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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 · 1h

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

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

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 · 4h

Thank you!

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King County Elections @elections.kingcounty.gov · 5h

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 · 6h

Thank you!

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Marco @madeingermany.bsky.social · 6h

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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 · 6h

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

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8h

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

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 11h

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 · 9h

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 · 9h

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 · 12h

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 · 11h

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 · 1d

DAMN IT

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

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

Did it work? Did we win?

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Makes sense.

No half measures. #GoMs

Chris Randels @deutski.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Makes sense.

No half measures. #GoMs

Chris Randels @deutski.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

I endorse this experiment!

Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 1d

If the Mariners win today after @finchfrii.bsky.social has made the fan sacrifice of not watching on TV or listening on the radio, I think we all need to take up a collection to test whether or not her *attending in person* results in a win.

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

I’m still not over this! #GOMS

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

I do miss watching/listening to the games, but I’d rather they win. So here we are.

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

Legend!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

DAY 25ish: MARINERS WIN 🙌🏾

MY NOT-WATCH IS UNSTOPPABLE! #GOMS #DidntListenDidntLose

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 15d

DAY 18: THE #MARINERS ARE AL WEST CHAMPIONS!

FIRST DIVISION TITLE IN 24 YEARS!

THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN WORTH IT!

#DidntListenDidntLose #GoMs #TridentsUp

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 16d

Day 17: MARINERS WIN! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

WE’RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!

Friends: Do I need to keep not listening/watching in the playoffs?

#GoMs #DidntListenDidntLose

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

Put this man in the Fan Hall of Fame!

#GOMS #TridentsUp

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d

our(AI)boros

anthony restaino @anthonycr.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATED: The sprawling network of AI funding and client connections.

Added:
- NVIDIA investing in OpenAI
- NVIDIA investing in Intel
- AMD investing in OpenAI / OpenAI promising to buy future AMD GPUs

A network diagram showing relationships between major AI, cloud, and hardware companies. Two arrow types indicate relationships: blue arrows mean “A funds or invests in B,” and yellow arrows mean “A is a client of B.”
• NVIDIA funds Lambda, CoreWeave, Intel, OpenAI, and Crusoe, while being a client of Lambda, CoreWeave, and Intel.
• Lambda is funded by NVIDIA, Supermicro, and Google Ventures, while being a client of Dell, Supermicro, and NVIDIA.
• CoreWeave is funded by NVIDIA and OpenAI, while being a client of Supermicro, Dell, and NVIDIA.
• Crusoe is funded by NVIDIA, and has Oracle as its client.
• OpenAI funds CoreWeave, and is funded by Microsoft, NVIDIA, and AMD, while being a client of NVIDIA, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, AMD, and CoreWeave.
• Microsoft funds OpenAI, while being a client of Lambda and CoreWeave.
• GV/Google funds Lambda while being a client of CoreWeave.
• Oracle is a client of NVIDIA and Crusoe.
• Dell is a client of NVIDIA.
• Supermicro funds Lambda, while being a client of NVIDIA.
• AMD funds OpenAI, while having OpenAI as its client.
• Intel is funded by NVIDIA, while having NVIDIA as its client.

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