We are sooooo in the game. 💃

My ballot was counted this year, but in a previous election is was rejected and I had to fix it — just took a couple of minutes. Make sure yours was counted Seattle! info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

The kids are alright, #356. "What you get in the end is a populist conflict appealing to younger people that bridges the ends of the political spectrum, connecting the left and right — and that should make developers very worried." Time for some strange bedfellows, fighting the worst of Big Tech.

Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance? Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI. Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!

Thank you for the sun break and the rainbow, sky.

I've neglected this effort in the last few days because [gestures wildly], but....please. One of the very most basic responsibilities in a neighborhood/nation/society is that we take care of one another, and right now, SO MANY need us to step up.

Is there a way to super unsubscribe from the New York Times? Like, I already unsubscribed years ago, but can I sue to get my previous subscription fees retroactively returned to me? Can I unsubscribe someone else? Bill them for being forced to see their content against my consent?

An excellent example of how anyone who thinks they're being bravely "controversial" is nearly always just a jerk and/or an idiot. Also an excellent example of how silly the discourse has gotten, while still being dangerous.

What is a ... "masculine virtue" ? As a person who spends most of their time in community whose medium of exchange is "Virtue" I can tell you i have not come across a "virtue" that is masculine

Okay, Seattle, this is where it gets real. Katie is the one who has the experience necessary to make this city what it's always dreamed of being. Or what WE have dreamed of it being, at least—and that's even better. Please ballot-chase any and all days that you can!

Okay, Seattle, this is where it gets real. Katie is the one who has the experience necessary to make this city what it's always dreamed of being. Or what WE have dreamed of it being, at least—and that's even better. Please ballot-chase any and all days that you can!

This, right here, is the most important story not nearly enough people are paying attention to.

I still expect that @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social will win—without a recount, even. But the slim margin of victory (after she'd won the primary by 10%) makes it clear how much the big money & attack ads mattered; people didn't start liking her ideas less, they were afraid of her "inexperience". 🧵

This is so game-changing. I've been saying for awhile that the data center explosion can force an important conversation around what belongs in the commons, free for all. Housing, food, electricity, and healthcare should clearly be on the list in a wealthy nation. Let's get there!

For the love of god can we build housing instead?

Please don't wake me up—this is a very fine dream.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Shoot me now. More garbage to junk up our views, maybe our atmosphere, all for...slop. If it's egregious to build them on Earth, it's even worse to consider this. Responsible AI engineer challenge: subtly undermine your baby so this never happens.

📣 This race isn't over folks! 📣 Make sure your vote counts! Tap the link below to check on your ballot. ☑️🗳️: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

I still expect that @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social will win—without a recount, even. But the slim margin of victory (after she'd won the primary by 10%) makes it clear how much the big money & attack ads mattered; people didn't start liking her ideas less, they were afraid of her "inexperience". 🧵

Mamdani has now gotten more votes than 1/4 of the members of the United States Senate did when they got elected. The political power being channeled here is immense.

Sooo ready to vote cure for days if need be. But I don’t think it’s gonna be needed. Really really really looking forward to Mayor Katie.

@cantwell.senate.gov this......isn't you, is it? Because that would be absolutely ludicrous, right? It would.

Huge deal! Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system

I am sick with hope. Sick, because last year at this time, after 2 weeks of canvassing in AZ, I was....almost totally confident. I cannot go there again, even though this time I'll be TRULY THRILLED, not deeply relieved (as I would have been last year). Go @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social, go!

The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

OMG signed into MyChart for a note to my doctor, and when you select "message" it now first tries to force you into an AI "conversation". Just what healthcare needed—even more enshittification.

For decades, @cldc03.bsky.social has fiercely defended activists and rabble-rousers, including yours truly. Now more than ever, they need support and more lawyers! Please give if you can. givebutter.com/CLDCdefend25...

If I wake tomorrow with Wilson & Mamdani voted in (by a landslide!), I just... What a sea change. And it opens the door for so much we can do to inspire the rest of the country. Part of our resistance must be etched in the bright possibilities we make for the world we want. And it will be.

And this is before you count the deaths from climate change, or from the wars over oil supply Solar saves lives

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

Are you Gen Z, Millennial, or one of my fellow not-sucky Gen X voters? Or even a boomer who cares about the future and is willing to take a chance on change? VOTE TODAY. FOR KATIE.

Seattle! DROP OFF (ideally) or MAIL YOUR BALLOTS TODAY! Tomorrow may not count! "The U.S. Postal Service may not postmark returned ballots on the day they’re first collected"

"'Even if I were to burn my passport, I couldn’t escape. It would be irresponsible of me to escape.'...to be a good citizen of a bad state one has to do scary things."

A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.

Just back from a (great!) Troublemakers retreat, so I'm re-upping this. 20% of the way there and 20 days left to go: please give! If you're not in WA you can give too—give here, give at home, give everywhere!

Finishing up The Big One by @mtosterholm.bsky.social, and it’s very sobering. The aggressive anti-science turn is…so dire. If we had any care at all for people—or even just for our economy & competitiveness!—we’d be engaging in a massive push to vastly improve ventilation in every classroom, then…

Finishing up The Big One by @mtosterholm.bsky.social, and it’s very sobering. The aggressive anti-science turn is…so dire. If we had any care at all for people—or even just for our economy & competitiveness!—we’d be engaging in a massive push to vastly improve ventilation in every classroom, then…

"scientists prove chimpanzees better thanksgiving guests than most of your extended family"

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden. The Trump administration is rolling them back By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

"The only ape that is doing well is us, & that is why the others are all endangered. If we lose these animals, we will also lose the jungle." A lovely and heartbreaking post here from @tomkimmerer.bsky.social, who got to hold a gibbon's hand as a child. I've been thinking a lot about touch today...

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

"“An accountability center is involuntary,” Randy Shumway...said in an interview. Utah will end a harmful “culture of permissiveness,” he said, and guide homeless people “towards human thriving.”" Get those last two words OUT of this man's mouth, if we hope for them to mean anything at all.

Day 4, and only at 12%. I know there are a lot of needs now, but please give if you can!

The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Just for the record, if Katie and Mamdani don't win—if even one of them doesn't win—I'm going to crawl under a rock and hide for awhile. The honesty, vision, and energy of their candidacies has been SUCH a necessary balm in these dark days. LFG!

"Amazon as a whole consumed...as much [water] as 958,000 US households." Nearly a million households. One company. They worried that "full transparency was “a one-way door”. Uhhh, yeah. You tell the truth, and then people know that truth. That's how it works.

Talk about strange bedfellows. "The energy usage claims appear to be deceptive as purchasing unbundled REC’s does not reduce their own or any emissions. Major tech companies provide misleading information...if they rely on some fossil-fuel-generated baseload power." Not our side. The other one!

We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up. www.seattletimes.com

Bruce Harrell's toxic "experience" is exactly the problem: bullying, protecting abusers, working for his big money donors. www.instagram.com/p/DQUhQQfj9cR/ This video is appalling. It'll be such a relief to have @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social in office: smarts, dedication, vision.