Itsa me, Erica!
@ericathemad.bsky.social
She/Her. Epidemiologist, union activist, baby mama, and Civ VI addict.
I have opinions.
I have opinions.
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I see people talking about the murder budget and saying “organize for ‘26,” and…y’all!? There’s elections this year. Some of us on the ballot will fight to maintain services and protect people the murder budget threatens. Others would surrender to it. Organize NOW. There’s a lot to win this year.
The people making laws about whether police can assist ICE, about affordable housing laws and zoning, about how much money to invest in community services we are desperately going to need - those are your local municipal and county lawmakers.
Change starts locally. And it starts with each of us.
Change starts locally. And it starts with each of us.
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Level 2 (Get Set) for Pike St NE & Pike Pl NE due to Green River flooding. Be ready to leave. More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
#wawx #auburnwa
#wawx #auburnwa
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Level 2 (Get Set) for Pike St NE & Pike Pl NE due to Green River flooding. Be ready to leave. More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
#wawx #auburnwa
#wawx #auburnwa
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Level 2 (Get Set) notice for Trail Run residents: Be ready to leave at a moment’s notice due to rising water.
Do not exit via L St NE or drive west on S 277th—roadway is flooded.
Use the emergency exit via 52nd St NE → turn right (east) only.
If you need help, call 911.
More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
Do not exit via L St NE or drive west on S 277th—roadway is flooded.
Use the emergency exit via 52nd St NE → turn right (east) only.
If you need help, call 911.
More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Level 2 (Get Set) notice for Trail Run residents: Be ready to leave at a moment’s notice due to rising water.
Do not exit via L St NE or drive west on S 277th—roadway is flooded.
Use the emergency exit via 52nd St NE → turn right (east) only.
If you need help, call 911.
More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
Do not exit via L St NE or drive west on S 277th—roadway is flooded.
Use the emergency exit via 52nd St NE → turn right (east) only.
If you need help, call 911.
More info: auburnwa.gov/flood
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HB 2100 does it! It’s a payroll tax on high earners paid by the largest 1% of corporations in our state.
I’m also hearing that the State Legislature will consider a bill that repeals this sales tax on public schools in 2026 - it will likely come through the House Finance Committee.
I’m also hearing that the State Legislature will consider a bill that repeals this sales tax on public schools in 2026 - it will likely come through the House Finance Committee.
As of Dec 1, we're now getting charged a 10 percent sales tax on after school activities fees at the public school. Can't we just tax tech worker salaries already?
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
HB 2100 does it! It’s a payroll tax on high earners paid by the largest 1% of corporations in our state.
I’m also hearing that the State Legislature will consider a bill that repeals this sales tax on public schools in 2026 - it will likely come through the House Finance Committee.
I’m also hearing that the State Legislature will consider a bill that repeals this sales tax on public schools in 2026 - it will likely come through the House Finance Committee.
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Trump has already impounded funds meant for disaster relief in several states. Appeals to the feds should be part of Washington’s flood relief strategy, but new revenue in 2026 must be as well.
Cutting the state’s wildfire mitigation fund by 50% (as the legislature did earlier this year) ain’t it.
Cutting the state’s wildfire mitigation fund by 50% (as the legislature did earlier this year) ain’t it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Trump has already impounded funds meant for disaster relief in several states. Appeals to the feds should be part of Washington’s flood relief strategy, but new revenue in 2026 must be as well.
Cutting the state’s wildfire mitigation fund by 50% (as the legislature did earlier this year) ain’t it.
Cutting the state’s wildfire mitigation fund by 50% (as the legislature did earlier this year) ain’t it.
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Washington State: ICE attacks are increasing rapidly across the state. They are here. They are going to get worse. You MUST organize locally to stand up against this. #washingtonstate #ice
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Washington State: ICE attacks are increasing rapidly across the state. They are here. They are going to get worse. You MUST organize locally to stand up against this. #washingtonstate #ice
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Oh wow, Mountlake Terrace has made a complete reversal since June and changed their minds about Flock license plate readers!
Another victory in nearby Mountlake Terrace, WA! 🏆
"We’ve heard from our residents about the many troubles and challenges that this has this possibility of bringing. I think it’s time to pull the plug." - Mayor Pro Tem Bryan Wahl
#deflock #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety
"We’ve heard from our residents about the many troubles and challenges that this has this possibility of bringing. I think it’s time to pull the plug." - Mayor Pro Tem Bryan Wahl
#deflock #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety
‘Time to pull the plug’: MLT City Council cancels Flock contract | MLTnews.com
The Mountlake Terrace City Council at its Thursday business meeting voted 6-0 to cancel the City’s contract with the Flock Safety license plate
mltnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh wow, Mountlake Terrace has made a complete reversal since June and changed their minds about Flock license plate readers!
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If you've been to PAX West you've received help from one of their knowledgeable, considerate building staff. We love our Greencoats and they deserve a fair contract! I'll be signing this and I hope you'll join me.
www.teamsters117.org/fair_contrac...
www.teamsters117.org/fair_contrac...
Fair Contract for Workers at the Seattle Convention Center!
Convention Center: Essential Workers Deserve Essential Wages
www.teamsters117.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If you've been to PAX West you've received help from one of their knowledgeable, considerate building staff. We love our Greencoats and they deserve a fair contract! I'll be signing this and I hope you'll join me.
www.teamsters117.org/fair_contrac...
www.teamsters117.org/fair_contrac...
