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Paul Chapman

@poulchapman.bsky.social
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Tax wealth not work! Build 200K more homes in SEA, Walkable Neighborhoods, & High Speed Rail. End Golf Club Subsidies & DefundSPD. All views my own; retweet isn't endorsement

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026
The walk from an international arrival at SeaTac airport to the Seattle light rail is absurdly long. Like a mile. Impossible not to experience it as a expression of priorities.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Polarization” is the most bullshit propaganda for the problems in the USA. It’s the racism. It’s always been racism. From the start of White people in the Americas.
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The landlord lobby knows exactly who Will Dreher is. Do you?
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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 StationPicture 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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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America doesn’t have a polarization problem America has a right-wing extremism problem
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turtlyburtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i do think it may be worth investigating why the board of park commissioners decided to name that park in honor of one of our most famous racists *in nineteen fucking thirty*
god bless the sherwood park history files
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 01/10/2026
Tell the city to turn the municipally-owned golf course into a real park with something for everyone - that’s free to access, better for the environment, and great for families with kids of all ages! actionnetwork.org/letters/turn...
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Rename "Jackson" Park and turn it into a free public green space for more neighbors
Two new light rail stations will be opening next to "Jackson" Park Golf Course in the next couple of years. The 148th St. station is set to open in 2024, and the 130th St. station in 2026. Right no...
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In San Francisco, Lurie's RV ban—on which Dan Strauss' similar proposed ban in Seattle appears to be modeled—hasn't gotten people into shelter, but it has pushed them outside city limits, often after losing their RVs and becoming unsheltered. Is this what "success" will look like here?
missionlocal.org
S.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.
Data shows that a year after San Francisco's RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside city limits.
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026
Black Site Bob, whose previous work includes literally *overseeing CIA torture camps*, can shut the fuck up when it comes to budget priorities for equitable housing in Seattle
Glen Stellmacher @HardPressedN

SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Bob Kettle says he oversaw Camp Cropper Prison in Iraq as part of CIA DIA operationThe New York Times
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: MISTREATMENT;
Earlier Jail Seen as Incubator for Abuses in Iraq
By Douglas Jehl
May 15, 2004
An American-run detention center outside
Baghdad known as Camp Cropper was reportedly the site of numerous abuses of Iraqi prisoners several months before the mistreatment of prisoners unfolded last fall at Abu Ghraib prison, according to documents and interviews.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two options:
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/09/2026
If any of you ever want to have an actual life? You’re going to have to come together to elect progressives and tax the billionaires.
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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have a confession to make. The townhomes I & others spent most of a decade trying to legalize are popping up all over Oregon & elsewhere...and I love that...but they're a problem in one big way. (get ready for a twisty thread about the housing report @sightline.org just published)
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rob Saka has read a management book
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TBH I’m surprised Maritza Rivera knows how to pronounce “deterrence”
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Debora Juarez, 2020: "When I hear people say there's just a few bad apples on the police force I adamantly disagree with that. It's just not a healthy tree. We need to plant a new tree, we have to completely re-imagine, re-vision what community policing is." www.kuow.org/podcast/news...
kuow.org
Bad apples? Seattle Police 'not a healthy tree' says city council member
Chants of "defund S-P-D" have become a common message at protests in Seattle, and for the first time the idea is getting serious attention from the city council.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I like this paragraph: "To put that number into perspective, Wilson’s completely voluntary $12.6 million bump to SPD is 20% greater than the entire budget for the Office of Labor Standards, the office tasked with solving the single most prevalent form of theft in the nation: wage theft."
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tammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just gonna leave this here for folks who need a refresher on the budget Wilson inherited www.theurbanist.org/seattle-coun...
theurbanist.org
Seattle Council Passes Budget Swiping Affordable Housing Funds to Boost SPD » The Urbanist
# The Sara Nelson-led Seattle City Council passed their first city budget in an 8-1 vote. It greenlit the mayor’s plan to slash investments in affordable housing and social services and trim 48 staff ...
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Get ready. Policing is about to get really really bad in Seattle. Patrol will be made up of about 50-100 60-year-old cops phoning it in on their way the door and barely trained 20-something rookies with itchy triggerfingers. All making twice as much as a normal city employee.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maybe we need $50,000 hiring bonuses for parking enforcement? (And remove them from SPD) Or maybe commission payments for each ticket? Empower them to go after cars without valid tabs, or front plates, etc.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are the same right wingers who endorsed noted GOP grifter Andrea Suarez.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The genesis of sports betting culture
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By and large, SPD is not good at solving crimes. This is true of the recent shootings that happened in Belltown, which is an area with cameras, and it's true of this shooting. SPD still hasn't found a suspect.
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Scott Alspach @salspach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Idk why other people don't seem to care as much as I do about this but Will Dreher worked for Kavanaugh and supported his appointment to the supreme court, don't vote for him!
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 24/09/2026
Bellingham Public Schools hasn’t even voted to close any schools yet but already gave a tour of some buildings to religious schools - including one run by a notorious Christian nationalist
cascadiadaily.com
Parents riled up as potential renters tour two Bellingham schools that may close  | Cascadia Daily News
District hasn’t confirmed closures of Columbia, Carl Cozier. One tour given to Christian private school
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But the thing is, the laid off health insurance workers won’t have lost their health insurance. It’s still a win. And we’ll stop killing or impoverishing millions a year because of greedy CEOs. On balance the good greatly outweighs the bad.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
nytimes.com
Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 23/09/2026
Big win for Seattle consumers 🛒 Today we passed Fair Pricing legislation, banning companies from using your personal data to charge you more than the person next to you. Same product, same store, same price — no matter who’s pushing the cart.
Photo of a bag of groceries with the text “Seattle Becomes First City to Ban Algorithmic Price Fixing”"Food is an essential good that's getting more expensive all the time," said Mayor Katie Wilson.
"People have been clear: they don't want their data fed into algorithms that decide how much they pay at the grocery store.
Everyone deserves transparent pricing and equal treatment, not hidden systems that charge some shoppers more than others.”
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I. Hernandez @hernando206.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Turns out when you put a not-rich person in the mayor's office, you get someone who understands how to be careful with money. The two millionaires who preceded her spent like drunken sailours and used accounting tricks to punt the ball down the road.
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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a joke! The absentee Chief didn't even know who was in charge in his absence. Cops on sight responded quickly to the shooting. Everything else is about the leadership void at SPD and the establishment's abuse of a tragic shooting to score points against a a new Mayor they hate.
Screenshot of Seattle Times headline: "SPD blames budget, 'distractions' in Bite of Seattle shooting response". Photo of Interim Seattle Police chief Andre Sayles.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Four Seattle police officers kneeled on Keenan Pearson before he died in Georgetown last weekend. Multiple eyewitnesses saw it. DivestSPD spoke to one. www.divestspd.com/seattle-poli...
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Seattle police kneeled on man who died last week, witness said
A woman who witnessed the in-custody death in Georgetown last Saturday said four officers were on top of Keenan Pearson, he stopped responding, and appeared to be dead by the time aid arrived.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Launching a national search for a new permanent SDOT Director is an easy win that @mayor.seattle.gov can take and I don’t understand why she isn’t doing it right now.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I regularly see cars without plates. If we’re going to spend millions on fare gates, let’s start issuing court summons and major fines to people with expired tabs
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To my Jewish friends and neighbors who will soon be observing Yom Kippur: May you be inscribed for a good year in the book of life. I'm looking forward to continuing to work together to build a better Michigan and a better world.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Second most fundamentally stupid civic decision in Seattle history. Everything the opponents said they wanted to preserve about old SLU was destroyed anyway without any communal civic gains
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And yet the sports sycophants forced us to build it anyway
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
arstechnica.com
FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wait. The city wasn’t well run by the pedophile, the lying gasser, or the misogynist?
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How the fuck does a generic non-descript grimy street merit historic preservation? Seattle suffers from a civic mental illness
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s remarkable how immediately after cars are allowed back in Pike Place at 4 PM everyday lost tourists drive in and degrade the experience for everyone else. I saw three California plates on my walk from end to end
Car with California plates
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
210 cops x $214,500 (budgeted FTE cost for 1 cop) = $45 million That's equal to the entire budget of some departments. (ex. the municipal court's budget is $48m)
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Once again: If you want cops, pay for them. Nordstrom and all the members of the Chamber are begging for more cops. They use cops more. But they aren't lobbying for a tax to pay for more cops. Hiring 200 more cops at an exorbitant pay rate will burden the city.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tax the rich. That’s the path to a better America
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 16/09/2026
Juarez isn't running for reelection and good news my fellow D5 residents, this fall you can vote for (and immediately send your democracy vouchers to) @niluj.bsky.social to finally get us a good district councilmember.
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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In my dreamworld Joy Hollingsworth loses her transparent bid for mayor to Katie Wilson, Alexis Mercedes Rinck becomes council president, & we have a full term or two of transformative progressive leadership in Seattle, followed by an AMR mayoralship cementing the progressive utopia Seattle could be
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now that rationalist/ea/transhumanist/ai bro cults are in the bsky consciousness, can we finally ask how many of Will Dreher’s ai donors were these type of ppl, & what his connection to them are? The true conspiracy theorists among us, unlike ppl who rightly call out the stranger for sucking lol 🙃
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 14/09/2026
A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking: Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
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