Nate Bowling
@natebowling.com
Teaching Political Science and World History in Abu Dhabi — Skeets mainly about the Seattle Sounders, the state of the world, and my generalized grumpiness
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I'm reading "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
She was early-ish at Facebook and had the primary vision for making it a platform for political organizing.
The equal parts hubris, naivety, and ambition on display in the early chapters are startling, even knowing how badly things end up.
She was early-ish at Facebook and had the primary vision for making it a platform for political organizing.
The equal parts hubris, naivety, and ambition on display in the early chapters are startling, even knowing how badly things end up.
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I'm reading "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
She was early-ish at Facebook and had the primary vision for making it a platform for political organizing.
The equal parts hubris, naivety, and ambition on display in the early chapters are startling, even knowing how badly things end up.
She was early-ish at Facebook and had the primary vision for making it a platform for political organizing.
The equal parts hubris, naivety, and ambition on display in the early chapters are startling, even knowing how badly things end up.
If you like a British police procedural as much as I do, think "Line of Duty", "Broadchurch", and "Luther", I highly suggest you check out "Blue Lights."
It's set in Belfast and is very well written and excellently acted.
It's set in Belfast and is very well written and excellently acted.
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you like a British police procedural as much as I do, think "Line of Duty", "Broadchurch", and "Luther", I highly suggest you check out "Blue Lights."
It's set in Belfast and is very well written and excellently acted.
It's set in Belfast and is very well written and excellently acted.
Funny how that works. The US debt was in the billions in 1980.
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Funny how that works. The US debt was in the billions in 1980.
A random Redditer with the precise explanation of our historical moment
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A random Redditer with the precise explanation of our historical moment
YouTube ripped off Spotify's Wrapped feature. Mine is a comedic snapshot of my interests.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
YouTube ripped off Spotify's Wrapped feature. Mine is a comedic snapshot of my interests.
Trigger warning for listeners in Tacoma.
The light rail connection to the Tacoma Dome isn't due to be completed for another decade: 2035.
The light rail connection to the Tacoma Dome isn't due to be completed for another decade: 2035.
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trigger warning for listeners in Tacoma.
The light rail connection to the Tacoma Dome isn't due to be completed for another decade: 2035.
The light rail connection to the Tacoma Dome isn't due to be completed for another decade: 2035.
Imagine if Bob's Java Jive (or your local dive bar) was a two story complex that occupied an entire city block, and felt like an anarchist squat from the 1930s.
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Imagine if Bob's Java Jive (or your local dive bar) was a two story complex that occupied an entire city block, and felt like an anarchist squat from the 1930s.
Hungarian food is deeply underrated. It's designed to keep you full and warm through comedically cold winters.
Pictured:
Paprika chicken
Roma pork steak
Goulash from heaven
Pictured:
Paprika chicken
Roma pork steak
Goulash from heaven
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hungarian food is deeply underrated. It's designed to keep you full and warm through comedically cold winters.
Pictured:
Paprika chicken
Roma pork steak
Goulash from heaven
Pictured:
Paprika chicken
Roma pork steak
Goulash from heaven
I'll have more thoughts on this later but I'm struck by many of the markers and memorials to the Holocaust and deportation of Hungarian Jews.
They're often written in that passive exculpatory tense US media use for police shootings.
Gathered here by who? Deported by who?
They're often written in that passive exculpatory tense US media use for police shootings.
Gathered here by who? Deported by who?
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I'll have more thoughts on this later but I'm struck by many of the markers and memorials to the Holocaust and deportation of Hungarian Jews.
They're often written in that passive exculpatory tense US media use for police shootings.
Gathered here by who? Deported by who?
They're often written in that passive exculpatory tense US media use for police shootings.
Gathered here by who? Deported by who?
Looking at the likes on this post. What do you reckon the odds are that this is an actual person? Further how likely is it the person matches the bio?
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Looking at the likes on this post. What do you reckon the odds are that this is an actual person? Further how likely is it the person matches the bio?
