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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 13h

I wasn't this mom, but I am a mom who rides a cargo bike on Greenwood daily. So I say with confidence: With some work (and loss of some parking, quelle horreur), a two-way protected bike lane from 87th and Greenwood to the Fremont bridge would fundamentally change how we move around in NW Seattle.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was me! You're welcome, everyone 😇

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I will take any opportunity I get to point people to Saunders's essay "Thank You, Esther Forbes," which has been a crucial guiding piece for my adult writing and editing life; I'd say thematically it's relevant here.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The BEST part of getting old (and there are many) is that you can ABSOLUTELY miss something wildly popular. Zooshas just flying by while you’re admiring someone’s sensible shoes or whatever. Bliss.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A delight! I did NOT catch that about Violet's necklace on my own 😍

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Apparently Google Maps changed their voice directions to be more "human" recently. We just experienced it for the first time. My husband, horrified: "Why is a curt NPR host telling me how to drive?"

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"democratize access to literary analysis" Yes, writers and scholars are famous for constantly scrambling to keep their work away from the prying eyes of the public.

Are you a literature expert eager to shape the future of AI? Large-scale language models are evolving from simple conversational tools into systems capable of analyzing texts, interpreting themes, and supporting literary scholarship. With high-quality training data, tomorrow's AI can help democratize access to literary analysis, support education, and deepen understanding of world literature. That training data begins with you—we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

We're looking for literature specialists and avid readers with strong familiarity in areas such as classical literature, modern and contemporary fiction, poetry, drama, literary theory, comparative literature, and critical analysis. You'll challenge advanced language models on topics such as thematic interpretation, narrative structure, authorial style, symbolism, historical context, genre conventions, and close reading—documenting failure modes so we can strengthen model reasoning and interpretive accuracy.

On a typical day, you will engage the model with literary passages, analytical questions, and interpretation tasks; verify factual accuracy and coherence; evaluate the depth and validity of literary analysis; capture reproducible error traces; and provide structured feedback to improve prompts, evaluation criteria, and reasoning quality.

A degree in literature, English, comparative literature, or a related humanities field is preferred but not required. Teaching experience, academic research, editorial work, or extensive reading and writing experience are all valuable indicators of fit. Clear, metacognitive communication—explicitly articulating reasoning and interpretive steps ("showing your work")—is essential.

Ready to turn your literature expertise into the knowledge foundation for tomorrow's AI? Apply today and help train systems that support readers, students, and scholars around the world.

We offer a pay range of $6 to $65 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above. As a contractor you'll supply a secure computer and high-speed internet; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing

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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 24/09/2026

We welcome your thoughts and feedback on Seattle's bike and scooter share program. Take the survey by tomorrow: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8925984/5...

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2026 Seattle Bike & Scooter Share Survey

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This isn't some new wheel to be invented. You definitely don't need "AI" to code a website that aggregates publicly available data. You might be able to do it ~faster~, but I guess we'll see how secure that backend is.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Girls5eva mentioned!! The GIF library here only includes five distinct results for "Girls5eva," but this one is plenty representative (it's useful to note that this is from a performance of the song "Tap into Your (Fort) Worth")

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Girls5eva Fort Worth

Alt: Girls5eva performing "Tap into Your (Fort) Worth" and interjecting "Fuck Dallas!" with an audience call-and-response

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is my bedtime read with the kids right now. Love the Tiffany Aching books. 🐑

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 14/09/2026

(This is not a call to glaze the guy uncritically, everybody is free to keep their opinions)

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 14/09/2026

Macklemore has this extremely Seattle earnestness that is pure cringe to 90% of the rest of the country, but I knew it would see him through in the end. What is cringe but earnestness persevering

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You can also apparently enter your personal collections into the state fair, because the last thing I saw before I left this building was some guy's Trek collection. Including a Tom Paris (and others) commemorative plate!

Me, a blonde white woman in jeans, a white fleece, and a blue raincoat, throwing up a LLAP next to an impressive collection of Star Trek paraphernalia in a glass case.

Romulan ale, Klingon blood wine, Saurian brandy, James T. Kirk bourbon

Commemorative plates and mugs!! The plates group characters by job; the first is security officers (Chekov, Yar, Odo, Tuvok), the second is helm, I guess? (Sulu, Data, Paris, and Worf for some reason?), the third is doctors (McCoy, Crusher, Bashir, EMH), the fourth is presumably captains (Kirk, Sisko's ear [the rest of him is obscured by the doctor plate], Janeway).

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Washington State Fair craft thread!

Lil' Jimothy quilt, blue speckled background. Honorable mention ribbon.

Embroidery: "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist." Honorable mention ribbon.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 12/09/2026

the only good thing billionaires have ever given us is their ex-wives, evergreen

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My neighborhood Mission bar/restaurant that I've been going to for 20+ years has replaced their coloring page kids' menu & crayons with this. I'll be sending a strongly worded email to management, which is frankly more punk than this nonsense.

