Amelia Showalter
@ameliashowalter.bsky.social
Data nerd, Seattleite, elder Millennial. Co-Founder and CEO of Pantheon Analytics. Obama campaign alum, and still a believer in hope.
Personally, I wouldn't go out on a limb with a hot take like this one before all the votes are in
Ben Rosen@benrosen.bsky.social · 18h agoi know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
I was thinking about this regarding that self-righteous evangelical TikToker who was proselytizing on airplanes. She got kicked off a flight recently, which is the right call, but also the cynical part of me was like "welp, guess this is the start of her lucrative right-wing media career."
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .
It's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that
I hate that it takes multiple rounds of stalking, using men as intimidation and essentially a violation of a restraining order to get the legal system to multiple times hold up how disgusting this behavior was. But there’s precedent. And that MATTERS.
Susie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca@susiebeeca.bsky.social · 4d agoAh, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...
My normie Democrat mom thinks it's terrible how much the Seattle Times etc is crusading against Wilson. As with the legacy media and Democratic establishment writ large, it's crazy how much the old guard is misreading the support for younger DSA types among ordinary Democrats.
Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 4d agoThis whole thread. The Times, the TV reporters, and the Council are understating public support for the mayor, are overstating support for their anti-Wilson cause, and are dangerously encouraging insubordination in the ranks.
It's okay for someone to not like the thing you like. Stop being so weird, people.
Neil Vigdor@gettingviggy.bsky.social · 5d agoWilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/a...
Since Douthat is back in the news. Thread:
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 6mo ago👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it. What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
This is accurate, though I suspect he could always go crawling back to the NYT if he had to.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.douthat no longer having an NYT podcast and jumping to a sinking ship is net positive for society. bye, ross.
Just a cute lil guy being a cute lil weirdo!
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · last wk.Jimothy in Seattle
WA - we have primaries Aug 4th and 4 of the 5 Supreme Court seats are on the ballot!!! It’s time to read up on the candidates and return your ballots into the ballot boxes. Don’t mail. Jimothy would want you to vote!
Fuse Washington@fusewashington.org · 2w agoOur Progressive Voters Guide team researched nearly 400 candidates to bring you over 120 recommendations for the 2026 Washington primary election spanning all 49 legislative districts across the state! Find your local guide here:
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains
Kevin Collins@kwcollins.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains
Julia Garner as Anna Delvey. "So dramatic."
Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w agoYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
Can we replace the seal in the center of the Washington state flag with Jimothy? He's already the right shape! George Washington never even lived here. He can and should be replaced.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w agoJimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted
Who gets to rehab their image and who doesn't? Who still gets platformed when a campaign collapses? Anyway, I'm not listening to Ezra Klein today. Instead I'm reading about Genevieve McDonald. Lobster boat captain. Former State Rep. A straight shooter. Gee, why was SHE never recruited for Senate?
Meet Genevieve McDonald, the former Graham Platner staffer who keeps criticizing him
Critics say she's a turncoat. Friends say she's just speaking her mind.
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We won. Thousands of kids in Seattle will not go hungry this school year because we organized, fought hard, and won. Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
Amy Sundberg@amysundberg.bsky.social · 2w agoWOW. New announcement from Seattle CMs Strauss, Hollingsworth, and Foster saying they will fund universal school meals starting in the fall after all by using the general fund. Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.
Trash pandas in Ballard don't vote MAGA. They just don't. I can't guarantee they don't vote for Vermin Supreme, but they're definitely not MAGA. #jimothy
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 2w agoevery day i feel like we're experiencing some kind of societal gas leak
For the love of all that is good in the world, please let no corporation make a Sexy Jimothy costume for Halloween this year. I don’t care if there are Jimothy costumes in general, but there is no need to repeat the Sexy Pizza Rat situation.
I've got updated projections for Texas legislative districts -- they are a bit less sanguine than the ones I posted in June! Mostly this is due to the dropoff in how Dems are doing in the generic Congressional polling, which is a factor in this model's estimate of what kind of wave year it'll be.
Actually I think this means Cabo Verde is the winner
Is the internet thirsting for this silver fox ref?
Okay, team, in this half I think it’d be a good idea to attempt some goals. You’re Argentina, not Aren’tgentina.
This is cool!
Greg Spotts@spottnik.bsky.social · 3w ago“Seattle’s per capita VMT has fallen for nearly two decades, dropping from approximately 7,400 miles per resident in 2005 to 6,150mi in 2018… to around 5,500mi in 2022.” 📉 WA leads the nation in reducing VMT per capita https://frontiergroup.org/resources/where-people-drive-less-than-they-used-to/
