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Eliana

@elianast.bsky.social
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Orthodox Jew working for housing and climate justice. #StopTheSweeps Living on the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Osage, and Shawnee peoples.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/09/2026
Never forget that maintaining the status quo is, and always will be, a political act.
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 20/08/2026
I'd have to dig up the link but there was actually a review of what happens if you give extended time to students who don't need it. The answer is nothing. Their test scores didn't change. We don't need to gatekeep to make things fair: accommodations just level the playing field.
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Cliff Cawthon @cliffcawthon89.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-police... Black folx aren't fighting and advocating for justice to run cover for a status-quo cop. We deserve better and so does Seattle.
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Op-Ed: Chief Shon Barnes Wasn’t a Martyr; He Was the Status Quo
Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes wasn’t a martyr; he embodied the status quo, and Mayor Katie Wilson was right to oust him and push for true police accountability, argues Cliff Cawthon, a longtime com...
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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 17/07/2026
Apropos of too many things lately, here's a spite poem I wrote a few weeks ago **makes unflinching eye contact while jamming more em dashes in** full disrespect to anyone writing with AI and also to the idea that we should change our voices and styles because the plagiarism machine is copying us
I will not cede my em dashes
I gathered them over countless afternoons in the languorous haze of foxing pages––breathing in the must of bygone times.

I unearthed them in a hundred many-branching conversations––no eye contact, just enthusiasm and did you know that rabbit trailing bliss.

I knelt at Emily Dickinson’s feet, and Emily Brontë’s, felt the press of punctuation against each shoulder––a knighting. A charge.

