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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 16h

They invade my home, my TV, and my thoughts almost every day for 6 months a year. And this year they're doing it for a 7th month.

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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to the many, many reasons Caleb Raleigh is incredible: it’s so rare to see a player call out team ownership for underinvesting in the on-field product. Caleb Raleigh forced the Mariners to be a real baseball franchise through sheer force of will. He is a labor hero.

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about how Cal Raleigh—a quiet guy!—said two years ago ownership had to get serious. And how everyone wanted them to get Suarez, but we all thought they’d wouldn’t actually do it. And then they did.

And tonight he did that.

One more.

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 1d

Here you go, Mariners fans.

The entire bottom of the eighth of tonight's ALCS Game 5, posted to the MLB YouTube account.

Eugenio Suárez's CLUTCH GRAND SLAM makes the difference for the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS! 😳

YouTube video by MLB

youtu.be

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 1d

I was embarrassed that a lot of rowdy fans audibly cheered his injury and continued the booing while he hobbled to 1st.

But not nearly the entire crowd—not even most—cheered. John's exaggerating.

And the booing will follow every 2017 Astros star to their graves. He can blame Manfred for that.

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 1d

Certainly a lot of them.

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Caga Tio @scottgoeke.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle Freeze, my ass 😝

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 1d

This guy knew what was up. #Mariners #TridentsUp #Geno #GoodVibesOnly #ALCS

A Mariners fan at ALCS game 5 at T-Mobile Park after a Mariners win. He's wearing a white home jersey adorned with "SUÁREZ," the number 28, and a 2023 Seattle All-Star Week patch.

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, George Springer is a cheater from the 2017 Astros. For that, we (Mariners fans) boo him.

But it's gross and classless to cheer his injury, especially on a HBP. It's bad form and bad karma.

#ALCS #Mariners

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 1d

#5 was a called strike, stealing a base runner from the Mariners.

Fuck Marvin Hudson and this whole umpire crew.

MLB At Bat screenshot of 8 pitches from Kevin Gausman to Jore Polanco. Pitch #5 is 3-4 inches below the strike zone. The umpire called it strike 2 instead of ball 4.

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 1d

The Zionists honor the ceasefire in Gaza by firing artillery shells into Gaza City

Al Jazeera News Snippet:

• Fri, Oct 17 | 3 minutes ago
Gaza Civil Defence says boy wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza City
The rescue organisation says Israel attacked a small bus carrying about 10 people east of the Kuwait Roundabout on Salah al-Din Street in the Zeitoun area, southern Gaza City, with artillery shells.
In a post on Telegram, the group said at least one boy was wounded and rescued from the area.
"The fate of the others is unknown due to the danger of the site. Coordination is under way with the relevant international bodies to reach the targeted location," the Civil Defence said.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

It is impossible to understand the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act cases without the context that John Roberts has hated the Voting Rights Act since he was working to water it down as a 26-year-old Reagan staffer. This is his life’s work, and he can’t wait to finish the job.

Killing the Voting Rights Act Is John Roberts’s Life’s Work

As a 26-year-old Reagan staffer, Roberts was already convinced the Voting Rights Act had to go. He can’t wait to finish the job.

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

Bumping this out of thread because it's another example of taking a tax passed for a specific, targeted purpose (improving public health, particularly in poor and BIPOC neighborhoods) and converting it to an all-purpose slush fund to close a general-fund gap. This used to be a very big deal.

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

I actually am Old Enough To Remember when it was an extremely big deal that Jenny Durkan wanted to repurpose the city's soda tax to backfill the general fund. Harrell's budget casually uses $7.2 million from the soda tax to backfill the general fund. publicola.com/2019/07/19/w...

Will Durkan's High-Stakes Gamble With Soda Tax Revenues Pay Off? - PubliCola

On Monday, the city council is poised to pass legislation sponsored by council member Mike O’Brien that would require any…

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 2d

"The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So @propublica.org did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer." www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 2d

This ad feels super-creepy and invasive. Also, I wish every elected official had customer service/food service experience. We’ve got way too many lawyers in office as it is.

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

The pro-Bruce Harrell PAC sent out a mailer suggesting Katie Wilson has no experience. VERY odd that they only include her resume through 2015. Wonder if Harrell would consider it fair to exclude mayor and two council terms from his resume? Yes they included her old address for some fucking reason.

Mailer showing Katie Wilson's resumer from 20015

Current Employment:
Transit Riders Union
$500 month stipend
Admitted in debates she has only managed
"A couple of paid employees"
Dates of employment: October 2014 - Present
Position: Lead organizer
Past Employment in Seattle:
Helga Kahr, Attorney at Law
6007 Palatine Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98103
Dates of employment: January 2012 - September 2014
Position: legal assistant (part-time)
Responsibilities: drafting legal pleadings and letters; office work.
Supervisor/employer: Helga Kahr
Contact number:
Katie Wilson has almost no management experience.
Phinney Apartments
5705 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA 98103
Dates of employment, October 2006 - September 2013
Position: on-site building manager
Responsibilities: tenant-landlord communication, renting vacant units, collecting and depositing rents, light maintenance and cleaning, coordinating service appointments, building security.
Supervisor/employer
Contact number:
Julia's Bakery
403 Walingtord Ave N. Maximum budget was $247.000
Seattle, WA 98103
The city budget is $8.5 billion.
Dates of employment: June 2006 - July 2007
Position: counter person, barista, baker
Responsibilities: customer service, cash register, making coffee drinks, baking and packing
(She overspent her budget by 10 percent for the last three years)
Source: IRS Tax Returns, Form 990. Years 2022, 2023, 2024
*This is a copy of Katie Wilson's resume that she submitted when applying for a City of seattle advisory board.

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

as others have pointed out, it also seems pretty sketch for the mayor's PAC to have access to a resume his opponent used when she applied for a job 10 years ago

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

The pro-Bruce Harrell PAC sent out a mailer suggesting Katie Wilson has no experience. VERY odd that they only include her resume through 2015. Wonder if Harrell would consider it fair to exclude mayor and two council terms from his resume? Yes they included her old address for some fucking reason.

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Dilong @dilong.bsky.social · 3d

Wait so am I hearing correctly they're using arts funding to remove art?!

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 3d

a woman and a stuffed animal are looking at each other in front of a tv

Alt: "We're just normal men." "What do you mean, 'normal men.'" "We're just innocent men."

media.tenor.com

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nina milkwalkermoto 🎃 @spacecoyote.com · 3d

had to make this after @bobservo.bsky.social made the joke

A parody of the movie poster for "One Battle After Another" except it says "One Rattle After Another" and features Skinner, Chalmers, and Ralph from The Simpsons (based on a famous scene where Ralph asks "what's a battle?" and Skinner tries to convince Chalmers he said "what's that rattle?")

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Bruce Harrell is a menace

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 3d

Seattle School Board Foiled City’s Covert Plan To Pay Cops With Education Dollars

Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 5-2 against reviving the School Resource Officer program at Garfield High School, which would have overturned one of the few, lasting policies won during the ...

www.theburnerseattle.com

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 3d

mOuth

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 3d

I’ll add that many of the arguments that conservative legal movement luminaries are making now would not have flown even in FedSoc circles a decade ago. It matters that they are comfortable saying this stuff in public, and that the conservative lawyers who reject these arguments are now irrelevant.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 3d

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 3d

All checked in for jury duty today at Seattle Municipal Court. This feels like a positive sign. #GoMs #Mariners #TridentsUp 🔱 #ALCS

#Seattle #JuryDuty

A framed poster with a photo of Hall of Fame Designated Hitter Edgar Martinez and the following text: "'Step up to the plate and be a Juror. I did.' -Edgar Martinez, Former Seattle Mariner | www.kingcounty.gov/JuryService | Sponsored by the King County Trial Court Coordinating Council"

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 3d

A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Paul G. Courier 📨 @unknownjones.bsky.social · 5d

Brice Turang, why did you move your left leg?

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 5d

The problem now is that a substantial part of Bibi’s coalition still wants to achieve its actual maximalist goals of wiping out Hamas, Palestinian nationhood, and most or all of the population of Gaza. How long they’ll have to wait before trying again is unclear.

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