Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...

The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly

Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms. It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns. Abolish. At minimum. That's it.

#swordsintoplowshares has offset my impulse to rewatch #nif ... now why didn't I wait until more episodes were out? dang withholding streaming services playing in loco parentis ... as if I have no self-control. #cdrama

Knowledgeable #cdrama people, pls help me out. Is a drama like #swordsintoplowshares that uses actual dynastic events subject to extra scrutiny for historic accuracy to get its broadcast license?

The seagulls are circling, not yet settling. There's some kind of bat signal that calls *every* gull in Seattle to the stadium as soon as the crowd empties. The siren call of dropped french fries!

A long-time friend left the world on Friday via medically-assisted suicide, after 2 years of cancer treatments with declining odds, from 4% to 0.1%. She chose to leave with sufficient faculties to experience her own death. I’m proud of her & grateful WA state passed such laws years ago. Tribute: 1/6

My neighborhood is preparing for siege, but it's just "overexcited fans" descending. Gates&guards in place, fire guys & gendarmes moving in. Don't know when the antisniper cop takes his place on our rooftop. And I forgot to buy breakfast food yesterday. Wish me luck as I venture onto the street.

What I learned from #ShineonMe: 1. Tim Horton’s has a chain in China. 2. A #cdrama can choose to start post-trauma & not repeatedly retraumatize the viewer. 3. Dr Li didn’t put his eyebrows under a cap during surgery (should have). 4. SWL makes a decent green flag.

Why are copy editors missing 'then' for 'than' so often these days? Even Word catches it, so why not paid editors? (Each occurrence leaves me suspicious of the rest of the text. Because I'm petty.)

As a post-college solar energy girl in a past life, I *like* the photovoltaics side-talk in #ShineOnMe. It’s like law-talk in a legal drama, which I also like. The #cdrama propaganda I really like: ...

I'm writing a so-sad lovers-farewell scene while 2ft away from a table of special-forces firefighters telling stories of their funniest housebreaking events. (I'd forgotten the joys of writing in urban coffeehouses.)

At the end of no other year have I been so totally disinclined to read a year-end news review

Why isn't Kage Baker's The Company series in streaming production somewhere? Why isn't her name on more Best of SF Writers lists? And do not start me on Connie Willis...

Good read about a cool band. Just Mustard are on the bill with The Cure for some shows upcoming in UK/Ireland & Europe summer 2025. #MusicSky #justmustard @thecure.com

Anyone else watching #theVendettaOfAn feel that the production values feel more like arty samurai movies than #cdrama? (If only the pace matched)

BTW, I block accounts that make prison rape jokes. And damn it, bluesky, that means I don't want to look at it. At all. Fix this.

watched a movie I thot my mutuals would love, but I'm so meh about it, that I'm juicing myself this morning by *not* replying online: no, you are wrong; it's not good. I suppose I should go write my own bad art instead of marinating in my superb ability to recognize others' not-that-good art.

If you stand by the window inside her new store while drinking and wearing a skirt, everyone on the street can look right up it.

Across the 3-county region in Seattle if you tell a bus driver you are going to shelter and you’ve been displaced from flooding they will not charge you fare!

Confession of long time Seattle resident: I can conjure no mental image of 'Downtown Federal Way.' Is it a real place? Suddenly it's a destination with lots of signage. I did help 4 visitors yesterday who got on Link going the wrong way when they wanted to go to the airport.

I believe that Metro GLine drivers *enjoy* rattling passengers around like rocks in a can. The lack of seating in their giant bus encourages their funloving ways.

I’ve had a recent spate of queries from people (I think) who run book clubs/recommendation schemes. Each enthuses over a book I’ve written…then asks if I want to pay them to expose my book to readers. Each query praises a book that’s the *last* in a series (w/ no reference to series). 1/3

I wish I didn't know what double-tap means.

