Members of the Plod Squad run club in Seattle jog at an average pace of 12 to 13 minutes per mile, aiming to reduce the barrier to entry for running.

Plod Squad: Seattle run club welcomes slow runners with open arms

seattletimes.com

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we need to build more houses and i’m ok if a few are bouncy

Davis is better representative of of Seattle at large, but Dreher is a very good representation of the people who live in LD-46. These are the people who would rather children in critical condition die than be inconvenienced by an occasional helicopter flyover. We just wish they were better.

It will be Pollet/Dreher in LD-46. Ugh. My heart breaks for Ron. It’s also a reminder that Bluesky Isn’t Real Life.

Casey Martin@caseyworks.bsky.social · 17h ago

First King County primary election results are in: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

If there isn't a big swing to the left to save Ron Davis in the next ballot drop or two, it's gonna at least be fun watching The Stranger keep trying to make rooting for this guy until November look remotely cool/rational.

Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d ago

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

"The Beacon Hill Goodbye" #doomloop #seattle

These initial election results will likely tighten with later votes. King County Elections told me expectation is a 40-45% turnout and only 20% counted tonight. But those are huge gaps out of the gate, based on past elections.

Be:Seattle has been quietly building tenant and renter power for years and you should give them* some money if you can * Them means *two* staffers, turning a tiny bit of money and a lot of people time into huge wins beseattle.org/donate/

Be:Seattle@beseattleorg.bsky.social · 2d ago

The bill to ban rental junk fees in Seattle has passed out of committee and will move to full council on Aug. 11!

Big deal! Michigan still making me feel queasy tho

Working Families Party 🐺@workingfamilies.org · 17h ago

@wewill2026.bsky.social has won his primary election for Congress in Michigan. He is the only candidate in his race fighting AI billionaires who are bulldozing our communities, standing up to big money and fighting for people who actually live in Michigan.

HELL YEAH! A lot of silent fist pumping and enthusiastic whispering has broke out in Seattle’s libraries tonight. Huge win for our city.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 17h ago

Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.

Oh yeah .. this chick still runs King County Elections.

The Needling@theneedling.com · 9mo ago

Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m

Stevens is neck-and-neck with Abdul El-Sayed in Oakland and Macomb Counties. She needed to run away with these places to even be competitive with AES.

Abdul El-Sayed holds an 8 point lead over Haley Stevens in the hotly contested Michigan Senate primary with 16% votes reported in. McMorrow, whose campaign was softly supported by Stevens as an “alternative” (read: spoiler) candidate has made no significant dent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

My $0.02 if you're voting in Seattle today: I found The Stranger and the Washington Progressive Voters Guide to be, at best, center-left and, at worst, moderate, in some of their choices. If you want a true progressive voting guide, I recommend the Lefty Cheat Sheet: electioncheatsheet.org

Lefty Cheat Sheet — Aug 2026 Primary

A quick guide on how to vote lefty using sources YOU trust!

electioncheatsheet.org

He’s right. You should read this.

Ken Armstrong@bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 23h ago

If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social

The company is expected to make around $78 a year from the new fee. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/08/05/j...

Jetstar Announces New $39.95 Same-Day-Arrival™ Fee — The Shovel

The company is expected to make around $78 a year from the new fee.

theshovel.com.au

Your boss and your landlord have voted.

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

NEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!

A lot of politicians posting the other one but they're all too COWARDLY to repost this.

Lefty Cheat Sheet@electioncheatsheet.org · 3d ago

⚠️OH FUCK DADDY😳😩⚠️SEATTLE IT’S TIME TO VOTE ⚠️BALLOTS ARE DUE AUGUST 4TH BY ATE 💅💅 PM😱GET YOUR BALLOT DEEP😘🍆INNNN A DR0P BOX🗳️ BUT ‼️⚠️🚨🚨STRANGER DANGER🚨😳DO NOT USE 🚩THE STRANGER’S GUIDE🤮🤢🤮 THEY WERE💸BOUGHT💸 BY A FOR-PROFIT 🫪 PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANY 🙄👀 AND THEIR ENDORSEMENTS ARE 💩DOG SHIT💩

Are folks keeping their kiddos indoors tonight? Rough day for night out.