I will not cede them. I am oath-bound, sworn in fealty to complexity, to the broken, never-ending word. I must wield––.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is worth reading, as it sheds important light on why public hearings for city planning decisions have always been a flawed, unrepresentative approach. “…a politically overrepresented proportion of the Canadian citizenry benefit immensely from housing scarcity.” Via @thewalrus.ca
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How Canada’s Richest Residents Block Affordable Housing | The Walrus
In Calgary, the wealthy have a virtual stranglehold over meetings where key decisions are made
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
His name was Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a loving husband and father murdered July 13, 2026. We stand with the people of Maine, their protest, and their quest for justice for another innocent civilian murdered at the hands of ICE.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I just learned that the term "carbon footprint" was developed by BP to offload responsibility for climate change onto individuals. Something like that's happening in higher ed with AI. Institutions capitulate or dodge; students are submitting; & they believe it's their individual failing. 7/
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 25/06/2026
air conditioning is good and right and a just climate future has zero emissions and also air conditioning and we should build a better world where people don’t die in heat waves
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Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Picky by Helen Zoe Veit should be forced to have a black box label on the cover that says, “Your ‘picky’ child could have ARFID, a serious medical condition, and following the recommendations within this book could lead to severe malnourishment, failure to thrive, or even death.”
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Lauren Merry Vale (they/she) @pixielauren.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It's #PoemInYourPocket day! This year I am carrying this poem from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social by @marissalingen.bsky.social -- it's SO good ♥️ 🐺 #PocketPoem
A photo of my hand holding a small piece of paper. On the paper is the poem THE TRUTH ABOUT WOLVES by Marissa Lingen.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 18/03/2026
Let's talk about the "you should have just obeyed the law" response to police violence. A study several years ago found that police are the sixth leading cause of death for Black men in the United States. But it is, if you can imagine, worse than that.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Autistic interests aren’t “special” They’re informed by values and deep emotional relevance and help ground us. They’re not pathological quirks.
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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 16/01/2026
Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human. That is why you write when the world is on fire.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/01/2026
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 08/01/2026
Just going to say again that if you are *already on board to fight an injustice you gain nothing by witnessing the violence that injustice wages on people*
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Why is it that tech and AI boosters keep saying "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" when making arguments about AI's supposed inevitable dominance? Did they not read the story? The genie does, indeed, go back in the bottle. Maybe we should start there.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/12/2025
If you don’t hate where we are for EVERYONE, you don’t disagree with what’s happening. You just want to change the targets.
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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
To further torture the metaphor: Each room can only have one table, which can only have one serving dish, and each person once they've managed to assemble a meal has to find a whole separate room in which to eat it.
Post by "Phil Ritz" (via a facebook post i think via the Shoupistas group):
To explain zoning to my family, for holiday dinner I'm gonna ask to put salads on one table, drinks on another, sides on a third table and the main dish in the living room. Then watch the traffic chaos as everyone tries to eat. 
That's how suburbs create traffic out of thin air.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/12/2025
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
As the cost of living in urban areas becomes so out of reach for many WA families, ppl are pushed into fire zones & flood plains; then they are more at harm due to impacts of climate change. These are equity and environmental justice issues; need compassionate solutions for vulnerable communities.
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L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty @jews4abolition.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
blogs.timesofisrael.com/no-death-pen...
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The Blogs: No Death Penalty: No Exceptions!
From the blog of Michael Zoosman at The Times of Israel
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Oh, but see Pharisee is an antisemitic slur. Jews are Pharisees. I don't actually care if you think it's a "metaphor." JEWS ARE PHARISEES. The tanaaim are the Rabbinic ancestors. When you make a whole thing about how Pharisees are the bad guys, you are being ANTISEMITIC.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Republicans want you to believe there’s only two options for healthcare: Keep subsidizing insurance companies Give money directly to the people (which will ensure disabled and chronically ill individuals lose their healthcare and many will die) There’s a third option Universal healthcare for all
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 15/11/2025
Baristas are on strike. So guess what? Starbucks doesn’t get a dime. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee seiu.co/NoStarbucks
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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Often, Seattle playgrounds go dark at sunset due to a lack of lighting while the nearby parking lots are well lit
Playground in the dark with a well lit parking lot in the background
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking Likely! Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent. publicola.com/2025/11/11/m...
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Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking That Way! - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson edged above 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday, in the final…
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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Happy Katie Wilson Pulls Ahead Day to all who celebrate
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skELLY @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Katie Wilson is up by 91 votes in the city of Seattle you guys… I’m having a brief “maybe we CAN have nice things!” moment. 🤞
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Molly "Mollylele" Lewis @mollylewis.wtf · 11/11/2025
If you're a Seattle voter, check your ballot status! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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Your Ballot Might Not Have Counted, But You Can Fix It
As of blog time, King County Elections has challenged 4,119 ballots countywide because of signature-related issues including not signing the ballot at all or the signature not matching the one King Co...
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 11/11/2025
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
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Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin 91-vote margin after another batch of votes were counted Monday. Wilson appears well-positioned to...
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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
A bar graph from King County Elections showing the number of challenged ballots by age, narrowed down to the "City of Seattle" races (Mayor, attorney, etc).  City of Seattle has 2,086 challenged ballots, about half were unsigned, the other half the signature didn't match, and 14 ballots need a witness signature.  For the 18-24 age, 316 didn't match, 238 unsigned. 25-34 age: 290 didn't match, 229 unsigned. 35-44 age: 207 didn't match, 198 unsigned.  45 - 54: 110 didn't match, 152 unsigned.  55 - 64 age: 66 didn't match, 135 unsigned.  65+ age: 52 didn't match, 195 unsigned.
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer. Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality. hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
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Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 05/11/2025
In early results, Katie Wilson trails incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by 7 points, which would put her within reach of catching him in late returns. This is going to be a nailbiter.
Katie Wilson has 46.18% and Bruce Harrell has 53.32% in Tuesday night turns with 23.36% turnout so far. More than double that is expected.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 05/11/2025
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division. That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today. Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/11/2025
A lot of Very Serious People will be pretending to be confused about What This All Means as a way to avoid the simple inconvenient reality: Voters like it when candidates are kind sincere non-weirdos who are passionate about big popular ideas that will actually help real people.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 31/10/2025
This whole thread. “Oh no, someone might eat food!” Good. That’s good. “They might buy something they like.” Cool. “They might get a treat!” Also cool.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP. If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them. Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is such a weird ongoing line of attack from Harrell? Anyone who spends two minutes with Wilson will quickly see she’s a huge policy nerd (complimentary), who cares about delivering results for people not just sound bites.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Hint: almost every thing you see advertised and you go “wow, that’s so lazy” is used meaningfully in a disabled person’s life. Brought to you by my in laws snorting at the tennis shoes you can step into without tying
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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