I think I’m finally going to do it. What games should I play?

This used to be the dead space above a double decker highway.

I dunno. It feels like there might be demand for year-round pedestrianization at Pike Place.

Note: the final panel includes an ACTUAL screenshot from Rob's newsletter. You can't make this shit up

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court

There's a bill on deck in the state Senate that would lower Washington's estate tax, a $856 million hit to the education legacy trust account through 2031. I am surprised to see this advanced out of committee without a recommendation from Rebecca Saldaña. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

You deserve access to abortion care if you are pregnant and do not want to be. Full stop. Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough. Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.

Folks, I was just alerted to the existence of this book, I am going to purchase it immediately and I highly encourage you to do the same www.bloomsbury.com/us/scatman-j...

This is your regular reminder that the idea that Christianity is a thing uniform beliefs that everyone within “Western Civilization” believed and agreed on is a fiction that just ignores centuries of Christians killing each other and fighting literal wars over their different beliefs.

You know, it does feel like this, often.

Shout out to the brave women of Iran who continue to fight tooth and nail against the fascists of the Islamic Republic. Iran is still in total blackout. Keep their voices going. FREE IRAN!!!

I write all about age verification and how it's being pushed in this WA legislative session. When I wrote my piece about AI bills last month, every privacy advocate I spoke with expressed their concern about the age verification bills in play this session. So I carved out some time to learn more.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.

Disband ICE and give their budget to the IRS Criminal Investigation branch. Surging these guys in the Hamptons and Palm Beach would reap the greatest benefits for the American public of any law enforcement action.

I've slept a bit on this other than a few posts, but one of the most brazen things happening in state governments right now is that the Kentucky GOP is trying to impeach a liberal justice (and the first/only Black woman to join the court) because of a vote she took last year they don't like.

You can send a comment to your legislators here: app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

NEW STORY // Washington Legislature Toys with Age Verification for Big Tech Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/14/w...

K-Pod Yacht Hunters Chart with K-Pop Bop ‘Sunken’: tinyurl.com/43u47w72

LOVELY: Seattle's first roundabout is one step closer to completion. We've poured concrete at Roosevelt Way NE and NE 125th St in Pinehurst. This work is part of our project to help connect you to the new Pinehurst light rail station when it opens later this year.

Every day it becomes clearer that capitulation (Columbia, Perkins Coie, etc) was the wrong strategy

It's time for me to complain about the Washington Senate adjourning when the Washington House will be voting on bills for several more hours again.

The public values authenticity in public figures above almost everything else. The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one. Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?

Take action now! Tell your state representatives you want them to pass HB2095 to strengthen accountability for drivers who hit people walking or biking: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2095 A vote is expected soon, and your voice makes a difference. cc: @wabike.bsky.social @cascade.org

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

King County transit advocates: the county council will be holding a meeting as its transportation benefit district on Wed 2/25 at 5:30pm. This is the first chance for the public to weigh in on a potential county transportation funding measure this year. mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/MeetingDetai...

SDOT hedging on getting @qagggy.bsky.social’s Shared Streets authorized before World Cup is 😬😬😬

If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.

The Washington Senate just approved a bill expanding the definition of reckless driving to drivers who are "negligent and likely to endanger people or property" and exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph or more. Two Ds (Hasegawa & Trudeau) + one R (Schoesler) noted no. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

Behold, my one and only viral tweet! Which years later apparently still circulates on other platforms!

Woof. The Pro-Restraining Children Caucus sure doesn't roll of the tongue easily, but here we are.

Assuming that Trump will receive an "IOC Peace Prize" any day, now 🙄

Ukrainian skeleton slider withdrawn from Olympics after insisting on wearing helmet honoring dead athletes killed in Ukraine https://cnn.it/3ZtrjXN

There are very few Democrats that I will not vote for: I voted for and ENDORSED Kamala Harris, for instance, in the last election. Gavin Newsom is one of them. His election would be an active threat to transgender people, and I lay out the case in my piece.

There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today. I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand. There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.

I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked

"People are reluctant to run because you can be ahead and still have your election canceled. Imagine putting your families through that, taking time off, being on track to winning, and the governor can just stop you whenever he feels like it.” Via @boltsmag.org in 2022: boltsmag.org/dystopian-lo...

Update: As of today, February 13th, there are still NO Dem-aligned candidates for the 3 Georgia State Supreme Court elections on May 19th. The filing deadline is March 6th. So why aren't any challengers filing? See next post in the thread for a possible explanation...

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.

The privacy ramifications for this are HUGE. And we already know these glasses are easily hackable to stop the "recording" light indicator from turning on. I'd feel very uncomfortable sharing a space with someone wearing these glasses even today before facial recognition is incorporated.

City transportation official opts for white line and signage instead of gate to keep their baby off the stairs.

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees. This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

Time to move away from funding our 21st century society with tools rooted in maintaining the oligarchy.

South Seattle: I am so excited to have a Honduran restaurant in Hillman City. And they are open for lunch!!! Show them some love, the food is great! elsaborkatracho.com

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Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.