation and high rates of growth and employment. Instead, the policies seem more likely to deliver additional frustration and disappointment for most Americans.
cepr.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
very interesting read cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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No Rescue for ACA Subsidies in GOP Senators’ Healthcare Plan: Votes are set for Thursday on a Republican proposal funding health savings accounts and a rival Democratic plan extending enhanced Obamacare payments.
(WSJ-unlocked)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
(WSJ-unlocked)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
No Rescue for ACA Subsidies in GOP Senators’ Healthcare Plan
Votes are set for Thursday on a Republican proposal that would fund health savings accounts and a rival Democratic plan extending enhanced Obamacare payments.
www.wsj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
No Rescue for ACA Subsidies in GOP Senators’ Healthcare Plan: Votes are set for Thursday on a Republican proposal funding health savings accounts and a rival Democratic plan extending enhanced Obamacare payments.
(WSJ-unlocked)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
(WSJ-unlocked)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
"Whatever you did for the least of these...you did for me" Matthew 25:40-45
"Whatever you did for the least of these...you did for me" Matthew 25:40-45
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
"Whatever you did for the least of these...you did for me" Matthew 25:40-45
"Whatever you did for the least of these...you did for me" Matthew 25:40-45
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Gift article on trade from two experts. www.wsj.com/opinion/worl...
Opinion | World Trade Grows Without the U.S.
Other nations are busy expanding commercial ties, as the U.S. economy is increasingly isolated.
www.wsj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Gift article on trade from two experts. www.wsj.com/opinion/worl...
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The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback.
But that just makes the midterms more important.
But that just makes the midterms more important.
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback.
But that just makes the midterms more important.
But that just makes the midterms more important.
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A one-bedroom rental in California averages around $2,100 per month, requiring someone making minimum wage to work 98 hours a week to afford it. Landlords are taking advantage and offering illegal and inhumane units that cost much less but lack running water or electricity.
In L.A., $750 a Month to Live in a Backyard Storage Unit
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A one-bedroom rental in California averages around $2,100 per month, requiring someone making minimum wage to work 98 hours a week to afford it. Landlords are taking advantage and offering illegal and inhumane units that cost much less but lack running water or electricity.
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Another right wing conspiracist turned special government employee embarking on a fishing expedition that will ultimately come up empty.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Another right wing conspiracist turned special government employee embarking on a fishing expedition that will ultimately come up empty.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Democrat Eileen Higgins won the nonpartisan Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the nonpartisan Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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Vladimir Putin is an existential threat to human freedom.
That's the post.
That's the post.
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Vladimir Putin is an existential threat to human freedom.
That's the post.
That's the post.
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And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
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fellow Houstonians, here's your daily dose of state-sponsored child abuse www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
HISD parents settle suit against district for using child’s preferred pronouns
Two parents settled their lawsuit against Houston ISD after the district agreed to only refer to their child by their legal name and female pronouns.
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
fellow Houstonians, here's your daily dose of state-sponsored child abuse www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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University of California, San Francisco. But, she added, “All of this legislation will never take away from the fact that women will continue to need abortion care, and continue to get abortion care.” 2/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
University of California, San Francisco. But, she added, “All of this legislation will never take away from the fact that women will continue to need abortion care, and continue to get abortion care.” 2/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...