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Greg Bartell

@gregbartell.bsky.social

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Washingtonian

Excerpt of an article explaining that: at the 1992 NCS meeting in Washington, D.C., Bil joked that when attendees had the chance to meet (the first) President Bush, he filled out a form that included the boilerplate question about whether he advocated the overthrow of the U.S. government by force or violence. "I put down violence," deadpanned Keane.
Road damage chart showing that an 18,000lb vehicle does approximately infinity times more road damage than a 350lb vehicle.
JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WANT THAT FOR ME. And "me" is the state of Washington. I do not care at all about anybody who says permanent standard time is better: they are wrong and I am right.
Sam Darnold smoking a stogie in the 2026 Seattle Super Bowl Parade
Stephen Hanson email to Jeffrey Epstein, titled "Entourage. What a disappointment Sucked". The body is empty, save for "Sent from my iPad"
I gave the Nice number to my local food bank
Screenshot of a Pew Research survey showing that more American adults, particularly young men, report believing that sports gambling is bad for society when asked now (July 2025) than when Pew asked in the past (July 2022).
Screenshots of a tweet saying "Hey Ryan if you're going to quote me, use my name OK? For the bozos in your comments: the concept that local zoning decisions should be made locally is fundamental. Clyde Hill is fully built out. No one here wants multi family housing forced on us. We're a small town." The ratio is truly impressive, with 146.4K views and 6 likes.
Venn diagram showing that you can have any two of "stable services," "low density," and "low taxes," but you can't have all three.
Email from Microsoft about the end of Windows 10 support, with the bizarre second FAQ question being about how to dispose of an unwanted computer. Presumably many customers would rather return to cave dwelling than switch to Windows 11.
Laserdisc of the movie Blue Sky