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saying you love Ra when you only have one obelisk is crazy

drivers love condescendingly talking down to cyclists like they were born yesterday and aren't responding to the road conditions made incredibly dangerous by them in their cars

I don't care who you are, whipping your tusks around and leveling a spear wall or throwing a guy 30 feet with your trunk feels amazing. Charging with the boys. And if my mahout decides I'm going too hard and killing too many of our guys and uses the chisel to kill me, he's just doing his job.

I do this

Incredible

saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)

Thinking of setting up one of those Ikea bookshelves that's just a bunch of squares right behind my desk chair, then covering it with a bunch of toys and bullshit. Seems like a good idea that no one has had before

164 years ago, on the 13th of May 1862, Robert Smalls escaped slavery by capturing the steamboat 'Planter' and steering it through Confederate lines. The US Navy commissioned it as the USS Planter and appointed Smalls as captain, making him the first black man to command a US ship. #otd #history 🗃️

SAM Workers United has just announced their intent to unionize the REST of the Seattle Art Museum. Sign their Community Letter of Support: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

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sat down with a legend

Fantastic piece of work by Peter Cole. Gives me something to aspire to with my own history work: longhaulmag.com/haymarket-af...

Pretty wildly offensive for the Seattle Times’ editorial board to call The Urbanist a “builders’ mouthpiece.” The uncollegial tone of the opinion desk undermines the newspaper’s hard-working and talented professional journalists, whom some in management appear intent on replacing with generative AI.

I am really happy to have the chance to force all of my friends to come to this, and blown away at all the very skilled people who have come together to make this happen: seattledsa.org/event/the-ra...

also while I'm bitching about stuff because I'm on a roll: who the hell is loading up the speaker for the Link Line announcements. None of them can actually finish their miles long spiel without getting interrupted with four minute headways. How has no one but me noticed this

Read my piece on Montana's (very long) fight against money controlling politics and why it matters.

Happy birthday to the workers of the world

Thinking about traveling to Portland because that's where the nearest Burmese restaurant is. Never had Burmese food before.

You can sign in support here: actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcl...

Workers at the Magic: The Gathering Arena division of Wizards of the Coast, based in Renton, are unionizing with CWA: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Shards of a Confederate monument that was obliterated with pickaxes and hammers in 2020. The granite it was built from was hewn from Stone Mountain, the most evil rocks on the planet.

Kash was busy

Who Are the Millionaires Suing to Stop Our New Millionaire’s Tax? It’s a rogues’ gallery of plantation owners, real-estate developers, and Koch network tentacles.

Baristas at the very first Starbucks in Seattle are organizing their union. Here's how one worker answers the age-old question "if your job is that bad, why don't you just work somewhere else?"

OED and @seattledot.bsky.social are making their decision this week on whether to allow The Ave For All - A Car-Free Pilot to go forward. Fill out this Action Network to let them know you want this to happen! actionnetwork.org/letters/the-...

Please consider donating to our strike fund to help us pay our bills while on strike. Support us by clicking the link in our bio or at bit.ly/pnwnewsstrike

Speaking as an outsider because I've never had an office job, I do wonder if admin etc workers could do with a bit of romanticism about their jobs. You're descended from the ziggurat scribe-priests of Ur! Your people literally invented money!

The ‘Who’ Is Opaque, but the ‘Why’ Comes Down to the Ag Industry’s Propaganda

50 years since the end of the American bombing campaign over southeast Asia and the country of Laos is still littered with unexploded bombs that kill hundreds every year. We spoke with locals and NGO's about ongoing efforts to remove the bombs. unicornriot.ninja/2026/the-ame...

This is Cathy Rutherford, Glasgow born trade unionist. I love this clip, but even more for knowing that it stems from a core of lifelong political activism

Routle for King County Metro just added a bunch of new lines: www.routle.city/king_county_...

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Completely wrong if they show Europe as grey, let alone Venezuela.

Today, the "original" Starbucks at Pike Place Market in Seattle, is announcing they're organizing their union. ✊ Read the letter workers addressed to CEO Brian Niccol about why they're joining thousands of workers nationwide fighting for a better Starbucks:

A celebration of Bootleg Bart T-Shirts the world over!!

9pm april 1 2026 on every channel

I think the average 8 bus is louder down MLK Blvd than most tube lines in London

Seattle's CCTV Vendor Has Received $126 Million in ICE and CBP Contracts - Mayor Wilson Says the City Will Keep Working With Them

Un día como hoy, 22 de marzo de 1974, los trabajadores escoceses de la fábrica de Rolls Royce de East Killbride se negaron a trabajar en los motores de los aviones del Chile de Pinochet. Mantuvieron la negativa durante 4 años,dejando que los motores se oxidaran afuera,antes de desaparecer una noche.

Alcohol or no, it is my goal to never in my life have anyone make a timeline of all the times I fall down

Keep AI out of Abortion Access! Stand with @wbng.org union members. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/help...

sales should go toward fortifying our ferry fleet

holy shit

every day he’s vindicated

$250/barrel by next wednesday. $15/gallon, rationed gasoline. the total collapse of car culture and the suburban lifestyle. get ready to take the fuckin' bus folks