OK I've read deeper into Dreher Campaign Stealing Signs-Gate and I'm even more disappointed. What a stupid, stupid thing to do. First up, does anyone believe that Dreher's campaign staff didn't steal these signs? Hundreds of them? Allegedly on film and reported to the police and PDC?

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

Sign theft is petty and unlawful. I don't know if I believe Dreher's denial, but the only appropriate response is to *urge your supporters not to steal signs.* Vote Ron Davis. He doesn't steal yard signs.

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

Vote today, Seattle. The race I'm watching most closely is @ronpdavis.bsky.social in the 46th LD. Vote for Ron Davis, please. This was going to be progressive Davis vs. establishment Pollet, which was already important, but it got more crucial with the surprise entry of the opportunist Dreher.

83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways

Welcome To The New Apocalypse

First, this is a thread worth reading, and I agree. Second, I want to point out that Dreher’s supposed strength, “AI regulation,” is really Ron Davis’s. If you want a lawyer-technologist who advocates for the humans, Ron has the superior academic, professional, and political qualifications.

Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · last wk.

If Dreher were some amazing candidate running on a platform nobody else was, or running in a purple seat against MAGA, *maybe* it's a different conversation. But he's running against proven progressive champion Ron Davis. We don't need Dreher. He should go away -- and we should vote for Ron. /end

Friends, go play some badass indies. Here’s one.

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey, Adios is 45% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1271400/... $10. 2 hrs. One of the best voice-acted games in history. Two men who love each other very much are trying to persuade the other to stand down, because if one of them doesn't, the Farmer will have to be killed.

The WA disclosures are out for May, and in the 46th, housing champion & progressive challenger @ronpdavis.bsky.social is outraising both his opponents by more than 2x among Seattle residents! The NIMBY incumbent is far behind, and another challenger is funded overwhelmingly by out of state dollars.

Jams@jams.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Will Dreher is outraising Ron Davis about 3:1 overall in the 46th LD primary. But Ron is outraising Will about 2:1 among Washington State donors. So where's the rest of Will's money coming from? Thread.

I've built a framework for a People's AI Bill of Rights that focuses on four big things: 1. Protecting consumers, especially kids 2. Protecting workers 3. Protecting the environment 4. Taxing the profits/wealth generated by AI www.voterondavis.com/priorities

Priorities — Ron Davis for Washington State House 46th LD Pos 1

Explore Ron Davis’s plan for Washington’s 46th Legislative District: affordable housing, universal childcare, accessible transportation, and strong civil rights protections.

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I’ve converted from “maybe I could like Will Dreher personally but I support Ron Davis for office,” to “Will is too careless for his bar card, let alone elected office.” So now I’m mad. What is Will even doing with all this Anthropic and Jones Day money if not paying folks to do accurate research?

James everything is analog@analogist.net · 2mo ago

I've got to ask, Will: have you(r campaign) been using too much AI? Did your AI oppo research queries confuse the Seattle @ronpdavis.bsky.social with this unrelated Ron Davis in Texas, and your campaign just ran with the false accusations of "AI evangelist" without checking?

Traffic deaths are a preventable policy failure. It's not even that expensive to drastically reduce them in cities. It's time for our state to set standards--starting with intersections and speed limits, that can cut down on this unnecessary suffering and death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMBR...

The American City That Solved Traffic Deaths

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Will Dreher is outraising Ron Davis about 3:1 overall in the 46th LD primary. But Ron is outraising Will about 2:1 among Washington State donors. So where's the rest of Will's money coming from? Thread.

RE the investigation of Renee Good's wife: Government is trying to preemptively retaliate against an innocent civilian for what she might say and can't even enunciate a coherent pretext.

(Figuratively) two dog sleds and NATO, including the US. Telling it like it is, this is just betrayal. Attacking an ally. Someone we've promised mutual defense for generations. Dante's Satan will need a fourth head. Then I remember MAGA is circulating a conspiracy theory that NATO doesn't exist.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 7mo ago

Trump: "Greenland basically, their defense is two dog sleds. You know what their defense is? Two dog sleds."

The only thing dumber than Musk's proposed $1T package is the punditry calling it a good deal because it's "all or nothing." Under such a structure, the (perverse) incentive is to fail and avoid the $1T hit, and the recipient earns no benefit for overperformance and no comp for getting close.

The spread on Seattle City Atty is telling. Erika is over 50% in a four way primary as one of three progressive challengers. She is going to pick up Nathan and Rory's voters and wreck Ann by 20+ points.

At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.

Vote Katie Wilson!

Vote Ron Davis@ronpdavis.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a bold step by the city workers, who stand to lose a lot by angering the famously grudge-holding Mayor. It is sign of the spreading realization that Bruce is vulnerable and a sign of their courage that they are willing to take this risk. Let's stand with the people who make Seattle work!

In Bar Complaint, Municipal Court Judge Vaddadi Accuses City Attorney of Improperly Barring Her From Hearing Cases Vaddadi says Ann Davison's office made "counterfactual, false, and defamatory" to justify a decision to prohibit the judge from hearing misdemeanor cases last year. wp.me/p5ODfk-bRV

In Bar Complaint, Municipal Court Judge Vaddadi Accuses City Attorney of Improperly Barring Her From Hearing Cases - PubliCola

Vaddadi says City Attorney Ann Davison’s office made “counterfactual, false, and defamatory” to justify a decision to prohibit the judge…

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Practitioners in states that elect judges: this means you, too. You know who knows the law better than public defenders, who cares more about constitutional safeguards and fundamental rights, and better gets real people? Absolutely nobody. Millenial PD's, RUN FOR JUDGE.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · last yr.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

The real question is whether Elmo accusing her of "breaking the law" is merely defamatory or defamation per se. Any conlaw heads want to tell me if the accusation that someone's committing a crime needs to be of committing a specific crime?

Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · last yr.

"you have the right to remain silent" Elon Musk: she's breaking the law!

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

Taking a break from political doomscrolling to watch news on Amazon's RTO. Apparently the tsunami of returners has overwhelmed the parking garages, limited desk space and men's bathrooms.

I have now seen the Ann Telnaes cartoon of Jeff Bezos's supplication before Donald Trump more often today than I've seen any other cartoon during the entire rest of the year. So, well played, Washington Post.

Just read a long post comparing the sovcit movement to a cargo cult, and it's the best description I've ever heard.

Every Democrat from Maine to Hawaii tried to explain to their Republican relatives that Trump and his circle actually held them in contempt for years. It's not even January and his new advisors / owners just... tweeted out that they think Americans are too dumb and lazy for the "good" jobs.

I wish I could describe the expression that housecats make as they watch a baby learning to crawl.

This. For BSky to remain a tolerant platform, it has to excise intolerance like a tumor. Yes, this is a known paradox; and yes, this is the known solution. It's also good business because the popularity of this space is tied directly to how much of a dumpster fire it *isn't.*

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 2y ago

No, not the views: The direct, material, brigading actions taken to harm trans people and their allies. THAT'S what we want banned.

The work of Davison's office continues. This time smearing a female poc judge. Vaddadi was graceful enough to debunk the entire situation here www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

Statement From the Honorable Judge Pooja Vaddadi in Response to City Attorney Memo

I remain now, as when I campaigned, committed to fairness and impartiality.

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Anytime I'm at a hospital, I see all kinds of familiar gadgets from my time patent-drafting at KTS and I realize that I remember most if not every single one of near a thousand cases. This is why I have hundreds of weirdly deep pockets of knowledge yet barely remember names or basic trivia.