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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 1h

By easily accessible, I mean there is not a half hour walk on one end.

I’d rather by a pumpkin at the grocery store. Which honestly may end up being the move. We could get cider, light candles at home and not even bother with the whole pumpkin patch thing.

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 1h

Are there any pumpkin patches easily accessible by transit near Seattle?

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 1h

Some of my favorite weekends have no photos from them. I’ve set my phone aside and simply spent time with people I love.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 2d

Small press + local art store = a great place to spend your money!

If you haven’t been to Push/Pull you’ve got to go! I love their bottle cap watercolors made in house and they offer so many cool classes.

Push/Pull Seattle @pushpullseattle.bsky.social · 2d

Also! ICYMI! We got a big ol' Microcosm Publishing order in last week, along with a bunch of fun stuff from Free Period Press, including new coloring books! Lots of good stuff!! Go look!

Shelf full of various Microcosm titles on display, including several queer horror anthologies.

Various coloring books on display, including books called Queer Animals & Plants and Mushroom Daydream.

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 2d

I would love to see this! I technically have a driver’s license, but I haven’t driven in 14 years. It was logistically easier to renew than switch ID types.

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 3d

The Sounder is amazing! It could be even better with more frequent service that travels in both directions.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3d

If you missed out on tickets to our event at Town Hall Seattle, we've added another event with @cascade.org the next day. Join us on Nov 6 for a special talk about "Life After Cars." And please support Cascade Bicycle Club!

War on Cars Book Signing and Author Talk | Cascade Bicycle Club

Kick off November Ride in the Rain with a cozy evening at Cascade Bicycle Club featuring the hosts of The War on Cars podcast. Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, will read from their new book, Life After...

cascade.org

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 3d

I just signed up to door knock!

Let’s go!

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 3d

They may have unlimited funds, but we have people power. Sign up to volunteer! #ThisIsYourCity

www.mobilize.us/wilsonforsea...

Volunteer to elect Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor! · Wilson for Seattle on Mobilize

My name is Katie Wilson and I’m running to be your next mayor. I want to bring your power and your voice into City Hall.

www.mobilize.us

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Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social · 3d

Extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced from one of Seattle’s best, Marcus Harrison Greene:

southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

southseattleemerald.org

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 4d

I wasn’t really into inflatable costumes until this moment.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 4d

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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🏹🐦‍⬛Katniss Everdeen🐦‍⬛🏹 ❌👑 @p-r333.bsky.social · 4d

WE HAVE TO TAKE DOWN FAT SATAN AND HIS MINIONS‼️

NOBODY IS GOING TO COME AND SAVE US, WE HAVE TO SAVE OURSELVES‼️‼️‼️

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM IS TO SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY‼️

BY SIGNING UP HERE👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

generalstrikeus.com

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations! I am so happy that you will continue doing this work! ❤️

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 5d

Not to be whiny, but I would really like for something good to happen. On a personal level. On a national level. On a global level. One of all three.

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 7d

Small nonprofit budget and Wilson got us:

-$1.5B in tax the rich revenue for affordable housing, etc.
-free transit for kids and human services appointments, low fare for low income
-big min wage increases in 3 places
-renter protections around the region

Harrell had billions and did far less.

Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 7d

There have been multiple digs in the last week or so--interesting that coordination hmm--at @seattletru.bsky.social's annual revenue hovering around $200k/year as a reason why @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social isn't "qualified" to be Mayor.

If she pulled all this off with $200k, imagine her with $1.9b.

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 7d

“The allure of the car is so strong that it has persuaded Americans to treat forty thousand human lives as expendable each year; what chance does wildlife have?” From Crossings by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social

#WeekWithoutDriving

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 9d

Seattle, we gotta elect Katie Wilson! Her leadership style is everything we need to take our city into its next chapter. We have been spinning our wheels on too many major issues for too long. This is how we move forward. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

The Making of Katie Wilson

She’s coming for the mayor’s office.

www.thestranger.com

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 9d

Streets are the largest public spaces in modern society.

Surrendering them for the sole use of cars allows maintaining the right of way to be used as pretext to suppress lawful assembly.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

We’ve been shoved around by state cops with batons. They’ve already arrested one person for being in the street.

A protester questions a cop about whether he wants to be here.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 9d

If you saw a headline about NYC potentially losing two big transit projects "because of the government shutdown," know this: 1) it's bullshit, and 2) ending the shutdown on the Trump administration's terms would be terrible for transit *all across the country*, and very likely in your community. 🧵

Is Sec. Duffy Holding NY Transit Hostage To Negotiate Away The Rest of America's Transportation Future? — Streetsblog USA

The federal Transportation secretary is using two large transit projects as a bargaining chip to bully Congress into passing a budget that could be disastrous for communities across the country.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9d

Disinformation thrives without data

No jobs numbers = the economy isn't struggling!

No food insecurity data = people are fed!

No education research = defunding and threatening schools doesn't hurt kids!

No public health studies = our policies aren't making people sick!

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 10d

Our grassroots PAC is working to help Katie Wilson beat Bruce Harrell. Please donate!

www.seattleforkatie.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 10d

Terrible! I also hate the “Switch Witch” where you trade in candy for a toy.

Completely unnecessary.

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