David Bennett
@davidbennett.bsky.social
Pacific Northwest resident (Seattle/Bellevue). Running. Travel. Nature. Curious about the world. More questions than answers
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David Bennett
@davidbennett.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Tired: showing up in someone’s Threads Circle
Wired: being included in someone’s BlueSky Starter Pack
Wired: being included in someone’s BlueSky Starter Pack
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It's here!
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TRUST FALL: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the F Word
by Tamara Kaye Sellman
publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Release date: September 15, 2026
buff.ly/fLiDpWa
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TRUST FALL: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the F Word
by Tamara Kaye Sellman
publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Release date: September 15, 2026
buff.ly/fLiDpWa
September 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It's here!
📘
TRUST FALL: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the F Word
by Tamara Kaye Sellman
publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Release date: September 15, 2026
buff.ly/fLiDpWa
📘
TRUST FALL: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the F Word
by Tamara Kaye Sellman
publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Release date: September 15, 2026
buff.ly/fLiDpWa
When you can’t win on policy, bribe ‘em 🙄
September 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
When you can’t win on policy, bribe ‘em 🙄
Ask yourself this: what is the Trump administration’s end goal of antagonizing all of the USA’s closest allies?
September 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Ask yourself this: what is the Trump administration’s end goal of antagonizing all of the USA’s closest allies?
It's all going as badly as--or worse than--we thought it would, right?
July 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It's all going as badly as--or worse than--we thought it would, right?
ETTD, exhibit no. 484269056
July 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
ETTD, exhibit no. 484269056
Why is his name still up?
June 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Why is his name still up?
The legacy of Mike Wallace, Dan Rather and Morley Safer has been ripped to shreds. Once a bastion of holding the powerful to account through meticulous investigation, 60 Minutes will now be used as a mere mouthpiece for those interests.
June 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The legacy of Mike Wallace, Dan Rather and Morley Safer has been ripped to shreds. Once a bastion of holding the powerful to account through meticulous investigation, 60 Minutes will now be used as a mere mouthpiece for those interests.
That's my congressman. Speaking truth.
🔥WATCH: “There’s nothing ‘REALISTIC’ about this. WHERE IS THIS GOING? Wish fulfillment is not a strategy.”
@repadamsmith (D) takes apart Trump & Hegseth’s deadly, misguided actions that have diminished 🇺🇸 and thrown 🌎 into chaos
@repadamsmith (D) takes apart Trump & Hegseth’s deadly, misguided actions that have diminished 🇺🇸 and thrown 🌎 into chaos
April 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
That's my congressman. Speaking truth.
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Trump is trying to crush our First Amendment rights.
I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air.
Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.
I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air.
Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.
Trump administration challenges ABC station licenses amid Kimmel controversy | CNN Business
At the same time the Trump administration is pressuring ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel, the Trump-aligned FCC is planning to challenge ABC’s station licenses.
www.cnn.com
April 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Trump is trying to crush our First Amendment rights.
I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air.
Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.
I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air.
Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.
Why do I feel we are at the "Wile E. Coyote just beyond the edge of the cliff before he falls" stage of the US economy?
a cartoon coyote is standing in the sky with a cloud in the background
Alt: a cartoon coyote is standing in the sky with a cloud in the background, waving before he plunges to the ground
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Why do I feel we are at the "Wile E. Coyote just beyond the edge of the cliff before he falls" stage of the US economy?
The threat of a war crime should be an impeachable offense
April 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The threat of a war crime should be an impeachable offense
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"Energy costs...including gasoline, will drop by more than 50% within the first 12 months" — Trump, 8/19/24
"12 months from January 20th… your gasoline for your car is going to be 50% cheaper" — Trump, 10/10/24
"Mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it” — Trump, 9/21/24
"12 months from January 20th… your gasoline for your car is going to be 50% cheaper" — Trump, 10/10/24
"Mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it” — Trump, 9/21/24
The tale of the tape: Trump repeatedly pledged to cut gas prices by 50%
“Mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it.”
