Casey Seiler
@caseyseiler.bsky.social
Editor of the Times Union. Ever-vigilant in maintaining the grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos. I get to work with some of the finest journalists in the state. Support robust local journalism and send tips to [email protected]
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Amy Brookheimer should never have dumped this guy.
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Amy Brookheimer should never have dumped this guy.
After the Rensselaer Co. BOE initially tut-tutted library supporters gobsmacked by the rejection of a moderate budget increase ("We don’t have the luxury of time” to recount, the GOP commish said), the board discovered a handful of proposals on the ballot had fallen victim to formatting problems.
Voting machines said Stephentown rejected the proposed library budget. A recount said otherwise.
Unofficial election night results showed 89% voted “no” for the library spending plan, but a recount showed it was backed by 66% of voters.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
After the Rensselaer Co. BOE initially tut-tutted library supporters gobsmacked by the rejection of a moderate budget increase ("We don’t have the luxury of time” to recount, the GOP commish said), the board discovered a handful of proposals on the ballot had fallen victim to formatting problems.
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After MTG lied about me for weeks, she said that she felt bad for my unborn child because he'd have me as a mother. Her rhetoric led to threats against my family.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After MTG lied about me for weeks, she said that she felt bad for my unborn child because he'd have me as a mother. Her rhetoric led to threats against my family.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
Gibberish
Roger Marshall on Republicans replacing the ACA: "It's gonna take us a while to figure out the right way to do it"
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gibberish
The four still on the launch pad are significant.
Full list: Hochul calls up 155 more bills, including 100-ft. rule and prisons overhaul www.capitolconfidential.com/p/hochul-cal...
Only four more bills remain after this, including the RAISE Act.
Only four more bills remain after this, including the RAISE Act.
Hochul calls up 155 more bills, including 100-ft. rule and prisons overhaul
Only four more bills remain after this, including the RAISE Act.
www.capitolconfidential.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The four still on the launch pad are significant.
Anthony Constantino says his new pro-Trump rap album was inspired by the death of Charlie Kirk. But last February, he accused Kirk of trying to "grift off" political insiders as part of "swamp 2.0." @danclarkreports.bsky.social reports on a story that only sounds like Political Mad Libs.
Constantino says Charlie Kirk inspired new album but wasn't always a fan
He hasn’t always had kind words for Kirk, who he accused of trying to “grift off” people influential in government and politics.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Anthony Constantino says his new pro-Trump rap album was inspired by the death of Charlie Kirk. But last February, he accused Kirk of trying to "grift off" political insiders as part of "swamp 2.0." @danclarkreports.bsky.social reports on a story that only sounds like Political Mad Libs.
Ethics code? This is like the joke about the screenwriter who arrives home to find a police cordon around his home and the cops tell him his agent broke in and killed his whole family, and the screenwriter says, "My agent came to my house?"
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes in relation to the process that saw President Trump receive an inaugural peace prize.
Gianni Infantino accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes in relation to President Trump comments
Advocacy group FairSquare has also requested an investigation into President Trump being awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize last Friday.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ethics code? This is like the joke about the screenwriter who arrives home to find a police cordon around his home and the cops tell him his agent broke in and killed his whole family, and the screenwriter says, "My agent came to my house?"
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“I look down at the crashing swell. Alone at the after-party, a kind of honeymoon in hell. I am on the list, a bit of grave misfortune. I am in the New York Post, even worse. The ink is black, the pages yellow. Everything, some kind of lie. What of doubt? Scientists cannot see the soul.”
Sentences From American Canto That Sent Me To The Hospital
I reviewed Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto for Slate. There's far less RFK Jr. in it than you'd expect.
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“I look down at the crashing swell. Alone at the after-party, a kind of honeymoon in hell. I am on the list, a bit of grave misfortune. I am in the New York Post, even worse. The ink is black, the pages yellow. Everything, some kind of lie. What of doubt? Scientists cannot see the soul.”
Noted: A loophole allows these officials to retire and dodge out of the obligation to participate in any investigation of their actions, while holding onto their pension benefits and their police certification credentials.
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
3rd NY State Police official seeks retirement amid Ryder Cup probe
A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Noted: A loophole allows these officials to retire and dodge out of the obligation to participate in any investigation of their actions, while holding onto their pension benefits and their police certification credentials.
