JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race. She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%. That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!). Not much left at this point.

Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

[the correct Kirk]

I hope you all are remembering to rest if you can. 🌱

The documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War was shown in British TV but it is doubtful it will be broadcast in the US. This review of its contents is horrifying and adds more evidence of Israel's genocidal intent based on instructions from IDF commanders. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Aren't we all our own worst enemies

A very VERY partial resource for folks looking for ways to help their neighbors - if one of these posts has a suggestion that sounds good but isn't in your area, use the information here as a template of sorts to search in your area. And then please share, share, SHARE that information.

Emily continuing to do amazing work to pull together resources for communities all over! Help spread the word!

Been a while since Trump has done a Watergate; he needs to get back on that horse if he's going to keep up the Watergate-a-day pace.

usual so many things usual so little time bbl Bsky

Join us to protest the unjust indictment of Kat Abughazaleh, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin, and Joselyn Walsh. Wednesday, November 12th @ 1:00pm Dirksen Courthouse 219 S. Dearborn St. Chicago youtube.com/shorts/ENf2M...

Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/47Awavd

I've been reposting everyone replying to this post with their own ACA (and sometimes employer!) price hikes. Feel free to add yours. There is some comfort in knowing you aren't alone and knowing we'll all be voting on this issue in a year. Chuck Schumer should be chucked out. #chuckchuck

🧵*11/11/2025 noncooperation thread* A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions. * We The People remain the people who are coming to save us.

Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.

the scope of the feds’ invasion cannot be overstated. this isn’t limited to chicago or even cook county.

Understand that he's talking about distances of ~50 miles apart here.

A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S. The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r... By Izzy Ramirez

It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation. Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.

and so Monday arrives, aggressively garish like the morning sun that burns your retinas during an easterly morning commute

About Face seems like a very very useful org to support right now aboutfaceveterans.org

Yup Newsom went to Texas. And also went to Brazil. He has a winning smile & can-do attitude. And he did this to our trans siblings, and this fortune.com/2024/08/09/g... to our unhoused siblings. Please don't forget.

This is the food pantry the Girl Scouts were doing a food drive for, and like every food pantry, they could use your help right now: www.gobeyondhunger.org

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...

Keep sharing please - lots of good resources, across the country, for folks who need them and folks who want to support the businesses & orgs providing those resources

I forgot my friend Shannon's birthday. Help me make it up to her by taking a moment to support her, my OTHER friend Brian, & their kids. (Brian, Kat Abughazaleh, & other electeds &/or candidates were indicted on felony charges of impeding federal agents at Broadview which is some actual bullshit.)

Is it bad when you see a picture of a Ukrainian Army unit before the text describing it as such and assume you're looking at ICE agents coming for your neighbors

The Daily Salem Dispatch is just 20 seconds of her purr box going. She sits about two feet from me and starts purring even before I start petting. Very good little motor.

And you'd be amazed what's in mostly-forgotten tunnels beneath France. When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell. ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards

Looks like Sarah Kendzior’s suspension isn’t an error. I don’t know Sarah, but I’ve followed her on and off for like 15 years and this is very surprising to me. I’m not big on assuming the worst based on partial information but this feels bad.

For those in/around College Park, MD come on over to Ledo Pizza, 4509 Knox Rd, next Tuesday 11/18, 6pm+ for Science on Tap, where I will share a talk and dialogue on: "Science Matters: Confronting the Impacts of Federal Cuts to Research on Communities Nationwide" science.umd.edu/events/scien...

Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash. He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.

There's an entire unified house caucus who's against the senate dems "deal" To place a blanket blame on all dems is kinda irresponsible. Meanwhile dems in the senate have done done this twice to the house dems.

Source: 2/2

🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific. He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing 88 people around the world every single hour.

Above the water view of a marine iguana swimming by when we were snorkeling in Galapagos. 🦎

Today is Tuesday, Nov 11 Good morning ❤️ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back Do you feel betrayed? I feel betrayed. We were betrayed. Here we are. This, too, is real. Let's keep build a home for each other and fighting like hell. ❤️

Me: *has been in Maine since Thursday* Me: Maybe I'll see what's happening in the world Me: *opens Bluesky for the first time since late afternoon Friday* Me: Nope nope nope abort retreat nopeity nope nope

(This time I mean it ❤️)

"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."

Thanks for compiling and sharing these resources, Emily. You are one good egg!

🧵The president & his regime have murdered, at latest count, 70 people off the coast of Venezuela, which is horrific. He & nascent trillionaire Elon Musk & the regime they built & with which they took a chainsaw to USAID are responsible for killing 88 people around the world every single hour.

Richest nation in human history

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

"Real change comes through having a set of ideals you’re committed to over time." Andrea Pitzer on how elections, like labor unions, are only a compromise. And she explains why we must remember that, as great as Tuesday night's results were, they're just the wave. We are the water.

Don't forget to share this thread with folks who may need support during this SNAP bullshit *and* with folks who might want to frequent the businesses to thank them for what they're doing! There are 50 posts so far - many of which list a *bunch* of resources - from every corner of the country.

At the Oak Park Village Board meeting on Tuesday, I handed out whistle packs that a group assembled at the Oak Park Public Library last Saturday. The whistles were 3D printed by community members. Just everyday people trying to keep their neighbors safe.

(I mean... maybe not *as hell*) (Help my friend Brian beat the man!)