Devin Silvernail
@devinsilvernail.bsky.social
À Nantes, originaire de Seattle. 🟦🌲🟩
Gauche, municipaliste et militant, je suis convaincu que l'action locale et collective est essentielle pour construire un monde plus solidaire, plus social et plus égalitaire.
Consulting: withinreach.fr
Gauche, municipaliste et militant, je suis convaincu que l'action locale et collective est essentielle pour construire un monde plus solidaire, plus social et plus égalitaire.
Consulting: withinreach.fr
Fuck, Seattle. I'm so proud of you and so excited for you. Seattle doesn't just get a socialist (!!) or an organizer mayor, but importantly, you get a thoughtful leader who will listen & who will collaborate with you. This is your city. Go, be part of making it better.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Fuck, Seattle. I'm so proud of you and so excited for you. Seattle doesn't just get a socialist (!!) or an organizer mayor, but importantly, you get a thoughtful leader who will listen & who will collaborate with you. This is your city. Go, be part of making it better.
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson. Someone so humble, dedicated, and truly influential. Congratulations to the people of Seattle. You deserve an Executive that cares about each and every one of you, and you've now got one. I'm so happy for you.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson. Someone so humble, dedicated, and truly influential. Congratulations to the people of Seattle. You deserve an Executive that cares about each and every one of you, and you've now got one. I'm so happy for you.
Sorry to anyone that put any ounce of trust in the legislative ability of Sara Nelson. There's a reason that other legislators didn't go there. Trust me, there was plenty of work on the staff level to see if this could work. It just doesn't. Namely, b/c this area is a pollution corridor.
JUST IN: Washington's Growth Management Hearings Board has invalidated the Seattle City Council's ordinance legalizing housing in a small slice of SoDo near the sports stadiums, siding with the Port of Seattle in its appeal against the move.
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Sorry to anyone that put any ounce of trust in the legislative ability of Sara Nelson. There's a reason that other legislators didn't go there. Trust me, there was plenty of work on the staff level to see if this could work. It just doesn't. Namely, b/c this area is a pollution corridor.
Seattle could have a lefty mayor for the first time in 15 years. Still about half of Seattle voted for a neolib. This shows that we need to keep building. Do lead with hope. Keep creating programs & services to help people. Crush the remaining narrative that leftists are just big meanies.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Seattle could have a lefty mayor for the first time in 15 years. Still about half of Seattle voted for a neolib. This shows that we need to keep building. Do lead with hope. Keep creating programs & services to help people. Crush the remaining narrative that leftists are just big meanies.
Katie's such a hard worker and an organizer who works so well with so many people. She's down to earth. She'll fight tooth and nail for you. She deserves this lead. Seattle is gonna get a lefty organizer executive. Congratulations. Seriously.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Katie's such a hard worker and an organizer who works so well with so many people. She's down to earth. She'll fight tooth and nail for you. She deserves this lead. Seattle is gonna get a lefty organizer executive. Congratulations. Seriously.
10pn CET Sounders match. It's so rare. Yay. Please let the season continue after tonight. 🤞🙏
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
10pn CET Sounders match. It's so rare. Yay. Please let the season continue after tonight. 🤞🙏
Glad me, my wife, and our Seattle friends based in Europe voted for Katie. That's at least 6 votes right there. Almost 1/3 of that potentially winning margin. 😄🥳
This is incredible. King County elections is now saying they have 45,000 ballots left to count. If Wilson gets exactly the same margin of those as she got today she'll take the lead by... 20 votes!
Katie Wilson made big gains on Bruce Harrell in today's vote count. The count probably makes her the slight favorite at this point, but no one's declaring or conceding anything. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Glad me, my wife, and our Seattle friends based in Europe voted for Katie. That's at least 6 votes right there. Almost 1/3 of that potentially winning margin. 😄🥳
If we can learn 1 thing from this election it's that Sara Nelson's "endorsements" in the last one meant jack shit. She just supported the conservative candidates who happened to win & she wasted City time to go campaign for them. I felt that way then & can confirm it now. Seattle does not like Sara.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If we can learn 1 thing from this election it's that Sara Nelson's "endorsements" in the last one meant jack shit. She just supported the conservative candidates who happened to win & she wasted City time to go campaign for them. I felt that way then & can confirm it now. Seattle does not like Sara.
II wish I could explain this process to French people in a way that they understand how incredibly complex voting is even for municipal elections in the US. That 55% is high voter turnout is even hard to explain. Then layer in party politics, what city halls do, etc. It's such a different beast.
