Tuesday Mira

What I first said in sarcasm I increasingly think is a real thing to consider:

Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.

We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.

But we can kill a lot of their perks.

Bet Kav would retire fast.

I’m so sorry to hear this, Shana. The joy has always come across in your posting and has been such an inspiration for a life well-lived. All my best to you and yours.

I’m thankful for brave women like Lindsey Boylan in NY and Monisha Harrell in Seattle.

They stood up to men in power, held them accountable, didn’t relent, and helped defeat them. All at great personal cost.

A vibrant multicolor knit with a purple center on double pointed needles. The pattern being knit is for a flat five petal flower. The shape of the knit at this stage looks like a breast. Like, I hope the designer is also selling this pattern as a knit boob pattern because it’s a pretty magnificent specimen.

Making a knit flower garland for a friend (think this shape:🌸) 🧶

Me reading through the pattern: “huh, they sure do mention a lot about how essential blocking is.”

Me half way through the knitting: “ah yes, I see why they said that so many times”

It’s a good day to look up Rosalind Franklin.

An orange cat, Oscar!

An orange cat, Oscar!

An orange cat, Oscar, playing on a scratching post.

Attention WA/Seattle area!

Oscar is a 5 year old male (fixed) cat looking for a home! His owner recently passed away and my brother is looking for a new home for him. He's up to date on all his shots.

If you know anyone who is looking for a companion, let me know! Boosts are appreciated.

Sara Nelson losing by 16 points is pretty fantastic. Ann Davison losing by 25 is even better.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Professor Olaf, who looks a little like a scientist wearing an Einstein wig & lab goggles with googley eyes, and an oversized lab coat, holds their begloved hand above a glowing orange orb, contemplating the mysteries of the multiverse.

Professor Olaf’s Scientifically Accurate Fortunes is set up to disperse fortunes from the multiverse, candy & treats to the trick or treaters of Ballard. 🔮🧪

no fr having a string quartet playing popular music at our wedding (during the cocktail hour and when folks walked down the aisle) made me SO happy, I was hype haha

Incredible work! 🤩

WA to direct $2.2 million a week to food banks as SNAP cutoff nears More than 1 in 10 state residents are in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, whose benefits will end Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown.

When I read this ST article the other day, my thought was adding $2.2 million per week helps but still means we’re down $35 million per week (!) and that still sounds like a disaster 🫤

WA to direct $2.2 million a week to food banks as SNAP cutoff nears

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

If you’re getting in the spirit with family and friends this Halloween or making some last-minute purchases, buy union-made! ✊🎃

Cover of Chesapeake & Ohio Lines 1/21/1940 timetable with an illustration of cats surrounded by a heart and the tagline "Sleep like a kitten."

Text with the header "Chessie's secret ... of how to sleep like a kitten" with an illustration of a cat looking over another cat and two sleeping kittens.

From the Transportation Library's Instagram - the C&O's Chessie and her family Peake, Nip, and Tuck for #NationalCatDay. www.instagram.com/p/DQaAaRzEiXO/

Sexy online metro trip planner.

Hey, apparently I’m on trend this year!

King Salmon from the Mariners Salmon Race.

Acceptable king

Colorful sign made with markers that says Humpy Not Trumpy and pictures a drawing of Humpy, the Mariners salmon race salmon with his floaties.

Humpy Not Trumpy sign seen at Ballard No Kings today.

Now I have an added appreciation for how this sign stays respectful to Humpy’s colleague.

People standing in light coats on a grey cloudy day for a No Kings rally. One cardboard sign says Love America. Another says Humpy Not Trumpy featuring the beloved derpy Mariners salmon.

People at a No Kings rally on a cloudy day. One cardboard sign says No Kings. Another has a news clipping of the Mariners recent win that says Grand Vibes Only & Go Ms!

At the Ballard No Kings / #goms rally. The Humpy Not Trumpy sign was a crowd favorite.

Oh goodness, Geno’s post-game interview is so sincere 😭💙🔱

Cal Raleigh ties it up 2-2 with a BIG home run!

# SeizeTheMoment

@Mariners @TMobilePark @FoxSports

Chose the best moment to tune into today’s Mariners game today (bottom of the 8th) #goms

Harrell proudly said this has never been done before. There’s a reason for that. It’s an inequitable & ineffective idea.

We should be spending the money buying up/depaving parking lots & turning them into pocket parks, restoring floodplain habitat, adding bioswales, planting new trees in areas w/o.

Picture of a book on a wooden desk: The PHONE BOOK: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads by AMMON SHEA AUTHOR OF READING THE OED

Wowzers. This book about the phone book is my bus/lunch reading today. It was written in 2010 and so it has an early cell phone, pre-algorithm take on phone numbers & information searches that is already disorienting. Now I legit may need to go lay down.

Mariners fans: I'm sorry you have to listen to John Smoltz while watching your team do well on TV.

A jellyfish has more of a personality.

I know this is a toughie for republicans like Suarez and reactionary centrists like Harrell, but the difference between individual citizens wearing masks and agents of the state wearing masks is that citizens are not required to identify themselves but agents of the state are.

LOL the first few seconds of this are pure chaotic joy and it's perfect.

We need to tax billionaires to subsidize the hobby stores.

I’m confident it was his model train* hobby that insulated my retired-engineer grandfather from crackpotism. The red string board in his study was just connected to old trade publications about electric rail projects.

*electric trolleys

Congrats to the Seattle mariners for locating the end of this game

IT HAPPENED HOLY SHIT IT'S ALL WORTH IT 😂😂😂😂

RIVAS RUMBLE! Single to Left brings in Polanco to tie up at 2-2!

# SeizeTheMoment

@Mariners @TMobilePark @FoxSports