Massage Parlor Organizing Project (of Seattle) which I helped to start 7 years ago has stylish new bilingual merch for fundraiser! www.instagram.com/p/DY-w_KfAZM... I’m buying the swallow totes for myself and Crush ICE shirt for my nephew. Get great designs and support migrant worker organizing!

Some liberals are OBSESSED with "private" prisons as though the problem is not simply PRISONS. Folks, the vast majority of prisons in the U.S. are PUBLIC NOT PRIVATE. And they are HELL HOLES. OK? I need folks to stop and actually focus on the PROBLEM which is PRISONS AND JAILS.

Of $2.5 billion of fire relief funds, $0 went to fire victims. $75 million went to the military. $14 million went to pay cops to tear gas civilians who were protesting against ICE. www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...

Children‘s trauma was logged and used as a reason for cops to harass & threaten kids & their families. Over and over the tech sales pitch for public safety is revealed as racist and predatory. inquest.org/the-algorith...

someone who draws a super cute picture of a chihuahua waiting for me at home while i remain at the hospital is a definition of a good friend. art by mihobaker on insta (not on bsky)

The minute Church of Harm Reduction (a 501c3 nonprofit tried to use Paypal Giving Fund as a way to accept donations for @aileens.org they permanently ban CHR’s Paypal account. No reason is given.

For those who want to know more: Here's Emi herself explaining the circumstances around the need at Aileen's. She's a seasoned fighter with a vision for sustaining this work by and for swers

Emi Koyama is an OG of trans, Asian, disabled sex worker and anti violence organizing who is battling cancer; the org she started, Aileen's, provides barrier free support to street sex workers on the Pacific Coast Highway. Donate to keep Aileen's going while Emi fights cancer. gofund.me/cd8374855

hey folks, i’ve been very sick. i’m currently in hospital, my fourth since getting diagnosed in january. despite that my prognosis is good, as most medical issues are arising from side effects of chemotherapy and not cancer itself. …

Keep Aileen’s Open while Co-Founder Emi fights cancer - organized by Madison Zack-Wu gofundme.com/f/support-ai...

more more more! (lottery open. pre-apply now!)

Join our Client Vetting Workshop 💕 Learn safer offline screening practices, boundaries, and harm reduction strategies in a peer-centered space. 📅 Thurs, May 21 ⏰ 6–8 PM 💻 Google Meet Open to current & former sex workers ONLY! Register: decrim305.org/events

Looking forward to this talk tomorrow 5/21 “What Does Law Mean in Crisis? How Crip Feminist Technoscience Will Save Us” by Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown youtube.com/live/rRmZ_ve... Part of the UW Public Lecture series.

“Cisgender: Disorienting History” by @perryzurn.bsky.social is finally (from the time I was interviewed about my previous writing on the topic) coming out in July! I’m so looking forward to it. www.dukeupress.edu/cisgender

King County’s new Racial Disparities in Opioid Use Outcomes report is out. cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king... Despite overall reduction in overdose deaths, racial/ethnic gaps persist, especially harming Black and American Indian/Native Alaskan communities.

hey people in seattle area? @aileens.org a peer-run outreach and community space by and for women(+) working along the pacific hwy needs more clothes! our spot is buzzing and can’t keep up with the demand for gently used cute spring/ summer clothes. check your closet, ask around, donate!

We need more people like these folks. They know that more cops =/= prevention or safety. "The ordinance passed 7-5 with Kanal, Councilors Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, Candace Avalos and Mitch Green opposing it."

“Shutting down a venue doesn’t make [sex work] go away," Emi Koyama told Filter. "It displaces people to other areas, and it becomes more dangerous.”

politicians and media are tripping when they seriously ask if some motels actively cater to sex traffickers. why would any motel want to invite that kind of risks and trouble? …

So here's the funniest episode of not-so-funny LLM scam attempt involving fake me: apparently, the fake AI of me solicited SUSAN STRYKER to pay fake me $$$ to feature her book in my fake "book club" because yoiu know Susan Stryker could use some exposure from some fake Emi Koyama.

amyone knows where I can get this zoom filter wig for real?

Even though I’m taking a break from day day of operation of @aileens.org the women are really stepping up! Our dropping space is as taxed as ever, bringing in you and old peers who live and work on Pacific Highway in South County, Washington State. …

Just received my forth inquiry from someone who received the scam email, which tells me there must be hundreds of recipients. And there’s nothing I can do about it on my end.

