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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
IF we take it back. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Remember Kamala!
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Shrieking Shananigans @buttonlass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sean Sherman has started a movement, Chefs Against Fascism Everywhere, to “86 Fascism. A national night to unite the food industry. Monday, October 26.” Let’s boost the message and get more people on board and out to vote. cafe.vote
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C.A.F.E. — Chefs Against Fascism Everywhere
Feed the resistance. Save democracy. A directory of chefs and restaurants opening their doors as get-out-the-vote spaces.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Due to crew shortages, which have been credited to an apparent engineer sick-out, multiple Washington State Ferries routes are not operating this morning including Seattle-Bainbridge and Seattle-Vashon Island. Others are on severely reduced schedules. Check for updates: wsdot.com/ferries/sche...
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WSDOT - Ferries - Alerts
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 05/10/2026
If you live in… Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Texas Today is the last day you can register to vote! Text your friends and family. Check on your co-workers. Make sure the people in your life are registered to vote: BetterInAUnion.org/check
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Check Your Voter Registration Status
Have you moved, changed your name, or you're just not sure of the status of your voter registration? Fill out the form below to check your status.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Checking if your friends are registered to vote is easy! Just text them the link sos.oregon.gov to make sure they show up and show out in November. Stay loud.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Huge crowd to see James Talarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas. This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years.
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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have been saying this for years. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" sounds a lot less funny/pithy when you realize over 300 people who died there were under eighteen and 150 of them were ten years old and younger.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 30/09/2026
Ballard Congratulates Golf Course on Its New Light Rail Station: tinyurl.com/yncw9jep
Map of new Pinehurst light rail station opening Sept. 30 next to I-5 and 160-acre Jackson Park Golf Course.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes you *don’t* know a Hawk from a handsaw
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattleites are most concerned about traffic safety because we all experience it regularly: narrowly missing getting hit while walking in a crosswalk, seeing people using center turn lanes as their personal speedway, etc. Most people also know someone who has died or been seriously injured:
Info graphic showing most people will know 6 people who die in a car crash and 28 who have major injuries
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So it turns out that when Eric Schmitt thought Jack Smith snuck off for a secret meeting to conspire with Fani Willis he was actually in Maryland watching Caitlin Clark play basketball.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was totally baffled by this—I thought maybe I missed something. Because why would she go to police if she said it was all consensual? It turns out the DA was playing language games: Doe described what happened to her, and *prosecutors* made a legal determination that what happened wasn’t a crime.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love it!! 🤣😂🤣
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As we scream collectively about the rape at Cornell (as we should) I am also thinking of the stories that never get told. That the media doesn’t cover. Or that do not get the communal response elicited by the Cornell case. I am thinking about… (trigger warning — sexual assault) 1/
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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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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’re humans, not self driving robots or something. We deserve a good transit experience and we deserve to be able to ride transit without risking our literal lives to do it. (Direct quotes from ppl I talk to at bus stops in lake city)
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Transit Trekker @transittrekker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Woot! You can now RSVP for this #WeekWithoutDriving outing, with Transit Trekker and King County Parks. We'll enjoy the trip and also talk about the barriers we need to remove to put much more outdoor recreation in easy reach for nondrivers. transittrekker.com/2026wwdmaury...
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RSVP: 2026 Week Without Driving Transit Trek to Dockton Forest — Maury Island Natural Area — Maury Island Marine Park
RSVP to join the October 1st outing to Maury Island with Transit Trekker and King County Parks as part of the 2026 Week Without Driving.
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Hawks 101 @iahawks101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can we just have health care?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
We know we won't catch a New Yorker slipping (not registered to vote). 🗓️ for the Nov 3 Election: Oct 19: Change of Address Deadline Oct 24: Voter Registration Deadline Mail Ballot Request Deadline (Online/Mail) Early Voting Starts Nov 2: Mail Ballot Request Deadline (In Person) 💻 nycvotes.org
Meme-style graphic with the public advocate looking incredulous. Text: me when I hear you're not registered to vote. You got till October 24
Meme-style graphic with the public advocate mimicking a statue in movement, with text: Dance like a registered voter. Deadline October 24
Meme-style graphic with the Public Advocate (labeled "me" clasping Council Member Salaam's hand (labeled "my voter registration status" at Style Across the Aisle.)
Meme-style graphic with the public advocate lifting his Grenadian flag and his hand at the West Indian Day parade. Text: Raise Your Hand If You're Registered to vote
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Joe Newberry @joenewberry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
FOR YOUR GRAMMY®️CONSIDERATION: Recording Academy members, Newberry and Verch ask FYC in the following categories. Traditional Folk Album Album Title: Blessing on the Wing American Roots Song Song Title: Blessing On The Wing American Roots Performance Song Title: Heaven's In My View / Cardinal
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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026
impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If they deserve to be impeached — and so many of them do — then the House should impeach them. Maybe the Senate won‘t convict but it’s still worth the effort to remind people that laws still exist and that Democrats still defend it. Also, as noted here, make ‘em sweat.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m not just going to forget that Mitch McConnell went missing for three months, popped back up, and all both sides of the aisle did was post videos of people talking to him like he’s a 4yo toddler with a learning disability, before simply moving on. We’re owed an explanation.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
(Starting an 🍎 review 🧵 because we live in a golden age of apples and they don’t get enough respect. Feel free to mute). First time trying Pizzaz, a newer Honeycrisp cross, and I’m a fan! Still crisp like a Honeycrisp, but a little more tart and low key flavor. Maintains color when cut. Easy eating
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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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I. Hernandez @hernando206.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This budget proposal is going to take the wind out of some people's sails (including a few on the council). A pragmatic, responsible move from a mayor whose detractors accuse her of being an irresponsible activist. And yeah, I'm cool with the way it makes Harrell look bad.
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m spending the week in Omaha, my now-Democratic hometown in red Nebraska. In 2024 their genius election yard sign was the elegant blue dot. This time in yard after yard it’s the blue dot with a wave.
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m sure everybody’s noticed but just a reminder, between now and the election the vibes are gonna be real off around here. they won’t get better after either but from now to the election they will also be off
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K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Evergreen post
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K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I will cut every single person who tries to take any of these cats into captivity. Put that on the front page of the NYT.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It was a beautiful night on the Seattle waterfront.
Downtown Seattle from the water level at Pier 62 as light starts to hit horizontally A couple watching the sunset from the Overlook WalkFolks sitting on the Overlook WalkThree people silhouetted at Steinbrueck Park
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I felt so strongly about this nextdoor comment that I decided to do a dramatic reading of it. I hope you'll listen with the volume on to fully appreciate the quiet reverie.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.
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molly priddy @mollypriddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
as you get older you really begin to understand how many hinges the human body has
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lake Washington Boulevard feels like a ghost town today now that's it's back open to cars. It's such a beautiful weekend, it would be a rolling party of people of all ages walking, roller skating, scooting, skate boarding and biking. But instead we have this.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
solidarity isn’t a statement. it’s an action. we’ll see who’s genuinely on team free press by attendance at the next White House briefing.
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News Outlets Express Solidarity After Trump Bars Some Reporters (Gift Article)
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Then walk out. Talk is cheap
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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