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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Washington state’s proposed wealth tax is a must-needed solution to addressing our regressive tax structure. Proud of the innovators who are speaking in support of the legislation and our communities.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I’m glad I’m not the only one who reads all written content on the internet with a dose of A.I. paranoia; author Sam Kriss hits the nail on the head here. (Gift link below.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...

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Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This perfect. Thank you. 😌✨🍄‍🟫

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Very relatable for me in this moment, too. 💜

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Kate @k8star-p.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Old life lets go, & in doing so feeds new life — may what is breaking in me now nourish the me I am becoming in all this rain. #mushroom #shroomscrolling #autumn #lettinggo #poem #poetry

Small brown mushroom surrounded by orange fallen leaves

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

And that one seat was a strong pro-housing candidate’s campaign I worked hard on. I’m not even mad: we closed the 7% gap from the Primary. The incumbent won, but it’s not a mandate when he won by ~3.5%, maybe less when the votes are done being tallied. Remember to vote early next time!

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Who says local politics are boring? Kirkland City Council’s races flipped over the weekend from 3/4 seats going to NIMBY candidates to now just 1/4! It will be wonderful to maintain a majority that cares about the future of Kirkland for everyone, even those whose voices aren’t “in the room”.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It’s definitely not a mandate anymore, either! 💪

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’ll take one alto sax and one ATV, please!

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

UGHHHHHH. Horrible!!! I’m so sorry! I can’t believe how much work we have locally now in the face of the national BS!

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

One anti-housing candidate cleared in Kirkland (beat out my candidate), an two other anti-housing candidates are winning by a tight margin. The NIMBYs played dirty this cycle. It’s so disappointing for our community.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Not in my town. Ugh. We’re supposedly so “progressive” but that stops when we’re talking housing and transportation. NIMBYs shoved their own candidates into the race and flooded the zone with conspiracy theories, lies, and fear mongering. The struggle for equity and social justice continues.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Same with two of the Kirkland City Council races against NIMBY opponents! The pro-housing candidates are behind but just by fractions. We’re only 22% into the vote count for the city and pro-housing folks return their ballots later in the election cycle. 🤞

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Did you try their Genmaicha Hojicha yet?! Soooo roasty comforting. 😍

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Thank you for covering this. The anti-housing slate uses all of the right buzzwords to try to capture the majority of voters, but the truth is that they were forged in the reactionary & hostile aftermath to the Comp Plan. I hope Kirkland voters don’t fall for their rhetoric.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Next week's council elections in Kirkland really do deserve more regional attention. An anti-growth advocacy group is promoting a full slate of candidates who are pledging to "protect neighborhoods." The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...

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Kirkland Council Elections Could Tip City in Reactionary Direction » The Urbanist

# In four different races, Kirkland voters face a choice between pro-growth candidates interested in fostering additional types of housing throughout the city, and candidates looking for the city to b...

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Aw yay!! Congratulations!! Following you on there now. :)

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

*I’m not anti-A.I., just anti-fall-asleep-at-the-wheel-and-let-A.I.-do-the-driving.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I rely on the “human voice” in copy to get a sense of the person, company, or organization over the internet. Copy that relies heavily on A.I. strips it of human identity. A.I. copy is making the internet feel even more isolated and lonely than it was before.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I wonder how much content I read over the internet (email newsletters, product descriptions, podcast summaries, corporate website copy, etc.) is mostly A.I. authored now. I can easily spot some of it, and other copy is less obvious—I only know because it isn’t in their typical voice.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It seems that these were major selling points. 🤮

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC. “This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…” So good!! 🔥

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 26/10/2025

Seattle: Our tea house will begin accepting donations on 10/29. We will make weekly dropoffs with Northwest Harvest, but if you are in our area and in need, you are welcome to take directly from the donations bin for yourself as well. We won’t be policing your need.

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Cascadia Tea Festival 🍵 @cascadiatea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Cascadia Tea Festival Autumn Virtual Steep 'n Sip is coming on Nov 1! Free tickets on our website: www.cascadiatea.org/event-detail... Autumn tea boxes with a tea pet and fall teas to go with the event are $17. Financial hardship discount available.

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2025 Cascadia Autumn Steep 'n Sip | Cascadia Tea Fest

Join us online on November 1st to share tea! We'll enjoy a cozy fall vibe as we drink tea, chat with special guests, and enjoy being part of the tea community.

