It is November 6th and we have had 2.25 inches of rain since the beginning of the month! a.atmos.washington.edu/cgi-bin/list...

Thanks for drawing attention to this! I hadn't read it yet!

Why is SPS broke? It's not because of too many small schools, I'm starting to suspect. Glad justice was served, but SERIOUSLY everything SPS seemed to do in this case was the obviously wrong thing and I do not know what will get them to change. www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

Peak ADHD: Trying to cut down on the... 42(!) browser tabs I have open. I rediscover interesting things I was looking at before, but got distracted! I open more tabs as I go down the newly rediscovered rabbit hole. I forget I was closing tabs. I can't find things, remember, and the cycle restarts.

Guaranteed summer jobs for high schoolers is a GREAT city policy. Win-win-win. City wins: Clean up the parks, lifeguards, swim lessons. Kids win: Learn job skills, stay out of trouble. Families win: Sign up enough as day camp counselors and you can offer universal summer care for K-8, too!

🚨 As of 8:00am today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 54.83% with 277,102 ballots received. A note about last night’s update: turnout was actually reported as 50.26%. So turnout has grown another 4.5% overnight.

The verdict in this outrageous case of teacher abuse and district HR incompetence is being announced at around 10am today. www.kuow.org/stories/form...

Oooh good dig up from the archives!

This question (and others like it) don’t need to be discussed or debated. They just need to be mocked and shamed.

When all the streets to the west don't have proper storm drains, this is just what happens. It all runs down the hill to 8th and collects at this low spot. Idiots drive through instead of going around. www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...

This happened to me one year, too. If you care about your vote counting, it’s really easy to check to see if your ballot was counted or if there is an issue!

Knitting drama!!!

Lightning!!!!!!

WOW! This is some cell of rain passing overhead here in Crown Hill right now!

I know most of the city is watching the mayor race (I still have hope for Katie!), but we're watching the Smith/Clark race. Smith's lead narrowed a bit after this batch. So, it will be interesting to see if that trend continues, and whether the later ballots go Clark's way or Smith's.

They televised the press conference! I only caught the end, so I'll relisten to the whole thing tomorrow. Relatedly, looks like the Seattle Times has a new education reporter (Denisa has moved on to reporting at the state level), Ryan Nguyen. He asked some good questions!

While Shuldiner was not selected for the top job in Louisville, a poll obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting showed more than 63 percent of teachers union members surveyed preferred him for that role.

Shuldiner had been a finalist earlier this year for superintendent positions with both Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville) and the Clark County School District (Las Vegas).

Superintendent Shuldiner has a Wikipedia page that all says nice things. His dad worked on public housing. In addition to his education experience, he has been active in the labor movement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shu...

An experienced district leader from Michigan is set to become the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.

We have a new Seattle Public Schools superintendent. Ben Shuldiner from Lansing, MI. www.lansingschools.net/departments/...

Okay, soon the November 5, 2025 Seattle School Board meeting will begin. We should be getting a Superintendent name. Then let's all GOOGLE together!!! Share what you find and tag me. www.seattleschools.org/board-meetin...

I feel like the speeds on US 2 really need to be better addressed. That section from I-5 to Sultan seems to get so many crashes. I mean it feels like every trip to the mountains or Wenatchee there’s SOMETHING.

She’s really suffering right now.

Tonight in Seattle School Board news, they should be announcing/officially voting on a new superintendent tonight. We should get a name and then get to googling…

‼️ "Roughly one in four @transit.app users has some form of accessibility need, spanning from low vision to mobility limitations."

Here's the School Board races. Congrats Jen LaVallee! I felt like that was the race no one really had any idea about! Still holding out hope for Sarah Clark, and of course congrats to @joemiz.bsky.social and @viviansong.bsky.social !!!

I'm a little hopeful because my Thursday 4pm ballot hasn't been counted yet. At least I know it's been received now.

If you've tried and failed to follow what Seattle's new zoning might allow, I've got you. Here are 4 case studies showing some of the exciting ways new incentives line up with current demand and emerging household demographic trends, with a focus on stacked flats. medium.com/@matthutchin...

Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.

We should do this here in WA, since our Democratic legislators refuse to.

SEVEN FIFTY NINE FRIENDS

At the BEST party.

Statistically many of your friends haven't voted yet. GO HARRASS THEM.

WHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT?!?!?!

Today in #waleg not caring about public education:

Mike Johnson is violating the rights of the voters that elected her. He is canceling their votes. He is undermining civil rights. For the record, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, is undermining the civil rights of U.S. citizens. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/p...

This is huge news and illustrates the power of advocacy.

Woooooo!!! @lisarivera.bsky.social !!! Lisa has long been a favorite (she started on the board around the same time as I started listening and tweeting), so happy to see her speaking out here for Sarah!

If you need someone to give you permission to take a separate trip just to vote, instead of on your way to do something else, I will happily give you that permission. Because I just did this for myself. Ballot in the box! Ballot in the box!

Thank you @atg.wa.gov!

This is tragic. Lex and team were doing such great work, one of the few bastions of hard-hitting political journalism within mainstream media in recent years.

Everyone knows that the waltons and wal-mart do it, but bezos and amazon are about as bad.

I know you have all voted, but have you texted your friends and family? Let’s do this!

Hopeful news, but it all depends on people ACTUALLY TURNING OUT so if you haven't voted yet please DO.

My Very Autumnal Pumpkin Spice cardigan is ready for the bottom ribbing. This is my first wool + silk mohair lace held together project, which is totally a knitting trend as of late. It’s interesting to me how the silk mohair lace strand adds such weight and drape to the fabric vs. just wool.

I have a pile of unopened diapers from when I forgot to cancel our no longer needed Amazon subscription that I'm planning to bring to our school's drive for the Ballard Food Bank. I have heard that particularly larger sizes are often needed.

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

Baseball is like if the Book of Job was a sport.