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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 13h

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Close up of an upside down dog snoot with cartoon eyes affixed for silly affect.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 13h

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Definitely a product of post WWII society but I’d LOVE to know what he’d think about modern social media (although I could harbor a guess or two).

...modern man does not think about current problems; he feels them. He reacts, but he does not understand them any more than he takes responsibility for them. He is even less capable of spotting any inconsistency between successive facts; man's capacity to forget is unlimited. This is one of the most important and useful points for the propagandist, who can always be sure that a particular propaganda theme, statement, or event will be forgotten within a few weeks.
Jacques Ellul, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I really think more people should read Jacques Ellul’s “Propaganda: the Formation of Men’s Attitudes.” It’s so good.

The person who imagined that he could not be the victim of propaganda because he could distinguish truth from falsehood, is extremely susceptible to propaganda, because when propaganda does tell the truth, he is then convinced that it is no longer propaganda: moreover, his self-confidence makes him all the more vulnerable to attacks of which he is unaware.

Jacques Ellul

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Finally, Rhonda, well-known WSB Resident Idiot, also plans to oppose paid parking by punishing local businesses. How very neighborly of her! A real West Seattle hero.

Rhonda September 30, 2026 (4:23 pm) Reply
Now I’ll just shop at Westwood Village, White Center, and Burien plus the Admiral area and any Junction business with a parking lot like Trader Joe’s, QFC, Safeway, and Whole Foods. But no more California Avenue Junction retailers.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Alki Resident," a regular NIMBY in WSB comments, also seems to be thiiiiis close to realizing they're not happy here and should probably move out! They'll gladly pay for the extra gas it takes to drive elsewhere for "free parking spots." That makes lots of sense. Also: "small town?"

Alki resident September 30, 2026 (4:25 pm) Reply
Yes exactly. Say goodbye to our small town. Can’t run around and shop or eat around here without dipping into our pockets. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying eating and shopping outside of Seattle for a few years. What attracts me is the easy and free parking spots and cheaper restaurant bills. Great food and service without breaking the bank. This metering is really my final straw patronizing the junction. Not to mention the frequent attacks on citizens and no security.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And Patty R wants us to remember that BIKES WILL NOT REPLACE US, MAN.

DRW September 30, 2026 (1:57 pm) Reply
Perhaps they can use the avenue to create more bike lanes in West Seattle.

Patty R September 30, 2026 (4:13 pm) Reply
HELL NO!!! Make traffic and safety worse. Start to make bikers have a biking license (pay a yearly fee) and pay for the bike improvements to the roads, and a plate on their bike to report the very bad unsafe riders that are a hazard on our streets. Cars have plate to identify so should bikes.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Poor Sally has been circling the block looking for a spot since the year Mr. Mister released "Broken Wings."

Sally September 30, 2026 (2:41 pm) Reply
In my opinion having people pay for parking will not help you find parking in front or close to where you are wanting to go. As a person who has tried to find parking on the Main Street in the junction for the past 40 plus years it’s actually a rarity that I can actually find parking.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A different Eric and Jim here are sad that nobody will be able to attend their dinner parties. And will also NEVER GO TO THE JUNCTION AGAIN EVER.

Erik September 30, 2026 (1:28 pm) Reply
Shocker. We all called the money grab before it happened. I already find it a pain to go to the junction. Guess I’ll just go elsewhere and not frequent the businesses because paying to park is just a freaking scam at this point.

Jim September 30, 2026 (3:41 pm) Reply
And the rate is absolutely ridiculous! And limited to only 2 hours good luck having a nice dinner or party get together and then even if you pay and the paid lots you might still get a ticket

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love all of the WSB commenters who are reacting to this by swearing to never visit the Junction again. Like, Eric here sounds like he'd be better served by moving to a different neighborhood!

