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Moonlighting in the looming of the aftermath.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My mental health is still pretty good but it’s because I’m a little bit crazy
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week I ran into a friend who doesn’t do hugs and she asked if she could give me a hug and I felt like I’d unlocked a new level of life
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Nobody likes men’s sports
Fun fact about ticketed events in Seattle! There is a tax on all* tickets and hotels sold in the city that goes to support arts and culture in the city, but there's one major carve out:

MEN'S SPORTS 🙃
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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cameo but for murder
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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We have to apply pressure. Give Johnson a choice between being a hero or someone who has failed us, rather than simply casting him as a villain and accepting defeat. If you live in Chicago, share this piece with everyone you know and tell them to reach out to their alderman and the mayor's office.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The massive security infrastructure is a jobs program for people with Right Wing politics.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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"What if I told you there was a simple, safe, & effective treatment to vastly reduce the risk of suicidal ideation among one of the most vulnerable group of children & teens? You'd be pretty stoked, I would think."
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."

"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."

"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
SPL shared preliminary results of the 2025 patron survey, which included non-users. 98% said that the library improves overall quality of life in Seattle.

NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT. What else could 98% of Seattleites agree on? Baby goats? The Mariners? I doubt it. 98% approval is wild.

Fund libraries.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thanksgiving is hands down the best day in all the group chats.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is such a big deal. I’m really excited for Burien.

It’s funny that Schilling considers the election he lost to be singularly a referendum on Trump. What does that say about you, Kevin?
What Burien's new City Council may mean for its approach to homelessness
Two years after Burien leaders criminalized homeless camping outside, voters have elected a new City Council majority that generally opposes that strategy.
www.seattletimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This rules, I got 5 Douglas firs for $14 (and some other stuff)
King Conservation District’s native plant sale is open for the year!!!
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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So far, the election of Mayor Wilson has been an excellent demonstration of how institutional Democrats and their wealthy donors try to discredit the real concerns of their voters. It's telling that all their attacks (not a career politician, no car) reveal a deep contempt for their base.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Mamdani is a child of privilege therefore his socialism is cosplay designed to rile up downwardly mobile youngsters into stealing money from job creators. Wilson is poor and her socialism is just a way to get job creators to pay for her expenses.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“The WaPo Board” = Jeff Bezos crashing out bc he was unsuccessful in purchasing the “I love billionaires” candidate he wanted
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Remember, if Satan wants you to pay with anything besides your soul, it's a scam. The real Satan won't ask for your social security number or credit card info, he'll just give you money and fix your credit because that makes him popular and cool.
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The underlying value that unites “13 year olds are old enough to consent” with “13 year olds are not old enough to know their gender” is “13 year olds have no right to bodily autonomy” - for their kid or any other
this is true but it goes even deeper than this, it’s not that they ‘don’t care’ about their kid, it’s they don’t care about their autonomany and only view their children as property and want to control them. its why we see the modern lavender panic, fears of “kids being transed”, from the far right
One of the things that's very difficult to really take to heart about MAGA conservatives is that you can't get them on hypocrisy about their children because they really don't give a fuck about their kids
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM