Shann Sparkles
@sparkle-sea.bsky.social
Tech person by trade who loves literature, mutual aid, actual science, protection and equity support for all, and freedom from religion. Jorts and Jean superfan.
It's very Seattle-niche, but Brett is incredibly good at encapsulating the dysfunction of city officials.
![BRETT: Hi, I’m Brett! For the last cartoon of the year, I thought I’d give you a peek behind the scenes of Doom Loop
-For starters, let me just say I’m gonna miss Mayor Bruce a LOT [portrait of Bruce that says "Better Things Aren't Possible" with candles around it]
-His need to be liked plus his devotion to a deeply unpopular status quo made him a reliable font of hilarity
-when i first started doing this cartoon people would accuse me of constructing strawmen to ridicule certain civic attitudes
-so I’d like to thank NIMBYs of Seattle for being more unhinged than anything i could ever make up [NIMBY 1: We have to preserve the sky!] [NIMBY 2: Think of the poor baby orcas!]
-Now i’d like to give the final word to this year's most popular new character, Curby
CURBY: Stay immovable, kids!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreiawrzl3vhpaus5wm7txhalilwrpmcouda2asgg5a3lnolfw36p4gu@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's very Seattle-niche, but Brett is incredibly good at encapsulating the dysfunction of city officials.
Happy Caturday from the most spoiled former feral kitties on the planet!
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy Caturday from the most spoiled former feral kitties on the planet!
Do not cross the picket line--no Starbucks (even from a store not currently striking) until there's a reasonable contract with the workers whose labor makes the money.
Day THIRTY-NINE of our national ULP strike - and baristas are fired up, united, and taking action.
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
Our demands are clear: Starbucks needs to stop union busting and finalize a contract with the pay, hours, and protections we need to succeed. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Do not cross the picket line--no Starbucks (even from a store not currently striking) until there's a reasonable contract with the workers whose labor makes the money.
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From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
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Starbucks workers are truly making some of the best picket art in the game
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Starbucks workers are truly making some of the best picket art in the game
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“I don’t treat fat people any differently”
(Photos by the inimitable Haley Morris Cafiero: www.haleymorriscafiero.com)
(Photos by the inimitable Haley Morris Cafiero: www.haleymorriscafiero.com)
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“I don’t treat fat people any differently”
(Photos by the inimitable Haley Morris Cafiero: www.haleymorriscafiero.com)
(Photos by the inimitable Haley Morris Cafiero: www.haleymorriscafiero.com)
We have a new side dish for Thanksgiving this year! Spicy Penelope-stuffed citrus.
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We have a new side dish for Thanksgiving this year! Spicy Penelope-stuffed citrus.
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really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
What a terrible choice for the health of Central Washingtonians, and a guaranteed future drag on the rest of the state when we need to take care of our folks with advanced tooth decay and associated higher risk of heart disease and systemic infections. The citizens of Pasco don't want this, either!
After hundreds of citizens and dentists said Pasco, Washington should keep fluoride, and a survey showing most residents want to keep it, the city council voted last night to remove it anyway: www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politic...
What Pasco decided after months-long debate on keeping fluoride in its water
Fluoride was first added in Pasco 25+ years ago when the county was one of the worst in WA for tooth decay.
www.tri-cityherald.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What a terrible choice for the health of Central Washingtonians, and a guaranteed future drag on the rest of the state when we need to take care of our folks with advanced tooth decay and associated higher risk of heart disease and systemic infections. The citizens of Pasco don't want this, either!
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
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Harrell is a tremendously wealthy 67-year-old man who has been rich for decades. His family was working-class when he was a kid. His dad retired as a top executive at City Light. Whenever he talks about his upbringing, though, he describes a life of abject poverty so bad you wouldn't even believe.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Harrell is a tremendously wealthy 67-year-old man who has been rich for decades. His family was working-class when he was a kid. His dad retired as a top executive at City Light. Whenever he talks about his upbringing, though, he describes a life of abject poverty so bad you wouldn't even believe.
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'In limiting spending on long-term housing to just 30 percent of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90 percent this year — the Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First."
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
'In limiting spending on long-term housing to just 30 percent of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90 percent this year — the Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First."
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
No contract, no coffee! Store partners work their butts off for little pay and very inconsistent health benefits, while the CEO commutes via company jet, wears $250k wrist watches, and has his lackeys lie about everything. NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
No contract, no coffee! Store partners work their butts off for little pay and very inconsistent health benefits, while the CEO commutes via company jet, wears $250k wrist watches, and has his lackeys lie about everything. NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
Usefull! And this also applies to Washington.
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 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Usefull! And this also applies to Washington.
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Better late than never, I guess, but I do think the world would have been way better off if this serial killer had kicked it like 30 years ago.
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Better late than never, I guess, but I do think the world would have been way better off if this serial killer had kicked it like 30 years ago.
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Voting for Cuomo due to his experience handling the pandemic is like voting for George W Bush due to his handling of Hurricane Katrina
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Voting for Cuomo due to his experience handling the pandemic is like voting for George W Bush due to his handling of Hurricane Katrina
I bet Dane St Clair eats paste. How embarrassing for him.
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I bet Dane St Clair eats paste. How embarrassing for him.
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Just got an email from the Harrell campaign about "tent encampments" (human beings the administration sees as an aesthetic problem) in parks, with quotes from "Seattle neighbors" that are, to a person, about how ugly and dirty and unpleasant those icky people and their tents are.
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just got an email from the Harrell campaign about "tent encampments" (human beings the administration sees as an aesthetic problem) in parks, with quotes from "Seattle neighbors" that are, to a person, about how ugly and dirty and unpleasant those icky people and their tents are.
Hot take: the Blue Jays need a better organist.
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hot take: the Blue Jays need a better organist.
Apparently being the house that gives out full-size candy bars AND a sweet selection of non-food treats last year did not give us a strong enough reputation for trick-or-treaters to brave the downpour tonight. I'm sad! But I have a lot of chocolate. Lose some/win some, I guess.
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Apparently being the house that gives out full-size candy bars AND a sweet selection of non-food treats last year did not give us a strong enough reputation for trick-or-treaters to brave the downpour tonight. I'm sad! But I have a lot of chocolate. Lose some/win some, I guess.