James everything is analog
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Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
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The main reason we're in this situation is a bunch of war criminal shitbags from the Reagan administration paved the way for fascism.
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The main reason we're in this situation is a bunch of war criminal shitbags from the Reagan administration paved the way for fascism.
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
And the best thing you can do is ask the grunts not to follow illegal orders. What about your part of the bargain?
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This is the best thing on the topic I’ve seen even tho haven’t fully finished
Love this latest Public Health is Dead episode from @DaniAtomicus with @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & @wanderingkayli.bsky.social
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
🎯
www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
🎯
www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is the best thing on the topic I’ve seen even tho haven’t fully finished
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Hey so as someone who has a degree in global politics and spent a significant amount of time studying international law — this is a textbook example of a war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey so as someone who has a degree in global politics and spent a significant amount of time studying international law — this is a textbook example of a war crime.
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"you belong here" means "you are responsible for staying here and fixing this no matter what" when it is delivered to you by someone who also says "and I cannot be held responsible for ever making you feel like you belong and are seen"
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
I believe a lot of folks underestimate the bruising psychological effect of being told "you belong here" while simultaneously being consistently oppressed by the same people
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"you belong here" means "you are responsible for staying here and fixing this no matter what" when it is delivered to you by someone who also says "and I cannot be held responsible for ever making you feel like you belong and are seen"
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
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One day, these will be the incredibly dark moments we read about in the history books.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One day, these will be the incredibly dark moments we read about in the history books.
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Here's some analysis of how much we're subsidizing the private golf courses. The course + country club homes are *combined* valued at less than half of the surrounding land in the neighborhood.
bsky.app/profile/poul...
bsky.app/profile/poul...
The assessed value of Broadmoor & Sandpoint Golf Courses has been <$1/sq ft since 1983 even while Seattle property has increased 2000-2400%. KCAssessor claimed value of private courses was transferred to the CC homes. It's not. We need to eminent domain the courses @councilmember-amr.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's some analysis of how much we're subsidizing the private golf courses. The course + country club homes are *combined* valued at less than half of the surrounding land in the neighborhood.
bsky.app/profile/poul...
bsky.app/profile/poul...
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The assessed value of Broadmoor & Sandpoint Golf Courses has been <$1/sq ft since 1983 even while Seattle property has increased 2000-2400%. KCAssessor claimed value of private courses was transferred to the CC homes. It's not. We need to eminent domain the courses @councilmember-amr.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The assessed value of Broadmoor & Sandpoint Golf Courses has been <$1/sq ft since 1983 even while Seattle property has increased 2000-2400%. KCAssessor claimed value of private courses was transferred to the CC homes. It's not. We need to eminent domain the courses @councilmember-amr.bsky.social
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Man, every year the assessed land value for my home continues to climb and it's at like $800k now; almost double what I paid for my house 8 years ago and it's barely 9000sqft or ~0.2 acre total. If my land was assessed like Broadmoor's private park it would be at just over $15k.
Paul has been talking about the tax loophole that Seattle country clubs have been enjoying for a while now but WOW I did not know how big
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Man, every year the assessed land value for my home continues to climb and it's at like $800k now; almost double what I paid for my house 8 years ago and it's barely 9000sqft or ~0.2 acre total. If my land was assessed like Broadmoor's private park it would be at just over $15k.
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“Scott’s bill would create the “Well Washington Fund” to backfill what the federal government takes away. Absent proactive measures by the Legislature, thousands of residents will face greater food insecurity, less access to health care and higher costs for education, Scott said.”
Democratic state lawmakers are once again eyeing a statewide version of a Seattle tax on companies with large payrolls and high-paid employees. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/26/w...
WA Democrats’ latest run at taxing the state’s largest companies • Washington State Standard
Democratic state lawmakers are eyeing a statewide version of a Seattle tax on companies with large payrolls and high-paid employees.
washingtonstatestandard.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Scott’s bill would create the “Well Washington Fund” to backfill what the federal government takes away. Absent proactive measures by the Legislature, thousands of residents will face greater food insecurity, less access to health care and higher costs for education, Scott said.”
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It is time to abolish ICE.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is time to abolish ICE.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
It is time for Washington state leaders to step up and figure out how to make our communities safe from these goons.
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Having intersectional minority identities in the West does not, unfortunately, confer enhanced appreciation of nuance in identities abroad. Non-Western experiences and identities are ignored or flattened. One even finds people weaponize their minority status in the West against minorities abroad.
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Having intersectional minority identities in the West does not, unfortunately, confer enhanced appreciation of nuance in identities abroad. Non-Western experiences and identities are ignored or flattened. One even finds people weaponize their minority status in the West against minorities abroad.
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This is bc Harrell’s friends don’t own cohousing or baugruppen but they do own the office towers lol
it's pretty incredible we are exempting construction sales tax on office to residential rehabs (not a great deal for downtown) - but not affordable housing, or community-led development like cohousing, coops, baugruppen, CLTs
harrell.seattle.gov/2025/02/11/s...
harrell.seattle.gov/2025/02/11/s...
Seattle Adopts Sales Tax Exemption to Encourage Office-to-Residential Conversions - Office of the Mayor
Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Mark Solomon celebrated the adoption of new legislation that will create a tax exemption for the conversion of underutilized commercial property ...
harrell.seattle.gov
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is bc Harrell’s friends don’t own cohousing or baugruppen but they do own the office towers lol
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We're firing a shot across the bow!
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
PR: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs, say 1000+ Amazon employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Press contact: [email protected] AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs, say 1000+ Amazon employees Over 1,000 Amazon emplo...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We're firing a shot across the bow!
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
1000 Amazon workers have signed our Open Letter: AI hype is a distraction from its staggering costs.
And here's the letter if you haven't signed yet (Not just for Amazonians; we also love solidarity signatures): www.amazonclimatejustice.org
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Assessments consider land and "improvements" (the structures) separately.
The land only (no improvements) of a parcel near me is assessed at $11,000,000\acre.
At that value, this golf course would pay over 12 mil in taxes.
The land only (no improvements) of a parcel near me is assessed at $11,000,000\acre.
At that value, this golf course would pay over 12 mil in taxes.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Assessments consider land and "improvements" (the structures) separately.
The land only (no improvements) of a parcel near me is assessed at $11,000,000\acre.
At that value, this golf course would pay over 12 mil in taxes.
The land only (no improvements) of a parcel near me is assessed at $11,000,000\acre.
At that value, this golf course would pay over 12 mil in taxes.
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our world is filled with invisible subsidies for the rich buried several layers deep, exhibit infinity billion:
Meanwhile, this ONE SINGLE HOUSE inside the gated golf club is assessed at $10 million.
This one house on 0.42 acre had to paid $74,608 in property taxes in 2025.
And yet the ENTIRE 122 ACRE private golf course - paid just $85,770 in combined taxes that can go toward our schools.
This one house on 0.42 acre had to paid $74,608 in property taxes in 2025.
And yet the ENTIRE 122 ACRE private golf course - paid just $85,770 in combined taxes that can go toward our schools.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
our world is filled with invisible subsidies for the rich buried several layers deep, exhibit infinity billion:
Paul has been talking about the tax loophole that Seattle country clubs have been enjoying for a while now but WOW I did not know how big
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Paul has been talking about the tax loophole that Seattle country clubs have been enjoying for a while now but WOW I did not know how big
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
Shown in red are where extremists live in Seattle.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Shown in red are where extremists live in Seattle.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
Here are what some of these areas look like.
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The team also signals a change in focus on transportation. Harrell, who worked to undo progress against traffic deaths by blocking safety projects, had no safety advocates on his team. Wilson has leaders from 350 Seattle, Duwamish River Community Coalition, and the Disability Mobility Initiative.
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The team also signals a change in focus on transportation. Harrell, who worked to undo progress against traffic deaths by blocking safety projects, had no safety advocates on his team. Wilson has leaders from 350 Seattle, Duwamish River Community Coalition, and the Disability Mobility Initiative.
The pattern of Harrell using the Mayor's office to boost his campaign is clear as day for anyone who wants to look.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The pattern of Harrell using the Mayor's office to boost his campaign is clear as day for anyone who wants to look.
We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Going after the last 5% of electricity supply CO2 reduction without reducing transportation emissions is lunacy.
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We (the “developed” nations) need to either choose bikes, transit, and infill development — or cataclysmic change to habitability on the planet.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Change our lifestyle, or it will be changed for us.
Those are the only two choices.
Reposted by James everything is analog
Going after the last 5% of electricity supply CO2 reduction without reducing transportation emissions is lunacy.
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
Good figure from a recent ESIG report showing how marginal abatement costs in the electric sector start out low but increase sharply as you approach zero emissions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Going after the last 5% of electricity supply CO2 reduction without reducing transportation emissions is lunacy.
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
I worry about mining for EV batteries, too.
But we can have a better quality of life if we substitute private cars for bikes, transit, infill development
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“After that extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon.”
Eewwww
Eewwww
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“After that extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon.”
Eewwww
Eewwww
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the banks make as much as developers on the low-rise and townhome proformas i have in front of me... weird they don't have to pay up...
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
the banks make as much as developers on the low-rise and townhome proformas i have in front of me... weird they don't have to pay up...