Jill S
@outseide.bsky.social
Tea drinker, Seattleite, queer femme, erstwhile writer, dilettante, librarian, birder, renter, traveler. If you reply-guy me, I will block you. Pronouns: she/her
www.slowbloom.com/blog
www.slowbloom.com/blog
Pinned
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We captured 18 birds today and then we surveyed the colony for bird flu, which we thankfully saw no evidence of.
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
We captured 18 birds today and then we surveyed the colony for bird flu, which we thankfully saw no evidence of.
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
I’ve moved on from influencer to thought leader. Thought COOKIE leader
It is getting into Serious Cookie Season *and* I’m participating in a cookie exchange later this month. Today’s project is candying orange peel for this shortbread cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
Orange, Pistachio and Chocolate Shortbread (Published 2022)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’ve moved on from influencer to thought leader. Thought COOKIE leader
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A moment of respite and beauty amidst all the wtfuckery
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A moment of respite and beauty amidst all the wtfuckery
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seattle's mayoral race is one of those proofs that your individual vote can matter. here we are, almost a week later, and the candidate currently in the lead (may she win!):
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
seattle's mayoral race is one of those proofs that your individual vote can matter. here we are, almost a week later, and the candidate currently in the lead (may she win!):
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
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Like Ben and Joey and everyone else who has worked in LA, I’ve experienced this. In June the cops were using wild volumes of less lethals and seriously injured several fellow journalists.
The chief and cops that continue to shoot journalists and interfere with our work need to be held in contempt.
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell released a statement about the dept’s opposition to the injunction that protects journalists at protests. Their biggest hang-up is not being able to freely use less-lethals on people to “de-escalate” protests.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Like Ben and Joey and everyone else who has worked in LA, I’ve experienced this. In June the cops were using wild volumes of less lethals and seriously injured several fellow journalists.
I saw bats flying outside my kitchen window tonight. I have no idea if it’s normal to see them in November but I was really tickled. I usually do see them in the summer.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I saw bats flying outside my kitchen window tonight. I have no idea if it’s normal to see them in November but I was really tickled. I usually do see them in the summer.
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For those watching the Seattle mayoral election, which could be headed for a hand recount: In 2015, when the campaign for City Council District 1 was subject to a recount, the results didn't change by a single vote.
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
For those watching the Seattle mayoral election, which could be headed for a hand recount: In 2015, when the campaign for City Council District 1 was subject to a recount, the results didn't change by a single vote.
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
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I feel like everything you need to know about our current political craptitude is evident in me packing a guillotine pendant for someone I know is a Quaker.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I feel like everything you need to know about our current political craptitude is evident in me packing a guillotine pendant for someone I know is a Quaker.
😆😆😆
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They say that taxation is theft. They say that wealth taxes are unconstitutional and have an apparatus of lawyers and think tanks dedicated to pushing that idea.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They say that taxation is theft. They say that wealth taxes are unconstitutional and have an apparatus of lawyers and think tanks dedicated to pushing that idea.
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The same people telling you #AI is going to deliver an unprecedented age of prosperity and leisure, that it will eliminate so many jobs that most people will need to have the needs taken care of for them, are also saying they don't want to pay taxes to for even food stamps and medicaid.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The same people telling you #AI is going to deliver an unprecedented age of prosperity and leisure, that it will eliminate so many jobs that most people will need to have the needs taken care of for them, are also saying they don't want to pay taxes to for even food stamps and medicaid.
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Milo, stays doing the reading.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social has repeatedly observed that the MAGA feminine aesthetic, instead of aiming for a coherent beauty heuristic, is meant *only* to signal female willingness to self-subjugate to a male desire.
The outcome needn’t be “attractive”, it need only say “I’m willing to do this”.
The outcome needn’t be “attractive”, it need only say “I’m willing to do this”.
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Milo, stays doing the reading.
