This whole thread but especially this part. The Praireland convictions, the Spokane ones....just all of it. It's enraging and wrong, and if you can't see that or say it, you should think about why you can't.

Follow the Prairieland case here and at @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social, and give what you can to their defense: prairielanddefendants.com

So nothing on today out of the court about Humphrey's Executor. Guess the administrative state gets a reprieve.

Locally, consider supporting legal defense funds for the Spokane 3. www.nlg.org/spokane-3/ There's also a legal fund for the 15 ppl picked up in Minneapolis this week. chuffed.org/project/1865...

One of the challenging things about American labor law is a union's power is greatest AFTER management has done a bad thing, not before. We often can't stop them from doing wrong, but we can make it right. A key part of that is "just cause", easily the most powerful words in a union contract. 2/

A thread related to the press release I just posted. I cannot form words about how mad I am.

This is absolutely infuriating. legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/u...

Tonight at SIFF was Meadowlarks. An indigenous film about the repercussions of the Sixties Scoop in Canada. Amazing film that shows how far ahead Canada is in their reckoning with colonialism. (1/n)

Tonight's SIFF film was The Life We Leave about the human composting funeral home in Auburn, and wow, it was unbelievably powerful. And, definitely how I want to be taken care of when I die even though I don't think Alan will be able to deal with 500 lbs of compost.

Just finished up the WA short film block at SIFF, and the last film was an explainer of the "Dicksathon", which is a marathon that runs between all 5 Dicks locations. You then have to eat 3 burgers, one fries, and a milkshake at each location. (1/n)

Other SIFF film tonight was Soul Patrol about a LRP unit of black soldiers in Vietnam. Good documentary, and it does an interesting thing to highlight that the war never truly leaves these vets. I also appreciated that they did put a brief bit in with the partners of these vets.

SIFF tonight included When A Witness Recants, which chronicles the wrongful conviction of 3 teens in Baltimore in 1983 for murder, and their eventual exoneration in 2015. Powerful, infuriating, very well done. But, there's one bit that's sticking with me. (1/n)

5th filmwas See You When I See You, which was an adaptation of a memoir. Absolutely stunning visual depiction of intrusive thoughts and how to use EMDR to combat them as well as the trauma of suicide.

4th film was two-fer with a short "Facing the Sun" and then a doc "Under a Million Stars" both done by local filmmakers on homelessness in Seattle. Ultimately, both were hopeful indictments. And a call to action.

Final film of the night, Broken English. Absolutely amazing. A biopic docu-drama about Marianne Faithful. Tilda Swinton as the Overseer for the Ministry of Not Forgetting was chef's kiss. I'll be thinking about this one for a long while. "Imagination is the product of memory."

Second film of SIFF was Power Ballard, an Irish film starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. It was quite fun! And Paul Rudd does not age.

Just finished seeing Franz, a Czech film (in German) about Kafka. Not really a biography or biopic but something else. Kinda hard to describe really, and I think the film suffers a bit from not really leaning into the experimental bits while also not being a bio and not having a thesis. (1/2)

Sometimes, a song comes on, and you're immediately transported back to feeling 10. While simultaneously feeling like it's perfect for you now. Vienna by Billy Joel

“It was a day that highlighted how far the Roberts court has gone to advance the chief justice’s long-term animosity toward the Voting Rights Act, paired with yet another request from the Trump administration to expand executive power.” My report on Wednesday at SCOTUS:

About time

Very sad that the presentation on rum runners in Seattle had to be canceled at Carnival of Cocktails. Hopefully i can find the presenter elsewhere.

Please do not ask bookworm if they are going to finish the books they have before buying more. It is very offensive in our culture.

I find the Waymo's really weird. Then, I saw a zoox and that was really, really weird. Then we drove past a DoorDash robot and I wonder if SF is where the robot revolution will begin.

Karaoke tonight because I found energy in my desire to avoid thinking about work.

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

I laughed a bit too loud at the rest of this thread. Hard agree, it would be funny.

Tonight's quote: "I have historian autism. Not as fun as math autism."

Every time I come to Town Hall, I think to myself that I should do this more often. But the amount of bargaining I had to do with myself to not go home after work was exhausting. I just don't know how to figure out being more social and my desire to go home.

I agree that the sample issue exists here but even so, this is pretty daming. Also, very in line with anecdata. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

I decided to do karaoke tonight, and I do not regret my choices. I need to do more singing in my life.

Wow, was not expecting that result in men's figure skating.

I love luge so much. Like, who thought this should be a sport? Or that throwing yourself down an icy hill on a sled in a way where you can't see where you are going was a good idea? And that you slow yourself down by sitting up? And, they're going like 79 mph! Who wants to go do luge with me?

On way home from Gallifrey 1, which means I'm at an airport and cannot escape the superb owl.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Blocking observers from the Whipple Building means that when the feds dump people outside without jackets, phones, or money, its going to be even harder to keep them safe while getting them home.

After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting. But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:

This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

If you want to help keep whistles flowing in WA, here are some great options: Hanwiskan has NINE 3D printers running fullstop on whistles. Help him out with some new hotends: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Ryan in West Seattle - www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

The request includes a declaration from a witness who filmed today's shooting of Pretti. Read their words: "I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me.

Below is our story about the skyrocketing number of kids detained by ICE. We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...

I have many thoughts related to Vance's press thing. 1. So, we like ALJs having authority? Does that mean we're going to stop calling the NLRB unconstitutional? That we now like Social Security ALJs? No? Gee, I wonder what the difference is. (1/n)

Okay. Liam Ramos is five. Taken from his father after school. His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours. He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas. At least one other student is there too. Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.

I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise. The floor is now The Hague.

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

She said she was headed to a doctor's appointment. Federal agents still attacked her. Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.

From personal experience, I'm pretty sure this is an undercount of the cuts. And it truly does not adequately capture that this is on top of the decade long hit that federal agencies have been enduring since sequestration. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I suspect that Noem and I have different ideas about who the domestic terrorist is.

Sincerely hope you don't need to have watched any Jurassic Park other than rhe first for Rebirth to make sense because I have decided only dinosaurs will make me feel better tonight.

At least, Katie Wilson won.

I do not really feel like accepting Rep. Jeffries' thanks for my service as a federal employee because frankly, I'm still so pissed that the Dems caved. (1/2)