Cristopher Nix
@jprimbauer.bsky.social
Native Washingtonian. Train enthusiast. Armchair housing and transit advocate. Cat lover. #TrainGang
"Birth is a curse and existence is a prison" -Michael ("The Good Place"; S2 Ep5, "Existential Crisis")
"Birth is a curse and existence is a prison" -Michael ("The Good Place"; S2 Ep5, "Existential Crisis")
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
As HB 1175—the bill that would permit neighborhood cafés and stores—didn't get passed by #waleg last year, I hope it gets some traction this time around, even though this year is an even-numbered year and the legislative session is only a short 60 days.
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
As HB 1175—the bill that would permit neighborhood cafés and stores—didn't get passed by #waleg last year, I hope it gets some traction this time around, even though this year is an even-numbered year and the legislative session is only a short 60 days.
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This glib statement is all the more risible when you recall how many law enforcement officers used their vehicles as weapons against protesters in 2020... and how many Republican-dominated states *sought to legalize killing protesters with vehicles* as a reaction to the demonstrations
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This glib statement is all the more risible when you recall how many law enforcement officers used their vehicles as weapons against protesters in 2020... and how many Republican-dominated states *sought to legalize killing protesters with vehicles* as a reaction to the demonstrations
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Also thinking of this short film as a piece of high art: youtu.be/W7JyjZI3LUM?...
REJECTED by DON HERTZFELDT (Blu-ray restoration)
YouTube video by don hertzfeldt
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Also thinking of this short film as a piece of high art: youtu.be/W7JyjZI3LUM?...
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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We have to impeach him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
We have to impeach him.
Great speech by Katie Wilson. The whole atmosphere of the ceremony was positive and encouraging.
January 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Great speech by Katie Wilson. The whole atmosphere of the ceremony was positive and encouraging.
I, too, have made the trip out to watch @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social's inauguration ceremony.
January 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I, too, have made the trip out to watch @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social's inauguration ceremony.
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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WA putting highway maintenance on the “credit card” WHILE expanding highways is rich.
This just means more costly debt burden for young people and fewer tax dollars for the healthcare and education. All to help subsidize sprawl.
This just means more costly debt burden for young people and fewer tax dollars for the healthcare and education. All to help subsidize sprawl.
NEW STORY // Ferguson Proposes Borrowing $3 Billion for Highway Maintenance, Ferries
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/22/f...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/22/f...
Ferguson Proposes Borrowing $3 Billion for Highway Maintenance, Ferries » The Urbanist
# The governor's proposed $3 billion in bonds would add onto a Washington state transportation budget that already allocates nearly 12% to debt service. With a 60% vote needed to authorize, the idea w...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
WA putting highway maintenance on the “credit card” WHILE expanding highways is rich.
This just means more costly debt burden for young people and fewer tax dollars for the healthcare and education. All to help subsidize sprawl.
This just means more costly debt burden for young people and fewer tax dollars for the healthcare and education. All to help subsidize sprawl.
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There's a pair of little old church ladies that volunteer 4 mornings a week at my train stop to pass out big bags of food and snacks and a giant homemade cookie to passengers bc Amtrak doesn't have a food car on that line. They've been doing it nonstop since Covid.
Then, they found out that that/
Then, they found out that that/
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
There's a pair of little old church ladies that volunteer 4 mornings a week at my train stop to pass out big bags of food and snacks and a giant homemade cookie to passengers bc Amtrak doesn't have a food car on that line. They've been doing it nonstop since Covid.
Then, they found out that that/
Then, they found out that that/
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
I saw Avatar 3 on Friday. I enjoyed the new worldbuilding, the fleshing-out of established canon, and my attention was rapt for the whole 3h17m. I concede that the stakes could have been a little bit higher, but I am liking the story that James Cameron is crafting, and I hope a 4th is made.
December 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I saw Avatar 3 on Friday. I enjoyed the new worldbuilding, the fleshing-out of established canon, and my attention was rapt for the whole 3h17m. I concede that the stakes could have been a little bit higher, but I am liking the story that James Cameron is crafting, and I hope a 4th is made.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
If I took a shot everytime I have heard Trump spout a lie during his speech, which *checks watch* started ten minutes ago, I would easily be on my way to having alcohol poisoning.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If I took a shot everytime I have heard Trump spout a lie during his speech, which *checks watch* started ten minutes ago, I would easily be on my way to having alcohol poisoning.
The long-term closure of Stevens Pass/U.S. Highway 2 wouldn't be too bad if we had something better than a single daily train linking Seattle with Eastern Washington. We need more intrastate passenger rail service in Washington State.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The long-term closure of Stevens Pass/U.S. Highway 2 wouldn't be too bad if we had something better than a single daily train linking Seattle with Eastern Washington. We need more intrastate passenger rail service in Washington State.