marasmind.bsky.social
@marasmind.bsky.social
Museums and fundraising for work. Knitting, books, hiking, gardening, for fun. Proud lifelong PNW resident.
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The Seattle #Mariners are officially the closest they have ever been to a championship

This season is the #GoMs 4th appearance in the ALCS. They previously had never won more than 2 games in the series, never coming within 5 wins of winning the World Series.
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The American people do not want to begin a war with Iran, and Trump does not have the unilateral authority to start one.

I'll keep speaking up on behalf of my constituents, the overwhelming majority of whom don't want to be dragged into another forever war.
Senator Murray Statement on Trump Strikes on Iran - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s recently announce...
www.murray.senate.gov
June 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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if the tariffs mess up the seattle teriyaki scene we riot
April 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Thousands call for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, MA. The Tufts grad student was abducted by ICE last night after publishing an article that was critical of Israel.
March 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Everything is terrible but knitting is good for my mental health! Latest from my needles. #knitting
February 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Beyoncé is the first Black woman to win album of the year this century, and the fourth in Grammy history. It was her fifth nomination for the show’s top award. “It’s been many, many years,” she said in her acceptance speech for “Cowboy Carter.” nyti.ms/3Cz84Ee
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM