Lexi Koren
@lexikoren.bsky.social
Woman of Mass Destruction 👩🎤☢️ comms consultant, occasional freelance writer. AlexLKoren at gmail dot com
The actual challenge in the real world for neurodivergent folks is figuring out the difference between hard and soft deadlines. Because without doing so, you cannot possibly complete all of your tasks “on time”.
There are also just vanishingly few jobs in the real world that exactly replicate the ‘timed test’ scenario. And I work in a job with a lot of deadlines!
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The actual challenge in the real world for neurodivergent folks is figuring out the difference between hard and soft deadlines. Because without doing so, you cannot possibly complete all of your tasks “on time”.
Im not exactly sure what part of Jenny Durkan’s career made her ostensibly a highly qualified person to be mayor. Yes, being a US Attorney is impressive, but it’s a federal office that has very little to do with city politics and government.
I can't believe Seattle would elect someone with only 15 years experience organizing successful local legislation campaigns.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Im not exactly sure what part of Jenny Durkan’s career made her ostensibly a highly qualified person to be mayor. Yes, being a US Attorney is impressive, but it’s a federal office that has very little to do with city politics and government.
Oh look, the New York Times printing sexist garbage. Shocked, I tell you 🙃
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Oh look, the New York Times printing sexist garbage. Shocked, I tell you 🙃
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We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
LFG!!
Spanberger says University of Virginia should pause search for president
Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger called on the University of Virginia’s governing board to pause its presidential search until she can appoint new members, saying actions by the current board ha...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
LFG!!
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I am *very* glad that we covered WA voters’ complete rejection of anti-trans attacks by conservative candidates.
In fact, standing against anti-trans attacks is correlated with Dem over-performance in swing districts!
In fact, standing against anti-trans attacks is correlated with Dem over-performance in swing districts!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I am *very* glad that we covered WA voters’ complete rejection of anti-trans attacks by conservative candidates.
In fact, standing against anti-trans attacks is correlated with Dem over-performance in swing districts!
In fact, standing against anti-trans attacks is correlated with Dem over-performance in swing districts!
In Bruce Harrell’s 2021 campaign, he said that his plan for police reform was to give every cop a high five, make them watch all 9 minutes of the George Floyd video, and celebrate every week they don’t shoot an unarmed Black person. Media barely covers campaigns here, though, so nobody knew this.
Since I'm on the other side of the world, can any Seattle local tell me how it was even this close given the whole pulling a gun on a pregnant woman thing? Was it not made into a big deal?
Also, a race where a candidate pulled a gun on someone isn't doing much to dispel my stereotypes about the US.
Also, a race where a candidate pulled a gun on someone isn't doing much to dispel my stereotypes about the US.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In Bruce Harrell’s 2021 campaign, he said that his plan for police reform was to give every cop a high five, make them watch all 9 minutes of the George Floyd video, and celebrate every week they don’t shoot an unarmed Black person. Media barely covers campaigns here, though, so nobody knew this.
I love how they don’t actually check the “One Hit Wonder” trivia list to make sure it’s not just based on vibes. Survivor had like half a dozen top 10 hits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I love how they don’t actually check the “One Hit Wonder” trivia list to make sure it’s not just based on vibes. Survivor had like half a dozen top 10 hits.
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I’m thankful for brave women like Lindsey Boylan in NY and Monisha Harrell in Seattle.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m thankful for brave women like Lindsey Boylan in NY and Monisha Harrell in Seattle.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.
The supporters refused to accept that negative externalities are a real economic concept. The NYC metro area’s GDP per capita is 10th in the US, and DC-VA-MD is 8th. Housing costs a fortune and commuting sucks in both. Amazon HQ2 makes economic sense for a place like Detroit, not NYC or Arlington.
Progressives like AOC were intensely criticized for helping tank Amazon’s proposed HQ2, which is the land these apartments will be built on.
HQ2 in Virginia has been a total bust and Amazon is planning to replace much of its workforce with robots.
Once again, progressives were right — just early.
HQ2 in Virginia has been a total bust and Amazon is planning to replace much of its workforce with robots.
Once again, progressives were right — just early.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The supporters refused to accept that negative externalities are a real economic concept. The NYC metro area’s GDP per capita is 10th in the US, and DC-VA-MD is 8th. Housing costs a fortune and commuting sucks in both. Amazon HQ2 makes economic sense for a place like Detroit, not NYC or Arlington.
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This is like a trainwreck you can't look away from. Trump is literally doing everything he can to avoid saying, "Well we obvioulsy need Asians because they're good at math," and Marjorie Taylor Greene is attacking him for not being Xenophobic enough.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Swipes at Trump, Tells American Workers ‘I Believe You Are… Talented’
“I believe in the American people. I am one of you. I believe you are good, talented, creative, intelligent, hard working, and want to achieve”
www.yahoo.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is like a trainwreck you can't look away from. Trump is literally doing everything he can to avoid saying, "Well we obvioulsy need Asians because they're good at math," and Marjorie Taylor Greene is attacking him for not being Xenophobic enough.
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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today, like every day, is a good day to remember everything Lake Superior has taken from us. the only language the Great Lakes understand is force.
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
today, like every day, is a good day to remember everything Lake Superior has taken from us. the only language the Great Lakes understand is force.
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
RIP to the Eddie Fitz
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Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
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“people didn’t have ADHD in the past” they just smoked 900 cigarettes per day
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“people didn’t have ADHD in the past” they just smoked 900 cigarettes per day
AOC being the one to primary Schumer is a good idea if you think the highest and best use of her time for the next three years is speaking at Rotary clubs in upstate New York. I certainly don’t think that’s the case, though.
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
AOC being the one to primary Schumer is a good idea if you think the highest and best use of her time for the next three years is speaking at Rotary clubs in upstate New York. I certainly don’t think that’s the case, though.
Look, I enjoyed Fetterman’s social media persona and mavericky style just as much as the next person. I became a Kenyatta backer the second I heard about this shit.
Hmm, if only pulling a gun on a Black jogger had been treated with the appropriate seriousness
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Look, I enjoyed Fetterman’s social media persona and mavericky style just as much as the next person. I became a Kenyatta backer the second I heard about this shit.
Honestly I think if you primaried a lot of these people, they’d just retire. They don’t actually like the job of being a US Senator in the modern era enough to run a serious re-election.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Honestly I think if you primaried a lot of these people, they’d just retire. They don’t actually like the job of being a US Senator in the modern era enough to run a serious re-election.
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sure but if you want to defeat the party that doesn’t want to live in a society or republic, you’re gonna need your own institutions and organizations to recruit, train, and funnel the right people into the right positions. primarying dems is a necessary part of that project!
i'm basically with you on this. the optics are bad, the power dynamic is bad, but it's bad either way. the problems go much deeper than "caving" - primarying people is fun but not a structural solution to having elected a party that doesn't want to live in a society or a republic
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
sure but if you want to defeat the party that doesn’t want to live in a society or republic, you’re gonna need your own institutions and organizations to recruit, train, and funnel the right people into the right positions. primarying dems is a necessary part of that project!
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When you've lost *checks notes* Matthew Yglesias
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you've lost *checks notes* Matthew Yglesias
Truly a pathetic end to Durbin’s Senate career. Dude did some really good things back in the day. This is why these people should not stay as long as they do.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Truly a pathetic end to Durbin’s Senate career. Dude did some really good things back in the day. This is why these people should not stay as long as they do.
Idk y’all maybe upper chambers are inherently undemocratic. Especially ones that cost literally $100 million to get elected to.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Idk y’all maybe upper chambers are inherently undemocratic. Especially ones that cost literally $100 million to get elected to.
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One reason so many Democratic *voters* are mad at their party leadership right now:
Unlike Republicans, Democrats prioritize electability over ideology. And well, Democrats lost to Trump 2/3 times with the “safe” choice and the “safe” choice in 2020 cost them in 2024
Unlike Republicans, Democrats prioritize electability over ideology. And well, Democrats lost to Trump 2/3 times with the “safe” choice and the “safe” choice in 2020 cost them in 2024
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
One reason so many Democratic *voters* are mad at their party leadership right now:
Unlike Republicans, Democrats prioritize electability over ideology. And well, Democrats lost to Trump 2/3 times with the “safe” choice and the “safe” choice in 2020 cost them in 2024
Unlike Republicans, Democrats prioritize electability over ideology. And well, Democrats lost to Trump 2/3 times with the “safe” choice and the “safe” choice in 2020 cost them in 2024