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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 24d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 17h

This is how you build soccer in America.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 17h

@kkfla737.bsky.social FYI this happened tonight. A kid who played for a neighborhood USL2 team took the field on an emergency loan (lots of international duty) for the Seattle Sounders.

Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 17h

This was actually pretty rad. @goballardfc.bsky.social is owned by former Sounder Lamar Neagle and was couched by former Sounder James Riley.

It is freaking cool as hell for a neighborhood USL2 player to win a game for the @soundersfc.com.

Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 18h

Morris and de la Vega are out for Musovski and Kingston, who is making his MLS debut. He’s the first Ballard FC alum to play for the Sounders.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 17h

This was actually pretty rad. @goballardfc.bsky.social is owned by former Sounder Lamar Neagle and was couched by former Sounder James Riley.

It is freaking cool as hell for a neighborhood USL2 player to win a game for the @soundersfc.com.

Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 18h

Morris and de la Vega are out for Musovski and Kingston, who is making his MLS debut. He’s the first Ballard FC alum to play for the Sounders.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 18h

I'm really interested to know exactly how "corridor urbanism", which is another name for focusing housing growth on our widest, loudest, and dirtiest arterial streets so other areas don't have to change, got literally baked into Washington's statewide transportation plan.

Reimagining Growth: Corridor Urbanism
Washington state is growing fast. By 2050, our urban cores and rural communities will experience
demographic and economic shifts that demand a new model of development. This plan integrates
housing and land use planning with transportation strategies to encourage growth along key
transportation corridors with mixed-use, mixed-income housing within walking distance of highcapacity transit. It suggests reformed zoning to encourage flexible, mid-scale development that
matches community context and transportation capacity. It offers strategies to streamline development
and lower development costs, which promote affordability.
By linking where people live, work, and shop with how they move, we can reduce commute times, lower
emissions, and support vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. This approach offers substantial potential
benefits: increased housing density, reduced reliance on single-occupancy vehicles, and enhanced
transit accessibility. Environmental advantages include decreased energy and water consumption
and lower carbon emissions. Studies estimate that, compared with traditional suburban development,
dwellings in mixed-income and mixed-use developments consume 39% less energy and 62% less
water. Driving is reduced by 55%, and household costs by 53%. These developments can significantly
boost the local tax base through increased property values.11 By strategically redeveloping existing
corridors, we can create more sustainable, equitable, and economically vibrant communities, alleviating
transportation pressures and fostering responsible urban growth.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 17h

Two nights in a row.

This city hates me.

Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 18h

Arriola would have to be the GK right?

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 18h

You could literally make a team out of this:

List of Sounders who didn’t play today due to injury and International Duty.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 18h

Pretty sure I am repeating myself but Zak continues to be right: WE CAN’T PUT GAMES AWAY. I SHOULDN’T BE THIS NERVOUS!!!

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 18h

Why the F haven’t we put this away?!???

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 19h

Weird to say that going into half time with a 1-0 lead with a highly rotated 11 but I am disappointed. Sorry for being a bad fan.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 19h

a cartoon horse says no sir i dont like it

Alt: a cartoon horse says no sir i dont like it. Gif from Ren and Stimpy.

media.tenor.com

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 19h

I agree with Zak. We do not put games away. Should be 3-0 at this point.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 20h

Someone in the group chat said that he was told in another group chat that one of the Tacoma Defiance players called up to @soundersfc.com on emergency loan was a @goballardfc.bsky.social player? Anyone know if that is true?

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 1d

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

CCCP

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

Wut?

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

The most infuriating part is just how open they are.

They could have picked Don Jr or that other one & we would have all known it was a nepo hire but there could be an argument for it. Truth Social/Trump Org experience.

This is just naked nepotism because why not? Who’s gonna do anything about it?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

So I know a dude who was the Rider Communications Specialist at the Super Bowl Parade.

It was WILD! Trains were freaking packed. It was the largest ridership in Sound Transit history. According to this guy.

Now that four car trains are common it will be interesting to see how things play out.

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

HOLY SHIT I AM A MORON!!!

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

So here’s the thing. I have lived out here since February of ‘07. I KNOW the Mariners are gonna Mariner. And yet here I am: a fool.

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rockedfaces @rockedfaces.bsky.social · 1d

If you're reading this, better start warming up, because you--yes, YOU--are about to pitch for the Mariners and/or Tigers

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

My wires got crossed for a second while scrolling and I was very confused about why the University of South Alabama Jags were playing the East Carolina University Purple Pirates on a Friday night, LOL. @sickoscommittee.org

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

(I was also 43 years old before I learned that the Gulf due to the way it drains is unique and that most of the world has two high tides and two low tides a day instead of the normal one high and one low.)

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Matthew Johnson @seasouthern.bsky.social · 1d

As a South Alabamian I really can’t grasp the idea of a private beach. How can you own water? How can you own where the water goes? In Alabama everything up to the high tide line is public property and honestly I thought this how the whole country worked.

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 2d

HAHAHAHAHAHA get fucked you rich asshole

Carlsbad homeowner ordered to remove private gate to public beach, fined $1.4 million

John Levy was penalized by state Coastal Commission for a string of Coastal Act violations stretching back years

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

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