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Marc Auerbach

@pugetopia.bsky.social

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Pizza lover. Union guy. Brooklyn kid living in Seattle. Bella, ciao!

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Senate won't save us.

The House won't save us.

The Democratic Party won't save us.

The Supreme Court won't save us.

It's up to us.

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 7h

Do you really?

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 7h

Holy shit

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 18h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

In our first installment of “Harrell’s Big Business Backers,” we present…Jeff Gow, CEO of private investment company Shelter Holdings! He wants Harrell to keep rents increasing to maximize his real estate profits.

A graphic showing a bulleted list outlining that Jeff Gow donated $15,000 to Harrell's Super PAC, Gow sold his real estate company for $500,000,000 in 2014, Gow lives in Bellevue, and that Gow is CEO of private investment company Shelter Holdings

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 1d

I think the harrell story that broke me was when he hired his friend tim ceis to the tune of $280,000 (just under the 285k limit that would require a public bid for the work) astroturf opposition to a CID station with actually good connections to other transit

publicola.com/2023/03/28/c...

City Paid Consultant Tim Ceis $280,000 to "Encourage Agreement" and Build "Community Consensus" for Harrell's Light Rail Route - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett The city of Seattle spent $280,000 over the past year paying longtime local consultant Tim Ceis—a…

publicola.com

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

Respect

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

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

Just realized that the most satisfying way for the Mariners to win the World Series would be by defeating the Yankees AND the Dodgers.

Yes... I'm a Brooklyn kid (fuck the Dodgers for leaving!) who grew up a Mets fan (fuck the Yankees because, obviously).

#GoMs #ALDS #Mariners

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

OK Jaz!

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

I'd respect you and Gavin more (not really) if you were doing this because you truly hate trans people (immoral), rather trying to score political points (immoral AND stupid).

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Aaron Judge for making Toronto work a little harder for it. Go Yankees!*

*Good for 2 days only

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

A+ on the eyeglasses placement.

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

You did this

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

On Bari Weiss, Dec, excellent:

"The Free Press is not dedicated to truth and objectivity, as Bari so often claims. It's dedicated to *telling you* it's dedicated to truth and objectivity to hide the reality that it's dedicated to the agendas of the people who fund Weiss."
@publicenlightenment.com

Bari Weiss: Brought To You By Billionaires™

When you see The Free Press, you know it's some billionaire mess.

www.publicenlightenment.com

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 1d

Bubbles go pop!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

China — here is stem cell therapy breakthrough in treating severe diabetes

US under trump — WiFI radiation opens up your blood brain barrier … VaCcINes aRE bAd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 2d

How do you do it?

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss and the Free Press published rank covid disinformation and nothing else.

These are the people purging and censoring science today.

She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back-and Won
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Free Speech on Trial
• Dr. Marty Makary: Dr. Fauci's Legacy
• Drs. Tracy Hoeg and Marty Makary: U.S.
Public Health Agencies Aren't 'Following the Science,'
• Dr. Marty Makary: Officials Say, Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad, Stefan Baral, Lucy McBride: Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos, Talking To Three Doctors Who Have Been Islands Of Reason In A Sea Of Confusion.
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Let Djokovic Play
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: We Have a Tripledemic.
Not of Disease, But of Fear,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola: The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: How to Save Science From
Covid Politics
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: What RFK Jr. Gets Right— and What He Gets Wrong,
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 2d

He loves money

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 3d

Mad Libs

Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 3d

Worry, but have faith.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

A frog just defeated ICE. Somewhere Pepe is crying.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

Last month Judge Diane Goodstein blocked SC from giving DOJ voter data.

Last week Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ condemned Goodstein's ruling.

Yesterday Stephen Miller called "left wing judges & lawyers" as "terrorists requiring force."

Today Judge Goodstein's home is on fire, investigated for arson.

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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 3d

Enough about Skubal. #ALDS