Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive, publicly subsidized, and publicly consequential form of human habitation in human history. #SuburbanSprawl #CarDependency

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve. No contract? NO COFFEE!

Starbucks workers deserve a fair contract, and that starts with good-faith negotiations. I’m proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Starbucks baristas as they fight for better wages and for their union. www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...

dense, infill housing that is 100% illegal in every single city in the US - with far more livable homes.

Concrete is not T.I.N.A. (there is no alternative) Stone-timber floor demonstration in London. The alternatives to anthropocene construction are popping up everywhere now. foto: Bamberger Natursteinwerke www.instagram.com/p/DQpH6HGirD...

it's 7 homes on a 1,185 s.f. parcel! that's a friggin postage stamp. published construction costs: €1.85M ($2.15M)

There is a whole excited world or there of innovation and efficiency in building that we are not even exploring.

Baristas are saying it plain: #NoContractNoCoffee SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting. Sign the pledge: www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge

Union Starbucks baristas have overwhelmingly authorized an unfair labor practice strike starting TOMORROW (Thursday, November 13th), grinding Starbucks to a halt during the company’s busiest sales day of the year. #NoContractNoCoffee

The so-called deal to end the Republican shutdown does absolutely nothing to address the health care crisis millions of Americans are facing. I am a HELL NO.

“Should Schumer stay as senate minority leader?” @aoc.bsky.social : “This is bigger than one person.” (Per CNN Schumer is historically unpopular in the Democratic Party compared to past leaders)

This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes money as an inexhaustible and malleable public institution.

Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance” moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...

There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.

The Republican Senate majority is built on minority rule, enabled by unequal representation & the two-party system. The GOP hasn’t won more total votes or represented more people than Dems since the 1990s. They’ve won the Senate in 7 of 13 elections since 2000 anyway docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

it's genuinely pathetic how badly they fucked the american people in return for nothing, not even a deal but "promises" that republicans will "come to the table" and how unafraid they are to state that outright on national television because they know there are no consequences

It's a capitulation, not a deal

Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121

Ron Burgundy ass president

Wood, straw, earth - that's basically all you need for passive house walls, floor, roof. The apprentice wanted to use his bare hands to get the feeling. The earth plaster creates airtightness necessary for high performance, without plastic membranes. #strawhouse #strawbuilding #biobased

Happy Friday of Election Week! We expect to post around 100,000 ballots in today’s results update. That will leave around 120,000 ballots left to count, so we’ll have a large number to post on Monday, too.

Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.

This was always about targeting those they don't agree with regardless of status

A regular reminder that congressional Republicans can put country over party anytime they want but choose not to.

The same is true for Australia's public debt And NZ And UK And Canada .... (not EU countries though!)

And as always

NEW // 2025 General Election Endorsements Read @theurbanist.org election committee's take on a very consequential election. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...

You don't have to take corporate money. You just have to have a dope political project supported by your membership! #AllPowertothePeople

Because they don't care. They keep telling you they don't care and you keeping waiting for them to care.

Why?

We have allowed corporations to create economies of self dealing and hype because those same corporations are secure in the belief that they will be bailed out when it crashes.

Some of the worst crimes in recorded history.

WA peeps, please share!

A better world is possible

🚨 ICE has detained Zahid Chaudhry—father, US veteran, and husband of former congressional candidate Melissa Chaudhry. I demand his release, and freedom for all targeted in Trump’s fascist crackdown. None of us are safe until we’re all safe. #FreeZahid

How much pain is capital willing to take to undermine labor gains during covid before they turn on Trump?

The largest purveyor of violence in the history of the world.

Tired of politics that stink🚽 ? Mike Westgaard is running to bring Sewer Socialism back to the Renton City Council — centering an affordable city and working class power. Let’s build a Renton for all - Vote by August 5th! 👉 Learn more: MikeforRenton.com #HousingForAll #SewerSocialism #VoteByAugust5

This undermines faith in politics. The national party needs a complete overhaul. The consultants have taken over and they have failed at everything but enriching themselves and their network.

It's the last weekend day to vote in the August primary! Turnout is currently below 15% in King County! If you're still looking for help when filling out your ballot, @theurbanist.org has some regional recommendations based on hours of candidate interviews: www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...

Today and knocked on over 600 doors! We have one more canvass planned before the primary on Monday at Earlington Park at 5PM, RSVP HERE 👉 actionnetwork.org/events/mike-... And come to our Election Night Party on Tuesday at Brewmaster's Taproom at 7PM! RSVP HERE 👉 actionnetwork.org/events/mike-...

Please come see the results come in with us! @riveraforrenton.bsky.social @seiu925.bsky.social @mlklabor.bsky.social @seattledsa.bsky.social @kcdems.bsky.social

@seattledsa.bsky.social @mlklabor.bsky.social @seiu925.bsky.social @kcdems.bsky.social @dsaelectoral.bsky.social @37dems.bsky.social

Please make these calls if you’re in one of the states listed below. A couple members have reportedly flipped, and it’s worth continuing the pressure given what’s at stake.

🧵(wishing I'd put these in a thread, so doing so now) *ARIZONA *CALIFORNIA *COLORADO *NEBRASKA *NEW JERSEY *NEW YORK *PENNSYLVANIA *SOUTH CAROLINA *TEXAS *VIRGINIA If you see your member of Congress in this thread, please call! Each post has contact information.

Affordable housing, public safety and 2,000 shelter beds. Just kidding! 🤡 Seattle, don’t forget to Vote Katie Wilson this August and November 🗳️🗳️🗳️

Just to be clear I'm antifascist

we choose to pay more to punish people for being poor.