Peter Abrahamsen
@rainhead.bsky.social
Seattle. Naturalist (bees, wildflowers) with the Mountaineers, Washington Bee Atlas, iNaturalist, Orcasound. Sings from the Sacred Harp. Bicyclist.
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Comic by adamtots on IG
October 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Comic by adamtots on IG
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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okay fine you got me
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
okay fine you got me
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My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
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Pay Attention
YouTube video by The Seattle Channel
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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We saw this same issue — voting day bomb threats — in 2024. Motive could be strategic voter suppression, but in 2024 it was likely foreign interference designed to cause mayhem and further erode trust in US election. These tactics can also provide pretext for contesting elections later.
Across New Jersey, bomb threats at multiple polling locations have prompted closures and relocations today
Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.
newjersey.news12.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We saw this same issue — voting day bomb threats — in 2024. Motive could be strategic voter suppression, but in 2024 it was likely foreign interference designed to cause mayhem and further erode trust in US election. These tactics can also provide pretext for contesting elections later.
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NEW STORY // King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/30/k...
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/30/k...
King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail » The Urbanist
# King County Executive Shannon Braddock has proposed a series of changes to one of the county’s pre-filing youth diversion programs, currently called Restorative Community Pathways, replacing the com...
www.theurbanist.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW STORY // King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/30/k...
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/30/k...
Petitioning Sound Transit for an infill station for the Crest Theater.
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Petitioning Sound Transit for an infill station for the Crest Theater.
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
Rewriting most of my JavaScript code in SQL, as Dog intended.
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Rewriting most of my JavaScript code in SQL, as Dog intended.
Cormac McCarthy wasn't Scottish??
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cormac McCarthy wasn't Scottish??
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Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS
The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent
or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
OMG the new edition of The Sacred Harp is going to be so well typeset. #sacredHarp
July 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
OMG the new edition of The Sacred Harp is going to be so well typeset. #sacredHarp
It's nice to see our work bear fruit.
Washington Bee Atlas nets over 25 new or rare bee species in its first year
As a primarily volunteer effort, the Washington Bee Atlas has discovered over 25 new or rare bee species in the state. More volunteers are needed to help document Washington's native bees.
agr.wa.gov
July 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's nice to see our work bear fruit.
Oh hey, the Temporal API was included in Firefox 139. Maybe in a couple years we can forget Date ever existed in JavaScript.
July 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Oh hey, the Temporal API was included in Firefox 139. Maybe in a couple years we can forget Date ever existed in JavaScript.
By rights, the bees get his money. It should all go to native bee conservation and meadow restoration.
Prince William’s friend dies after swallowing a bee at polo match
Prince William’s friend dies after swallowing a bee at polo match
The billionaire businessman collapsed on the field in Windsor after being stung in his mouth, which caused anaphylactic shock that triggered a fatal heart attack.
www.seattletimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
By rights, the bees get his money. It should all go to native bee conservation and meadow restoration.
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Trump didn’t order CMPD to pepper spray protestors in Charlotte, Trump’s Marines didn’t open up with tear gas in LA, Trump didn’t tell cops in Savannah to detain a protestor for wearing a medical mask. It’s worth asking why electeds in those heavily blue places won’t answer for any of that.
June 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trump didn’t order CMPD to pepper spray protestors in Charlotte, Trump’s Marines didn’t open up with tear gas in LA, Trump didn’t tell cops in Savannah to detain a protestor for wearing a medical mask. It’s worth asking why electeds in those heavily blue places won’t answer for any of that.
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Read the new groundbreaking investigative report by @glentalk.bsky.social in @realchangenews.bsky.social on the FBI and SPD’s extensive infiltration and surveillance of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, including the use of confidential informants:
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...
FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance
FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance
www.realchangenews.org
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Read the new groundbreaking investigative report by @glentalk.bsky.social in @realchangenews.bsky.social on the FBI and SPD’s extensive infiltration and surveillance of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, including the use of confidential informants:
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...
Scheduled to give a short talk on native bees in a couple weeks, for a class focused on pollination. Tempted to make the whole thing about flies. Respect flies, people. They're gorgeous, they're valid, they're living their truths.
May 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Scheduled to give a short talk on native bees in a couple weeks, for a class focused on pollination. Tempted to make the whole thing about flies. Respect flies, people. They're gorgeous, they're valid, they're living their truths.
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Yesterday Bob Ferguson signed @jessdbateman.bsky.social's Housing Accountability Act into law, which will create a brand new framework for oversight over local housing plans...and bring the Builder's Remedy to Washington State.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/14/t...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/14/t...
The Builder’s Remedy is Coming to Washington State - The Urbanist
# Senate Bill 5148, signed into law Tuesday, sets up a brand new framework of accountability around state housing law. The bill includes a so-called
www.theurbanist.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yesterday Bob Ferguson signed @jessdbateman.bsky.social's Housing Accountability Act into law, which will create a brand new framework for oversight over local housing plans...and bring the Builder's Remedy to Washington State.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/14/t...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/14/t...
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Last-Minute Rug Pull Leaves Lake City's Sanctioned Encampment, Tent City 4, With Nowhere to Go
Residents say they plan to move on Saturday, with or without a new lease.
publicola.com/2025/05/14/l...
Residents say they plan to move on Saturday, with or without a new lease.
publicola.com/2025/05/14/l...
Last-Minute Rug Pull Leaves Lake City's Sanctioned Encampment, Tent City 4, With Nowhere to Go - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Back in February, SHARE and WHEEL—the shelter providers and homeless advocacy groups that have run self-managed…
publicola.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last-Minute Rug Pull Leaves Lake City's Sanctioned Encampment, Tent City 4, With Nowhere to Go
Residents say they plan to move on Saturday, with or without a new lease.
publicola.com/2025/05/14/l...
Residents say they plan to move on Saturday, with or without a new lease.
publicola.com/2025/05/14/l...
Hairy Bear Scarab Beetles (Paracotalpa granicollis) mating on Balsamroot last week in Richland, Washington.
April 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hairy Bear Scarab Beetles (Paracotalpa granicollis) mating on Balsamroot last week in Richland, Washington.
Not quite an application, not quite a webpage. Somehow, the worst of both.
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not quite an application, not quite a webpage. Somehow, the worst of both.