Chelsea L
@chel-seal.bsky.social
Harbor seal in human form 🦭 Marathon swimmer 🌊🏊🏻♀️ Sea witch 🧜🏻♀️ Amateur baker 🥐 Dog mom 🦊 Plant mom 🪴 UW MUP 🎓
Loves: marine conservation, zoning reform, equitable development, public libraries, public transportation, and eliminating parking minimums 🐋🌲🗺️📚🚌
Loves: marine conservation, zoning reform, equitable development, public libraries, public transportation, and eliminating parking minimums 🐋🌲🗺️📚🚌
💯 I keep saying this! Refusal to adapt to equitable changes should mean reduced investments. Especially if those areas already have adequate capital facilities. #equitabledevelopment
If low density areas of the city resist upzones, I think it’s time we stop distributing city resources based on geography instead do it per capita so that areas that are denser get more resources: more local schools, more library hours, lifeguards & parks staff, sidewalks, nicer street lighting…
"Actions that promote equity can feel like discrimination to people who are used to being the only voices in the room." 💯
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February 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
💯 I keep saying this! Refusal to adapt to equitable changes should mean reduced investments. Especially if those areas already have adequate capital facilities. #equitabledevelopment
Oof I feel this. In fact, just today I learned the sign for TIRED in ASL. How timely.
#learningASL #QTBIPOCASL #QueerASL #tired #restisresistance
#learningASL #QTBIPOCASL #QueerASL #tired #restisresistance
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oof I feel this. In fact, just today I learned the sign for TIRED in ASL. How timely.
#learningASL #QTBIPOCASL #QueerASL #tired #restisresistance
#learningASL #QTBIPOCASL #QueerASL #tired #restisresistance
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As our new president and his favorite broligarch move to dismantle US foreign aid in the name of making America “great again,” consider this:
February 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As our new president and his favorite broligarch move to dismantle US foreign aid in the name of making America “great again,” consider this:
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
"This is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained."
Me, every time I tell NIMBYs that racism and segregation are bad, and that the system they're so passionate about protecting is corrupt and was designed for oppression and dominance 🙃
Me, every time I tell NIMBYs that racism and segregation are bad, and that the system they're so passionate about protecting is corrupt and was designed for oppression and dominance 🙃
The most important thing I can tell everyone that I've learned from being a YouTuber who explains how stuff works is that each and every time I thought "this is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained" I was wrong.
February 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"This is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained."
Me, every time I tell NIMBYs that racism and segregation are bad, and that the system they're so passionate about protecting is corrupt and was designed for oppression and dominance 🙃
Me, every time I tell NIMBYs that racism and segregation are bad, and that the system they're so passionate about protecting is corrupt and was designed for oppression and dominance 🙃
"Proposition 1B gets rid of the mixed-income model. And even more galling, in a reverse-robin hood maneuver, it takes that $10 million away from other affordable housing for folks that are even more cash strapped. It is designed to pit working people against one another to fight over the scraps."
Seattle voters received Prop 1B campaign mailers riddled with lies about social housing, Ron Davis argues. He says that voters shouldn't be fooled and should vote for Prop 1A instead.
Op-ed by Ron Davis: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/01/h...
Op-ed by Ron Davis: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/01/h...
February 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Proposition 1B gets rid of the mixed-income model. And even more galling, in a reverse-robin hood maneuver, it takes that $10 million away from other affordable housing for folks that are even more cash strapped. It is designed to pit working people against one another to fight over the scraps."
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this is exactly it. i wrote something similar not long ago
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
this is exactly it. i wrote something similar not long ago
My current #publiclibrary reading material, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century," by William A. Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen. 📖
#booksky #diversebooksky #kcls #kingcountylibrarysystem #supportpubliclibraries
#booksky #diversebooksky #kcls #kingcountylibrarysystem #supportpubliclibraries
January 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My current #publiclibrary reading material, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century," by William A. Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen. 📖
#booksky #diversebooksky #kcls #kingcountylibrarysystem #supportpubliclibraries
#booksky #diversebooksky #kcls #kingcountylibrarysystem #supportpubliclibraries
Hey #booksky my amazing friend @julianagyeman.bsky.social has an OPEN ACCESS book available that I highly recommend. "Sacred Civis is a must-read for anyone interested in intersectional discussions on social justice, inclusivity, participatory design, healthy communities, and future cities."
January 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hey #booksky my amazing friend @julianagyeman.bsky.social has an OPEN ACCESS book available that I highly recommend. "Sacred Civis is a must-read for anyone interested in intersectional discussions on social justice, inclusivity, participatory design, healthy communities, and future cities."
Buy Nothing was the last thing keeping me on FB. I hope folks in my neighborhood start shifting over to the standalone app so that our community can continue to thrive. I miss them 😥
Buy Nothing also has an app, which they specifically designed to encourage people to get off of Facebook. buynothingproject.org/join
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January 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buy Nothing was the last thing keeping me on FB. I hope folks in my neighborhood start shifting over to the standalone app so that our community can continue to thrive. I miss them 😥
Hey @safeway.bsky.social it's completely unacceptable to disallow these items at a store that is 0.2 mi from the light rail station. People taking trains from the airport, from the gym, from work, etc. should be encouraged to stop in without additional burdens. This is discrimination. Shame on you
Pretty messed up that the Safeway grocery store next to the Othello light rail station (maybe one of the most train accessible groceries in all of Seattle) has decided that people carrying backpacks aren’t welcome. What are we supposed to do with our stuff?
