Just re-upping this reminder now that we're nearing the end of the dry season. It's a good time to plant some little avocado trees!

the drymifolia collective@drymifolia.org · 7mo ago

For some reason the pinned skeet about joining the avocado project has self-deleted, so I guess I'll make another one! If you live in USDA zone 8b or above in Cascadia and you want to torture some baby avocado trees in the name of science, slip into the DMs!

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

Trying something a little different for the 2027 tree distribution: these are all rooted cuttings of either named varieties or selections in this project. The total number of surviving cuttings are similar to the number of seeds typically started each fall for this project

Far right billionaires want to replace journalists, writers, artists, and educators with "A.i." because THEY CAN CONTROL THE OUTPUTS. They want compliance. They want to limit what people are even capable of thinking. Consumer-facing "A.i." is a tool of fascists. Reject it for that reason alone.

If you don't have an avocado tree peeking in your bathroom window, you're missing out

An avocado trying to make you think it's an unripe grapefruit

old fruit pictures@pomological.xor.blue · last mo.

winslowson avocados, painted by james marion shull, 1937

winslowson avocados, painted by james marion shull, 1937

For a second my brain processed this image as some kind of little blue garden faerie with long green hair

old fruit pictures@pomological.xor.blue · 2w ago

brooks blueberries, painted by james marion shull, 1940

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

Our whole digital world has been wrapped in chains by rent-extracting monopolists who gloried in their power to use hook IP to deprive you of the right to use your property in ways you see fit, writing private laws that made it a crime to displease them. 87/

Shortly before 9 p.m. EST, ICE asked contractors to provide them with new turnkey detention prisons in/around Denver, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle. Documents show that together the camps would hold thousands of people.

Some of the most well-known NoBlogs sites belong to researchers who solely report on far-right hate and radicalization, never doing anything aside from showing you what exists. Using speech to to shine a light and hold people accountable IS effective. Never let them try to convince you otherwise.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective@crimethinc.com · 4w ago

The US government has designated the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati, which produces the infrastructure of NoBlogs.org, a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," freezing their assets and prohibiting all transactions with them——citing their "far-left" politics for justification.

BREAKING: The Seattle Education Association has officially authorized a strike, with 91% voting in favor. Its 6,000 members will join the picket lines starting on Wednesday — delaying the start of the school year — unless the union reaches a last-minute deal with the district.

Part 2! Today we’re taking a look at Steve Gordon (and his father Larry, mother Virginia, and brother Scott), the #2, #6, #7, #26 top donors to "Let's Go Washington", a right wing extremist group that funds anti-trans, anti-tax, and pro-climate-arson initiatives in WA. Their 2026 total: $525,000.

James everything is analog@analogist.net · 4w ago

"Let's Go Washington" is a right wing extremist group that funds anti-trans, anti-tax, and pro-climate-arson initiatives in WA state every year. @broccoliwizard.bsky.social has a great thread👇 on some bigger donors. I wanted to focus on the BIGGEST 25 donors. Who are they? How did they get rich?

"Let's Go Washington" is a right wing extremist group that funds anti-trans, anti-tax, and pro-climate-arson initiatives in WA state every year. @broccoliwizard.bsky.social has a great thread👇 on some bigger donors. I wanted to focus on the BIGGEST 25 donors. Who are they? How did they get rich?

J. Puma@broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 4w ago

Who in Seattle is donating to Brian Heywood's odious anti-trans, anti-tax con job, "Let's Go Washington?" Let's have a look-see. These are from public disclosures and of course, just bc someone donates doesn't mean their employer supports the grift 🧵:

Too many people sincerely saying this one about the West Seattle light rail lately 😥

eliza hamilton@eliza.vg · 4w ago

17. we should give up on overbudget transit infrastructure projects that have gotten delayed too much; like california highspeed rail or ballard link.

Bad news that this little creep has been found in Washington state.

KUOW Public Radio@kuow.org · last mo.

There has never been a successful eradication of the emerald ash borer, a metallic green beetle that feeds on wood, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. The insect has wiped out more than 100 million ash trees in the United States since its initial detection 20 years ago.

I assume I won't be able to post this but looks like vibecoding strikes again

I waded into some replies, so I want to make clear that in the War on Cars, I am 100% on team pedestrian/cyclist. BUT... I am also never going to support an expansion of the surveillance state in the name of road safety. I'd rather ban cars entirely! So now I'll get back to avocados.

La Resistencia to host Solidarity Day as immigrants detained at Northwest Detention Center continue hunger strike By Hannah Saunders This Saturday, August 15, La Resistencia is hosting Solidarity Day at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, located at 1623 East J. Street from 1-3 p.m.…

La Resistencia to host Solidarity Day as immigrants detained at Northwest Detention Center continue hunger strike

By Hannah Saunders This Saturday, August 15, La Resistencia is hosting Solidarity Day at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, located at 1623 East J. Street from 1-3 p.m. Community members are encouraged to attend the event and learn how to support people who are trapped inside the NWDC, and how to fight for their rights. Since August 12, over 140 immigrants who are being detained have…

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If you want to testify in support of our trans neighbors at tomorrow’s full council meeting, you can sign up using the instructions here:

I want my elected leaders to prioritize things like free transit instead of things like cameras for cops to spy on their ex-girlfriends with

Inexperienced Seattle Mayor Apologizes for Naively Assuming Police Knew How to Do Their Job: tinyurl.com/3dv6uy9m

May his bill to get into little girl's underpants hang around Brian Heywood's neck for the rest of his days, much like that office chair does to Tim Eyman.

The final vote: YES: Strauss, Foster, Kettle, Lin, Rinck NO: Saka, Juarez, Rivera, Hollingsworth The bill passes 5-4.

We need to stop using “equity” as an excuse to not make policy changes that would materially benefit many people in Seattle. Sometimes we don’t know who is struggling or which kids need free meals. Life changes quickly and food insecurity is rampant right now. Feed children lunch.

Billionaires, you DO have agency in your future. Of course, the question is not WHETHER the rich get eaten, it's how. SOMEONE will make decisions about whether your wealth is whittled away through a wealth tax, or through hefty lawsuits and fines finally holding you to account for externalities.