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🔞 they/them PNW ~ WA All opinions are my own 28 n cranky

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 2h
Seattle uses the 160-acre Jackson Park as a golf course. What does this mean for salmon? 2 creeks flow thru into Lake Washington & would be exceptional salmon habitat BUT >66% of the water in the North Fork is drained to irrigate the course, at a rate of >30k gallons/hr. jp4all.org/learn-more/e...
Golf course with two swiggly blue lines pictured. The longer one, Thornton Creek North Fork, starts at 145th and I-5 and crosses the lower 1/3 left corner of the golf course, then travels east and goes a little bit north and exits the map. The other, Little's Creek, clips the right top 1/4 corner of the course.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing this leaving Westlake crossfaded on the train yesterday was like a pat on the back
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fucking insane...
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Normal ppl: House our neighbors, feed our kids, make streets safer for everyone! Bob Kettle: We won’t be safe until everyone in Seattle has their own personal cop following them around 24/7. And we won’t need to house any poor ppl if they each have a cop to prevent them from interacting with me!
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yall, ig is popping off. the girlies are doxxing every single admin they can find at cornell, plus the cornell 7 and their families. women are (correctly) going scorched earth.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
preview: "Referring to AI development as 'the frontier' is a laughable ploy to get men who’ve never had a creative thought in their life to believe they’re an NPC in a gritty reboot of the Oregon Trail."
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
So many autistic/neurodivergent women (which I bet describes a LOT of women in the Silicon Valley AI scene) report being *specifically* targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their issues with reading social situations. Which is why I loathe the “oh, those poor autistic men” excuse.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Let’s also remember that this is the same group of organizers in the Silicon Valley AI scene who are also involved with throwing “consensual non-consent” events - IE, simulated rape. Which whistleblowers like Sonia Joseph have cited as creating a “coercive climate” for female AI researchers.
Sonia Joseph
@soniajoseph_
To the journalists contacting me about the AGI consensual non-consensual (cnc)
sex parties-
During my twenties in Silicon Valley, I ran among elite tech/Al circles through the community house scene. I have seen some troubling things around social circles of early OpenAl employees, their friends, and adjacent entrepreneurs, which I have not previously spoken about publicly.
It is not my place to speak as to why Jan Leike and the superalignment team resigned. I have no idea why and cannot make any claims. However, I do believe my cultural observations of the SF Al scene are more broadly relevant to the Al industry.
I don't think events like the consensual non-consensual (cnc) sex parties and heavy LSD use of some elite Al researchers have been good for women. They create a climate that can be very bad for female Al researchers, with broader implications relevant to X-risk and AGI safety. I believe they are somewhat emblematic of broader problems: a coercive climate that normalizes recklessness and crossing boundaries, which we are seeing playing out more broadly in the industry today. Move fast and break things, applied to people.
There is nothing wrong imo with sex parties and heavy LSD use in theory, but combined with the shadow of 100B+ interest groups, leads to some of the most coercive and fucked up social dynamics that I have ever seen. The climate was like a fratty LSD version of 2008 Wall Street bankers, which bodes ill for Al safety.
Women are like canaries in the coal mine. They are often the first to realize that something has gone horribly wrong, and to smell the cultural carbon monoxide in the air. For many women, Silicon Valley can be like Westworld, where violenceI have seen people repeatedly get shut down for pointing out these problems.
Once, when trying to point out these problems, I had three OpenAl and Anthropic researchers debate whether I was mentally ill on a Google document.
thave no
history of mental illness; and this incident stuck with me as an example of blindspots/groupthink.
