Yes! This is politics 101, it seems to me. Too few urbanists are able to advocate effectively this way - so far. Would like to see much more emphasis on human relationships in general (though of course without corruption), with many working toward a common good like this

Why is SPS broke? It's not because of too many small schools, I'm starting to suspect. Glad justice was served, but SERIOUSLY everything SPS seemed to do in this case was the obviously wrong thing and I do not know what will get them to change. www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

The verdict in this outrageous case of teacher abuse and district HR incompetence is being announced at around 10am today. www.kuow.org/stories/form...

The US is close to seeing this happen too on a widespread basis, it’s already happening in high schools

🔥 ZOHRAN: “My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo all the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name — as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many and answers only to the few.”

Honestly if Oregon does really need it, Washington would gladly share it. Family is family

Woooooo!!! @lisarivera.bsky.social !!! Lisa has long been a favorite (she started on the board around the same time as I started listening and tweeting), so happy to see her speaking out here for Sarah!

This labeler is such a clever way of making spam visible. Bluesky wins yet again: bsky.app/profile/stec...

France should have kept its language at home then.

Use a dropbox - US Mail can’t be trusted at this point to get your ballot postmarked on time.

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.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

meanwhile, in paris under anne hidalgo... just between 2022-2023... bike usage nearly doubled this is what climate leadership looks like, folks.

Hahahahahaha “sidewalks.” We never have to maintain them because THERE ARE NONE WITHIN A MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS of the house, except if you want to walk to the strip club on LCW!

If you're able, this is an excellent cause. They feed people all over the planet

Our media landscape is overrun with people using the label "Christian" to excuse any and every evil they want, but once in a while an actual Christ follower turns up. There is a contrast for a reason.

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Bruce Harrell’s campaign just sent me one of the most out of touch campaign messages I’ve ever received. It says a lot about a person if they think grandparents helping to pay for child care is some kind of scandal. If this is the worst they’ve got on Katie Wilson, that’s practically an endorsement.

So I’m trying something new: short form video! Here’s me making the case for why @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social has the experience, values, skills, and policies that will help all of us in Seattle thrive.

New analysis: 50M of the SPS budget is chronically never used but still inflates the budget badly. medium.com/@awongawong/... Also, if you're interested, here's my school board election thoughts medium.com/@awongawong/...

If I don’t convince you, here’s Albert, who has actually used his data genius to analyze SPS’ budget. Thanks to public records laws, he can do this easily and is doing this NOW, without being elected to the school board. medium.com/@awongawong/...

I have been watching this trial via the live Youtube feed this week and I am so horrified and disturbed and disgusted by our school district to the point I wonder if disbanding it and reorganizing it into a few smaller districts isn’t in order

Has anyone vetted the construction companies tearing down the White House? I assume mafia or similar. And I assume the gaping hole and future ticky-tacky ballroom will be chock full of surveillance bugs for Russia, China, Israel, North Korea…maybe corporate entities too. Just such a sad microcosm

Manitoba is expanding its degree programs in Ojibwe and Cree. This is an example of the good that can happen when you elect a progressive, indigenous leader to run things.

New paper with @ryanlepic.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1515/ling.... Our previous research showed that ✨️inherently plural meanings✨️ favor two-handed signs across sign languages, now we see that hearing non-signers also produce more two-handed forms when asked to gesture plural meanings! 👐🏼 #linguistics

All deaf and hard of hearing kids deserve to learn sign language, and bodily autonomy with respect to hearing technology.

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Thinking of this tonight. Worth watching to the end.

The Stranger hasn’t really covered SPS in years. They don’t regularly come to school board meetings or interview caregivers or follow the impactful issues affecting Seattle kids and families. Vote for Sarah Clark for School board!!! She’s *ON THE BOARD NOW* and doing great for students and our city!

This is the group I helped create a few years back. It’s volunteer-led all by caregivers (vast majority all working parents) and their endorsement work this summer was thorough and student-centered focused. Check these endorsements for Seattle School Board!

You’ll find me in the Neolithic section.

Sound familiar? 😳👇

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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Vijay Prashad: Liberals Paved the Way to the Far Right consortiumnews.com/2025/09/02/v...

This is incredibly important - spread the word

Pas de flânage #Montréal #photographie #photography

Sara Nelson and Bruce Harrell both leaned into the “Seattle is dying” KOMO tv narrative (komonews.com/news/local/k...) to win their elections. In the process of doing so they validated the right-wing narrative about Seattle, and hurt our city’s reputation. Short term expediency, long term damage.

This is great, I would like to see similar up here. It deincentivizes locked cabinets and overreliance on self checkout - my strong suspicion is it would increase foot traffic and in-store sales pretty fast

This bogus retail practice, totally unfounded and not reality-based, should be banned by statute. If you are selling product, don’t lock stuff up during selling hours

Harrell’s budget spends $490M on police versus Boston which spends $450M. The claim is that increased Seattle staffing drives the number. But Boston has 2100 deployable officers. Seattle has less than 1000. Where is the money going Bruce? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This isn’t about left versus right. It’s about science versus pseudoscience. - Dr. Jessica Knurick

We are in DC today to share the great things that are happening in Shoreline and cities across the nation.

Best pie: blueberry but really the current in season fruit is always my fav Best ice cream: mocha Best donut: GOF Best bar: Nanaimo Best cake: tropical carrot cake Best cookie: the elusive perfect Madeleine Best other: tie - galette des rois, or Basque koka

Vertières Mary-Two-Axe-Earley Césira-Parisotto Madeleine-Parent Anjou Voilà des choix intéressants! Les noms des cinq futures stations de métro dévoilés www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...

Voilà comment fonctionne la médecine

Linguistics lesson for the day: Accountability is crucial to interpreting language. We make sense of something based on who we believe said it. Synthetic text extruded by LLMs was not said by anyone -- so a crucial step in the chain is broken. >>

OMG this thread. Also maybe dudes *were* hotter in the manly way in the past??? (The racists aren't right about that though because over half of the hotties aren't white so there!)

For our scientists. By @ellecordova.bsky.social

PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE! Richard Dryfuss (about 20 years ago) on how we MUST teach Civics or we will lose democracy! He saw what was coming. And now here we are... 💔 @timothysnyder.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social @jerilryan.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8C3...