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(she/they) 🚫 Gen AI, double humanities major. Queer PNW lifer, dreaming of regenerative urban futures. 📚🧠🏳️‍⚧️🌲🌎☕️🪷

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1h
MAJOR NEWS: The Seattle Social Housing Developer is announcing its first new construction project, in the Central District at 2402 E Yesler Way. The SSHD board is set to vote on property acquisition momentarily. Construction is set to start next year and wrap in 2028.
Slide showing Site and Opportunity
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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 8h
What is my purpose? You draw pub quiz night posters.
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Butter Robot Cartoon Animation
Alt: Butter Robot Cartoon Animation
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The reason we don’t hear about gang rapes often isn’t because they’re rare. It’s because it is so uniquely hard for victims to come forward. Jane Doe had to participate in twelve Title IX hearings. TWELVE.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
"If there’s a 'fraud' that Trump and his cronies see in [Ilhan] Omar," @moiradonegan.bsky.social writes, it's in her "claim to the dignity of equal citizenship; in the idea that a woman, born in Somalia, might be as equally and powerfully American as they are."
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The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater | Moira Donegan
The raid is meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeks
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is there something scarier than climate change? Maybe it’s an uncontrolled solar geoengineering arms race between nations distrustful of who controls the global thermostat.
wired.com
They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think
Solar geoengineering could buy humanity time against climate change—or trigger a dangerous new arms race. A first-of-its-kind simulation offered a glimpse of what happens when geopolitics takes the wh...
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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 14/10/2026
Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"The culture on X today is remarkably friendly and inclusive. It is a cheerful place."
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The most fun thing ever to randomly see
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Pope Leo declares death penalty 'inadmissible' as his native US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 08/10/2026
Aiming to make up for lost revenue from federal benefit cuts, a coalition of powerful Oregon advocacy groups announced Thursday that they will pursue a 2028 ballot measure to approve a wealth tax on some of the state’s richest households while cutting taxes for low-income residents. buff.ly/r6AgT0W
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Progressive groups, unions announce wealth tax initiative aimed at 2028 Oregon ballot  • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The proposed Oregon initiative would target individual taxpayers, but it could inspire dueling ballot measures and fierce opposition.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 08/10/2026
Marchers began a four-day pilgrimage Wednesday from Seattle to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma as a protest against mass deportations.
Japanese Americans in Seattle embark on 4-day pilgrimage to immigrant detention sites
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Basically AI allows software engineers to produce shitty code *faster* and in higher volumes which increases the amount time spent on code reviews and revisions nullifying the productivity gained from producing the code in the first place.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am trying to think of AI from a standard corporate accountability perspective and I found this line from the safety policy employee who quit to be the most succinct explanation of the concern. it doesn't need you to buy into any sci-fi narratives. it's all about scale/scope:
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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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.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/10/2026
they'll be packing me into a padded cell while i scream about how autocorrect used to be good
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Alex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel like more people should be talking about this part
Screenshot from the article that reads, The Stud, San Francisco's oldest gay bar, was only able to have its Meta pages restored because of the bars popularity among gay tech executives with connections to Meta
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JenTheTracy @jenthetracy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Harry Potter is a red flag in any social setting. She is a transphobe. Period. If the only book you can reference with a wand in it was written by a transphobe, read more books. Try Tolkien. Try Brother’s Grimm. Try skipping cultural references as small talk.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026
That said, check this out: what Mamdani’s team is doing is good. Build strong public facing services (that is, rebuild govt) while at the same time increasing govt capacity and making sure in-house teams have the talent to run the show.
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projects they'll focus on, but the work will be "core to the Mamdani administration's agenda around
attordability, housing, consumer and worker protection and more," said Maya Israni, senior adviser to the city's chief technology officer.
More than 4,000 people have submitted applications to join the New York City PIT crews, hich will consist of five teams focusing on building services in-house instead of using contractors.
"We really want to have a direct impact on someone's day-to-day life as a New Yorker and make their life on a day-to-day basis better and more affordable," Israni said. "We're here to deliver on core Mamdani administration priorities."
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) @flysea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our new C Concourse Expansion features quiet spaces for reflection, care, and comfort. It’s the perfect moment of calm during your travels. Explore the Sensory Room, Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Room, Nursing Rooms, and accessible Restrooms. www.portseattle.org/blog/quiet-s...
Curved wood-slatted seating area with a built-in bench and an open doorway leading to an elevator hallway.Entrance to a pet relief area with a “PET RELIEF AREA” sign, artificial turf, and a tree stump inside.Bright curved hallway with a glowing yellow-green seating alcove, green vertical wall panels, and a large woodland mural featuring deer and foliage.Modern nursing suite with a lounge chair, small round table, wall-mounted sink, illuminated mirror, and dispensers.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Buckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The decline in visitors travelling to the U.S. would have been much bigger without the World Cup this year (1.24 million international World Cup visitors). Without the World Cup, the decline in international visitors would have been 3+ million. bsky.app/profile/sema...
