Reposted by Lauren MahonDave Cuthbert 🏔️🏊🏽♂️🌊 @dacut.bsky.social · 22hYou forgot to mention that Oilers—who make up most of the engine room crew—start at $58,046.40 and are getting 0% raises through 2029. 1534
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 15hshiiiit if I got a whale I could get a plastic ferry at a Mariners game next year and make them fight 010
Reposted by Lauren Mahonfarner @farnerb0cken.bsky.social · 05/10/2026men who sacrifice liberty for bibberty deserve neither 191514326
Reposted by Lauren MahonJeff Nusser @nusscoug.podcastvseveryone.com · 17hOh man fuck right off with this anti-union shit. Solidarity with the workers, for whom this was not even remotely their first step in this fight for fair working conditions. ✊ 2215
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 16hAttn: supposedly progressive Democrat appears to be unclear on why strikes are in fact the way to address workers' issues 051
Reposted by Lauren MahonMichael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.) 1881813683
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 22hAnother way in which Ferguson has been a disappointment... and I had not heard about this one til now. 020
Reposted by Lauren MahonErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seattle Times editorial board complains about $30,000 bonus for Sound Transit head, but apparently had no problem with $50,000 bonuses for three Seattle police command staff (Barnes, Sayles, and Powell), all of them just thank-yous for taking top jobs here.seattletimes.comSound Transit CEO's $30,000 bonus shows a big disconnect | EditorialWhen private corporations award employees performance bonuses, that’s between the corporation and their shareholders. Not so with a public utility. 311010331
Reposted by Lauren MahonShare the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 22hIf you live in Bob Kettle’s district in Seattle it is very important he hears from you loudly (and politely) this budget season. He’s big on respectability politics 🙃 . 1. No cuts to housing 2. Fund tenant services 3. No cuts to housing 4. Fund tenant services www.seattle.gov/council/memb...seattle.govBob Kettle - Council | seattle.govDistrict 7 (Downtown to Magnolia, including Queen Anne, Uptown, Westlake, Interbay, Eastlake, South Lake Union, and Belltown) 2125
Reposted by Lauren MahonTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23hIf you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 2018531674
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This wasn't the earliest for me but a definite standout nonetheless. 010
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just learned this very year the name of this (Disney!!) TV movie where a girl is murdered by being pushed down a well, and then there's a scene where her doll is seen falling down it too. I think I accidentally saw the scene when I was like 5 or 6? NOT COOL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_o...en.wikipedia.orgChild of Glass - Wikipedia 010
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This isn't nearly as embarrassing as it should be; I left off my high school hair metal phase which would have had Jon Bon Jovi's soundtrack for Young Guns II 😳 010
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What happened this morning: Read the baggage claim story. Read your bio. Went to your media searching for greyhound pic. Found it, satisfied now. 😊 (Hi Dasher!) 010
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wait is this sort of bullshit the reason people are attacking the innocent, beautiful em dash? 🤬 010
Reposted by Lauren MahonProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I really wish the world’s most dangerous, extreme anti-vaccine activist & conspiracy theorist, RFK Jr, who is a eugenicist & a MAHA dude who repeatedly peddles vile lies, had not been put in charge of the US health system Here he is telling truly horrific, dangerous lies about HPV & COVID vaccines 42565160
Reposted by Lauren MahonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No notes 98189871040
Reposted by Lauren MahonA brief but harmless period of weightlessness @hughsheehy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Classic republican, can’t tell if someone is the wrong age to try to pick up 1276156
Reposted by Lauren MahonTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh yeah that’s the good stuff 2002721529
Reposted by Lauren MahonJoad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 04/10/2026throwing my iced coffee in the face of the first dude who shows up to the interview in a sweatsblazer 1633420
Reposted by Lauren MahonMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 361339287
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This reasoning is exactly how I felt as a teenager thinking maybe someday I would want to have kids 🤣 110
Reposted by Lauren MahonKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422930966
Reposted by Lauren MahonAlexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"This is very worrying. Issa Amro has been detained by the IDF for helping a family at risk of dispossession." (via Andrew Feinstein, @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social) 2116
Reposted by Lauren MahonGreyhound Pets, Inc. @greyhoundpetsinc.org · 02/10/2026GPI Friday Available Dog Report ~ Brightwater walk with KEN, FRANK, TRUCK and CANDY. An easy walk this morning easing these new arrivals into learning about new sights, sounds and smells. At the kennel, Bev and Chris S spent time with PANDORA, JIMMY, GLEN, MISTY, EBONY, BARRY and LUCY. /1 275
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm sure you can find helpers here in WA state, just saying 150
Reposted by Lauren MahonBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 212034380
Reposted by Lauren MahonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Takeaways from this piece (gift link): 1. The ads are clearly related to midterm politics 2. They are meant to assuage Trump's ego 3. Money comes from OBBBA DHS slush fund www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 631182
Reposted by Lauren Mahonpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The future of the military is one computer shooting missiles at whoever it wants and thousands of soldiers who stand around looking sexy 422079218
Reposted by Lauren MahonSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's a special place in Hell for people like me. It's cushy. Comfortable seating and ample snacks. It's not nearly as painful as the Hell for ordinary people. 743746
Reposted by Lauren MahonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And, for the coup de grace, two bills protecting fire survivors from predatory insurance companies, which he vetoed, deliberately, to punish fire survivors for rejecting his "reform" bill that was actually a huge payout to SCE for starting fires. calmatters.org/economy/2026...calmatters.orgNewsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort. 72711653
Reposted by Lauren MahonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 294112644093
Reposted by Lauren Mahonbrian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There is truly no comparison between the blood on Yoo's hand and that of Pike's. Yoo has participated in far more brutal atrocities and it's not even close. The fact that he's on TV and she's been in a cage is not an accident of the US legal system — it's the point 28525
Reposted by Lauren MahonBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That’s sad. I also nearly stopped my neighbor’s house from burning down, when I got ticked off at the arsonist. But I didn’t, instead I gave him matches and lighter fluid. But I was kinda peeve for a bit, there! This makes me look good. 1257297
Reposted by Lauren MahonBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s time for vampires, werewolves, seahags, and all the other wonderful creatures that can be alone with you in space as you drift along the unfathomable cosmos. So Monster Mash your way to the Space Hotel, which is opening in only two months!!!!!!! 2345367
Reposted by Lauren MahonSarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...alternet.orgKennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianosPhotos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week. 14916941005
Reposted by Lauren MahonJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wrote about the Trump administration attempting to deport an anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew to Israel, and what it says about the conditions of Jewish identity imposed by the administration's "anti-antisemitism" campaign. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/01/t...religiondispatches.orgTrump Admin Trying to Deport Anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew “Home” to IsraelThe Trump administration is trying to deport Yehonatan Ovadia, a Satmar Hasidic religious teacher in Rockland County, New York. His alleged offense: taking part in a 2023 protest against an Israeli fl... 317485
Lauren Mahon @leekvs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bed heritage? Like... people historically slept in it? 100
Reposted by Lauren MahonAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end 816525789
Reposted by Lauren MahonAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3 95153640
Reposted by Lauren MahonAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2 4768361111
Reposted by Lauren MahonAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30698672380