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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 31m

NEW: In the hotly contested Seattle mayoral race, homelessness has become a fault line. Challenger Katie Wilson criticizes incumbent Bruce Harrell’s record, which includes carrying out more than 6,000 sweeps of homeless encampments.
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In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1h

No. NO.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3h

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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Brenton Clark @celticwnb.bsky.social · 2h

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 4h

I know this is a toughie for republicans like Suarez and reactionary centrists like Harrell, but the difference between individual citizens wearing masks and agents of the state wearing masks is that citizens are not required to identify themselves but agents of the state are.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

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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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 10h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Brenton Clark @celticwnb.bsky.social · 3h

Counterpoint: no, it is not

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3h

Bellevue CM Conrad Lee, who has been in office since 1994, wants to convey that all modes of transportation are good, but that Bellevue can't have everything. "Driving is good!," he says.

Brenton Clark @celticwnb.bsky.social · 3h

This is such strong man language it's giving me Trump PTSD. More men need to go to therapy.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Brenton Clark @celticwnb.bsky.social · 4h

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Brenton Clark @celticwnb.bsky.social · 4h

Classy

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4h

Harrell is pontificating about how he never punches down.

That has literally been his ONLY m.o. at every single debate with Katie Wilson, his frontrunning opponent.

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Matt May @mattmay.bsky.social · 5h

Standard Puget Sound homeless policy

Homer Simpson in front of a sign that reads “Can’t someone else do it?”

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 5h

Without getting into Burien's long history of policies that harm homeless residents, it's telling that every single city thinks they're doing more than their share and that the homeless people in their city are from "somewhere else." Everyone is doing too much and homeless people are from nowhere

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 11h

Humpy the Salmon, Seattle Mariners, 2025 Topps style

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 8h

Can I just say that @seattledot.bsky.social sets a standard for government transparency by posting their entire 51-page org chart on the web? Other departments need to follow their lead.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 8h

This cartoon is from Oct 2022. These two clowns are now begging the president to invade the city they've based their careers on slandering (neither of them actually live here). What a world.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 11h

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 7h

As a Mariners fan, it has always boggled my mind to see so many fans coming down from Vancouver to root for the Toronto Blue Jays...

Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 7h

So, Vancouver baseball fans. We have to talk. Are you really gonna root for the team thousands of miles to the east, or the one that has a salmon and a moose for mascots? #Cascadia #goms

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Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 9h

Also on KING, if you prefer; this one has pictures. www.king5.com/article/news...

Rare Mariners memorabilia stolen from storage unit at Mercer Island condo building

Longtime superfan Daniel Carroll, co-founder of "The Maple Grove," discovered the missing items before Game 3 of the ALDS.

www.king5.com

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Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 9h

Also, hey, if you're out in the world or the Internet trying to find special Mariners stuff to celebrate, could you let me know if you see some of the things stolen from my storage unit?

www.kiro7.com/news/local/m...