Aaron Leong
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"Simplify, then add lightness” - Colin Chapman
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The color of the sky in Seattle is taupe gray #969489
![2025-11-11 18:55:00 #969489 taupe gray | [#969489 - 45%] [#6b6a68 - 22%] [#6b6d6c - 15%] [#615e60 - 6%] [#535659 - 6%] [#363639 - 3%] [#81817b - 2%] [#858784 - 1%]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ohjjzadgzeub2ffc5agg7k4z/bafkreib4jaoz3ho3v4ni7migwmounzdca4zyuwpr56jsat73dftfcmh6bu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The color of the sky in Seattle is taupe gray #969489
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Severe geomagnetic storm watch in effect, aurora likely visible across much of the US.
Seattle:
Seattle:
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Severe geomagnetic storm watch in effect, aurora likely visible across much of the US.
Seattle:
Seattle:
took the long way home from the gym
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
took the long way home from the gym
If tariff money is gone, under what authority was it spent?
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If tariff money is gone, under what authority was it spent?
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Those of us who remember the Afghanistan War will recognize this as the Fighting Season having Ended
"Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents."
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet... w/ @jonseidel.bsky.social
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could b...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Those of us who remember the Afghanistan War will recognize this as the Fighting Season having Ended
This is nuts. “Let’s remove all consequences of political failures, thus ensuring politics remains broken.”
"Time to Privatize U.S. Air Traffic Control—Copy Canada’s Model" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
Time to Privatize U.S. Air Traffic Control—Copy Canada’s Model - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yesterday, the FAA grounded flights at Reagan (DCA) because there weren’t enough air traffic controllers. By mid‑afternoon, thousands of flights were delayed nationwide. The same thing is happening…
marginalrevolution.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is nuts. “Let’s remove all consequences of political failures, thus ensuring politics remains broken.”
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Game 5 of the ALDS has entered the 9,748th inning, the Sounders are in round 3,250 of their shootout and Katie Wilson leads the vote count for mayor by 91 votes. Seattle just doesn’t like knowing results.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Game 5 of the ALDS has entered the 9,748th inning, the Sounders are in round 3,250 of their shootout and Katie Wilson leads the vote count for mayor by 91 votes. Seattle just doesn’t like knowing results.
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“Diverse people who ran curiously to type, with drilled shoulders and bone-deep sunburn, and a tolerant scorn of nearly everything on earth. Their speech was flavored with navy words…”
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Diverse people who ran curiously to type, with drilled shoulders and bone-deep sunburn, and a tolerant scorn of nearly everything on earth. Their speech was flavored with navy words…”
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Montford Point Marines, coming back from a hike
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Montford Point Marines, coming back from a hike
Happy birthday, Marines.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy birthday, Marines.
A little bit of moral courage would be great right about now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A little bit of moral courage would be great right about now.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Number of owls who've made the Owl Box their home: 0
Number of N. Flickers picking away at the Owl Box for a meal: 1
Number of N. Flickers picking away at the Owl Box for a meal: 1
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Number of owls who've made the Owl Box their home: 0
Number of N. Flickers picking away at the Owl Box for a meal: 1
Number of N. Flickers picking away at the Owl Box for a meal: 1
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
“40th Anniversary?” That math doesn’t seem right.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“40th Anniversary?” That math doesn’t seem right.
I can feel John Philip Sousa echoing through these halls.
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s/f
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I can feel John Philip Sousa echoing through these halls.
s/f
s/f
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If you want to make it to Veterans Day
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you want to make it to Veterans Day
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
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Edward Burtynsky built a career photographing landscapes altered by human exploitation—hedgerows of disposed tires, sprawling oil refineries, pockmarked mountainsides. But he hasn’t given up on documenting the pristine, @andrewaoyama.bsky.social writes:
Wheels Up
What the photographer Edward Burtynsky found in a tire pile in Modesto, California, and on the shores of Western Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Edward Burtynsky built a career photographing landscapes altered by human exploitation—hedgerows of disposed tires, sprawling oil refineries, pockmarked mountainsides. But he hasn’t given up on documenting the pristine, @andrewaoyama.bsky.social writes:
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‘He growled, “When one of your Marines is dying, what are you gonna do, recite poetry at him?”
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Things Worth Remembering: Finding Meaning in the Madness of War
Memorizing poetry began as a way to kill time in the Marines. It turned into a lesson in how to live with the possibility of death, writes Phil Klay for The Free Press.
www.thefp.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
‘He growled, “When one of your Marines is dying, what are you gonna do, recite poetry at him?”
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
When you read this story, one can't help but feel we owe a debt of gratitude for the honorable service these men gave. How callously petty you must be to take back that thank you.
www.history.com/articles/bla...
www.history.com/articles/bla...
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When you read this story, one can't help but feel we owe a debt of gratitude for the honorable service these men gave. How callously petty you must be to take back that thank you.
www.history.com/articles/bla...
www.history.com/articles/bla...