Luke Baumgarten

Zoomer colleague ordering from a restaurant they have called “Millennial” (derogatory): “what the fuck is evoo and why is it on everything?!”

Good for them. It's been a while since the Far Side Legion got to see some action. abcnews.go.com/US/texas-nat...

Reaaally want to know the story here

New excuse unlocked

Really good company to be in, right here. Proud as hell that @rangemedia.co is worker-owned.

Thanks for the shout, Ryan

Journalists are only as good as their sources and we got great sources. Thanks @katebitz.bsky.social

🧵 At RANGE, we love our stats and data. Here’s a bit about Spokane’s Spiciest Candidate Forum, held at The Guardian this weekend:
- 150+ people in attendance
- 5 out of the 6 city council candidates took the Hot Seat
- candidates + RANGE reporter Erin drank over 1 full gallon of milk

There's also a laundry list of people we need to thank for their role in making this spicy dream a sweaty reality! First, Chef Tony Brown, who designed some downright dangerously delicious wings + a delicious menu for the crowd (ft. a potato salad editor @lukebaumgarten.bsky.social is addicted to)

That was my first thought

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Craven to cravin’

These people are sick and it seems like the horrors will never cease.

But you change one element and …

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

A Buddhist Monk’s Alleged Indulgence in Money and Sex Transfixes China An official probe into the jet-setting abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple has fueled cynicism about capitalism and religion.

If they’re freaking out over this Shaolin monk, wait until they hear about RZA, ODB and, perhaps especially, Ghostface. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter

Lol www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...

And now that the bullshit is everywhere, the patient is succumbing to the disease because the patient has no antibodies — no way to fight it.

It’s why I find it harder to read the big institutions.

Gimme someone I trust to have a moral compass and who still strives for fairness any day.

I fear the answer is simple: This is cuck shit.

When institutions like @apnews.com decided journalism should be “objective” — training writers & eds to ignore (or worse, mistrust) their own subjectivity — they were choosing to stop vaccinating against bullshit. /1

Not sure he has any power left on the contemporary right, but hearing “defund ICE” and “defund DHS” from the lips of Bill Kristol is wild

Jeremy Strong Front-Runner To Play Mark Zuckerberg In ‘The Social Network Part II’ Jeremy Strong is the top choice to play Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the upcoming The Social Network Part II.

Please, God: let him prevail.

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Natalie looks familiar to me. Do I know her?

One of my aunts still has Rachel’s hair.

Anyone know if Natalie or Rachel are still kicking around Spokane?

I’d love to talk to them at length about KEZE Rock 106. I was partial to KZZU the Zoo, myself, but respect.

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Oh lord. Better for a DM and coffee probably.

Couldn’t agree more, @sanders.senate.gov.

Since starting @rangemedia.co, we’ve had two twenty-something colleagues able to buy homes.

I don’t know for sure, but I bet those numbers for would rival all other Spokane newsrooms combined since 2020.

Cooperatives reverse inequality. Period

YouTube video by All Those Moments Eephus: A Hilarious and Devastating Baseball Movie Masterpiece

Next on the film pod I've never mentioned here before: middle-aged Spokie beer-leaguers joined @benjiwade.bsky.social and I to talk Eephus & the joy of gathering to play a game you love, even when the field's gonna be bulldozed.

YT: youtube.com/watch?v=7mdJ...
+ anywhere fine podcasts are streamed

I just saw a different survey that broke housing down by units built, and by that measure, cities like Boise are still way ahead of us, but they aren’t on this list.

That suggests we might be building smarter, not harder (that 12% drop is the 6th biggest rent decline in the US):

It's so glaringly obvious just talking to people what they're looking for from elected leaders right now, but the stats back it up, too. Kitchen table issues are galvanizing, across difference.

At some point working people are just going to completely swear off the Democratic Party and it will be 100% Democrats’ fault.

At least 9 Spokanites arrested by federal agents in connection to ICE protests – RANGE Media The arrestees include Justice Forral, Erin Lang and former city council president Ben Stuckart, who were all arrested during the June 11 protests. Organizer Jac Archer, who was not arrested June 11, w...

We've already made a bunch of updates:

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Sounds like there'll be an arraignment today at the federal courthouse.

Jeffry Finer, an attorney who was in the room with Jac Archer, said the charges are not as severe as they might have been.

But it DOES sound like two people arrested might be redirected into immigration custody. Updates tk