Bob Koreis
@rkoreis.bsky.social
Retired Teacher Librarian, cyclist, Puget Sound native, Hanford #Downwinder, cat whisperer, Democrat. Driving PT🚍 and ST 🚍 until Medicare eligible.
Isn’t this just an episode of Tacoma FD?
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Isn’t this just an episode of Tacoma FD?
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After Jan 6, the U.S. far right had to find a frame that could distract and shift blame from their election fraud lies. They settled on “censorship” — which made their lying villains into “free speech” heroes, and allowed them to target all of the people and orgs that tried to hold them to account.
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
After Jan 6, the U.S. far right had to find a frame that could distract and shift blame from their election fraud lies. They settled on “censorship” — which made their lying villains into “free speech” heroes, and allowed them to target all of the people and orgs that tried to hold them to account.
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Delete that shit right now friends.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delete that shit right now friends.
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#OTD in 1943, the Seattle Times publishes a photograph of five Japanese American women at the Women's Army Corps Training Center in Fort Des Moines, IA. The women in the photograph were Iris Watanabe, Bette Nishimura, Margaret Fukuoka, Frances Iritani, and Sue Ogata.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#OTD in 1943, the Seattle Times publishes a photograph of five Japanese American women at the Women's Army Corps Training Center in Fort Des Moines, IA. The women in the photograph were Iris Watanabe, Bette Nishimura, Margaret Fukuoka, Frances Iritani, and Sue Ogata.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
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I’ll make it easy for ya: cut the WaPo, since it ain’t news anymore but a Bezos mouthpiece
As the year-end approaches, it might be a good time to audit all of your expensive and unnecessary subscriptions.
Take time this holiday season to make sure you aren’t overpaying for important services. Here’s where you can start:
Take time this holiday season to make sure you aren’t overpaying for important services. Here’s where you can start:
Start 2026 by paying less for your phone, internet and other services
Take time this holiday season to make sure you aren’t overpaying for important services.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’ll make it easy for ya: cut the WaPo, since it ain’t news anymore but a Bezos mouthpiece
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Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in US Schools lists the fifty-two most frequently banned books in U.S. schools so far this decade. Looking for Alaska by John Green tops the list, with 147 bans. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is second place, with 142 bans.
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools
The 52 most banned books of the last four school years include National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in US Schools lists the fifty-two most frequently banned books in U.S. schools so far this decade. Looking for Alaska by John Green tops the list, with 147 bans. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is second place, with 142 bans.
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Mom sues Character.AI after 11-year-old son found sexting with ‘Whitney Houston’ and ‘Marilyn Monroe’
Character.AI sued after boy, 11, found sexting w/ ‘Whitney Houston,’ ‘Marilyn Monroe’
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Mom sues Character.AI after 11-year-old son found sexting with ‘Whitney Houston’ and ‘Marilyn Monroe’
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Yep, this one was blocking the 24 bus tonight.
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Yep, this one was blocking the 24 bus tonight.
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My first book will never see the light of day. Never ever. But I did a lot of research for it, using the card catalogue and placing ILL requests, & checking books out, and photocopying chapters. I even bought some books. These were all good skills for me to hone and/or develop. 1/
December 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My first book will never see the light of day. Never ever. But I did a lot of research for it, using the card catalogue and placing ILL requests, & checking books out, and photocopying chapters. I even bought some books. These were all good skills for me to hone and/or develop. 1/
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We created a new tool that uses prescription label information to identify where your drug was made.
It also lets you see if and when that factory was inspected for quality and safety violations.
Try it out 👇
It also lets you see if and when that factory was inspected for quality and safety violations.
Try it out 👇
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We created a new tool that uses prescription label information to identify where your drug was made.
It also lets you see if and when that factory was inspected for quality and safety violations.
Try it out 👇
It also lets you see if and when that factory was inspected for quality and safety violations.
Try it out 👇
Requiem for a Grinch
Mother, Jugs & Grinch
Saving Private Grinch
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Requiem for a Grinch
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Truth is no longer truth, facts are no longer facts.
It was always going to get here.
This is the Birtherism Administration.
It was always going to get here.
This is the Birtherism Administration.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Truth is no longer truth, facts are no longer facts.
It was always going to get here.
This is the Birtherism Administration.
It was always going to get here.
This is the Birtherism Administration.
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Today marks the anniversary of Ex Parte Endo, the Supreme Court decision that helped end the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Decided on December 18, 1944, it ruled the government could not detain loyal citizens without justification, prompting the closure of the camps.
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today marks the anniversary of Ex Parte Endo, the Supreme Court decision that helped end the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Decided on December 18, 1944, it ruled the government could not detain loyal citizens without justification, prompting the closure of the camps.
Listening to @maddow.bsky.social’s latest podcast on this 81st anniversary of
Korematsu v US. Excellent work by everyone involved.
An excellent site for primary source reading on the experience of Japanese Americans is the @denshoproject.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Korematsu v US. Excellent work by everyone involved.
An excellent site for primary source reading on the experience of Japanese Americans is the @denshoproject.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
History Podcast · Series ·
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December 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Listening to @maddow.bsky.social’s latest podcast on this 81st anniversary of
Korematsu v US. Excellent work by everyone involved.
An excellent site for primary source reading on the experience of Japanese Americans is the @denshoproject.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Korematsu v US. Excellent work by everyone involved.
An excellent site for primary source reading on the experience of Japanese Americans is the @denshoproject.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
So glad I cued up the last episode of Ted Lasso when I got home. So much better than what everyone else on this site seems to be watching or have watched.
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So glad I cued up the last episode of Ted Lasso when I got home. So much better than what everyone else on this site seems to be watching or have watched.
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I’m so glad this is published:
“Whatever small acts of friction one takes, let them make it hard for universities to charge ahead, pouring resources into a technology that none of us asked for. It’s only friction that can bring this momentum to a halt.”
“Whatever small acts of friction one takes, let them make it hard for universities to charge ahead, pouring resources into a technology that none of us asked for. It’s only friction that can bring this momentum to a halt.”
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m so glad this is published:
“Whatever small acts of friction one takes, let them make it hard for universities to charge ahead, pouring resources into a technology that none of us asked for. It’s only friction that can bring this momentum to a halt.”
“Whatever small acts of friction one takes, let them make it hard for universities to charge ahead, pouring resources into a technology that none of us asked for. It’s only friction that can bring this momentum to a halt.”
With many Puget Sound area governmental agencies posting flood info on Instagram, a minor issue is now a major concern. IG posts are not time stamped, not even by day.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
With many Puget Sound area governmental agencies posting flood info on Instagram, a minor issue is now a major concern. IG posts are not time stamped, not even by day.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
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How do you protect yourself from viruses in a world that has largely given up? New work has confirmed the use of HOCl as a respiratory therapy and intervention. Here's some other things to do, along with N95 masks and air purifiers.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
An Illustrated Guide to Knocking Out Viruses
To be expanded?
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How do you protect yourself from viruses in a world that has largely given up? New work has confirmed the use of HOCl as a respiratory therapy and intervention. Here's some other things to do, along with N95 masks and air purifiers.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/an-illustrat...
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My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...
The Most Awful Responsibility – Alex Wellerstein
alexwellerstein.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...