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macshibby the anxious @macshibby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had a student hug me goodbye "just in case" because he and his family have an immigration appointment on Monday and they could be deported back to their home country, where he's convinced he'll end up murdered on the street. So anyway, fuck this.

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Scott Alspach @salspach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@sound-transit.bsky.social, could someone explain why you put a big photo of District 5 City Council Candidate Julie Kang at the newly opened Pinehurst Station? This is an outrageous use of public resources. This photo needs to be taken down, or at least covered up, until after the election.

A picture of District 5 City Council candidates standing in front of a picture of large picture of herself at Pinehurst Station

Picture showing the large picture of Julie Kang that is prominently displayed at Pinehurst station. In the picture Julie is smiling and celebrating with two other people.

Close up of the picture of Julie Kang at Pinehurst Station that labels the people "Tom, Katherine & Julie | Haller Lake Community Club"

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nurtured in Seattle by the same ppl who now employ Jonathan Choe & fund We Heart Seattle. They NEVER stop at homelessness

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Jared Douglas @jareddouglas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Breaks my heart in a very specific way as my childhood friend, Aaron, died similarly. Spokane, late 80s, we were in a religious cult (often referred to as the No-Name Fellowship). Parents & cult leaders thought his symptoms were God punishing him for behavioral "sin" then spanked him on top of that.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 20/09/2026

We banned rental junk fees! Starting July 1st, 2027, the price you see is the price you pay — no pet rent, no admin fees, no lease renewal fees. Step by step, we’re building an affordable Seattle. Thanks to City Attorney Evans and Councilmember Foster, and to the Stay Housed, Stay Healthy Coalition!

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026

It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 15/09/2026

NEW: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has released a new gun violence prevention plan after weeks of criticism from big business. Key components include empowering the City’s recently expanded CARE Department and keeping investments in youth services. @thestranger.com www.thestranger.com/news/mayor-k...

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Mayor Katie Wilson Presents Gun Violence Prevention Plan - The Stranger

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is rolling out a plan to tackle gun violence by better integrating city departments and maintaining services for youth. The announcement comes after weeks of relentless crit...

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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TV critics' long national nightmare is over: Rhea Seehorn finally is Emmy-winner Rhea Seehorn.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 15/09/2026

Everyone in Seattle deserves a safe place to call home. Today, I am announcing bold action to expand shelter and support for people experiencing homelessness.

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

kudos to macklemore here for —right off the bat— the perspective and acknowledgment of who the real victims are

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.

But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Crime is down in Seattle. Violent crime is down in Seattle. Homicide is down in Seattle. That's compared to how things were under Bruce Harrell, who (by the logic of the business community, lazily laundered by outlets like this) oversaw higher crime. mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion...

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Jake: Business leaders wrote the plan — now read it, Madam Mayor - MyNorthwest.com

Seattle business leaders already handed Mayor Katie Wilson the public safety plan her new year-long task force was created to write.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New: Seattle residents call on Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Alaska Airlines, other major employers to stop fighting the proposed taxes that would give the city resources to properly address serious social issues that lead to public safety problems.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026

Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The federal government has asked about race since the first census in 1790: www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/09/2026

A question we could face ourselves: what might we do differently, if we accepted that the police are not failing to protect the public, but telling us who they believe is worthy of protection?

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.

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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)

The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/09/2026

my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding. on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.

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Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it

Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Good job, Seattle Times Editorial Board. Excluding trans girls from sports (or telling them they have to play with boys, which is the same thing) is ritual humiliation. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

IL 26-638 would send Washington back to the days of “femininity certificates,” when amateur women athletes, including Olympic athletes, had to carry proof that they had passed visual exams and chromosome testing that proved they were women. Under this proposed initiative, parents of girls as young as 12 could be subject to this violation of privacy.

The ballot initiative states that athletes “must provide, as part of the required routine sports physical examination, a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student’s personal healthcare provider that verifies the student’s biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”

Aside from the humiliation and violation of privacy, testing for genes and hormones isn’t cheap, which would keep girls without means out of competitive sports.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/09/2026

Billionaires have become radicalized against democracy. It's not just Trump. It's a regime—a regime funded and supported and strengthened by the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. We must realize how much power we have, and stop being tuned out from the threat we face. ⤵️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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'Silicon Valley fascism' is waging war on democracy

The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 31/08/2026

This is murder. They are murdering this man by denying him treatment.

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Eric Sanford @sanfordandson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sharing this for the Tacoma/south end folks. ICYMI E9 brewing was purchased a while back by an ownership group who is now supporting Let’s Go Washington (MAGA-led anti-trans legislation). Huge bummer bc E9 has been making top notch beer for like 20 yrs but fuck em www.instagram.com/reel/DcmdDy0...