I am not writing this on the behalf of any interest group. Historically, much of OpenAl-adjacent shenanigans has been blamed on groups with weaker PR teams, like Effective Altruism and rationalists. I actually feel bad for the latter two groups for taking so many undeserved hits. There are good and bad apples in every faction. There are so many brilliant, kind, amazing people at OpenAl, and there are so many brilliant, kind, and amazing people in Anthropic/EA/Google/[insert whatever group]. I'm agnostic. My one loyalty is to the respect and dignity of human life.
I'm not under an NDA. I never worked for OpenAl. I just observed the surrounding Al culture through the community house scene in SF, as a fly-on-the-wall, hearing insider information and backroom deals, befriending dozens of women and allies and well-meaning parties, and watching many them get burned. It's likely these problems are not really on OpenAl but symptomatic of a much deeper rot in the Valley. I wish I could say more, but probably shouldn't.
I will not pretend that my time among these circles didn't do damage. I wish that 55% of my brain was not devoted to strategizing about the survival of me and of my friends. I would like to devote my brain completely and totally to Al research finding the first principles of visual circuits, and collecting maximally activating images of CLIP SAEs to send to my collaborators for publication.
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"What men like and how to become it" and let me guess most of the women in attendance are in their early 20s? FUCK YOU
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is such a fucking racket and these companies are all in cahoots. The best way to protect yourself and your employees from AI is to abstain from using it.
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SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SPD is just straight up saying publicly that they need to be 'freed' to police our communities 'proactively' We can agree on one thing; Violent offenders need to be held accountable We should start with Officer Caleb Howard, who also attacked my friend on Mayday www.divestspd.com/p/bad-cop-ba...
Tweet from the Seattle Police Officers guild
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Mayor Katie's gun violence plan is long on programs and short on the one thing Seattle needs most: accountability.
Prevention matters. So do serious consequences for violent offenders.
Seattle already has a powerful tool to curb violence - its police officers. Give them the staffing, support, and freedom to do the job.
Let cops be cops.
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#SPOG #Seattle #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement
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There is an attached image that says
SPOG supports prevention as one component of any serious strategy to reduce gun violence.
But prevention alone is not enough. There must also be accountability, with serious and meaningful consequences for those who commit violent crimes and repeatedly put our communities at risk.
Not surprisingly, Mayor Katie's plan is overly complicated. Seattle does not need another layer of programs, studies, partnerships, and bureaucracy before taking action. Mayor Wilson already has one of the most effective resources available to curb violence: Seattle police officers.
Give officers the staffing, support, and freedom to proactively police our neighborhoods. Hold violent offenders accountable.
Let cops be cops."
- Kent Loux, President, Seattle Police Officers GuildSTATEMENT FROM SPOG
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SPOG supports prevention as one component of any serious strategy to reduce gun violence.
But prevention alone is not enough. There must also be accountability, with serious and meaningful consequences for those who commit violent crimes and repeatedly put our communities at risk.
Not surprisingly, Mayor Katie's plan is overly complicated. Seattle does not need another layer of programs, studies, partnerships, and bureaucracy before taking action. Mayor Wilson already has one of the most effective resources available to curb violence: Seattle police officers.
Give officers the staffing, support, and freedom to proactively police our neighborhoods. Hold violent offenders accountable.
| Let cops be cops."
- Kent Loux, President, Seattle Police Officers GuildA bad cop baseball card designed by @divestspd for Caleb Howard with the left being his portrait, on the bike squad, and the other side is the back saying:

