The SquidProQuo
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Standard number of bones but out of warranty.
Dogs, art, transit, food, gaming, LFC, Seattle.
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Dogs, art, transit, food, gaming, LFC, Seattle.
He/Him/Squid
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Neutrality and objectivity are not the same thing and are, in fact, often contradictory goals. The objective truth is often not neutral in its political implications, and it would be a useless exercise if it was.
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Neutrality and objectivity are not the same thing and are, in fact, often contradictory goals. The objective truth is often not neutral in its political implications, and it would be a useless exercise if it was.
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ACTION ITEM: GO do this, takes 30 seconds, civic duty
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ACTION ITEM: GO do this, takes 30 seconds, civic duty
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A new poll shows us significantly ahead of the incumbent. But among likely voters? A dead heat. Now is the time to make sure everyone in your life gets their ballot in! Join us on Sunday for a march to the ballot box with Congressman Jamaal Bowman. Details in bio!
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A new poll shows us significantly ahead of the incumbent. But among likely voters? A dead heat. Now is the time to make sure everyone in your life gets their ballot in! Join us on Sunday for a march to the ballot box with Congressman Jamaal Bowman. Details in bio!
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
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It would be great if @seattledot.bsky.social graffiti removal crews didn’t block a major bike arterial without signage or detours.
What training or policy changes do we need to stop this willful disregard of people’s mobility and safety?
Or, is graffiti removal a higher priority?
What training or policy changes do we need to stop this willful disregard of people’s mobility and safety?
Or, is graffiti removal a higher priority?
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It would be great if @seattledot.bsky.social graffiti removal crews didn’t block a major bike arterial without signage or detours.
What training or policy changes do we need to stop this willful disregard of people’s mobility and safety?
Or, is graffiti removal a higher priority?
What training or policy changes do we need to stop this willful disregard of people’s mobility and safety?
Or, is graffiti removal a higher priority?
Well now it's a must-see:
"Critic John Demetry called out the “sleeper cells” of film reviewers [...] and his ire could have gone further [...] after P. T. Anderson’s openly seditious One Battle After Another invaded movie theaters."
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"Critic John Demetry called out the “sleeper cells” of film reviewers [...] and his ire could have gone further [...] after P. T. Anderson’s openly seditious One Battle After Another invaded movie theaters."
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archive.ph
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Well now it's a must-see:
"Critic John Demetry called out the “sleeper cells” of film reviewers [...] and his ire could have gone further [...] after P. T. Anderson’s openly seditious One Battle After Another invaded movie theaters."
archive.ph/d3LkQ#select...
"Critic John Demetry called out the “sleeper cells” of film reviewers [...] and his ire could have gone further [...] after P. T. Anderson’s openly seditious One Battle After Another invaded movie theaters."
archive.ph/d3LkQ#select...
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My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
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also note: none of these are in seattle
these are suburbanists who want an outsized say in your city.
nope.
these are suburbanists who want an outsized say in your city.
nope.
September 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
also note: none of these are in seattle
these are suburbanists who want an outsized say in your city.
nope.
these are suburbanists who want an outsized say in your city.
nope.
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Remember the man by his words.
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Remember the man by his words.
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Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
I think it's possible that Trump's illegal invasion of DC will really in some sense "get rid of the tents." If that happens, elite commentators will rush to praise him and attribute it to the effectiveness of cruelty, and not to the fact that they spent millions of dollars per tent cleared.
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
The demographics most likely to wrap themselves in the flag and ostentatious public displays of nationalism are also those most eager to install a monarch/dictator. Cheap faux-patriotism that only celebrates the weapons of governance and deems anything else as wasteful or oppressive.
August 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The demographics most likely to wrap themselves in the flag and ostentatious public displays of nationalism are also those most eager to install a monarch/dictator. Cheap faux-patriotism that only celebrates the weapons of governance and deems anything else as wasteful or oppressive.
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It is increasingly clear that the majority of federal law enforcement officers do little or no real work, hence having the time and resources to do what they've been doing under Trump.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
"Dunn’s attorney says he tried to turn himself in, but instead, 20 officers came to his home to arrest him."
Just think about that for a minute.
Just think about that for a minute.
Subway sandwich guy has been released on his own recognizance.
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It is increasingly clear that the majority of federal law enforcement officers do little or no real work, hence having the time and resources to do what they've been doing under Trump.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
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This is profoundly disappointing. I'm a D5 resident and once more a Juarez constituent. I did not feel represented by Moore's NIMBY approach. In fact, I feel lied to, as Moore told me and others in 2023 that she was pro-housing. Juarez needs to listen to the actual constituency, not to Moore.
In a post swearing-in interview just now, CM Juarez told me that she'll be deferring to former CM Cathy Moore when it comes to amendments to the Comp Plan, because she really likes her and they previously worked together as public defenders.
"I trust that she obviously represented D5," Juarez said.
"I trust that she obviously represented D5," Juarez said.
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is profoundly disappointing. I'm a D5 resident and once more a Juarez constituent. I did not feel represented by Moore's NIMBY approach. In fact, I feel lied to, as Moore told me and others in 2023 that she was pro-housing. Juarez needs to listen to the actual constituency, not to Moore.
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
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I feel it takes a massive amount of carbrain to look at this mall and say "we should spend thirty million dollars on a pedestrian bridge" rather than just pedestrianizing the streets crossing it.
July 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I feel it takes a massive amount of carbrain to look at this mall and say "we should spend thirty million dollars on a pedestrian bridge" rather than just pedestrianizing the streets crossing it.
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The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:
How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally
The unitary executive theory is a masterclass in autocratic legalism.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:
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"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king"
fuck em up @snipy.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...
fuck em up @snipy.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king"
fuck em up @snipy.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...
fuck em up @snipy.bsky.social
www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...
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Does it…illuminate the thinking and background of a major mayoral candidate? Does it actually do that?
July 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Does it…illuminate the thinking and background of a major mayoral candidate? Does it actually do that?
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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dems to rurals: “this is real america, not the dirty cities (ew). football, cornfields, county fairs. here’s a trillion dollars”
GOP to rurals: “these degenerate druggy hill people will learn the dignity of work once we defund their schools and hospitals”
rural elections:
[dem🟦] 7%
[rep🟥] 91%
GOP to rurals: “these degenerate druggy hill people will learn the dignity of work once we defund their schools and hospitals”
rural elections:
[dem🟦] 7%
[rep🟥] 91%
June 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
dems to rurals: “this is real america, not the dirty cities (ew). football, cornfields, county fairs. here’s a trillion dollars”
GOP to rurals: “these degenerate druggy hill people will learn the dignity of work once we defund their schools and hospitals”
rural elections:
[dem🟦] 7%
[rep🟥] 91%
GOP to rurals: “these degenerate druggy hill people will learn the dignity of work once we defund their schools and hospitals”
rural elections:
[dem🟦] 7%
[rep🟥] 91%
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Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it.
June 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it.
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21st century America is not a place reeling from millions of dead and wounded in war and the fundamental collapse of all prior value systems. It's a place ruled by a sentient television set
June 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
21st century America is not a place reeling from millions of dead and wounded in war and the fundamental collapse of all prior value systems. It's a place ruled by a sentient television set