AI slop illustration of a (shudder) "punk rock cantina" with a band playing on a stage, a car with flames, a...treasure trunk made out of studded leather, maybe?, a dumpster with a PUNKS DEAD poster and a little gremliny chupacabra peeking out. The band and the audience all appear to be white people, insofar as they appear to be people. The drummer seems to be non-existent, and the drum kit consists of a single bass drum fused to a PA stack. The title reads "HOW MANY CHUPACABRAS CAN YOU FIND? They're hiding in the punk rock cantina!"

There is no exact answer; there are at least 8 or 9 but several others seem to be phasing in and out of existence. Maybe it's a fey thing.

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 11/09/2026

You know what they say: Practice makes more...you practice to perfect...perfection is....you gotta practice what you preach.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

it is unforgivable how Democrats are granting the right's premise about trans kids in sports even as they attempt to navigate a "moderate" position so they don't look so bad (hint: not possible) they have literally regressed! the first bathroom bans did not have this kind of bipartisan support!!!

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Apropos of smartwatch news, here's a quick plug for the e-ink, Bluetooth-only Pebble smartwatch, which does a limited number of things well (notifications for messages, weather, limited maps, normal clock stuff) and lasts a week+ on one charge. There's even an LCARS display option. repebble.com

A white woman's left wrist displaying a Pebble smartwatch. It's 6:06 PM, according the LCARS-themed display.

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ceej @ceej.online · 07/09/2026

my favorite part about having two kids is the nine separate bicycles I’m forced to store in my single-car garage

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/09/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.
Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Watch this! It's based off of Wile E. Coyote!" What every parent wants to hear when they walk into a room

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don't remember this requirement during that one year earlier in the pandemic when the legislature funded meals statewide. Has this always been the case?

What Constitutes a Complete Meal?

To receive a free meal at no cost, students must select at least three of the five meal components (fruit, vegetable, grain, meat/meat alternate, milk), including at least ½ cup of fruits and/or vegetables. Meals that do not meet the USDA minimum meal requirements will be charged at à la carte pricing.

À La Carte Items

The following items are not included as part of the CEP or Universal Free Meal program and will be charged to the student’s meal account:

Second meals
Additional entrées
Additional side items (including milk)
Snacks
Beverages
Important Information

CEP Sites and Universal Free Meals benefits apply to students only.
Adults and visitors will continue to be charged according to the established meal pricing.

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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How are Seattle kids getting to school? 🎒 From School Streets, Walking School Buses, to Bike Trains, there are many ways to make the trip safer and fun. Our back-to-school guide offers ideas for families to walk, bike, and roll. Read back to school guide ⬇️ www.streetsalliance.org/get-involved...

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fuck this administration generally, and fuck them specifically today for blocking the routine renewal of my kids' beloved piano teacher's O-1B visa, meaning he can't teach the lessons he was supposed to start this week and might never be back as their teacher. Hate it!!!

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

FOLLOWED BY THIS EMAIL Someone is having a terrible professional night, and I feel for them, but come on. This is the largest school district in the state. This is embarrassing.

Subject: Tentative Agreement Reached

First line of email, in all caps: THE PREVIOUS LETTER WAS SENT IN ERROR - APOLOGIES

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Stéphanie Mercier @stepmercier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bonne rentrée à tous les parents!

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Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Pro tip! The less you post about "Lake America," the less written evidence of its use there is, and the less likely any reputable dictionary company will enter it into their dictionaries. ONLY *YOU* CAN PREVENT BAD LEXICOGRAPHY

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The eight-year-old has taken to wrapping herself in a blanket and gliding imperiously through the house, intoning "FEAR ME, CATS," so yeah, you could say we're ready for summer vacation to be done.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/09/2026

42 minutes is 6 Blueys (the accepted standard measure of time in a 2020s household with children)

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/09/2026

Nothing says "We respect the concerns of busy Seattle Public School parents" like sending them all a 42-minute youtube video message to watch. No captions, either, which is an odd choice when special ed is one of the big negotiating sticking points.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sigh. (It's AI. Among many other tells, no one, not even a professional statue, would leave a baby that age unsupported on the edge of a bench. You don't need to know anything about babies; I promise your hands would shoot out to grab it instinctively.)

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The word “y’all” is the South’s gift to the English speaking world. A warm, genderless, elegant solution to the language’s odd lack of a formal contraction for “you all”. You can use it. Really, we don’t care.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This specific line reading actually bubbles up in my mind at least three or four times a year. I loved this movie so much.

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My favorite "Hold up, is that...Tim Curry??" voice-acting role is, of course, mad scientist Dr. Anton Sevarius from GARGOYLES, whose lab coat has short sleeves (?) and who at one point fakes his own death by electric eels

A cartoon still; a mad scientist with brown hair and light skin and an inexplicably short-sleeved lab coat writhes in a puddle of teal water spilled from a broken tank off screen. Four eels (several fish, not a guy) and bolts of electricity are wrapped around him.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Muppet Treasure Island is a perfect movie.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/08/2026

hard to believe sometimes but i still think evil people are also capable of dying

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Rebecca Brinbury @brinbury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

✔️ "Potential New Boyfriend" on the walk to their grandparents' house

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of the more obscure facts I remember about Dolly Parton is this: just like Star Trek would not exist without Lucille Ball, Buffy would not exist without Dolly Parton. She was a silent producer of the movie and show. That's why Buffy Summers has the same birthday as Dolly: January 19.

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