Sean Yoda Rouse
@seanyodarouse.bsky.social
A married UC Berkeley alum who enjoys Star Wars, Disney, California (the state AND the Golden Bears), Craft Beer, and other stuff. Go Bears
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Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
October 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
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There’s supposed to be a line for those within the profession of arms. And maybe there was. But it didn’t take much for Hegseth to obliterate it. 1/
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
apnews.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
There’s supposed to be a line for those within the profession of arms. And maybe there was. But it didn’t take much for Hegseth to obliterate it. 1/
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this, by the way, should be table stakes for any Democrat seeking office from now until the Republican Party has been completely destroyed and our political, government, and media ecosystems rebuilt and reformed so they no longer advantage far-right fascists
Ossoff's superpower is that he correctly thinks his opponent is a contemptible piece of shit and he is willing to explain why in clear and direct language.
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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
this, by the way, should be table stakes for any Democrat seeking office from now until the Republican Party has been completely destroyed and our political, government, and media ecosystems rebuilt and reformed so they no longer advantage far-right fascists
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El-Sayed: "When Mike Rogers was in Congress, he literally told somebody from the stand, 'If you don't know your privacy is being violated, is it really being violated?' It's like the peeping tom vote you're going after."
October 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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I'm torn. Streaming the execution is a terrible idea and I don't want it to happen.
BUT
John's right. The issue is with the killing itself. And if it's going to be done in our name, what right do we have not to deny to ourselves that it is?
BUT
John's right. The issue is with the killing itself. And if it's going to be done in our name, what right do we have not to deny to ourselves that it is?
You know what? Good.
We have spent years making the state killing of people both seemingly antiseptic and invisible.
This makes the brutality of the state killing in our name naked and undeniable.
They think they are being macho edgelords. I think it will horrify more than anything.
We have spent years making the state killing of people both seemingly antiseptic and invisible.
This makes the brutality of the state killing in our name naked and undeniable.
They think they are being macho edgelords. I think it will horrify more than anything.
Pentagon says it will livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
The execution would be the U.S. military’s first execution by firing squad since World War II.
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October 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I'm torn. Streaming the execution is a terrible idea and I don't want it to happen.
BUT
John's right. The issue is with the killing itself. And if it's going to be done in our name, what right do we have not to deny to ourselves that it is?
BUT
John's right. The issue is with the killing itself. And if it's going to be done in our name, what right do we have not to deny to ourselves that it is?
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jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
October 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.
i am genuinely shocked by the psychotic bloodthirst on display with hegseth
October 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.
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Going through some of my Oscars skeets and wanted to expand on a few of the nominees mentioned. The below skeet mentions that art director Harry Oliver was nominated for his work on 7th Heaven (he was nominated the next year for his work on Street Angel as well). Some interesting notes on Oliver:
Those are the 3 Awards 7th Heaven won, tied with Sunrise which also earned 3. Harry Oliver lost Art Direction to William Cameron Menzies for his body of work that year (The Dove, and Tempest). It also lost Outstanding Picture (Best Picture, today) to Wings.
October 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Going through some of my Oscars skeets and wanted to expand on a few of the nominees mentioned. The below skeet mentions that art director Harry Oliver was nominated for his work on 7th Heaven (he was nominated the next year for his work on Street Angel as well). Some interesting notes on Oliver:
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Vice President JD Vance should be asked about his relationship with Curtis Yarvin every single day. Yarvin has a lot more influence than some leftwing streamer.
October 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Vice President JD Vance should be asked about his relationship with Curtis Yarvin every single day. Yarvin has a lot more influence than some leftwing streamer.
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Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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October 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."
www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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The news just since I left work:
-A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad
-Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis
Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
-A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad
-Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis
Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
October 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The news just since I left work:
-A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad
-Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis
Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
-A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad
-Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis
Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
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I do, we do.
We Love Our Somali Neighbors
We Love Our Somali Neighbors These 12” x 18” porch posters are designed and printed by local community organizer, artist, and mutual aid practitioner Sean Lim! Each poster is screen-printed by hand, using ink and paper sourced from local small businesses in South Minneapolis. Also available for purchase: We Love Our Im
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October 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I do, we do.
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Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
October 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
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I'd love to be here right now! Even better if the Mark Twain Juice Bar was still around. Better still would be if it was a "Juice" Bar...
October 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I'd love to be here right now! Even better if the Mark Twain Juice Bar was still around. Better still would be if it was a "Juice" Bar...
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According to Google there are about 111,000 persons of Somali ancestry living in MN out of 5.8 million folks. That’s about 2%. Over half of those were born in the U.S. And we certainly aren’t letting any more in at this point.
Minnesota isn’t being “taken over”.
Minnesota isn’t being “taken over”.
