Btrinen

I live in Seattle. I make music. I record music. I bake bread. I read a lot of Science Fiction. I have two cats and I am not too proud to use them in a cheap ploy to get engagement. Quote toot me and get blocked.

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2024-11-01 03:31:31

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@npub1ppg…6p73 Isn’t that a requirement for getting the free candy? Someone needs to explain how the exchange works. It’s a weird custom, but that’s kinda the deal.
I live on a street with no sidewalks so I don’t get trick-or-treaters.

2024-10-03 17:52:41

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@npub1ufx…ek0v I got vaxed up yesterday, but it’s getting hard to get appointments in the Seattle area right now. A lot of pharmacies are booked up a week or two out right now.

2024-09-29 22:22:18

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@npub1vgg…pm2j This is great because most days I just sit all day drinking coffee.

2024-09-25 15:30:49

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@npub1ev2…nnd3 They say people shouldn’t be looking at their phone while driving and then all the new cars have massive tablet screens.

2024-09-24 03:04:50

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@npub12l3…qgjv I rewatch Brazil every so often to remind myself of what might have been.

2024-09-20 19:24:28

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 The plan Vance is outlining fits perfectly within the GOP philosophy. It boils down to “every man for himself”.

2024-09-20 15:59:43

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@npub1svn…xpzg @npub1na2…d7wa I was imagining a Sawzall.

2024-09-19 20:41:33

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@npub13km…555v I remember when vetting candidates ahead of primaries was something political parties thought was important.

2024-09-18 19:57:34

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@npub1ept…jcl3 Redmond != Seattle. But maybe I’ll ride the ferry and see you on Bainbridge.

2024-09-18 14:30:24

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Was this an issue in the campaign before she decided to defend it? If so I missed that.

2024-09-18 00:16:41

This vote makes things pretty clear.
https://wapo.st/3MRMOLz

2024-09-17 14:27:18

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@npub1gwl…g8te It’s not the fault of the Secret Service that there are crazy violent people who are angry with Trump, and it’s not their fault that he doesn’t accept the security advice they offer.

2024-09-16 01:20:25

School children don’t get secret service protection.

2024-09-13 21:43:42

On a day when the Pope calls Vice President Harris a baby killer for her stance on abortion rights, I would like to remind everyone of this report from September 3rd on the wide scale systematic child abuse in Catholic schools in Ireland:
Irish inquiry finds 'truly shocking' level of sexual abuse at church-run schools - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/irish-inquiry-finds-truly-shocking-level-sexual-abuse-church-run-schools-2024-09-03/

2024-09-12 00:13:46

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@npub1em7…636j I just muted their account (temporarily) because it seemed to be going bananas with outage notifications.

2024-09-11 16:17:43

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Johnson keeps using the phrase ‘consensus building’ when he means ‘begging to find a slim majority’.

2024-09-10 22:50:52

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Niki Haley should check out this Bureau of Labor Statics report from four years ago when the unemployment rate was 7.9%:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_10022020.pdf

2024-09-08 23:05:09

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@npub17ha…t8va I am so sorry for your loss.

2024-09-08 22:57:09

One of my cats needs glasses. He can’t see his snacks when I put them in front of him.

2024-09-08 15:05:12

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@npub18uh…7xlx Thanks for posting this. I’m always interested in histories of drinking.

2024-09-07 17:24:05

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@npub14nj…89md I’ve also noticed that Google maps has no understanding of how Seattle’s hills might make one route much less desirable than another.

2024-09-07 04:30:57

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@npub1gte…33at “Tuesday is Soylent Green Day”. Yeah I know. I have it marked on my calendar. Best day of the week.

2024-09-06 17:58:15

It’s #bandcampfriday and I humbly encourage you to check out this excellent folky EP from my band Cooper Point Rd. I play button accordion in this (and guitar on one of the tracks).
https://cooperpointrd.bandcamp.com/album/cooper-point-rd

2024-09-06 01:33:22

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@npub1lqh…3z0d The Dick’s Hamburgers in Spokane is not at all related to the Dick’s drive-ins in the Seattle area. I have heard from Spokane folks that it has loyal fans.

2024-09-05 23:00:28

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@npub1y9p…6mf0 I have always thought that would be cool. Was it cool?

