Ethan J. A. Schoonover
@ethanschoonover.com
Factotum. Former @ethanschoonover on twtr / Photo & Design & Tech & RPGs / SeattleACS ham radio volunteer / Cascadia Radio cofounder / @TeenHorrorCast.com intern / "skoon-over" / he
📍 Seattle, Earth
🌐 https://ethanschoonover.com
📍 Seattle, Earth
🌐 https://ethanschoonover.com
new american health care pain scale:
0-9: I will live with this pain rather than risk the endless bills and medical fees that no medical staff can warn me about ahead of time and which may continue to randomly trickle in over the next 6 months
10: ok ok bill me
0-9: I will live with this pain rather than risk the endless bills and medical fees that no medical staff can warn me about ahead of time and which may continue to randomly trickle in over the next 6 months
10: ok ok bill me
January 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM
new american health care pain scale:
0-9: I will live with this pain rather than risk the endless bills and medical fees that no medical staff can warn me about ahead of time and which may continue to randomly trickle in over the next 6 months
10: ok ok bill me
0-9: I will live with this pain rather than risk the endless bills and medical fees that no medical staff can warn me about ahead of time and which may continue to randomly trickle in over the next 6 months
10: ok ok bill me
Hey #Seattle #bioscience people, my daughter (studying neurosci/biochem) is looking for a Seattle area on-site biosci/biochem lab work internship opportunity for this summer. She has a year of biomanufacturing lab work experience. Pls DM if you know of something I could point her to!
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hey #Seattle #bioscience people, my daughter (studying neurosci/biochem) is looking for a Seattle area on-site biosci/biochem lab work internship opportunity for this summer. She has a year of biomanufacturing lab work experience. Pls DM if you know of something I could point her to!
I know exactly who needs to hear this: anyone that has a boat load of airtags like me. You can get cases that take lithium AA or AAA batteries for multi year lifespan. As long as weight isn't a factor, these are a total upgrade.
January 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I know exactly who needs to hear this: anyone that has a boat load of airtags like me. You can get cases that take lithium AA or AAA batteries for multi year lifespan. As long as weight isn't a factor, these are a total upgrade.
wait did they just post "let them eat steak"
cool cool that worked out well last time
cool cool that worked out well last time
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
wait did they just post "let them eat steak"
cool cool that worked out well last time
cool cool that worked out well last time
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
I firmly believe that Only Murders in the Building doesn’t happen without The Westing Game. A truly great mystery book I’ve loved since I was a kid.
If you are only now learning about THE WESTING GAME, written by Ellen Raskin in 1979 & winner of a Newbery Medal, find it and read it NOW.
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I firmly believe that Only Murders in the Building doesn’t happen without The Westing Game. A truly great mystery book I’ve loved since I was a kid.
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If you are only now learning about THE WESTING GAME, written by Ellen Raskin in 1979 & winner of a Newbery Medal, find it and read it NOW.
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
January 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
If you are only now learning about THE WESTING GAME, written by Ellen Raskin in 1979 & winner of a Newbery Medal, find it and read it NOW.
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
It's the best puzzle mystery novel ever, and is illustrated and typeset by Raskin herself (who started as an illustrator and book cover designer)
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We *knew* this would be the outcome on that platform: the destruction of independent music; the kind of music that's a dialogue among various groups, not hungry for external attention or success.
Spotify is saying it's worthless.
I say it's the opposite, and moreover that Spotify should die.
Spotify is saying it's worthless.
I say it's the opposite, and moreover that Spotify should die.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
We *knew* this would be the outcome on that platform: the destruction of independent music; the kind of music that's a dialogue among various groups, not hungry for external attention or success.
Spotify is saying it's worthless.
I say it's the opposite, and moreover that Spotify should die.
Spotify is saying it's worthless.
I say it's the opposite, and moreover that Spotify should die.
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Whenever I spent time on normie platforms (your threads, your Facebook), I become more and more convinced that a large part of our problem as a nation is the literacy crisis. People have trouble with basic reasoning. They can't follow very simple logic or compound sentences. It's disturbing.
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Whenever I spent time on normie platforms (your threads, your Facebook), I become more and more convinced that a large part of our problem as a nation is the literacy crisis. People have trouble with basic reasoning. They can't follow very simple logic or compound sentences. It's disturbing.
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A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.
🧵Trump got the idea to annex Greenland from cosmetics billionaire Ron Lauder who has interests there.
"As Trump has ratcheted up his threats to seize Greenland, Lauder has acquired commercial holdings there.Lauder is also part of the consortium whose desire to access Ukrainian minerals ...
"As Trump has ratcheted up his threats to seize Greenland, Lauder has acquired commercial holdings there.Lauder is also part of the consortium whose desire to access Ukrainian minerals ...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.
my kiddo playing video games next to me and occasionally asking me to finish a hard boss fight for her (mostly i think she is just trying to make me feel useful, but I'll take it)
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 AM
my kiddo playing video games next to me and occasionally asking me to finish a hard boss fight for her (mostly i think she is just trying to make me feel useful, but I'll take it)
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Motion to establish a Byzantine style western capitol out here in Cascadia and reboot a science based CDC.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Motion to establish a Byzantine style western capitol out here in Cascadia and reboot a science based CDC.
Motion to establish a Byzantine style western capitol out here in Cascadia and reboot a science based CDC.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Motion to establish a Byzantine style western capitol out here in Cascadia and reboot a science based CDC.
"I knew she was trouble crossing the street. She looked way to happy to be standing around on 99"
(my daughter recounting a weird run in with someone on Seattle's infamous Aurora)
(my daughter recounting a weird run in with someone on Seattle's infamous Aurora)
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"I knew she was trouble crossing the street. She looked way to happy to be standing around on 99"
(my daughter recounting a weird run in with someone on Seattle's infamous Aurora)
(my daughter recounting a weird run in with someone on Seattle's infamous Aurora)
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new video up on the youtube page youtu.be/N1DVvGlzGEs?...
Everything is Gender
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
new video up on the youtube page youtu.be/N1DVvGlzGEs?...
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
trump vows to attack more americans if the iranian regime attacks protesters
January 11, 2026 at 1:10 AM
trump vows to attack more americans if the iranian regime attacks protesters
Me fixing the pump on the dishwasher *again*
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Me fixing the pump on the dishwasher *again*
"What are you going to do? Ban Twitter? I'll just claim Grok did it on its own and promise to implement security procedures which I'll never actually roll out and you'll let me off the hook like you always do."
Elon to the world, I guess.
Elon to the world, I guess.
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
My fav word-nerd app, Terminology by Greg Pierce, just got updated and once again works nicely on my iPad and phone for my daily vocab review. I am unreasonably excited about this (again, word-nerd).
Terminology App - App Store
Download Terminology by Agile Tortoise on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Terminology.
apps.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
My fav word-nerd app, Terminology by Greg Pierce, just got updated and once again works nicely on my iPad and phone for my daily vocab review. I am unreasonably excited about this (again, word-nerd).
"What are you going to do? Ban Twitter? I'll just claim Grok did it on its own and promise to implement security procedures which I'll never actually roll out and you'll let me off the hook like you always do."
Elon to the world, I guess.
Elon to the world, I guess.
January 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"What are you going to do? Ban Twitter? I'll just claim Grok did it on its own and promise to implement security procedures which I'll never actually roll out and you'll let me off the hook like you always do."
Elon to the world, I guess.
Elon to the world, I guess.