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is new: boomer on boomer and hit-and-run. Demographics ensure that we will be seeing a lot more of it lloydalter.substack.com/p/we-may-soo...
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We may soon have 70 million boomers too old to drive, too car-dependent to stop.
As the baby boomer bubble pushes into its eighties, we are driving into a demographic wall.
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The Creep State is Watching @thecreepstateiswatching.com · 01/10/2026
#spotted around the #Palantir office in #Seattle for the People vs. Palantir Global Action @purgepalantir.bsky.social #thecreepstate
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re interested in gender violence at universities, my favorite book on it is A Survivor’s Education by Joy Neumeyer, which looks at the Title IX process both as a system of political repression and as a way of revoking women’s epistemic authority. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joy-n...
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A Survivor’s Education
A Kirkus Best Book of 2024  An "impeccably researched book" (Michelle Bowdler) about intimate abuse, campus politics, and the narratives we choose to belie...
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is my data politics collection. I’m not saying it’s exhaustive. It’s growing almost every day. And several volumes (like “The Nerd Reich”) are scattered elsewhere & in use. But my point is: I have one. And I think you should too.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
María del Carmen Abascal's case has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days and led the Spanish government to present measures to address the country's housing crisis. n.pr/4hnSGwg
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An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home
María del Carmen Abascal's case has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days and led the Spanish government to present measures to address the country's housing crisis.
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The law essentially ends the hemp industry,” said Seth Crawford, the co-owner of Oregon CBD Seeds, an Independence-based company that supplies 75% of the hemp seed grown in the country. @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/09/29/n...
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New federal law puts an end to the hemp industry, Oregon businesses say • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A new federal law will ban the sale most hemp-derived products by end of the year.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026
8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something 9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Do you love the walkable neighborhood core of Capitol Hill, Columbia City, Fremont, Ballard, Green Lake, Beacon Hill, Madrona, Queen Anne, or the U District? Thank a streetcar line.
modern map showing 1896 Seattle street car network
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Peter Max has died. The US Information Agency (then the parent agency of VOA) commissioned him in 1970 to design a recruiting poster. Decades later I found and purchased a signed copy and donated it to the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in Ohio. apnews.com/article/peter-max-...
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America” examines six renowned Japanese American artists whose work defined modern American art and design in the mid to late 20th century — all of whom were severely impacted by mass incarceration."
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The painful, complicated roots of American mid-century design trace back to Japanese American concentration camps
Nakashima, Noguchi, and Asawa are artists who changed the way Americans thought of design. A Barnes exhibit wants to showcase their art without forgetting their trauma.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are looking forward to recording our next episode featuring our celebrity guest, massive bull elk.
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OPB @opb.org · 24/09/2026
Except for one failed experiment and a handful of curious wayfarers, sea otters have not lived in Oregon’s coastal waters since they were hunted to extinction for their fur more than a century ago.
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Elakha Alliance, Oregon Coast Aquarium join Seattle groups to study Oregon seafloor for sea otter reintroduction
A new three-year research effort will examine what it will take to reestablish sea otters along the Oregon Coast. The scientific project, led by aquariums in Newport and Seattle and two conservation organizations, coincides with Sea Otter Awareness Week.
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Quentin Young @quentinyoung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Government investigators released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention | Colorado Newsline
The Trump administration wasted more than $20 million in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, a new report says.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hannah Einbinder was just arrested protesting Benjamin Netanyahu's safe passage into New York and the genocide of Palestinians. Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, and Chelsea Manning are among those currently blocking the road
Chelsea Manning among others at the protest against genocide and Netanyahu's visit
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
that's what Zoomers turning into Millennial Voters looks like baby, the GOP is cooked in the medium term
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
We call this a concentration camp, your honor.
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How is this not the source of more conversation. This is absolutely amazing and SO damning of the ineptitude of Bruce Harrell. It also (again) vindicates Wilson's decision to ask Chief Barnes to leave. She knows what she's doing, much more than her predecessor.
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026
"The audience isn't me in my little car driving by. The audience is in Washington. The audience is in New York on Wall Street. The audience is probably in Riyadh, in a sovereign wealth fund or whatever. These are the people who will keep this alive." www.liberalcurrents.com/how-the-tech...
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How the Tech Bros of Silicon Valley Would Govern Us (Half the Answer #103, with Adrian Daub)
Taking a look at the ways that tech elites exert, and wish to exert, their power.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
going insane because you traveled interdimensionally or met aliens or met god is understandable. but going insane because you used a computer chat program is just embarrassing
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Nick @nicksattele.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Change in number of movie theaters in UDistrict by mayor: Bruce Harrell: -3 Katie Wilson: +1
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Washington voters, a Biden-appointed federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The ruling hands the department its 25th loss in its sweeping legal effort to access states' private voter data.
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