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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 7h

Today's word is STRONG. Today's #Bookqw from THE SILVERED, an Aurora Award winning fantasy that takes place in the liminal space between magic & technology. Includes shifters, social commentary on shoes, & a part written for a younger Sean Bean.

Available digitally worldwide. ($9.99 CAD)

On the left, the digital cover of THE SILVERED: A wolf's head made of lines of light against a dark blue/purple background. The small text over the wolf's nose mentions that it won the Aurora Award for best novel.

The lieutenant opened his mouth, but before he could speak, before he could make a smarmy pronouncement on what Kirstin had done, before he could claim her pain as his, Danika said softly, "They have very good hearing, our beasts."
The lieutenant's mouth snapped shut. He glanced up at the darkening sky with wide eyes, looked for a moment as if he were about to order a march through the night, then he snarled, "Get those fires lit!" Turned and strode to the other side of the camp. Danika glanced at the sergeant, who nodded.
"Jasine?"
"Pulse is fast but strong. Her nose is bleeding, but I think l'II stop soon enough. The net's left white lines on her fingertips."
"Burns?"
"More like frostbite."

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 19h

lol just now seeing this

Flyer reading:

California Ave is for CARS ONLY!

The best thing for our community is maximizing CAR STORAGE and CARS DRIVING on California! Join us in supporting cars over people!

The Farmer’s Market is already the WORST time of the week:
★ families strolling
★ kids playing
★ local businesses benefitting from all the foot traffic
DESPICABLE and frankly UN-AMERICAN!

And now there’s talk of extending that safe, quiet environment of community and human connection for the whole weekend! Who wants that? WE DON’T!

The ONLY thing our neighborhood’s most popular commercial corridor needs is TWO LANES of car storage and FOUR LANES of car traffic. There’s simply no room for anything else.

Together, we’ll keep California for CARS NOT PEOPLE!
Join us @ CarsOnlyCalifornia.com

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19h

The one big donation to Wilson's PAC so far is $75,000 from PROTEC17, the union that represents city employees. As Harrell likes to mention on the campaign trail as an example of his management experience, most city employees ultimately answer to him, and they're backing his opponent.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

And he called US President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape American science and health policy -- including mass firings to government scientists and steep slashes to research budgets -- an "immensely serious problem."

"This will cripple much of United States science research," he told AFP, adding that he knew people who have taken enormous funding hits.

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues," Clarke said. "Assuming that the present administration finally comes to an end, it may take a decade to get back to where we were, say, half a year ago."

"It's a huge problem" that's "entirely beyond any understanding of anyone who is a scientist," he said.

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 17h

A tale of two energy systems: “For coal, oil and gas, it’s white glove service. For renewables and storage, it’s freezes, delays and cancellations.”

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

wapo.st

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 22h

This is how expanding I-5 through the Nisqually Delta will be framed when it's inevitably approved

MTC Bay Area @mtcbata.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today’s passage of AB 697 marks a major advance for long-running efforts to start work on a suite of projects to enhance North Bay marshlands and wildlife habitats, reduce flooding, improve traffic flow along Highway 37, and introduce transit service between Vallejo and Novato.

Legislature passes bill paving way for Highway 37 improvements

Today’s passage by the California State Senate of Assembly Bill 697 — sponsored by the Solano Transportation Authority, authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson of Solano County and passed by the Assemb...

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 1d

A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scenes as the public was kept in the dark about the upgrades.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/07/l...

Lake Washington Boulevard Safety Upgrades Fully Designed Before Mayor Pulled Plug » The Urbanist

# A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scen...

www.theurbanist.org

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to believe, but there was a point (in 2020-2021) when even elected officials publicly asserted that over-policing of public spaces, like buses and transit stops, leads to profiling and doesn't make people safer. This seeming, arguably performative, consensus didn't last, and here we are again.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

What the records show:
-Major elements of the LWB redesign, like the changes at Orcas Street, nearly went out for construction before being killed by the Mayor's Office
-Parks staff were continuing to negotiate over individual elements of the project as late as early June.