Eric1 September 30, 2026 (3:10 pm) Reply
It isn’t that the Junction will actually cease to exist – it will still be there. It is just the shops and people patronizing the Junction that change. There is a Bakery Nouveau in Burien (which I went to today) to buy a cake. I haven’t eaten in the Junction probably since right after Covid. Lots of the classic restaurants are actually still around. Kamei Japanese Restaurant is now in Tacoma/Lakewood (went to visit them) and Mashiko is in White Center. While my job keeps me in the city of Seattle, it makes it easier to avoid spending money in Seattle if you want to charge me for the privilege.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Commenter on the West Seattle Blog echoing the local legacy media's deranged and misogynist attacks on Mayor Wilson: "I made up something imaginary about her that I find deeply concerning. Also, she's an icky woman who I don't think is pretty." What a POS.

I read this as things having gotten so bad with the business community – just today Mod Pizza pulled out of Seattle entirely – that Wilson was forced to do a budget that had no new taxes and fully funded the police department. You can tell by her comments that she’s just itching to do a local capital gains tax (the point of which escapes me as we have one at the state level already – why punish people twice?). True progress would be repealing the JumpStart Tax and restoring the investment credits that the tech industry used to take off in the 90s.I’m incredibly underwhelmed by Wilson as a whole. Not just because of her politics but the way she presents herself. Mandami in NYC probably has many of the same opinions but the guy has charm and charisma to space. Wilson is more a policy wond/nerdy type who doesn’t seem to understand that optics (how you dress, not blinking a mile a minute and saying “um” or “uh” everyone word during interviews) matter.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A first stab but I’m already not happy with these choices.

An array of video game covers titled “My 9 Games: The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am”

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Assassin's Creed 2

Chrono Trigger

The Elder Scrolls Ill: Morrowind

Perfect Dark

EarthBound

Myst

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

Inscryption

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They provide a handy-dandy way for people to contact their Councilmembers on every bill they pass. Would be a shame if local progressives used this to show their support for progressive causes.

Seattle's far-progressive electeds keep lighting fires: shutting down CCTV cameras, blocking addiction treatment, taxing job creators out of the city. The Firehose is for putting them out. A bill tracker and weekly alert on what happened in committee and why you need to care about it now, with one-click ways to do something before the final vote, not after the consequences sink in: email your Councilmember, post the receipts, pitch an op-ed.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This reads like a cheap copy of Project 2025 but for local idiots.

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Strike while the iron's hot. 2026 D5 is the pilot. 2027 is full deployment with all seven district seats on the ballot. Policy at play now will shape Seattle's future for years. All donations support SeaFor's mission of holding City Hall accountable for results.

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Washington's 501(c)(4) structure protects the privacy of businesses and individuals historically punished for backing fiscally responsible causes. Donor education from day one.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love this passive-aggressive (very heavily AI) "About" page (and how clearly egregious the site's agenda is):

This is all about putting out legislative dumpster fires and mobilizing air cover for Councilmembers taking hard votes. We back outcomes‑focused governance on the issues that impact people’s daily lives: public safety; homelessness; housing; addiction; and the City’s fiscal decisions, to name just a few.

Some voices get plenty of airtime at City Hall while others barely make it into the room. CivicTide broadens that conversation. Our weekly rundown tracks legislation from introduction through committee to final vote, what people are saying about it, and when votes are scheduled so you can watch or weigh in. CivicTide’s policy briefs dig into the details of significant bills and explain how their implementation could impact regular Seattleites and small businesses, with links to supporting documents to check for yourself and positions you’re free to disagree with.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Looks like this post went up today on IG (I’m not on there). Do with this info what you will, but good for donating to No Hate in WA State if true.

IG screenshot from the Archie McPhee Instagram account.

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I made a personal $10,000 contribution to Let's Go Washington because I supported its income-tax initiative, I-645. I did not adequately investigate or account for the organization's full agenda. When I learned about the other initiatives they were funding I asked for and received a refund of my donation. I have always believed in and supported LGBTQ+ rights.
To help mitigate the harm I have caused, I have donated $10,000 to No Hate in Washington State to stop these appalling initiatives from being passed. I'm sorry, to the community and to the people who work at Archie McPhee. I am committed to making Archie McPhee a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community to work and shop.
This was my mistake and I take full responsibility.
Mark Pahlow, owner of Archie McPhee

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I need a wacky name for my small batch hot sauce. The industry standard seems to be something describing what it does to your butt, with an image of a donkey (“ASS BLASTER”) or a sexy nurse.