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Lauren @lpangborn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I know everyone is probably tired of hearing this, but Japan’s streets/transportation/land use is pretty great. Every street that is not an arterial is a shared street, where folks ride and walk in the middle and make way for the occasional car.

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Kate @k8star-p.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Every year this red maple goes full on autumn before the other trees even notice it’s fall. I love their enthusiasm. #fall #autumn #leaves #early

one tree bright orange surrounded by green leaved trees of the same kind

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Whew, then I only have to wait a month or two. 😁

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This extrovert is going to have serious withdrawals when the election is over and I can’t canvass for another year or two. It’s been a wonderful, positive experience. Sign me up for next year! 🩷

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The hardest part of being involved in politics is discovering how low people you once respected will stoop to try to gain the upper hand. It’s disappointing and heartbreaking.

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2025

More Myst birthday week fun: Now until Oct 1st, get 10% off Myst Collection merch in the Cyan Store! Plus, our Riven Animal Sigils Stained Glass Coasters are BACK IN STOCK (and also 10% off!) Myst Collection: store.cyan.com/s/myst32soc Riven Coasters: store.cyan.com/s/sigressoc

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great. Yet another American entertainment property I need to boycott now that Saudi Arabia (and Jared Kushner!) bought it up. They ruined pro golf for me. Now they’re ruining the video game industry. Invest in indie companies: play indie games. www.reuters.com/business/med...

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"Battlefield" maker Electronic Arts inks $55 billion go-private deal with PIF, Silver Lake

Videogame publisher Electronic Arts said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by a consortium in a $55 billion deal, marking one of the biggest acquisitions in the sector.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

lol! You should come over my house and take some tea with you. It’s a wonderful “problem” to have but it’s still a “problem”. 🤪

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

BTW, that new “cake batter” glazed teacup is so fantastic. It doesn’t hold as much tea as you think it would because the glaze is SO THICC. 😁

A look inside white thick-glazed teacup with red-brown crazing.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The Northwest Tea Festival was wonderful! I saw so many friends I lost touch with over the last several years. I bought too much tea and teaware but no regrets. Folks seemed to enjoy my two tea bar sessions. I’ll post some more about it later. I’m recovering today with Old Ways Tea Osmanthus Black.

A close-up of a handmade ceramic teacup with a crackle glaze and reddish-brown accents, filled with amber-colored tea. In the background, slightly out of focus, sits a glass fairness pitcher with tea and a rustic clay gaiwan on a wooden tea tray.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I don’t know about the rest of the highways listed but the one that was closed in my city there had major structural changes with an overpass that stretched across all lanes. I’d imagine at some point you’d just need to shut down that segment for a bit.

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white2tea @white2tea.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

autumn raw Puer being made by hand. the tea is cooked in a wood-fired cast iron wok by hand for about half an hour. the next step is hand rolling and then this commission of ours will be ready in a day after being dried in the sun

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I’ll be at the tea bar at 2pm on Sunday! 🍵

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Again, there’s nothing wrong with using A.I. to assist in the writing process. But so many are allowing their unique voices to get lost in the process. It makes me sad as someone who relies on writer voice as one way to connect with others over the internet.

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I’m so tired of reading stuff that’s unedited A.I. output. It puts distance between me as the reader and the writer / the company it’s representing. It reads as “I don’t care and I’ll let this machine talk for me.” (Continued)

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Listen, I’m not against using A.I. to assist in the writing process. But please please please, I beg of writers to do the work so their copy doesn’t read like A.I. wrote it. Please have a heavier hand in the editorial process and make it your / your company’s own voice. (Continued)

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It’s Northwest Tea Festival weekend! 🥳 I’m hosting the tea bar today at 11am (come learn about the six types of Chinese tea!) and tomorrow at 2pm (come taste at least three different Longjing varietals with me!): nwteafestival.org/tea-bar (My session descriptions don’t reflect what I’m brewing.)

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Tea Bar | Northwest Tea Festival

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Lauren Hall-Stigerts @hallstigerts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I just want to know where I can get my kid’s ADORABLE shirt in an adult size. 😍👻💕

Photo of a black shirt with collegiate font that says “TEAM SPIRIT” with laurels and a round pink emblem. In the emblem are the words “Boo University” and a fuzzy white adorable ghost.

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