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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 21h

Repost this if trans people should have access to dark magic...

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Striking how often pro-AI arguments always require like 10 different caveats. "What if AI was well regulated, trained on non-stolen data, not made by companies run by sociopaths, was didn't harm the environment, made discoveries that were verified beyond the statements of PR reps? What then?"

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Auditor @celticwnb.bsky.social · 9h

*Jason Alexander in The Hunchback of Notre Dame voice* I'm agreeing with the Pope!

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 16h

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10h

This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers

Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15h

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. Officers got retroactive paychecks that were as much as $32,000 too high. If the city wants to recover the money, they have to cut a deal with the police union. publicola.com/2026/10/01/s...

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SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. - PubliCola

. By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department overpaid police officers, management, and civilian staff a total of more…

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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 14h

Graham Street Station is fully funded; now let’s celebrate & help shape what comes next! 🎉 Join the Graham Block Party on Sat for food, music, community & a chance to share your ideas for the future station area. 🕚 11 AM–3 PM 📍 MLK Jr. Way S + S Eddy St Info: www.eventbrite.com/e/graham-blo...

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 17h

Seattle's map of paid parking areas is actually wild. The blocks of the city outside downtown where the curb is actually priced are essentially microscopic.

Map showing paid parking areas with U District Green Lake/Ravenna Ballard Fremont and Columbia City the only places outside downtown with paid parking

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ketamine was not "at the center" of multiple men's decision to rape someone, the men who made the decision to rape someone were at the center of that decision

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18h

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@nataliaecm.bsky.social spoke to a Texas voter who thought he had registered at the DMV and then couldn’t vote in the March primary: www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/1...

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Eastside friends! The PACs are ramping up their spending on ads in the 48th LD race between Amy Walen and Jessica Forsythe. If you see any of these ads, can you send me a screenshot? I'm really interested to see what the messaging is looking like in this race.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The fact that hundreds of people are voluntarily giving their personal or business camera feeds directly to police is, unfortunately, not surprising and I'm sure the number will go up exponentially. This was always an announced feature of the RTCC and one reason it's especially problematic.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...

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Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s always good to make the Astros make a post at the end of the game that just says “Final”.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Transgender girls have a biological advantage at... winning homecoming queen? That's apparently what Clayton County Public Schools in Georgia believes. They have blocked a transgender girl from running for homecoming queen in her high school Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Georgia School Blocks Trans Homecoming Queen, Citing Title IX

A Georgia school district is saying Trump’s Title IX crackdowns means only cisgender women can run for Homecoming Queen.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this is remarkable

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?"

Have you spent time trying to write or revise with AI? Is there an experiment that would be interesting enough to try?

I have not. Not for a second. To me, this whole idea of using AI to write is . . . anathema. A thing to be most radically avoided.

Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that? Not even in an email and certainly not in a short story or novel.

Who are we ceding our authority to, exactly, when we let AI write for us? And why? Why surrender our agency (that amazing ability we have to reach across time and space, with our strange, idiosyncratic phenomenon, and land within the sensibility of another human being) to something that, by its very design, pushes the individual sensibility aside? And in the name of . . . what, exactly? Ease, I guess? Efficiency? The person who chooses to write with AI has also sacrificed, from the start, the opportunity of experiencing difficulty, of struggling to say what he wants to say, of making himself evident in his prose, of trying to find out what he believes. By this, he sacrifices a chance to know himself and his mind better. To me, that’s a shame. And it’s dangerous, because, as we are now finding out, it affects the brain and lessens our capabilities. Thanks, but no thanks, get thee behind me, etc.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In San Francisco, Lurie's RV ban—on which Dan Strauss' similar proposed ban in Seattle appears to be modeled—hasn't gotten people into shelter, but it has pushed them outside city limits, often after losing their RVs and becoming unsheltered. Is this what "success" will look like here?

missionlocal.org

S.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.

Data shows that a year after San Francisco's RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside city limits.

