❤️ 14/10 might even be too low ❤️

Some beautiful clouds tonight #Seattle

The Millionaires' Tax has now been approved by the Senate. Donald Trump and the MAGA Congress are taking from the lowest income Americans and transferring that to the wealthiest Americans. With a tax that 0.5% of Washingtonians will pay, our state is:

I needed to write a quasi-legal doc today so Claude did it in like 2 minutes and it’s spectacular. I’m not saying I wrote it, but I’m not NOT saying it. I then spent the rest of the day on the couch relaxing

Lots of love from me and Steve!

Sick of all this winning

Good first step

“Sure gas prices will go up but soon they’ll be so low” Ok you orange rotting carbuncle. Gas at $5.29/gallon and a forever war is EXACTLY what we want. /s I’ll happily pay that if you take those blood-soaked war billions and give us healthcare and SNAP and affordable housing

We’ve done as much as we can at Warleigh Nature Reserve with almost zero budget, and charity coffers wiped perilously close to zero once the land purchase went through. Help me and the team at @protect.earth fight for nature in Bath by chucking in a few quid. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warleigh-n...

He needs to go

@marcelias.bsky.social: "Iran, Venezuela, China, Italy, Cuba and Germany are not the reason Trump lost in 2020 — he is. These countries do not justify an authoritarian takeover in 2026. No foreign threat or domestic circumstance grants him that power."

Wordle 1,713 2/6 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My work here is done.

He is saying what Mike Johnson believes but won’t say. The Republican majority is more important to them than disavowing a sexual predator boss causing the suicide of staffer.

Farewell toenail, you shone briefly but were oh so bright #running #runningpunks

Nothing says Friday Hapoy Hour like a table full of kids drunk on $20 martinis I now know way more than I wanted to about John Powers. Poor guy.

First snow of the season and I got to run in it. Real feel temp 26F/-3C. Blech. Running usually quiets the anxiety but something triggered it during my run and I’m not amused. Need some cuddles with Bella cat #running #catsOfBluesky

Video: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Oh no. It’s that (early!) time of year again. Whereupon I cheer people doing a crazy thing from the warmth and comfort of my couch #BM100

Wordle 1,701 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I choose spinning teacup. Can I use my Orca card?

It’s a bit shouty in downtown Seattle tonight. 🤔

Apparently there have been zero Super Bowls to date with no touchdowns

Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!

Traders Joes just started carrying ketchup chips. My Canadian friends are delighted I’ve stopped making them smuggle said chips across the border. (This was the before times. #fuckice ) My life is complete.

This is horrifying and worse than the SAVE Act

Overdid my easy run yesterday bc I wanted to go fast. Ngl this one hurt. Dickies Eve of Destruction brought me uphill home #runningpunks #running

If you want to be a faster runner, simply switch your Strava settings from miles to kilometers and forget. You’re welcome 😉 #running

You may think you don’t need this but you are incorrect.

Watching your cat reboot after a long nap is one of life’s most underrated joys.

Nice little international incident to help wrap this month up.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

A bad thing about living on the West Coast (USA) is that lots of horrid things could happen before I wake up. So maybe not do that this one time? ❤️

declaration by a physician at the scene: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I can’t anymore right now. I used to live in MPLS so this hits home. I’m off to memorize all the countries in Africa. I’m in a blue state and worry we’re next if “guardrails“ are the only proposed solution.

We are searching for the woman in a red jacket who captured the ICE situation on video. We heard she was taken by federal agents. If anyone has updates, let us know.

MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota

Gift article #running #ultrarunning #trailrunning www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/m...

Had to travel a bit to find some winter frosting but I do miss running along the little river out here. No pic of said little river bc I was too busy not dying on my 12 mile slog. Dug out a mix of 80s for some cheer. Siouxsie, Dead Milkmen, Blondie. All my old friends. #runningpunks #running

Morning walk in the sunshine including a stop to pay respects #seattle

Just did a 30 min Pilates mat class and I thought I had muscles. Guess not. Unrelated.. how do I get off the floor?

Protester: This is nuts. What the fuck is going on, dude? This is insane. They tell you it's immigrants, only immigrants. It's fucking anybody. I have friends that got detained and all they were doing was fucking driving home from work. What the fuck?

I need to hire a web designer who’s familiar with Astro to make a rebuild of the protect.earth website look like the current site or ideally better. I’m sick of Squarespace and I’ve got the implementation done but you need to make it look good. Looking for a fairly prompt turnaround on this one.

Sound ON! #trailrunning

To end yet another horrific day, here’s Bella going for a late walk. (We live in an apt bldg where pets have to be on a leash. She’s happy not going outside if she can sit in the stairwell window) #torbies #CatsOfBlueSky #cats

I watched this live as I was WFH that day. My horror hasn’t subsided but has been partnered with disgust and shame. Vote them all out.

Why do birds, suddenly appear, every time, you are near? Just like me, you seem to be, made of seeds.

Sunday spikes. This is getting addictive. Did get lost a couple of times, took the wrong bridge. Seattle is weird in that you can make a wrong turn and end up in a valley with steep hills for blocks each direction. Ouch. Walked most of mile 10 ngl #runningpunks #running

Oh look BlueSky’s back! I can stop being productive it’s exhausting Happy New Year everyone in Europe who’s probably gone to bed already 🥳

Ok- I thrive on lists. This year I read NYT best 100 books of the 21st century which I largely enjoyed. Suggestions for 2026 reading? Bonus points if in list form.