From the Times Union editorial board: Tuesday marks a year since Robert Brooks was beaten to death by a gang of correction officers who lied in a failed attempt to cover up their crimes. What happened to the sense of urgency to enact changes to the state's prison system ASAP?
Editorial: A year after Brooks' killing, reforms deferred
A year after the murder of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, a pile of bills designed to make prisons safer and corrections officials more accountable awaits the governor's signature.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From the Times Union editorial board: Tuesday marks a year since Robert Brooks was beaten to death by a gang of correction officers who lied in a failed attempt to cover up their crimes. What happened to the sense of urgency to enact changes to the state's prison system ASAP?
Blakeman is a close Trump ally, while erstwhile self-proclaimed "ultra-MAGA" Stefanik has been ticked off at the administration and basically everyone in GOP leadership since the president scuttled her UN nomination.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Blakeman is a close Trump ally, while erstwhile self-proclaimed "ultra-MAGA" Stefanik has been ticked off at the administration and basically everyone in GOP leadership since the president scuttled her UN nomination.
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“Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley — Times Union
ULSTER — On the grounds of a shuttered high school just outside Kingston, a California energy company hopes to build a facility that could help New York meet its renewable power goals. First, it must ...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Battery energy storage sparks local resistance in the Hudson Valley
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
The systems, a major component of New York’s plan to meet climate goals, face opposition because of fires. Can new state codes calm anxious locals?” apple.news/ApvVZ1DHsT4y...
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
3rd NY State Police official seeks retirement amid Ryder Cup probe
A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
BREAKING: A third high-ranking member of the State Police is abruptly leaving the agency amid an expanding investigation into the misuse of PGA credentials by members of the agency who attended the Ryder Cup golf tournament on Long Island in September. Brendan Lyons reports.
“It’s heartbreaking to see the grief and betrayal that they feel,” said Anderson Ponzer, whose organization represents 100 to 150 Afghan immigrants. “It’s hard to underestimate the level of terror they are feeling.”
Afghan family's call to ICE check-in highlights fear caused by immigration crackdown
Supporters waited outside the Malta facility for hours on Monday morning, hoping they would reemerge.
www.timesunion.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“It’s heartbreaking to see the grief and betrayal that they feel,” said Anderson Ponzer, whose organization represents 100 to 150 Afghan immigrants. “It’s hard to underestimate the level of terror they are feeling.”
I’m not sure I want to be governed even in part by a Congress that “works” for the likes of Nancy Mace. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I’m not sure I want to be governed even in part by a Congress that “works” for the likes of Nancy Mace. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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The best time to quit Spotify was several years ago, but the second best time is today.
Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform
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King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The best time to quit Spotify was several years ago, but the second best time is today.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
Hochul celebrates EUV center 'topping off' at Albany NanoTech
Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the "topping off" of the last piece of steel on the $614 million NanoFab Reflection building at Albany NanoTech.
Scoop from @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social: Two weeks before the Adirondack Park Agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings — an adjudicatory hearing on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons — its lead attorney announced he is leaving. Gwendolyn Craig reports.
Adirondack Park Agency’s top lawyer resigns - Adirondack Explorer
Two weeks before the agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons, the lead attorney for the Adirondack Park Agency announced he i...
www.adirondackexplorer.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Scoop from @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social: Two weeks before the Adirondack Park Agency is set to begin one of its biggest legal proceedings — an adjudicatory hearing on an unprecedented project to test-fire large cannons — its lead attorney announced he is leaving. Gwendolyn Craig reports.
Don't talk with your hands
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Don't talk with your hands
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Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
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FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
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Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
Albany teen with special immigrant protections caught in ICE ‘collateral arrest’
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
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"He came to the United States after experiencing horrific abuse and neglect, and he trusted that the government would follow its own rules and protect him. Instead, he’s been separated from his community and thrown in a jail cell."
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Albany teen with special immigrant protections caught in ICE ‘collateral arrest’
Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.
www.timesunion.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"He came to the United States after experiencing horrific abuse and neglect, and he trusted that the government would follow its own rules and protect him. Instead, he’s been separated from his community and thrown in a jail cell."
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a 'Bermuda style' home in Palm Beach, pledging it would be his principal residence. Just 7 weeks later, he got another mortgage for a 7-bedroom home, attesting that it too would be his principal residence."
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Via @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Someone have Cotton do a commentary track for “Titanic.”
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Someone have Cotton do a commentary track for “Titanic.”