At 7/8 point in my draft, which means I am asking, 'what are you really trying to say in this ending?' while recognizing that I'm a different person from when I started. Passed the existential abyss, just waiting for crystalline clarity.

For anyone who’s interested, I posted an extra little story, set in the World of Lord of the White Hell. It’s on my Patreon this week and available to free members— so there’s no cost. I just wanted to share.

reposting so I can find it whenever I need it

I had that exact same perm in 198?... Was talked out of it because it requires an angel's face below the bangs. I'm no angel.

My neighbor is so nosey

On light rail, I heard one teen explaining to another the psychological changes of characters in Wizard of Oz. Very meta. Then he focused specifically on the interplay between the scarecrow and the robot.

This enlivened my afternoon.

Upcoming essay: Frances Crawford of Lymond in Xanxia: Charismatic Heroes in #WoF & Games of Thrones ... and their loyal followers (I didn't notice this till I read episode summaries)

Looking at bios of creatives for #WhispersOfFate: who gathered this crew and gave them a massive budget? Like, hey, Huang Wei, please freak freely on costumes. And, Zeng Ming Hui, have Luo Yun Xi sit for 3 hours every day for makeup & hair. LBFD, Dw/inD, Mysterious Lotus Casebook guys: go wild.

A #cdrama discussion (not criticism). I'm trying to grasp #WhispersOfFate (thematically & artistically). In part, I can't decide yet whether it's subtly misogynist or just doesn't have a typical co-equal "female general" for other (pseudo BL) reasons. If you're watching, do you have an opinion?

November blustered its way in with the Pineapple Express, tho in modern times, they say "atmospheric river," like Andy Williams singing about misplaced nostalgia. The web app cautions a flood warning. & recommends an umbrella, but anyone from here knows not to carry a 20mph wind catcher.

An interview I did in 1992 has been re-published by the writer, Amy McGrath. I'm happy to recognize myself, 33 years later, as the same person inside. 🎸 And I still set up and load out my own gear at independent gigs. 😎

Is it irreligious to note that anyone who claims to be using AI to "hasten the return of Christ" has catshit in his so-called soul and no understanding of his foundational scripture?

Oh Seattle. Keep going as you do.

Jacob Lawrence, American (1917-2000), The 1920s . . . The Migrants Cast Their Ballots, 1974, serigraph, 32 x 24 1/4 in, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA

Watching #Hunting. Tone and topic, it’s in the world of Being a Hero. So, it’s not a #cdrama to watch for relaxation. But: Wang Yang.

Ask an inner-city checker what people shoplift, they'll say: you'd be surprised but mostly diapers, infant formula, laundry soap. So, Inspector Javert, if we care about babies, how about if WIC covers more of what's crucial? Or how about ...

Wow. Went to a chain grocery in a small town and they didn't have double entrances or police checking your receipt. Nothing in the drug section was locked. There were hand baskets and more live checkers than robots. Conclusion?

This is such good news from Rep. Jayapal. I'm so lucky to be in her district!

Yesterday's long hours of research caused me to understand that the first line of Maniac is "just a steel town girl on a Saturday night" ... NOT "small town girl." So, it turns out this song is not about me. So mistaken for so many years.

I just submitted my Anthropic claim and asked my landlord to return a $400 overcharge, which means by end-of-fiscal year 2027, I may be $400.05 richer! If the US dollar is still honored as currency.

So, wyb hones his body to perfection (ref: his racing gear) and his brand flies him half way round the globe, dresses him in blah that's 3 sizes too big, and leaves him alone in a pressing crowd. This satisfies no one's thirst. Why make him look like he's from Seattle...and lost?

Last night's performance was amazing, thrilling... And everything you'd expect and hope from xz ... Except that coat wasn't tailored for him, so the shirt had to do all the work.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

I got my copy today! #hellosunshine

When someone you admire does something stupid. (No click thru) It's the "he's a principled leader" quote that slays me.