Railryder
@railryder.bsky.social
He/him. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Seattle/Tacoma.
Sometimes writer, nature nerd.
Sometimes writer, nature nerd.
Hi fellow white folks:
It's almost MLK Day.This year, could we PLEASE think & read up, before we click "repost" on cherry-picked, out-of-context, clipped Dr. King quotes?? Ya know, the ones that some of us always embarrassingly post every January, just to make ourselves feel warm & fuzzy??
Thanks!
It's almost MLK Day.This year, could we PLEASE think & read up, before we click "repost" on cherry-picked, out-of-context, clipped Dr. King quotes?? Ya know, the ones that some of us always embarrassingly post every January, just to make ourselves feel warm & fuzzy??
Thanks!
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hi fellow white folks:
It's almost MLK Day.This year, could we PLEASE think & read up, before we click "repost" on cherry-picked, out-of-context, clipped Dr. King quotes?? Ya know, the ones that some of us always embarrassingly post every January, just to make ourselves feel warm & fuzzy??
Thanks!
It's almost MLK Day.This year, could we PLEASE think & read up, before we click "repost" on cherry-picked, out-of-context, clipped Dr. King quotes?? Ya know, the ones that some of us always embarrassingly post every January, just to make ourselves feel warm & fuzzy??
Thanks!
Hell yeah, this is what I'm talking about!!!! Over FOURTEEN THOUSAND of us commented on SB 5855, Washington!!!
(Is it a small thing? Yes... but a small thing is still *something*!)
Let's keep getting our voices heard in Olympia!!!!
🎉
#waleg #sb5855 #fightback
(Is it a small thing? Yes... but a small thing is still *something*!)
Let's keep getting our voices heard in Olympia!!!!
🎉
#waleg #sb5855 #fightback
14,000+ people signed in support of this bill. Senator Yasmin Trudeau said she's never seen anything like that in the Senate Law & Justice Committee.
ICE is doing deep damage to our communities. Washingtonians are speaking out.
ICE is doing deep damage to our communities. Washingtonians are speaking out.
BREAKING: The Senate Law & Justice Committee just advanced SB 5855, Senator Valdez's bill to prohibit law enforcement from wearing masks and to require identifying information.
ICE is out of control. Let’s get that bill to my desk immediately so I can sign it into law.
ICE is out of control. Let’s get that bill to my desk immediately so I can sign it into law.
January 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Hell yeah, this is what I'm talking about!!!! Over FOURTEEN THOUSAND of us commented on SB 5855, Washington!!!
(Is it a small thing? Yes... but a small thing is still *something*!)
Let's keep getting our voices heard in Olympia!!!!
🎉
#waleg #sb5855 #fightback
(Is it a small thing? Yes... but a small thing is still *something*!)
Let's keep getting our voices heard in Olympia!!!!
🎉
#waleg #sb5855 #fightback
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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I need my seattle neighbors to be taking notes because this shit is coming to us, the world cup is coming to us, start organizing now. Learn your neighborhood environment. We got hills these ICE fucks could never walk up. Train the glutes. Buy an umbrella (not for rain). Etc.
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I need my seattle neighbors to be taking notes because this shit is coming to us, the world cup is coming to us, start organizing now. Learn your neighborhood environment. We got hills these ICE fucks could never walk up. Train the glutes. Buy an umbrella (not for rain). Etc.
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Don't be fooled by the latest text scam threatening fines, license suspension, and legal action if you don't pay a fake traffic ticket. 🙄
We NEVER send messages likes this.
Please don't respond to such texts or click any links. Do not pay. Simply mark as spam and delete.
We NEVER send messages likes this.
Please don't respond to such texts or click any links. Do not pay. Simply mark as spam and delete.
January 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Don't be fooled by the latest text scam threatening fines, license suspension, and legal action if you don't pay a fake traffic ticket. 🙄
We NEVER send messages likes this.
Please don't respond to such texts or click any links. Do not pay. Simply mark as spam and delete.
We NEVER send messages likes this.
Please don't respond to such texts or click any links. Do not pay. Simply mark as spam and delete.
