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I am so glad it is finally cold and rainy in Seattle. This unnatural sunshine has been entirely unwelcome.

Hey King County: If you just got your fucking ballot into a drop box NOW instead of leaving it on the side table until November 3, this wouldn't be an issue. Last minute voters drive me nuts. Just get it done for once.

If Apple Intelligence could help recognize and filter political messaging, it might actually be worth a shit … but it doesn’t so it isn’t

#beyonce

“Pretty Hurts” and “whatever’s worst” do not rhyme. Possible fixes include subbing “Patty Hearst” or “Colons Burst” in the title line. Alternatively, the second set could become “cotton shirts,” “Hershey squirts,” or “Swoozie Kurtz.” #RhymeSplaining

An interesting thought occurred to me while listening to the Offline podcast today: to what extent is the mass movement to RTO (return to office by big corporations), a function of our crisis of masculinity? Do CEOs feel less manly when they’re not surrounded by subservient workers? Hmmm…

@kuow.org can have my support or they can have Paul Guppy spreading hate on their platform on the regular. They can’t have both.

Coworkers giddily anticipating, “Maybe the last nice day of the year” and I’m not having it. Sunny October days, one after another, are not normal for Seattle. I crave the misty gray.

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Remember when Howard Dean was considered too nuts to be president?

Hey #Seattle - If you’re not following @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @joshfeit.bsky.social of @publicola.bsky.social, what are you even doing? Our independent media is kicking ass. A great treatment for National angst is local engagement.

Anyone who uses @adobe.com’s UserVoice for any period of time knows: Adobe is not listening. Not. At. All. The voice of the user is screaming into the void. #SaasSucks

Apple releases a long-delayed AI product and requires buying new devices with new higher prices to actually use it Shocking 🙄

Judges whose orders are ignored by the Trump regime need to do more than complain from the bench. They need to throw people in jail.

Watch out for these wolves in sheep’s clothing. “Focal News” showed up in my feed today and I am *VERY* suspicious. There seem to be no humans mentioned, stories credited to “staff” rather than identifiable individuals one might look up and verify. This “news” is fucking #Generated

As American as apple pie (with a side of christian nationalism) open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

I routinely update my “Sportsless in Seattle” feed to tune results, but some things are always going to slip through. Still, it’s been a useful insight into this city I love, not because I hate sports, but minimizing it reveals a lot of surprises about #Seattle. Try it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I really wish the opposition would stop celebrating a blue wave that hasn’t happened yet The fascists use everything against us, including our optimism and confidence Polls don’t vote and anything short of massive turnout will leave them openings TURNOUT is the whole ballgame, not polls

I genuinely love it when I see straight gym bros showing up at the gym in matching outfits 

I was today years old when I learned that GORP is an acronym for good old raisins and peanuts

Progressives need to be careful about allowing “decentering” to mask exclusion. If white males don’t see themselves reflected in the coalition, they will assume it’s not for them. I’m not advocating Equal Opportunity for the privileged. I’m saying be careful about exclusion and the pull to purity.

My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and our senile rapist president is going to allow unregulated AI to destroy our civilization. But a lesbian bar in a town I've never heard of still has a mask mandate. I have never felt more politically homeless.

“… MAY have to wait …” LOL

Honestly what the fuck is this?

The one factor that motivates me to move from Adobe InDesign to Canva’s Affinity is the steady barrage of annoying marketing pop-ups @adobe.com shoves into the middle of my daily workflow to nag, nag, NAG me about Express, Firefly and AI assistance. I. Fucking. Hate. Adobe. More. Every. Day.

I hate being in a state of wishing mortal harm upon people who I’ve never met and never will meet in person, but I take absolution in recognizing that desire for harm as the desire for justice, for bullies of the highest order to be humiliated in the same measure that they persecute the powerless.

Your regular reminder -- yes, I'm going to keep on with this -- that Republicans in Congress are just fine with everything he's doing.

I second this emotion. Deck.blue is a genuinely useful—even essential—service for Bluesky users. Join me in supporting this developer.

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I have challenges falling asleep Drugs help somewhat but imperfectly I’ve tried consciously using “cognitive shuffle” to help fall asleep and had mixed results It occurred to me that an app could easily take the effort completely out of it and sure enough… there are several And OMFG it works

This is also the story of my cherry pie

This is an amazing thread

“Trans Rights” in 2026 is like 2024’s “Gaza Genocide:” Issues the right recognizes as core wedge issues on the left EVERYTHING is a potential tool for fascists to retain and gain power Don’t forget it Nothing I said above says anything about the issues mentioned other than how they’re being used

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

Rebekah Del Rio has been gone more than a year, passing a few months after David Lynch. I miss them both. Frequently. The photo is RDR with me and my husband in 2015, when I met her during a Seattle Women’s Chorus concert in which she was the very special guest. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/a...

I’m a fan of @thebulwark.com but @adamjentleson.bsky.social showed his hand today to @timmiller.bsky.social when commending @ossoff.bsky.social for not adopting Dem policies like “open borders.” Dude. There are literally ZERO Dems advocating “open borders.” That’s 💯 right wing framing.

Today’s pointless and pedantic irritation with Apple is in regard to dictation on the Mac. If I dictate, “oh-oh-oh,” why does it transcribe, “zero-zero-zero?” O ≠ 0 “O” (the letter O) is not a number. “0” (the number zero) is not a letter. #Apple #AppleUnintelligence

WELKER: Do you believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses at this point? RASKIN: Undoubtedly. We don't have time to remotely scratch the surface.

When we moved in, the finished basement needed new carpet as their beloved dog had created a biohazard zone over time. Two dogs of our own later, we understand. Living & working in a city places unreasonable constraints on these animals. If you can’t have a dog door, you shouldn’t own a dog.

NPI has the correct take on this endorsement story #Seattle

I strongly suspect that ~90% of Sunday news show viewers are intermediaries clipping for social media posts.

Peach season

Spotted in Seattle

Two “artists” I would be be ecstatic to see spontaneously disappear from the Seattle landscape: Chihuly and Henry

Checking my spam folder, I counted multiple political fundraising emails. Something is working in the world and that something is my spam filter Now do texts

Today’s phrase I’m most eager to see consigned to the passé past: “Let’s get into it” 🤢

I’m apparently bicoastal

I have seen the light(s). Diesel is the antichrist. 

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