Auntie K
@auntiek.bsky.social
Mood & Genre reader. Progressive. Long Suffering Mariners fan. She/her
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Pike Place is finally on the path to becoming a pedestrian-first street — but the vision won’t become reality without your voice.
The Pike Place PDA is deciding how and when to move forward. Let’s push for bold action this summer, not years of delay.
Join the conversation on April 16.
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The Pike Place PDA is deciding how and when to move forward. Let’s push for bold action this summer, not years of delay.
Join the conversation on April 16.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Pike Place is finally on the path to becoming a pedestrian-first street — but the vision won’t become reality without your voice.
The Pike Place PDA is deciding how and when to move forward. Let’s push for bold action this summer, not years of delay.
Join the conversation on April 16.
Mtg Info ⬇️
The Pike Place PDA is deciding how and when to move forward. Let’s push for bold action this summer, not years of delay.
Join the conversation on April 16.
Mtg Info ⬇️
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Fired Justice Department employee reveals that Trump officials tried to send armed officers to her home to intimidate her and her family:
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
April 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Fired Justice Department employee reveals that Trump officials tried to send armed officers to her home to intimidate her and her family:
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
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3 months from now you’re going to be seeing one of those DEA massive drugs haul photos except it’s hundreds of bales of uncut Kerrygold
Tariffs: Pound of Irish butter in US could exceed $11
A standard 454g packet of Kerrygold could end up costing $11.45 (€10.42) on American supermarket shelves because of planned 20% tariffs, reports Agriculture Correspondent Aengus Cox.
www.rte.ie
April 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
3 months from now you’re going to be seeing one of those DEA massive drugs haul photos except it’s hundreds of bales of uncut Kerrygold
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April 6th marks the beginning of National Library Week - which makes it a great time to step up and help defend our libraries.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was recently targeted by an Executive Order. (1/4)
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was recently targeted by an Executive Order. (1/4)
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...
action.everylibrary.org
April 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
April 6th marks the beginning of National Library Week - which makes it a great time to step up and help defend our libraries.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was recently targeted by an Executive Order. (1/4)
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was recently targeted by an Executive Order. (1/4)
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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I am writing to you today to urge our legislators to save federal funding for one of our most precious community resources − our public libraries!
The library is an invaluable resource. Federal funding cuts would change that | Letter
A reader writes about how libraries serve our community and how cuts to federal funding would change that.
www.beaconjournal.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am writing to you today to urge our legislators to save federal funding for one of our most precious community resources − our public libraries!
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an incredibly concerning story from @samanthamichaels.bsky.social about the politicization of the U.S. Marshals Service and DOGE's use of the marshals to intimidate judges and other federal agencies
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk's secret weapon: the US Marshals Service
“The risk to people’s civil rights is enormous.”
www.motherjones.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
an incredibly concerning story from @samanthamichaels.bsky.social about the politicization of the U.S. Marshals Service and DOGE's use of the marshals to intimidate judges and other federal agencies
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is a stunning find, and a glimpse at the Death Star scale of "mass deportation" spending foreseen in the reconciliation bill moving through Congress.
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
April 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is a stunning find, and a glimpse at the Death Star scale of "mass deportation" spending foreseen in the reconciliation bill moving through Congress.
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
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Trump’s Justice Department is currently asking the Supreme Court for permission to build a deportation machine that can disappear anyone, citizen and immigrant alike, to a foreign prison forever, permanently extinguishing their constitutional rights with zero due process. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump’s Justice Department is currently asking the Supreme Court for permission to build a deportation machine that can disappear anyone, citizen and immigrant alike, to a foreign prison forever, permanently extinguishing their constitutional rights with zero due process. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests.
"The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."
"The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."
More details surface in Trump administration plan to cut national forests
More details surface in Trump administration plan to cut national forests
Memos from the Trump administration are increasing pressure to cut more national forests for timber and forest health.
www.seattletimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests.
"The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."
"The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."
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So, uh.
WSDOT and ODOT have been saying they plan to collect $1.1-$1.6 billion from tolling to fund the new expanded I-5 between the two states.
The Washington House transportation committee is set to vote Monday on a bonding bill that would increase that authority to $2.5 billion.
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WSDOT and ODOT have been saying they plan to collect $1.1-$1.6 billion from tolling to fund the new expanded I-5 between the two states.
The Washington House transportation committee is set to vote Monday on a bonding bill that would increase that authority to $2.5 billion.
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April 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So, uh.
WSDOT and ODOT have been saying they plan to collect $1.1-$1.6 billion from tolling to fund the new expanded I-5 between the two states.
The Washington House transportation committee is set to vote Monday on a bonding bill that would increase that authority to $2.5 billion.
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WSDOT and ODOT have been saying they plan to collect $1.1-$1.6 billion from tolling to fund the new expanded I-5 between the two states.
The Washington House transportation committee is set to vote Monday on a bonding bill that would increase that authority to $2.5 billion.
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It's no secret that local news has been gutted in the age of the internet.
A bill in Oregon is asking the biggest tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to pay back some of the wild profits they've made from local news while at the same time undermining local news.
A bill in Oregon is asking the biggest tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to pay back some of the wild profits they've made from local news while at the same time undermining local news.
Opinion: Journalism is essential to upholding democracy. SB 686 can help support local news
Senate Bill 686 would create a structure for Google, Meta and other big tech platforms to pay for the news content that they rely on, write researchers Anya Schiffrin of Columbia University and Haaris...
www.oregonlive.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's no secret that local news has been gutted in the age of the internet.
A bill in Oregon is asking the biggest tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to pay back some of the wild profits they've made from local news while at the same time undermining local news.