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Hey @safeway.bsky.social it's completely unacceptable to disallow these items at a store that is 0.2 mi from the light rail station. People taking trains from the airport, from the gym, from work, etc. should be encouraged to stop in without additional burdens. This is discrimination. Shame on you
Depression you can dance to! This band is filled with some of my favorite humans. I love them, and you can, too!
Dysentery, but make it 2025
"We're All Gonna Die" - The Cancellations (Animated Lyric Video)
YouTube video by The Cancellations
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January 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Depression you can dance to! This band is filled with some of my favorite humans. I love them, and you can, too!
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Hearing is Tuesday at 1030! Sign in Pro to support! app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...
January 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hearing is Tuesday at 1030! Sign in Pro to support! app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...
I listed some things I love in my bio, but I definitely want in on this wholesome trend!
1 like = 1 thing I love 🫶🏼
1 like = 1 thing I love 🫶🏼
Yeah, this definitely seems like an exercise my therapist would approve of to balance all the doom in my mind, so hit me.
1 like = 1 thing I love (with pictures if possible)
1 like = 1 thing I love (with pictures if possible)
Okay this seems like a wholesome way to ground myself rn
1 like = 1 thing I love
1 like = 1 thing I love
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I listed some things I love in my bio, but I definitely want in on this wholesome trend!
1 like = 1 thing I love 🫶🏼
1 like = 1 thing I love 🫶🏼
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Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
January 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
Joy is a form of resistance. I am learning how to exist in dualities. Simultaneously grieving and thriving. Weary and empowered. Resting and fighting.
Keep creating joy! Keep sharing content created by and celebrating the existence of queer, brown, and disabled communities!
#buildforbelonging 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
Keep creating joy! Keep sharing content created by and celebrating the existence of queer, brown, and disabled communities!
#buildforbelonging 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
January 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Joy is a form of resistance. I am learning how to exist in dualities. Simultaneously grieving and thriving. Weary and empowered. Resting and fighting.
Keep creating joy! Keep sharing content created by and celebrating the existence of queer, brown, and disabled communities!
#buildforbelonging 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
Keep creating joy! Keep sharing content created by and celebrating the existence of queer, brown, and disabled communities!
#buildforbelonging 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
I think it's important to remember that standards for "good writing" and "proper grammar" are rooted in white supremacy. Let's read and review written works by QTBIPOC/disabled authors, and use metrics like, "How did this expose me to ideas/cultures unlike my own?" to uplift diverse voices!
#booksky
#booksky
January 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I think it's important to remember that standards for "good writing" and "proper grammar" are rooted in white supremacy. Let's read and review written works by QTBIPOC/disabled authors, and use metrics like, "How did this expose me to ideas/cultures unlike my own?" to uplift diverse voices!
#booksky
#booksky
"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity." MLK Jr
#mlkday #inauguration
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#mlkday #inauguration
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January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity." MLK Jr
#mlkday #inauguration
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#mlkday #inauguration
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It takes time to look up who owns what, and to find alternatives for the things you need/want. Time and privilege are closely aligned; not everyone can easily do this. But the more we can, the better! 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
Canceling subscriptions, deleting accounts to give less of my money to billionaires
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It takes time to look up who owns what, and to find alternatives for the things you need/want. Time and privilege are closely aligned; not everyone can easily do this. But the more we can, the better! 🖤🤎🏳️🌈
Today is MLK Day of Service. I'm volunteering to help endangered orcas by restoring salmon habitat. We remove invasive plants and plant native trees at a public park that used to be a golf course. "The time is always right to do what is right." 🌱🌲🏞️
#mlkdayofservice #riparianforest #srkws
#mlkdayofservice #riparianforest #srkws
January 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today is MLK Day of Service. I'm volunteering to help endangered orcas by restoring salmon habitat. We remove invasive plants and plant native trees at a public park that used to be a golf course. "The time is always right to do what is right." 🌱🌲🏞️
#mlkdayofservice #riparianforest #srkws
#mlkdayofservice #riparianforest #srkws
Please support your local public libraries. Many libraries offer reciprocal cards to other nearby library systems (great for borrowing e-books and audiobooks through Libby).
Please read banned books.
Please read books by BIPOC authors.
Please use StoryGraph.
Please purchase locally.
#booksky 📚
Please read banned books.
Please read books by BIPOC authors.
Please use StoryGraph.
Please purchase locally.
#booksky 📚
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Please support your local public libraries. Many libraries offer reciprocal cards to other nearby library systems (great for borrowing e-books and audiobooks through Libby).
Please read banned books.
Please read books by BIPOC authors.
Please use StoryGraph.
Please purchase locally.
#booksky 📚
Please read banned books.
Please read books by BIPOC authors.
Please use StoryGraph.
Please purchase locally.
#booksky 📚