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kelabe.bsky.social @kelabe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Waking up to the news you’ve been endorsed by The Washington Education Association (WEA) over longtime House Education Chair 🤯

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

Hey y'all, I don't usually share GFMs but Katra is a good friend and the fact that her job was terminated literally a day before her bottom surgery is atrocious. Definitely go give her some help if you can.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just after midnight last night, a 30 year old man riding a bike southbound on Aurora at 97th was hit by a driver in a hit-and-run. He was transported to Harborview in serious condition. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/09/29/h...

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Hit-and-Run Collision Leaves Cyclist Seriously Injured - SPD Blotter

Seattle police are investigating a hit-and-run collision that seriously injured a man early Monday morning near Greenwood neighborhood. At about 12:17 a.m., officers received reports of a hit-and-run...

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Auditor @celticwnb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Death, taxes, and drivers encroaching on pedestrians on MLK. cc @crosswalkcreepers.bsky.social

A white sedan pulled into the “no man’s land” at the intersection of MLK and Alaska, with the result being the car is pointed at pedestrians crossing MLK with the right of way, rather than waiting behind the line as required by law.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The stadium loophole prohibits local municipalities for charging the commercial parking tax on sports stadium garages. We can charge it for other major event venues like concert halls or movie theaters, but sports are specifically excluded. It doesn't make sense?

app.leg.wa.gov

RCW 36.38.040:

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.

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JK ✨️ @jkmakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

shout out to everyone else losing their fucking minds who has to pretend they aren't losing their fucking minds ✨

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PRELIM Earthquake: Magnitude 4.3, 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA at 2026/09/29 14:05 PDT Learn more: pnsn.org/event/714111952 Did You Feel It? Submit a report: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3

Map with a star marker for the magnitude 4.267 earthquake located 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be clear, Kettle is suggesting Seattle reduce its overall funding for affordable housing in order to fund more police.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The social housing initiative, approved by voters, is entirely ADDITIVE and provides mixed-income housing intended to pay for itself, not the heavily subsidized affordable housing OH funds. They're totally different things. As in the military, "We need to have a joint Housing Force here."

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"This was surprising to me to learn, that currently applicants need 30 plus permits from eight different departments to build housing in the city." -Seattle Budget Director Aly Pennucci just now

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone who wants to can track the one-time spending current council members are now complaining is not ongoing by searching for the term "one-time" in the budget the council, including Saka, approved last year www.seattle.gov/documents/De...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”

The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seattleites are most concerned about traffic safety because we all experience it regularly: narrowly missing getting hit while walking in a crosswalk, seeing people using center turn lanes as their personal speedway, etc. Most people also know someone who has died or been seriously injured:

Info graphic showing most people will know 6 people who die in a car crash and 28 who have major injuries

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The mainstream press continues to say the biggest issue with Bite of Seattle comms was the lack of a press conference for TV and print. In fact, SPD put no information out on social media—where most people get breaking news—at any point that night, after one alarming 6:30pm post on X.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.

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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting

ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026

According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.

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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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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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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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...

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Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”

Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Auditor @celticwnb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lord grant me the self confidence of someone giving public comment at a suburban city meeting

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fiscal responsibility actually does mean spending within your means, prioritizing what's important, and planning for the future. This council, guided by the former mayor, just never developed that muscle memory—their balanced budgets always assumed really massive future deficits.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyway, that's all until tomorrow. Theme for this last session: How dare the mayor not come up with funding we failed to find in last year's budget ourselves to pay for our one-time adds with ongoing money. Safe bet that they'll try to use this fake "one-time spending" trick again this year.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This council must lack object permanence or something. If they wanted these programs to get long-term funding, they had ample opportunity LAST YEAR to make tough decisions to come up with the extra ongoing money continuing them will cost. They chose one-time funds instead.

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Brak Obama 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @justbangs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Erica once again bringing fantastic reporting on the Seattle SC. Read through this and never have Imposter Syndrome again.

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This budget season is only going to get messier.

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