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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · 3d

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“It’s just the sort of home one might imagine for a scrappy organizer, but far from Harrell’s 7,000-square-foot Seward Park home, more typical of a big-city mayor. The incongruity between its diminutive size and the enormous scope of the job Wilson wants is dizzying.”

Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 3d

This is a *staggeringly* biased and dismissive thing for @kromandavid.bsky.social to write about Wilson, who beat Harrell by 10 points in the primary. I hadn’t heard or seen anyone suggest she should run for Council instead until this article. It seems entirely invented by Kroman.

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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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 12d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, CVS doesn’t take UW Regence insurance. I got my shots at Safeway and I don’t think they checked mine? Maybe I had it on file but they did not ask to confirm if there had been any changes

Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · 24d

I loved all the love he was getting in the room - especially from his co-nominees

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Sep 4

And now I’m crying on the bus

Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Aug 23

The 10:30 showing of K-Pop Demon Hunters singalong was packed. I’m impressed with the number of KPDH shirts (worn by kids and adults)!

Movies and movie theaters are great.

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Brian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · Aug 20

It took thirty years but I'm on Tiny Desk today!

www.npr.org/2025/08/20/g...

Guster: Tiny Desk Concert

Guster always finds new ways to weave sonic landscapes, tell meaningful stories and deeply engage with its fan base.

www.npr.org

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.

Photo from a display from the National Museum of American History. On display is a collection of items from kids’ shows including Mr. Roger’s’ sweater and shoes and muppets Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, and Rosita.

The bottom left is the text, “How does it make you feel” and “¿como te hace sentir?”

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · Aug 5

I might have lost funding but at least I can do what I want. :) And I want to teach people about AI ethics in 90 second increments! bit.ly/ai-ethics-sy...

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ugh, that’s too bad. My plane landed and wasn’t able to finish the episode. Unfortunately, I did see the beginning of the PTA vote and about lost my mind.

Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Watched the Abbott episode about book banning on an airplane yesterday, and I had to go searching for other people mad about it.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Apr 10

Catching up on Abbott Elementary. I can't believe how badly they're whiffing this book banning episode. Did they speak to a single school librarian? We have processes for a reason. I get that it's a sitcom, but usually they're more on top of it than this.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · Jul 30

Minnesota Dad Unconvinced That Seattle Isn’t on the Coast: tinyurl.com/3zfz2s95

Disgruntled younger man with arms crossed next to stubborn looking older man with mustache with arms also crossed.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Jul 30

Due to mass confusion, clarifying again:

Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by.
Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely.
Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Jul 30

And I found out from her

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Jul 30

Somehow my mother heard because I got several very worried texts. Oh, maybe the weather alerts that she has set up for where her kids live…

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

This.

Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yeah I was confuse by that too. If I recall, the o my connection they provided was that Coldplay uses the theme to “ET” as walk on music.

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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · Jul 11

THANK YOU ALL for racing the L8.

WE BEAT THE BUS doing everything from folk dancing to hopscotch and we're blown away by the support but we did notice that a Very Important Person from City Hall was missing today and will be writing an open letter inviting them to join us on a Route 8 bus!!

K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social · Jul 11

Folk dancers beat the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jul 11

Do not lead the goats.

A man walking in the country while looking at his phone. Behind him is a heard of goats. He has no idea. The text reads: Are you unwittingly leading a heard of goats? Put your phone away! Distracted walking sends people to the ER every year. Who knows what kind of power a human being leading goats can amass. We don't even want to think about it.

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Gretchen Sisson @gretchensisson.bsky.social · Jul 9

People on the replies being like “this is trafficking, not adoption” you are *so close.*

Abbi’s story on Liberty Lost is powerful and disturbing and I’m so glad it’s being told. But it’s not unique to just her or even to Liberty — this is the system.

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · Jul 8

My face when I heard that Liberty University offered full ride scholarships to underage teen moms for *decades* contingent on them being shipped off to a maternity home and giving their newborns up to University-approved couples who happened to be big alumni donors:

a man wearing a watch is covering his mouth with his hand

Alt: Miss Jay clutching himself lest the evil of that story reach him.

media.tenor.com

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Stacey Wedlake @staceyaw.bsky.social · Jul 9

And the singing was improvised. Absolutely incredible

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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