Seattle Department of Transportation@transportation.seattle.gov · 23h ago

Wildfire smoke has moved into Seattle. An air quality alert is in effect until at least Wednesday at 5:00 PM. Air quality may reach unhealthy levels through Thursday. Visit the City's Wildfire Smoke Safety page: seattle.gov/wildfire-smoke-safety

I keep trying to explain to u guys - much of the behavior u see from tree and orca NIMBYs is due them simply being not ok Jennifer Godfrey, Sandy Shettler, you name it. They aren’t doing alright and u can tell

Share the Cities (Seattle)@sharethecities.bsky.social · 21h ago

Fan mail about @electioncheatsheet.org Possibly from KUOW and Seattle Times darling Ms. Godfrey (or someone pretending to be her using a very specific email).

“Kids aren’t really starting to wear Apple Watches and things like that until around age 10 for the most part, sometimes a little younger. So we really think of that zero-to-10 for Nanit as kind of the place that we live.” 🫠

We had our kiddo in 2014. Wifi enabled video monitors were already a thing. We chose not to use them because we didn't want to normalize surveillance from literally the day he was born.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago

“It is the Eye of Sauron, but it also knows when we enter our daughter’s room in the morning and joy hits her face — and it sends us intelligently edited montages of these moments.”

Tonight's Senate primary in Michigan is a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.

“If I prove that you can win statewide, taking on AIPAC, that is catastrophic”

Abdul El-Sayed says Tuesday’s Senate primary in Michigan is a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.

motherjones.com

Not even a brag. Just a statement of fact: Nothing like DivestSPD exists anywhere in this country. We produce weekly hyperlocal police misconduct stories, and we do it for donations. DivestSPD needs your support to keep this work alive. Tiers start at $5 Https://ko-fi.com/divestspd

DivestSPD@divestspd.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Let's not and say we did" -Old Seattle police public records proverb An SPD records employee was caught delaying bodycam requests for months. She claimed she was waiting for the video specialist to redact them. She never submitted them. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

"He left no suicide note, and his death at first mystified his friends and family. But when Chase’s mother gained access to his TikTok account, she found a clue: The algorithm was feeding him videos about suicide.”

Ken Armstrong@bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 23h ago

If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social

Damn, only 20 donors. Dreher has no natural constituency. Like, we can subtract 20 from his vote total and measure how much influence The Stranger has left.

Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d ago

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

the strangers endorsements are actually bizarre as fuck this year bc they refused to endorse a very good progressive candidate for state legislature (hannah sabio-howell) for being "unrealistic" but also proceeded to endorse kshama sawant who is perhaps the most polarising figure in city history.

Use erectioncheatsheet.org Because voting in true progressive champions feels as good as the best sex you’ve ever had (Yes, it really does redirect properly lol)

Lefty Cheat Sheet — Aug 2026 Primary

A quick guide on how to vote lefty using sources YOU trust!

erectioncheatsheet.org

Lefty Cheat Sheet@electioncheatsheet.org · 3d ago

⚠️OH FUCK DADDY😳😩⚠️SEATTLE IT’S TIME TO VOTE ⚠️BALLOTS ARE DUE AUGUST 4TH BY ATE 💅💅 PM😱GET YOUR BALLOT DEEP😘🍆INNNN A DR0P BOX🗳️ BUT ‼️⚠️🚨🚨STRANGER DANGER🚨😳DO NOT USE 🚩THE STRANGER’S GUIDE🤮🤢🤮 THEY WERE💸BOUGHT💸 BY A FOR-PROFIT 🫪 PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANY 🙄👀 AND THEIR ENDORSEMENTS ARE 💩DOG SHIT💩