emi koyama
@eminism.org
activist, writer, rogue intellectual
eminism.org | aileens.org | rightsandsafety.org | fendnow.org
seattle / portland
eminism.org | aileens.org | rightsandsafety.org | fendnow.org
seattle / portland
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Watch the inauguration of new Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson
Inauguration of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson
YouTube video by Northwest Progressive Institute
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January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Watch the inauguration of new Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson
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Wow.
Cynthia Green, 8-decade resident of Seattle. “In her, we saw the sort of person we need more of, someone with the bravery to risk failure and move with love and justice…’realism’ is the language of people who have grown comfortable with inequity.”
Cannot keep up with her great lines here!
Cynthia Green, 8-decade resident of Seattle. “In her, we saw the sort of person we need more of, someone with the bravery to risk failure and move with love and justice…’realism’ is the language of people who have grown comfortable with inequity.”
Cannot keep up with her great lines here!
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Wow.
Cynthia Green, 8-decade resident of Seattle. “In her, we saw the sort of person we need more of, someone with the bravery to risk failure and move with love and justice…’realism’ is the language of people who have grown comfortable with inequity.”
Cannot keep up with her great lines here!
Cynthia Green, 8-decade resident of Seattle. “In her, we saw the sort of person we need more of, someone with the bravery to risk failure and move with love and justice…’realism’ is the language of people who have grown comfortable with inequity.”
Cannot keep up with her great lines here!
A couple of new AI-related bills have been dropped in #waleg in the last few days: HB 2225 regulating companion chatbots, and SB 5956 restricting use of AI-based decision-making, biometric surveillance, etc. by public schools. …
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A couple of new AI-related bills have been dropped in #waleg in the last few days: HB 2225 regulating companion chatbots, and SB 5956 restricting use of AI-based decision-making, biometric surveillance, etc. by public schools. …
NYT should focus on its core business, i.e. making game apps.
Trans communities warned for years about the NYT's transphobia, but the specifics of how this was ordered were often shrouded behind corporate hierarchy.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
![You've talked about the paper's treatment of the pretty infamous Cass report, especially from your spot at the international desk. What happened in that case?
It wasn't on my radar as much as it ought to have been. I was starting to wind down my time. I left the Times at the end of May of that year. There was an awareness that [Hilary] Cass was coming out with a report. The day before it officially came out, there was a lot of coverage in the BBC and UK media. Cass was already talking about it before its official release.
The day editor's counterparts are in Seoul and London. My counterpart in London — who was actually filling in that day, but did so on a regular basis — assigned a UK reporter to do a story.
That was standard practice, to be clear.
[Chuckling] There’s so many examples of how standard it was. She assigned it to a UK correspondent, who wrote it in the context of UK politics, talked about it being very contentious, talked about the criticisms of its findings. Cass was talking about them herself, this isn't jumping to any conclusions at that point. It really put it in the context of being this very contentious, very political sort of document.
When I saw it, because we're a few hours behind, there were 600, 700 words written. I had a pretty good sense of how the story was going to turn out. But within a few hours the story was to the top New York editors, and I don't know who exactly it was who did that. I assume it was Carolyn or her intermediary. They said ‘oh no, we want the science desk to do that,’ specifically that was Azeen [Ghorayshi], who had been a key reporter in a lot of the other anti-trans coverage.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gm2gj4v7isgrlsww3ya7hpy2/bafkreiauimpnoaneahu2xoujps44cnvpgrbuuweyq764hwvswkize3jr7a@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
NYT should focus on its core business, i.e. making game apps.
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As Washington state braces for devastating federal budget cuts, Rep. Shaun Scott (@organizewithshaun.bsky.social) is leading a progressive revenue effort he says could protect critical services from austerity measures contained in the proposed WA budget.
