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it took me some years to learn this lesson but I finally understand it
You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues. You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues. You cannot separate out climate from the rest of society and social issues.
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
it took me some years to learn this lesson but I finally understand it
I want to thank @theurbanist.org for writing the first piece on my campaign. It starts to lay the framework for how blue cities like Seattle can lead with our values and be pragmatic about getting results.
NEW STORY // Climate Advocate Nilu Jenks Announces D5 Seattle Council Campaign
By Amy Sundberg, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/15/c...
By Amy Sundberg, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/15/c...
Climate Advocate Nilu Jenks Announces D5 Seattle Council Campaign » The Urbanist
# Lake City activist Nilu Jenks is the first to jump in the race for Seattle City Council’s District 5. The special election could determine control of the council next year. The first-generation Iran...
www.theurbanist.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I want to thank @theurbanist.org for writing the first piece on my campaign. It starts to lay the framework for how blue cities like Seattle can lead with our values and be pragmatic about getting results.
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WA continues to provide driver data to federal officials for immigration enforcement, despite saying they shut down access
Report: Federal immigration agents continued using Washington driver data through state-run system
A new University of Washington study links license plate lookups through a Washington State Patrol “switchboard” to immigration arrests.
www.king5.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
WA continues to provide driver data to federal officials for immigration enforcement, despite saying they shut down access
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How in the triple-my-premiums healthcare did this get printed?
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
How in the triple-my-premiums healthcare did this get printed?
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At the Ursula K LeGuin exhibit today: a poem, "Not making war." Seems relevant.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 AM
At the Ursula K LeGuin exhibit today: a poem, "Not making war." Seems relevant.
ICE is terrorizing communities. We must show up for our neighbors - citizen or not. Masked agents assaulting and kidnapping people like this is not justifiable in any context.
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ICE is terrorizing communities. We must show up for our neighbors - citizen or not. Masked agents assaulting and kidnapping people like this is not justifiable in any context.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Today’s victory means that Washingtonians will continue to benefit from the work of these agencies. It also reaffirms that the President can’t reverse the will of the people and their elected representatives with the stroke of a pen. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
Washington wins lawsuit to protect libraries, museums and other small agency programs | Washington State
Court Bars Trump Administration from Dismantling Federal Agencies Supporting Libraries, Museums, Minority-Owned Businesses, Workers, and Services for the Unhoused
www.atg.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Today’s victory means that Washingtonians will continue to benefit from the work of these agencies. It also reaffirms that the President can’t reverse the will of the people and their elected representatives with the stroke of a pen. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
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Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
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OUTSTANDING interview with @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on @volts.wtf This is the ONE interview you got to listen to before voting in the Seattle Mayoral election.
The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!
The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!
Today on Volts: In a big blue city, a progressive up-and-comer is challenging an establishment Democrat to be mayor, having already scored a surprise win in the primary. Naturally I'm talking about Seattle's Katie Wilson! We talk housing, transit, public order, the threat of Trump, & much more.
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025
NIMBYs below, Trumpies above, oh my.
www.volts.wtf
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
OUTSTANDING interview with @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on @volts.wtf This is the ONE interview you got to listen to before voting in the Seattle Mayoral election.
The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!
The fact that Katie is attracting attention from such national leading lights is telling - she is special!
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The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.
nyti.ms
October 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.
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Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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“Any serious desire to address the root causes of political violence must include electoral system reform. The body of literature makes clear that proportional representation can help make American democracy more resilient against the scourge of political violence.”
Proportional Representation Could Reduce the Risk of Political Violence in the U.S.
There is no single cause of political violence in democracies. But one critical source is often overlooked: electoral system design.
www.justsecurity.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Any serious desire to address the root causes of political violence must include electoral system reform. The body of literature makes clear that proportional representation can help make American democracy more resilient against the scourge of political violence.”
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“In one breath, we say we want to save American democracy from Trump. In the next, we insist on blocking the very thing—housing—that would help the state preserve its political clout and ensure the immigrants we say we want to protect can afford to live here.”
The San Francisco Chronicle makes the case for SB 79: "The bill would make it easier to boost California’s population in areas with the best infrastructure to support new residents, reinvigorate struggling public transit systems and help workers avoid soul-crushing commutes in gas-guzzling cars."
California will do anything to save democracy — except build housing
OPINION: Republican states like Texas are undergoing building booms and positioning themselves for a demographic takeover. Meanwhile, California dithers, the Editorial Board writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“In one breath, we say we want to save American democracy from Trump. In the next, we insist on blocking the very thing—housing—that would help the state preserve its political clout and ensure the immigrants we say we want to protect can afford to live here.”
I am thinking about how much I love trees, as we breathe in the death of so many of them in Seattle today. 😢
Thoughtful density planning and expanded public transit is how we save not just trees… but forests.
Thoughtful density planning and expanded public transit is how we save not just trees… but forests.
September 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am thinking about how much I love trees, as we breathe in the death of so many of them in Seattle today. 😢
Thoughtful density planning and expanded public transit is how we save not just trees… but forests.
Thoughtful density planning and expanded public transit is how we save not just trees… but forests.
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As our neighbors vanish daily, this serves as a meaningful way to honor them and highlight the extent of this issue throughout the city’s
August 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As our neighbors vanish daily, this serves as a meaningful way to honor them and highlight the extent of this issue throughout the city’s
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Agents have detained Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a disabled U.S. military vet and outspoken critic of U.S.-led war, after his naturalization hearing today at the Tukwila, WA ICE office. His wife, Melissa Chaudhry, ran against Rep. Adam Smith last year on a pro-Palestine platform.
August 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Agents have detained Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a disabled U.S. military vet and outspoken critic of U.S.-led war, after his naturalization hearing today at the Tukwila, WA ICE office. His wife, Melissa Chaudhry, ran against Rep. Adam Smith last year on a pro-Palestine platform.
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The warming climate, not new infill housing, is the main threat to Seattle’s trees. In fact, the failure to allow infill housing and instead promoting sprawl is why we have a warming climate.
If you oppose infill housing in Seattle, you’re helping put our trees at risk.
If you oppose infill housing in Seattle, you’re helping put our trees at risk.
That heat last week really took out a bunch of trees in city parks. The city needs to be aggressively managing our public trees if we’re gonna keep having these hot summers.
August 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The warming climate, not new infill housing, is the main threat to Seattle’s trees. In fact, the failure to allow infill housing and instead promoting sprawl is why we have a warming climate.
If you oppose infill housing in Seattle, you’re helping put our trees at risk.
If you oppose infill housing in Seattle, you’re helping put our trees at risk.
I missed that you were on this journey. Love the curls! Sending hugs
August 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I missed that you were on this journey. Love the curls! Sending hugs
Democracy vouchers changed everything. Instead of spending my time calling people with money to ask them to donate, I knocked on thousands of doors and really got to understand my community’s needs better.
Eight years ago, Seattle began distributing vouchers to residents that they could then use to donate to local candidates of their choice. Voters appear to have renewed the program for 10 more years.
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Seattle Voters Are Renewing Their Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing
The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic involvement. Voters on Tuesday appear to have extended it by 10 years.
boltsmag.org
August 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Democracy vouchers changed everything. Instead of spending my time calling people with money to ask them to donate, I knocked on thousands of doors and really got to understand my community’s needs better.
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Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.