Ted Brassfield
LightNews LightNews
banner
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Ted Brassfield
@tedbrassfield.bsky.social
1.7K followers 810 following 2.9K posts
words | food | policy
he/him
living on unceded Ute and Tongva land
Posts Replies Media Videos
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Zines are written. A market exists for real physical drawings of coins. A mime won a comedy show. A myth of space? whales spontaneously arose & the union sponsors their flashfic contest. And now a super exclusive but free horror CYOA experience exists. #over/under
Text of an ending to the game. You lived because someone else chose to die. That's a weight youll carry forever. VMISSION SUCCESS: SURVIVAL ENDING Access Code: EVAC-APPROVED You survived. At a cost. They always do. [Return to Start]
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
The emergent gameplay in @samsorensen.bsky.social's #over/under is something else. An adhoc repair crew spent two hours last night mostly failing to fix damage to a 🤖civil rights group's office. People wagered on & cheered 🪲 fights. A cookbook was published. And none of this affects the strategic
An in game, low resolution poster with a picture of an older, wrinkled white man's face with thick eyebrows and mustache. The text reads: BANNED FLOYD "SPITTER" MERKINS FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE MOP SQUAD & DISTURBING THE PEACE OF THE WET ROOM
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Why is your website responding "incorrect" to my support of teacher unions?
KOAA survey on "do you support teacher unions." 84% of respondents (including me) vote yes. The website responds "incorrect"?!?
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Went to visit Rita yesterday :-)
The sky is brilliant blue with wispy white clouds. A greying white man stands in front of a giant wooden troll named Rita, his head barely reaching her chin, even though she is in a downward dog pose. He holds a lead attached to two mid sized white dogs, one of whom stares up at him, while the other gazes at the camera. A hillside covered in Aspen trees. The fall leaves have begun to turn, producing an effect similar to an impressionist painting, with golden hues blending into orange, red, and green streaks and blots.
September 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
With alt text:
A photograph of a Black man sitting with his back to the camera. His hand is resting on his hip to frame his back, which is covered with raised scars. "The Scourged Back" shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863. (McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art)
September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
I get waves of bots and potentially new people from time to time.

Read somewhere that Bluesky new accounts ticked up from yesterday, so some of them may be trolls looking for screenshots to take to X and the like.

But no, no new starter packs for you
@lexludens clearsky "starter packs-in" tab showing two starter packs
September 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Alt text, because Ken doesn't do it yet
Quote from a politico article: DSA members are feeling “energized and optimistic" though, and the group's New York City chapter has seen an increase in interest from potential candidates seeking an endorsement for 2026, NYC-DSA co- chair Gustavo Gordillo said. He didn't rule out backing a challenge to Jeffries in fact, he didn't rule out anything. "We're basically looking at districts where Zohran did well in the primary, and that's quite a lot of New York, so we haven' narrowed it down too much," Gordillo said.
September 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Revising my post.

He wrote in an ama that he's working to reverse the decision for Colorado to ensure ppl in Colorado can access COVID vaccines.

We need this. We also need Phil Weiser as the next governor of Colorado.

www.reddit.com/r/Denver/s/R...
Reddit post by Jared Polis from yesterday's AMA. "Any decision that makes across to the lifesaving COVID vaccine more difficult is bad for our health and our country. My immediate work is to get it reversed here so that the vaccine can be accessed easily.. Then of course to speak out nationally against this."
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Results cut off at Pollucite, Android, Brave Browser
Broken results graph for MinCup2025, with everything below Pollucite missing
August 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Potential glitch - the chart cuts off at Pollucite (mobile, Android, brave browser)
Chart of dummy, practice results for the 2025 mineral cup, with the results cut off through half of Pollucite (and not including any of the results below)
August 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Also, big protests around the state, as well as labor day parades.

Power to the People!