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is one consequence of the left not being clear about reducing budgets for state repression. Every Democratic Party politician going on about “training” and “body cams” and every Jacobin author vaguely saying the left should not talk about repressive budgets leads to this:

Daily ICE arrests soar for people with no criminal record and ice getting closer to goal of 2,000 arrests per day

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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...

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Dolly Parton - Wikipedia

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, the beloved global entertainment icon who sold more than 100 million records and whose songwriting prowess and sure-handed approach to her career reshaped the face of country music, popular music, and the entertainment industry at large, has died. 🕊️

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/08/2026

Every progressive gets chased around about their relationship to Hasan Piker. Has ONE reporter ever asked JD Vance about his embrace of the insane and anti-democratic ideas of Curtis Yarvin? Or about his relationship with democracy-hater Peter Thiel? The imbalance is stark.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 24/08/2026

Alec Karakatsanis argues that when the left retreats from Black Lives Matter-era demands, both parties capitalize on backlash to expand police power—enabling far-right “law-and-order” policies.

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When the Left Distances Itself From Black Lives Matter, Far Right Policies Win

Alec Karakatsanis explains how both Republicans and Democrats have used the backlash to increase the powers of police.

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Mayor Wilson, Councilmember Foster, Councilmember Saka and I are teaming up to ban surveillance pricing at grocery chains in Seattle. Surveillance pricing is a harmful practice where your data is weaponized against you to price gouge. (1/2)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A common tactic--including in the pages of Jacobin magazine--is to pretend to complain about the "slogan" of "defund" and to use that complaint to avoid conversation about common sense and popular policies like transferring $$$ from cops to health, education, and housing.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 13/08/2026

M. Gessen is a staff writer and has been brave enough to write some incredible opinion pieces that contradict the editorial stance of the paper they work at. I don’t think cis people will ever grasp what it’s like having a drivers license that does not match who you are. It’s terrifying.

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

July was ICE’s busiest month yet in the Puget Sound region. It’s a stealthy surge, without the helicopters or smoke grenades of Chicago and MN. But the surge is real, with real people taken every day. Each red pin is someone’s family member, neighbor, coworker, loved one.

Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 7/1-2026-7/31/2026.

The whole urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. The pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count.

Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 6/1/2026-6/30/2026.
Most of the urban region is covered with map pins in red, yellow, and green. In some places, the pins stack on top of each other, making them impossible to count. North Seattle, Bellevue, and Bothell have fewer reports than Tacoma, South Everett, and S King County.

Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 5/1-2026-5/31/2026.

There are several dozen pins in red, yellow, and green — few enough to see each individual pin. South King County has the biggest cluster. There are no pins in Everett and only 1 in Tacoma

Screenshot from iceout.org (People Over Papers) showing community ICE reports in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region from 4/1/2026-4/30/2026.

There are ~20 pins across the region, mostly green with a few yellow and red. Only one pin in Seattle. Biggest cluster in Tacoma-Federal Way area

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 08/08/2026

The richest households in the city voted, essentially, to defund the Seattle Public Library. Not surprising, but still disgusting!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’m telling you, corruption is what‘s pissing off most normies flocking to the data center resistance. this kind of thing is really activating

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

1. Hmm I wonder how they got everyone’s phone numbers…. 2. I wonder how much they spent to text half the city misleading information about the bill. ANYWAYS tomorrow will be the 1st committee hearing on our surveillance pricing bill to stop price gouging and make groceries more affordable.

Screenshot of a text sent my big business (probably) that says “Groceries are expensive enough already. The Mayor & City Council could put our grocery rewards, coupons, and discounts at risk. Tell them to stand up for Seattle families and protect your savings.
• Take action”

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Your Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Eat it, Seattle Times Editorial Board

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 04/08/2026

For millennia migration was just a standard thing for humans.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 04/08/2026

“Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence?”

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Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew

It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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King County Elections @elections.kingcounty.gov · 03/08/2026

Still need to find a drop box? Visit kce.wiki/DropBox to find one near you.

screenshot of King County turnout data, last updated at 8 am on August 3, 2026, showing that out of more than 1.4 million active registered voters, King County Elections has processed just over 200,000 ballots, which amounts to turnout of just over 14% for the August 2026 Primary. FYI, Election Day is August 4.

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ntkallday @ntkseattle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This framing 🙄 What about all the schools I don't attend, the roads I don't drive on, the bridges I don't cross, the clean water I don't personally drink, the books in the library I will never read? What do I even get from all these public goods?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/08/2026

As I and many others predicted, Seattle's conservative establishment is going after its young new progressive female mayor with all guns blazing. It is quite disgusting to watch.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 30/07/2026

this was deliberately seeded by the heritage foundation and friends after obergefell. they specifically moved the goalposts because they’d lost on gay marriage. cis people buying this shit on its face is doing their work for them

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