Julia Davis

Based in Seattle. From Kansas City. Interested in environmental justice, public transportation, marine biology, higher education, and hippie van travel.

[WIRED @WIRED]

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting.

We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

[Julia Davis @JuliaHZD]

@AConfidenceGame @BostonGlobe You're a horrible person

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

Just got off the phone with my college roommate.

His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.

He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.

7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.

He told me he’s not the same person anymore.

Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.

They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.

One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.

And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.

I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.

I really don’t.

[Max Berlinger @Berlinger]

i used to fear mamdani was too young to oversee a city like new york and now i realize our politicians should ... have energy? and stamina?

[Jenni @hashjenni]

What Zohran Mamdani is doing is NOT EVEN SOCIALISM. You know what he's doing? He's showing what can be accomplished when the WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.

[Cole Sandick🌹🇵🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩 @ColeSandick]

Everyone’s stopped talking about it for some reason, but the defense of Minneapolis was the most seismic victory against Trumpism. That was supposed to be the blueprint for their autocracy and it was defeated and humiliated by astounding collective action from ordinary Americans.

[Billy Procida @TheBillyProcida]

why can't multi-billion-dollar companies just make 20% less for a little while?

[David Nelson @MissingSonics]

Orcas showed up on Alki this morning to celebrate Mariners #OpeningDay

[Teelo @teelokay]

You can't possibly understand how much joy it brings me that microsoft and nvidia are getting *increasingly* upset over people calling their AI products 'slop'

[Cannie Oakley: Local Cryptid @Staceballs]

And for the lady, a 23-hour day of recognition?

[italian lucite @yurodivys]

My entire life is powered by a desire to go swimming in nice water. I only work to go swimming. The winter is hard for me because I lose sight of what is most important when I am far away from going swimming

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

If Bernie's 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires had been enacted in 2012, Elon Musk would be worth less than $365 billion instead of the $834 billion that he's worth today. He'd still be the wealthiest man alive & every senior would have dental, vision & hearing under Medicare.

[Covie @covie_93]

Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.

[FLAVOR FLAV @FlavorFlav]

SHE GOT GAME. July 16-19. Viva Las Vegas.

[Josh @joshlangerr]

Bad day for the nobody watches women’s sports crowd

[daz @MetamateDaz]

Something that breaks my heart as a Millennial is how fucking optimistic and fun our teenage years and 20s were. Like we envisioned a TOTALLY different world from the one that we've got and insanely divorced from what Gen-Z are experiencing. It's hard to put in words how fantastic we thought life was gonna be and how it seemed like we were making tangible social progress. We've had all of that ripped away from us.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New York City: The time has arrived. Finally, a chance to tell the city EXACTLY what your landlord’s been getting away with. NYC’s first Rental Ripoff Hearings are happening in all five boroughs, and we want to hear from you. Real New Yorkers. Real stories. Real policy changes.

[Justin🦩Boldaji @justinboldaji]

Seattle public schools a bunch of haters. No civic pride at all

[Raphæl de la Ghetto @ilovesmick]

All these white people mad about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance… I hope next year they get Bad Bunny performing the whole set in Spanish.