CALEB HOWARD
SEATS
LICE
COMMUNITY RESPONSE GROUP
Hired: 2017 Base Pay: S159,036 OT (2024): $97,242
• Got drunk at another officer's party, beat and strangled his son in a backyard wrestling match, and sexually harassed his daughter
• Tackled and punched a medic at a protest of anti-trans fundamentalists in Cal Anderson Park
• Shoved a man from behind during a foot pursuit, head-first into a glass door
• Disobeyed orders and chased a car in heavy traffic, nearly striking two pedestrians
• Pushed a young Black woman to the ground hard, fracturing her


https://www.divestspd.com
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
News: A California DA tried Stanford students with felonies over pro-Palestine protests. Bolts reported the DA was fundraising off of this. A defense attorney dug more & filed a motion to recuse him off the cases. A judge removed him in May + gave cases to the AG. AG just dropped felony charges.
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lmfao. Paypal all fucked bc of that worm of a man, NASA fucked over, Space X and Tesla fucked, US government even? Fucked. But yeah this seems like a good idea. What the fuck
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Living next to a busy street is actually making me feel insane. Bout to become whoever that person in Seattle is who just blows up random cars ... I can't take this anymore 😭☠️
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/09/2026
The Ohio Democratic Party is repeatedly deleting criticism of Marcy Kaptur, who has released an ad calling transgender people an “ideology” that should be banned in schools. Still think Dems can’t become Labour?
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These tech bros have been in a bubble for so long that they don't even possess the social skills necessary to hide their depravity from the rest of us.
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learning that there's actually a way to be Too Honest with people and that you can be harmful to your own relationships by simply being Honest.
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Obsession was scarier than it should have been and that was bc of irl misogyny. Made me wanna 😃🔫
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Evil
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's really like I'm back in 2007
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2026
Illinois will not look away and stay silent — we must remain vigilant and prepared. What happened here during Operation Midway Blitz cannot simply disappear from the public record.
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ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
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SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saw my first drone deployed, from my local Police Department, Shoreline PD/King County Sheriff’s, to monitor a very unremarkable interaction with a group of people having a calm conversation with the cops outside a Goodwill I don’t think people understand the police state we’re barreling toward
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tired of being assaulted. Starting to really believe that some day I'll be killed by a man. Feels like some evil tunnel I entered when I was born
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 18/09/2026
New AI Literacy Program Awards Students Free Pizza If They Don’t Know How to Read Books Anymore: tinyurl.com/sdxp58dm
Image of pepperoni personal pan pizza in cardboard box next to blue circle logo that says "Ask AI!" below an icon of a rainbow book on fire.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 18/09/2026
you literally have parents you fucking nepo baby
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 17/09/2026
Judge-smudge.
The New York Times

Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge's Order

2 days ago
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“But Shirley, u don’t think there’s even a slight chance of existential risk from the God AI?” No, but we ARE facing existential risk right now from climate change, war, ethnonationalism, racial capitalism though. Oh also could u explain how the AI is gonna turn us into paper clips?
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sorry but reporters couldn't even find out where that car came from, or inform people they'd look into it, or that they tried but were blocked?
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026
I am mourning the passing of Dolores Sibonga, a historymaking leader in Seattle and Washington State. Dolores was born in the Chinatown-International District in 1931, where her parents owned a restaurant and pool hall on 6th Ave S.
Photo of Dolores Sibonga, with the text “In loving memory of Delores Sibonga, August 1931-September 2026”
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How do AI professionals even track rogue AI agents? Or AI agents created TO hack, not even rogue agents? Finding regular human scammers is enough of an effort, now we have Trump officials and powerful tech oligarchs telling us we can't regulate AI because "China will beat us to it".
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Look outside. Do you see snow? No?  Well, you will soon. You might also see $30/hr more in your pocket if you become an emergency snow shoveler.  Registration begins Saturday, September 19th. Sign up by November 30th for access to paid orientation and expedited payment processing.
on.nyc.gov
Emergency Snow Shovelers - DSNY
Emergency Snow Shovelers are called on after heavy snowfalls to remove snow and ice citywide from public areas like bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, and step streets.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
thehandbasket.co
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
inquirer.com
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
19thnews.org
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yup, and we can't stop school shootings because of China, too. We totally believe you, Republicans!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026
All it took was one person to confront Rob Sand at his town hall for his anti-trans statements. There are 26 Democrats that have taken bad votes or made bad statements towards transgender people. Those who disagreed with my article said to talk to the dems instead. So, we are. Go do it!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DdUoHPCpgG...
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Girl why does it feel that I am always doing other peoples jobs on my quest to find some basic shit like food or housing? We really not covering this anymore? And we pay how much for rent?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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Kerst @espurrgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yeah just wondering, what's Markwayne Mullin going to do? Our government's been taken over by fucking loons
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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There is no more "state of the humanities" as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack. There is no condition in which the university is under attack that the whole of educational
infrastructure, public and private, from pre-K up, is not under attack. And there is no condition in which education is under attack
in which civil society can remain unimperiled. There is no sense calling for independent or solitary action by something called "the humanities" when that category has been so thoroughly absorbed by concerted attacks on democratic governance, due process of law, rights to privacy, security, assembly, and expression.
We are all humanists now.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The wealth inequality is a result of the income inequality is the result of decades of assault on our tax system.
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