2024-09-05 01:28:12

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@npub1d8q…c62x ‘HoneyCripps’ is just sitting right there.

2024-08-29 04:15:12

I always love watching games on this field at Starfire. The small size can turn a match between the best teams onto a chaotic free-for-all. It’s a lot like watching a little kids soccer game. Players are crowded together and anything can happen.
#SEAvLAFC
#USOpenCup

2024-08-29 02:19:18

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@npub1h84…nc6k I know this means I am a bad person, but I am crying from laughter after reading that.

2024-08-26 21:17:35

This guy is just bananas, and the crazy stories keep coming.
#rfkjr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/26/rfk-jr-dead-whale-head-chainsaw/

2024-08-26 04:58:28

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@npub1ymw…m8lv Quality stuff there.

2024-08-25 20:37:07

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@npub1f7d…s5uv Maybe this opinion piece in the Post today by Larry David will help you feel less weird about his RFK jr connection:
https://wapo.st/4dyJMYr

2024-08-25 16:12:39

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Let’s hear more about that top ten list.

2024-08-24 22:21:32

Trump has apparently decided his strategy is to call Harris a communist. Of the two candidates, he is the one who saluted a communist North Korean general.

2024-08-20 04:19:58

Thank you for your service Joe Biden.
#Biden

2024-08-18 17:46:18

#SilentSunday
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/984/272/233/724/969/original/9ce5c64f65aa5d2f.jpeg

2024-08-18 04:17:27

The lightning tonight is awesome.
#Seattle

2024-08-17 01:51:15

I can’t get past how awesomely (and foolishly) bold a crime it is to try to steal Graceland. It’s a cartoon-super-villain level heist. This woman does not aim low.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd7enz9r0qo

2024-08-17 01:30:57

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Sounds like she signed up to be a punching bag for his insults.

2024-08-16 13:49:43

Alexandra Petri on JD Vance. Gift link:🎁
https://wapo.st/4cqXzyF

2024-08-15 00:57:15

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 That guy is truly delusional. His absurd sense of his own importance would be hilarious if it weren’t so dangerous.

2024-08-08 17:48:15

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@npub1fpj…tey5 It’s a constant problem that needs more enforcement. Just wait folks.

2024-08-08 15:21:23

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@npub1ymh…geqx Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

2024-08-08 01:17:18

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@npub1stg…wajx Washington does allow for write-in campaigns, but it’s hard to imagine that being successful. King County still has a lot of votes to count so I remain hopeful for now.

2024-08-07 20:24:07

Are you Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs? If so, maybe it’s because of the high levels of lead in them. Yikes.
#CocoaPuffs
#Lead
Lawsuits allege high levels of lead in General Mills' Cocoa Puffs cereal
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/lawsuits-allege-high-levels-of-lead-in-general-mills-cocoa-puffs-cereal/

2024-08-07 15:17:43

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@npub1w6r…7pwf I had a whole plan for summer reading of new books coming out that I was early on the hold list for. That got totally blown up. Instead I was going to my local branch and just getting whatever was left worth reading on the sci-fi shelf. I’ll get to those new books eventually.

2024-08-07 00:48:27

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@npub1tql…xvec This is all about getting a lower turnout election for it. It would easily pass in November. In February we’ll have the same low turnout that put the current conservative council in place.

2024-08-06 22:26:38

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@npub1yme…r5de I think she just called him JV vance

2024-08-06 21:40:38

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@npub10re…vlja I’ve been working a waltz with my band lately, and learning some old irish waltz tunes on my accordion, so my brain is seeing ‘waltz’. Thanks.

2024-08-06 21:36:29

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@npub1mhf…f3xz I use an app called Watch Duty. It’s free and run by a non-profit and has updates on all the fires on a map. Great app.

2024-08-06 17:58:01

I am seeing a lot of news articles discussing the political strategies behind the Waltz choice for VP, but I think it’s it’s likely that of her possible choices, Waltz was just the must fun person she could imagine hanging out with for the next 4-8 years.
#harriswaltz2024

2024-08-06 16:20:07

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@npub10mw…xxep Here is the article in Nature on it:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02548-6

2024-08-06 14:34:07

The Seattle Times has a really good in-depth story about the Seattle Public Library’s recovery from the ransomeware attack over Memorial Day Weekend:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-public-library-still-reeling-from-may-cyberattack/

2024-08-06 04:10:12

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@npub1y9p…6mf0 disquise photo stand. Pretty weak but it’s all I got right now. My favorite one of these is in front of Lake Quinault Lodge where you get to pretend to be Bigfoot.