I always return to this quote from Derek Jensen in moments like these
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I always return to this quote from Derek Jensen in moments like these
Happy Thanksgiving from Abu Dhabi, ya bums
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Abu Dhabi, ya bums
Thinking about young professionals today likely heading into their first major market correction.
This is the 2008/9 Great Recession bottom and the total US market ever since.
When the AI bubble pops the market will tumble but selling locks in a loss.
This is the 2008/9 Great Recession bottom and the total US market ever since.
When the AI bubble pops the market will tumble but selling locks in a loss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Thinking about young professionals today likely heading into their first major market correction.
This is the 2008/9 Great Recession bottom and the total US market ever since.
When the AI bubble pops the market will tumble but selling locks in a loss.
This is the 2008/9 Great Recession bottom and the total US market ever since.
When the AI bubble pops the market will tumble but selling locks in a loss.
At some point I'm going to truly internalize that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been right about all of this from day one
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
At some point I'm going to truly internalize that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been right about all of this from day one
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
Also, I finished the source material for Netflix's "Department Q" over the weekend. It's called "The Keeper of Lost Causes."
It's incredibly compelling.
Some of the changes they made are improvements, others aren't. Akram/Assad remains a gem.
It's incredibly compelling.
Some of the changes they made are improvements, others aren't. Akram/Assad remains a gem.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also, I finished the source material for Netflix's "Department Q" over the weekend. It's called "The Keeper of Lost Causes."
It's incredibly compelling.
Some of the changes they made are improvements, others aren't. Akram/Assad remains a gem.
It's incredibly compelling.
Some of the changes they made are improvements, others aren't. Akram/Assad remains a gem.
My intro to noir novels was via the Southern variety, by way of Elmore Leonard.
I hadn't read James Ellroy, nor given him much thought until @jordanharper.bsky.social mentioned him in an interview this summer.
I cracked into "LA Confidential" today and holy hell, I get it! It goes hard as hell.
I hadn't read James Ellroy, nor given him much thought until @jordanharper.bsky.social mentioned him in an interview this summer.
I cracked into "LA Confidential" today and holy hell, I get it! It goes hard as hell.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My intro to noir novels was via the Southern variety, by way of Elmore Leonard.
I hadn't read James Ellroy, nor given him much thought until @jordanharper.bsky.social mentioned him in an interview this summer.
I cracked into "LA Confidential" today and holy hell, I get it! It goes hard as hell.
I hadn't read James Ellroy, nor given him much thought until @jordanharper.bsky.social mentioned him in an interview this summer.
I cracked into "LA Confidential" today and holy hell, I get it! It goes hard as hell.
I think about it a lot.
I can prob afford to retire at or around 50 but not if I had to pay $35,000 in health care premiums. Cigna offers insurance for foreign nationals living in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
It's rather reasonable.
I can prob afford to retire at or around 50 but not if I had to pay $35,000 in health care premiums. Cigna offers insurance for foreign nationals living in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
It's rather reasonable.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I think about it a lot.
I can prob afford to retire at or around 50 but not if I had to pay $35,000 in health care premiums. Cigna offers insurance for foreign nationals living in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
It's rather reasonable.
I can prob afford to retire at or around 50 but not if I had to pay $35,000 in health care premiums. Cigna offers insurance for foreign nationals living in Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, etc.
It's rather reasonable.
Had my eye on a watch. Reading the fine print, from the seller my wife pointed out the tariff language.
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Had my eye on a watch. Reading the fine print, from the seller my wife pointed out the tariff language.
I refuse to believe they actually published that. You're just trolling the TL. No way... Man, lemmie go double check...
Wow. These folks are WILDIN'!
Wow. These folks are WILDIN'!
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I refuse to believe they actually published that. You're just trolling the TL. No way... Man, lemmie go double check...
Wow. These folks are WILDIN'!
Wow. These folks are WILDIN'!