WA state peeps! You still have 2 hours to comment on SB 5855, which will BAN face coverings for law enforcement officers in our state! Please! Take a minute to add your SUPPORT for this bill! Fuck ICE & everybody else who's too ashamed to show their damn faces!!
#waleg #washingtonstate #wa
#waleg #washingtonstate #wa
SB 5855 Washington State Legislature
app.leg.wa.gov
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 AM
WA state peeps! You still have 2 hours to comment on SB 5855, which will BAN face coverings for law enforcement officers in our state! Please! Take a minute to add your SUPPORT for this bill! Fuck ICE & everybody else who's too ashamed to show their damn faces!!
#waleg #washingtonstate #wa
#waleg #washingtonstate #wa
Local folks:
Seattle PFLAG & King County Library is hosting a (free!) Zoom chat/ workshop, "How to Show Up for the LGBTQ People in Your Life". This Tuesday, Jan 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. 🏳️🌈
More info at the link.
Feel free to share!
#kingcounty #seattle #pflag
Seattle PFLAG & King County Library is hosting a (free!) Zoom chat/ workshop, "How to Show Up for the LGBTQ People in Your Life". This Tuesday, Jan 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. 🏳️🌈
More info at the link.
Feel free to share!
#kingcounty #seattle #pflag
Support, Learn, and Share with PFLAG
Join an interactive conversation with PFLAG Seattle representatives and learn how to show up for LGBTQIA+ people in your life. Whether you have a trans friend, a queer sibling, or a gay co-worker, th...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Local folks:
Seattle PFLAG & King County Library is hosting a (free!) Zoom chat/ workshop, "How to Show Up for the LGBTQ People in Your Life". This Tuesday, Jan 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. 🏳️🌈
More info at the link.
Feel free to share!
#kingcounty #seattle #pflag
Seattle PFLAG & King County Library is hosting a (free!) Zoom chat/ workshop, "How to Show Up for the LGBTQ People in Your Life". This Tuesday, Jan 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. 🏳️🌈
More info at the link.
Feel free to share!
#kingcounty #seattle #pflag
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Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Got to catch the Jim Henson-themed show at Greenwood Art Collective tonight !
It goes until 10 pm if you're nearby and looking for something cool to do tonight, #seattle !
#greenwoodartwalk #seattleart
It goes until 10 pm if you're nearby and looking for something cool to do tonight, #seattle !
#greenwoodartwalk #seattleart
January 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Got to catch the Jim Henson-themed show at Greenwood Art Collective tonight !
It goes until 10 pm if you're nearby and looking for something cool to do tonight, #seattle !
#greenwoodartwalk #seattleart
It goes until 10 pm if you're nearby and looking for something cool to do tonight, #seattle !
#greenwoodartwalk #seattleart
This is today, #Seattle !
Free admission to @burkemuseum.bsky.social and @nordicmuseum.org !
Fun fact: visiting a museum can be a nice little break from news/doom scrolling and absolute despair.
Free admission to @burkemuseum.bsky.social and @nordicmuseum.org !
Fun fact: visiting a museum can be a nice little break from news/doom scrolling and absolute despair.
Admission is free this Thursday at the National Nordic Museum and the Burke Museum, with both open extended hours until 8 p.m., to mark First Thursday after being closed on New Year's Day. Details:
Burke Museum: www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/fre...
National Nordic Museum:
Burke Museum: www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/fre...
National Nordic Museum:
Free First Thursday
Since the Museum will be closed on New Year's Day, we're honoring our monthly free admission day on the second Thursday of January, 1/8/2026.
nordicmuseum.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is today, #Seattle !
Free admission to @burkemuseum.bsky.social and @nordicmuseum.org !
Fun fact: visiting a museum can be a nice little break from news/doom scrolling and absolute despair.
Free admission to @burkemuseum.bsky.social and @nordicmuseum.org !
Fun fact: visiting a museum can be a nice little break from news/doom scrolling and absolute despair.
REALLY impressed by how North Seattle College has prioritized addressing food insecurity for students.
I worked at several community colleges from 2009-2018 & NEVER saw anything like this.
Maybe other colleges are doing this too, now. I hope so! I just don't know.
But anyways, great work, NSC!!!
I worked at several community colleges from 2009-2018 & NEVER saw anything like this.
