Was listening to the scanner last night because the cops went tactical mode on a “dude with AR is yelling at another group” call and after they unblocked the scanner, four different cops were saying “wait so we still have not located a single suspect or victim yet??”

My wife was like "what was the tech even for? " "IDK, being French? 🤷‍♂️"

For our final US history mini project, I showed kids some of the America at 250 propaganda, and asked them to create a zine about what they want folks to remember and understand about American history. We have 90 different zines, Oakland: they're coming to public libraries near you!

Not sure who needs to hear this but admitting you're wrong doesn't kill you instantly

wifey is working whatever should i do

Cops serve empire, not the people theintercept.com/2026/06/01/a...

thinking about getting costco pizza next time 🤔💭🍕

Only some people get to defend themselves slate.com/news-and-pol...

endlessly beautiful place

the police state is creeping into every area of life in this country. they will not stop until they blot out the sun.

cop city is everywhere, fight back!

today's gender:

back in 2022 i was working at a dying coffee shop and since we barely got any customers i'd spend the day reading and drawing on cup sleeves

8. Math and philosophy are "hell nah". (Anyone remember the XKCD field purity strip?)

This should be the norm. We see you #SanDiego ✌🏻

ACAB

Ahead of the World Cup, Seattle hotel workers are voting to strike! Embassy Suites workers are fighting for protections from ICE, raises, staffing, and healthcare. The hotel sits next to Lumen Field, where games will be played. Once authorized a strike could start at any time.

Seriously, why would anyone come here to watch the World Cup this month? In West Seattle today

NOT AN OFFICIAL SIGN ACTUALLY ON THE NOSE STREET ART 😍

Wasn’t this out of the Woodstock 99 playbook?

i’m eating oreos in bed in my underwear who else

If you’re wondering how the World Cup is going in Seattle, Airbnb just emailed us offering cash bonuses in exchange for securing bookings during matches. The exorbitant dynamic pricing / politics has likely backfired and I suspect Seattle will have the same or less tourists than a typical summer.

Hundreds of kids in Seattle will be able to watch the World Cup in person for free, thanks to the city of Seattle. bit.ly/49FVu3z

Busy during the King County Metro customer service hours so my toddler and in-laws picked up these for the family this morning. I love that my son and his grandparents can get around Seattle so easily. Every day on the light rail is a new adventure. 🚊

Jail and prison are incredibly unsafe. There is no safe jail. The important thing to keep in mind when reading these stories is that the answer is always to let people be free (not to hire more doctors). apnews.com/article/ice-...

Final question is a statement about how "filthy" and "unsafe" downtown Seattle is. She hasn't heard any answers tonight. "You want to defund police. There is no safety." Someone in the audience says "crime is down 9%" and gets heckled. "Oh, come on!"

San Francisco is doing a lot more sweeps than they used to, and Seattle has ALSO not reduced the number of sweeps it is doing. Business owner is not impressed, and says she can set up an appointment with Lurie's office to figure out how we can bring similar success fixing homelessness here.

whistles are for ICE not homeless hysteria

To a question about vacant lots, Wilson gives a complex answer that mentions a tax on vacant homes. Kim jumps in, asking if she's saying she would raise taxes on vacant office space downtown. She says no, that's not what the vacancy tax is about. Her suggestion of a land value tax gets applause.

will i hear about this until i die?

Simon from Friends of Denny Blaine wants to know if Wilson still supports a resolution affirming that Denny Blaine is a historic LGBTQ+ beach that has been "sitting on Debora Juarez's desk ... since March." Wilson says she'll get back to them on that.

HOW EXACTLY, KATIE??

seems like the purpose is to draw out all the grossest people in the city into one room

every eviction slowed or stopped is a small victory

Wilson says they're facing a $175 million shortfall next year. Is she going to raise taxes? "All options are on the table." Departments have been asked to come up with 5-10% cuts, and they are reportedly being expected to take them.

Saul Spady, Dick's burgers scion and onetime right-wing radio host, wants to know how Wilson will lower costs for businesses who provide private security. In my experience running and watching events, the problem with open-mic public questions is that they are really open mic public comment session.

Next question si from a camera opponent who wants to know how Wilson will prevent SPD from providing camera footage to ICE. She says state law bars police from collaborating with ICE. "That is the policy, and certainly want to make sure that that doesn't happen." Pretty dismissive response.

Thomas Goldstein (lots of hats, currently pro-business Capitol Hill activist) says cameras have reduced murder in New York. Actually, the murder rate in Seattle is at its lowest point in five years and is already much lower than most large cities.

I mean, the "question" was "are you willing to mandate treatment" which has already come up. Mandatory treatment, by which people generally mean removing people by force and putting them in locked abstinence-based facilities, is remarkably ineffective at achieving lasting sobriety.

ew

Sign up to testify about the need for INCREASED funding for our public libraries at the 6/10 City Council budget hearing. Details are here: bit.ly/June10Testify You can testify in person, on Zoom and/or submit written remarks.

i did finish this, but it’s so hard to take pictures of 😔

This game is so freakin beautiful. Look at the sunset colors through the waterfall!! I cannot!!! #totk

gratuitous carceral imaginaries gonna gratuitously carcerally imagine

the artistic water is so fine in Seattle

oh hi @headandtheheart.bsky.social they walk among us 👋

This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.

bro if every little thing she does is magic she’s probably a witch bro. i’d be careful

think im gonna get really into fonts