Marc Slemko
@znep.com
Semi-retired weird software engineer. Stuff that interests me, such as reviving democracy.
Taken in Mitchell Inlet, Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada.
January 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Taken in Mitchell Inlet, Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada.
"Page and Shapiro argue that opinion change requires new information to meet five conditions simultaneously: it must be received by enough people, understood, relevant to the policy question/issue domain, discrepant with prior beliefs, and credible." Is change durable or is it quickly forgotten?
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
"Page and Shapiro argue that opinion change requires new information to meet five conditions simultaneously: it must be received by enough people, understood, relevant to the policy question/issue domain, discrepant with prior beliefs, and credible." Is change durable or is it quickly forgotten?
The list from the report ^^^.
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The list from the report ^^^.
"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 AM
"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.
My vision is of him taking his own life, this was his life long mission. There is no safe asylum anywhere after that Maduro precedent, but he might try it. I hope for the best for their children. Katie is expecting.
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 AM
My vision is of him taking his own life, this was his life long mission. There is no safe asylum anywhere after that Maduro precedent, but he might try it. I hope for the best for their children. Katie is expecting.
Source: www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paints
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Source: www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paints
A tribute to Alex Pretti by Seattle graffiti artist topsy outside a local hospital.
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A tribute to Alex Pretti by Seattle graffiti artist topsy outside a local hospital.
"In spite of it all, the people remain my strongest reminder that the Trump administration is isolating itself and will, eventually, fail."
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM
"In spite of it all, the people remain my strongest reminder that the Trump administration is isolating itself and will, eventually, fail."
Interesting read about Seattle longshoremen and such, but not a lot of data behind the headline. "Since August, the monthly drop in traffic has been in the double digits compared to 2024. There was no pre-Christmas rush." That just says down by somewhere between 10% to 99%.
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Interesting read about Seattle longshoremen and such, but not a lot of data behind the headline. "Since August, the monthly drop in traffic has been in the double digits compared to 2024. There was no pre-Christmas rush." That just says down by somewhere between 10% to 99%.
www.constellationr.com/insights/new... has some of the data referenced here.
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
www.constellationr.com/insights/new... has some of the data referenced here.
Statue of Liberty by Seattle street artist topsy.
Courtesy of their TikTok account. www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paint...
Courtesy of their TikTok account. www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paint...
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Statue of Liberty by Seattle street artist topsy.
Courtesy of their TikTok account. www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paint...
Courtesy of their TikTok account. www.tiktok.com/@topsy_paint...
Copy of this Jake Lang video from TikTok:
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Copy of this Jake Lang video from TikTok:
Does anyone know if any of these insults for Greg Bovino are true or funny?
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Does anyone know if any of these insults for Greg Bovino are true or funny?
"The confrontation came as protests continued after a man was shot in the leg by an immigration officer just miles away from mother-of-three, Renee Good, was killed last week. Sky's Martha Kelner had been in a community activist's car when they were confronted." (2/2)
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"The confrontation came as protests continued after a man was shot in the leg by an immigration officer just miles away from mother-of-three, Renee Good, was killed last week. Sky's Martha Kelner had been in a community activist's car when they were confronted." (2/2)
From UK based @news.sky.com
"ICE agents threaten car with Sky's Martha Kelner inside as she reports on mounting tensions in Minneapolis" (1/2)
"ICE agents threaten car with Sky's Martha Kelner inside as she reports on mounting tensions in Minneapolis" (1/2)
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
From UK based @news.sky.com
"ICE agents threaten car with Sky's Martha Kelner inside as she reports on mounting tensions in Minneapolis" (1/2)
"ICE agents threaten car with Sky's Martha Kelner inside as she reports on mounting tensions in Minneapolis" (1/2)
I just read your delightful brief again, thank you. As a layman, this seems to be the relevant summary. bsky.app/profile/mart...
![It is important to emphasize, in that regard, that if neither § 253(2) nor any other legal
authority expressly empowers the President to use the “regular forces” in the military to help
enforce federal laws in Illinois, it would not follow that the precondition for calling forth the
National Guard pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3) would be satisfied here. It is difficult to
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imagine that Congress intended to afford the President the ability to use the National Guard for
law-execution purposes in situations where he is “unable” to deploy the regular forces to do so
only in the sense that Congress has denied the President the authority to make such use of the
regular military. As far as amicus is aware, there is no basis for concluding that Congress
intended such a counterintuitive result. Indeed, there is evidence to the contrary: A cognate
provision, 10 U.S.C. § 12405, derived from Section 9 of the Dick Act, see Act of Jan. 21, 1903,
ch. 196, § 9, 32 Stat. at 776, provides that “[m]embers of the National Guard called into Federal
service are, from the time when they are required to respond to the call, subject to the laws and
regulations governing the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, except those applicable
only to members of the Regular Army or Regular Air Force, as the case may be.” In other
words, Congress designed the militia calling-forth authority to enable the President to use
National Guard only in the same manner that he may make use of the regular military forces (and
only if and when those regular forces are unable to ensure sufficient execution of federal laws)—
not as a backdoor that would invite the militarization of law-execution in cases where Congress
has foreclosed the use of the standing Armed Forces themselves](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfk6dxcceavbfezwu2y5zb4g/bafkreien4mv3pnsbmc6xtc5i3y7zmswk7rkkm33k7ph3ihv6ebferut2zu@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I just read your delightful brief again, thank you. As a layman, this seems to be the relevant summary. bsky.app/profile/mart...
Clearly the administration uses Signal because disappearing messages mean everything is off the record in their strange incoherent reality. That isn't new, but we have another confirmation now. Halligan may legitimately (but incorrectly) believe this is true based on what others model.
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Clearly the administration uses Signal because disappearing messages mean everything is off the record in their strange incoherent reality. That isn't new, but we have another confirmation now. Halligan may legitimately (but incorrectly) believe this is true based on what others model.
🦝 The Lotor Guild of Professional Hand-Washers visited last night.
August 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🦝 The Lotor Guild of Professional Hand-Washers visited last night.
Who better to be Speaker of the House than a Microsoft Word Guy? @petebuttigieg.bsky.social The House needs to be put back in order for the people. 2028 is to late.
August 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Who better to be Speaker of the House than a Microsoft Word Guy? @petebuttigieg.bsky.social The House needs to be put back in order for the people. 2028 is to late.
Source: original photo, Ts’aa.ahl (Chaatl) Mosquito Pole
July 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Source: original photo, Ts’aa.ahl (Chaatl) Mosquito Pole
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social , we need to talk about your campaign for Speaker of the House.
Source: Haida (original photo)
Source: Haida (original photo)
July 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social , we need to talk about your campaign for Speaker of the House.
Source: Haida (original photo)
Source: Haida (original photo)