Crystal Fincher
@finchfrii.bsky.social
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.
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Crystal Fincher
@finchfrii.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
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…
soseaem.org
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!👇🏾
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!👇🏾
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Here is the link! It’ll take you 30 seconds to verify if your ballot has been counted.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here is the link! It’ll take you 30 seconds to verify if your ballot has been counted.
The Supreme Court will decide if mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day
This would impose a new limitation and force changes in states like Washington, where mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, but can be delivered by the post office after Election Day #WAelex
This would impose a new limitation and force changes in states like Washington, where mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, but can be delivered by the post office after Election Day #WAelex
The Supreme Court did grant review of one case today, Watson v. Republican National Committee, and it's a big one over state laws allowing the counting of ballots cast by Election Day but received after Election Day.
Here's the docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
And question presented:
Here's the docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
And question presented:
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Supreme Court will decide if mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day
This would impose a new limitation and force changes in states like Washington, where mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, but can be delivered by the post office after Election Day #WAelex
This would impose a new limitation and force changes in states like Washington, where mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, but can be delivered by the post office after Election Day #WAelex
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I chatted with Erika Evans a few days ago to discuss her vision for the Seattle City Attorney's office.
NEW STORY // Evans Trounces Republican Seattle City Attorney, Shares Plans for Transition
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/e...
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/e...
Evans Trounces Republican Seattle City Attorney, Shares Plans for Transition » The Urbanist
# Seattle City Attorney-elect Erika Evans chatted with The Urbanist about what's next after her resounding victory in the November election, unseating Seattle's lone Republican office-holder.
www.theurbanist.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I chatted with Erika Evans a few days ago to discuss her vision for the Seattle City Attorney's office.
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NEW: Washington State Rep. Shaun Scott issues statement concerning Roger Wright and Seattle police accountability following a Real Change investigation:
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW: Washington State Rep. Shaun Scott issues statement concerning Roger Wright and Seattle police accountability following a Real Change investigation:
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I am my family's sole income so we have had nothing for the past 40 days. We're also on an ACA plan. I don't want us to have gone through this for nothing.
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I am my family's sole income so we have had nothing for the past 40 days. We're also on an ACA plan. I don't want us to have gone through this for nothing.
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov I hope this is just a rumor because this would be disrespectful to the people Democrats say they’re fighting for.
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov I hope this is just a rumor because this would be disrespectful to the people Democrats say they’re fighting for.
Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88
Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88
Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to their only NBA title and was an ambassador of Seattle basketball for more than 50 years, has died at 88.
www.seattletimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88
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Whoa
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Whoa
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
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I'm sorry, but I think NBA players should be allowed to hug, actually
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm sorry, but I think NBA players should be allowed to hug, actually
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Mmmmm. Imagine believing most Jamaicans live in shacks.
That's a prosperous looking home with that vehicle and all. How many Jamaicans can afford to put up panels? Do they have to own their homes to do so? Do their homes need to be very sturdy, not shacks?
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mmmmm. Imagine believing most Jamaicans live in shacks.
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Dan Strauss gets it. I’d rather have a line down the block for tacos at 23rd and Rainier than an empty gravel lot.
Here is Dan Strauss talking about how this taco stand has been the most positive activation of this street corner he has seen in years. SDOT Director Emery confirms SDOT will take an approach of education first with a path to permitting. Tonight SPD shut this stand down citing enforcement by SDOT.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Dan Strauss gets it. I’d rather have a line down the block for tacos at 23rd and Rainier than an empty gravel lot.
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"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"The average voter believes a SNAP recipient gets $20/day, more than 3 times the actual amount of $6."
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Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m
Want election analysis from practitioners, not pundits?
Join @stephenpaolini.bsky.social, @lexikoren.bsky.social and me for the Hacks & Wonks Post-Election Roundtable!
Livestream Tuesday 11/11 from 7:30-9pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e...
Join @stephenpaolini.bsky.social, @lexikoren.bsky.social and me for the Hacks & Wonks Post-Election Roundtable!
Livestream Tuesday 11/11 from 7:30-9pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e...
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Want election analysis from practitioners, not pundits?
Join @stephenpaolini.bsky.social, @lexikoren.bsky.social and me for the Hacks & Wonks Post-Election Roundtable!
Livestream Tuesday 11/11 from 7:30-9pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e...
Join @stephenpaolini.bsky.social, @lexikoren.bsky.social and me for the Hacks & Wonks Post-Election Roundtable!
Livestream Tuesday 11/11 from 7:30-9pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_e...
FYI Seattle transit riders
Columbia City and Othello stations are closed until further notice due to a collision.
1 Line service to and from both stations is suspended. Trains are still running from Lynnwood to Mount Baker, and from Rainier Beach to Angle Lake.
1 Line service to and from both stations is suspended. Trains are still running from Lynnwood to Mount Baker, and from Rainier Beach to Angle Lake.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
FYI Seattle transit riders
Claudia Balducci has conceded to Girmay Zahilay in the King County Executive race. #waelex
With most ballots in, it is clear my colleague Girmay Zahilay has been elected as the next Exec. I called to congratulate and wish him all the best as he begins to transition into this important role. The success of KC depends on his success as Exec, and as a continuing CM I am committed to both.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Claudia Balducci has conceded to Girmay Zahilay in the King County Executive race. #waelex
Katie Wilson won 54.85% to Bruce Harrell’s 44.86% of the 56,118 votes counted today. She could overtake Harrell at this rate.
The next update will be on Monday. Stay tuned!
The next update will be on Monday. Stay tuned!
Wilson-mentum is real.
The gap in the Seattle Mayor's race has narrowed to just 4,300 votes, or 1.88%.
The gap in the Seattle Mayor's race has narrowed to just 4,300 votes, or 1.88%.
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Katie Wilson won 54.85% to Bruce Harrell’s 44.86% of the 56,118 votes counted today. She could overtake Harrell at this rate.
The next update will be on Monday. Stay tuned!
The next update will be on Monday. Stay tuned!
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Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.
"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.
We’d be well served by focusing more on what generative AI is currently doing than what the people profiting from it say it might do in the distant future
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We’d be well served by focusing more on what generative AI is currently doing than what the people profiting from it say it might do in the distant future
I’d like to thank my new Formula 1 obsession for getting me through this Election Results Week
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’d like to thank my new Formula 1 obsession for getting me through this Election Results Week
“We are 400 less controllers today than we were in the 2019 shutdown. And now they’ve been stretched so thin for so long, with so much going on, so much pressure on their backs, that they’re actually resigning from the profession.”
Air traffic controllers are resigning due to the stress inflicted by the government shutdown, a union president warned
Air Traffic Controllers Union Head Gives Dire Warning About How This Shutdown's Different
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said workers have gone too long without paychecks to work safely.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“We are 400 less controllers today than we were in the 2019 shutdown. And now they’ve been stretched so thin for so long, with so much going on, so much pressure on their backs, that they’re actually resigning from the profession.”