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Casey

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Out here making friends on the internet like my parents told me not to. she/they 🐈‍⬛🏳️‍🌈📚🌲🧠😷

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · Sep 16

📞 The void is experiencing unusually high call volumes. Please continue to supply treats, and your request will be processed in the order which she feels like. Thank you for your patience and treats, and please know we are proud of you for asking for help.

A black cat with an orange collar looking almost right at the camera

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 18h

In eight grade, we finally had a book assigned where a girl around our age was the main character. She was raped in the first chapter.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 18h

Not expecting boys to read books with girls/women as actual main characters is sexist and harmful to boys.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 18h

Sometimes I think about how many fewer people in Seattle might not own a car if getting to the car rental places by the airport weren’t so horrifically hostile to pedestrians.

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 18h

While AI MLK explains why this is good actually

The Needling @theneedling.com · 22h

Mayor Harrell Announces Police Officers Will Recite Land Acknowledgement Before Sweeping Homeless Native Americans on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: tinyurl.com/35b9yp9f

Mayor Bruce Harrell speaking at podium with City Attorney Ann Davison behind him next to sign on wall reading "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day"

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle peeps, the current mayoral incumbent, whom I wasn't going to vote for anyway, has been blathering on about his idea for a 10-ft tall AI simulacrum of MLKJr.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone who thinks it’s okay to give out the Harry Potter themed Halloween candy should get the same harsh, horrified reception from parents as if they’d hung a “I support genital checks for little league! :)” sign on the door.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires

humanenvironments.org

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Sea-Tac Airport won't air Kristi Noem's miserable propaganda, and that's a good thing.

Donald Trump is not a king, and dog killer Kristi Noem can't just force our airports to break the law on her behalf.

Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown.

www.seattletimes.com

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

There’s cake in the fridge

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

also nobody using it as an insult has any idea how difficult blue is to maintain — that’s dedication

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also why having blue hair (the dreaded insult!!!) wouldn’t have made my grandma blink, nor did all the other strange outfits I wore or hardcore punk events I attended. Why would you care — people should just do whatever they want and taking them too seriously makes YOU mockable, not them.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 1d

HEY LA Area people we’re getting our first big rain of the year Monday/Tuesday so here’s the annual reminder for people new to this region: stay off the highways during the first rain, we have such a long dry season they turn extra slippery from months of oil droplets during the first big rain

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 1d

Question for the hivemind: at the end during a number with a bunch of the classic princesses and their princes some character wearing jeans, a red jacket, and a frankly creepy cartoon face came out and the kids went wild, but none of my group, including the one with the 6yo, knew who he was. Help?

Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I saw Disney on Ice: Frozen and Encanto and it was 1) Delightful and 2) Damned impressive from both an artistic and skating perspective.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

This storm is so good. Nice clear, rumbly thunder. I love it.

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

*toxic American car culture has entered the chat*

imagining and fighting for a better world in one way can be part of fighting for it all 🏳️‍🌈

plus, rainbow gradient bike lanes would be so cool

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

for everyone who says that Texas cities like Austin are all super liberal and will protect queer people, well, turns out they won't do that if the Governor threatens their road funding.

absolutely shameful of these cities to capitulate so brazenly for selfish reasons.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

I have rounded up everything going on re: rainbow crosswalks in Texas. Galveston became the first city to remove theirs this week. Houston and Austin say they'll get rid of theirs, and San Antonio and Dallas are holding firm: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

What a dichotomy. Chicago Marathon happening while we keep seeing continuous reports of ICE detaining people throughout our immigrant strongholds. A community alert also indicated tear gas deployed in Albany Park.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2d

of course, science says no such thing: every biologist I know who isn't a bigot knows sex is phenomenally complicated in the non-human world. Human sex is complicated too, but with the added fun of culture, which defines what our sex *means*.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

Very niche, but the person who sells excellent winter jackets for cats stopped shipping to the U.S. too. 🙃

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

"I haven't done anything that I would consider punching down," Harrell said. He's claiming that Katie Wilson has only ever hired her campaign manager. (Everyone laughs). Now he's mocking her nonprofit, the Transit Riders Union. "I don't see that as punching down." "Good. Good," the MC says.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. We’ve really come so far if Harrell is listing pedestrianized Pike Place as an obvious win. I can’t believe it took so long to get done.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

The next question is about how downtown is scary for a lot of people. He talks about revamping Westlake, pedestrianizing Pike Place Market, activating downtown "to make sure these streets are clean."

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

Screaming in frustration that Sabrina masks purely for the purposes of concealing identity and respirators which DO IMPORTANT PIBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS and are reasonable and responsible in a crowd and facing threat of chemical weapons are NOT THE SAME.
(next post, Harrell says yes)

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 3d

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely thank you for the laughs today.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3d

Walmart hasn't made things affordable its employees are on government assistance.

We should reinstill pride in paying what things are worth to get both high quality stuff and also know we are actually supporting real humans to live semi comfortably

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 3d

I know, I know. I’ll go sit in the corner with the rest of the nondairy candidates.