Do you ever think how much algorithms fucked with your sense of linear time? Just me? Ok.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Do you ever think how much algorithms fucked with your sense of linear time? Just me? Ok.
Still a few days left before the deadline!
Writer’s room residency application is open for @spl.org until Nov 14! If you live in Seattle and want to take advantage of the library and its collections, apply!! www.spl.org/hours-and-lo...
Writers' Room
Writers can apply to use our Writers' Room to work on their projects.
www.spl.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still a few days left before the deadline!
A moment of respite and beauty amidst all the wtfuckery
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A moment of respite and beauty amidst all the wtfuckery
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Does shame fill our bellies when we're chosing between paying for healthcare or feeding our families?
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Does shame fill our bellies when we're chosing between paying for healthcare or feeding our families?
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If you want accurate reporting and analysis, not fearmongering, subscribe to Law Dork, where I always treated this case as the dud it was. (I covered it at the Sixth Circuit; said it was not at all a likely candidate for SCOTUS for review; and that was, basically, that.) www.lawdork.com
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you want accurate reporting and analysis, not fearmongering, subscribe to Law Dork, where I always treated this case as the dud it was. (I covered it at the Sixth Circuit; said it was not at all a likely candidate for SCOTUS for review; and that was, basically, that.) www.lawdork.com
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M's community, Bee's family needs urgent help. Please donate and/or share if you can!
***EMERGENCY MUTUAL AID***
The next twelve hours are crucial! My family needs $4500 by midnight tonight to meet a deadline to avoid eviction. Us, our two kids of 4 and 2, and our three dogs don't have anywhere to go. Please share, or help if you can.
ko-fi.com/honeystorm
#mutualaid #helpsky
The next twelve hours are crucial! My family needs $4500 by midnight tonight to meet a deadline to avoid eviction. Us, our two kids of 4 and 2, and our three dogs don't have anywhere to go. Please share, or help if you can.
ko-fi.com/honeystorm
#mutualaid #helpsky
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
M's community, Bee's family needs urgent help. Please donate and/or share if you can!
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
I just ordered over 2 pounds of tea AMA. Yes they are all Assam/assam blends. AMAE lol
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I just ordered over 2 pounds of tea AMA. Yes they are all Assam/assam blends. AMAE lol
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So if I’m reading the vibes correctly, my marketplace healthcare plan costs are going to skyrocket, millions of people are going to be fucked for a few billionaires and their yachts.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
So if I’m reading the vibes correctly, my marketplace healthcare plan costs are going to skyrocket, millions of people are going to be fucked for a few billionaires and their yachts.
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These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
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i am furious that these lawmakers HAVE socialized healthcare and continue to be paid for NOT WORKING while potentially voting against our fucking interests. dems if they fold and republicans for EVERYTHING. like, small sun burning out to a red giant angry. DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS YOU COWARDS.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
i am furious that these lawmakers HAVE socialized healthcare and continue to be paid for NOT WORKING while potentially voting against our fucking interests. dems if they fold and republicans for EVERYTHING. like, small sun burning out to a red giant angry. DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS YOU COWARDS.
Aside from grocery shopping and hitting the library, I wanted to make a pound cake. It’s now in the oven! www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/king...
I got some fresh yuzu last week and put the zest in the batter. Will make a glaze from the juice to put on top.
I got some fresh yuzu last week and put the zest in the batter. Will make a glaze from the juice to put on top.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Aside from grocery shopping and hitting the library, I wanted to make a pound cake. It’s now in the oven! www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/king...
I got some fresh yuzu last week and put the zest in the batter. Will make a glaze from the juice to put on top.
I got some fresh yuzu last week and put the zest in the batter. Will make a glaze from the juice to put on top.
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We planted some babies :)
Now it’s nap time.
What about you?
Now it’s nap time.
What about you?
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We planted some babies :)
Now it’s nap time.
What about you?
Now it’s nap time.
What about you?