cop city is everywhere, fight back ☂️

If you're in need of some reassurance today: "...There are no new pains. We have felt them all already. We have hidden that fact in the same place where we have hidden our power. They surface in our dreams, and it is our dreams that point the way to freedom." -Audre Lorde

choose wisely

Alki

White Rose — Leaflet 1 [edited for our times] Nothing is more dishonourable for a civilized people than to let itself be “governed” without resistance by an irresponsible clique of rulers devoted to dark instincts. Is it not true that every honest [person] today is ashamed of [their] government?

Important reminder that tech bros hate women

doing glue work (telling my hyper-anxious offshore coworker to go to bed because it’s 1am for him)

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

the more I'm unable to visually guess your gender, the hotter you are to me btw

It’s leaf blower o’clock. DUELING leaf blower o’clock. Fml

For those Seattle folks like me who missed the release of the mayor’s Housing Production Task Force members, here they are: wilson.seattle.gov/2026/10/08/m...

WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AI? Complete this short survey to help the labor movement and policymakers better understand all workers’ experience with AI — and whether they differ by background or identity.

TODAY: Washington State's Attorney General released new Public Records Act model rules. They add promptness to Washington Administrative Code as a requirement of the Public Records Act:

As discussed in the linked article, there are lots of factors that probably contribute to this spike, including more kids being out at night, dark costumes, masks that might limit vision or hearing. But pedestrian deaths are always tragic and preventable, and driver awareness is key.

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

also since people have asked, the Jeep’s name is Rosa, like Luxembourg

PacMed Building Not Haunted, Just Has Resting Tower-of-Terror Face: tinyurl.com/2h7fk5xs

PRIOR INCIDENT - 9427 17th Ave SW Seattle WA 98106 - 10/25 ICE drew a firearm on a legal observer during a kidnapping yesterday in Burien.ICE vehicle plate CWX8311 was stopped at Key Bank, a responder MORE INFO: https://www.stopice.net?alert=1793061647648

trans people are the least obsessed with “what’s down there”

i’ve watched this like 5 times (it’s 12 minutes long) and it’s better every time. please send this to people in your life and stand up for trans people, personally, like Alan Cumming did here. the time is now to have serious conversations, and there’s a lot of sugar with this medicine.

bonus other side

No thanks, The Consumerist (rip) worst company in America for years & years, who I am forced to get internet from by my out of state private equity landlords, but I unequivocally and adamantly do not want to surveil my kids and cats and ig myself using the power of wifi, which I do not understand

You were born in the year ‘07, in the last year of the Commune of Revachol, right before it fell. In the Old Military Hospital, on the ground floor where people usually came to die, during a snowstorm. The Revolution had about one year left to go and the fires were still burning bright.

"Less online time, more time on crime" Tubby tag seen in Polesworth, UK

And then they were in West Seattle later. Or maybe that was a different group. JFC. Thank you for witnessing.

They're saying if one of the teams win it all on Thursday, they will move the celebration to a practice court?? 😭 The disrespect is unreal

companies do not care about you and you owe them nothing

labor is entitled to all it’s gonna get around to. maybe this weekend, if there’s time

Washington State is heading for choppy waters if MSFT is laying off so many global employees. Hope we didnt spend that millionaire tax money already... :/

Most people won't be out of work in time to watch Game 6. And by that I mean most people here. *In London*. #WNBA

You're telling me that the first Game 6 in WNBA Finals history—in a season with record-breaking viewership and attendance—will start at 9:30am Pacific on a Thursday? Sorry but that's some misogynistic BS.

maybe this is just the SharePoint team and we're on our way to a much brighter and more beautiful SharePointless future

Dystopian ewphoria: this restaurants single use bathrooms are both gender segregated and require different codes for each, but the employee gave me the woman's code

as a trans racing fan i’m not sure how i am meant to interpret F1 giving Sophie Cunningham the checkered flag at COTA besides an explicit statement of support for powerful people who would seek to exclude me and my friends from society

full moon tonight folks 🌕

Also see @adiod.bsky.social's article in Africa in Fact "The choice facing Africa is stark: continue as a data colony providing cheap labour for surveillance tools that serve foreign interests, africainfact.com/ai-surveilla...

"In return, it demands unimpeded capital flows, & the promise of as much land, water & energy as it needs to service its giant data centres & supercomputers...Colonisation always comes bearing shiny gifts. But AI is colonisation of a kind few of us can..imagine. It’s capitalism’s final destination."