David Space he/him
@davidstoesz.bsky.social
Scripter of "Pen & Eye," a cartoon about homelessness and Seattle's crimes against the poor. Interested in networking with other progressive communicators, activists, and journalists, esp. in the PNW. Hail Satan.
https://penandeye.substack.com/archive
https://penandeye.substack.com/archive
Pinned
Now available: "Sweeps Kill," a Pen and Eye compilation
How to order your copy.
penandeye.substack.com
Our comic on homelessness, which documents Seattle's crimes against the poor and the solutions we're disregarding, is now available at Left Bank Books in Pike Place Market, @phoenixcomics.bsky.social on Broadway, or directly from us by mail:
penandeye.substack.com/p/pre-order-...
penandeye.substack.com/p/pre-order-...
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Hey Honolulu! Are you ready to rock with us in February! Two nights at the legendary Blue Note to bring you a rockin' great time! February 7 & 8, 2026! Get your tickets now! It's not a large room, but it's a COOL room, and we had a terrific time when we played there last year!
Foghat
Foghat In 2025, Foghat celebrates 54 years of rock ‘n’ roll history. This legendary band released their latest album, Sonic Mojo, in November 2023, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and as of June 2024, the album had remained on the charts for 27 weeks. Known for their infectious boogie rock, Foghat continues … Continued
www.bluenotejazz.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey Honolulu! Are you ready to rock with us in February! Two nights at the legendary Blue Note to bring you a rockin' great time! February 7 & 8, 2026! Get your tickets now! It's not a large room, but it's a COOL room, and we had a terrific time when we played there last year!
Legit thought this was the Needling
NEW STORY // Mayor Scrambles to Protect ‘Character’ of Old Bellevue with Emergency Controls
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/04/m...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/04/m...
Mayor Scrambles to Protect ‘Character’ of Old Bellevue with Emergency Controls » The Urbanist
# Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson's request would bring an emergency action to require facade preservation along Main Street as a condition of future development, while the city considers permanent regu...
www.theurbanist.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Legit thought this was the Needling
My top tracks were all songs I was learning for a cover set we never actually played ...
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My top tracks were all songs I was learning for a cover set we never actually played ...
Can we really say it's Giving Tuesday if it actually IS Tuesday?
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Can we really say it's Giving Tuesday if it actually IS Tuesday?
Also check the distinction between “people in need” and “people who live here.”
how many times has the Seattle Times run a "compassion is great, but" editorial arguing for a lack of compassion at this point? we get it, you think homelessness should be illegal, find literally anything else to talk about. (Also, no Seattle neighborhood has been "destroyed," good god.)
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Also check the distinction between “people in need” and “people who live here.”
Must have been a shit year for catchphrases.
Japan PM’s pledge to ‘work, work, work, work, and work’ wins catchphrase of year
Japan PM’s pledge to ‘work, work, work, work, and work’ wins catchphrase of year
Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work culture
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Must have been a shit year for catchphrases.
the Seattle Times wrote a story about how some people in Magnolia were mad that a marathon went through their neighborhood.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle Marathon day was great ... unless you live in Magnolia
Neighbors in Magnolia and Queen Anne vented about how the route cut off key routes. Meanwhile, runners lucked out with a beautiful day for a race.
www.seattletimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the Seattle Times wrote a story about how some people in Magnolia were mad that a marathon went through their neighborhood.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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More knowledgeable allies are more helpful, but in the final reckoning, an ally who's ignorant but enthusiastic and outspoken will help trans people more than an ally who is so knowledgeable they say nothing at all.
I apply this principle to others. I will have to apply it to myself.
I apply this principle to others. I will have to apply it to myself.
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
More knowledgeable allies are more helpful, but in the final reckoning, an ally who's ignorant but enthusiastic and outspoken will help trans people more than an ally who is so knowledgeable they say nothing at all.
I apply this principle to others. I will have to apply it to myself.
I apply this principle to others. I will have to apply it to myself.
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Boren feels like a canyon with tight cliffsides for sidewalks in some places.
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Boren feels like a canyon with tight cliffsides for sidewalks in some places.
When a performer who forced vulnerable young women to watch him jerk off re-enters the culture ...
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
When a performer who forced vulnerable young women to watch him jerk off re-enters the culture ...
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Ngl I’ve always had huge issues with university departments of education, which are often grifter hubs for the accumulation of capital to push expensive fads on to teachers, but this is abysmal even by their standards. (This is not to shade all academics who study education before you yell at me).
