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· Aug 31
Team Harrell’s solution? Let rents get more expensive for everyone else so these units become “affordable” again. Jesus Christ.
Just an absolute self-own by the mayor’s office: Instead of trying to make housing more affordable, let’s just wait for unregulated units to become more expensive so these other units look good again.
This is not how we solve the housing crisis. This is not how we make a city for everyone
This is not how we solve the housing crisis. This is not how we make a city for everyone
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A Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for #H5N5 avian influenza died today. The Washington State Department of Health offers its heartfelt condolences to the person’s family and friends.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A Grays Harbor County resident who was undergoing treatment for #H5N5 avian influenza died today. The Washington State Department of Health offers its heartfelt condolences to the person’s family and friends.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Jeff Bezos is mad. Don't put it in the paper that Bezos is mad! (Oops, too late.)
Opinion | Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
The mayor-elect has little experience but plenty of bad ideas.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Jeff Bezos is mad. Don't put it in the paper that Bezos is mad! (Oops, too late.)
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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Harrell to Spend More Time with Most Of His Family: tinyurl.com/z5z3xvd4
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Harrell to Spend More Time with Most Of His Family: tinyurl.com/z5z3xvd4
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So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
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Hey Seattle, if you can get to the Uptown by 6pm I’m screening QUiZ SHOW. Don’t make me lose on Marty! www.siff.net/programs-and...
Talking Pictures: Ken Jennings presents Quiz Show
Directed and produced by the late Robert Redford, Quiz Show (1994) is about a big-money, high-stakes TV game show that becomes the subject of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption...
www.siff.net
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hey Seattle, if you can get to the Uptown by 6pm I’m screening QUiZ SHOW. Don’t make me lose on Marty! www.siff.net/programs-and...
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off.
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off.
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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Why is SPD intimidating taco vendors
Taco Stand on Northgate was back open tonight. As I went we watch SPD go around in circles and turns on their sirens a few times. What is this? This seems very strange if they’re doing something wrong then talk to them. This felt like intimidation
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Why is SPD intimidating taco vendors
@councilmember-amr.bsky.social (plus your colleagues not on Bluesky) there are plenty of things SPD could be doing on a Saturday night. This is not one of them
Taco Stand on Northgate was back open tonight. As I went we watch SPD go around in circles and turns on their sirens a few times. What is this? This seems very strange if they’re doing something wrong then talk to them. This felt like intimidation
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@councilmember-amr.bsky.social (plus your colleagues not on Bluesky) there are plenty of things SPD could be doing on a Saturday night. This is not one of them
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www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/... A spokesperson for the Texas State Employees Union CWA Texas Comptroller fired Austin resident Caleb Newton on October 28 due to a video he shared on his personal social media accounts encouraging other residents to attend the No Kings Day rally on October 18.
Texas state employee allegedly fired over No Kings rally support
The former Texas Comptroller employee said he had received promotions and merit-based raises prior to his firing.
www.mysanantonio.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/... A spokesperson for the Texas State Employees Union CWA Texas Comptroller fired Austin resident Caleb Newton on October 28 due to a video he shared on his personal social media accounts encouraging other residents to attend the No Kings Day rally on October 18.
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We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
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Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
Signature challenges - King County, Washington
kce.wiki
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
kce.wiki/SignatureCha...
Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
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the app used by the feds keeps people’s faces (including US citizens) for 15 years. now they’re rolling it out to da local cops like what could go wrong
CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
the app used by the feds keeps people’s faces (including US citizens) for 15 years. now they’re rolling it out to da local cops like what could go wrong
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Does anybody know of any public libraries having fare machines for transit agencies?
#transit #libraries
#transit #libraries
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Does anybody know of any public libraries having fare machines for transit agencies?
#transit #libraries
#transit #libraries
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marco rubio and elon musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
marco rubio and elon musk
Insomnia post 🍂
Greenlake in the fall is a great place to be
🍂 Seattle is Beautiful
(taken this afternoon)
(taken this afternoon)
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Insomnia post 🍂
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Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
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They keep thanking police officers during Veterans Day recognitions.
When did Veterans Day expand to cops?
When did Veterans Day expand to cops?
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They keep thanking police officers during Veterans Day recognitions.
When did Veterans Day expand to cops?
When did Veterans Day expand to cops?
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we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
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Along with everything else, Trump admitting the shutdown led to a bloodbath for Republicans should at an absolute minimum lead Dem Senators to shelve their apparent plan to prematurely cave. He's admitting he and the GOP are in a weak position, Dems. Exploit that!
Trump to Republican senators: "I thought we'd have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it and also about the shutdown and how that relates to last night. If you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for Republicans."
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Along with everything else, Trump admitting the shutdown led to a bloodbath for Republicans should at an absolute minimum lead Dem Senators to shelve their apparent plan to prematurely cave. He's admitting he and the GOP are in a weak position, Dems. Exploit that!