This week I ran into a friend who doesn’t do hugs and she asked if she could give me a hug and I felt like I’d unlocked a new level of life

I assumed this was parody but no

Nobody likes men’s sports

cameo but for murder

We have to apply pressure. Give Johnson a choice between being a hero or someone who has failed us, rather than simply casting him as a villain and accepting defeat. If you live in Chicago, share this piece with everyone you know and tell them to reach out to their alderman and the mayor's office.

The massive security infrastructure is a jobs program for people with Right Wing politics.

"What if I told you there was a simple, safe, & effective treatment to vastly reduce the risk of suicidal ideation among one of the most vulnerable group of children & teens? You'd be pretty stoked, I would think."

SPL shared preliminary results of the 2025 patron survey, which included non-users. 98% said that the library improves overall quality of life in Seattle. NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT. What else could 98% of Seattleites agree on? Baby goats? The Mariners? I doubt it. 98% approval is wild. Fund libraries.

Thanksgiving is hands down the best day in all the group chats.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Sore Losers youtube.com/shorts/jS8eh... #SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #YesWeWill

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.

This is such a big deal. I’m really excited for Burien. It’s funny that Schilling considers the election he lost to be singularly a referendum on Trump. What does that say about you, Kevin?

This rules, I got 5 Douglas firs for $14 (and some other stuff)

So far, the election of Mayor Wilson has been an excellent demonstration of how institutional Democrats and their wealthy donors try to discredit the real concerns of their voters. It's telling that all their attacks (not a career politician, no car) reveal a deep contempt for their base.

women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.

Mamdani is a child of privilege therefore his socialism is cosplay designed to rile up downwardly mobile youngsters into stealing money from job creators. Wilson is poor and her socialism is just a way to get job creators to pay for her expenses.

“The WaPo Board” = Jeff Bezos crashing out bc he was unsuccessful in purchasing the “I love billionaires” candidate he wanted

Remember, if Satan wants you to pay with anything besides your soul, it's a scam. The real Satan won't ask for your social security number or credit card info, he'll just give you money and fix your credit because that makes him popular and cool.

The underlying value that unites “13 year olds are old enough to consent” with “13 year olds are not old enough to know their gender” is “13 year olds have no right to bodily autonomy” - for their kid or any other

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

West Seattle light rail supporters are going to want to make sure they make it to this event on Monday night hosted by @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social, given the fact that light rail opponents are likely to turn out in spades. westseattleblog.com/2025/11/west...

Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.

I LOVE THIS FOR US

🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has taken a narrow lead in the Seattle mayor race.

And as a party, Democrats did next to nothing to make last week’s victories happen. Those wins were largely achieved by the Working Families Party, Democratic Socialists, and organized labor, among other leftist groups. The Dems hate that.

The problem with the Democrats isn't about a handful of bad apples. It's about a corrupt, corporate party. They are rotten to the core. Remove one and another one will pop back into line to take their conservative place. Throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You have to hand it to Senate Democrats, they’ve probably succeeded at radicalizing the last of the wine moms

Allow me to take this moment to recommend organizing with your local chapter of @workingfamilies.org

not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not

It’s because they want to stop the progressive Democrat victory momentum last week in its tracks because they can raise more money as perpetual (controlled) opposition to Trumpism

Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them. Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in

The House would continue to pass anti-lynching legislation and the Senate would continue to not even both to bring it up for a vote FOR AN ENTIRE CENTURY. And then finally, in 2022 they caved and the Emmitt Till Anti-Lynching Act was signed into law. deathpenaltyinfo.org/more-than-a-...

The Senate exists for the same reason that the ACA doesn't have a public option: it was negotiated to placate the necessary votes. Slave states were nervous about being beholden to public will so we massively over-elevated state representation. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Going after taco stand vendors in this moment is quite something. Sure hope we get a new mayor.

Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

My sister in law made this. Every home should have one.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

More powerful than Millennials ever were

this is a big 'left vs. center' intra-Democratic general election for the Washington state House, with Obras as the more progressive candidate:

everybody grab a sandwich. extra mustard

Librarians told 404 Media they are being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books that they need to wade through. AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, academics www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

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