Six small bottles of reddish hot sauce, with red caps and shrink wrappers.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thats my good boy right there, modeling the Golden Mean just like we taught him.

Red Doberman Pinscher dog curled up on a couch with outstretched lanky legs.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Makin’ friends on Reddit by suggesting that posting constant panicky breathless updates about every crime in the ‘hood is bad, actually.

Reddit thread:
Me (activitydependent319): Maybe it's just me, but I don't find that these updates every single time there's an incident like this do anything other than stoke fear and toxic back-and-forths in response sections/here. Sure there's a case for avoiding an area because of clear and immediate danger of some kind, but I think these breathless "Crime Bulletins" just make people paranoid and think that our neighborhood is more dangerous than it actually is. I'm not sure I see the point.

My new friend (“PBRStreetGang1979”): It's called reporting the news. If you find it disturbing you can choose to leave your head planted in the sand. Sorry that bullets flying through your community have disturbed your complacency.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What’s that? Vegan raw “oysters” that taste exactly like raw oysters? With a little lemon and some homemade hot sauce with fresh garden ingredients?! Yes, we can provide!

Two scallop shells on a rectangular plate. The shells each contain small green leaves in clear brine, with a dark red dot of hot sauce on each.

Close up of a scallop shell on a white plate. It contains small green leaves in clear brine, with a dark red dot of hot sauce on each.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

OH HEY somebody added Jimothy to Liminal Earth! (I cannot explain the extra added \ characters) liminal.earth?markerid=9629

$A post on Liminal Earth. Text: Jimothy Somewhere in Ballard Submitted by: Anonymous Date: 8/226 Jimothy lives nearby. I\'m not going to tell you exactly where he lives, because he\'s precious and needs his space.$

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This story about the first Seattle Superintendent of Schools' encounter with a truly unusual cryptid on Mt. Rainier remains one of my favorite pieces of weird Washington/Seattle-adjacent history: liminal.earth?markerid=7081

Old timey black and white photo of a E.S. Ingraham, a white man in 1890's dress, with a bushy handlebar mustache.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Something is deeply wrong with people.

Screenshot of a topic header from r/whatplantisthis: "What is this weed and why can’t I kill it?"

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Interesting look into a disgusting rat's nest that feeds our local anti-homeless media ecosystem. invisiblepeople.tv/inside-cicer...

Additional participants and people associated with the summit included Andrea Suarez (We Heart Seattle), Tom Wolf (Discovery Institute/Center on Wealth & Poverty), Grant Denton (North America Recovers), and Jonathan Choe (Discovery Institute/Fix Homelessness), as well as referenced federal officials including Andrew Guernsey (HHS) and Tom Cooper (DOJ).

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Holy f-in' NIMBY brains falling out. ISTFG.

I live in one of these rental houses. New Urbanists are – and I don’t say this lightly – my enemy. To nowhere near the existential degree that the actual MAGA Nazis are, mind you, but my enemies nevertheless. The smug entitlement and arrogance is almost South Park level at this point, and watching the mutual admiration society at Publicola is almost comical (don’t even start me on The Urbanist). Ron Davis getting his know-it-all a** handed to him was one of the happiest political days I’ve had in recent memory.

I think they really believe that their simplistic view of supply and demand helps lower and middle income renters, and speaking as someone who has been on both ends of that scale as a Seattle renter for 40 years they’re dead wrong. Many thanks to the author of this piece for a great summary of what the real world looks like.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another cis white male transphobe has been SILENCED, SILENCED I TELL YOU!

A screenshot of news headlines featured on Google News illustrating that Matt Calkins, who resigned from the Seattle Times because they spiked his transphobic ass, has NOT been silenced.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Some days I’m a very good boy. Other days I’m a….

Red bag of snacks, “Naughty Tomato” flavor

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Forget UFOs, ghosts, and Bigfoot. THIS is the kind of high weirdness that I’m interested in!

A jar containing a single pickle in brine. The label reads “NIZHYN Brine and Pickle.” A cartoon pickle on the label is making a victory sign with his fingers and says “DON’T PUSH THE HORSES”

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I feel like a lot of these people maybe just don't like other people in general? This person, for example, should consider a move to a place without humans. "I hate nice things, therefore nobody should have them. Signed, Scrooge."

WS Blog commenter: "I don’t have any concerns about this specific spot, I do take issue with making streets into something they aren’t. I also am not a fan of all the food service businesses encroaching on sidewalks and streets. It was a great option for businesses during Covid, was the intention that they become permanent? I imagine this is not a popular opinion, I just think they are ugly. Streets are streets, sidewalks are sidewalks, and neither should be used for permanent eating and drinking structures. Signed Scrooge."

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Foxes sound more than a little terrifying when you’re camping (volume up)9….

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ok, this is getting a little weird…

Screenshot of a post from r/JimothyTheRaccoon that says “An actual raccoon was at T Mobile park on Jimothy night.” The picture shows a raccoon crawling on some rafters in the ballpark.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“Nice birdbath you got here, pally.”

A crow on a green birdbath which is decorated with a state of a small bird drinking from it.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

An enormous lizard survived extinction and grew hair. Its descendants became hunters and scavengers, teaming up with some primates, and eventually evolving into gentle but lanky swan-like creatures who live in our homes.

A Doberman pincher dog asleep on a grey recliner. His long legs are stretched towards the camera.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ok Mr “Galt.” Must be here representing Objectivists Against Minor Road Improvements. Ayn Rand would be proud.

Comment from the West Seattle Blog from “Jim Galt”: Jim Galt
July 28, 2026 6:07 pm
This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. SDOT has gone off the deep end. This will result in more collisions and accidents, and I will be the first one here to say “I told you so” when it happens

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

OUR FLICKER COUPLE HAD A BABY AND ALL THREE CAME TO THE FEEDER AND THE MAMA WAS FEEDING THE JUVENILE BIRBS ASFADVDJDB

Three Northern Flicker birds perched on a feeder in a front yard. One is on the feeder and two are perched on the support pole.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some of this Jimothy art was off. the. Hook! If you’re one of these artists say hello!

A landscape painting of the Seattle skyline with an enormous Jimothy near the Space Needle

A round painting of Jimothy holding g a yellow flower

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Jimothy Summer is official y’all. I’m never leaving Seattle.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I AM GROWING *OLIVES* JUST LIKE ODYSSEUS DID! (You think he got his tree at Trader Joe’s too?)

A small olive tree in a blue pot. The tree is covered in deep green leaves and blossoms turning into fruit.

Close up of a teensy olive growing on the tree looking just like a teensy olive growing on the tree.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh HELL no. I’d rather go eat a few rocks than support this TERFy chucklefuck who loves voting with Republican MAGAs. MGP can go take a cold swim in Lake Crescent afaic.

A text soliciting donations for Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, one of the worst “democrats” in the House.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I have some *ideas* about where the Seattle City Council could find some money in the General Fund to cover those universal free meals. Let's start with "Special Operations." @council.seattle.gov

Seattle Police Department (SPD) funding by Revenue Category, showing SPD budgeted for *$488.59 Million* for 2026.

Funding for SPD showing $483.27M is funded by the General Fund

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I count over $40K just from Anthropic alone, the vast majority of which comes from CA. There's also OpenAI (worse than Anthropic imo) and a bunch of other random ones. It just goes on and on.... pdc.wa.gov/political-di...

Snapshot of donation record for Will Dreher showing dozens of out of state donations from employees at Anthropic.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Why are you using the Nazi site, @boingboing.net ? Substack is a Nazi bar. How the mighty have fallen…:

Screenshot from Boing Boing: “Comment on Substack”

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Seriously. Shipwrecked on an island? Trying to get back to “Penny?” 108? Even THIS guy…

Russian character from LOST wearing an eyepatch. One… Eye….

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I asked about Jimothy but no dice. Maybe I shouldn’t assume they all know one another….

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