"Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our breath."

As a Seattle resident, I've gotten an immense amount of notice and opportunity to weigh in on the comprehensive plan. There were many neighborhood meetings, a website that received thousands of comments, and many city council hearings like the one happening now. Homeowners aren't being excluded.

It is WILD that this sentiment is getting pushback but: Absolutely do not RSVP to protests. As an org, do not ask people to RSVP to protests. It’s risky and irresponsible in our current environment. People’s safety is more important than your org’s desire to list build!

til @masonthompson.bsky.social moonlights as a pitcher in The Other Washington

I live less than 500 feet from the proposed site, & have for over half a decade. There is tangible need for the CCC and the reality is that this location is a perfect candidate, wrt zoning and proximity not only to potential user populations but also wraparound/multidisciplinary services.

Because Kettle & co. would probably oppose it to protect "neighborhood character." See: 1st Ave Connector streetcar

“Once surveillance data is collected, it is notoriously challenging to protect against federal misuse…Department of Homeland Security and ICE have successfully accessed data from the Washington Healthcare Authority and the Washington Department of Licensing. Seattle should not line up to be next.”

Choosing not to kill myself so I can live to see JD Vance tried at the Hague.

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

NEW: Mayor Harrell is facing charges of electioneering on the City's official social media after the City made a new Tik Tok fan page for him late July. The ethics czar initially dismissed the complaint, but now the commission will discuss the issue Oct. 1. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ethics-...

it should be noted Labour is in deep, deep electoral shit. Nigel Farage's far-right Reform UK party is tipped to form a gov't if an election is called now (which it won't be). Labour has until 2029 to right this ship, otherwise many current gov't ministers will lose their seats.

glued to my screen watching @skynewsrss.bsky.social during the first major reshuffle since the '24 general

Heads up, Washington folks. Print the order out and bring it with you in case the pharmacist needs convincing. I just made my booster appointment for Saturday at a Safeway pharmacy (RIP, Bartell) - lots of slots still available.

Public commenter at Seattle City Council's Land Use Committee meeting just now called Seattle "the ugliest city I can think of" which, I think, is an INCREDIBLE claim to make.

Rachel Reilly has made it to jury #BB27

Happy Labour Day, thank a union! Grateful for all the working people who keep our world turning, and for those who came before us to ensure worker safety and fair compensation, especially...

NPI's Cascadia Advocate with a major oopsie in their post about Federal Way Link. Connie Boesen is mayor of Des Moines...Iowa. Our Des Moines is led by Traci Buxton. @nwprogressive.org

What changed is pretty simple! (1) The Lake City Fred Meyer closure threatens to create a food & pharmacy desert in a neighborhood that clearly has the customer base to support a grocery store. The surrounding community is angry about it and looking for solutions.

Two things: 1. I'm grieved to hear of yet another shooting today, with more lives lost and other lives that are forever changed. All murder is wrong. I stand opposed to it categorically. 2. Trans folx - please stay safe today. Conservatives will try to make this about us, and that's dangerous.

@pattykuderer-waoic.bsky.social Can you please assure the citizens of Washington that insurers here will be required to cover the full cost of COVID-19 vaccinations regardless of the FDA's unscientific actions?

Two innocent children are dead and the far right are racing to use it as pretext to further eradicate trans people. This mass shooting had nothing to do with the shooter being trans and everything to do with them being radicalized online by a nihilistic murder cult that worships mass shooters.

Gavin Newsom is anti-trans and I will never, ever vote for him.

Last week, I attended an event with 25+ people in attendance, indoors, for 4 hours or so. I was the only attendee to wear a mask for the entirety of the event, and one of three total who wore a mask at any point. I'm now aware of at least five attendees who have since tested positive for COVID (1)

We could have this incredibly useful bus network with: - the same number of service hours as today's network (with planned RapidRide additions) - no changes to any service not on this map Neither Metro nor SDOT has ever focused on the central city bus network. It's time to start. More to come. 🧵

BRING HIM HOME!!