Here’s somebody else experiencing something closer to what you did!

LLMs can “write” a thousand scam emails to try to trick authors desperate for audience, but they still need to attach my name to it because i have the reputation and legacy for producing real work over several decades.

oh fuck.

LLM scam spam, alas

hey so… i’ve been receiving inquiries about a solicitation supposedly from me recruiting authors to pay several hundreds of dollars to be featured in “Portland LGBT+ Book Club.” it’s not me, and think it’s probably a scam. is this something other people are seeing as well? and what to do?

i've been sick for several weeks and have been receiving washington state's paid medical leave benefits. it's an amazing feeling to be supported when i feel vulnerable. why can't we make it permanent and universal for everyone?

This morning: Please join 5th anniversary vigil in Seattle for victims of Atlanta spa shooting and all migrants facing violence and persecution. Organizes by Massage Parlor Organizing Project.

Of 22 CSAM (commercial sexual abuse of a minor) completed cases filed by King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in 2023 (4 involving actual minors and 18 involving detectives posing as minors), only one case actually resulted in CSAM (commercial sexual abuse of a minor) conviction. …

Sorry, I misclassified one of the cases involving an actual minor as a CSAM verdict when it should have been labeled "lesser charge." In that particular case, the plea included Rape of a Child in the 3rd degree (C felony), which is statutory rape and is a lesser charge than CSAM (B felony).

I obtained case files from CSEC (commercial sexual exploitation of children) charges filed by King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2023. Of 22 completed cases targeting defendants charged with CSAM (commercial sexual abuse of a minor) or attempted CSAM, but only 2 resulted in CSAM verdict. …

I was reading Oregon's laws regarding the sex trade and found that its definition of "prostitute" only covers "a male or female" who engage in prostitution (performing sex act for a fee), not any nonbinary persons (ORS 167.002). …

I'm remotely attending Portland City Council this morning to testify against the expansion of chronic nuisance property ordinance www.portland.gov/council/docu... It doesn't "address human trafficking"; it just displaces, isolates, and endangers people in or are adjacent to the sex trade.

Sunday in Seattle: Join Massage Parlor Organizing Project (MPOP) in honoring the 5th anniversary of the Atlanta Spa Shootings as well as many other migrants who have since lost their lives to state and systemic violence. www.instagram.com/p/DVRbDF-EsZ...

In December 2025, Seattle Police Department sent a "chronic nuisance property" enforcement letter threatening legal actions in part because someone called 911 to seek assistance for overdose. Penalizing businesses for seeking medical assistance disincentivizes it and causes preventable deaths.

Updated version with data from all of 2025. Official numbers give the impression that only a small fraction of people who are charged with prostitution-related crimes in Seattle are BIPOC, but in reality 80+% are BIPOC in a city whose population is 60% "non-Hispanic whites."

It's hard to maintain interest in #waleg toward the end of the session as worst of the worst bills have been weeded out and some of the best bills have been watered down through amendments to the point that it's difficult to feel excited about them anymore, but it is still important to be involved.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

I don't doubt that there are some fraudulent sign-ins by opponents of the millionaire's tax, but the timestamps from these tens of thousands of sign-ins against the bill appear largely organic, pealking around lunchtime and dipping around 1-2am and also showing a different pattern for the weekend.

Seattle Library Workers Raise Alarm About Security Crackdown Hitting Homeless People “…a new enforcement crackdown led by the Seattle Public Library’s new head of security is turning librarians into part-time cops, and they’re not happy about it.”

Op/ed version of the “Top Five Demands to Stay Alive” to Mayor Katie Wilson that I posted earlier. www.realchangenews.org/news/2026/02...

Ethically Collaborating With Human Trafficking Survivor Leaders journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Newly published qualitative research about how anti-trafficking organizations and movements can work with survivor leaders and people with lived experiences better.

i'm of the generation that still feels holding hands with another girl with fingers interlocked out in public dangerous and subversive.

Hey people watch the live recording of the rock opera The Transfused (2000) written by Nomy Lamm and The Need (Rachel Carns & Radio Sloan). www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgJ-... It was a small miracle that happened in the post-WTO protest era before the War on Terror and is very much relevant now as ever.

Just received another public record from King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.

when i show this pic of my chihuahua kitti when she was a baby, people used to say “she likes like a stuffie.” now people say “oh my god, she looks like AI-generated!”