New turnout numbers in Seattle suggest that only about half the ballots are in, with nearly 55 percent of voters in the city casting ballots. Two thirds of those are drop box votes (rather than mail-in), and the numbers now suggest that only about half the ballots have been counted.
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
II wish I could explain this process to French people in a way that they understand how incredibly complex voting is even for municipal elections in the US. That 55% is high voter turnout is even hard to explain. Then layer in party politics, what city halls do, etc. It's such a different beast.
*If*, in the end, Seattle can't yet finally brush Bruce into the dustbin of history, don't get discouraged. Keep organizing. Council elections are next. Replace this embarrassing Council. Start building now. Start meeting, forming coalitions, creating shared platforms. No matter what, that's next.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
*If*, in the end, Seattle can't yet finally brush Bruce into the dustbin of history, don't get discouraged. Keep organizing. Council elections are next. Replace this embarrassing Council. Start building now. Start meeting, forming coalitions, creating shared platforms. No matter what, that's next.
Okay, I just learned that the city of Kanazawa, Japan repairs used bikes and sells them to residents for as low as $20. What a brilliant program. This needs to be replicated everywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Okay, I just learned that the city of Kanazawa, Japan repairs used bikes and sells them to residents for as low as $20. What a brilliant program. This needs to be replicated everywhere.
Win or lose, the people in this room represent a new organizing-based movement for Seattle, rooted in hope & positivity. Keep the momentum & keep building.
Huge turnout for Katie Wilson's election night party in Beacon Hill. She's the frontrunner hoping to take down incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Win or lose, the people in this room represent a new organizing-based movement for Seattle, rooted in hope & positivity. Keep the momentum & keep building.
Sara Nelson's time as Council President was a true stain on the legislative department in Seattle. Her leadership fostered toxicity, led to Seattle losing many very good legislative staff + a great legislator, & coincided with a stagnation of Council generated legislation. Bye bye One-Term CM Nelson
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sara Nelson's time as Council President was a true stain on the legislative department in Seattle. Her leadership fostered toxicity, led to Seattle losing many very good legislative staff + a great legislator, & coincided with a stagnation of Council generated legislation. Bye bye One-Term CM Nelson
There was a bus driver for the 10 in Seattle back around 2008/09 who used to have a saying for every stop. The only one I remember is "3rd & Pine. Rain or shine, don't forget your umbrella." I wish I remembered more. That dude being his real self every morning was a real joy.
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
There was a bus driver for the 10 in Seattle back around 2008/09 who used to have a saying for every stop. The only one I remember is "3rd & Pine. Rain or shine, don't forget your umbrella." I wish I remembered more. That dude being his real self every morning was a real joy.
It's a flat out lie for the mayor to say he manages more than his deputies & department heads. That's low double digits.
I think Katie Wilson should flip the script here. The real question for both candidates is "how many employees have you *mismanaged*?"
For Wilson, at worst, it's "a couple".
Not so for Harrell....
For Wilson, at worst, it's "a couple".
Not so for Harrell....
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's a flat out lie for the mayor to say he manages more than his deputies & department heads. That's low double digits.
The fascist régime in control of the US is criminalizing *potential* political opponents & political dissidents. They have no regard for the rule of law & will continue to pursue those they've labelled as enemies more and more and more.
If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility constitutes a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk... latest, on egregious fed charges facing @katmabu.bsky.social, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...
Feds Say Kat Abughazaleh “Impeded” ICE Agents. That Would Put Her on the Right Side of History.
Kat Abughazaleh allegedly protested in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed,” feds said.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The fascist régime in control of the US is criminalizing *potential* political opponents & political dissidents. They have no regard for the rule of law & will continue to pursue those they've labelled as enemies more and more and more.
You guys, you can support your boss's reelection. Been there myself. Just do it on your own time, not on City time. If you want to do something during business hours, take the day off. This isn't rocket science. It's really hard to actually break ethics rules, guys & somehow you make it look easy.
Folks, I feel a fourth elections ethics violation complaint coming on. Is there any elections law the Bruce Harrell administration won’t break?
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You guys, you can support your boss's reelection. Been there myself. Just do it on your own time, not on City time. If you want to do something during business hours, take the day off. This isn't rocket science. It's really hard to actually break ethics rules, guys & somehow you make it look easy.
Toute politique est d’abord locale. Toujours, partout. Connaissez-vous vos élus locaux ? Votre maire, vos conseillers municipaux et métropolitains ?
C’est important pour vous de le savoir, pour agir et participer à la vie civique, et c’est important pour eux d’être tenus responsables.