Maybe other colleges are doing this too, now. I hope so! I just don't know.
But anyways, great work, NSC!!!
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
REALLY impressed by how North Seattle College has prioritized addressing food insecurity for students.
I worked at several community colleges from 2009-2018 & NEVER saw anything like this.
Maybe other colleges are doing this too, now. I hope so! I just don't know.
But anyways, great work, NSC!!!
I worked at several community colleges from 2009-2018 & NEVER saw anything like this.
Maybe other colleges are doing this too, now. I hope so! I just don't know.
But anyways, great work, NSC!!!
This is 2 weeks old now and you've all probably seen it already...
But I somehow just now saw it for the first time. Sharing in case anyone else missed it.
🥲❤️
But I somehow just now saw it for the first time. Sharing in case anyone else missed it.
🥲❤️
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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January 7, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This is 2 weeks old now and you've all probably seen it already...
But I somehow just now saw it for the first time. Sharing in case anyone else missed it.
🥲❤️
But I somehow just now saw it for the first time. Sharing in case anyone else missed it.
🥲❤️
Happy Back to School day, Seattle!
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Happy Back to School day, Seattle!
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"how much could it cost to run a petro state, michael"
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"how much could it cost to run a petro state, michael"
It is Katie Wilson day in Seattle!!!!!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It is Katie Wilson day in Seattle!!!!!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Whew....
The grossest of the New Year's rituals is complete!
(Cleaning out the fridge!)
The grossest of the New Year's rituals is complete!
(Cleaning out the fridge!)
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Whew....
The grossest of the New Year's rituals is complete!
(Cleaning out the fridge!)
The grossest of the New Year's rituals is complete!
(Cleaning out the fridge!)
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"Enjoy what may be your last merry Christmas."
-Donald Trump, in one of his (many) social media posts addressed to the nation, on 12/25/2025
Well gee, ok....Glad THAT isn't super ominous or anything. 🫠
-Donald Trump, in one of his (many) social media posts addressed to the nation, on 12/25/2025
Well gee, ok....Glad THAT isn't super ominous or anything. 🫠
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Enjoy what may be your last merry Christmas."
-Donald Trump, in one of his (many) social media posts addressed to the nation, on 12/25/2025
Well gee, ok....Glad THAT isn't super ominous or anything. 🫠
-Donald Trump, in one of his (many) social media posts addressed to the nation, on 12/25/2025
Well gee, ok....Glad THAT isn't super ominous or anything. 🫠
I watched Tinsel Town last night, which I KNOW is an objectively *terrible* movie....
But I got teary-eyed anyways, because, ya know what, live theater really *IS* SO powerful & SO important! 🥹❤️🥲
#christmasmovies
But I got teary-eyed anyways, because, ya know what, live theater really *IS* SO powerful & SO important! 🥹❤️🥲
#christmasmovies
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I watched Tinsel Town last night, which I KNOW is an objectively *terrible* movie....
But I got teary-eyed anyways, because, ya know what, live theater really *IS* SO powerful & SO important! 🥹❤️🥲
#christmasmovies
But I got teary-eyed anyways, because, ya know what, live theater really *IS* SO powerful & SO important! 🥹❤️🥲
#christmasmovies
Sorry, interrupting your scroll of Bad & Ominous news...with this story about @ricksteves.bsky.social saving the Lynnwood Hygiene Center just in time for Christmas!!!
Saved by the community: Rick Steves steps in to keep Lynnwood hygiene center open
Travel writer Rick Steves and hundreds of local donors stepped in to save Lynnwood’s only hygiene center, keeping free showers and services available for unhoused.
www.king5.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sorry, interrupting your scroll of Bad & Ominous news...with this story about @ricksteves.bsky.social saving the Lynnwood Hygiene Center just in time for Christmas!!!
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Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
At 41 years old, I was not remotely the oldest person at New Student Orientation day today at the community college.
And this, my friends, means this school is doing something very, very right.
❤️
And this, my friends, means this school is doing something very, very right.
❤️
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
At 41 years old, I was not remotely the oldest person at New Student Orientation day today at the community college.
And this, my friends, means this school is doing something very, very right.
❤️
And this, my friends, means this school is doing something very, very right.
❤️
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.