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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 13h

And here’s KUOW: www.kuow.org/stories/no-c...

No cops at Garfield High. Seattle School Board rejects plan to revive resource officer program

Garfield High School will not get an armed on-campus Seattle police officer this year after all.

www.kuow.org

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t know, but as a crow-loving cyclist, I love the art!

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s the ST article: www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

Seattle School Board rejects plan to put cop at Garfield High School

The Seattle School Board rejected a proposal for a one-year pilot program that would place a police officer on Garfield High School's campus.

www.seattletimes.com

Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like the Seattle School Board said no to a school resource officer in Garfield High School: www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/10/seat...

Seattle Public Schools rejects plan supported by mayor and police chief that would have stationed cop at Garfield High School

The Seattle School Board has rejected a plan supported by Mayor Bruce Harrell and his police chief to return a uniformed Seattle Police Department officer to the Garfield High School campus citing …

www.capitolhillseattle.com

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 22h

I was talking to my Suburban friend about how this type of thing is made impossible there because it’s often a long driveway to a school that’s like in the middle of a field. Elementary schools in particular should be embedded in the communities they serve!

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 22h

What accounts here on Bluesky are good for following what’s happening in Portland? I prefer people who are actually Portlanders than national folks covering it.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I sat on the McClure “school street” and counted cars violating the closure during the 30 minutes before the first bell. There were 16, about one every two minutes.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 22h

God I loved both that movie and its soundtrack. I actually have some of the songs in my mix-of-every-song-I-like!

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 22h

That show identified many actors as tourists lol.

Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

No! Like I knew the moss and ferns benefitted but didn’t know the tree did as well!!!

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

They rip the fuck up of sidewalks/roads, unfortunately, and their tall spreading branches are not a great mix with power lines. I’m absolutely in love with the ones in front of Greenwood Elementary though. Some friends live a few blocks over and have a spectacular one as a street tree.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

And in Seattle, the first one that comes to mind is, of course, “Puyallup.”

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

It looks like from the comments, a lot of place names are what come to people’s minds. Another one is “Ellicott City.” Even hyper local to where I grew up, I am guessing the way we said “Arbutus” is even specific.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

“Baltimore” lol.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s contagious as hell!

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just like, I’ve been many places in the fall, but New England is over the motherfucking top about it. Things Seattle Fall doesn’t have: leaves that absolutely CRACKLE underfoot, cider EVERYTHING, an OVER abundance of maple trees, and I don’t know a certain spooky Puritan ambiance?

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

Okay I’m here in MA and the leaves are starting to turn and the air got a bit crisp today and I’m fucking going to a farm to do ridiculous New England fall things and I forgot how goddamn PASSIONATE about fall being here makes you. Also the moon has been HUGE and full, adding to the effect.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

So sorry to hear this Amy. Even from afar I could tell how much she meant to you, and having also loved a dog beyond all imagining, my heart breaks for you.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

Very true! Like it always kind of shocks me how quickly the culture changes here rural vs. not.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah often I’ve seen the west coast and the west all together as one thing, which makes little sense.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

Shoulda just let it be its own wacky thing, like the little nubbin of “Caribbean” in Florida. Though I think the line should go through Delaware. Wilmington area definitely feels more MidAtlantic.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve not remembered to take many pictures on our trip, but this hella decorated house in Dracut near my SILs’ house also decorated the bus shelter and now I want this to be A Thing People Do.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the first maps I’ve seen not just have “The West” as one giant monolith, but I have qualms with dividing Chesapeake and Tidewater.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

I lived in Talbot and Calvert Counties of Maryland for a little while, but it was the 00’s. Based on that time, I would not separate them from Tidewater. Hell, Tidewater and Chesapeake should go be their own thing for all they have in common. Maybe the rich people who like boats are more now?

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Ellen M. @graphxgrrl.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate that people want to be reassured by the clip from the from the ONG brigadier general.

But watch the full video, the biggest tell was how they answered the question of morale… by noting that many guard members had volunteered for this assignment and are cops in their civilian lives.

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