Jennifer Ott
@historyjen.bsky.social
Environmental historian. Author of Where the City Meets the Sound: The Story of Seattle's Waterfront, coming out in May 2025
@governorferguson.bsky.sociacan you help?
Washington State leaders need to intervene here.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
@governorferguson.bsky.sociacan you help?
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Washington State leaders need to intervene here.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Washington State leaders need to intervene here.
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
Looking forward to talking about the Seattle waterfront at McMenamin's Anderson School in Bothell on January 27th!
www.mcmenamins.com/events/27383...
www.mcmenamins.com/events/27383...
Haynes' Hall - The Evolution of Seattle’s Waterfront - McMenamins
Pubs, Breweries and Historic Hotels
www.mcmenamins.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Looking forward to talking about the Seattle waterfront at McMenamin's Anderson School in Bothell on January 27th!
www.mcmenamins.com/events/27383...
www.mcmenamins.com/events/27383...
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The average person lived to be about 50-60 hundreds of years ago. The reason everyone fixates on the average human lifespan being 30 or 40 is because of the infant mortality rate. Half the kids didn't make it past 5; it dragged the lifespan average THAT far down.
Vaccinate your kids.
Vaccinate your kids.
December 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The average person lived to be about 50-60 hundreds of years ago. The reason everyone fixates on the average human lifespan being 30 or 40 is because of the infant mortality rate. Half the kids didn't make it past 5; it dragged the lifespan average THAT far down.
Vaccinate your kids.
Vaccinate your kids.
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and would you like one more piece of good news or nah
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
and would you like one more piece of good news or nah
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Pete Hegseth is a national security risk. He put servicemembers at risk to sound tough on a signal chat.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, Pentagon watchdog finds
The report by the Pentagon’s inspector general said Hegseth has the ability to declassify material, and did not find that he did so improperly.
www.stripes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Pete Hegseth is a national security risk. He put servicemembers at risk to sound tough on a signal chat.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
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Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"
I love this clever solution!
How Seattle’s new bike lanes are making the most of used car parts
Seattle is the first in the nation to test a new type of bike lane barrier made from recycled tires.
www.seattletimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I love this clever solution!
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Boom.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Boom.
I’m so excited about our newest podcast at HistoryLink! Field Notes has 6 episodes of excellent storytelling, produced and hosted by Tony Williams. www.historylink.org/file/22657
About Us - HistoryLink.org
www.historylink.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m so excited about our newest podcast at HistoryLink! Field Notes has 6 episodes of excellent storytelling, produced and hosted by Tony Williams. www.historylink.org/file/22657
Shout out to University of Washington - so many good things came out of my 4 years there and so many doors opened to me.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Shout out to University of Washington - so many good things came out of my 4 years there and so many doors opened to me.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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OPINION: "[A]s parents, we must listen—really listen—to the reasons our children consider enlistment. Maybe it’s to escape poverty. Maybe it’s identity, structure or honor. Maybe they believe they have no other choice. It is our responsibility to show them that they do," Horace Small writes.
Opinion | Why We Must Steer Black Children From Military Service
Horace Small writes that Black parents must discourage children from serving in the armed forces.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
OPINION: "[A]s parents, we must listen—really listen—to the reasons our children consider enlistment. Maybe it’s to escape poverty. Maybe it’s identity, structure or honor. Maybe they believe they have no other choice. It is our responsibility to show them that they do," Horace Small writes.
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@murray.senate.gov don’t give in to the Republicans until ACA is protected!
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
@murray.senate.gov don’t give in to the Republicans until ACA is protected!
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This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
Exciting to see all the great programs and projects in OSPI's Office of Native Education newsletter:
Native Education Newsletter - November 7, 2025
content.govdelivery.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Exciting to see all the great programs and projects in OSPI's Office of Native Education newsletter:
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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he’s saying exactly what we’ve been saying, he’s absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
he’s saying exactly what we’ve been saying, he’s absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."