Look, right now is definitely a particularly concerning time to have a powerful surveillance network. But I would argue this also provides a compelling example as to why a powerful surveillance state is generally bad. We shouldn't feel comfortable expanding it if/when things are generally "better."

It's interesting that CM Kettle and CM Rivera were the only ones voting to cut the transit service levy. Their districts—downtown and the U District—are among the most transit-dependent in the state. They've set themselves up for difficult reelection campaigns.

This is killing me lmao

No. Iran is not Vietnam or Afghanistan. It is not the same trap. In those wars, the US had a local partner, international support, and the Cold War or 9/11. And while the US lost those wars, that was the whole loss. Didn't lose freedom of navigation and control of a crucial international waterway.

It still pisses me off that EVERY. SINGLE. DEMOCRAT. IN. THE. SENATE. voted to confirm Marco Rubio. Yes, Warren. Yes, Sanders. Yes, Van Hollen. Yes, Whitehouse. Yes, Hirono. Yes, Booker. ALL. OF. THEM. The vote was 99-0.

just to be excruciatingly clear it is also not okay to shoot the target of your warrant as an arresting LEO. the warrant is not a warrant to shoot someone. it is a warrant for arrest.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

You know a staffer made sure to have a copy of today's WaPo in his hand, even if off down in the corner to make this a kind of proof of life photo that doesn't quite look like a hostage proof of life photo.

Not to be callous but this has implications for the midterms. Graham's name can be removed from the South Carolina ballot before the November election. The question is whether the party can pick another candidate or whether the GOP would have to campaign with a write-in candidate.

The natsec press and commentators should be saying every day that the Sec of State is also doing the job of the acting National Security Advisor to the President (APNSA) in the White House and the National Archives Director, while also being Sec State and apparently running Venezuela? Legit insane.

what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”

Nine hours later and service is still down, seems like the damage might have been pretty significant. The tracks near UW station have had similar issues before. Unfortunate to see after such a great performance by Sound Transit during the World Cup

the biggest positive story on climate is that it doesn’t seem to matter how much of the world is run by reactionary fascists: the rise of solar is unstoppable

McSweeney's winning yet again

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

We need environmental review of what happens when we DON'T build the urban housing because here's what it is: sprawl, deforestation, driving.

“I’m Gumby, damnit!”

THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵

violence is sometimes justified, and sometimes necessary, but it is never *good*. the most righteous of violence still corrodes our humanity. power may flow from the barrel of the gun, but a better world largely does not. if you could murder your way to utopia, it would've already happened.

i've been involved in housing and mobility circles in seattle for nearly 15 years and i don't know a single person who knows dreher dude has zero urbanist or housing cred vote @ronpdavis.bsky.social

There it is, folks. Buy an alt weekly, fire the union president, gut the editorial board, and then bury the hatchet-woman once she's dug her own grave. The Walkinshization of the Stranger is complete.

could be 2026 tho

Corporate Dems in Congress are now calling for an all-out war against "socialism" & Mamdani's movement. So what socialist programs do they want dismantled? Medicare? Social Security? National parks? Their silence about what exactly they want killed off is a big tell.

Still thinking about this. First, this is clearly legal free speech. Second, she posted it in JANUARY and ICE visited her now, in June, because she is working as an elections volunteer. So ICE is keeping an enemies list and using it to threaten poll workers. NOT GREAT.

This whole thread. Even if you think that USAID was bad (and there are real and legitimate critiques), withdrawing USAID without an alternative or a plan is just straight-up murder.

The theory that “electable” means “work to appease right-wing bigots under the assumption that majorities agree with them, at least partially, and they prioritize it when voting” has been tried. It has failed. Try something else.

"You can’t have a climate crisis without sacrifice zones, and you can't have sacrifice zones without disposable people, and you can't have disposable people without racism." - Hop Hopkins

When being anti-fascist is illegal guess what type of system you're living under

This is just wild cronyism.

I read this story with some alarm. For an AI service to be used *in secret* as part of 911 operations in the fire department is unacceptable. Furthermore, evaluation doesn't seem to be part of it either. More problems in🧵. Hope the Mayor's Office takes Dr. Bender up on her offer to talk.

This is the thing propaganda can't beat. Get a bunch of people meeting each other in real life and the world gets smaller and friendlier. We are all more alike than we are different. That's why cities in the US trend liberal. Hard to be afraid of your neighbor when you interact with them dialy.

CM Kettle is touting the importance of the real time crime center and especially ALPRs (license plate readers) for addressing the gun violence on Aurora. Just going to mention that neither license plate readers nor CCTV cameras have been shown to prevent violence.

A police state surveillance state is a fucking police surveillance state Arguing its okay to surveil women for being immoral by being sex workers opens to to surveillance of ALL women any time for any reason

Difficult to think of a better example of Silicon Valley billionaire group chat brainrot than someone thinking the best way to combat the billionaire wealth tax would be to... buy up the company collecting signatures for the ballot measure. via @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/b...

NYT is always "progressives should abandon their principles! Sell out! Sell out! SELL OUT!" This is something you will constantly find at the NYT, a piece dressed up as a news article that is editorializing frantically for a political position, not neutrally presenting the facts.

Such a disgrace. This guy’s worked his whole life to be selected for the World Cup. He’s earned it.

Cowardly

teacup goose horse small size suitable for apartment living

We must create a mechanism for piercing the shield of limited liability for owners and executive officers that damage society at scale. I know that's a slippery slope but too many have amassed fortunes by exploiting the system as it is for this to continue.

Mildly bothered that the bros saying “HR Lady” as a slur, aren’t saying that in the sense that HR exists to protect the corporation, not you, but instead as “a woman who will won’t tolerate you being an asshole” Unsurprised, sure. But still bothered.

Ignoring the rest of my life to post my eldritch Garfield poem, specifically its Garfield-as-Eldritch-Sea-God-of-Late-Capitalism with all of us unknowingly partaking of his microplastic communion. Originally published in Broken Sleep Book's 'Footprints: An Anthology of New Ecopoetry' 2022

One of the best things we can do as a city is just try stuff out, and THEN do public engagement if needed. Doing all the engagement BEFORE a project happens just gets everyone worked up about fear of change. Test street transformations, learn, adjust, & make permanent investments if it works!

and those operative should feel really bad and shouldn't work in Democratic politics again

seeing stores roll out insanely large sections of patriotic bullshit right now feels so out of touch and makes me feel even more queasy than usual

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside. You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

Re-upping from 2020. Seems relevant right now given Delaney Hall.

A key element of mainstream news coverage in the age of fascism is feigned ignorance of all context and history.

Good job Minnesota 💪🏿