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jlardizabal.bsky.social
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I’ve never really considered myself a Ukrainian, although my great grandparents immigrated from Kiliia and Vylkove, but fuck it, today I’m a Ukrainian.

Give our State agencies some love.

Enjoyed an exciting Mariners spring training game, even though they played to another one-run loss in the bottom of the ninth.

We spent four days in the Grand Canyon, hiking beautifully maintained trails and learning from passionate rangers. Protect our National Parks and protect our National Park Service workers.

Fiance reports that ICE trying to board a bus in Seattle were refused by a Seattle bus driver who told them "gargle my balls"

Please sign in to show your support for pro-democracy bills in Washington State! A thread🧵 1. Even year elections Cities, towns, etc. in Washington are barred by an old state law from holding regular elections in even years. NPI has a bill to let them. Sign in PRO: app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Testifie...

There are 395 incarcerated firefighters helping combat the wildfires in LA right now. They earn up to $26.90 over a 24-hour shift.

Sorry if you threw out your favorite black spatula because of a math error. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

So joyful. We should all aim to dance barefoot at 99. m.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ol...

I voted! How about you?

Hindenburg's inaugural flight ends in fireworks

In much of the US, it’s the last week to register to vote in the US election in November. Do not miss your opportunity (and if you are registered, to check your registration to make sure it is still valid). Get registered and encourage everyone you know to register. Here’s where to start: Vote.gov

Imagine getting endorsed by Dick Cheney and Taylor Swift within days of each other. World-ending powers.

The chyron juxtaposed with the stock ticker in the corner is *chef's kiss*

Trump actual speech vs. What WaPo put into article.

You can see this sculpture in the Capitol Rotunda: Portrait Monument, by Adelaide Johnson, depicting pioneers of the woman suffrage movement (Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony). That unfinished lump in the back? Urban legend says it’s reserved for the first woman president.

For those saying that Americans are righteously angry because the level of prices is up even though the rate of inflation has fallen, a history lesson

A system that is regularly teetering on the edge of being taken over by white supremacist fascists is not a good system, I don’t know how else to say it

I forget… are we supposed to be for or against students voicing ideas some people might find upsetting?

New, from me, and @cjheinrich.bsky.social: Some basic facts about fiscal federalism: Red states are more dependent on federal funding than blue states, and have worse business climates. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rich-state...

Chandra, the space-based observatory that brings us incredible x-ray images of the most extreme environments in the cosmos, is at risk of cancellation. It’ll be a huge loss to astronomy if the mission ends prematurely for budget reasons. Go to www.savechandra.org to find out how to help #SaveChandra

So Colorado can’t exert authority over its own elections — but Texas can supercede federal authority over its borders? Conservatives are only for States Rights when they agree with what states want to do. Expand #SCOTUS.

Making sure everyone has read Kate Wagner’s absolutely terrific — like a genuinely all-time, Grantland, SBN-in-its-heyday, talk about it 10 years later-style joy to read — F1 article that was mysteriously removed from the Road & Track website shortly after publication web.archive.org/web/20240301...

This, from a journalist who … didn’t go to journalism school.

Oh, what a shock.

Horrifying dereliction of duty.

In 41 out of 50 US states, the richest 1% pay a lower tax rate than any other income group. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged for the rich.

“This is what disability advocates have said all along, not that it usually sinks in: The able and the disabled aren’t two different kinds of people but the same people at different times.” - @tomscocca.bsky.social