Jon DeVaan
@jondevaan.bsky.social
Former Microsoft executive, Excel, Office, Windows.
Now working to fix our broken political system.
https://represent.us
Now working to fix our broken political system.
https://represent.us
Thank you Judge Young for today’s word of the day. It applies to many of today’s Trump admin news.
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thank you Judge Young for today’s word of the day. It applies to many of today’s Trump admin news.
I am renting a VW Atlas this week and am puzzling over this design choice.
I am not an airplane pilot, but if I were I think this display would cause me panic!
I am not an airplane pilot, but if I were I think this display would cause me panic!
August 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am renting a VW Atlas this week and am puzzling over this design choice.
I am not an airplane pilot, but if I were I think this display would cause me panic!
I am not an airplane pilot, but if I were I think this display would cause me panic!
Hey @sound-transit.bsky.social, not good enough! Sounders game just ended.
June 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hey @sound-transit.bsky.social, not good enough! Sounders game just ended.
This is the best take on this episode (from "Fun with Kirk and Spock" children's book Star Trek Parody by Robb Pearlman)
See the Gorn.
The Gorn is tall.
The Gorn is green.
The Gorn is wearing a one-piece tunic with brocaded accents and matching gauntlets.
The Gorn is fashion forward.
See the Gorn.
The Gorn is tall.
The Gorn is green.
The Gorn is wearing a one-piece tunic with brocaded accents and matching gauntlets.
The Gorn is fashion forward.
June 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is the best take on this episode (from "Fun with Kirk and Spock" children's book Star Trek Parody by Robb Pearlman)
See the Gorn.
The Gorn is tall.
The Gorn is green.
The Gorn is wearing a one-piece tunic with brocaded accents and matching gauntlets.
The Gorn is fashion forward.
See the Gorn.
The Gorn is tall.
The Gorn is green.
The Gorn is wearing a one-piece tunic with brocaded accents and matching gauntlets.
The Gorn is fashion forward.
The artery killer doomsday machine.
June 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The artery killer doomsday machine.
Come one come all to the Seattle Democracy Vouchers renewal kickoff event!
Signup here: secure.everyaction.com/yneEFwGRhUmA...
Signup here: secure.everyaction.com/yneEFwGRhUmA...
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Come one come all to the Seattle Democracy Vouchers renewal kickoff event!
Signup here: secure.everyaction.com/yneEFwGRhUmA...
Signup here: secure.everyaction.com/yneEFwGRhUmA...
For some reason I have accumulated a bunch of Ukrainian followers. I saw this statue today by a Ukrainian artist at the Blanton Museum of Art at U of Texas. I hope y’all enjoy it.
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
March 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
For some reason I have accumulated a bunch of Ukrainian followers. I saw this statue today by a Ukrainian artist at the Blanton Museum of Art at U of Texas. I hope y’all enjoy it.
Slava Ukraine!
Slava Ukraine!
This GOP Congressman is so excited about the bill they just passed to cut Medicare / Medicaid that he needs a refill on his Viagra!
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This GOP Congressman is so excited about the bill they just passed to cut Medicare / Medicaid that he needs a refill on his Viagra!
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Not too bad, Seattle!
January 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Not too bad, Seattle!
Numerical literacy test:
Whenever you see a Y-axis in percent, always ask what the change in magnitude of the denominator over time is.
Trump: Fail!
Andreesen: Fail! (And he knows better, or at least should)
Whenever you see a Y-axis in percent, always ask what the change in magnitude of the denominator over time is.
Trump: Fail!
Andreesen: Fail! (And he knows better, or at least should)
January 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Numerical literacy test:
Whenever you see a Y-axis in percent, always ask what the change in magnitude of the denominator over time is.
Trump: Fail!
Andreesen: Fail! (And he knows better, or at least should)
Whenever you see a Y-axis in percent, always ask what the change in magnitude of the denominator over time is.
Trump: Fail!
Andreesen: Fail! (And he knows better, or at least should)
I am celebrating tonight! It looks like the Final Four Voting (open primaries plus RCV) repeal initiative has failed.
Way to go Alaska!
Way to go Alaska!
November 21, 2024 at 6:06 AM
I am celebrating tonight! It looks like the Final Four Voting (open primaries plus RCV) repeal initiative has failed.
Way to go Alaska!
Way to go Alaska!
Universal vote by mail is so damn cool! Every state should do it.
October 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Universal vote by mail is so damn cool! Every state should do it.
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice… The path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
October 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice… The path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
October 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and cicl liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
October 30, 2024 at 6:08 PM
We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and cicl liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
I walked through the FDR memorial in DC this morning. There are many important messages for today:
They who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
They who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
October 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I walked through the FDR memorial in DC this morning. There are many important messages for today:
They who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
They who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
The economy does better under Democrats than Republicans. So says lifelong Republican and financial consultant Bart Starr Jr. Who knew?
October 21, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The economy does better under Democrats than Republicans. So says lifelong Republican and financial consultant Bart Starr Jr. Who knew?
I’m number 2…!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,308,860!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,308,860!
September 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I’m number 2…!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,308,860!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,308,860!
There is a little smokiness in Seattle so I went to look what the data said. Then I accidentally scrolled way out and saw that the North American Arctic is on fire. Where's the news on this?
August 12, 2024 at 12:45 AM
There is a little smokiness in Seattle so I went to look what the data said. Then I accidentally scrolled way out and saw that the North American Arctic is on fire. Where's the news on this?
Beautiful new moon in Seattle, smoky red from wildfire smoke.
August 9, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Beautiful new moon in Seattle, smoky red from wildfire smoke.
Help stop anti-voter shenanigans in CO. Please forward far and wide, especially to people you know in Colorado.
June 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Help stop anti-voter shenanigans in CO. Please forward far and wide, especially to people you know in Colorado.
