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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 1d

Hydroelectric dams are Complicated, but I still think they are cool AF especially the ones built in the 1930s as part of recovering from the Great Depression. Anyway we went to the Bonneville lock & dam yesterday – visitor center was open! I was so excited I think I embarrassed the tween.

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 1d

The convenience of being able to put holds on books and having them at my local branch – or really just checkout in ebook format which is easier for me to read – means I don't go there near enough. I need to go to the book spiral soon!

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I remember there are folks who don't like Seattle's central library. It is a little hard for me to wrap my head around.

View of teen area at the library from floor five

Living room stacks with windows behind flooded with light

Internal shaft of the building with light filtering through

View of the teen area from the living room closer to fifth avenue

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. But the general problem of property taxes being confusing and our governments so dependent on them means it's always easy to oppose things because of taxes. :/

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 2d

I have literally had to explain this absurdity at 37th district dems meetings when some members were arguing against endorsing a levy renewal because it's a "tax hike" since the total amount goes up but it's almost always less than inflation ...

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Zuri Linetsky @zurilinetsky.bsky.social · 2d

Important @attackerman.bsky.social piece for @foreverwars.bsky.social.

And remember:

“even should Trump's 20-point plan take hold, another October 7 will happen. It is foretold by the conditions of Palestinian oppression that the plan leaves intact.

www.forever-wars.com/the-barbaris...

‘The Barbarism of The Enemy’

Notes on the third ceasefire, and prayers that there won't have to be a fourth. Free Marwan Barghouti. Free Palestine

www.forever-wars.com

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 4d

No. NO.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4d

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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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 4d

I can't help that folks like the idea of AI historical people because either they are incapable of engaging with the messy complexity of historical interpretation – or don't want others to learn how to do that. Easier to tell one neat packaged narrative.

Anyway no AI propaganda video walls FFS.

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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 7d

COLUMN: What this mayoral election owes "Black Seattle."

Marcus Harrison Green looks beyond identity politics to ask how Black Seattleites are actually doing — featuring voices from across the diaspora and scrutiny of both Harrell and Wilson.

Read here: soseaem.org/3IVyOSC #Seattle

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…

southseattleemerald.org

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️ In the last two years, the United States has supplied $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel.

$21.7 BILLION.

responsiblestatecraft.org/us-aid-israe...

$21.7 billion in US military aid has fueled Israel's war on Gaza

A new report shows how American support has been essential to what many experts are now calling a genocide

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 8d

The University of Arizona's faculty senate has voted to ask the UA president to reject the Trump administration's proposed compact. It's among an accumulation of voices who say not to be tempted by the good things in the compact due to its more fundamental threats.
tucson.com/news/local/e...

U of A Faculty Senate opposes Trump compact; provost says no decision yet

The University of Arizona Faculty Senate approved a resolution calling on the UA to reject the White House’s compact requiring ideological, political and financial commitments in return for federal fu...

tucson.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 8d

Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d

This was twenty-three months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 16,365 kids since.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 7

November 7, 2023 — Kids in Gaza host a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.

“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”

At the time, Israel forces had killed over 4,200 kids like these.

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 7d

Really excited to announce my next adventure with Ruth Rosas! Read our press release and joint statement from Disability Rights Washington and @americawalks.bsky.social!

Announcing the launch of the Nondrivers Alliance

October 8, 2025 — We are excited to announce the launch of the Nondrivers Alliance, a new project where those of use who can’t drive or can’t afford to drive can organize for communities that…

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 7d

Apropos of this utter absurdity (I HATE elevators for stations and only Tokyo's system justifies this level of complexity), Claudia Balducci had a great article in @publicola.bsky.social about trying to make Sound Transit build out better. publicola.com/2025/10/08/t...

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 7d

I just can't get over the differences in scale between Ballard Link's Westlake Station as proposed and the original Westlake Station, off to the left.

Ballard Link's Westlake has two separate entrances underneath separate buildings, with one showing a long tunnel to get to the train guideway. They are at least five stories deeper than the original Westlake, which is tiny and only around 10-15% of the size

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 7d

This drives me so nuts. The way you make surface disruption be less of an issue is doing the job fast. Shallow cut and cover and deliver teh work as fast as possible. In other parts of the world that means many shifts and overtime but that's a better deal for everyone.

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 8d

Very much feeling like Seattle City Council would be better if they let people have speaking time like this because just as horrible things happen here as in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fScw...

I Was Going To Be Used As Political Propaganda For The City Of Atlanta. Here's How I Responded.

YouTube video by Thinkpiece Tribe

www.youtube.com

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 8d

The books I showed to my child were lies! Oh no!

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 8d

Is this not literally at city hall too?! That looks like the coffee shop. Some great organizing from the Solidarity Budget folks and the puppet creators to have that out today!!

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 8d

In my latest for @theurbanist.org I look at a debate between Washington fire marshals, home builders, and housing activists over stricter regulations for backyard cottages. Marshals say 5-foot access is needed, while architects and activists say that's overkill. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/07/f...

Fire Marshals Target Backyard Cottages with Proposal for Wider Pathway Requirements » The Urbanist

# The Washington Association of Fire Marshals is proposing changes to Washington state building code that would require five-foot wide access path to accessory dwelling units, but builders paint the r...

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PubliCola @publicola.bsky.social · 8d

SPD Chief Puts Cop Who Called 2020 Protesters "Cockroaches" In Charge of East Precinct
Mike Tietjen, who was promoted over a gay acting commander, the subject of multiple complaints in 2020, including an incident in which officers taunted a trans woman.
publicola.com/2025/10/07/s...

SPD Chief Puts Cop Who Called 2020 Protesters "Cockroaches" In Charge of East Precinct - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct, located at 12th Ave. and East Pine St. in the…

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Rachael @r343l.bsky.social · 8d

Wait, I thought he was saying she is a privileged elite for attending Oxford. I could see dropping out of Oxford since presumably it is not cheap or easy for a US person to attend Oxford, far from home!

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SquidTips - Aj/Alex 🏍 🦑🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social · 8d

Today over 100 students walked out of class to march though Seattle to end to the Palestinian Genocide

It was organized, peaceful, and had zero conflict with the police, so you probobly won’t see anything about it on the news

But remember that people are resisting, even if you don’t see it

Flyer for the student rally for Palestine

Students rallying at Cal Anderson park in support of Palestine

Students rallying on the Denny bridge in Seattle for Palistine

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