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Climate and electoral reform advocate

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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please listen to the episode and consider sharing!
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Absolutely awful. We must move to proportional representation systems. We cannot go backwards.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/09/2026
"Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators. New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/n...
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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators
New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.
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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For example, the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social article on the Mayor Wilson budget says that Bruce Harrell first proposed using jumpstart to fund homeless services. That’s not true. Harrell used Jumpstart to generally close his $230 mill deficit (which gets no mention in the article…)
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neighborsfornilu.bsky.social @neighborsfornilu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Come knock doors with us! More details and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1DTu...
a list of upcoming dates for door knocking events supporting Nilu Jenks in District 5. The link on this post has details to sign up.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One mantra I've had for many years as local websites that purport to cover the news come and go is "Everybody thinks it's easy." New "AI-powered" sites that chew up legislative agendas and actual writers' work and spit out terrible "writing" are just the latest version of the same old thing.
geekwire.com
Former Seattle City Council president launches AI-powered site to track and report on City Hall
Former Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson has launched CivicTide, a website that tracks City Council legislation, publishes policy briefs and opinion pieces, and gives readers tools to contact...
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us on Zoom or in person in Seattle for a discussion with author and law professor Michael Pollack about his new book Sidewalk Nation. October 5, 6:30-8pm Pacific. RSVP: nondrivers.org/2026/08/04/s...
nondrivers.org
Week Without Driving Book Talk and Discussion with Sidewalk Nation Author Michael Pollack
Sidewalks are a critical, yet often overlooked, part of our transportation system, especially for nondrivers. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to host Cardozo law professor Michael Poll…
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Happy three year work anniversary to me! Three years working to strengthen and protect our democracy and voting rights. Seems like a good day to ask a friend in District 5 if they’ve contributed their democracy vouchers to a democracy champion! 😉 www.neighborsfornilu.org/vouchers
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Assign Vouchers | Nilu Jenks For Seattle City Council
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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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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This November, please aim to use ballot boxes only. www.thurstoncountywa.gov/news/we-are-...
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We Are Still Getting Ballots that Should Have Counted in the Primary | Thurston County
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
JUST ANNOUNCED: Pinehurst Station at NE 130th Street will open on September 30.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unlike the CAFO era, rural communities are asking questions before the statutes are locked in. The ultimate question will be: Do rural residents have the power to say no? www.commondreams.org/opinion/rura...
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Rural Residents Can Learn From the Factor-Farm Rollout to Resist Data Centers | Common Dreams
​Unlike the CAFO era, rural communities are asking questions before the statutes are locked in. The ultimate question will be: Do rural residents have the power to say no?
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026
An Important Message for Seattle’s Families: Every child in Seattle deserves to be supported, fed, and cared for, no matter what is happening between adults at the bargaining table. SPS and the Seattle Education Association have not yet reached a contract agreement.
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@thebethocracy.bsky.social Thank you for the support and for sharing! 🙌
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 28/08/2026
A humanitarian till the end. "Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died" www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died
‘My sister was always thinking of others,’ Parton’s younger sister Stella wrote in a Facebook tribute
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh, nothing really. It's just that the food we need to live is cooking in the ground. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia
South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days
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Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 06/08/2026
So happy that Seattle’s @alexis4seattle.bsky.social and future Seattle councilmember @niluj.bsky.social have joined with city councils in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Bothell, and others to preserve strong transit links through our shared corridor.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's time to post the current election turnout breakdown by age bracket chart again and remind you that ballots are due by Tuesday!
65+ turnout is 30.98% and 18-44 is all below 10%
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
😕🤷🏼
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
WOW. New announcement from Seattle CMs Strauss, Hollingsworth, and Foster saying they will fund universal school meals starting in the fall after all by using the general fund. Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nilu Jenks gets it. If you are in D5, I hope you will join me in voting for her to represent us on the city council.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What a no vote on Seattle's Prop 1 is a vote for, according to the Seattle Public Library Foundation. Imagine advocating for public libraries to be defunded at a time like this. Couldn't be me.
More than one-third of the Library's funding in 2027 (and beyond) would disappear. SPL would be forced into drastic budget reductions.
Library staff jobs would likely be lost. A quarter of the 600-plus positions at SPL, including one-third of all children's and teen librarians, are Levy-funded.
Branches might close or see significantly reduced hours due to staffing shortages. Free programs like Story Time, author events, and many others would likely be scaled down substantially.
Half of the budget for books and materials would be lost, significantly increasing hold times and decreasing the range of reading options, including the likely elimination of Peak Picks.
The City would be forced into a long and complex process to restore funding. Cuts are highly unlikely to be addressed in the regular budget process, given the City's revenue situation.
