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Lula’s win is the first good news for the planet in a while! I bet it shaves a tenth of a degree off how hot our earth eventually gets, which will save millions of lives Thank you Brazil!

Not an exaggeration to say that elections in the next twelve days will have a huge effect on how many trees survive on our planet, and what its atmosphere is composed of. billmckibben.substack.com/p/elections-...

You may have heard about some undelivered ballots that were recently found in a dumpster. Here’s a thread of what you need to know.

Please use a ballot box. 🗳️

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

Boo to dark money

I'm Nilu Jenks, and I'm running because blue cities need to show they can govern. North Seattle has been left behind, and the people of D5 deserve as much attention, programming, and resources as the rest of the city. I’ll work hard everyday to change that, and I would be honored to earn your vote.

It's true! Nilu unfortunately has COVID and has to miss tonight's debate at Seattle Nice. #NiluforSeattle #CovidSafety #PublicSafety #Election2026

I have covid. So sad. I’d love a little help with canvassing this weekend!

ICE is still using WA driver data in their arrests & detentions, while Ferguson fails to act to plug the data flow (New York state shows it's possible). I also wrote about a Bellevue incident showing ICE/DHS is using this data channel to identify local ICE observers.

It's important we don't fall for talking points from the right. Let's make sure we are not adding to suburban sprawl and harming our green spaces, waterways, and farmland. I'l continue to fight for affordable housing through density, social housing, affordable housing, and community landtrusts.

This is clearly not acceptable

Thank you for coming and participating. We'll be in Lake City on October 13 for the next event. Details: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

It's Banned Books Week. Please read widely and bravely.

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"This is the actual solution to gerrymandering: #ProportionalRepresentation.... My conversation with Nilu Jenks, Seattle City Council candidate and political director at FairVoteWA..." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Has the 372 & 522 bus changes impacted you? Share your stories with Nondriver Action & Nilu Jenks at our #WeekWithoutDriving bus stop storytelling event tomorrow at 4pm! Meeting at the northbound bus stop at 125th & Lake City Way

Oh, happy day! Excited about the opening of Pinehurst Station today, and it was thrilling to talk to folks who came from all over to celebrate. Now let’s get some more housing there!

Please listen to the episode and consider sharing!

Absolutely awful. We must move to proportional representation systems. We cannot go backwards.

"Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators. New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/n...

Come knock doors with us! More details and sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1DTu...

One mantra I've had for many years as local websites that purport to cover the news come and go is "Everybody thinks it's easy." New "AI-powered" sites that chew up legislative agendas and actual writers' work and spit out terrible "writing" are just the latest version of the same old thing.

Happy three year work anniversary to me! Three years working to strengthen and protect our democracy and voting rights. Seems like a good day to ask a friend in District 5 if they’ve contributed their democracy vouchers to a democracy champion! 😉 www.neighborsfornilu.org/vouchers

Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student.

OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.

This November, please aim to use ballot boxes only. www.thurstoncountywa.gov/news/we-are-...

JUST ANNOUNCED: Pinehurst Station at NE 130th Street will open on September 30.

Unlike the CAFO era, rural communities are asking questions before the statutes are locked in. The ultimate question will be: Do rural residents have the power to say no? www.commondreams.org/opinion/rura...

An Important Message for Seattle’s Families: Every child in Seattle deserves to be supported, fed, and cared for, no matter what is happening between adults at the bargaining table. SPS and the Seattle Education Association have not yet reached a contract agreement.

@thebethocracy.bsky.social Thank you for the support and for sharing! 🙌

A humanitarian till the end. "Dolly Parton’s sister reveals singer offered to test experimental cancer drugs before she died" www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...

Oh, nothing really. It's just that the food we need to live is cooking in the ground. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

So happy that Seattle’s @alexis4seattle.bsky.social and future Seattle councilmember @niluj.bsky.social have joined with city councils in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Bothell, and others to preserve strong transit links through our shared corridor.

It's time to post the current election turnout breakdown by age bracket chart again and remind you that ballots are due by Tuesday!

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WOW. New announcement from Seattle CMs Strauss, Hollingsworth, and Foster saying they will fund universal school meals starting in the fall after all by using the general fund. Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.

Nilu Jenks gets it. If you are in D5, I hope you will join me in voting for her to represent us on the city council.

What a no vote on Seattle's Prop 1 is a vote for, according to the Seattle Public Library Foundation. Imagine advocating for public libraries to be defunded at a time like this. Couldn't be me.

Thank you to everyone who is using our @electioncheatsheet.org Civic Tech that empowers people to be curious and informed voters is critical. This tool helps people feel more confident when they vote, or to narrow in on the candidates they might need to learn more about. Please share widely!

The Urbanist Elections Committee has issued its 2026 primary election endorsements. Be sure to vote by August 4! Endorsements: www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...

⚠️ The RNC filed its eighth lawsuit seeking to block certain U.S. citizens living abroad from voting. The GOP’s anti-overseas voter campaign is now a state-by-state legal strategy aimed at suppressing voting access for Americans abroad.

Illinois expanded vote-by-mail because we believe voting should be easier, not harder. Now, Trump’s handpicked Postmaster General is threatening to withhold mail ballots unless states turn over voter rolls. That's not election security. It’s voter suppression.

Millions of voters of color will no longer be able to elect a representative of their choice. But what’s at stake is far bigger: whether voters of color can elect legislators whose votes actually reflect their policy preferences. prospect.org?p=139239

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Grateful and excited about this endorsement. It means a lot to me to have such a thoughtful leader support this campaign!

This week @mhgreen3000.bsky.social and I sat down with Nilu Jenks, Iranian-American democracy advocate, for a deeply personal conversation about war, diaspora grief, authoritarianism, and the deadly lie of "liberation" through violence. It’s a must-listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...