2024-08-05 01:01:25

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@npub1ckm…a348 The Cars: “Just What I Needed”

2024-08-05 00:28:47

Flavor Flav hyping the US Women’s water-polo team is my new favorite thing about this Olympics.
#Olympics

2024-08-04 14:43:18

#SilentSunday
#OlympicNationalPark
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/904/280/322/317/771/original/7cdb05c49162e739.jpeg

2024-08-04 14:11:14

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@npub18uh…7xlx I love that ride. So fun.

2024-08-04 03:39:38

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@npub1whx…d7sk I really feel like we need to come up with some better minimum ballot access qualifications. A severe case of Dunning-Kruger effect and a few hundred bucks is just not a high enough bar.

2024-08-03 18:31:04

Back with this guy after a week away. We’re both happy about it.
#Caturday
#ChildlessCatMan
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/899/513/614/153/480/original/42cf9f4dda21fd38.jpeg

2024-08-03 14:22:36

A young buck on the Evergreen State College campus this morning.
#PNW
#wildlife
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/898/536/638/271/848/original/43d20600b56b0454.jpeg

2024-07-29 14:43:24

I am loving the rain this morning.

2024-07-28 19:28:02

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@npub16nf…q6as One thing he isn’t saying is that under the Project 2025 plan, he will not be giving one penny to any school at all. They plan to abolish the department of education altogether.

2024-07-28 17:45:17

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@npub17d7…h6sl I still miss The Rocket. A full weekly paper dedicated to just all the music happening in and around town. We’ve not had anything quite like it since.

2024-07-28 15:50:41

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@npub1ckm…a348 Maybe some of these companies are thinking that if they invest enough upfront they can eventually develop an AI model capable of writing a working business plan.

2024-07-28 01:34:45

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@npub1cja…rqkq There is absolutely no evidence at all that Vance did not have sex with a couch.
#couch

2024-07-27 18:50:55

Apparently the Russians are unhappy at the prospect of a Harris Presidency. 🎁 Gift link:
https://wapo.st/4cZs93p

2024-07-26 23:12:18

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@npub1yme…r5de I had people do this and stay for a month once. That was weird.

2024-07-26 22:23:24

I often see shelf fungus on trees when hiking in the #PNW but I don’t recall seeing one before in this early stage where it looks so wet and shiny and the colors are so vivid. The second picture is a regular old shelf fungus that was real close to the young one.
#FungiFriday
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/855/127/711/176/706/original/e38da5ea95ff68d1.jpeg
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/855/128/656/580/145/original/2671c2a1a95a69a2.jpeg

2024-07-26 18:39:55

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 When TFG loses his second election in a row, he is going to spend months blaming Vance, and I will enjoy watching it.

2024-07-25 17:18:50

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@npub1zwf…umln Congratulations!

2024-07-25 15:36:44

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@npub18uh…7xlx The only part of this my car would be interested in is the mattress, and that is not included.

2024-07-23 23:57:28

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@npub1e6y…2dfn It’s too bad. I love watching him lose money on lost causes.

2024-07-23 20:00:46

I just watched VP Harris’s speech in Wisconsin from earlier today and she is fired up and inspiring. I hope her people are helping her take care of her voice. Get her some lemon tea with honey so she can keep giving these.
She comes on at 28 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/live/R6ONEjjfafk?feature=shared

2024-07-22 18:29:27

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@npub1g97…y82s This is the least surprising development in the Presidential campaign so far. This clown was always working for a Trump win.

2024-07-21 03:14:31

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@npub1v38…2f4d I’ve considered it in past years, but I just don’t believe he can deliver on any of his various schemes.

2024-07-21 03:10:40

I’m looking through my King County voter’s pamphlet and seeing we have 28 primary candidates for Governor, and at least 24 of these look (to me anyway) like total crackpots. Maybe as a state we could start reconsidering the filing qualifications for some of these offices. This ballot is just bananas.