While another ballot measure could be brought forward and approved eventually, the Library and its patrons could feel these adverse budget impacts for a year or more.
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Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thank you to everyone who is using our @electioncheatsheet.org Civic Tech that empowers people to be curious and informed voters is critical. This tool helps people feel more confident when they vote, or to narrow in on the candidates they might need to learn more about. Please share widely!
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 17/07/2026
The Urbanist Elections Committee has issued its 2026 primary election endorsements. Be sure to vote by August 4! Endorsements: www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...
theurbanist.org
2026 Primary Election Endorsements
The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2026 primary election endorsements. Check out our great slate of leaders. Be sure to vote by August 4.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/07/2026
⚠️ The RNC filed its eighth lawsuit seeking to block certain U.S. citizens living abroad from voting. The GOP’s anti-overseas voter campaign is now a state-by-state legal strategy aimed at suppressing voting access for Americans abroad.
democracydocket.com
RNC sues New Jersey in eighth lawsuit targeting overseas voters
It is the eighth overseas voter lawsuit the RNC has filed in recent months, following similar cases in Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado and Nevada.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Illinois expanded vote-by-mail because we believe voting should be easier, not harder. Now, Trump’s handpicked Postmaster General is threatening to withhold mail ballots unless states turn over voter rolls. That's not election security. It’s voter suppression.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 03/06/2026
Millions of voters of color will no longer be able to elect a representative of their choice. But what’s at stake is far bigger: whether voters of color can elect legislators whose votes actually reflect their policy preferences. prospect.org?p=139239
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Grateful and excited about this endorsement. It means a lot to me to have such a thoughtful leader support this campaign!
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Nora Kenworthy @kenworthy.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This week @mhgreen3000.bsky.social and I sat down with Nilu Jenks, Iranian-American democracy advocate, for a deeply personal conversation about war, diaspora grief, authoritarianism, and the deadly lie of "liberation" through violence. It’s a must-listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Ep 43: ​​Two Nations, One Grief with Nilu Jenks
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · March 20 · 1h
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I have been sitting with a grief that feels larger than I can name, so I turn to the poetry of my Persian/Iranian ancestors for comfort and guidance.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists & will persist.”
constitutioncenter.org
The Military-Industrial Complex Speech (1961)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for The Military-Industrial Complex Speech (1961)
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I was recently interviewed for this piece about Louisiana v Callais, a US Supreme Court case that could shape the future of voting rights here in Washington and across the nation.
bignewsnetwork.com
WA voting rights advocates: SCOTUS ruling could harm voters of color
Washington voting rights advocates say a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling could disenfranchise voters of color and open the door to gutting the federal Voting Rights...
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
it took me some years to learn this lesson but I finally understand it
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I want to thank @theurbanist.org for writing the first piece on my campaign. It starts to lay the framework for how blue cities like Seattle can lead with our values and be pragmatic about getting results.
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
WA continues to provide driver data to federal officials for immigration enforcement, despite saying they shut down access
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Report: Federal immigration agents continued using Washington driver data through state-run system
A new University of Washington study links license plate lookups through a Washington State Patrol “switchboard” to immigration arrests.
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amieraugie.bsky.social @amieraugie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
How in the triple-my-premiums healthcare did this get printed?
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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
At the Ursula K LeGuin exhibit today: a poem, "Not making war." Seems relevant.
A poem by Ursula K LeGuin about how a good Taoist leader doesn't make war and governs without boasting or arrogance
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
ICE is terrorizing communities. We must show up for our neighbors - citizen or not. Masked agents assaulting and kidnapping people like this is not justifiable in any context.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 22/11/2025
Today’s victory means that Washingtonians will continue to benefit from the work of these agencies. It also reaffirms that the President can’t reverse the will of the people and their elected representatives with the stroke of a pen. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
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Washington wins lawsuit to protect libraries, museums and other small agency programs | Washington State
Court Bars Trump Administration from Dismantling Federal Agencies Supporting Libraries, Museums, Minority-Owned Businesses, Workers, and Services for the Unhoused
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
OUTSTANDING interview with @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on @volts.wtf This is the ONE interview you got to listen to before voting in the Seattle Mayoral election. The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/10/2025
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.
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C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Yup.
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NiluJ @niluj.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
“Any serious desire to address the root causes of political violence must include electoral system reform. The body of literature makes clear that proportional representation can help make American democracy more resilient against the scourge of political violence.”
justsecurity.org
Proportional Representation Could Reduce the Risk of Political Violence in the U.S.
There is no single cause of political violence in democracies. But one critical source is often overlooked: electoral system design.
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