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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 40m

The vehicle?

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 45m

Did ChatGPT write this shit for Saka?

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 55m

"I think we have an important role in doing what we can to support that innovation," former Meta lawyer Rob Saka says of integrating AI tools into government. "I'm a strong believer in the power of AI to...get more people participating in the abundance that's to be had here in the city of Seattle."

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 1h

Carl’s Rules of Seattle: Anytime someone uses the word “innovation” here, it inevitably means something stupid, hollow, or evil.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1h

OK, now Rob Saka is talking about how "we are a global market leader in the city of Seattle on innovation."

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 22h

OUTSTANDING interview with @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on @volts.wtf This is the ONE interview you got to listen to before voting in the Seattle Mayoral election.

The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Today on Volts: In a big blue city, a progressive up-and-comer is challenging an establishment Democrat to be mayor, having already scored a surprise win in the primary. Naturally I'm talking about Seattle's Katie Wilson! We talk housing, transit, public order, the threat of Trump, & much more.

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025

NIMBYs below, Trumpies above, oh my.

www.volts.wtf

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tammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 22h

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The mayor's budget priorities speak volumes. If you're not wealthy, he just doesn't care about your livability in this city.
#VoteforKatie
#ThisIsYourCity

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

With 22 full time employees devoted to graffiti abatement in Bruce Harrell's 2026 budget, that team would officially be twice as large as SDOT's Vision Zero team (11 people).

“One Seattle Graffiti Plan” - Citywide initiative for graffiti removal, including targeted enforcement
and assistance for impacted businesses, support for public art and volunteer clean-up efforts.
• The 2026 Proposed Budget adds $2.1 million and 6 FTE, bringing the total Citywide expenditures
for graffiti abetment to $6.1 million and 22 FTE.
• Proposed budget also includes transfer of existing staff and funding from SPU to SPR. Details will
be further discussed in the upcoming Seattle Parks and Recreation presentation.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

In our third installment of “Voices of Seattle,” we present Angela Garbes, the author of the bestselling books “Like a Mother” and “Essential Labor”!

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Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Amazon just fired a Palestinian worker. I'll give you one guess as to why... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-...

Amazon Fires Palestinian Worker For Speaking Out Against Company's Participation In Genocide

On Monday, after a five-week long suspension, Amazon fired Palestinian tech worker Ahmed Shahrour. I’ll give you one guess as to why!As The Burner reported last month, Shahrour sent a letter to Amazon...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 1d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 1d

Eddie and Adonis both saying (correctly) that cameras don’t stop crime

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 2d

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

Get used to seeing that Bruce Harrell TV ad: the PAC that paid for it to be produced just reported spending nearly $700,000 to run ads through election day.

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blackmask/nyc @blkmsk.com · 1d

checks out

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@spinozylvannian
Chinese international student in my class was telling me about how his evangelical dad in Beijing believes that Trump was chosen by god to win the election, but that this victory is part of a larger divine plan to destroy the united states
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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

It was wonderful to meet with Reverend Sekou and Rev. Dr. Spaulding today in Hillman City. The future feels bright!

Katie Wilson with Reverend Sekou and Reverend Dr. Spaulding

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

In America, you don't defund the police . . . Police defund you!

Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The Seattle School Board voted down a pilot program to bring a cop to Garfield High School, but they also foiled an internal plan to use education dollars to pay for 15 cops at Seattle schools, according to public records. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

Seattle School Board Foiled City’s Covert Plan To Pay Cops With Education Dollars

Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 5-2 against reviving the School Resource Officer program at Garfield High School, which would have overturned one of the few, lasting policies won during the ...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

These positions are overwhelming popular with their base and would probably help win elections. They would also help aide the appearance that the Democratic Party believes in anything at all. Anything.

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

I think a modest litmus test for all elected Democrats moving forward would be A) Unconditional support for a women's right to choose and B) Refusal to send any aide whatsoever to Israel until Palestinians receive full citizenship/human rights.

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

It’s like Sun Tzu said in the Art of War:
When successful, take credit
When at fault, blame others
When enemy is weak, threaten
When enemy strong, kiss ass
When enemy is pregnant, draw gun

Brendan O'Connor @boconnor44.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking hell, when the Times calls Harrell out on his bullshit you know it's egregious

Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to Harrell who has finally built more shelter than he lost.

13 units in four years.

He promised 2000 & says he built 3000. The Seattle Times shows he is lying, taking credit for others’ work, & for moving tiny homes (counts each move as an opening!)

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 2d

Exactly. If Harrell is re-elected, nothing will change on homelessness, on housing costs, and so much more. He will take it as validation of what he's done so far.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 2d

Now is not the time to reelect a mayor who refuses to take responsibility for the failures of his administration. We have lost shelter beds every year of the mayor’s term, and more people are sleeping outside as a result. We are a national outlier on unsheltered homelessness.

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibles set building for a great joke

The Seattle Channel @theseattlechannel.bsky.social · 3d

Dashboard Confessional
youtube.com/shorts/emewK...
#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #PerformativeData

Dashboard Confessional

YouTube video by The Seattle Channel

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 2d

Easily the funniest, best thing Bruce Harrell has said in four years. He was cooking here-absolute galaxy brain.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d

Story: Sound Transit is increasing its property tax levy next year by 1%, something that happens every year and isn't even close to keeping up with inflation, while the actual assessed levy rate is set to go DOWN.

Headline: "Sound Transit weighs property-tax hike"

www.king5.com/article/news...

Sound Transit weighs property-tax hike to ease $30 billion shortfall

The agency’s financial planners say the increase would help maintain construction timelines for the planned system extension.

www.king5.com

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 3d

See also: Seattle, WA and the CARE Team for instance.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 3d

“Kidnapped from a tank” has big “died falling out of a guard tower” energy

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

The Palestinian resistance allowed several Israeli captives to contact their families from inside Gaza before their release.

📸 Photo: Nimrod Cohen, described by The Washington Post as having been “kidnapped from a tank” in southern Israel.

Nimrod Cohen, 21
Nimrod Cohen was kidnapped from a tank where he was stationed as a soldier in southern Israel. Cohen is
obsessed with Rubik's cubes, his family said, and a burned Rubik's cube was found in the tank he was abducted from. This year, his mother, Viki Cohen, illustrated a Passover haggadah, the text laying out the rituals and story recited during the Passover holiday, in honor of hostages, partly because her family has stopped celebrating holidays since the attack. "We don't gather as a family, because it reminds us how much he is missing," Cohen said. The only time the extended family gathers is at
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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 4d

Folks need to not get complacent about this mayor’s race: Bellevue millionaires are dropping five figures on one of the region’s most inveterate retail politicians, which is the way you close up a-10 point lead. Let’s get to work.

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