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“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
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Drug Prosecutions Quadrupled In Final Months of City Attorney Ann Davison's Term
Incoming City Attorney Erika Evans says diversion, not punishment, "should be the default response for people dealing with substance use disorder.”
publicola.com/2025/12/18/d...
Incoming City Attorney Erika Evans says diversion, not punishment, "should be the default response for people dealing with substance use disorder.”
publicola.com/2025/12/18/d...
Drug Prosecutions Quadrupled In Final Months of City Attorney Ann Davison's Term - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison has accelerated filings of misdemeanor drug possession cases during the last…
publicola.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Drug Prosecutions Quadrupled In Final Months of City Attorney Ann Davison's Term
Incoming City Attorney Erika Evans says diversion, not punishment, "should be the default response for people dealing with substance use disorder.”
publicola.com/2025/12/18/d...
Incoming City Attorney Erika Evans says diversion, not punishment, "should be the default response for people dealing with substance use disorder.”
publicola.com/2025/12/18/d...
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A 14-Point Plan for Mayor Wilson
Channeling the original Wilsonian 14 Points, we offer 14 policy suggestions for the incoming mayor.
publicola.com/2025/12/08/a...
Channeling the original Wilsonian 14 Points, we offer 14 policy suggestions for the incoming mayor.
publicola.com/2025/12/08/a...
A 14-Point Plan for Mayor Wilson - PubliCola
Channeling the original Wilsonian 14 Points, we offer 14 policy suggestions for the incoming mayor. By Erica C. Barnett and…
publicola.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A 14-Point Plan for Mayor Wilson
Channeling the original Wilsonian 14 Points, we offer 14 policy suggestions for the incoming mayor.
publicola.com/2025/12/08/a...
Channeling the original Wilsonian 14 Points, we offer 14 policy suggestions for the incoming mayor.
publicola.com/2025/12/08/a...
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I'm in council chambers for the city council's vote on a new police contract that gives cops $126,000 a year after six months without any significant accountability gains.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm in council chambers for the city council's vote on a new police contract that gives cops $126,000 a year after six months without any significant accountability gains.
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Seattle Nice: Shakeups at the County and City as Zahilay and Wilson Take Over
We discuss new hires, recent layoffs, and whether SPD Chief Shon Barnes is the right fit for Seattle.
publicola.com/2025/12/05/s...
We discuss new hires, recent layoffs, and whether SPD Chief Shon Barnes is the right fit for Seattle.
publicola.com/2025/12/05/s...
Seattle Nice: Shakeups at the County and City as Zahilay and Wilson Take Over - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett This week on the Seattle Nice podcast, we discussed the changes that are taking shape at…
publicola.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Seattle Nice: Shakeups at the County and City as Zahilay and Wilson Take Over
We discuss new hires, recent layoffs, and whether SPD Chief Shon Barnes is the right fit for Seattle.
publicola.com/2025/12/05/s...
We discuss new hires, recent layoffs, and whether SPD Chief Shon Barnes is the right fit for Seattle.
publicola.com/2025/12/05/s...
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How Katie Wilson Fought Big-Money Politics and Won
How Community Organizing Turned Into a Campaign Strategy
For many, Mamdani and Wilson represent a new possibility for the Democratic Party. One that’s less entrenched in the institutions of politics, and more interested in the well-being of working pe...
www.thestranger.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
How Katie Wilson Fought Big-Money Politics and Won
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Our podcast, Seattle Nice, has an exclusive in-depth interview with Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, featuring many of your questions for the city's next mayor! Listen (and subscribe) right here: seattle-nice.beam.ly/episode/mayo...
Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson says Seattle Nice is “Special” | Seattle Nice
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson turned down numerous invitations for national television appearances over the past week, telling Seattle Nice, “That is not my job.”...
seattle-nice.beam.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our podcast, Seattle Nice, has an exclusive in-depth interview with Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, featuring many of your questions for the city's next mayor! Listen (and subscribe) right here: seattle-nice.beam.ly/episode/mayo...
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People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
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Katie Wilson: “What SOCIALISM means to me”
YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle
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November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People care less about labels than results. I was elected on the promise that all Seattle citizens should have access to a dignified life, regardless of their background or income. #thisisyourcity
youtu.be/TNvmWV78ZlM
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New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
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To clarify for folks asking questions. There are:
1. 1,463 accepted ballots left to count and
2. 1,540 signature challenges to resolve.
#2 will almost certainly increase Wilson's lead. Harrell would have to get close to 100% of #1, plus a bare majority of trickle-in mail.
The race is over.
1. 1,463 accepted ballots left to count and
2. 1,540 signature challenges to resolve.
#2 will almost certainly increase Wilson's lead. Harrell would have to get close to 100% of #1, plus a bare majority of trickle-in mail.
The race is over.
Katie Wilson leads by 1346 votes!
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
To clarify for folks asking questions. There are:
1. 1,463 accepted ballots left to count and
2. 1,540 signature challenges to resolve.
#2 will almost certainly increase Wilson's lead. Harrell would have to get close to 100% of #1, plus a bare majority of trickle-in mail.
The race is over.
1. 1,463 accepted ballots left to count and
2. 1,540 signature challenges to resolve.
#2 will almost certainly increase Wilson's lead. Harrell would have to get close to 100% of #1, plus a bare majority of trickle-in mail.
The race is over.
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From King County: "As of right now (and we’ll keep seeing a handful of on-time ballots through the mail) we’ve got 1,463 accepted ballots to post plus whatever portion of the 1,540 signature challenges that get resolved."
Katie Wilson is now almost certainly Seattle's 58th mayor. We spoke just now: "We’re going to wait for all of the ballots to be counted, but I think we won this race." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson’s lead grows in race for Seattle mayor
Katie Wilson leads Bruce Harrell by more than 1,300 votes after Tuesday's election update.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
From King County: "As of right now (and we’ll keep seeing a handful of on-time ballots through the mail) we’ve got 1,463 accepted ballots to post plus whatever portion of the 1,540 signature challenges that get resolved."
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With the votes counted today, it’s looking extremely likely that progressive challenger Katie Wilson will be declared Seattle’s next mayor after pulling ahead by 1,346 votes, or a roughly 0.5% margin, of incumbent Bruce Harrell.
JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
With the votes counted today, it’s looking extremely likely that progressive challenger Katie Wilson will be declared Seattle’s next mayor after pulling ahead by 1,346 votes, or a roughly 0.5% margin, of incumbent Bruce Harrell.
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The number of curable ballots from Seattle has edged downward a little since midday yesterday. There's now just over 1,700 curable ballots, which still skew younger.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The number of curable ballots from Seattle has edged downward a little since midday yesterday. There's now just over 1,700 curable ballots, which still skew younger.
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We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
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Wilson has well overperformed what she needed tonight. The race is all but over.
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wilson has well overperformed what she needed tonight. The race is all but over.
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In today's ballot count, Katie Wilson got 54.8% of the votes, narrowing incumbent Seattle mayor Harrell's lead to 4,300 votes, or 1.88%. This was almost the exact minimum threshold she needed. With about 47,000 ballots left, the final margin could end up being less than 100 votes and go either way.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In today's ballot count, Katie Wilson got 54.8% of the votes, narrowing incumbent Seattle mayor Harrell's lead to 4,300 votes, or 1.88%. This was almost the exact minimum threshold she needed. With about 47,000 ballots left, the final margin could end up being less than 100 votes and go either way.
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BOOM. Wilson closes the gap, with many more ballots left. This is a tremendous result for her.
She trails Harrell by just 1.9% and 4,300 votes. There are many more ballots remaining than at this point in the primary count.
She trails Harrell by just 1.9% and 4,300 votes. There are many more ballots remaining than at this point in the primary count.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BOOM. Wilson closes the gap, with many more ballots left. This is a tremendous result for her.
She trails Harrell by just 1.9% and 4,300 votes. There are many more ballots remaining than at this point in the primary count.
She trails Harrell by just 1.9% and 4,300 votes. There are many more ballots remaining than at this point in the primary count.
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Happy Friday of Election Week! We expect to post around 100,000 ballots in today’s results update. That will leave around 120,000 ballots left to count, so we’ll have a large number to post on Monday, too.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy Friday of Election Week! We expect to post around 100,000 ballots in today’s results update. That will leave around 120,000 ballots left to count, so we’ll have a large number to post on Monday, too.
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Pretty big turnaround in the latest (small) batch of about 36,000 Seattle ballots, which went 51.6 percent for Katie Wilson and 48.1 percent for incumbent Bruce Harrell.
Overall, the new numbers are 52.6 Harrell, 46.9 Wilson. Yesterday, those numbers were 53.8 Harrell, 45.7 Wilson.
Overall, the new numbers are 52.6 Harrell, 46.9 Wilson. Yesterday, those numbers were 53.8 Harrell, 45.7 Wilson.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pretty big turnaround in the latest (small) batch of about 36,000 Seattle ballots, which went 51.6 percent for Katie Wilson and 48.1 percent for incumbent Bruce Harrell.
Overall, the new numbers are 52.6 Harrell, 46.9 Wilson. Yesterday, those numbers were 53.8 Harrell, 45.7 Wilson.
Overall, the new numbers are 52.6 Harrell, 46.9 Wilson. Yesterday, those numbers were 53.8 Harrell, 45.7 Wilson.
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Today's drop was solid.
The bad news is that tomorrow's has to be better.
The great news is that the last Friday has been way steeper in 2/3 of these examples, both of which behaved more like this race on day 3.
Stay strong!
The bad news is that tomorrow's has to be better.
The great news is that the last Friday has been way steeper in 2/3 of these examples, both of which behaved more like this race on day 3.
Stay strong!
Updating my plot of historical counting trends in Seattle mayor elections. We are back to pretty a pretty standard trajectory (which is promising for Katie Wilson).
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Today's drop was solid.
The bad news is that tomorrow's has to be better.
The great news is that the last Friday has been way steeper in 2/3 of these examples, both of which behaved more like this race on day 3.
Stay strong!
The bad news is that tomorrow's has to be better.
The great news is that the last Friday has been way steeper in 2/3 of these examples, both of which behaved more like this race on day 3.
Stay strong!
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I want Katie Wilson to win as quickly and expeditiously as possible, but I also want Bruce Harrell to lose as slowly and painfully as possible
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I want Katie Wilson to win as quickly and expeditiously as possible, but I also want Bruce Harrell to lose as slowly and painfully as possible
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Thursday drop. Wilson trails Harrell by 9,908, 5.7%. The gap begins to close.
We are apparently STILL not into a drop box sample yet, or only including some drop box data. There's a TON of votes expected to lean Wilson out there.
We are apparently STILL not into a drop box sample yet, or only including some drop box data. There's a TON of votes expected to lean Wilson out there.
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thursday drop. Wilson trails Harrell by 9,908, 5.7%. The gap begins to close.
We are apparently STILL not into a drop box sample yet, or only including some drop box data. There's a TON of votes expected to lean Wilson out there.
We are apparently STILL not into a drop box sample yet, or only including some drop box data. There's a TON of votes expected to lean Wilson out there.