Matthew Johnson
@seasouthern.bsky.social
Parent. Partner. Queer. RA. South Alabamian in South Seattle. Urbanist. Transit Advocate. He/Him or They/Them. #WDE #EBFG #CIB #OIF #OEF
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214 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. We only need 4 Republicans to sign.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
214 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. We only need 4 Republicans to sign.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.
I appreciate the contempt my crows have for leaves.
You can tell it isn’t just ‘I’m gonna move you so I can see what is underneath’ but full on ‘FUCK YOU LEAF’.
And as a leaf raker I get that.
You can tell it isn’t just ‘I’m gonna move you so I can see what is underneath’ but full on ‘FUCK YOU LEAF’.
And as a leaf raker I get that.
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I appreciate the contempt my crows have for leaves.
You can tell it isn’t just ‘I’m gonna move you so I can see what is underneath’ but full on ‘FUCK YOU LEAF’.
And as a leaf raker I get that.
You can tell it isn’t just ‘I’m gonna move you so I can see what is underneath’ but full on ‘FUCK YOU LEAF’.
And as a leaf raker I get that.
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House Dems need to squeeze every Republican in a Trump +7 or less to switch parties.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
House Dems need to squeeze every Republican in a Trump +7 or less to switch parties.
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To recap this week:
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
To recap this week:
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
So we’ve got the ballroom. And the Presidential golf course at Andrews AFB, the American Arc de Triomphe he wants to build in DC and now Dulles.
Grandpa is so checked out of the job and just wants to coast and play with his models.
Grandpa is so checked out of the job and just wants to coast and play with his models.
Trump: "We're also going to rebuild Dulles airport, because it's not a good airport"
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So we’ve got the ballroom. And the Presidential golf course at Andrews AFB, the American Arc de Triomphe he wants to build in DC and now Dulles.
Grandpa is so checked out of the job and just wants to coast and play with his models.
Grandpa is so checked out of the job and just wants to coast and play with his models.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
@timmiller.bsky.social I have nothing against Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg.
But the Benelux countries seriously have a larger GDP than Russia.
What they also have are anti corruption laws and so Trump and co are focusing on Russia.
IT IS A POOR FUCKING COUNTRY!
But the Benelux countries seriously have a larger GDP than Russia.
What they also have are anti corruption laws and so Trump and co are focusing on Russia.
IT IS A POOR FUCKING COUNTRY!
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@timmiller.bsky.social I have nothing against Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg.
But the Benelux countries seriously have a larger GDP than Russia.
What they also have are anti corruption laws and so Trump and co are focusing on Russia.
IT IS A POOR FUCKING COUNTRY!
But the Benelux countries seriously have a larger GDP than Russia.
What they also have are anti corruption laws and so Trump and co are focusing on Russia.
IT IS A POOR FUCKING COUNTRY!
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There needs to be consequences for publishing lies.
1) Bruce Harrell is mayor. Why is this article framing a problem as the responsibility of the mayor-elect, rather than the existing mayor?!
2) Wilson did not promise to "end sweeps." This is a lie. Printing lies is propaganda, not news.
1) Bruce Harrell is mayor. Why is this article framing a problem as the responsibility of the mayor-elect, rather than the existing mayor?!
2) Wilson did not promise to "end sweeps." This is a lie. Printing lies is propaganda, not news.
![Screenshot of a KIRO opinion piece:
Title: "Harger: Seattle Space Needle homeless camp grows as Mayor-elect Katie Wilson promises to end sweeps"
[Picture of the Space Needle and a tent]:
BY CHARLIE HARGER
Host, Seattle's Morning News
Lede:
"A homeless encampment near the Space Needle that gained international media attention is testing Seattle’s homeless crisis response as Mayor-elect Katie Wilson prepares to end camp removals when she takes office in January 2026"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udp5knsxol66kisgtzpll3ju/bafkreidmzyf3epwbm34mm4bkrkcsszral7o347h4rn6xxedtdieodo3eye@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There needs to be consequences for publishing lies.
1) Bruce Harrell is mayor. Why is this article framing a problem as the responsibility of the mayor-elect, rather than the existing mayor?!
2) Wilson did not promise to "end sweeps." This is a lie. Printing lies is propaganda, not news.
1) Bruce Harrell is mayor. Why is this article framing a problem as the responsibility of the mayor-elect, rather than the existing mayor?!
2) Wilson did not promise to "end sweeps." This is a lie. Printing lies is propaganda, not news.
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News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
:( Here’s to a speedy recovery.
Garth Lagerwey won’t return to Atlanta United
Club’s president took two leaves of absence for a cancer-related issue.
www.ajc.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
:( Here’s to a speedy recovery.
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The question from @aselrod.bsky.social:
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
Me: I mean…
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
Me: I mean…
There are better serious answers but you could do a lot worse than John Ratzenberger who gives you nearly every Pixar movie, 250+ episodes of Cheers, and for the hell of it, The Empire Strikes Back and Gandhi
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The question from @aselrod.bsky.social:
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
Me: I mean…
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
Me: I mean…
What’s the quote? Don’t pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel?
The AP didn’t used to be known for saucy headlines, but that whole Gulf of Mexico thing must have unleashed their AhFuckIt gene.
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
What’s the quote? Don’t pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel?
So why isn’t there Krystal or White Castle on the West Coast (or a regional equivalent)?
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So why isn’t there Krystal or White Castle on the West Coast (or a regional equivalent)?
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#OnThisDay in 1999, when most journalists were cleared out of downtown Seattle during the WTO protests, HistoryLink had the only live feed of the disturbance (one frame per minute) from the webcam in our office window. Learn more about it here: www.historylink.org/File/9203
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#OnThisDay in 1999, when most journalists were cleared out of downtown Seattle during the WTO protests, HistoryLink had the only live feed of the disturbance (one frame per minute) from the webcam in our office window. Learn more about it here: www.historylink.org/File/9203
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Just remembered how one of my buddies got into a fight with his wife because he took her to see Guardians of the Galaxy by describing it as a Bradley Cooper movie
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just remembered how one of my buddies got into a fight with his wife because he took her to see Guardians of the Galaxy by describing it as a Bradley Cooper movie
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Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
@timmiller.bsky.social Ummm… I believe it is MSNOW and not MSNBC. ;) (Responding to your Jubilee intro but see it is also in your Bluesky bio.)
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@timmiller.bsky.social Ummm… I believe it is MSNOW and not MSNBC. ;) (Responding to your Jubilee intro but see it is also in your Bluesky bio.)
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Happy Thanksgiving! Abolish ICE! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Abolish ICE! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
Being not a dick is a double edged sword.
Sometimes I really do just want a Jameson neat and not a double and a half.
And yet here I am.
Sometimes I really do just want a Jameson neat and not a double and a half.
And yet here I am.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Being not a dick is a double edged sword.
Sometimes I really do just want a Jameson neat and not a double and a half.
And yet here I am.
Sometimes I really do just want a Jameson neat and not a double and a half.
And yet here I am.
So just FYI To Live and Die in LA hasn’t been available to purchase for at least a year.
But now you can buy it for $4.99 or rent for $3.99.
Y’all all welcome.
But now you can buy it for $4.99 or rent for $3.99.
Y’all all welcome.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So just FYI To Live and Die in LA hasn’t been available to purchase for at least a year.
But now you can buy it for $4.99 or rent for $3.99.
Y’all all welcome.
But now you can buy it for $4.99 or rent for $3.99.
Y’all all welcome.