Drawing showing the changes planned for S Orcas Street and LWB

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 23h

“Starbucks holds nearly $2 billion of customers’ money in its rewards program. That’s more than the total deposits managed by 85 percent of chartered banks, making the coffee chain one of the biggest financial institutions in the country.” jacobin.com/2025/10/bank...

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy, crippling pro...

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 1d

"This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable."

Trump Signs Order to Approve Mining Road Through Alaskan Wilderness

www.nytimes.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 2d

On @npr.org's Think podcast, I explained why ubiquitous robotaxis would create crushing gridlock:

"Human beings respond to an experience that gets better by doing more of it ... At scale, that means [you] have many, many more trips being taken by car on our roads and on our streets."

The bumps in the road facing self-driving cars - Think

Transportation expert David Zipper joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of autonomous vehicles.

think.kera.org

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 2d

Protected Bike Lanes benefits people of all ages.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

One of the reasons people talk about respect for the rule of law is that when a nation stops having that tradition, things can get really fucking ugly.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d

If you tax trucks 🚛, trucking in your inputs gets pricier.

That means flying ✈️ or shipping 🚢 looks better.

Where do planes and boats come from?

Yes, this just made transporting inputs from abroad *more* competitive.

It's like taxing bikes to reduce road congestion.

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 2d

Recording a special Jane Goodall episode for the What If We Get It Right? podcast. Coming your way tomorrow — subscribe wherever you get your pods 🎙️ www.getitright.earth/podcast

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

This Trump administration policy of generating an artificial civil war on the basis of big lies is of course meant to be frightening but it is also anti-American, unlawful, stupid and pursued by wildly unpopular people.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d

This is so incredibly condescending from the Seattle Times. Do you also ask male candidates if they'd considered running for an "easier" office?

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 3d

I'm biased, but, he's correct. McGinn did an excellent job as mayor. He ran the city competently, scandal-free, and left the city better off financially than he found it. That's in large part *because* he was an outsider, not beholden to the usual insiders, devoted instead to public service.

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 3d

The best Mayor Seattle has had the last 25 years was Mike McGinn, a political outsider who was president of a community council and won his election with a budget of like $50,000 because he had bold ideas that helped people and he delivered

The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 3d

A policy-minded advocate for left-wing causes, Katie Wilson shrugged off the idea she might be better suited for a City Council seat, instead aiming for mayor.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 3d

Under Trump II, the US is more a revisionist power than a status quo institutional power. And that requires less in the way of foreign policy infrastructure and project-building.

Bombing Venezuelan speedboats doesn't require a huge policy apparatus.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4d

The "Bruce Harrell for Seattle's Future" PAC has raised more money from Medina residents than the "Katie Wilson for an Affordable Seattle" PAC has raised overall.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4d

Bruce Harrell's campaign is fundraising on the need to "fight back against the influence of outside money."

The PAC set up to spend on Harrell's behalf has raised $1.2 million so far, compared to the $86,000 raised by the PAC set up for spend in support of Katie Wilson.

I have some big news to share.

Because our opponent is benefiting from outside spending on her behalf, the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission has lifted the Democracy Vouchers fundraising cap for our campaign. That means Bruce’s can once again raise contributions to power our grassroots campaign.

This is a critical moment. Over the next month, we need to make sure Bruce has the resources to get his message out and fight back against the influence of outside money. With your support, we can keep pushing forward with Bruce’s vision for a safer, more affordable, and more unified Seattle.

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Lisa Garbrick @garblisa.bsky.social · 4d

This was the hot topic for moms of teens at the gym on Friday.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4d

In addition to not understanding how change happens (it isn't the suits who sign the bill or cut the ribbon, it's the advocates who push against the status quo and force institutions to move), Harrell takes credit for every success in his vicinity and blames others for every failure on his watch.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

WAPO: “.. the capital expenditures made by a small number of companies are now contributing more to GDP than the spending of all of America’s consumers.”

@washingtonpost.com #GDP
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 5d

holy moly look at how heavy most EVs and electric SUVs are...

insideevs.com/news/527966/...

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