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Crystal Fincher

@finchfrii.bsky.social

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Personal account. Acquired KVRU, an independent non-commercial community radio station in South Seattle. Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I don’t. @HacksAndWonks.bsky.social

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · Feb 25

Some news:

Media for Informed Communties, led by @moharrell.bsky.social and me, has acquired KVRU 105.7 FM.

Connecting within community is the way forward, and @kvru.bsky.social, an independent, non-profit community radio station, will be a hub for that connection.

Build with us!👇🏾

South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · Feb 25

South Seattle radio station KVRU 105.7 FM has a new owner and operator: Media for Informed Communities, headed by Crystal Fincher and Monisha Harrell.

Read the full story by Jas Keimig here: https://soseaem.org/41fhX2d #Seattle #KVRU1057FM

South Seattle Radio Station KVRU 105.7 Has New, Community-Based Owners

South Seattle's KVRU 105.7 FM is now under the ownership of Media for Informed Communities, led by Crystal Fincher and Monisha Harrell. The new leadership aims to enhance the station's community…

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 15h

You gotta love these guys!

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 16h

Edgar 1995 🤝 Jorge 2025

The @Mariners are ALCS bound once again!

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you for your service!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 16h

WHAT A WIN! THE BASEBALL GODS ARE FAITHFUL!

ONTO THE ALCS!

#DidntListenDidntLose

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 5d

I messed with the winning formula and learned my lesson.

The baseball gods require sacrifice, and I am once again giving it to them.

#GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose

Your Mom @mountains206.bsky.social · 5d

Mariners win!!!!! ⚾️ 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 16h

I was not!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 17h

An all timer! Gave us everything we could handle!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 17h

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 18h

😂

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 19h

#GoMs

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

Alt: a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor with one saying “I’m going my part!”

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

The time is always right for fair pay and working conditions!

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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King County Elections @elections.kingcounty.gov · 1d

If using the mail, please get your ballot in a mailbox no later the Friday before Election Day.

Drop boxes open on 10/16 and are open 24/7 until they close at 8 p.m. (sharp!) on Election Night. Folks can find a list and map of drop boxes at kce.wiki/DropBox

Ballot drop boxes - King County, Washington

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Marco @madeingermany.bsky.social · 1d

👏

Political strategist Crystal Fincher, who's spent years organizing with and for underrepresented voters, starts with the basic truth this city keeps forgetting: "When we say 'the Black community' in Seattle, it's not the same community it was 10, 20, 30 years ago." Displacement dispersed families across South King County. Migration diversified our Blackness. "We're more diasporic than we've ever been," she said. "So a barrier is just being seen for who we are — not a monolith, not tokenized endorsements." She's weary of campaigns that put a Black face on a platform and call the work done. "Leaning too heavily on representation, on tokenization … to act like there is a Black face, therefore Black people are taken care of — it's just not reality."

Fincher's frustration isn't performative; it's practical. Policy in this city, she says, is routinely crafted as if Black people are a special-interest silo: Talk "Black issues," and folks jump straight to criminal justice and social services, ignoring how we're on the front lines of climate harm, economic shocks, and educational inequity. "All issues are our issues," she told me. Solve for us, and you tend to solve for everyone. We're the canaries who warn the whole mine.

Fincher argues that "best case" policy is a step, not a panacea. That means listening after the electoral victory; it means naming the harms your policy will cause and mitigating them, instead of pretending costless progress exists. It also means refusing the political habit of having us on speed dial when convenient (say, on increased surveillance in our neighborhoods) but losing our number when things go awry. "They always want our voice, but they don't want to protect our bodies," she said. Accountability, in other words, is not a one-time photo op. It's a practice.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

A reply here if you black out your address info. Email and Signal also work!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, Harry Lloyd! He’s perfect in this.

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

I shared some thoughts in this piece.

I’m very thankful to Marcus for writing this and to everyone who shared their thoughts and experiences here.

Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 2d

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

It’s also an excellent audiobook listen:

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Audiobook on Libro.fm

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Mart...

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

This is based on my favorite thing that George R.R. Martin has written: The Tales of Dunk and Egg.

It’s a series of 3 novellas - a completed work within the larger universe, and an absolutely delightful read.

I highly recommend it and will probably reread it again before the show comes out.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

First trailer for ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ ⚔️

The ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series premieres January 18 on HBO

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

Ballots drop next week and mailers are already hitting mailboxes!

Will you please send me images of the political mailers you receive?

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

DAMN IT

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

I have been completely sequestered and haven’t seen anything since that post.

Did it work? Did we win?

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

Makes sense.

No half measures. #GoMs

Chris Randels @deutski.bsky.social · 3d

It must be that you know what is happening at all!

You must stay perfectly uninformed for the next 2 hours

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

Makes sense.

No half measures. #GoMs

Chris Randels @deutski.bsky.social · 3d

It must be that you know what is happening at all!

You must stay perfectly uninformed for the next 2 hours

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

You are too kind!

I don’t watch or listen, but I do follow the play-by-play in The Score app:

A live baseball game screen from The Score app showing the Seattle Mariners playing the Detroit Tigers. The score is tied 3–3 in the bottom of the 5th inning with one ball and one strike. A note says “Javier Báez steals second.” The graphic shows a pitch location box with a 95 MPH fastball marked as a ball, and the current batter listed as Carpenter, 0-for-2.

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

I am not watching/listening! What is the problem?!

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