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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 11h

Good on @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social calling out that painting bus lanes isn't the thing that causes construction impacts, it's the full street rebuilds we pair with bus lanes

Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you for your support, @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social!

Page 1 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

Page 2 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve requested signs from Wilson and Foster but haven’t received them yet. Any idea how to get my hands on some?

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!!!

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 1d

Kids and uninsured adults can now get free vaccinations statewide to prepare for flu season:

soseaem.org

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 1d

God, I love trombones!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 2d

They hate us for our freedoms

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 2d

The Port of Seattle, which runs Sea-Tac International Airport, is governed by a five-member commission elected by and representing the citizens of King County, WA. This is what democracy looks like.

Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown.

www.seattletimes.com

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tammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 2d

And we WIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 2d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5d

If you missed out on tickets to our event at Town Hall Seattle, we've added another event with @cascade.org the next day. Join us on Nov 6 for a special talk about "Life After Cars." And please support Cascade Bicycle Club!

War on Cars Book Signing and Author Talk | Cascade Bicycle Club

Kick off November Ride in the Rain with a cozy evening at Cascade Bicycle Club featuring the hosts of The War on Cars podcast. Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, will read from their new book, Life After...

cascade.org

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 3d

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 3d

Where’s the money coming from for that?

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Jonathan Speights @jspeights.bsky.social · 3d

Katie Wilson: clean, accessible, and safe bathrooms!

Bruce Harrell: talk to the 10-foot AI hallucination wall!

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

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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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 3d

Katie Wilson: "I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important."

I look at what Mayor Hidalgo has achieved in Paris, and I think that, and some of the mayors in Spanish cities, progressive, socialist mayors in Spanish cities, and the transformation of public space into walkable, people-oriented places where you want to be, it’s just so important. I really think that’s definitely going to be a big focus of my administration because if you travel to places like that where that kind of transformation has been achieved, you just feel like, “This is a place that I want to hang out.” It makes me feel good. It makes me feel like part of the city. I can meet people, talk to people, and there’s so much potential in Seattle for creating more of those spaces, and Ca

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 3d

No room for cars, but there’s always room for an ambulance

A crowd of people on Occidental leaving the Mariners game. People cover the entire street and sidewalk

The crowd bunches together to let an ambulance through

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Not the Seattle Mariners @mariners.bsky.social · 4d

Real talk. Here is what set a series of events into motion that led to the #mariners ALDS victory. 🤣🔱

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 4d

The Rapid Ride J project timeline was just training for this

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I had tickets to both. But I’m still at the Mariners game

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4d

no foreign bases on american soil.

my blood pressure just shot up. this is insane.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve donated to BikeWorks before. They have a lot of drop-off locations, including the North Transfer Station, which was convenient to me.

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Seattle Department of Transportation @seattledot.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a new traffic signal at 20th Ave NW and Leary Ave NW in Ballard.🚦

Learn more about the Route 40 Transit Plus Multimodal Corridor Project: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/transit-program/transit-plus-multimodal-corridor-program/route-40---transit-plus

Two individuals crossing a street at a crosswalk in a sunny urban setting with traffic lights and modern buildings in the background.

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