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bird perch masquerading as a human
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Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
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the purpose of the democratic party is to redirect revolutionary energy into stupid bullshit that doesn't work
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
the purpose of the democratic party is to redirect revolutionary energy into stupid bullshit that doesn't work
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Interesting thing is that trans women are sort of the downstream victim of core patriarchy problems and the need to rapidly weaponize our society's misogyny and transmisogyny to create a highly visible but politically weak enemy that literally physically embodies the error of patriarchal society.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Interesting thing is that trans women are sort of the downstream victim of core patriarchy problems and the need to rapidly weaponize our society's misogyny and transmisogyny to create a highly visible but politically weak enemy that literally physically embodies the error of patriarchal society.
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proof that science mis- and disinformation are effective and have profound consequences for society. This is a shameful milestone.
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
proof that science mis- and disinformation are effective and have profound consequences for society. This is a shameful milestone.
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Outside Chicago, Midwest food SO fucking trash. Them bitches out there putting cheese on everything and then talmbout “OMG YOU GOTTA TRY THIS!” Trash ass food
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Outside Chicago, Midwest food SO fucking trash. Them bitches out there putting cheese on everything and then talmbout “OMG YOU GOTTA TRY THIS!” Trash ass food
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this @katelynburns.com piece about the death of lia smith deserves your full attention
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
this @katelynburns.com piece about the death of lia smith deserves your full attention
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA SAYS SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER IS “NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED,” CALLING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA SAYS SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER IS “NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED,” CALLING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE.
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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These are the high points of Watson's long and "distinguished" career. There are many more, but I have to stop somewhere.
James Dewey Watson was a bigot, a fraud, a plagiarist, and a thoroughly unpleasant man. May his name be forgotten altogether.
James Dewey Watson was a bigot, a fraud, a plagiarist, and a thoroughly unpleasant man. May his name be forgotten altogether.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
These are the high points of Watson's long and "distinguished" career. There are many more, but I have to stop somewhere.
James Dewey Watson was a bigot, a fraud, a plagiarist, and a thoroughly unpleasant man. May his name be forgotten altogether.
James Dewey Watson was a bigot, a fraud, a plagiarist, and a thoroughly unpleasant man. May his name be forgotten altogether.
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James Dewey Watson, molecular biologist, died the day before yesterday, 6 November 2025.
He was born on 6 April 1928. 🧵
He was born on 6 April 1928. 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
James Dewey Watson, molecular biologist, died the day before yesterday, 6 November 2025.
He was born on 6 April 1928. 🧵
He was born on 6 April 1928. 🧵
“you know, cottagepunk—like lord of the rings”
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“you know, cottagepunk—like lord of the rings”
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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the point of owing your soul to the company store is that you are stuck, not the actual debt. the money is the means, not the end.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the point of owing your soul to the company store is that you are stuck, not the actual debt. the money is the means, not the end.
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Like this, being unable to meet with the Mayor-elect of NYC is not a problem.
He's not taking meetings from most of us. Why would he take a meeting from the Shark Tank guy but the Shark Tank guy thinks he should take a meeting because he's rich. That money can't buy him access is now a problem.
He's not taking meetings from most of us. Why would he take a meeting from the Shark Tank guy but the Shark Tank guy thinks he should take a meeting because he's rich. That money can't buy him access is now a problem.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Like this, being unable to meet with the Mayor-elect of NYC is not a problem.
He's not taking meetings from most of us. Why would he take a meeting from the Shark Tank guy but the Shark Tank guy thinks he should take a meeting because he's rich. That money can't buy him access is now a problem.
He's not taking meetings from most of us. Why would he take a meeting from the Shark Tank guy but the Shark Tank guy thinks he should take a meeting because he's rich. That money can't buy him access is now a problem.
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I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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G&M: "David MacNaughton was the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2019."
For op-eds like this, *always* google the writer.
It's also noteworthy that he was a strategy consultant & chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. Dude knows the value of an op-ed.
For op-eds like this, *always* google the writer.
It's also noteworthy that he was a strategy consultant & chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. Dude knows the value of an op-ed.
By the president of Palantir Canada and member of Carney's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: To be an energy superpower, Canada must set aside flawed green ideology
Canada must not ignore climate change, but years of hesitancy over the LNG industry has allowed us to be leapfrogged by the U.S.
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
G&M: "David MacNaughton was the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2019."
For op-eds like this, *always* google the writer.
It's also noteworthy that he was a strategy consultant & chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. Dude knows the value of an op-ed.
For op-eds like this, *always* google the writer.
It's also noteworthy that he was a strategy consultant & chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. Dude knows the value of an op-ed.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Israel Is Still Starving Gaza
They’re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-is-...
They’re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-is-...
Israel Is Still Starving Gaza, And Other Notes
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Israel Is Still Starving Gaza
They’re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-is-...
They’re using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-is-...
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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The world is watching.
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The world is watching.