Let's talk about the "you should have just obeyed the law" response to police violence.
A study several years ago found that police are the sixth leading cause of death for Black men in the United States. But it is, if you can imagine, worse than that.
There are a required # of instructional days, so schools have to add on to the end of the year if they run out of margin. I can see that a remote learning day might seem a better option.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Autistic interests aren’t “special”
They’re informed by values and deep emotional relevance and help ground us.
They’re not pathological quirks.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
Thank you for saying this.
Just going to say again that if you are *already on board to fight an injustice you gain nothing by witnessing the violence that injustice wages on people*
Why is it that tech and AI boosters keep saying "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" when making arguments about AI's supposed inevitable dominance? Did they not read the story? The genie does, indeed, go back in the bottle. Maybe we should start there.
If you don’t hate where we are for EVERYONE, you don’t disagree with what’s happening. You just want to change the targets.
Post by "Phil Ritz" (via a facebook post i think via the Shoupistas group): To explain zoning to my family, for holiday dinner I'm gonna ask to put salads on one table, drinks on another, sides on a third table and the main dish in the living room. Then watch the traffic chaos as everyone tries to eat. That's how suburbs create traffic out of thin air.
To further torture the metaphor:
Each room can only have one table, which can only have one serving dish, and each person once they've managed to assemble a meal has to find a whole separate room in which to eat it.
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
Two white framed windows with white curtains on the upper halves and 3 menorahs each on the window sills.
Celebrating Hanukkah in Pittsburgh!
As the cost of living in urban areas becomes so out of reach for many WA families, ppl are pushed into fire zones & flood plains; then they are more at harm due to impacts of climate change. These are equity and environmental justice issues; need compassionate solutions for vulnerable communities.
Thank you so much for having transcripts!
So exciting!!!
Oh, but see Pharisee is an antisemitic slur. Jews are Pharisees. I don't actually care if you think it's a "metaphor." JEWS ARE PHARISEES. The tanaaim are the Rabbinic ancestors. When you make a whole thing about how Pharisees are the bad guys, you are being ANTISEMITIC.
Republicans want you to believe there’s only two options for healthcare:
Keep subsidizing insurance companies
Give money directly to the people (which will ensure disabled and chronically ill individuals lose their healthcare and many will die)
There’s a third option
Universal healthcare for all
Album cover with a shadowy photo of a young, white man in profile,with another person, whose face is obscured by his, only their ear and some hair is visible. Text at the top says Fred Small, text at the bottom says I Will Stand Fast
Fred Small's 'I Will Stand Fast'
Baristas are on strike. So guess what? Starbucks doesn’t get a dime.
We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee
https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
Playground in the dark with a well lit parking lot in the background
Often, Seattle playgrounds go dark at sunset due to a lack of lighting while the nearby parking lots are well lit
Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking Likely!
Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent.
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Happy Katie Wilson Pulls Ahead Day to all who celebrate
Katie Wilson is up by 91 votes in the city of Seattle you guys… I’m having a brief “maybe we CAN have nice things!” moment. 🤞
If you're a Seattle voter, check your ballot status!
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NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
A bar graph from King County Elections showing the number of challenged ballots by age, narrowed down to the "City of Seattle" races (Mayor, attorney, etc). City of Seattle has 2,086 challenged ballots, about half were unsigned, the other half the signature didn't match, and 14 ballots need a witness signature. For the 18-24 age, 316 didn't match, 238 unsigned. 25-34 age: 290 didn't match, 229 unsigned. 35-44 age: 207 didn't match, 198 unsigned. 45 - 54: 110 didn't match, 152 unsigned. 55 - 64 age: 66 didn't match, 135 unsigned. 65+ age: 52 didn't match, 195 unsigned.
1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
