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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 2m

You know what would help alleviate financial pressure on Restaurants (and service workers)???

Universal healthcare.

Back @wholewashington.org and candidates like @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social who are pushing for reform and political action that will benefit both workers & small businesses

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 4m

Props to these workers and @ufcw3000.bsky.social !!

Also fascinating to see the contrast between Sea Wolf & Renee Erickson’s Sea Creatures, which closed restaurants (including Bateau, where I worked and we went on strike in ‘22) and stores rather than negotiate with unionized workers about tipping

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 4m

Interesting story in @eater.bsky.social about the newly unionized (!) Sea Wolf bakery, contract negotiations and tipping:

seattle.eater.com/restaurant-n...

This Celebrated Seattle Bakery Has Brought Back Tipping Thanks to Its New Union

After unionizing, workers at Sea Wolf won the ability to accept tips.

seattle.eater.com

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

Do not forget, Bruce Harrell is a 63 year old multimillionaire who lives in a 7000 square foot lakefront home.

I feel like he’s the prime demographic for like, and AI investment scam 😩

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1h

We are facing an affordability crisis in our city that is worse than any that we have ever seen before. More people have died outside in the last four years than in any previous term. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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linforseattle.bsky.social @linforseattle.bsky.social · 1h

A necessary read. This is a cruel, broken, and inhumane system we have created. It’s also enormously wasteful.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Look inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center, where you could be kept for days or years

Conditions inside Tacoma's Northwest ICE Processing Center have been a mystery for many. In new interviews, people formerly held there reveal what life is like.

www.seattletimes.com

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 1h

lmao

Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 1h

Of course he was actually there 😩 do you know if there will be a full video released of the rally?

Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 10h

Bruce Harrell would absolutely give Seattle Arts and Culture money to his friend’s (or donor’s) AI startup

bsky.app/profile/eric...

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Like every mayor before him, Harrell wants arts and culture events downtown. The difference is that "you're going to see a lot of AI in it."

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 13h

It’s telling that Harrell seems most comfortable among Republicans.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Harrell says he won't be a mayor "who's just going to tax you to death."

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 16h

Yikes, he said yes! This is a serious civil liberties concern. There is a vast difference between agents of the state and individual protesters.

Also, I often mask up in public places to keep myself from getting sick, which will only become more necessary now that Trump has decimated the CDC.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 17h

The Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell wants people who are protesting the neo-Gestapo to be identified and prosecuted. Don’t vote Harrell.

Please vote for Katie Wilson when ballots go out in a few weeks, Seattle.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 11h

Wants to ban masks on civilians/curb protest, loves AI/wants to force it into govt, ensures wealthy he won’t tax them, wants to expand the surveillance state and police funding, paints himself as a Trump-style strongman/bully - I’ve told y’all before and I’ll say it again: Harrell is a republican

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Harrell says yes—"what we're trying to do is make sure that masks with the intent to camouflage themselves to exert force over people is not what we want and we'll prove it that so I'm all for that."

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

Do not forget, Bruce Harrell is a 63 year old multimillionaire who lives in a 7000 square foot lakefront home.

I feel like he’s the prime demographic for like, and AI investment scam 😩

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

did Jonathan Choe live stream it? Isn’t he friends with Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle?

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Pitching himself as the agent of "change" in this race, the 20-year politician says, "When you've been in a position of authority, people may be quick to say that's not change to them. And when I now have articulated my life story, do you think this job has been easy for me?"

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

Is there a clip of Harrell saying this!!!?

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

"And you could say, Well, Dr. Martin Luther King, I've always wanted to meet you. What was your day like today? What did you have for breakfast? And he comes back and he talks to you. How cool would that be if we have a series of historical figures that we all could agree on, that we respect?"

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

ofc Harrell is an abundance bro (derogatory)

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Harrell says when he asks his department heads who's responsible for helping people who are using drugs in public, "no hands go up." Now he's touting Abundance by Ezra Klein, saying "I really study systems," and saying "I want someone to own 12th and Jackson—one employee."

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

Motherfucking chaser:

bsky.app/profile/eric...

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Harrell says yes—"what we're trying to do is make sure that masks with the intent to camouflage themselves to exert force over people is not what we want and we'll prove it that so I'm all for that."

Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

Shot:

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

"We're doing some training to see what good protest looks like because I don't want any of you to be charged with obstruction of justice," Harrell tells the friendly crowd. "We want to make sure that you all know the dos and don'ts of peaceful protest."

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like this is going to get clipped with footage of SPD gassing protestors defending trans folks at Cal Anderson

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

"We're doing some training to see what good protest looks like because I don't want any of you to be charged with obstruction of justice," Harrell tells the friendly crowd. "We want to make sure that you all know the dos and don'ts of peaceful protest."