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It's surprisingly easy. You don't need anything tricky like a password or your voter registration number

Mmm, today I was having a very hard time leaving bed, I did a flail around thing like a toddler throwing a tantrum (with less screaming, I save that for driving down the highway) and that felt pretty good, lol, maybe a toddler tantrum flail would be helpful for you too.

YouTube video by JordinSparksVEVO Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time (Official Video)

Replace those negative thought spirals with motivational pop earworms from our youth youtu.be/PIE5QtkxzvM?... lol at full blast with a "I'll just do the thing as long as this song lasts" if need be

In my alt text, where I listed the races, I accidentally skipped
Sam Mendez (progressive) 59.59% vs Marie Barbon 39.87%

Screenshot of the November 7th election results update for Burien. The progressive candidates are highlighted green. They are all in the lead. Proposition 1, which I have labeled "vague funding for cops" is majority no votes. The candidates are Hugo Garcia (progressive, incumbent) with 56.67% vs Jessica Ivey 42.47% Sarah Moore (progressive, incumbent) 64.3% vs Gabriel Fernandez 35.26% Stephanie Mora (incumbent) 44.3% vs Rocco Devito (progressive) 55.25% Prop 1 yes 46.73% vs no 53.27%

Reporting from Burien that things are also looking good for our council!

Ok, but fun to say in your worst British accent. "A wEe Bit of StRug'lE" (sorry for your struggs, friend)

He's so cute<3

Progressive Voter's Guide endorsement for Damarys Espinoza for Highline School Board, which she has been on since being appointed last March. "Much of Espinoza’s community leadership centers on environmental justice, public health, and Indigenous advocacy, and her voice on the school board is similarly aligned with a community-centric, progressive vision for our district."

The Progressive Voter's Guide profile on Ken Kemp running for Highline School Board. It is strikingly brief. It just says he was a finalist in the same process that appointed Espinoza and that he's basically just campaigning as a reactionary to her.

And the last 2 profiles from Progressive Voter's Guide progressivevotersguide.com/washington/2...

Progressive Voter's Guide endorsement of Angelica Alvarez for Highline School Board. She has served in this role for 4 terms. For 2 of those terms, she was board president. She is the child of immigrants. She is campaigning on accessibility and inclusion and the Guide believes she's done a good job.

The Progressive Voter's Guide profile on Sue-Ann Hohimer. She is a daughter of teachers and has been mayor of Normandy Park. Her campaign focuses on patriotism and quotes in the profile suggest that she only wants to hear from multi-lingual families if they're singing the praises of USA. https://progressivevotersguide.com/washington/2025/general/city/burien

Progressive Voter's Guide endorsement of Joe Van for Highline School Board. He has been on the board for 10 years. He is the son of Vietnamese refugees and graduated from Highline schools. Hid campaign focuses on equity and inclusion. https://progressivevotersguide.com/washington/2025/general/city/burien

Progressive Voter's Guide profile on Kate Kresly. They say she focuses on student performance and school budgets, but doesn't propose any solutions. https://progressivevotersguide.com/washington/2025/general/city/burien

Oh neat, the Highline School District races are tipping more progressive! Alvarez and Espinoza are now winning their races and Van is now only 231 votes behind Kresly

Thank fuck. Schilling does *not* deserve a promotion.

I don't like: when she makes biscuits in my flesh (ouch)

I adore: when she makes biscuits in the air.

She's also been doing this thing where she'll come up and sit at my feet and look up at me and make little biscuits on the floor, which is approximately the cutest thing in the world

I’ve said this many times but it’s worth repeating:

When it comes to voting, we have an Election Day deadline.

When it comes to election results, we have an Election Week.

The more media sets this expectation, the less confusion and more trust we’ll have in our great vote by mail system. #waelex

I mean, the Southern ones being more focused makes sense though. They've got a lot of present pressing local issues, I'm sure.
Plus fewer leftists probably means less leftist in fighting? 😅

Tonight's results are looking promising for Burien (unfortunately not so great for Obras or Wilson... So I hope those races flip and none of the Burien city council ones do 😅)

Young calby cat sleeping on a red blanket on a lap

Baby might've missed me

Selfie cropped to upper chest/lower half of face, centered on an I Voted sticker that's been placed over the head of the stylized mermaid illustration on my T-Shirt. (Mermaid art by my friend Locke Art)

Hurried home from Portland to make sure I had enough time to fill out and turn in my ballot. Hopefully we can flip Burien away from all the NIMBY bullshit that's been prevailing

"A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif"
I remember in my teens, there was a week or so where I was really into The Terminal. I don't remember why and I don't remember the movie that well.

Another Kumoricon in the bag.
It's so special to go back and staff at my original con.

It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

It annoys me very much that hitting the comment count under a post takes me to write a reply, rather than see the replies.

It's poking fun at the text blast Bruce Harrell sent out saying Katie Wilson is misleading us about her working class chops because her mom has helped "pay her bills" (really, it's just childcare and just recently to support the campaign), citing the Katie Campbell KOUW interview article

Can someone explain this in lay terms or rephrased? I'm having a hard time comprehending what this means?

Lead Contamination from Shooting Ranges- Impacts & Solutions In this blog, you'll learn about lead contamination at shooting ranges, its environmental impacts, and effective solutions.

I am amused by this Texas environmental consulting company's subtle propaganda to get buy-in crgtexas.com/2024/06/27/l... If there's one group Texans want to believe they're better than, it's Californians 🤣
But it also seems like a decent overview of lead contamination concerns for gun ranges

How nice!

I imagine the firing range would be lead poisoned. Not sure how easy that is to clean up.

*shrug* It's fine

Idk, if we look at my statistics, I do D&D for 4+hrs weekly and only do sex for 4+hrs once or twice a month :P

Now you get to keep Portland as a delightful vacation option :)

Hey, I started to tell you the relative merits of Portland, but you were already set on Washington;P

I guess Fremont and Wallingford in Seattle have some similar walkable fun shopping districts like Portland's Hawthorne etc... They just have fewer stores that I specifically am into, and they're shit for parking and transit from where I live.