Kona
@kona.moi
Transit stuff: app maker (pantographapp.com) and planning analyst (communitytransit.org) • 🚌🚉☕️🏳️🌈 • Mostly urbanism, left politics, local stuff, GTFS randoms. Basically just Swift (BRT), Swift (language), and Swift (Taylor) • he/him
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EXCLUSIVE: A lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed with the Trump administration’s position that the operations are lawful and was overruled, according to six sources.
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed with the Trump administration’s position that the operations are lawful and was overruled, according to six sources.
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you masked morons think this is a good look? I assure you it is not a good look.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
you masked morons think this is a good look? I assure you it is not a good look.
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Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was "inexplicably killed"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein provided the Justice Department with "precise and detailed" information about 20 alleged co-conspirators, House Democrats say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
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New episode of "Me Talking About Transit" just dropped!
Community Transit - The Transit Effect With Ken Jennings - Ep. 3: Transit & the Environment.
Join “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings in a series on how transit shapes communities.
ride.communitytransit.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New episode of "Me Talking About Transit" just dropped!
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thank you, katie wilson
Earlier this week, all 74 of the Northwest’s endangered orcas gathered into what researchers call a superpod — a sort of all-inclusive family reunion.
Rare orca superpod comes to Seattle
They came together Sunday evening not far from Port Townsend. Why, no one can say for sure, except the participants themselves — and no humans speak their language.
www.kuow.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
thank you, katie wilson
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein, in newly released email, says Trump “knew about the girls.”
Jeffrey Epstein, in newly released email, says Trump ‘knew about the girls’
The convicted sex offender’s correspondence was released along with other documents by House Oversight Dems.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein, in newly released email, says Trump “knew about the girls.”
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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If there's one thing I would like everyone over 25 to know, it's that way more of the government is run by the people who just decided to show up to meetings than you realize.
Attend a couple city commission meetings yourself, and they lose a lot of the mystique.
Attend a couple city commission meetings yourself, and they lose a lot of the mystique.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If there's one thing I would like everyone over 25 to know, it's that way more of the government is run by the people who just decided to show up to meetings than you realize.
Attend a couple city commission meetings yourself, and they lose a lot of the mystique.
Attend a couple city commission meetings yourself, and they lose a lot of the mystique.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Here's who decided to surrender in the Democratic caucus and let Trump and his minions walk all over them:
Kaine, VA (2030)
Shaheen, NH (Retiring)
Hassan, NH (2028)
Fetterman, PA (2028)
Durbin, IL (Retiring)
Cortez Masto, NV (2028)
Rosen, NV (2030)
King, ME (2030)
Next election is in parentheses
Kaine, VA (2030)
Shaheen, NH (Retiring)
Hassan, NH (2028)
Fetterman, PA (2028)
Durbin, IL (Retiring)
Cortez Masto, NV (2028)
Rosen, NV (2030)
King, ME (2030)
Next election is in parentheses
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Here's who decided to surrender in the Democratic caucus and let Trump and his minions walk all over them:
Kaine, VA (2030)
Shaheen, NH (Retiring)
Hassan, NH (2028)
Fetterman, PA (2028)
Durbin, IL (Retiring)
Cortez Masto, NV (2028)
Rosen, NV (2030)
King, ME (2030)
Next election is in parentheses
Kaine, VA (2030)
Shaheen, NH (Retiring)
Hassan, NH (2028)
Fetterman, PA (2028)
Durbin, IL (Retiring)
Cortez Masto, NV (2028)
Rosen, NV (2030)
King, ME (2030)
Next election is in parentheses
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"AI bailout during shutdown" would turn the Joker into the Joker
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"AI bailout during shutdown" would turn the Joker into the Joker
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Being a @nytimes subscriber must be like willingly eating glass everyday
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Being a @nytimes subscriber must be like willingly eating glass everyday
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Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m
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Last time a woman pulled within two points of Bruce, he had to flash a piece.
NEW // Katie Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count » The Urbanist
# Urbanist-endorsed progressive challenger Katie Wilson gained significantly on incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in Friday's count, pulling within two points, a 4,300-vote gap. With around 50,000 votes r...
www.theurbanist.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Last time a woman pulled within two points of Bruce, he had to flash a piece.
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Updating my plot of historical counting trends in Seattle mayor elections. We are back to pretty a pretty standard trajectory (which is promising for Katie Wilson).
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Updating my plot of historical counting trends in Seattle mayor elections. We are back to pretty a pretty standard trajectory (which is promising for Katie Wilson).
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A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
I don’t live in Seattle but I’m going to be clinging to this all week
Wilson gained 8 points from election night to final results in the primary election. The same bounce would propel her to victory. www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/12/u...
Urbanist-Backed Katie Wilson Opens Up Nearly 10 Point Lead over Harrell » The Urbanist
# Friday's ballot count was very friendly to Seattle progressives, with mayoral challenger Katie Wilson exceeding the 50% mark with the boost. The election dynamics favor a progressive wave. Here's wh...
www.theurbanist.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I don’t live in Seattle but I’m going to be clinging to this all week