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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 8h

And if you're like me and lost yours... You can get replacements! www.seattle.gov/democracyvou...

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Please fill out this form to request replacement democracy vouchers by mail or email.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 8h

And if you've lost them, you can get the codes here: www.seattle.gov/democracyvou...

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

I have to agree with Seidel. The argument that talk therapy is speech, not conduct, was really appealing to them and they were *not* on board with CO arguing about fiduciary duty and licensure. Not to mention Roberts' false eq. of medical consensus and sterilization. He's got it backwards, but... 🤷🏻

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

I'd say Seattle because I'm biased, but we're still trying to fix our State's fucked up tax code and housing crisis, so it's not a cheap decision. We have the second most regressive tax code in the nation, with the poorest paying 13% and the wealthiest 1-4%. We need progressive income tax. 😓

Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

ICYMI, WA-leg directed @wsdot.wa.gov to make an e-bike rebate program. They spent 2024 planning it and opened it for apps April 2025. UW is currently in the last month of running a study of people who applied, whether they got a rebate or not. wsdot.wa.gov/travel/bicyc...

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

A companion read that uncovered a bias I didn't realize I had is @profkjoshi.bsky.social 's "White Christian Privilege". This is *why* it's easy to believe the founding myth in the first place. Despite the 1st amendment, Christianity gets a lot of deference im+explicitly and we don't question it.

Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

...rather, he is showing that Christianity, specifically, does not map one-to-one into the American project. Nor do other religions, for that matter, which is WHY we don't - and shouldn't - have a State religion. There may be some value overlap, but America is not Christian at it's roots.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

And when I say meticulous...I mean... Look at this table of contents. Also, Seidel is up front that he's an atheist and, as someone who was raised Catholic, I can see how much of it, especially the Bible section, could feel like an attack. But I urge you to remember he's not attacking religion...

The table of contents of the book. Part 1 is "The founders, Independence, and the colonies", part 2 is "United States v. The Bible", part 3 is "the ten commandments v. the Constitution", and part 4 is "American verbiage". Each part has several sections focusing on individual aspects of the broader part. Very book. Much content.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 9h

Another recommendation for #antifascistBookclub. Seidel meticulously debunks the claim that America is a "fundamentally Christian nation": from what the founders believed, to how biblical justice conflicts with liberal justice, to "in God we trust" and "one nation under God" to 1st amendment, etc.

Me holding a paper back copy of Andrew J. Seidel's book "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American" in front of my face

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 10h

This is our specialty. 😎

Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah gaming is the only reason there's windows OS left in this house. I got a steam deck, tho, and it's the best. The kinds of games I play work fine with a controller, so I haven't bothered with the dock. Just more good things about Linux. :) partner still grudgingly games on Windows (for now 😏 )

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 15h

And there are so many distros that Just Work out of the box these days, so it's far more accessible. Whenever I have to be on MS Windows I want to throw the computer out a window. Linux is awesome.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 17h

For those out of the loop, this is part of the Books Unbanned program. Brooklyn, Boston, LA County, San Diego, and Long Beach libraries also participate. booksunbanned.com

Books Unbanned

Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement and the Library Bill of Rights, Brooklyn Public Library founded Books Unbanned in 2022 to support the rights of teens nationwid...

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, you leave Spokane alone. We in Seattle already send them a bunch of our tax revenue. We don't need to waste more trying to defend them from ICE. We will, cuz that's what Washingtonians are about, but our schools need that money more. ALSO, they provide reproductive health care to Idaho folks.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to "Zines Won't Save the World (But We're Gonna Try Anyways)"! Learn what drugs are opiods, what overdose looks like, how to administer naloxone, and where to get it (in Seattle). Download and customize it to make it specific to your city. This is not only for addicts. Be safe out there!

Montlake Zine Club @montlakezineclub.bsky.social · 1d

@charliettea.bsky.social 's zine has life-saving opioid overdose info. It's like @meganpiont.bsky.social 's ICE zine. You can add where to get narcan in your city and leave copies all around. If you want to help save lives, Charlie has more info and files here (free): www.patreon.com/posts/what-w...

What Where When: Narcan | CharlieTtea

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

But not actually that. It really just looks like bsky decided to make a feed for Seattle politics. TBH I've been following anything that mentions "Seattle" and it's like 50% sports, 43% politics news, and 2% furries. 🦊

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Cuz our mayor signed some preemptive "leave us the fuck alone" stuff this morning and there was a press conference about it. Basically requiring SPD to report to the city, not the feds, and prepping to do what Chicago did to ban ICE from using city property for staging/ops.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought: web.archive.org/web/20250929...

Why Do So Many Women Have Long Hair Now?

More and more women seem to be sporting long, luscious manes. Our critic offers some possible explanations along with a brief history of hair.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Hoping @mark-bray.bsky.social and his family make it to safety. I read his book last year and it's one I decided I needed to own. If you haven't read it, you should. Do it for #bannedBooksWeek and #antifascistBookclub . Thank you for your work, Dr. Bray. ✌️💪🚩🏴

I am the leader of Antifa.

Me holding a paperback copy of Mark Bray's book, "Antifa: The Anti-fascist handbook" in front of my face. My black baseball cap has a Velcro patch on it with Velcro letters that spell out "IT'S CHEAPER TO BE A GOOD PERSON"

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Only if you were paying attention in English class when they covered double negatives... 🫤

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Imho every one of his are antiTrump because Mamdani actually cares about people other than himself.

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

Telephoto lenses doing Dog's work. 📷

Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

I know there's already a massive plan and tunnel and everything and this is mostly in jest, but what if we just built light rail on 3rd Ave starting at Westlake? Merge it into a tunnel at Denny.

I'm going to ignore what that would do to E/W traffic in downtown because I bike instead of drive. 🤓

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Propaganda Hat @propagandahat.bsky.social · 1d

As the leader of Antifa, I'm overruling you on the caricature. You can't tell me what to do! 😤

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Montlake Zine Club @montlakezineclub.bsky.social · 1d

Zine club is today! If you're in Seattle and like making zines, or are zine curious, drop by! Zines can be anything - from scribbles to poetry to personal stories to lists of your fave (or least fave) things to info dumps to political screeds to photos of your cat...endless possibilities!

Montlake Zine Club @montlakezineclub.bsky.social · 6d

Hey Seattle zine friends, happy October!
Our next meeting is:
October 8th from 18:00-19:30
at the Montlake Branch Library

As always, we'll have the bag of magazines, scissors, glue, and paper available. BYO writing tools and anything else you zine with.

Club policies in our bio.
See ya there!

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