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Howie Cohen

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Possibly the cutest rodent! - @archiemcphee 🚫DMs if I don't know you.❤️ #PNW #Seattle & #music. #FriendsOfDesoto #FoD #StarTrek #GymShimoda #StarWars #DoctorWho #BattlestarGalactica #BSG #TransRights 🏳️‍⚧️ #IndieMusic Reply STOP to stop, HELP for help

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · Nov 14

I think a fresh intro is due: I live in the PNW, obsessed with local and alternative/DIY music of nearly any genre (but especially #emo, #mathrock, #punk, #ska, #ska-punk). Nerd. Many fandoms but especially #StarTrek and #FriendsOfDeSoto. "Possibly the cutest rodent" according to Archie McPhee.

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EEK! Semper Tyrannis @nicksempertyrannis.bsky.social · 3h

Ahh, that old chestnut.

"My grandfather fought against the soviets in WWII."

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

Oh no, that is bad. I'm afraid to even look back there.

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

For Prime Big Deals Days we canceled our Prime membership. To be fair, it was a great deal.

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

I think I have to exile myself to the garage to see if I can figure out why the ancient Prius won't start.

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

Exactly! In true Mariners fan fashion, I will cling to hope for a home win on Friday. Better for local bars and such too.

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

I appreciate the Mariners trying to make sure their ALDS win comes at home in Seattle but I'd still be okay with a 9th inning comeback.

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 6h

I just remembered, I *hate* baseball! Geez, how did I forget that?

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 7h

That was about right! I haven't hung in like that in a mosh pit for a long time. I stayed off to the side a bit but there wasn't really an "off to the side" calm like there often is. My friends kept texting me from the seated bar area, "are you doing okay down there?"

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 7h

There were something like 1000 other guys. I was correct in my prediction but I still got in a 5k run this morning. Totally worth it.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 9h

Elon Musk said he was going to cut spending by $2 trillion dollars, but instead spending is higher this year than we thought it would be before Trump took office. Truly incredible stuff.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 9h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 9h

I would just like to share an October pre-game PSA for #Mariners fans. It's S E I Z E, "seize." It's not Sieze. You do not SiezeTheMoment, you #SeizeTheMoment (and if you play Wordle, they haven't used Seize yet, but it's time, yes?) THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! 🔱🔱🔱

White text on a black leaf-textured background that reads "i before e
except after c and when your foreign neighbors Keith and Heidi seize their eight counterfeit heifer sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters of average height in a heist. weird.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 1d

As I get into the sexual selection and sexual dimorphism part of my evolution module, a reminder:

In Northern Cardinals, the males are bright red. The females are a brown/gray, with orange beaks.

So if you see two bright red birds snuggling together on wrapping paper or a card: they're gay.

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 20h

Related: I'm going to be so bruised and aching when I wake up

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 20h

I don't know how many live music shows I've seen in my life but it's in the thousands. Tonight's Pup, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social & @ekkoastral.bsky.social show in Seattle ranks near the top of them. Amazing.

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

They're playing new @skatunenetwork.bsky.social while @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social sets up and some little bit of perfection in this world

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

this rules so much

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s 61st home run with a fan

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Normally people don’t stress much about the odds of giving up six runs in a single inning, but I’m a Mariners fan and that’s its own kind of generational trauma.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Put this man in the Fan Hall of Fame!

#GOMS #TridentsUp

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

I will be there when Doors open so I can be up front. Glad u got a gloriously sunny day here

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

but now I'm just sad and still need Hope. I maybe didn't properly think this through

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

I needed some Hope today so I'm listening to Mazzy Star

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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

It's Pupenstock day. Double Band. Triple Band. All the bands. Kicking off the last 3 months of the year in live music with a bang here in Seattle. This will be my 3rd Pup show, but finally 1st @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social (stupid Covid F'd multiple previous attempts) & 1st @ekkoastral.bsky.social

Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still giggling over this picture labeled as "Sexually suggestive-does not include nudity"