C’est important pour vous de le savoir, pour agir et participer à la vie civique, et c’est important pour eux d’être tenus responsables.
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Toute politique est d’abord locale. Toujours, partout. Connaissez-vous vos élus locaux ? Votre maire, vos conseillers municipaux et métropolitains ?
C’est important pour vous de le savoir, pour agir et participer à la vie civique, et c’est important pour eux d’être tenus responsables.
C’est important pour vous de le savoir, pour agir et participer à la vie civique, et c’est important pour eux d’être tenus responsables.
Bruce Harrell is a career lawyer married to a longtime Microsoft exec who lives on Lake Washington Boulevard & owns a pied à terre (first home, really) in Bellevue. The dude is out of touch.
Bruce Harrell's latest campaign email says "Katie Wilson Is Not Who She Says She Is." His evidence: An interview with KUOW in which Wilson—ahem—SAID she and her husband help with child care from her parents.
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Bruce Harrell is a career lawyer married to a longtime Microsoft exec who lives on Lake Washington Boulevard & owns a pied à terre (first home, really) in Bellevue. The dude is out of touch.
Disney needs to redo that movie Angels in the Outfield but about the Mariners & this time both the dad & Danny Glover bail. 🌧️🌧️🌧️
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Disney needs to redo that movie Angels in the Outfield but about the Mariners & this time both the dad & Danny Glover bail. 🌧️🌧️🌧️
Katie is an inspiration. This resume shows that she knows what hard work is. She's done everything from working bakery customer service (I was a baker in 2007! 😎) to founding an org that brought higher minimum wage & more secure housing to hundreds of 1000s of people. A smart, driven, hard worker.
The pro-Bruce Harrell PAC sent out a mailer suggesting Katie Wilson has no experience. VERY odd that they only include her resume through 2015. Wonder if Harrell would consider it fair to exclude mayor and two council terms from his resume? Yes they included her old address for some fucking reason.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Katie is an inspiration. This resume shows that she knows what hard work is. She's done everything from working bakery customer service (I was a baker in 2007! 😎) to founding an org that brought higher minimum wage & more secure housing to hundreds of 1000s of people. A smart, driven, hard worker.
Goddamn dude. 8th inning grand slam and the Mariners are one game away from the World Series. 10 year old me is crying with joy. Let's fucking go.
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Goddamn dude. 8th inning grand slam and the Mariners are one game away from the World Series. 10 year old me is crying with joy. Let's fucking go.
Remember this when you vote. The conservative Seattle City Council & neoliberal Mayor essentially robbed poor people of housing & generational wealth-building projects for historically marginalized people to pay for cop overtime & spy equipment.
Can't remember if I've noted this before, but the Seattle Police Department plans to use the JumpStart tax, originally dedicated by law to four progressive goals, to pay for surveillance cameras in the Stadium District along with policing at the World Cup games next year.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Remember this when you vote. The conservative Seattle City Council & neoliberal Mayor essentially robbed poor people of housing & generational wealth-building projects for historically marginalized people to pay for cop overtime & spy equipment.
Dude, of course they talk like chronically online shitposters. This just sounds like any right-wing dude online since like 2010 & scares me that the Dems & centrist bubble is so small as to be surprised by this. This is the right wing everywhere. Casual nazis who speak through racist memes.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Dude, of course they talk like chronically online shitposters. This just sounds like any right-wing dude online since like 2010 & scares me that the Dems & centrist bubble is so small as to be surprised by this. This is the right wing everywhere. Casual nazis who speak through racist memes.
Macron has named 4 (or 5, if you count Leconnu as 2) PMs since the elections last spring. None of these choices have respected the simple fact that voters clearly voiced their priority for a left wing government.
VIe République with a PM a role appointed by the people, when?
VIe République with a PM a role appointed by the people, when?
INFOGRAPHIES. Emmanuel Macron a déjà nommé 178 ministres depuis 2017, un record sous la Ve République.
Par @yiqingqi.bsky.social et @arnaudfocraud.bsky.social @ouest-france.fr
www.ouest-france.fr/politique/go...
Par @yiqingqi.bsky.social et @arnaudfocraud.bsky.social @ouest-france.fr
www.ouest-france.fr/politique/go...
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Macron has named 4 (or 5, if you count Leconnu as 2) PMs since the elections last spring. None of these choices have respected the simple fact that voters clearly voiced their priority for a left wing government.
VIe République with a PM a role appointed by the people, when?
VIe République with a PM a role appointed by the people, when?