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Crystal Fincher

@finchfrii.bsky.social

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Personal account. Acquired KVRU, an independent non-commercial community radio station in South Seattle. Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I don’t. @HacksAndWonks.bsky.social

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · Feb 25

Some news:

Media for Informed Communties, led by @moharrell.bsky.social and me, has acquired KVRU 105.7 FM.

Connecting within community is the way forward, and @kvru.bsky.social, an independent, non-profit community radio station, will be a hub for that connection.

Build with us!👇🏾

South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · Feb 25

South Seattle radio station KVRU 105.7 FM has a new owner and operator: Media for Informed Communities, headed by Crystal Fincher and Monisha Harrell.

Read the full story by Jas Keimig here: https://soseaem.org/41fhX2d #Seattle #KVRU1057FM

South Seattle Radio Station KVRU 105.7 Has New, Community-Based Owners

South Seattle's KVRU 105.7 FM is now under the ownership of Media for Informed Communities, led by Crystal Fincher and Monisha Harrell. The new leadership aims to enhance the station's community…

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Cascadia Daily News @cascadiadaily.com · 2h

The Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration at the Lummi Nation School brought hundreds together.

Gallery: Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration in Lummi draws hundreds | Cascadia Daily News

A love for community and the promise of dancing, poetry and free food filled the Lummi Nation School gym with nearly 1,000 attendees for an Indigenous Peopl ...

www.cascadiadaily.com

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 5h

We’re up 2-0! 🙌🏾 #GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8h

That’s from all the trauma

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8h

My timeline is LOCKED IN! #GoMs

A screenshot of Bluesky posts on my timeline reacting to Seattle Mariners player Mitch Garver hitting a triple during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The posts include:

Tom Vásquez: “Excuse me, I turn around for one minute and Mitchell Garver hits a triple??? #goms”

Brittney Bush Bollay: “MITCH GARVER TRIPLE”

Corvus caurinus var. Alyssa: “Triple!”

Christopher Crawford: “I’d like my burger with triple garve sauce please”

Crystal: “A Garver triple?! In THIS economy!”

Amanda Lane Cumming: “MITCH GARVER!!!!!!!!!!!”

Claire: “MITCH GARVER TRIPLE HAHAHA LET’S GOOOOOO”

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8h

@tranniehathaway.bsky.social I love your hair and your new pfp!

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 9h

Most go-ahead plate appearances in a single postseason, Mariners history:

2025 Jorge Polanco: 4
1995 Ken Griffey Jr.: 4
2000 Alex Rodriguez: 3

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 11h

“A lot of crime these days is driven by poverty and those issues can't be solved by throwing more money at cops, unless the goal is criminalizing poor people.”

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 14h

For my newsletter today, I wrote about the American police state and how Democrats are going to have to kill it if they have any hope of rebuilding from the authoritarian Trump regime. www.burnsnotice.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Kill Their Inner Cops

Who needs the National Guard when your state troopers are perfectly willing to crack protester skulls all on their own? Listen, Illinois governor JB Pritzker is not perfect, but he's my guy. Or at le...

www.burnsnotice.com

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B_Rye989 @brye989.bsky.social · 13h

Giancarlo Esposito

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 13h

“And it will "work" up until the minute we realize it doesn't and never did.” 💯

Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump admin is fully powered by the attention economy. A universe of dumbasess talking to other dumbasess, built on the assumption our tastes have grown so rotten and atrophied that we can't even remember a world where we weren't inundated by worthless slop.
www.garbageday.email/p/the-great-...

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 13h

😮

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m still upset about woodchucks and groundhogs being the same thing

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 14h

❤️

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15h

3. Zohran Mamdani, a New York City mayoral candidate, released a two-minute advertisement steeped in transgender history and direct commitments to the community. The ad was set to a SOPHIE song, the legendary late transgender artist.

Watch it here:

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 14h

Kids and uninsured adults can now get free vaccinations statewide to prepare for flu season

King County vaccination locations for children and uninsured adults - King County, Washington

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse me?

Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 1d

so no one was going to tell me that mountain lions and cougars are the same animal? as are pumas? and panthers?????????

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

This is the reality that Mayor Harrell says he wants:

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Game 1 W! #GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose

a woman wearing sunglasses and a plaid shirt is saying i did my job

Alt: a woman wearing sunglasses and a plaid shirt is saying i did my job

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

No. NO.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

A big thing about people who think like this is that they don’t realize: learning how to be happy for other people is a HUGE step in the direction of learning how to be happy for yourself.

How that would help me? Because I already do that but the fact that I have nothing to celebrate myself make me just bitter in return
It's like clapping and be happy toward people about having cake without having ourself cake

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

You gotta love these guys!

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 3d

Edgar 1995 🤝 Jorge 2025

The @Mariners are ALCS bound once again!

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your service!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

WHAT A WIN! THE BASEBALL GODS ARE FAITHFUL!

ONTO THE ALCS!

#DidntListenDidntLose

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8d

I messed with the winning formula and learned my lesson.

The baseball gods require sacrifice, and I am once again giving it to them.

#GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose

Your Mom @mountains206.bsky.social · 8d

Mariners win!!!!! ⚾️ 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

I was not!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

An all timer! Gave us everything we could handle!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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