Josephine Hoy

Pro-Housing Candidates Make Gains All Around Puget Sound » The Urbanist # On the whole, there were bright spots for urbanist candidates all around the region, with major gains seen in Burien, Redmond, and Tacoma. There was also some backsliding in places like Sammamish an...

On the whole, there were bright spots for urbanist candidates all around the region, with major gains seen in Burien, Redmond, and Tacoma. There was also some backsliding in places like Sammamish and Bainbridge Island.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/06/p...

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Thinking of all my trans siblings tonight who have had to endure months and months of hand-wringing over our lives being, supposedly, a dealbreaker for voters.

Friends, you have three hours to get those ballots to a ballot box. Make it so.

no pods, no casters.

Yikes.

I always think about how rarely I see people do this when I'm giving an awkwardly emphatic little wave of gratitude (and wondering if anyone can see it).

But it takes so much more time and cognitive effort to parse, reverse-engineer, make meaning, and then try to reconnect whatever was submitted to where we should be. And emotional work to craft responses, too. I try not to think about how most likely the comments aren't even read!

I think that's the most challenging part; I take all of it equally seriously even when I know it's AI because maintaining my orientation to students matters to me and because maybe my sincere response will pull someone back if there is a seed of truth or genuine interest in what they've generated.

It has been so, so demoralizing. As a teacher or TA, I truly care and engage with each student and their interests and development. But I also have my own research, family, friends. My time is precious. Overextending myself for people is something I've struggled with, but for LLMs? Pointless misery.

Texting all of my friends who were at the game with personal congratulations.

Fobazi’s article about vocational awe was one of the first things I read in my master’s program at UW, and it set the tone for the type of librarian I would become and in turn influence how I mentor the next generation of librarians. Please donate if you’re able. This field owes so much to her.

the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this

This is amazing.

Something about the way LLMs build in the idea that to find something out, you shouldn't read an already existing text that other people have also read (ew!); you should get fresh text generated just for you. Each time, new disposable text.

I've been seeing signs for city council elections popping up so tonight I'm reading through the websites of everyone who has filed...it's deeply disappointing (and frightening) to see how many are CEOs of AI companies.

Alas…it was a truly awful cut (uneven and not intentional) but I have an appointment to fix it next week so very much hoping to reclaim summer 💚

I'll need to watch and snark but I have one myself right now and I'm not okay about it. 😅

It really is and I love it for everyone!

I relate so deeply to quality sleep/rest driving my parenting skill/thoughtfulness and sleep being the issue I'm most in need of knowledge to address. Wishing you good fortune!

They’re going to try to make you feel insane for opposing this war. They’ll ignore protests and downplay any opposition. They’ll try to strongarm you into submission.

They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again.

And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.

Oh, I love Phoebe Wahl. 💚

(Abolish ICE!)

This is a delightful book!

Blue Angels are in August.

I've also heard and seen more this past week including helicopters (I don't know enough to ID them but large). It's also possible that some of it may be related to the activities in Chelan?

We're living under fascism. ORGANIZE YOUR OWN THINGS IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S ON OFFER. Jesus Christ.

If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.

Oooooh.

The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...