2024-07-20 17:03:17

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Gray Wolf — Dosewallips — Cameron Creek Loop Hike 🧵: 3/
It’s salmonberry season in the Olympic mountains. These are the first I saw on the hike near Camp Tony growing along the river bank.
#OlympicNationalPark
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/819/896/121/095/721/original/6a9435b5847af4c0.jpeg

2024-07-20 16:01:53

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@npub1cqh…4rf7 She seems serious about accountability in a way that other recent chiefs have not. I’m hopeful that the search for a permanent chief is able to find someone with her attitude and experience.

2024-07-20 15:53:37

Seattle interim Police Chief Sue Rahr is doing some good.
#Seattle
Seattle interim police chief fires officer who made 'vile' comments
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-interim-police-chief-fires-officer-who-made-vile-comments/

2024-07-20 15:10:20

Rufus the cat is having a good morning after a week apart from his people.
#caturday
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/819/451/952/894/513/original/a000844f2cad6d56.jpeg

2024-07-20 01:45:39

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@npub1tq4…dklr Anyway, I found a couple folks worth blocking in your replies.

2024-07-19 22:33:14

I have literally been in the deep forest for 6 days out of touch with the wider world and I come out to find that the rest of you humans have fixed none of the great problems while I was hiding. Everything is just as screwy as when I went into the woods. Thanks.
Maybe I’ll try this trick again next year and see if things go better.
#getoutside
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/815/531/149/530/904/original/b3427df2371a81cb.jpeg

2024-07-14 14:13:38

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@npub1yme…r5de I fully expect them to turn the temperature up to 11 at their convention.

2024-07-14 01:18:14

I am very happy to be heading out tomorrow morning on a 6-day backpacking trip which will have me out of range of communication with the wider world. Seems like maybe this is going a good week to miss. I’ll try to bring you all some pictures.

2024-07-13 16:26:51

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@npub10re…vlja I keep thinking I need to get battery backup for my system and haven’t done it yet. Maybe later this year.

2024-07-12 20:59:20

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@npub15tt…36ja Don’t be afraid to quit while you’re behind.

2024-07-11 15:12:19

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@npub16jc…g278 My cats were laying in the spots of sun shining through the windows when I was trying to keep cool hiding in the dark in my basement.

2024-07-10 23:42:05

There’s a fire ban on State lands until the fall. I think we’re at the point where we need a fire ban every year from Solstice to the Fall Equinox.
#WashingtonState
WA to impose fire ban on state-managed land following heat wave
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/wa-to-impose-fire-ban-on-state-managed-land-following-heat-wave/

2024-07-10 22:58:54

Deep Space 9 has the most unsafe elevator I have ever seen. Like how did no one lose an arm in that thing?
#scifiTV

2024-07-10 21:19:32

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@npub14wm…nnx9 He’s 18, the age when a lot of people make some of their dumbest decisions.

2024-07-10 19:03:18

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@npub1ufx…ek0v We gotta take our joys where we find them.

2024-07-10 18:00:07

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@npub1ufx…ek0v In all my years working in Data Science and Analytics, I can’t remember ever referring to datums. An individual data point is an observation to me.

2024-07-09 16:04:19

Mike Johnson is talking about the 25th Amendment. Of course he is. This would give his House majority the power to block any VP pick Harris might make — leaving Johnson next in line for the Presidency. It’s always all about the coup with these Christian Nationalists.

2024-07-09 00:21:06

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this today and I am right there with her on it:
“What I think the president does need to do is continue to lean in and move further towards the working class and be more assertive in providing an affirmative vision for this country,”

2024-07-08 23:32:39

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@npub1lrv…tth9 Less than one.

2024-07-08 22:01:18

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Trump is desperate to downplay abortion ahead of the election. After the election … they’ll be all over it again no matter who wins.

2024-07-08 21:15:20

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@npub1rcj…yfew I would take raging alcoholic over scientology any time. The alcoholism might take all your money and lose you your friends and family. Scientology definitely will.

2024-07-08 17:34:19

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@npub1520…cw07 Is it getting lonely for you at the post being the only one focussing on Trump’s lack of fitness for office while the rest of the paper is busy attacking Biden? Thanks for your work.

2024-07-08 16:18:04

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@npub13nf…84zh Yes, the people talking about cutting Social Security — for one example — are really talking about stealing from you, and from me.

2024-07-07 19:09:33

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@npub1dcu…aluh I’m with you on this.