Laura M Williams
@williamslauram.bsky.social
Software documentation is a team sport. MSFT employee. Opinions mine. || Past life: Victorian Poetry & theory of the lyric. || Buffalo girl in Seattle. She/her. #BLM #GoBills #Swiftie
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With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.
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if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Fun bit of history:
New York is called New York because when the English seized it from the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdaam, they named it after the Duke of York.
Andy fucked up SO BAD Chuck may have to completely memory-hole the dukedom that is the city's namesake 😳
New York is called New York because when the English seized it from the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdaam, they named it after the Duke of York.
Andy fucked up SO BAD Chuck may have to completely memory-hole the dukedom that is the city's namesake 😳
Prince Andrew Sullied His Former Title, Duke of York, So Much That the 600-Year-Old Dukedom Will Likely “Disappear,” Says Royal Expert
"He's splattered mud all over a noble 600-year-old title and ruined it for future generations."
www.marieclaire.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fun bit of history:
New York is called New York because when the English seized it from the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdaam, they named it after the Duke of York.
Andy fucked up SO BAD Chuck may have to completely memory-hole the dukedom that is the city's namesake 😳
New York is called New York because when the English seized it from the Dutch, who called it New Amsterdaam, they named it after the Duke of York.
Andy fucked up SO BAD Chuck may have to completely memory-hole the dukedom that is the city's namesake 😳
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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
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A middle finger to erasure.
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A middle finger to erasure.
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
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There are people who will read this post who will very soon lose their healthcare coverage due to the Big Ugly Bill. 475,000 middle income New Yorkers will lose their healthcare: 13,000 in NY-23 (Langworthy), 14,000 people in the NY-24 (Tenney), and 14,000 in NY-26 (Kennedy).
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October 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There are people who will read this post who will very soon lose their healthcare coverage due to the Big Ugly Bill. 475,000 middle income New Yorkers will lose their healthcare: 13,000 in NY-23 (Langworthy), 14,000 people in the NY-24 (Tenney), and 14,000 in NY-26 (Kennedy).
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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A lot of edgelords who like to talk shit about soccer mom style protesting must not be seeing the same videos I am that clearly show the people being the most aggressive and vocal at ICE are of soccer mom age and demographic.
Your ageism and misogyny are showing.
Tuck your slip and hush.
Your ageism and misogyny are showing.
Tuck your slip and hush.
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A lot of edgelords who like to talk shit about soccer mom style protesting must not be seeing the same videos I am that clearly show the people being the most aggressive and vocal at ICE are of soccer mom age and demographic.
Your ageism and misogyny are showing.
Tuck your slip and hush.
Your ageism and misogyny are showing.
Tuck your slip and hush.
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There’s something incredibly pure about the cardboard signs with the cheesy puns and cringe sincerity
Each sign crudely lettered by a living and very angry person with a large supply of colored markers
I’m sure the aesthetic can be faked: but it’s a bit harder
Each sign crudely lettered by a living and very angry person with a large supply of colored markers
I’m sure the aesthetic can be faked: but it’s a bit harder
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There’s something incredibly pure about the cardboard signs with the cheesy puns and cringe sincerity
Each sign crudely lettered by a living and very angry person with a large supply of colored markers
I’m sure the aesthetic can be faked: but it’s a bit harder
Each sign crudely lettered by a living and very angry person with a large supply of colored markers
I’m sure the aesthetic can be faked: but it’s a bit harder
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Dave Matthews spotted at No Kings 2
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Dave Matthews spotted at No Kings 2
I know AI is supposed to be the current hotness, but the team at General Mills that came up with Peanut Butter Chex cereal deserves all the rewards.
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I know AI is supposed to be the current hotness, but the team at General Mills that came up with Peanut Butter Chex cereal deserves all the rewards.
Bob from Chicago getting it done. Yay.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Bob from Chicago getting it done. Yay.
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Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance
The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.
craftindustryalliance.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
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Thank you, Carl. This is badly needed.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thank you, Carl. This is badly needed.
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JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC, will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, experts say. The food aid program helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children.
Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families
Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC, will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, experts say. The food aid program helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children.
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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Sometimes Mondays require that you just have the decadent Ellenos Greek yogurt with pumpkin pie filling and gingersnap crumbles for breakfast.
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sometimes Mondays require that you just have the decadent Ellenos Greek yogurt with pumpkin pie filling and gingersnap crumbles for breakfast.
"Keep it one hundred / On the land, the sea, the sky" would be a banging new motto for the Coast Guard. Just saying. #TheFateOfOphelia
October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Keep it one hundred / On the land, the sea, the sky" would be a banging new motto for the Coast Guard. Just saying. #TheFateOfOphelia
Taylor Swift is coming for me tonight. Eldest daughter “Every eldest daughter
Was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.”
Was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.”
October 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Taylor Swift is coming for me tonight. Eldest daughter “Every eldest daughter
Was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.”
Was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire.”
Travis has been out there saying Opalite is his favorite, but Fate of Ophelia is quite the bop and he’s the dark lady of that sonnet.
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Travis has been out there saying Opalite is his favorite, but Fate of Ophelia is quite the bop and he’s the dark lady of that sonnet.
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
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Leslie Jones wonders how Jillian Michaels went from counting calories to counting slaves
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Leslie Jones wonders how Jillian Michaels went from counting calories to counting slaves