#waleg
#waleg
Rep. Shaun Scott Pushes Revenue Plan to Counter Austerity
Representative Scott introduces the Well Washington Fund corporate tax proposal aimed at protecting housing, healthcare, and education funding
www.officialhacksandwonks.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As Washington state braces for devastating federal budget cuts, Rep. Shaun Scott (@organizewithshaun.bsky.social) is leading a progressive revenue effort he says could protect critical services from austerity measures contained in the proposed WA budget.
#waleg
#waleg
Cop showed up at my house while I was gone. They told housemate that someone from this address called 911 for mental health crisis, but nobody did. Then they started grilling the housemate about someone who hadn't lived in the address for several years.
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Cop showed up at my house while I was gone. They told housemate that someone from this address called 911 for mental health crisis, but nobody did. Then they started grilling the housemate about someone who hadn't lived in the address for several years.
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Tort Claim by Two Fired SPD Employees Alleges Gender, Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Under Police Chief Shon Barnes
Barnes' chief of staff reportedly responded to concerns about a crackdown on the nude beach at Denny Blaine Park by saying, "We're not here for the gays."
publicola.com/2025/12/31/t...
Barnes' chief of staff reportedly responded to concerns about a crackdown on the nude beach at Denny Blaine Park by saying, "We're not here for the gays."
publicola.com/2025/12/31/t...
Tort Claim by Two Fired SPD Employees Alleges Gender, Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Under Police Chief Shon Barnes - PubliCola
Barnes’ chief of staff reportedly responded to concerns about a crackdown on the longtime nude beach at Denny Blaine Park…
publicola.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Tort Claim by Two Fired SPD Employees Alleges Gender, Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Under Police Chief Shon Barnes
Barnes' chief of staff reportedly responded to concerns about a crackdown on the nude beach at Denny Blaine Park by saying, "We're not here for the gays."
publicola.com/2025/12/31/t...
Barnes' chief of staff reportedly responded to concerns about a crackdown on the nude beach at Denny Blaine Park by saying, "We're not here for the gays."
publicola.com/2025/12/31/t...
Farewell message from outgoing Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson (who lost to Dionne Foster in a landslide) is unintentionally hilarious: "caricatures of me with devil horns aside […] when the Stranger writes my political obituary […] it should be titled: 'Sara Nelson: She’s Not That Bad."
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Farewell message from outgoing Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson (who lost to Dionne Foster in a landslide) is unintentionally hilarious: "caricatures of me with devil horns aside […] when the Stranger writes my political obituary […] it should be titled: 'Sara Nelson: She’s Not That Bad."
pre-ordered! (also, order Trans/Rad/Fem if you it haven’t read it yet)
I'm happy to announce that I'm working on the sequel to 'Trans/Rad/Fem'!
In 'Brown/Trans/Les', I will explore the construction of a third-world feminist ethos in the face of colonial and local epistemicide.
Preorder now!
Itch: taliabhatt.itch.io/browntransles
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV4RBJMY
In 'Brown/Trans/Les', I will explore the construction of a third-world feminist ethos in the face of colonial and local epistemicide.
Preorder now!
Itch: taliabhatt.itch.io/browntransles
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV4RBJMY
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
pre-ordered! (also, order Trans/Rad/Fem if you it haven’t read it yet)
Previewing prefiled bills in #waleg before the 2026 session—here are some of the bills I found interesting: the new AI regulation bill HB 2157 app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/... which looks stronger than previous proposals, but I need to look more closely;
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Previewing prefiled bills in #waleg before the 2026 session—here are some of the bills I found interesting: the new AI regulation bill HB 2157 app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/... which looks stronger than previous proposals, but I need to look more closely;
There are cis men out there who are kind, sensitive, considerate, and yes feminist, but none has ever asked me to text them when I get home safely.
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There are cis men out there who are kind, sensitive, considerate, and yes feminist, but none has ever asked me to text them when I get home safely.
commemorating international day to end violence against sex workers in portland today www.instagram.com/p/DQSrTIZEvjW/
Oregon Safer Workers Coalition on Instagram: "Mark your calendars for December 14th and join us for a community event in observance of International Day to End Violence Against SW ❤️ #event #portland ...
166 likes, 1 comments - oswcoalition on October 26, 2025: "Mark your calendars for December 14th and join us for a community event in observance of International Day to End Violence Against SW ❤️ #eve...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
commemorating international day to end violence against sex workers in portland today www.instagram.com/p/DQSrTIZEvjW/
Why am I hounded every single morning right around 9am by calls from some company contracted by MY health insurance provider to sell more stuff?
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why am I hounded every single morning right around 9am by calls from some company contracted by MY health insurance provider to sell more stuff?
They shouldn't have approved the use of the word "downtown" where there is none.
On the press tour last week, when I brought up the fact that people might confuse Federal Way Downtown with, uh, Downtown Seattle, the reaction from the ST folks was mostly, "Well, we approved those station names a long time ago."
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From the Seattle community on Reddit: Light Rail Airport Signage is Now HORRENDOUS!
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December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They shouldn't have approved the use of the word "downtown" where there is none.
i’m on the very first train out of federal way “downtown” station on this opening day.
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
i’m on the very first train out of federal way “downtown” station on this opening day.
I'm reading a prefiled bill and came across the phrase "In a county with a population of $250,000"—apparently there are counties in Washington State where residents are dollars not human persons.
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm reading a prefiled bill and came across the phrase "In a county with a population of $250,000"—apparently there are counties in Washington State where residents are dollars not human persons.
Guilty plea is almost always coerced. The worst part of the plea is that defendants are forced to lie under oath to state that nobody threatened or coerced them into waiving their constitutional rights, under the watchful gaze of lawyers on all sides complicit in maintaining the façade.
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Guilty plea is almost always coerced. The worst part of the plea is that defendants are forced to lie under oath to state that nobody threatened or coerced them into waiving their constitutional rights, under the watchful gaze of lawyers on all sides complicit in maintaining the façade.
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$2.6 million for an AI surveillance system that can't tell the difference between a gun and Doritos, and the Inspector General response is: staff need more training on how to use AI.
“The IG’s [inspector general] report found that it wasn’t the bag of chips that was the perceived threat, but rather the student’s hand movement.” 🙄
State investigators: AI tool wasn't biased when it flagged student’s chips as gun
Maryland’s Office of the Inspector General for Education recommended more training for school staff and police in use of its AI-powered Omnilert weapon detection technology.
www.thebanner.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
$2.6 million for an AI surveillance system that can't tell the difference between a gun and Doritos, and the Inspector General response is: staff need more training on how to use AI.
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Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
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WA Legislature to consider requiring union talks over government use of AI
A bill focused on public employee unions stalled this year, but its prime sponsor plans to try again in 2026. #waleg
A bill focused on public employee unions stalled this year, but its prime sponsor plans to try again in 2026. #waleg
WA Legislature to consider requiring union talks over government use of AI • Washington State Standard
Washington lawmakers are set to discuss whether public sector unions can bargain over their employers’ adoption of AI.
washingtonstatestandard.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
WA Legislature to consider requiring union talks over government use of AI
A bill focused on public employee unions stalled this year, but its prime sponsor plans to try again in 2026. #waleg
A bill focused on public employee unions stalled this year, but its prime sponsor plans to try again in 2026. #waleg
Love that everyone is already treating Katie as the Mayor-elect.
Going live now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e...
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Love that everyone is already treating Katie as the Mayor-elect.
hey look, even a fortune cookie has sense of irony
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
hey look, even a fortune cookie has sense of irony
I didn’t know about this either. Risograph is something I fancy but never actually get to try, but the app’s layout and PDF features look super useful too.
New-to-me resource from the Zine Librarians unConference chat: spectrolite.app "Spectrolite is a free Mac desktop app by ANEMONE to make colorful 🌈 risograph prints and zines more easily."
Spectrolite
spectrolite.app
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I didn’t know about this either. Risograph is something I fancy but never actually get to try, but the app’s layout and PDF features look super useful too.