Dreamt that Alan Moore was a YouTube influencer pitching some kind of “one weird trick” self-help book/system. Just growling through his beard, asking us to like and subscribe.

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Remember folks, this is the issue with “God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule.”

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Everett NewsGuild held a picket against story quotas at the Daily Herald, drawing strong community and labor support. Members say quotas threaten fair pay and quality journalism as they push for a first contract after layoffs under new ownership. www.thestand.org/2025/09/the-...

He's simply extending the work of Ronald Reagan and the modern NRA who, when Black folks legally armed themselves in self-defense, had their guns taken and banned. Folks... ...it is only and has only ever been about white supremacy.

Happy Labor Day 🙂

Y’all are never gonna believe this, but 14 years ago I married this woman.

“What if the Joker was also Woke Batman” is a perfect précis of V as a character.

These folks walk into fire to protect our communities. They put their bodies on the line to keep us safe.

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

"We didn't come here to listen to a load of stuff about famine and colonialism and genocide and being forced into exile, we came to hear some Irish folk songs!"

I never had a dad, so the pop-culture role models were vital for me! My role models as a father, in descending order of influence: Dan Connor Calvin's Dad Norm Gunderson Atticus Finch Willy Wonka (as played by Gene Wilder) Tom Bombadil Bill Adama Bandit Heeler

American worker pay increased by just 3.6% in 2024. CEOs, on the other hand, saw their pay rise twice as fast -- over 7.7% increase. Median total pay for bosses at the biggest corporations rose to $19 million last year.

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

Greetings from beautiful Borat£u, Washington.

you don’t have to get ripped or learn fucking krav maga or carry a weapon on you, you can absolutely be someone’s hero just be being a decent person.

We stopped expanding the House in the 1920s, decided the Supreme Court should freeze in the 1930s, added the last states in the 1950s, amended the Constitution only once in the last fifty years. The USA and its government continued to grow, but almost all that growth came in the executive branch.

The problems in D.C. are the problems of other cities and of the entire country: Too many people have next to nothing, housing is too hard to find, there’s a loss of thriving third spaces, and people with a lot find it so inconvenient to be reminded of any of this that some react with punishment.

The secret best thing about living in the PNW is that very little of Nature is trying to kill you. This side of the Cascades, the plants, snakes, & bugs are mostly not poisonous, and the poisonous ones are easy to ID/avoid.* *Note: this does not apply to mushrooms. Do not trust the fungi.

The Washington Federation of State Employees demands ICE release Sarah Shaw, a DCYF worker, and her son, detained far from home in harsh conditions without charges. WFSE calls for humanitarian parole and supports immigrant rights, urging members to donate wfse.org/news/wfse-de...

Young workers at Starbucks, Amazon, Sesame Workshop, Hearst Magazines, and Action Network talk about how organizing changed their relationship with work. Read the full story here ⤵️

Three moderate Seattle incumbents, including the mayor, continue to lag behind progressive challengers in the latest vote counts from Tuesday's primary election. www.axios.com/local/seattl... #waelex

BRONTOSAURUS: roar STEGOSAURUS: roar TYRANNOSAURUS: roar THESAURUS: bellow

Back of the envelope math says that the tsunami crossing the pacific right now is traveling at nearly 500 miles per hour.

A tsunami advisory has been issued for Washington’s outer coast. State Parks has announced that ocean beaches are closed & people are advised to stay off the beaches until further notice. They are not closing campsites at this time, but campers will be alerted of the advisory. #wawx

He’s upset that Epstein “stole” people from him. Not about what happened to the girls/women, but that Epstein took his property. Fits right in with this week’s episode of “In Bed with the Right” and the dislike of Epstein coming from disavowed envy.

This is why I subscribe to @talkingpointsmemo.com. Even unions whose staff are unionizing don’t do voluntary recognition this fast.

Seattle: Can we please pull out all the stops to bring my neighbor's cat home? If you live on Capitol Hill, anywhere near 14th and Harrison/Republican, please check your basements and anywhere a cat might get trapped.

Work is work. Sex workers, plumbers, professors, musicians, fruit pickers, custodians, actors, baristas, roadside flaggers, nurses, birthday clowns, telemarketers, librarians, bakers, writers, professional athletes, truck drivers: All of them are workers who deserve safety, respect, & a fair wage.

Attn: @jowrotethis.bsky.social in appreciation of an amazing non-canned press tour answer.

My least Historical Materialism take is that elections are won and lost by candidates and their campaigns. Yes, there are historical & societal forces, yada yada, but good candidates & campaigns can win under adverse circumstances. And it’s never *the electorate’s* fault that someone loses.

Posts. Messages. Emails. Courier pigeons. Shouts across city rooftops. The people made their demands known: "Flegg Merch When!?" Flegg Merch Now friendsatthetable.shop

- Give Up - The Archandroid - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Fetch the Bolt Cutters - More Adventurous - Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Figure 8 - Hard Up - Hadestown (the concept album) - L O V E W O R L D - Healing Tide (Wait, that’s 11. Oh well)

My son tells me that french fries shouldn’t be called French fries, because they’re not made in France, they’re made in grease. I’m an extremely proud papa.

TFW a herd of elk are hanging out across the street.

The world’s richest 1 per cent have increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social analysis.

Just had a journalist friend complain about not being able to find a “camera man” in Seattle Hurtful 😂 But also journalist friends who need a camera in the PNW: hello it me

- 11AM ET and 5PM ET with Medicaid Defenders/SEIU: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - 3PM-4:30PM ET with Food and Water Watch: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... - 4PM-9PM ET with People’s Action: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... and www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio... (1/2)

My dormies & I rolled a heavy table from a common area to our dorm via the elevator (it was a round table - we put it on its end and rolled it like a wheel of cheese). We covered it w/ a table cloth & used it as a coffee table for weeks until the RA (a frequent visitor) finally recognized it.

My spouse (RH) and I (LH) are solidly 4-1-3-5-2-4. Our eldest son, our own flesh and blood, goes 4-2-5-3-1-4. I don’t know what to make of this.

I did some research… I looked at presidential primary campaign signs for Ds and Rs in ‘08, ‘12, ‘16, & ‘20 (58 campaigns). I coded them as emphasizing first name, last name, or both. My hypothesis is that first name branding is more common among women than men, Ds than Rs, & increases over time.

My Flickchart tells me that my top 10 of the 21st century are: Eternal Sunshine I’m Not There I ❤️ Huckabees Pan’s Labyrinth Children of Men Brothers Bloom Fury Road Spirited Away Mulholland Drive Into the Spider-verse

The combined rhythms of my insomnia and the summer solstice have left me awake at dawn the last several days in a row. Today I got my ass up and went for a walk to watch the sunrise and listen to the birds’ dawn chorus. 8/10, would recommend.

I read the kids Murders in the Rue Morgue the other day. Tonight’s bedtime story was The Library of Babel. No nightmares reported so far.

When you become the parent of a toddler, a fun ontological distinction you’re awakened to is the difference between “naked” and “all the way naked”

At the comic book store yesterday, 10yo was eyeing some (not-horrifying) Junji Ito figures for sale. Me: “You’re not old enough for Junji Ito. Heck, *I’m* not old enough for Junji Ito.”

me: i have a bunch of anxiety rn brain: how bout a coffee me: idk sounds like a bad idea brain: iced coffee me: ok yeah that makes more sense