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Tony @tonychiado.com · 20h

Remember when the AI historical figures started doing Nazi apologia. Lying about the brutality of slavery? This is a stupid idea. Truly stupid.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 21h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

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3016 18th Ave S Unit C, Seattle, WA 98144 - 2 beds/1.5 baths

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

This new build is pretty great. Another one tucked behind it, too. That iron arched front door is a feature piece.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

Hell ya

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

I think about the immigrants I live in community with today.

I think about the truth that I may someday be an immigrant, too.

Immigration is not an antithesis of humanism, it is an embodiment of it.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

The hundreds of millions of immigrants that make up U.S. society across history and into the present - they represent the very best of what we've always wanted to be together.

The very worst of what we've been as a country has always tried to sacrifice our immigrant communities.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

I reflect pretty regularly on the bravery it took my Italian ancestors to leave a starving motherland circa ~1900 and move to Seattle - a place they'd never seen and couldn't pronounce.

To be an immigrant to any place is to hold hope and aspiration alongside duty and responsibility.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

5) The urban gardening in Beacon Hill is unmatched in this city. Seriously.

Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

3) Too many of my elderly neighbors are living in subpar housing conditions because this city has made it impossible for them to trade their land value for better housing conditions while staying in the same immediate area.
4) Beacon Hill is such an incredible community.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

A few honest thoughts from my walk last night:

1) Not enough street trees. They’re most consistent in front of townhomes.
2) The early 20th century garage is functionally obsolete for the 21st century car. The cars have become too big.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

Actually, the one on the left appears to be an art gallery. The one on the right is a private gallery studio + private residence. It used to be a grocery store.

Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

While walking in Beacon Hill last night, I saw two former commercial buildings tucked away in a residential area converted into residences. Not something you see a ton of in Seattle, but it’s pretty common place in St. Louis.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 1d

Walked the neighborhood to get the game started quicker

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 2d

On DeGiverville?

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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 3d

COLUMN: What this mayoral election owes "Black Seattle."

Marcus Harrison Green looks beyond identity politics to ask how Black Seattleites are actually doing — featuring voices from across the diaspora and scrutiny of both Harrell and Wilson.

Read here: soseaem.org/3IVyOSC #Seattle

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…

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 3d

This is not good.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 6d

October Baseball is pure magic.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 6d

I think the renter/owner split on my block, which is all townhomes/rowhomes is about 50/50 with most of them being built 2018-2022.

Some evidence of filtering happening pretty quickly, expanding the non apartment housing options for renters in the city.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 7d

An Autumn Sunday morning

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 8d

Sure, but that 72% is not a united 72%.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 8d

Anyone made fliers speaking out against this? Would love to slap some up on power poles in my neighborhood before people start opting in.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 8d

"Connect Seattle"—no, not by getting to know your neighbors or volunteering to help people struggling to live here, but by adding your home porch cam (what, you don't have one! You haven't been watching enough local TV news!) to SPD's growing surveillance network.

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Home - Connect Seattle

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 8d

The U.S. could use this spirit.

60% of Italian workers joined the General strike. 3% of the nation’s total population took to the streets.

Chi tocca uno, tocca tutti.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 8d

Is there any history written on why Neighborhoods like Fremont and Ballard have all sorts of bars and music venues but the southside barely has any?

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Tony @tonychiado.com · 9d

That's still a relative bargain for parking, too.

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