I am demanding the immediate release of Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a decorated and disabled veteran, detained during a citizenship interview today. My office has been in contact with the family and are working with Rep. Smith, Sen. Cantwell, and Sen. Murray’s offices to bring Mr. Chaudhry home.

Check out this disgusting behavior from a Washington state representative. Totally horrific. I have been told that he bullies, harasses and even doxxed constituents that disagree with him. This is NOT acceptable behavior. It’s harassment and bullying. #longview #washingtonstate #pnw #cascadia

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

Let me give you a list of Reform UK promises and the diametrically opposite reality they will lead to if implemented. (1/?)

How are we still having this conversation at a time of huge inequality? 4 million children living in poverty. Billionaire wealth has doubled. And these people dare to say "Won't someone think of the billionaires?" Tax. The. Rich.

Reposting with alt-text because 🎯👃

HEARTBREAKING: The worst person you know just made a great point.

Actual Christianity is woke and Thiel accidentally admitted it.

With today's drop, Dionne Foster is now #13 on the list of primary performances that I have available, and @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social crosses 50%, the first time a non-incumbent Mayor broke 50% in a primary.

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With today's drop, Dionne Foster is now #13 on the list of primary performances that I have available, and @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social crosses 50%, the first time a non-incumbent Mayor broke 50% in a primary.

imagine driving a single occupancy vehicle and being so in a hurry to get around the bus that instead you crash into it and delay 20 people from getting where they need to go because you needed to get there faster lmao embarrassing

Rich people don't like evening the playing field.

@alexis4seattle.bsky.social won EVERY precinct in Seattle - except four. North Windermere, Broadmoor, and two precincts downtown. The first precinct was one (1) voter who voted for James, and the second precinct had 5 voters, with the vote split evenly except for Savage, who received 2 votes.

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

*whispers: it’s CM Rinck not CM Mercedes Rinck nor Mercedes-Rinck*

Here's the updated Top 35 from today's drop. 1. Donaldson '91 2. Rinck '25 3. Bagshaw '15 4. Revelle '77 5. Clark '11 ... 17. Foster '25 18. Evans '25 ... 28. K. Wilson '25 29. Conlin '13 30. Lin '25 ... 34. Harrell '25 ... 48. S. Nelson '25 ... 54. Davison '25

Also I'm 99.5% sure @ericacbarnett.bsky.social may have used the dataset I collected in the Seattle Nice discussion out now so that's cool but I would've loved a credit!

With today's ballot drop, @alexis4seattle.bsky.social has now received the 2nd highest share of the vote in the entire dataset, now 0.03% higher than Bagshaw '15, and 4.86% behind Donaldson '91. Percentage-wise, Nelson, Davison, and Harrell both made marginal gains on Foster, Evans, and Wilson.

WHY ARE WRITE-IN VOTE NUMBERS GOING DOWN IN KING COUNTY??? For those of you who, like me, are a bit eagle-eyed in tracking daily ballot dumps, you may have noticed that occasionally the total number of write-in ballots will actually go down, day-over-day. (1/4)

for those nosey enough, I'm now working on a dataset for all *contested* municipal general election races, 1973-present, and will have that dataset ready probably by EOD tomorrow, depending on how good my playlist shuffles

God willing, Bruce Harrell will be the first mayor in Seattle history to be both a successor of and predecessor to a female mayor.

Numbers update: @alexis4seattle.bsky.social now has the 3rd highest percentage of the vote in the dataset, and is now 0.06% away from surpassing Bagshaw '15 and taking 2nd. Dionne Foster retains 17th, with Evans climbing to 18th, Wilson to 28th, and Lin to 30th.

In running the numbers after last night's electrifying results: (Data: Mayoral primaries from 1973 on, most council primaries from 2005 on, plus outliers) @alexis4seattle.bsky.social is the best-performing woman of colour in the data set, with the 4th highest vote percentage of a 400+ dataset.