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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One year ago today, the last three drugstores operating under the Bartell Drugs name closed. www.historylink.org/File/23453
Bartell Drugs sign, Seattle, September 2025
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L Ron Mexico @lronmexico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It helps to understand America as a casino you’re trapped in: no windows to another future, no concept of time apart from the casino itself, designed to wear you down. Neon lights and beeps and boops, every machine dressed up as some familiar IP, all doing the same thing: slowly bleeding you dry.
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The CityNerd + Ryan Packer event is just the Seattle Bluesky meetup I'm pretty sure
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I have the Seattle equivalent of this from 1955.
Seattle Children Go Exploring bookMap showing dates of incorporation of different Seattle neighborhoods Chapter title: a Growing City Needs Many Large BuildingsExplorers Need True Maps with a pre-canal map of Seattle
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human Civilization
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Sharon is watching the Mariners @sharonawrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Seattle, I love you but you fucked up. Feed all the kids lunch.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/07/2026
Mamdani: "The first album I was ever given was a clean version of 'The Blueprint,' which is unfortunate. I learned about the importance of freedom of expression."
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fire in SLU
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Jeff Bartell @thejeffbartell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Ultra Refractor
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
if you came to Bluesky to complain about Seattle bike infrastructure, I hope you have a really bad time.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 16/05/2026
The thing about Seattle is we don't compare ourselves to other cities in this tire fire of a country. We just don't care. We compare ourselves mainly to our expectations of what this city should be. Those expectations are rightly high. If we're comparing ourselves to any other city, it's in Europe.
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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 08/05/2026
Contrived quote skeet not to plug my huge discography, but to read Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, which inspired a lot of the music on that release, especially while it's still in print:
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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition 1 | Powell's Books
Don't miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in a slowly dying Japan--published in English for the first time in oversized omnibus editions Set in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity's days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches. Winner of the Seiun science fiction award for Best Manga, this beloved series launched in the mid 1990s and ran for 14 volumes, inspiring anime and garnering critical acclaim. Seven Seas is proud to present this series in English for the first time, with the entire story combined into an oversized five-volume set.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Tom D. continues to crush it on NextDoor.
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Parking in this city is a joke!!
I went to the Ballard Farmers market today and had to circle the blocks to find a spot. Ended up having to park my bike a block away and walk to the market instead of usually being able to park right at the entrance. This city needs to add more bike racks! No new apartment buildings if it doesn't include bike parking!
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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I don’t really experience reminders as friendly
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 16/04/2026
“They should make caffeine-free Coke Zero,” says local woman with absolutely zero joy in her life
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
From April 10, 1988. Hard to believe FoxTrot is 38 years old today...
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
To "yes, and" this thread: there is a weird economic illiteracy in both parties right now. It's not just "crazy leftists don't know about economics". Look at tariffs for a case of the political right being unwilling to accept basic supply/demand/price relationships.
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Some people have never written high performance C++ and it really shows
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 28/03/2026
NEW STORY// Everything You Need to Know About the 2 Line Crosslake Connection By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
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Everything You Need to Know About the 2 Line Crosslake Connection
Today's events celebrating the region's newest light rail connection start at 9am, with the first train across I-90 taking off shortly after 10am. As the only light rail line to cross a floating bridge anywhere in the world, the full 2 Line is a major achievement.
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“What has been legalized is extraction, and the new methods of extraction that are possible using the internet and mobile devices. These companies have identified a group of people with a monetizable compulsion, and we have legalized the tools needed to industrially harvest money from them.”
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Y'all... I know Roose has an embarrassment fetish, but this is insane to publish! Not only does the slopaganda "test" explicitly involve copyright infringement ON TOP of the base-level theft and infringement of all LLMs... but this lol. Neither clunky, nor a mistake... nor punctuation issue???
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Asking who is better is a question so dumb it's nearly suicidal. Who is better at being human? We are. If it could be shown someone would be a "better" parent to your child, would you think your child should be taken away? I am better at being me than AI, every time.
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WANT THAT FOR ME.

And "me" is the state of Washington.

I do not care at all about anybody who says permanent standard time is better: they are wrong and I am right.
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Car brain: Literal fascism vs. a 1 mile long bike lane? The hubris feels the same.
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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Screenplay format

Text:

EXT. DARK DESERT HIGHWAY
COOL WYNDON
My hair!
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sam Darnold smoking a stogie in the 2026 Seattle Super Bowl Parade
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Congrats, Seahawks! 💙 Congrats, 12! 💚 Congrats, Seattle! 💙 We're just getting started in the Emerald City this year! 💫
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Seahawks Seahawks Seahawks
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
wishing a very sad Sunday to all Patriots fans. sorry to this guy.
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This sort of smug, dismissive superiority from pundits - "oh, you were naive to think anything could be better" - is defeatist and lazy. There are a million different ways the world isn't the way it should be. That is an invitation for improvement! Use your platform to rally people for change!
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Seattle City Hall right now, where students from around the city have gathered after a mass walk-out to protest ICE:
City Hall steps and balconies covered in students
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/02/2026
the ideals are good, actually even if we’ve never lived up to them it doesn’t mean we can’t start
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Design by Committee @dbc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
@murray.senate.gov (202) 224-2621 @cantwell.senate.gov (202) 224-3441 I called my senators again to make it clear this is not good enough. We need firm commitments to abolish ICE and DHS. We can't settle for meager reforms ICE can just ignore. These 'reforms' won't stop ICE executions.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Listening to a day-long hearing on whether building affordable housing in a small section of Bainbridge Island will have a negative impact on the environment and I have to tell you, I don't think this is a good use of anyone's time.
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Liz M @lizerenity.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Philip I am an elder caregiver, in very rural very red Colorado. All of my clients are veterans in their mid to late '80s or older. Every single one of them, believe with their whole being, that they are having an actual conversation with Donald Trump in these emails. Every one of them.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/01/2026
Who’s next? One demotion cannot detract from accountability. Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
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Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
There’s no need for deep analysis of why Dems want to increase ICE funding. It’s simple. You’ve been lied to and they are one and the same with Repubs. Feel the sting and move forward like a grown up. prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
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Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Back when I lived in NYC there was a joint on St Marks Pl where you'd sit at the grill and they'd serve up sliders and milkshakes, with rap on the stereo and CSGO matches on the TVs more than once. It turns out that making a restaurant that targets me personally is not a viable business strategy
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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.seattle.gov · 08/01/2026
My statement on Immigration Enforcement Actions in Seattle and Minneapolis followed by the full press release from Councilmember Foster and myself. council.seattle.gov/2026/01/08/s...
Seattle City Councilmember Rinck's quote on Immigration Enforcement Actions in Seattle and Minneapolis.Seattle City Councilmember Rinck and Foster's full press release on Immigration Enforcement Actions in Seattle and Minneapolis.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/01/2026
For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people. It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control. It must stop. Kristi Noem must go. Now.
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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
10 years ago today, Ken Griffey Jr. was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. historylink.org/File/11185
Ken Griffey Jr. (b. 1969), Seattle, 2010
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If a film is over 160 minutes long, it really needs to have an intermission.
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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It feels like certain types of guys are unable to take in information in solitude. It has to be a conversation, explanations tailored to their thought patterns, with someone they perceive as servile to them. They can’t read an email: someone has to tell them what it says, even if it’s incorrect.
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ceej @ceej.online · 07/09/2024
“I just don’t like mayonnaise” you are wasting your life
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Greg Bartell @gregbartell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Merry Christmas
I gave the Nice number to my local food bank
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