popular.info
April 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Energy costs...including gasoline, will drop by more than 50% within the first 12 months" — Trump, 8/19/24
"12 months from January 20th… your gasoline for your car is going to be 50% cheaper" — Trump, 10/10/24
"Mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it” — Trump, 9/21/24
"12 months from January 20th… your gasoline for your car is going to be 50% cheaper" — Trump, 10/10/24
"Mark it down, and you can get very angry at me if we don’t do it” — Trump, 9/21/24
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My longtime knock on American Christianity is “The Bible: Literal when you need it, metaphor when you don’t”
Likewise, it’s America is an extension of European legal tradition when it’s convenient, America is a break from the old world when it isn’t
Likewise, it’s America is an extension of European legal tradition when it’s convenient, America is a break from the old world when it isn’t
this argument is always such a tell that the speaker conceptualizes the US as an extension of Europe, rather than as part of the Americas
Kavanaugh twice says that he thinks their arguments about other countries adopting different rules is a good argument as a policy matter (ugh).
Sauer falsely claims "almost every other country" doesn't have birthright citizenship, which is wildly wrong.
Sauer falsely claims "almost every other country" doesn't have birthright citizenship, which is wildly wrong.
April 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My longtime knock on American Christianity is “The Bible: Literal when you need it, metaphor when you don’t”
Likewise, it’s America is an extension of European legal tradition when it’s convenient, America is a break from the old world when it isn’t
Likewise, it’s America is an extension of European legal tradition when it’s convenient, America is a break from the old world when it isn’t
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OMG Fish War is out streaming for free!!!!! This is an EPIC and riveting documentary that every PNWer must see to understand the fierce battles that Indigenous folks here have fought for us to save beloved salmon and the environment for us all. We owe them everything. tubitv.com/movies/10005...
Fish War (2024)
This documentary examines how Washington’s ban on tribal fishing sparked the Fish Wars and a landmark ruling, as the fight for salmon endures.
tubitv.com
March 31, 2026 at 1:27 AM
OMG Fish War is out streaming for free!!!!! This is an EPIC and riveting documentary that every PNWer must see to understand the fierce battles that Indigenous folks here have fought for us to save beloved salmon and the environment for us all. We owe them everything. tubitv.com/movies/10005...
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On the comparison between Bush's war against Iraq in 2003 and Trump's war against Iran this week, there are some important differences. THREAD 1/
March 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
On the comparison between Bush's war against Iraq in 2003 and Trump's war against Iran this week, there are some important differences. THREAD 1/
Old enough to remember when the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was delivered in the morning and The Seattle Times was delivered in the afternoon. Not to mention the daily Bellevue Journal-American (later Eastside Journal).
The consolidation of news outlets has not been healthy for this country.
The consolidation of news outlets has not been healthy for this country.
February 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Old enough to remember when the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was delivered in the morning and The Seattle Times was delivered in the afternoon. Not to mention the daily Bellevue Journal-American (later Eastside Journal).
The consolidation of news outlets has not been healthy for this country.
The consolidation of news outlets has not been healthy for this country.
Always a PNW connection
Shortly after his birth, Barack Obama and his mother, 18-year-old Stanley Ann Dunham Obama, moved to Seattle where she rented an apartment in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. www.historylink.org/File/8926 #BlackHistoryMonth #PresidentsDay
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Always a PNW connection
February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
They don’t understand that a handout is a hand up.
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
They don’t understand that a handout is a hand up.
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A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
I visited my local library this morning
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I visited my local library this morning
Huh. I thought this is what Republicans warned that the Democrats would do.
Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing.
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Huh. I thought this is what Republicans warned that the Democrats would do.
I was somewhat heartened when she beat her election-denying MAGA opponent in a mostly red district but now we have her voting with Republicans and Joe Kent in a prominent position in this administration.
This is who legacy media keeps saying is the answer to Democrats’ challenges. But like her vote 48 hours ago to increase ICE funding, this is not a viable political program in 2026
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I was somewhat heartened when she beat her election-denying MAGA opponent in a mostly red district but now we have her voting with Republicans and Joe Kent in a prominent position in this administration.
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Trump is all over the place when it comes to identifying threats because of course this Greenland gambit has nothing to do with real threats to US security and only to do with Trump personally
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Trump is all over the place when it comes to identifying threats because of course this Greenland gambit has nothing to do with real threats to US security and only to do with Trump personally