Peter Abrahamsen

35 Republicans and 1 Democrat in the Washington House just voted against a bill that would prohibit school employees from putting students in restraints or using isolation as a planned behavioral intervention.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

no step on funk

Across the eras and after generations of struggle, our deepest fear is still the Mothership Connection.

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

spent a year at An Unnamed Company That Owns Clojure and this tracks. Also you can take a glance at its “manual”

Also subtweeting nothing in particular: decentralization shifts issues of control over technical systems, and can obscure them, making it harder for users to hold anyone to account.

And if you want more detail on why I left iNat, I wrote about that too: kueda.net/blog/2026/01...

Apropos nothing in particular, why are non-profits so easily captured by narcissists, and what can we do about it?

I suspect the most impactful thing would be for workers, both staff and dedicated volunteers, to unionize.

What a world huh Lemon it’s still struggling to be born

Why I Didn’t Sign the Resonant Computing Manifesto: The Foundations Need Work The Resonant Computing Manifesto speaks to humane tech, but its foundations don't address issues of power, accountability, and community. I wrote this to name what’s missing and suggest commitments th...

I appreciated this critique of the "Resonant Computing Manifesto"

spacecadets.love/why-i-didnt-...

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

my dream is that my code becomes so baroque and divorced from industry practices that it is considered an act of outsider art

Am I supposed to be able to read or download it from that page? It looks like that's the intention.

What defines a correct program? What education makes a good programmer? The answer depends on what culture of programming you subscribe to!

This has been a long time in the making, but my open access book on the history of programming is available for pre-order!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

All problems are coordination problems

Comic has hyrule royal guard state: “Your majesty, this nonverbal twink with a sword says he’ll die for you….also he loves to play dress up” Close up of link from the legend of Zelda wearing a green tunic. Princess Zelda: “I’m going to lock us in an endless cycle of reincarnation so we can be together in every lifetime”

Comic by adamtots on IG

‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Handshake meme - "Me doing a CAPTCHA" and "THE THIRD POLICEMAN by Flann O'Brien" uniting over "Is the guy riding the bicycle part of the bicycle?"

the damn brands know too much

okay fine you got me

My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.

#thisisyourcity

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Pay Attention
#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #Amen
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We saw this same issue — voting day bomb threats — in 2024. Motive could be strategic voter suppression, but in 2024 it was likely foreign interference designed to cause mayhem and further erode trust in US election. These tactics can also provide pretext for contesting elections later.

King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail » The Urbanist # King County Executive Shannon Braddock has proposed a series of changes to one of the county’s pre-filing youth diversion programs, currently called Restorative Community Pathways, replacing the com...

NEW STORY // King County Looks to Replace Program Diverting Youth from Jail

Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/30/k...

Petitioning Sound Transit for an infill station for the Crest Theater.

Betsy's especially.

That’s a 404

Air traffic controllers are so undervalued.

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.