Crystal Fincher
@finchfrii.bsky.social
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Personal account. Acquired KVRU, an independent non-commercial community radio station in South Seattle. Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I don’t. @HacksAndWonks.bsky.social
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finchfrii.bsky.social
Some news:

Media for Informed Communties, led by @moharrell.bsky.social and me, has acquired KVRU 105.7 FM.

Connecting within community is the way forward, and @kvru.bsky.social, an independent, non-profit community radio station, will be a hub for that connection.

Build with us!👇🏾
finchfrii.bsky.social
I’m still not over this! #GOMS
brianmfloyd.bsky.social
the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here
finchfrii.bsky.social
I do miss watching/listening to the games, but I’d rather they win. So here we are.
finchfrii.bsky.social
DAY 25ish: MARINERS WIN 🙌🏾

MY NOT-WATCH IS UNSTOPPABLE! #GOMS #DidntListenDidntLose
finchfrii.bsky.social
DAY 18: THE #MARINERS ARE AL WEST CHAMPIONS!

FIRST DIVISION TITLE IN 24 YEARS!

THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN WORTH IT!

#DidntListenDidntLose #GoMs #TridentsUp
finchfrii.bsky.social
Day 17: MARINERS WIN! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

WE’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!

Friends: Do I need to keep not listening/watching in the playoffs?

#GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose
finchfrii.bsky.social
Put this man in the Fan Hall of Fame!

#GOMS #TridentsUp
brianmfloyd.bsky.social
the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here
finchfrii.bsky.social
our(AI)boros
anthonycr.bsky.social
UPDATED: The sprawling network of AI funding and client connections.

Added:
- NVIDIA investing in OpenAI
- NVIDIA investing in Intel
- AMD investing in OpenAI / OpenAI promising to buy future AMD GPUs
A network diagram showing relationships between major AI, cloud, and hardware companies. Two arrow types indicate relationships: blue arrows mean “A funds or invests in B,” and yellow arrows mean “A is a client of B.”
	•	NVIDIA funds Lambda, CoreWeave, Intel, OpenAI, and Crusoe, while being a client of Lambda, CoreWeave, and Intel.
	•	Lambda is funded by NVIDIA, Supermicro, and Google Ventures, while being a client of Dell, Supermicro, and NVIDIA.
	•	CoreWeave is funded by NVIDIA and OpenAI, while being a client of Supermicro, Dell, and NVIDIA.
	•	Crusoe is funded by NVIDIA, and has Oracle as its client.
	•	OpenAI funds CoreWeave, and is funded by Microsoft, NVIDIA, and AMD, while being a client of NVIDIA, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, AMD, and CoreWeave.
	•	Microsoft funds OpenAI, while being a client of Lambda and CoreWeave.
	•	GV/Google funds Lambda while being a client of CoreWeave.
	•	Oracle is a client of NVIDIA and Crusoe.
	•	Dell is a client of NVIDIA.
	•	Supermicro funds Lambda, while being a client of NVIDIA.
	•	AMD funds OpenAI, while having OpenAI as its client.
	•	Intel is funded by NVIDIA, while having NVIDIA as its client.
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amano-jack.bsky.social
Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity
finchfrii.bsky.social
I’m not watching/listening to this Mariners game and am on the edge of my seat!

I’m all in for this win! #GOMS
finchfrii.bsky.social
This post is about a lot of candidates.
finchfrii.bsky.social
Sometimes a candidate gets so focused on landing a hit on their opponent that they end up criticizing something a lot of people actually live through.

At that point, it’s not really an attack on their opponent. It’s an attack on voters.

It makes them look small and out of touch.
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dreamwisp.bsky.social
Fuck this.

(Important legal note, though: he tabled all but the one he vetoed, which means they WILL become law in 30 days without further action, because CA has the “pocket signature.” He essentially dodged any official accountability on making a decision.)
lgbtqnation.com
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
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vashetc.bsky.social
I stopped calling Octavia butlers work prophetic once I realized she herself literally said that her work was influenced by deeply studying history which gave have her insight into the future. I realized I was watering down how truly brilliant she was and what she was trying to get across
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elisewang.bsky.social
One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
motherjones.com
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
This is so incredibly condescending from the Seattle Times. Do you also ask male candidates if they'd considered running for an "easier" office?
A Times profile of Katie Wilson being highlighted in an email. "Katie Wilson shrugged off the idea she might be better suited for a City Council seat, instead aiming for Mayor"
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jessicacalarco.com
Cultivate a couple of hobbies. Ideally, things that have nothing to do with your day job and that bring you joy, even if you're not great at them.
essencesimmone.blacksky.app
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
finchfrii.bsky.social
😶
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.”

#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...
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enjohnston.bsky.social
WA peeps, today is the LAST DAY to comment on the Data Center Workgroup draft recommendations.

So if you, too, think that we should keep closing rural hospitals & cutting food bank funding so that we can be vassals to our tech overlords & offer them h̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶a̶c̶r̶i̶f̶i̶c̶e̶ tax exemptions, uh, say so!
enjohnston.bsky.social
Live in Washington State? Care about climate/affordability/ecologies/humans?

We have ONE WEEK to comment on the Data Center Workgroup draft recommendations to the governor. Please do!

The image links to pointers for commenting, and here is a big overview I wrote up: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pointers for Data Center comments
Again, here are the recommendations we’re responding to, and here (for the real wonks) is the existing law. Here is some deep background. HERE IS THE FORM FOR SENDING IN YOUR COMMENTS! POINTERS: I...
docs.google.com
finchfrii.bsky.social
I messed with the winning formula and learned my lesson.

The baseball gods require sacrifice, and I am once again giving it to them.

#GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose
mountains206.bsky.social
Mariners win!!!!! ⚾️ 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛
finchfrii.bsky.social
USC sold dead bodies to the U.S. military for $860,000 to train Israeli Defense Forces’ medical personnel, raising questions about whether families of the dead know their loved ones might be used to train soldiers
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
finchfrii.bsky.social
I’ve been pulling for them during the season but they need to go down now!
finchfrii.bsky.social
Ok do I need to turn this game off?