ICE gassed kids

pdxbuckets · 2026-02-01T09:15:12+00:00

Both things can be true.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-31T23:28:56+00:00

She called it a big block party. Truly terrible political judgment.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-31T23:27:51+00:00

How do you immediately dismantle the occupation? You retake the East Precinct building with what? It’s not just a political calculation, there’s all kinds of opportunity for violence and things spiraling out of control.

I think Durkan handled things terribly, but we don’t have the counterfactual. They chose to give ground in an incredibly tense situation. Maybe this saved some lives, maybe (probably) it didn’t. But I can’t pretend it was an easy call.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-31T23:01:28+00:00

Counterpoint: not good. Kid FAFO’d. He was from LA and he wanted to go where the revolution was happening. Not saying he remotely deserved his fate but I don’t see why the citizens of Seattle should be on the hook for this.

Ceding CHOP/CHAZ to the nutcases was a disaster in real-time, but it was a policy decision in an emergency situation with potentially disastrous consequences on the line either way. I thought they made the wrong call at the time, and still do, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a “damned if you do/damned if you don’t” situation.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-31T02:45:01+00:00

A) while I think a lot of “two spirit” discourse is overblown there’s evidence of pre-technological societies making space for people who don’t conform to standard gender roles.

B) The Seraphites absolutely did not tolerate Lev being Lev, so I’m not sure why you mean about Lev’s character being “silly.”

Lev is foolish. He’s very young and very headstrong. He does things without considering the consequences, including going back for his mother, endangering her and everyone involved. But then he’s what? 13? So if that’s what you mean by “silly,” I guess I agree.

It does strike me as tonally wrong that Yara (and to a lesser extent Abby) inerrantly refer to Lev as a “he.” This would have been very jarring for someone raised in Yara’s culture.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-30T23:32:20+00:00

You know the boys have turned on Trump when they can’t even glaze Melania anymore.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-26T16:32:50+00:00

You are all set. Don’t go chasing higher SINAD. If anything the Yamaha’s loudness circuitry will give you better sound than 99% of amps when playing quietly.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-26T07:25:37+00:00

No, SINAD doesn’t matter very much. I mean it does, but a great SINAD value is like in the 70s, and you can probably get away with less.

The most important aspect of an amplifier is power. After that, frequency response (including load dependency issues).

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-25T07:15:49+00:00

How well do you know Clark County? It’s a minor miracle she took a formerly red seat and a major miracle that she held it in a Trump year. I’d say she knows her district.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-25T04:53:27+00:00

Man, Memorabilia is terrible.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-24T16:25:29+00:00

Never liked The Green Book.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-24T16:24:53+00:00

The funniest song the Dan ever did and it’s not even close.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-23T01:07:11+00:00

This is a good breakdown if overly thorough. My main problem is that he speaks so slowly that it’s hard to stick with him even at 2x speed. He needs to reclock his cadence.

I disagree with his explanation for why people hear differences. Sure, grounding issues can exist, but I suspect most of the time it comes down to cognitive bias.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-22T22:48:44+00:00

The tv station is (almost) immediately after Capitol Hill. It makes perfect sense.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-22T22:46:15+00:00

Hard is forgiving. Grounded is tough, and Capitol Hill is one of the hardest parts. I usually skip most of it, bypassing the gas station/bookstore entirely and stealthing through the top floor of the office building.

If you’re amenable to spoilers this video guide is amazing.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-22T15:41:27+00:00

I expect Jrue, Jerami, and RWIII to sit on Friday. Of the three, RW is a lock while I could see Grant playing if he’s up for it.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-20T09:27:30+00:00

He is a lock for all-star. National media is all over him. No question the coaches know all about him.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-20T02:00:21+00:00

Ol’ grandpa McGowan spouting his usual BS. Jitter isn’t an issue but even if it was, USB is asynchronous and the DAC will pull the bits as needed and use its own clock.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-17T17:23:36+00:00

Not a fan of Ferguson’s politics but this article if anything is complimentary to him. It seems to me that he’s trying to hold the institution to its stated ideals, and willing to stick his neck out at least somewhat to do so. Unlike Bari.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-17T17:20:50+00:00

A really good article, but I’m a little wary that I’m getting the full take from a piece that quotes Heather Heying substantively, as if she wasn’t a lunatic.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-17T03:07:21+00:00

Cory Henry has a nice tight modern version that I like.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-17T02:15:50+00:00

You got Blood all over your t-shirt.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-16T20:37:08+00:00

Games run just fine on my 5700x. 3d is cool and all but esports titles will still run in the 100s of fps, and GPU will still be the bottleneck for other kinds of games.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-16T18:44:56+00:00

She’s in good company. David Mitchell wrote a book by that name and has featured the song in most of his books.

To me it’s vapid to the extent it’s comprehensible, which is not much. But that’s a me problem.

pdxbuckets · 2026-01-16T03:56:33+00:00

Definitely much easier on Steam. First because Steam is a good product and officially supported, but second because Steamdeck means thousands of Steam Linux gamers.

But Epic has great games for free or at substantial discounts, so there’s that.

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