See, e.g.
Colorado Springs City Hall, September 1, 1-3pm Workers over Billionaires Sponsors 50501, Indivisible, Progressive Veterans
August 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Alt text added
Application Progress Position Title Hydrologist Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Announcement Number Open Period NWS-25-12785249-DHA Tuesday, August 19, 2025 to Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Application Package Status: Application Incomplete Merit Hiring Plan *= Required Field The following four narrative questions provide an opportunity for you to highlight your dedication to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. Please provide a response of 200 words or less to each question. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (Al) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot. 1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. (limit 1,200 characters) 2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. (limit 1,200 characters) *3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired. (limit 1,200 characters) 4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position. (limit 1,200 characters) 5. I certify that the above responses are in my own words and I did not use a consultant or Artificial Intelli…
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Colorado - Hickenlooper is not fit for this moment & must not win reelection. Trump has deployed troops to the capital, something he didn't do during his attempted coup in 2020, & not only has Hick not mentioned it, he's still stuck in bipartisanship mode with the fascist party.

Contrast w Breslin
Yesterday's skeets by Hickenlooper's Senate account: "Our bipartisan CHIPS + Science Act is about supercharging American innovation and creating thousands of good-paying jobs. We can't let the Trump admin sacrifice our technology future and kneecap our economy." Yesterday's skeets by Hickenlooper's personal account: "We don't have time to waste. Fire seasons are only getting longer and more devastating to Colorado. Our bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act meets the moment, and will dramatically improve our ability to protect our forests for generations to come. Let's get it done!"
August 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
CGE will donate the profits from this game AND ensure that they give an amount equal or greater than the license fee for the game to trans charities AND they state unequivocally that trans rights are human rights.

Between this and @devirgames.bsky.social recalling Ace of Spades to fix racist art
Many of you have expressed your understandable anger, pain, and disappointment through a variety of platforms. Frankly, we were not prepared for the volume of the response. As a result, multiple accounts and comments were blocked or muted that should not have been. We would never want anyone experiencing the pain this situation has caused to then feel like they are being silenced. So for that, too, we want to sincerely apologize. Like the world we live in, CGE is made up of individuals with various backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, and belief systems. None of us would ever want to take actions that would hurt or restrict the rights of another human being. We commit to remaining supportive of an inclusive and welcoming community of gamers. We believe in the rights of all people to have their own identity, and we reject hate and bigotry in all their forms. Trans rights are human rights.
August 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
I've read that post, too, but the original source is nearly a year and a half old and was referencing traffic during the 2024 Superbowl.

Not saying it's wrong, I'd just like to see new data
https://mashable.com/article/x-twitter-elon-musk-bots-fake-traffic "also provided data to Mashable pertaining to Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. In terms of fake traffic, no other platform came close to X's nearly 76 percent. Out of more than 40 million visits from TikTok, only 2.56 percent were determined to be fake. Facebook sent 8.1 million visits and 2.01 percent of the monitored visits were classified as inauthentic. And over on Instagram, only o.73 percent of the 68,700 visits from the platformn were fake. Tytunovich tells Mashable that it's not out of the ordinary to see spikes in fake traffic on social media platforms during big events like U.S. elections. However, he has never seen anything close to X's 75.85 percent."
August 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
CGE knows they hurt trans people by licensing Harry Potter and thus funding anti trans efforts by JKR.

I'm glad they are working with members of the community to find a solution. As an ally, I'll wait to hear from the community about whether what they do is satisfactory.

#GenCon
We're grateful to everyone who engaged with us over the past few days and took the time to share their perspectives. At CGE, our aim was never to cause harm, and we acknowledge that, with our recent Codenames announcement, we have. We are working hard within our constraints to find the best way forward and we will update you as soon as we can. We understand that what we have done has caused distress, and are working towards a concrete solution with several members of the affected communities. Please bear with us as we figure this out. CGE
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
You are deeply unpopular as well. Maybe it's incumbent on Dems to stand for something and not throw people under the bus?
WSJ poll showing Dems 20 points below Republicans, though both are under water
July 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
This you?

