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I've seen enough.
Congratulations, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
Congratulations, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
Seattle's mayor race update:
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I've seen enough.
Congratulations, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
Congratulations, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson!
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Congratulations to our new Mayor-Elect Wilson!!
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congratulations to our new Mayor-Elect Wilson!!
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Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
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TIL Clyde Hill has a 120 square foot limit on a treehouse but no tree preservation ordinance whatsoever.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
TIL Clyde Hill has a 120 square foot limit on a treehouse but no tree preservation ordinance whatsoever.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Fun fact, local sex pest dave meinert (owner of huckleberry square and mecca and 5 point) joined Burien’s lawsuit to overturn the voter passed minimum wage increase.
His lawyer’s argument was “it’s not like we don’t want to pay our employees”
meinert recently settled a wage theft lawsuit 🤔
His lawyer’s argument was “it’s not like we don’t want to pay our employees”
meinert recently settled a wage theft lawsuit 🤔
And don’t forget the role restaurant owners play in trying to suppress the minimum wage
If you didn’t know, Seattle restaurant owners and consultants have been fighting against street food and food truck reforms for decades.
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fun fact, local sex pest dave meinert (owner of huckleberry square and mecca and 5 point) joined Burien’s lawsuit to overturn the voter passed minimum wage increase.
His lawyer’s argument was “it’s not like we don’t want to pay our employees”
meinert recently settled a wage theft lawsuit 🤔
His lawyer’s argument was “it’s not like we don’t want to pay our employees”
meinert recently settled a wage theft lawsuit 🤔
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Tanya Woo winning more votes than all but four people in Seattle history and losing by 17 points certainly tells you something about having a race during a presidential year
The Rinck, Evans, and Foster campaigns are now officially ranked 2nd, 9th, and 13th, respectively, in total votes received in general elections in Seattle going back to 1973. AMR now holds the top two spots. And counting is far from done.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tanya Woo winning more votes than all but four people in Seattle history and losing by 17 points certainly tells you something about having a race during a presidential year
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Check your ballot. It’s possible that it’s been challenged due to leaving the ballot envelope unsigned or a signature mismatch. You can cure that with King County Elections so your ballot is counted! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Check your ballot. It’s possible that it’s been challenged due to leaving the ballot envelope unsigned or a signature mismatch. You can cure that with King County Elections so your ballot is counted! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
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My ballot was challenged and it only took me two minutes to correct. Please, check your ballot status!
We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My ballot was challenged and it only took me two minutes to correct. Please, check your ballot status!
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
SPD out here on Northgate shutting down the taco stand between 8th and Roosevelt due to "multiple licensing and health code violations" that they wouldn't provide anymore info about.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
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The Seattle Shield Initiative is a big win for small businesses in Seattle. Thank you to our favorite council member @alexis4seattle.bsky.social for giving our struggling small businesses some relief and making large corporations pay their fair share.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Seattle Shield Initiative is a big win for small businesses in Seattle. Thank you to our favorite council member @alexis4seattle.bsky.social for giving our struggling small businesses some relief and making large corporations pay their fair share.
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We anticipated the day after the election would look like a continuation of day 1, where the results typically favor the more conservative candidate. This election is no exception. We were thrilled yesterday to see voters lining up to fill ballot boxes throughout the city.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We anticipated the day after the election would look like a continuation of day 1, where the results typically favor the more conservative candidate. This election is no exception. We were thrilled yesterday to see voters lining up to fill ballot boxes throughout the city.
I think that the fact that ST turns off comments categorically for a certain cartoon commentator says a lot about the kind of speech they find acceptable
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I think that the fact that ST turns off comments categorically for a certain cartoon commentator says a lot about the kind of speech they find acceptable
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Almost none of the media is getting this point. Mamdani is getting through to city residents not because he’s a particular degree of left, but because everything he says and does makes clear that he loves the city and wants to govern it to be a better city. Cuomo is transparently suburbanist.
One of my low-key favorite parts of the Mamdani campaign is that he walks around the city. People who love cities walk around their cities, but few political candidates do so.
Zohran Mamdani marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters, including Tish James and Brad Lander, before delivering his closing campaign message in City Hall Park.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Almost none of the media is getting this point. Mamdani is getting through to city residents not because he’s a particular degree of left, but because everything he says and does makes clear that he loves the city and wants to govern it to be a better city. Cuomo is transparently suburbanist.
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Pretty ironic that Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is using "Katie Wilson dropped out of college" as his talking point, given that his deputy mayor, Tim Burgess, dropped out of college with just a handful of credits left.
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Pretty ironic that Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is using "Katie Wilson dropped out of college" as his talking point, given that his deputy mayor, Tim Burgess, dropped out of college with just a handful of credits left.
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I don't have the time to write such a thoughtful post but I organized with Katie to pass a ban on rental junk fees. It was an amazing experience and we successfully banned some really abusive behavior coming from the worst landlords in Seattle.
I wrote about my experience working with @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social at the MASS Coalition years ago to win major walking, biking, and transit improvements. Give it a read and let me know what you think: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
The Katie Wilson I knew at the MASS Coalition
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November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I don't have the time to write such a thoughtful post but I organized with Katie to pass a ban on rental junk fees. It was an amazing experience and we successfully banned some really abusive behavior coming from the worst landlords in Seattle.
How can you not be romantic about baseball and walkable cities
Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How can you not be romantic about baseball and walkable cities
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Big news: Alexis Rinck's Better Bus Lanes budget amendment officially has five co-sponsors, giving it majority support on the city council.
Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a "Better Bus Lanes" campaign on Wednesday, demanding expanded and improved bus lanes on the city's busiest routes.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates » The Urbanist
# Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a
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October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Big news: Alexis Rinck's Better Bus Lanes budget amendment officially has five co-sponsors, giving it majority support on the city council.
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Rinck is a one-woman council majority.
Big news: Alexis Rinck's Better Bus Lanes budget amendment officially has five co-sponsors, giving it majority support on the city council.
Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a "Better Bus Lanes" campaign on Wednesday, demanding expanded and improved bus lanes on the city's busiest routes.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rinck is a one-woman council majority.
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Listening in on the Bainbridge Island City Council meeting tonight, for a discussion of their Comprehensive Plan - which was due last December.
A consultant is telling the council right now that if they don't take "bold action" it's likely to be 2 years late and the city will face state sanctions.
A consultant is telling the council right now that if they don't take "bold action" it's likely to be 2 years late and the city will face state sanctions.
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Listening in on the Bainbridge Island City Council meeting tonight, for a discussion of their Comprehensive Plan - which was due last December.
A consultant is telling the council right now that if they don't take "bold action" it's likely to be 2 years late and the city will face state sanctions.
A consultant is telling the council right now that if they don't take "bold action" it's likely to be 2 years late and the city will face state sanctions.
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I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵
Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor
Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks ...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