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
October 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
According to Google there are about 111,000 persons of Somali ancestry living in MN out of 5.8 million folks. That’s about 2%. Over half of those were born in the U.S. And we certainly aren’t letting any more in at this point.
Minnesota isn’t being “taken over”.
Minnesota isn’t being “taken over”.
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Rubio is petulantly annoyed because he gave this big speech in Athens about The Future of Western Civilization -- and coincidentally, on the very same day, his ambassador to Greece gets caught soliciting a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit-card bill.
Marco Rubio has a meltdown when asked about Kimberly Guilfoyle: "I'm not playing this game ... you guys are not gonna be our only source of information in the world. I'm sorry to tell you that. No... I don't even know if what you're reporting is true." (It's true! The Journal has her text messages!)
October 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Rubio is petulantly annoyed because he gave this big speech in Athens about The Future of Western Civilization -- and coincidentally, on the very same day, his ambassador to Greece gets caught soliciting a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit-card bill.
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I appreciate seeing this level of anger from a political leader.
October 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I appreciate seeing this level of anger from a political leader.
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THE FRESNO STATE BEER BONE 🦴
It debuts this weekend.
It debuts this weekend.
October 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
THE FRESNO STATE BEER BONE 🦴
It debuts this weekend.
It debuts this weekend.
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We just got our fiscal report card back for FY2026 from
@USCBO and it's not good.
We estimate the U.S. brought in 16.7% of GDP in revenue and spent 19.4% of GDP on programs — producing a non-interest deficit of 2.6% of GDP.
Net interest came in at a record high 3.5% of GDP. 🧵
@USCBO and it's not good.
We estimate the U.S. brought in 16.7% of GDP in revenue and spent 19.4% of GDP on programs — producing a non-interest deficit of 2.6% of GDP.
Net interest came in at a record high 3.5% of GDP. 🧵
October 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
We just got our fiscal report card back for FY2026 from
@USCBO and it's not good.
We estimate the U.S. brought in 16.7% of GDP in revenue and spent 19.4% of GDP on programs — producing a non-interest deficit of 2.6% of GDP.
Net interest came in at a record high 3.5% of GDP. 🧵
@USCBO and it's not good.
We estimate the U.S. brought in 16.7% of GDP in revenue and spent 19.4% of GDP on programs — producing a non-interest deficit of 2.6% of GDP.
Net interest came in at a record high 3.5% of GDP. 🧵
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Conventional geothermal could be a much bigger resource than we’ve realized, with the potential to provide an enormous amount of power.
It provides firm, carbon-free power, with natural permeability making it cheaper to produce and modern drilling helping unlock more of it.
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It provides firm, carbon-free power, with natural permeability making it cheaper to produce and modern drilling helping unlock more of it.
@volts.wtf
Is there way more conventional geothermal than we thought?
A conversation with Carl Hoiland & Joel Edwards of Zanskar.
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October 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Conventional geothermal could be a much bigger resource than we’ve realized, with the potential to provide an enormous amount of power.
It provides firm, carbon-free power, with natural permeability making it cheaper to produce and modern drilling helping unlock more of it.
@volts.wtf
It provides firm, carbon-free power, with natural permeability making it cheaper to produce and modern drilling helping unlock more of it.
@volts.wtf
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a country with any self-respect would've PNG'd her right then and there
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here."
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www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
a country with any self-respect would've PNG'd her right then and there
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Maritime Security Complexes: The Future of Global Seapower
⚓Evolving Maritime Architecture
⚓Chokepoint Security & Strategic Bottlenecks
⚓Coalitions & Interoperability
⚓The Commercial & Naval Interface
Video: youtu.be/aKMH0jILt9s
⚓Evolving Maritime Architecture
⚓Chokepoint Security & Strategic Bottlenecks
⚓Coalitions & Interoperability
⚓The Commercial & Naval Interface
Video: youtu.be/aKMH0jILt9s
October 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Maritime Security Complexes: The Future of Global Seapower
⚓Evolving Maritime Architecture
⚓Chokepoint Security & Strategic Bottlenecks
⚓Coalitions & Interoperability
⚓The Commercial & Naval Interface
Video: youtu.be/aKMH0jILt9s
⚓Evolving Maritime Architecture
⚓Chokepoint Security & Strategic Bottlenecks
⚓Coalitions & Interoperability
⚓The Commercial & Naval Interface
Video: youtu.be/aKMH0jILt9s
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When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center.
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
www.gadgetreview.com
October 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
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Star Wars Resistance started 8 years ago today.
"Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy."
"Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy."
Kaz Meets Poe Dameron 🚀👨✈️ | Star Wars Resistance | @StarWarsKids
YouTube video by Star Wars Kids
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October 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Star Wars Resistance started 8 years ago today.
"Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy."
"Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy."