Mary Dickson
@marythought.bsky.social
Software developer, knitting, parenting, Seattle stuff
I hate to waste airtime on that dingbat in the Whitehouse but HE put the national guard there in the first place. I don't wish gun death on anyone but save us the manufactured outrage and extended news cycle.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I hate to waste airtime on that dingbat in the Whitehouse but HE put the national guard there in the first place. I don't wish gun death on anyone but save us the manufactured outrage and extended news cycle.
Plot twist! I have been summonsed
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Plot twist! I have been summonsed
Reposted by Mary Dickson
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Not all heroes wear capes but also someone get this guy a cape
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Not all heroes wear capes but also someone get this guy a cape
I have done pretty much everything I can to avoid the most important job-seeking task (up to and including coding a TODO app to track tasks), and now it is the only task left.
If you would like to demo/try the app it's up at marythought.pythonanywhere.com ! #aidevtools
If you would like to demo/try the app it's up at marythought.pythonanywhere.com ! #aidevtools
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have done pretty much everything I can to avoid the most important job-seeking task (up to and including coding a TODO app to track tasks), and now it is the only task left.
If you would like to demo/try the app it's up at marythought.pythonanywhere.com ! #aidevtools
If you would like to demo/try the app it's up at marythought.pythonanywhere.com ! #aidevtools
TURN UP THE VOLUME
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
TURN UP THE VOLUME
secure.actblue.com/donate/jenla... running for school board is whack y'all, and
Donate to Jen LaVallee
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
secure.actblue.com/donate/jenla... running for school board is whack y'all, and
Reposted by Mary Dickson
*9/8/2025 noncooperation thread*
Further to this post of mine ⬇️, @cjkarr.bsky.social just shared this post with me, and friends, I like the way we're all thinking.
5/
Further to this post of mine ⬇️, @cjkarr.bsky.social just shared this post with me, and friends, I like the way we're all thinking.
5/
September 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
*9/8/2025 noncooperation thread*
Further to this post of mine ⬇️, @cjkarr.bsky.social just shared this post with me, and friends, I like the way we're all thinking.
5/
Further to this post of mine ⬇️, @cjkarr.bsky.social just shared this post with me, and friends, I like the way we're all thinking.
5/
Reposted by Mary Dickson
Shoutout to the neurodivergent parents of neurodivergent children just fucking exhausted and trying to do the best they can and never feeling like it's good enough
September 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Shoutout to the neurodivergent parents of neurodivergent children just fucking exhausted and trying to do the best they can and never feeling like it's good enough
Reposted by Mary Dickson
“My friend Victor saved me though, because he laid on top of me, but he got hit.” A child had to say these words.
August 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“My friend Victor saved me though, because he laid on top of me, but he got hit.” A child had to say these words.
Reposted by Mary Dickson
So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning
How do I sign up for the "fly away from here" club?
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
How do I sign up for the "fly away from here" club?
I bought too many pine nuts a little while ago so now I'm just adding pine nuts to everything and it is delicious (and expensive)
August 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I bought too many pine nuts a little while ago so now I'm just adding pine nuts to everything and it is delicious (and expensive)
Reposted by Mary Dickson
I’m also so thrilled to support Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi to be retained our School Board. They ask tough questions, listen to school communities, push SPS to serve kids better, and lead with integrity. And they write a 🔥 op-ed!
Sometimes I'm still a little shocked that Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi got appointed by the very board that was pushing a lot of this agenda. I am entirely supportive of their campaign for re-election.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/08/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/08/o...
Op-Ed: Seattle Public Schools Enrollment Practices Starve Schools and Harm Students - The Urbanist
# School board directors Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi break down how flawed enrollment practices are harming students, and may ultimately lead to school closures across the city.
www.theurbanist.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I’m also so thrilled to support Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi to be retained our School Board. They ask tough questions, listen to school communities, push SPS to serve kids better, and lead with integrity. And they write a 🔥 op-ed!
I am, as usual, with Beth on this
Sometimes I'm still a little shocked that Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi got appointed by the very board that was pushing a lot of this agenda. I am entirely supportive of their campaign for re-election.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/08/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/08/o...
Op-Ed: Seattle Public Schools Enrollment Practices Starve Schools and Harm Students - The Urbanist
# School board directors Sarah Clark and Joe Mizrahi break down how flawed enrollment practices are harming students, and may ultimately lead to school closures across the city.
www.theurbanist.org
August 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am, as usual, with Beth on this
Reposted by Mary Dickson
There is no reason to close schools in Seattle. Enrollment dropped in the early 2020s but has stabilized and slowly begun growing again. Closing schools has been shown to do enormous harm to students, and doesn't save very much money at all. It's the worst kind of austerity. More here: 3/
Op-Ed: Seattle Poised to Repeat Chicago’s School Closure Mistake » The Urbanist
# Last week Seattle Public Schools (SPS) unveiled plans to embrace sweeping austerity, making major cuts to school programs and closing an unspecified number of schools in the 2025-26 school year. In ...
www.theurbanist.org
August 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There is no reason to close schools in Seattle. Enrollment dropped in the early 2020s but has stabilized and slowly begun growing again. Closing schools has been shown to do enormous harm to students, and doesn't save very much money at all. It's the worst kind of austerity. More here: 3/
Get those ballots in, y'all! #waelex
Proud to support 2 neighbors in this one, @nathanrouse.bsky.social and Jen LaVallee (she'll be on the Nov ballot).
Also important to support anti "right sizing schools" (aka closing them) board members @joemiz.bsky.social and Sarah Clark.
Proud to support 2 neighbors in this one, @nathanrouse.bsky.social and Jen LaVallee (she'll be on the Nov ballot).
Also important to support anti "right sizing schools" (aka closing them) board members @joemiz.bsky.social and Sarah Clark.
August 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Get those ballots in, y'all! #waelex
Proud to support 2 neighbors in this one, @nathanrouse.bsky.social and Jen LaVallee (she'll be on the Nov ballot).
Also important to support anti "right sizing schools" (aka closing them) board members @joemiz.bsky.social and Sarah Clark.
Proud to support 2 neighbors in this one, @nathanrouse.bsky.social and Jen LaVallee (she'll be on the Nov ballot).
Also important to support anti "right sizing schools" (aka closing them) board members @joemiz.bsky.social and Sarah Clark.
Why is that man so afraid of the Epstein files, he is a cockroach who survives everything.
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why is that man so afraid of the Epstein files, he is a cockroach who survives everything.
Look at me resisting the urge to put my pan into the oven until it's done preheating like an ADULT
July 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Look at me resisting the urge to put my pan into the oven until it's done preheating like an ADULT
I got 9/26 on the fstrings.wtf quiz. Can you do better? fstrings.wtf
fstrings.wtf - Python F-String Quiz
Test your knowledge of Python's f-string formatting with this interactive quiz. How well do you know Python's string formatting quirks?
fstrings.wtf
July 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I got 9/26 on the fstrings.wtf quiz. Can you do better? fstrings.wtf
I love any excuse to eat saltines and butter
July 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I love any excuse to eat saltines and butter
Honestly, maybe we should let AI run some things, like the nation's diplomatic communications and trade agreements. It would probably go better than whatever this is.
Congrats everyone, we now have 35% tariffs on Canada for no apparent reason
July 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Honestly, maybe we should let AI run some things, like the nation's diplomatic communications and trade agreements. It would probably go better than whatever this is.