A bill in Oregon is asking the biggest tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to pay back some of the wild profits they've made from local news while at the same time undermining local news.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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I beg of you, here’s a starter pack on how we got the weekend and 8 hour workdays
April 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I beg of you, here’s a starter pack on how we got the weekend and 8 hour workdays
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Georgia is about to remove the registrations of over 450,000
registered voters.
Make sure you're not one of them.
Check your voter registration now and often.
www.ajc.com/politics/swe...
registered voters.
Make sure you're not one of them.
Check your voter registration now and often.
www.ajc.com/politics/swe...
Sweeping cancellation of 455K voter registrations planned in Georgia
About 455,000 inactive Georgia voter registrations are scheduled for cancellation this summer. It will be the largest removal since Georgia set a national record in 2017.
www.ajc.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Georgia is about to remove the registrations of over 450,000
registered voters.
Make sure you're not one of them.
Check your voter registration now and often.
www.ajc.com/politics/swe...
registered voters.
Make sure you're not one of them.
Check your voter registration now and often.
www.ajc.com/politics/swe...
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If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so.
thegriffinlist.com
thegriffinlist.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so.
thegriffinlist.com
thegriffinlist.com
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did ... did this publishing house slap a shite ai cover on THE SILMARILLION? on TOLKIEN? on MY FAVOURITE BOOK?!? 🤬
i am about to lose my dang mind here. what the everloving heck is this cover?????? what did they do to my darling book?????? who are these characters????
*screams in rage*
i am about to lose my dang mind here. what the everloving heck is this cover?????? what did they do to my darling book?????? who are these characters????
*screams in rage*
April 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
did ... did this publishing house slap a shite ai cover on THE SILMARILLION? on TOLKIEN? on MY FAVOURITE BOOK?!? 🤬
i am about to lose my dang mind here. what the everloving heck is this cover?????? what did they do to my darling book?????? who are these characters????
*screams in rage*
i am about to lose my dang mind here. what the everloving heck is this cover?????? what did they do to my darling book?????? who are these characters????
*screams in rage*
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The most significant part of the Tea Party wasn't the teabag protests, but the institutional power they built—running for office everywhere from the local level to the presidency and remaking the GOP in their image.
The protests helped get things going, but it was the follow through that mattered.
The protests helped get things going, but it was the follow through that mattered.
I saw it in 2017 at the women's march. Honestly, I feel jaded and cynical about this. We've been doing these mass protests for 8 plus years and somehow we're still worse off. Power doesn't care about peaceful protests like this. They can be ignored and will be.
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The most significant part of the Tea Party wasn't the teabag protests, but the institutional power they built—running for office everywhere from the local level to the presidency and remaking the GOP in their image.
The protests helped get things going, but it was the follow through that mattered.
The protests helped get things going, but it was the follow through that mattered.
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Op-Ed: The Next Seattle City Attorney Should Prioritize Wage Theft Prosecutions www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/05/o...
Op-Ed: The Next Seattle City Attorney Should Prioritize Wage Theft Prosecutions - The Urbanist
# Workers at Baja Concrete and Newway Forming contend their bosses stole millions in wages, but Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison has been slow to press their case, Rory O'Sullivan writes. Wage theft ...
www.theurbanist.org
April 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Op-Ed: The Next Seattle City Attorney Should Prioritize Wage Theft Prosecutions www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/05/o...
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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It’s no joke, our friends at @bookshop.org are helping us celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay with a special promo code! 🛍️📚
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s no joke, our friends at @bookshop.org are helping us celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay with a special promo code! 🛍️📚
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
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#BREAKING: POMONA COLLEGE SAYS IT WILL TURN OVER STUDENT DISCIPLINARY RECORDS TO CONGRESS:
Pomona College said it would comply with a congressional request to hand over all disciplinary records related to pro-Palestine activity on campus.
These schools are fascist collaborators
Pomona College said it would comply with a congressional request to hand over all disciplinary records related to pro-Palestine activity on campus.
These schools are fascist collaborators
Pomona College will give protest disciplinary records to Congress
Rep. Tim Walberg sent a letter asking for records related to two divestment protests and other incidents. Pomona said they will "fully cooperate."
www.claremontundercurrents.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
#BREAKING: POMONA COLLEGE SAYS IT WILL TURN OVER STUDENT DISCIPLINARY RECORDS TO CONGRESS:
Pomona College said it would comply with a congressional request to hand over all disciplinary records related to pro-Palestine activity on campus.
These schools are fascist collaborators
Pomona College said it would comply with a congressional request to hand over all disciplinary records related to pro-Palestine activity on campus.
These schools are fascist collaborators
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NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.
More here:
More here:
EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere.
State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...
www.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.
More here:
More here:
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Incidentally, since almost all the physical books from major publishers in the US are printed in China, that probably just increased the price by 50%, which massively lowers sales and means publishers will do much smaller print runs.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Incidentally, since almost all the physical books from major publishers in the US are printed in China, that probably just increased the price by 50%, which massively lowers sales and means publishers will do much smaller print runs.
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“The sheer breadth of the cuts is staggering: The layoffs affected agencies that exist to fight deadly pathogens, to protect the nation’s drug supply, to finance and carry out cutting-edge research—along with countless other offices that touch everything from rural health to early childhood care.”
‘People Will Die’—RFK Jr. Guts America’s Health Bureaucracy
Stunned experts fear major damage to U.S. health, science, and expertise.
www.thebulwark.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“The sheer breadth of the cuts is staggering: The layoffs affected agencies that exist to fight deadly pathogens, to protect the nation’s drug supply, to finance and carry out cutting-edge research—along with countless other offices that touch everything from rural health to early childhood care.”
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A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