Maybe extreme moderation and a quisling support for the Trump administration is something you should stop doing?
WSJ poll showing that while Republicans have a minus ten favorability, Democrats are -30
July 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
With alt included
Facebook post by Laura Sherman Esq Today my law partner and I decided to take a drive out to Alligator Alcatraz, the new ICE detention facility in the everglades. We both have clients detained there that are eligible for bond. However, there is no court facility there to file the bond motions in person, and they are not being accepted online by any other jurisdiction. We did not expect to gain access to our clients, we simply wanted to understand with our own eyes what lack of access looks like. Lack of access is very young national guard soldiers stopping each car, not letting us into the facility, a slew of Florida emergency personnel wearing shirts designating them as police were there to secure the perimeter of the grounds. The officer in charge took our DLs, bar cards & names of our clients and sent them to some officer in the facility. And then we waited. The officer recommended we wait inside our vehicle or be eaten alive by mosquitos. Recommendation unnecessary, mosquitos were fierce. We waited until after 5pm, well over an hour, the officer in charge called into the facility more than once. no information came back. With no word that we would have access to our clients, we finally left. This is what lack of access looks like. My client does have access to a public phone, and have spoken to him at length. The conditions within the facility are deplorable. The facility is filling daily with more and more people, and it lacks basic infrastructure to handle its current capacity, while not yet having reached max capacity. Detainees are being issued inmate and booking numbers, but cannot be found on the ice detainee locator, nor collier or miami dade county inmate searchs. The population has been detained by ICE, but ICE is denying jurisdiction, saying it'sa state facility. My client has been denied access to his attorney, denied the right to file a motion for bond, which he is statutorily eligible for, and denied the right to a hearing on said motion for bond
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Outside of Denver, but on the 17th there is a good trouble protest in Colorado Springs at Acacia Park from 6-8.

Indivisible, 50501, and Progressive Vets, just like the no kings protest
Colorful protest poster, primarily purple, with a picture of the late Rep John Lewis in the upper right corner and the text "good trouble lives on in Colorado Springs!" "Get into good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." - John Lewis 6pm- 8pm on July 17 at Acadia Park, 115 E Platte Ave Sponsored by 50501, Indivisible, and progressive vets
July 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
I see you've taken to post graduate studies
Screenshot from a report by the poster. A clear shot glass of Malört sits on a dark grained wood surface. Above the picture, the author writes: No longer “marchers” anymore, rather than brave the crowded subways that would be packed with folks going home, we grabbed a bite to eat and drink at a local pub. S and B ordered local beers, J had a negroni spritz, and I celebrated the end of the march with a shot of Chicago’s hometown spirit, Malört. After we cooled off and enjoyed some delicious soft pretzel bites, we walked south towards S and J’s place in the South Loop, and B and I hopped onto the train at the Jackson Blue Line station, where she caught a train back to her neighborhood, and I took a quick trip through the Pedway to the corresponding Red Line Jackson stop a block east underground. https://www.theracketnews.com/p/a-fun-time-at-chicagos-weekend-march
June 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Trump has hinted at deportation language
Truth Post by Trump on 05 June 25 at 6:07pm: Elon Musk or "Mediocre Musk" is constantly high on ketamine. Always making promises he can't keep. NOT TO BE TRUSTED! He wants to go to Mars, how about you go back to Africa.
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Colorado Springs comes out again for #teslatakedown.

DOGE is wrecking decades of institutional expertise, and America has a history of #NoKings. Now is the best time to fight back!

@teslatakedown.com
American flag flying above a sign that says "NAZIS NOT WELCOME"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
It is Judge Howell's job, and Howell was unequivocal about it.
From the text of Howell's decision: Request for a permanent injunction at 6, ECF No 93. If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be models lauded when this period of American history is written.
May 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
tedbrassfield.bsky.social
Another good turnout during terrible weather @50501cos.bsky.social #MayDay rally.
A crowd of people gather in front of city hall CoS wearing rain ponchos and holding signs.
May 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM