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Burien politics, cats, and other nonsense.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h
Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
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Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 1h
During the night, Iman Abdel-Aal was killed in an Israeli airstrike near Al-Shifa in Gaza City.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seattle's most beloved small business districts were built by transit, not street parking.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 13h
This is actually so funny to me. No, the Seattle mayor is not going to take it upon herself to find a permanent source of funding for a council created program in which they get to pick their own transportation projects to be funded and then take credit for them. I can't believe you brought it up.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When Coxon was suddenly ALL OVER the media, it felt to many like that was because his story deserved that much interest i.e. that the media was doing its job informing the public of an important threat. The wall-to-wall media coverage wasn't organic though, it was orchestrated: >>
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m late and eating dinner so I’ll be covering the start of tonight’s Burien city council meeting only lightly- I tuned in for the SCORE presentation which is now moving to q&a
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 28/09/2026
Wow. I’d be curious what the Ballard Food Bank thinks of this. Or for that matter, D6 voters.
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Burien Mayor Sarah Moore @cm-sarah-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hello from Mayor Sarah, As Mayor in a Council-Manager city, I am rarely or never a sole decision maker. Decisions either fall within the purview of staff, or they are council decisions arrived at by a vote.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ICE shadow surge continues. Last week at least 110 Washingtonians were abducted. That’s 15 people per day ripped from their homes and communities. If you see ICE/CBP, please report it to iceout.org. Also on Iceout.org — you can set custom alerts to get notified when ICE is reported nearby.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My wife just successfully helped a friend get out of ICE detainment after three terrible months in Tacoma, she is a true superhero
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Stopice.net @stopicenet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SIGHTING - 219 s 156th st burien wa 98148 seattle - ice kidnapped someone at the windsor apartments, this is their vehicle if anyone recognizes it to inform family or friends MORE INFO: www.stopice.net?alert=1790302151638
ice kidnapped someone at the windsor apartments, this is the
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why pay reporters when you can do whatever the hell this is going to be. www.geekwire.com/2026/former-...
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Former Seattle City Council president launches AI-powered site to track and report on City Hall
Former Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson has launched CivicTide, a website that tracks City Council legislation, publishes policy briefs and opinion pieces, and gives readers tools to contact...
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Look Who Just Showed Up! 👀🦝 #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Stopice.net @stopicenet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SIGHTING - 1st Ave S and SW 128th St Burien WA 98168 seattle - ICE spotted in the middle of the street on 1st Ave S and SW 128th St MORE INFO: www.stopice.net?alert=1790045772850
ICE spotted in the middle of the street on 1st Ave S and SW
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Feeling a little raw tonight after the second night in a row of mass, coordinated abductions in the south end. ICE is terrorizing my community. I am exhausted and everyone I know is exhausted and we nowhere near done fighting back. This is our city, not the fascists’.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This quote by Dwight Dively, who spent nearly two decades at King County doing budget work but is now back at the City of Seattle, is really quite damning and I'm afraid it will get buried in today's news cycle.
"I left a city government that ran well," said City Finance Director Dwight Dively, who served as the City's Finance Director for more than a decade before returning to the role this year after sixteen years away. "Coming back, I was struck by how much had changed, and not for the better. There is real work to do here, and I am glad to be part of doing it. Seattle residents trust us with their money and their services. Being a responsible steward of that trust is the job."
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
People who remain silent during atrocities are NOT neutral. They are complicit. Have a day
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 15/09/2026
The wealthy few backing Brian Heywood's disastrous initiatives are trying to give a huge tax cut to their own small club while gutting education & childcare for working people across the state, including in rural areas where hardly anyone will pay at all. Vote NO on all three statewide initiatives!
A map of WA legislative districts is shown, color-coded by how many people in each with pay the new Millionaires Tax. 90% of the districts are light green color, showing very few people would pay, while the wealthiest couple of districts in the Bellevue area are a darker green, indicating that around ~2k people there would pay.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seattle's political leadership (esp. Bob Kettle) has this fantasy that if SPD just raises its salaries enough, we'll get "top-quality" recruits. Counterpoint: San Jose has the highest police salaries in the US. The top step for patrol officers is $219k, and this still happened.
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California police officer fired for allegedly sharing Flock camera data with domestic violence suspect
According to San Jose police, the officer used his personal phone to access the Flock camera system and then provided the location of a vehicle to his cousin.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I said I was going to take the night off, and yet here I am tuned into the Renton City Council for a planned vote on a camping ban.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 15/09/2026
Everyone in Seattle deserves a safe place to call home. Today, I am announcing bold action to expand shelter and support for people experiencing homelessness.
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SEA is pronounce “SeaTac” the @portofseattle.bsky.social can come fight me if they want (I won’t be able to hear them over the flight path noise anyway.)
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m a bit late but here to cover the meeting here and on the bird app!
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sunday Reading in @thestranger.com about unionizing workplaces, lawyers and restaurants: www.thestranger.com/food-and-dri...
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The Lunch Lawyer - The Stranger
Photos by Billie Winter If you work in the restaurant industry and your boss shorts your paycheck, you have limited options. You could quit, with or without sending your boss a nasty message, and star...
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Ballard Ghost Dad" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
RAIN
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Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An important thing to admit as an advocate when talking to people who work in government - as an outsider admit you might not understand how difficult it is to implement a new policy / program & they are the expert in helping you know what to advocate for. We can’t just be antagonistic all the time!
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Burien Mayor Sarah Moore @cm-sarah-moore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello from Mayor Sarah, Back from summer recess, Burien Council is jumping right in with one of the densest agendas I’ve seen since I took office in 2022. Grab some snacks, & prepare to delve into topics great & small, that impact the lives & wellbeing of our community: mailchi.mp/78fce5549069...
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Updates from Mayor Sarah, September 14, 2026
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ok so I have been avoiding weighing in on this but I guess we are going to talk about the The Beach cabanas. First off: this kind of engagement is not a productive way to get progress on your issues!
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 10/09/2026
It's The Urbanist's Fall Member Drive, and we're fundraising to expand our team so Doug, Ryan, and the rest of our team can keep bringing you the regional coverage you deserve. Donate to help us hit our member goal, read ad-free, and support our work! www.theurbanist.org/membership/
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Membership
Advocacy Journalism for Better Cities
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couth @couth11.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Amazon hit with class action lawsuit alleging widespread discrimination against pregnant employees – KIRO 7 News Seattle www.kiro7.com/news/local/a...
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Amazon hit with class action lawsuit alleging widespread discrimination against pregnant employees
Amazon was hit with yet another lawsuit earlier this week -- this time focused on discrimination.
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ummm... how did this car get onto the I90 multi use path? Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’ll be looking for a new credit union because fuck BECU’s CEO for signing this @becu-credit-union.bsky.social this is disgusting.
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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 10/09/2026
So excited to see what Marcus does in this role - what a great pick!
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Oliver J. Moffat @olivermoffat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Biking in Ridgecrest and Briarcrest in Shoreline? Provide input for the Eastside Off-Corridor Bike Network Study. Take the survey, and see the schedule of upcoming in-person meetings: engage.shorelinewa.gov/eastsidebike
Interested in Biking in Ridgecrest and Briarcrest in Shoreline? Provide input for the Eastside Off-Corridor Bike Network Study! Take the survey, and see the schedule of upcoming in-person meetings: engage.shorelinewa. gov/eastsidebike
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change." brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
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I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Israeli forces raided displaced Jenin camp residents’ homes during the night.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 05/09/2026
Seattle city council's District 5 has been held by pro-business backed candidates for a long time. Debora Juarez has held this seat on-and-off for nearly a decade. Cathy Moore won the seat in 2024, but resigned 18 months later. There is a special election *right now* to fill the seat until 2028.
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods map for D5: Bitter Lake, Haller Lake, Pinehurst, Lake City, Broadview, Blue Ridge, Crown Hill, Greenwood, Licton Springs, Northgate, Maple Leaf, WedgwoodJulie Kang, Nilu Jenks
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/09/2026
‘"The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships," Piff [the study author] said.’
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile Seattle Public Schools is going all-in on AI in the classroom
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Listen to kids.
In the video below, kids are asked at one point if they want an AI toy to read them a bedtime story.

“No. It just sounds awful,” one child replied.

“I think it’s gonna destroy my dreams as a tiny kid,” another said.
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Burien Cat Lady 🇵🇸 @buriencatlady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s me. I’m Fall Bitches. 🍂🍁🎃🌦️🌬️
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