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Golda Mier responded to a suggestion of a curfew on women, so they won't go out in the evening, that on the contrary, the curfew should be laid on men. I think about that a lot.

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One bit of urbanism that caught my imagination and I've always remembered: Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.

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I've never been more interested in a mayoral race in a city where I don't live.

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This is tough. Children struggle to learn that choices have consequences. But the consequences of their choices don’t kill their neighbors. Accountability is valuable. Do those who voted for these consequences regret that?

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KEXP amplifier of many years here…not a national treasure but a global one. Expect to hear music of Iran on Wo'Pop this Tuesday night…music is a language we all know and share.

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“I could pay half the working class to kill the other half.” Imagine applying for and accepting a job doing whatever this is.

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This is the libertarian vibe that some “progressive” cities share…property rights outweigh human rights, so buildings and land are more important than the people who could live in them, rather than on the sidewalk in front of them.

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Flag Day is right there…a renamed holiday — Democracy Day? — could be imagined.

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“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” Attributed to cardinal richelieu…

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Please join us as we welcome Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson to discuss their book on the "worse than Watergate" scandal of Joe Biden's mental decline

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So…just like global heating and nicotine…they knew but creating value for the shareholders took precedence over public health.

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"The dictionary definition of sterile is “not able to produce children or young” and children are the canary in the coalmine for what is happening to our cities." Maybe Seattle's leadership will figure this out before the city becomes a theme park for the rich? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Fascinating (not really) to see how many holders of well-paid sinecures think this book is dumb and bad without an iota of self-reflection. Step back — way back — and look at the whole picture. Then shut up and look again.

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maybe an obvious idea but in response to the idea of freezing Ukraine's borders where they, what if France or Britain suggested the USA do that in 1863, rather than crushing the rebellion?

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austinlouisray.com#/how-id-fix-... This, but for Seattle.

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This Gizmo Cuts Plastic Bottles Into Neat Strips ino.to/ZGvyODe This is how you re/upcycle soda bottles into 3D printer filament…that long strip is fed thru a machine using pultrusion, making filament from PETG. I'm sure a jig to remove the top/bottom cleanly would be simple. @core77.bsky.social

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It would be fun to see the signs and websites pushing this idea…

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www.core77.com/posts/136031... @core77.bsky.social might want to look at the Olympus XA family to see a similar design language.

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I was told years ago that Seattle's northern boundary is around 50th, maybe 65th. @theurbanist.org agrees, as this map seems to be their default. Reminiscent of the New Yorker cartoon "View of the World from 9th Avenue." D5 should join Shoreline, I guess. Or break away on its own.

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Lottery winner who owes his success to a job at a gov't research institution says what?

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using a child as a shield? what's with these clowns making this kid part of every public appearance?

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Is he capable of feeling humiliated? Look at him.

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The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. They are the lovers of law and order, who observe the law when the government breaks it. wist.info/thoreau-henr...

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One for the calipers and skull shape crew… PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)

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Run America like a business…by cutting your billing and accounts receivable departments.

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Tell me you have never been in a public school or school board meeting recently without…you know. Every meeting/training opens with a land and labor acknowledgement.

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Reading terry pratchett’s Sourceror, wherein the wizards take over as if they own everything but also understand nothing about how the world works…

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They could also shout “you lie!” like some performative jackass when Obama gave his SOTU.

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