Come to Pinehurst Station opening this Wednesday & tell us what you want to see at Jackson Park! We can absolutely do better than a fenced off golf course that cuts off access to TWO light rail stations. (If you can't make it, you can always take our online survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Here's the seating chart from today's Stolen Intelligence meeting

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d ago

The question that @guyoron.net asked Bob Kettle about why "Public Safety" doesn't include traffic safety — the consistent #1 concern of Seattleites in public safety surveys — continues to get under his skin. Just now Kettle once again implied Guy "doesn't seem to know" what they're talking about.

When someone suggests building housing on Jackson Park Golf Course: "Nooooo that's a park" When someone suggests building housing on Fort Lawton: "Nooooo that's NEAR a park"

Olraca@olraca.bsky.social · 3d ago

If only there was some undeveloped land in North Seattle located near mass transit that could support building affordable housing. Anyway vote for Nilu Jenks.

With Seattle CM Daniel Strauss you know it's gonna be one of two options: flip or flop. Right now he sees opportunity in joining the Do Nothing (but Hate on the Mayor) Caucus, so he's making up reasons to attack her budget. The man has no spine and no moral center. It's frankly embarassing.

J Black@trashstratum.com · 5d ago

As you noted last year, Strauss approved the current SPOG contract that severely limited the CARE team, inhibiting its momentum.

With Seattle CM Maritza Rivera, you know it's gonna be one of two options: blooper or whopper. I guess sometimes it's a crossover. My district (D4) deserves better!

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 5d ago

The council is now having its afternoon public safety budget meeting, and Maritza Rivera is once again incorrectly saying Mayor Katie Wilson doesn't understand what "focused deterrence" is.

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

Whew

For as long as I can remember, people have been telling me to stop talking about politics. Turns out they may have had a point.

Crap day for Seattle sports fans.

I'm a little vklempt about this probably being the end of JP Crawford's career with the @mariners.com. What a cool dude and a fun player to watch. Heart of the team.

Choosin' TAXES was right there.

AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language right

There are no “rogue” AI agents

Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.

eoinhiggins.substack.com

How did they proceed to get rid of the president? They passed a law they knew he’d violate. He violated it. They impeached him for it. I love those guys.

Tad Stoermer@tadstoermer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How badass were the Radical Republicans? When they strengthened their majority in the elections of 1866, they changed the date the next Congress would begin, moving it up NINE MONTHS, from December 1867 to March. Then they radicalized Reconstruction. Result? Ratification of the 14th amendment.

Fuck Gavin Newsom forever

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4d ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked Democratic efforts to enshrine one of the most important protections for blue-state abortion providers—a ban on extraditions.

This is a book about how completely unprincipled attention hounds will always make their way to the right because they know the right will have them. The NYMag piece? I guess that’s a story about how unprincipled attention hounds deserve attention as long as they’re shitting on democrats.

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 7d ago

Evan Barker quit the Democratic Party and voted for Trump. Now she’s telling (a few) stories about what she saw in a new book that mixes gossip and condemnations of ‘woke.’ Her old colleagues aren’t happy.

Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was a really good baseball player. So at 17, she tried out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She was rejected. Because... Black. But she'd go on to be the second woman in the Negro League, and first & only pitcher. She was born 91yrs ago today

Helluva day to be alive

Rahm, Rahm, he's your man If he can't do it Your vibrator can

Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Talking to Rahm, it’s like middle-age married sex,” said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who has known him for decades. “It’s focused. You know what you’re going for. And it’s short.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...

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Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 5d ago

I've been posting all day (except when on the radio or calls) about a public safety budget meeting at the Seattle City Council that was truly an all-timer on the batshit scale. I'll have a longer post after I breathe into this bag for a while. Meanwhile, please support my work covering City Hall!

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.

democracydocket.com

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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New Washington state point-in-time count data shows that homelessness grew everywhere last year, including in Pierce and Snohomish Counties (adjacent to Seattle's King County)...which is so weird because I was told all the homeless people come to Seattle for the easy living and free drugs??

The story came out, Netenyahu denied it, now new sources are confirming it; he was warned about the imminent attack that became October 7th and failed to inform subordinates because he worried it would jeopardize Saudi Arabian recognition of Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...

Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)

The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 6d ago

I talked to some smart people and this is what they think Democratic Party leaders need to be prepared to do with their congressional majority come January if they want to accomplish much of anything: https://www.salon.com/2026/09/24/the-democratic-playbook-for-taking-on-trump-after-the-midterms/

When will reporters ask Republicans why they’re taking campaign help from a white supremacist named Elon Musk?

Holy shit

Ami Fields-Meyer@fieldsmeyer.com · 6d ago

Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

Is Sara Nelson violating campaign finance laws by using a (c)(4) nonprofit to fund a campaign against progressive Seattle Citu Council candidate Nilu Jenks?

James everything is analog@analogist.net · last wk.

(Also unasked: is this actually… crime? Because it is illegal for a (c)(4) nonprofit to have as a primary activity intervening in elections, “primary” usually defined by ~50% of spend. And $100k/$160k = >62% which sure looks to be a primary activity www.skadden.com/insights/pub...)