Galen Osier

A Times profile of Katie Wilson being highlighted in an email. "Katie Wilson shrugged off the idea she might be better suited for a City Council seat, instead aiming for Mayor"

This is so incredibly condescending from the Seattle Times. Do you also ask male candidates if they'd considered running for an "easier" office?

Oooh. That gives me old X-Men arcade game vibes. I like it!

Soup frog gets a tour of soup guild HQ 🐸🥣

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

Coffee TAB on 2nd

Greetings from Belltown, where a vacant Starbucks continues to act as a blight on the neighborhood. Oh wait. It's a local coffee shop with better coffee that also does apprenticeship programs.

I think moved here in '99 maybe? 2000? So I was 25 or 26 when I hit town.

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The banan is just the right size. 😌

an exciting letter! 🐸

Just now in the Housing committee, after Rob Saka failed to get a second on an amendment he had proposed for the multifamily tax exemption (MFTE) program, he got visibly upset and asserted that "principles of fairness and comity demand" that he receive a second on any amendment proposals.

soup frog saves the day 🐸

dinos first sleepover 🦕

penguin party

A promotional #LOTR drawing by Mike Ploog (1978)

t e ! a e T IS Le IS h 1-n! 11 MOB OF 1,000 RAIDS JERSEY NAZI RALLY Although the main disturbance occurred in the street outside the meeting place at 717 Lyons Avenue, another riot started simultaneously within the auditorium when the anti-Nazi group spread through the audience went into action. 15 Hurt in Wild Fighting at Irvington as 75 Hitlerites From Here Arrive. THIRTY-FIVE ARRESTS MADE , Newark Reserves Called to Aid in Quelling Riot Lasting an Hour and a Half. Special to THE NST YORx TENES. IRVINGTON, N. J., May 21.-A vicious attack upon seventy-five members of Friends of 'the New Germany as they arrived dressed in their blue uniforms to attend a Nazi meeting here tonight developed into a riot that lasted an hour and a half. More than fifteen persons were injured, two of them being taken to hospitals. Thirty-five were arrested. The riot eventually involved more than 1,000 persons and was put under control only after three squads of Newark police reserves aug- mented the local forces. The po- lice used their nightsticks and the invading anti-Nazis utilized brick-bats, broomsticks, rocks and stench bombs. Hundreds Greet Arrivals. The trouble started when two buses containing a New York delegation of Nazis dressed in light blue shirts, blue trousers and puttees drove up in front of the hall to attend the meeting being held by the local group of Friends of the New Germany. As the buses ar-rived, several hundred persons were gathered in the street. As soon as the first Nazi alighted a group of men in two automobiles pulled up alongside and launched the attack. This was the cue for a general free-for-all fight and the extra detail of Irvington police were unable to cope with it. As the Nazis piled out of the buses to enter the combat they were pounced upon by the invaders. Fists swung right and left, missiles flew and men, grappling in individual contests, rolled on the street. When the Newark reserves arrived the fighting was at its height. Many of the Nazis had s…

g Continued From Page One. n been converted into an arena for the general indoor mêlée. Although the police on the outside were forming their forces into flying wedges in an effort to break through the surging mobs, little impression was made on the uncon- trollable mass of humanity. Those of the Nazis who were not n able to reach the supposed sanctuary within the building were easily recognizable targets, because of the bright hue of their uniforms. for their assailants. Turn on Photographers. As the fighting continued in the ol open, and the Nazis were getting si scarcer by the minute, the enraged mobs turned upon the newspaper men and photographers. Cameras were broken, clothing torn to bits, eyes blackened. Several policemen got in the way of swinging fists were knocked to the ground. Pa- trolmen Frank Dwyer and Morris Kerwan from Newark were severely slugged, but remained on duty 0 e to quell the riot.' After an hour's battle outside the riot was considered under control and most of the police entered the building to curb the intermittent disturbances there. Shortly after the bulk of the police forces were withdrawn from in front of the building the anti-Nazi group took up a strategic position on the opposite side of the street and dis- 2 paced an avalanche of bricks through the second story window. Police rushed out of the building e again to cope with the new situation and it was then that most of the arrests took place. The capacity of the Irvington patrol wagons was taxed so an or- der was sent to Newark for additional transportation. Meanwhile the two bus drivers se-came alarmed, especially after some of the mob saturated their conveyances with stench bombs, and drove away leaving the Nazis stranded. When the riot was over the police had seventy-five New York Nazis on their hands and were wondering how to get them back home. Shortly before midnight the last of the prisoners were taken from the hall to headquarters where they were charged with disorderly co…

This 1934 NYT article about a group of 75 Nazis in New Jersey getting the crap kicked out of them by 1000 “anti-Nazis” is no laughing matter and the writing is not highly entertaining.

Please do not laugh or smile while reading this as it is a very serious matter and violence is not funny.

it kills me knowing what’s needed is for people to double down on bucking any demands for “civility” because they understand these demands are training people to surveil & snitch on their neighbors and an exploit to intensify authoritarian control over our thoughts.

A chilly little bee on our front steps this morning.

I have lots of cool bugs in my yard. And some very friendly spiders too! 🙂

baby dino meets some twins 🦕🐥🐥

Honk!

Seattle's long in-person public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan has officially kicked off.

First comments were from @ceceliablack.bsky.social: "As you're going through this Comp Plan, I would really hope you ask yourself what you would do if you were disabled tomorrow and you couldn't drive."

paintings I did this week ✨

cat

A first friend!? 🥹

A kind word, a gentle check-in, or simply listening can interrupt the darkest thoughts.
You can save a life.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
📞 UK: Samaritans 116 123

Your kindness could save a life.

Sending love, soft purrs, and gentle headbumps your way today.

@samaritans.bsky.social

After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign Former CDC scientist Demetre Daskalakis left his post, citing political interference and a lack of science in decision-making at the agency.

“When you see that folks aren’t listening to scientists, not listening to experts, but are rather trying to make decisions without science, that’s when harm begins,” says Demetre Daskalakis, who recently resigned from the CDC.

Arrowed!

Building the bland? That doesn't sound entertaining.

robot picks up a signal 🤖

i certainly do not mythologize the founders but holy shit they gave us one fucking directive