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📍West Seattle Dogs 🐶 espresso ☕ books 📚 travel 🌎 Always wishing I was on Achill Island Will always choose the 🐻 bear
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Our SPD chiefs thread 🧵 of shame
The Needling@theneedling.com · 5d agoToday Mayor Katie Wilson announced she’s already fired Seattle’s next police chief after he somehow teargassed Capitol Hill, deleted public records, hired someone to have an affair on the job with, and threatened to fight a reporter all before 9 a.m.
It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
Going to re-up this today for no reason.
Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2mo agoYou have no idea how he's gonna vote. He could vote exactly the same as Collins. You just don't know. All you do truly know is he is a liar. And you're willing to give a pass to a guy with a Nazi tattoo who treats women like garbage. OK then.
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
Do not talk to the feds. Get a lawyer immediately. If you're arrested. The only words you say is "I want to speak to my lawyer." They may try to be friendly or act casual. Do not fall for it. Do. Not. Talk. To. The. Feds.
C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2mo agoICE observers in Minneapolis have begun receiving visits from FBI agents sent to intimidate them. A close friend-combat vet, mother, no criminal record-who was a volunteer observer during the ICE crisis, had a visit and was threatened for taking photos and videoed, claiming that filming was illegal.
You have no idea how he's gonna vote. He could vote exactly the same as Collins. You just don't know. All you do truly know is he is a liar. And you're willing to give a pass to a guy with a Nazi tattoo who treats women like garbage. OK then.
happy pride month to all the straight republican men’s boyfriends
Why we choose the bear 🐻
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 2mo agoYesterday I published this detailed article arguing that women are simply not safe around men. I cited history, data, legal analysis, and meaningful solutions to combat the systemic violence men commit against women. It is currently approaching 500,000 reads. www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
Shakespeare’s will included mourning rings for his friends. I like that idea: a glance at someone’s hands lets you know they’re missing a loved one.
may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.
Some Americans today just learning about the beating of Senator Charles Sumner 🤔
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoMARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
Let's see him put his name in front of that! 🤣🤣
Just Adam 😎🌻@admjofit.bsky.social · 5mo agoHas a small penis theater. 😂 #Oscars
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
I will never not watch this all the way through every time it shows up in my feed. Congrats on the marriage!
Dara Lind@daralind.bsky.social · 5mo agoIT’S OUR TIME. EVERYBODY CELEBRATE THE WEDDING THIS MOMENT CREATED www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
Love that @weratedogs.com is taking on the surveillance state.
WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 6mo agowe need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Dump Truck, by Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachev, 1956
I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.
Do better @kcprosecutor.bsky.social Your office has re-victimized the survivors and set a new low bar for your office. Was this presentation vetted and approved by you or any member of your senior leadership?
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 6mo agoCounty Prosecutors Give Lurid Presentation on Sex Work Featuring Unredacted Images of Brutalized Women to Seattle Council Committee The point of the prurient presentation: “You can’t make sex work safe,” one deputy prosecutor said. publicola.com/2026/01/28/c...
Make the calls to your Senator's!
5 Calls@5calls.org · 6mo agoCasual reminder that a bill must pass *both* the House and the Senate (and get signed by POTUS) to become law. The DHS / ICE appropriations bill passed the House. It still needs to pass the Senate with 60 votes. That vote will be *NEXT WEEK* Call your Senators.🔥📞🔥
Best thread on Bluesky in a long time. A wild bus ride supposedly to DC.
Musicology Duck@musicologyduck.bsky.social · 7mo agoI just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Looking for ways to help those under CBP and ICE occupation in Minnesota?
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 7mo agocrazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.
