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Josh Rosenau
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Science belongs in politics. Nature-poker, cephalopods fan, conservationist, climate hawk, evolution fan. PTA dad. he/him

Build parks and community!

City council member in Lake Forest Park, WA since 2026 https://joshforlfp.com
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Epic handshake meme: The Southeast and Minnesota shake on “ICE IS BAD”
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Governor Mike Dukakis, grinning goofily and pointing, wearing tanker’s helmet labeled “Mike Dukakis” and (a suit and tie, why not?) He is standing next to a machine gun.
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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WHY RICHARD, IT PROFIT A MAN NOTHING TO GIVE HIS SOUL FOR THE WHOLE WORLD ..BUT FOR GREENLAND?
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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Really important points here. This is a military occupation now in all but overt name. This is the test. We might yet get a SCOTUS case about 3A. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...
distinction between soldiers and police is a fairly modern one. It's not rooted in science or genetics. It's tied to our ideas about our relationship to government force, civilian self-government and law versus domination. To maintain our bearings, to adapt traditions to present, to remain in touch with their meaning and protective power rather than their technical application, we need to focus on the substance. These are occupations, with what looks and is intended to look very much like a military force, which is acting like a military - far more than actual soldiers and National Guard do, because centuries of training and law curb those impulses. They're being sent into these cities to menace and overawe, like
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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@aaronhuertas.bsky.social This you?
A big ol’ Ford pickup with a bumper sticker: Pro Science. Pro Choice. Pro Wrestling
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Good thing Venezuela isn’t at Greenland’s latitude.
A map of North America showing Greenland imposed over the eastern US, and Venezuela over Greenland, highlighting how a map projection can alter our perception of a country’s size. Venezuela covers 2/3 of Greenland, and Greenland covers roughly the original 13 states in the US, yet on the map it looks to be the same size as the continental US
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Excuse me, so-called Scientific American. Is herpetology not a science now?
The word “SKINK” spelled out over a game with the letter K in the center and P I S N around it. Error “Sorry, word not in list”
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Like fine wine this has aged.
jack @jack In principle, I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness. 7:03 PM • Apr 25, 2022
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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The Private School Labeler dramatically improves website and especially that bad tweet. Mamdani is describing the cruelty that the rules of etiquette and high society taught at this dude’s grammar schools are meant to paper over.
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Bristol Grammar School Private School Wolverhampton Grammar School But can anyone tell me what this bit means? "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty." 3:03 AM • Jan 2, 2026
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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The Private School Labeler really enhances this one.
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Bristol Grammar School Private School Wolverhampton Grammar School But can anyone tell me what this bit means? "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty." 3:03 AM • Jan 2, 2026
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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I brought that spirit of “let’s try things” to my campaign, and this year hope to bring it to city hall. Here’s how I put it in a closing argument in a local
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On doorsteps, I pledge to make more of the third places that make LFP awesome. On our parks board I've helped create events we all enjoy, maintain our existing parks, and design a new lakefront park that serves everyone. We need more spaces like that across the city. Neighbors should be able to start cafes or grocery stores in their garages, or to work together to narrow their roads with flowerpots, making room for benches, soccer nets, and walking paths protected from cars. When we design for cars, we get traffic; when we design for people, we get community. That basic insight drives my thinking about our city's future, and it connects us to our past. Ole Hanson's 1912 pamphlet announcing our community promised "numerous playgrounds…..for the amusement of the little ones, and little parks at the intersection of the boulevards." He didn't build them, but we can today! At a recent candidate forum, the incumbent I'm challenging explained he opposes adding these third spaces for fear of unspecified "unintended consequences." But we should not sacrifice safety, happiness, and community - the intended consequences of these policies - for the sake of vague fears. We need bold solutions to turn neighborhoods into true communities, calm traffic on our roads, help Town Center fulfill its potential, and ensure that our kids have homes to move back to and our elders can downsize without being forced to leave our community. I know LFP and believe in my neighbors and our ability to find the right solutions together.
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Your 2026 Word opulent
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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The eight ball gives 💆💣 in answer to “What will 2026 hold for me?” It’ll be relaxing and the bomb?
January 1, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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“Yes, they *chose* those jobs.”
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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OK, but if this is the post you’re replying to you should reply to it, not me, and if you think no one would see your reply you could just do literally anything else.
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social • 22h • Bluesky Elder It's good Kamala Harris spent her money campaigning and not doing mutual aid! Generally we need candidates to try to win! OKate, not Zelda of... @kates... • 22h • she/her Kamala Harris literally wasted a billion and a half dollars but sure, okay, Kat Abughazaleh's way of doing things is the problem. Okay.
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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And yet also elegant. And truly, that color scheme goes with anything. 🦉🌿
Ae’o strutting its stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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They are impossibly goofy looking birds. How do those legs even work? 🦉🌿
An ae’o standing on one leg, mouth open. It looks like someone tried to draw a flamingo as a stick figure without ever having seen one.
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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‘I’iwi on Haleakala. 🌿🦉
An ‘i’iwi on an ohi’a lehua tree near Hosmer Grove on Haleakala. It is a red bird with black wings and a long curved yellow beak. It is sitting in profile on a tree with pale green leaves and red flowers that look like bottle brushes.
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Ae’o in Maui.
Two endemic Hawaiian ae’o in water. They are black and white birds with absurdly long pink legs, a long beak, black wings and a white body. One is flying, the other is standing up to its knees in water.
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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And with no warning at all.
“Somehow Palpatine Returned” meme but saying SOMEHOW AVATAR IS BACK IN THEATERS
December 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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I’m always fascinated by when a traffic fatality gets mentioned in its own right rather than as an adjective (e.g. “fatal crash”).
Seattle Times email alert. Subject: WSP trooper killed Headline: WSP trooper struck, killed in Tacoma A vehicle fatally struck a 29-year-old Washington State Patrol trooper Friday night in Tacoma.
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Hi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social!
Observatories on Haleakala
December 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Helpful context.
Chart of Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating history. As the data shows, his age increases linearly with time, one year per year, and yet when his girlfriends turn 25 he finds a new girl to date, usually around 20 years old but sometimes a teenager. In some cases his girlfriends get younger each year, a remarkable feat.
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is all exhausting. We don’t have too many services. We have too little revenue to provide services people demand.

And “the money would come online to slowly” is one reason to pass this all *last session,* or early this coming session since we don’t have time machines.
When asked why he was not turning to new tax revenue, given the difficult decisions he described, he said the kinds of new tax ideas Democratic lawmakers are talking about, including Scott's bill, cannot bring in money fast enough to solve the state's immediate budget problems. "We have a multi-billion dollar shortfall this next year," he said. "That's just a reality that the Legislature is going to have to grapple with as well, Ferguson added.
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Either Lizza needs to deliver salacious details or serious journalism. Most of his story seems to just be airing texts that will embarrass Nuzzi, or bragging about reading her private files.
Olivia believed Kennedy was a sex addict and that he was having multiple affairs, including with both his [REDACTED] and his [REDACTED].
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM