Aaron Brethorst
@brethorsting.com
Seattleite, transit enthusiast, democracy enthusiast. Posting through it ONLY in my personal capacity.
Exec Director for OneBusAway’s parent nonprofit, Open Transit Software Foundation
Founder of Sincere (formerly Voterletters)
Exec Director for OneBusAway’s parent nonprofit, Open Transit Software Foundation
Founder of Sincere (formerly Voterletters)
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The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
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american hegemony was the worst thing you could imagine, save the alternative, of course
Fucking multipolar world.
December 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
american hegemony was the worst thing you could imagine, save the alternative, of course
Everyone's least favorite socialist city councilmember is back at it! quote-unquote govern (ugh).
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Everyone's least favorite socialist city councilmember is back at it! quote-unquote govern (ugh).
Bird strike at SeaTac! 40+ minute delays on the runway.
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Bird strike at SeaTac! 40+ minute delays on the runway.
🤦♂️
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Check out the amazing high quality engineering of the Docker Desktop app on my Mac.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out the amazing high quality engineering of the Docker Desktop app on my Mac.
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
The concept of technical debt in software engineering can feel esoteric or irrelevant to many managers. I recently wrote a piece using velocity in place of debt. I think it better illustrates the insidiousness of this debt. www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/12...
Instantaneous Velocity Is a Trap | Aaron Brethorst
Personal website for Aaron Brethorst - Seattleite, technology leader, photographer, transit enthusiast, erstwhile non-runner.
www.brethorsting.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The concept of technical debt in software engineering can feel esoteric or irrelevant to many managers. I recently wrote a piece using velocity in place of debt. I think it better illustrates the insidiousness of this debt. www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/12...
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
Cmon boots.
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cmon boots.
Tell me you’re a broligarch who doesn’t know his French history without telling me you’re a broligarch
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Tell me you’re a broligarch who doesn’t know his French history without telling me you’re a broligarch
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At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
If I could get EV version of one of these, I would totally go up to him, a big strong man with tears in my eyes, saying thank you Mr. President 🙄
But seriously I want an EV version of this.
But seriously I want an EV version of this.
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If I could get EV version of one of these, I would totally go up to him, a big strong man with tears in my eyes, saying thank you Mr. President 🙄
But seriously I want an EV version of this.
But seriously I want an EV version of this.
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I also support this, give people their smol cars bsky.app/profile/bloo...
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I also support this, give people their smol cars bsky.app/profile/bloo...
I'm loving this whole Woke Bill Kristol thing.
“If you believe the MAGA postliberal project is real, then liberalism must understand MAGA is not a reaction to economic consequences or “elite failures,” but an affirmative preference for illiberalism.
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm loving this whole Woke Bill Kristol thing.
Zuck's offering a profoundly empty statement gussied up to sound deep.
My idea is to treat empathy as a new design material.
My idea is to treat that first sip of coffee in the morning as a new design material.
My idea is to treat empathy as a new design material.
My idea is to treat that first sip of coffee in the morning as a new design material.
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Zuck's offering a profoundly empty statement gussied up to sound deep.
My idea is to treat empathy as a new design material.
My idea is to treat that first sip of coffee in the morning as a new design material.
My idea is to treat empathy as a new design material.
My idea is to treat that first sip of coffee in the morning as a new design material.
“Cut it out, Walter!”
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Cut it out, Walter!”
Polls close at 7pm central, 5pm pacific.
Aftyn Behn has really run an impressive campaign to make a Trump +22 district so competitive. Laser-focused on accountability vs. a deluge of bullshit from MAGA world. Even if she falls short, Republicans ought to be panicked about the Dem overperformance when they've invested so much in this race.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Polls close at 7pm central, 5pm pacific.
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The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
🔥
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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AND it’s the 59th anniversary of the first appearance of the Gävle Goat, which has been erected every year since and only burnt down a mere 42 times. More on that from @jonnelledge.bsky.social
The Swedish town where every Christmas brings goat arson
The parable of the Gävle Goat.
jonn.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
AND it’s the 59th anniversary of the first appearance of the Gävle Goat, which has been erected every year since and only burnt down a mere 42 times. More on that from @jonnelledge.bsky.social
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the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
Is it possible that there are now issues where I am to the right of Bill Kristol??
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
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Is it possible that there are now issues where I am to the right of Bill Kristol??
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Is it possible that there are now issues where I am to the right of Bill Kristol??
Oh nooooo. I laughed so hard at this that my dog got worried and came over to check on me 😂
Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Oh nooooo. I laughed so hard at this that my dog got worried and came over to check on me 😂
Welcome to my huge wax mtn closet
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Welcome to my huge wax mtn closet