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WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric hepatitis B infections by 99 percent.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
West Coast Health Alliance, WA DOH, and Leading National Medical Organizations Continue to Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns
For immediate release: December 5, 2025 (25-145) Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric hepatitis B infections by 99 percent.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...
IVF is already incredibly difficult for service members and veterans, because they have to prove a service connection to their infertility to get insurance coverage. But at least there is a chance.
Military families deserve better, and Mike Johnson is a monster to take IVF away as an option.
Military families deserve better, and Mike Johnson is a monster to take IVF away as an option.
MAJOR UPDATE: Speaker Mike Johnson is working behind closed doors to strip IVF coverage for all active duty members of the military.
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
Will the self-proclaimed "Father of IVF" Donald Trump swoop in to save it?
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
IVF is already incredibly difficult for service members and veterans, because they have to prove a service connection to their infertility to get insurance coverage. But at least there is a chance.
Military families deserve better, and Mike Johnson is a monster to take IVF away as an option.
Military families deserve better, and Mike Johnson is a monster to take IVF away as an option.
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based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
August 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
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Two new studies provide insights into a possible cure for HIV, and feature the work of researchers from the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Path to HIV cure includes Seattle scientists
www.seattletimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Two new studies provide insights into a possible cure for HIV, and feature the work of researchers from the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
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500,000 violations.
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
500,000 violations.
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On Tues. 12/2 my office will host a rally/press conference to announce proposed legislation to mitigate President Trump’s austerity budget in Wash. State. The Well Washington Fund protects healthcare, higher ed, and housing. Let’s make sure it passes in the 2026 Washington State Legislative Session.
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
On Tues. 12/2 my office will host a rally/press conference to announce proposed legislation to mitigate President Trump’s austerity budget in Wash. State. The Well Washington Fund protects healthcare, higher ed, and housing. Let’s make sure it passes in the 2026 Washington State Legislative Session.
With UBI, I could afford to try for a second kiddo, and sign my toddler up for swimming and gymnastics classes.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
With UBI, I could afford to try for a second kiddo, and sign my toddler up for swimming and gymnastics classes.
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
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what if instead of paying to read bad substack writing about some of the worst people on earth you instead subscribed to your local newspaper and donated to your local public radio station to support actual journalism
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
what if instead of paying to read bad substack writing about some of the worst people on earth you instead subscribed to your local newspaper and donated to your local public radio station to support actual journalism
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It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s good to explain that the CDC is lying and vaccines still unequivocally do not cause autism, even if it just reaches one person on here who has doubts. But the fight is out there, not in here; and the time to let go of the information deficit model of science communication was decades ago
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New to Seattle? November is historically the rainiest month, and with the time change, the sun sets before 5PM until Jan 25th. Here’s a few thoughts on how to make the most of it 🧵:
1) First off, ignore people who insist you have to innately love it or you don’t belong here.
1) First off, ignore people who insist you have to innately love it or you don’t belong here.
a pixel art of a city skyline at night with a green sign that says ' northwest ' on it
Alt: a pixel art of a city skyline at night with a green sign that says ' northwest ' on it
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November 9, 2024 at 12:43 AM
New to Seattle? November is historically the rainiest month, and with the time change, the sun sets before 5PM until Jan 25th. Here’s a few thoughts on how to make the most of it 🧵:
1) First off, ignore people who insist you have to innately love it or you don’t belong here.
1) First off, ignore people who insist you have to innately love it or you don’t belong here.
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Learn this lesson 👇🏾
When Amazon 1st announced they would open a 2nd HQ outside of Seattle, the usual WA conservatives gloated that progressives making wealthy corporations pay what they owe in taxes had backfired.
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Learn this lesson 👇🏾
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The drinking water fandom is dying. Like and share if you're still sipping that clear stuff in 2025
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The drinking water fandom is dying. Like and share if you're still sipping that clear stuff in 2025
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🚨 1199NW nurses at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw are taking our fight for a fair contract to the community and holding an informational picket this Thursday, Nov. 20 🚨
Stand with us on the picket line as we fight for recruitment and retention, staffing, education, and more!
(More info👇)
Stand with us on the picket line as we fight for recruitment and retention, staffing, education, and more!
(More info👇)
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🚨 1199NW nurses at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw are taking our fight for a fair contract to the community and holding an informational picket this Thursday, Nov. 20 🚨
Stand with us on the picket line as we fight for recruitment and retention, staffing, education, and more!
(More info👇)
Stand with us on the picket line as we fight for recruitment and retention, staffing, education, and more!
(More info👇)
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Argentina, a Tale of Two Utopias: Anarchism, Soccer, Neoliberalism by Tomas Rothaus, a thrilling first-person account of the December 2001 uprising in Argentina that marked the end of the neoliberal experiment of the 1990s, narrated by an anarchist participant.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
Argentina, a Tale of Two Utopias
Get hold of our latest book about revolution, soccer, and the Argentinian uprising of 2001.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Argentina, a Tale of Two Utopias: Anarchism, Soccer, Neoliberalism by Tomas Rothaus, a thrilling first-person account of the December 2001 uprising in Argentina that marked the end of the neoliberal experiment of the 1990s, narrated by an anarchist participant.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
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If the King County Regional Homelessness Authority has its way, a report about an investigation into complaints against agency CEO Kelly Kinnison may remain buried forever; I asked for it after the investigation concluded and they're claiming it is attorney-client privileged in its entirety.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If the King County Regional Homelessness Authority has its way, a report about an investigation into complaints against agency CEO Kelly Kinnison may remain buried forever; I asked for it after the investigation concluded and they're claiming it is attorney-client privileged in its entirety.
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures