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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 2h

Enronning in plain sight!

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 14h

You‘ve run an amazing campaign and you are going to be a great mayor!

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 23h

Putting the public back in public media!

Strong agree, except I think it really needs to happen at BOTH a local and statewide level if we really to make a dent in shifting the information environment.

(And even then we are still ceding red states to the opposition, but gotta start somewhere.)

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 1d

Probably happy to spring ahead though, they’re such little hypocrites.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is just amazingly good at politics.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost like we need *different* Democrats.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 3d

Really unusual and cool Halloween lights in our neighborhood.

(Turns out it is a projector throwing pattern of dots on a tree, nicely done, savvy neighbors!)

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! It is really excellent!

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: The Senate votes 50–46 to overturn Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada.

Four Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the measure:

• Mitch McConnell
• Susan Collins
• Lisa Murkowski
• Rand Paul
🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 5d

Nonprofit veteran, UW MPA degree holder and reader of more 990s than I can count here….

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is 100% correct and @kuow.org owes her a correction. This is sloppy reporting at best and deliberately misleading at worst.

(As a nonprofit itself, KUOW should know better.)

Katie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 5d

I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵

Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor

Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks ...

www.kuow.org

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 6d

Upholding one's values requires moral clarity, and the courage to make hard decisions. Props to the Python community. This wasn't easy but it was right.

pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program

pyfound.blogspot.com

Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 6d

I can't stop the fascists, but I can donate to my local food bank, and I encourage you to do the same, if you can afford it. I won't see my neighbors starved into compliance.

www.ballardfoodbank.org/donate

Donate | Ballard Food Bank

Donate today to the Ballard Food Bank. Currently accepting financial, food, and volunteer donations.

www.ballardfoodbank.org

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 6d

A controversial billboard on I-5 between Seattle and Portland has a new owner, the Chehalis Tribe, and a simple message: “Native land.”

Uncle Sam billboard on I-5 goes from right-wing zingers to a statement of Native rights

The 70-year saga of the Uncle Sam billboard on I-5 south of Chehalis and its provocative, right-wing messaging took an abrupt turn this summer when the billboard and the 3.5 acres on which it sits was...

www.kuow.org

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 7d

We can vote for Katie Wilson though, so that’s a pretty good consolation prize.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 7d

Appropriately so

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 7d

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck is once again the only Seattle elected official with a positive job performance rating

www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/... #SEAelex #WAelex

A line graph titled “Councilmember Rinck’s Job Performance Rating Over Time” shows changes in approval, disapproval, and uncertainty among voters from January to October 2025. The gray line represents “Not sure,” declining from 49% in January to 43% in October. The blue line represents “Approval,” rising steadily from 26% to 36%. The red line represents “Disapproval,” starting at 24%, peaking around 30% in May, then dropping to 21% by October. The chart notes that Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck has only been in office since 2024 and that polling universes varied between general election and Top Two voters. Source: Northwest Progressive Institute.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 9d

FOIA

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 9d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 9d

The most disturbing thing about this article is the fact that the military has been willing to follow these blatantly illegal orders.

Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 9d

What I love about the coming of the dark + rainy time is that it is now heating season and I have a new heat pump.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 9d

Go go go

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 9d

NEW: A coalition of political officials, labor unions, and business interests from the State of Washington have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Filing: governor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE1
Amici curiae are a coalition of state and local officials, state legislators, labor unions, and business interests: Governor Bob Ferguson; Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti; State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, Deputy Majority Leader Manka Dhingra, and Senators
Noel Frame, Marko Lias, June
Robinson, Jesse Salomon, Derek Stanford, and Javier Valdez; State House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon and State House Speaker Pro Tempore Chris Stearns;
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell; Spokane Mayor Lisa Jo
Brown; the
Washington Economic Development
Association; the Economic Alliance of Snohomish County; the Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County; the Cowlitz Economic Development Council; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751; Iron Workers Union Local 86; Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation (SMART) Northwest Regional Council Local 66;
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001; Teamsters Local 117; the Greater Everett Chamber of Commerce; Susan Yirku, Executive Director, Pacific County Economic Development Council; Man Wang,
Executive
Director,
Washington State China
Relations Council; and North Cascades Builders Supply (collectively, the "Washington State Amici").

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 10d

Harrell, on the other hand, is exactly who he appears to be: an arrogant, out of touch, plutocratic tool with serious anger management issues. FFS.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 10d

Bruce Harrell's latest campaign email says "Katie Wilson Is Not Who She Says She Is." His evidence: An interview with KUOW in which Wilson—ahem—SAID she and her husband help with child care from her parents.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 11d

well I managed to drop both “recondite” and “lacuna” into casual conversations today, so at least Ive got that going for me.

Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13d

H. and I rocked an amazing chanterelle risotto tonight. Fall in Seattle.

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13d

Shingles better be awful because the vax is brutal. (I got mine last year; wife is down suffering through dose #1 right now.)

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13d

The Reconstruction will have to physical, not just moral, political, and legal.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 13d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 15d

Also I'm just now realizing that he's (unconsciously?) verifying all the rumors of fecal incontinence. There is really a lot going on here. Can't wait to see hear what your students make of it.