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ngl I’ve always had huge issues with university departments of education, which are often grifter hubs for the accumulation of capital to push expensive fads on to teachers, but this is abysmal even by their standards. (This is not to shade all academics who study education before you yell at me).
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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Sure do like that Homeboy Sandman
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sure do like that Homeboy Sandman
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Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.
Palestinians forced into lockdown as Israel’s West Bank assault continues
Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Save the Children says Palestinians are sheltering at home as Israeli raids injure dozens and lead to mass arrests.
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Gonna start an Insta called “The White Mannequins of Africa”
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Gonna start an Insta called “The White Mannequins of Africa”
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Want to stand with baristas?
🖊️ Join 125,000+ others and pledge to stop buying Starbucks while baristas are on strike
📍 Find a picket line near you
💬 Tell everyone you know: Don't Buy Starbucks!
www.nocontractnocoffee.org #nocontractnocoffee
🖊️ Join 125,000+ others and pledge to stop buying Starbucks while baristas are on strike
📍 Find a picket line near you
💬 Tell everyone you know: Don't Buy Starbucks!
www.nocontractnocoffee.org #nocontractnocoffee
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Want to stand with baristas?
🖊️ Join 125,000+ others and pledge to stop buying Starbucks while baristas are on strike
📍 Find a picket line near you
💬 Tell everyone you know: Don't Buy Starbucks!
www.nocontractnocoffee.org #nocontractnocoffee
🖊️ Join 125,000+ others and pledge to stop buying Starbucks while baristas are on strike
📍 Find a picket line near you
💬 Tell everyone you know: Don't Buy Starbucks!
www.nocontractnocoffee.org #nocontractnocoffee
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, says Amnesty - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-still-committing-genocide-gaza-despite-ceasefire-says-amnesty
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, says Amnesty
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Global human rights body Amnesty International on Thursday said Israel is continuing the genocide in Gaza, more than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli captives were released. </p>
<p>"Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, without signalling any change in their intent," Amnesty International said in a statement. </p>
<p>“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal. But while Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, says Amnesty - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-still-committing-genocide-gaza-despite-ceasefire-says-amnesty
Shout out to everyone who has a hard time with "the holidays." I have hated every aspect of Thanksgiving ever since I was a child, and it seems to deepen every year. Christmas is worse.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Shout out to everyone who has a hard time with "the holidays." I have hated every aspect of Thanksgiving ever since I was a child, and it seems to deepen every year. Christmas is worse.
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VIDEO: Seattle Starbucks workers are on strike right now, trying to achieve their first contract to secure a living wage, proper staffing and good working conditions.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
VIDEO: Seattle Starbucks workers are on strike right now, trying to achieve their first contract to secure a living wage, proper staffing and good working conditions.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
I spoke to Emma Cox, a barista at the U District Starbucks who’s helping lead the picket line at her store.
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they finally made the wearable computer that also sucks your dick www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCG...
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
they finally made the wearable computer that also sucks your dick www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCG...
What's a good headline for a story about the president threatening elected officials with death?
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What's a good headline for a story about the president threatening elected officials with death?
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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My band Killing Caesar is performing with three other bands this Sunday at the Belltown Yacht Club for a measly 15 bucks, which is like $3.75 a band, roughly 37 cents a song so you really can't afford not to go.
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My band Killing Caesar is performing with three other bands this Sunday at the Belltown Yacht Club for a measly 15 bucks, which is like $3.75 a band, roughly 37 cents a song so you really can't afford not to go.
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
Love the "objective" wording of the headline that's tortured to an inch of its life to avoid stating the reality that fascist bigots want us all dead. They want you dead too, NPR!
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding. n.pr/4oiyHPO
The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Love the "objective" wording of the headline that's tortured to an inch of its life to avoid stating the reality that fascist bigots want us all dead. They want you dead too, NPR!
My band Killing Caesar is performing with three other bands this Sunday at the Belltown Yacht Club for a measly 15 bucks, which is like $3.75 a band, roughly 37 cents a song so you really can't afford not to go.
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My band Killing Caesar is performing with three other bands this Sunday at the Belltown Yacht Club for a measly 15 bucks, which is like $3.75 a band, roughly 37 cents a song so you really can't afford not to go.
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...
Tix:
dice.fm/event/53x79d...