Naomi Tomky

I’m not shocked, but that doesn’t make me any less unemployed. I’m sad to lose a job I’ve loved. If anyone wants to hire a kick ass project manager with deep knowledge of local government, and who sometimes mocks Fox reporters, DM me!

Introducing the Apple Schmatta

One time I started watching a baseball game, got on my bike and went to entire football game, biked home, and the baseball game was still on (this post is about the Seattle mayoral election)

The Innovation That’s Killing Restaurant Culture Delivery has turned America into a nation of order-inners.

I've been talking about this for ages and I'm so glad somebody devoted a real, fleshed out article to the topic of my wild ranting: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

They clearly DYED the noodles, as they sat the dye leaked blue/green onto the proteins, and I CANNOT abide by blue chicken/shrimp. But the worst was yet to come. Ya know what happens the morning after you eat beets? Mmmhmmm.

I heard a rumor about a place serving green noodles, a la my beloved Shanghai Garden (BDE) and got a little too excited. As soon as I saw the color, I knew it was all wrong.

“I've never seen any crime in Seattle. I've never seen any of it. I've seen fun and laughter and laughter and fun,” One resident said. “Crime is a social issue that could be solved by giving people th... TikTok video by VICE News

This was 2 years ago today. Go give the bullies hell today. www.tiktok.com/@vicenews/vi...

My niche traffic complaint of the day is that by making 85th and Greenwood no right on red, they’ve eliminated the absolute safest time to turn right (when the traffic to the right has a left turn arrow)

somehow in my mind I have linked the success of the Seattle Mariners to turning the tide against fascism and while I know it has no empirical basis it feels right

Well last night I had to explain the concept of snuggies to a room full of 8 year olds, so… same, I guess?

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Been retelling this one (I think from an earlier post of yours) all weekend.

their priorities were very good. snacks. couch. kicking ass.

Ask me how many times I've said "couch couch couch" in the 24 hrs since I saw this movie, I dare you.

Person (Katie Wilson) in jeans, a white shirt, Mariners hat speaking to a crowd in front of a “Katie Wilson for Mayor” sign

“Bruce Harrell governs like he doesn’t want to disappoint the people he sees at fancy cocktail parties. The people I don’t want to disappoint are the people I meet in the laundry room of my apartment building, who I see on the bus.” - @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social speaks at her birthday party

How to stand up to a dictator by Maria Ressa is slightly less literary but close enough that I think it’s worth a mention.

Photo of me in orange shirt with a large cow resting its head on my lap

So many!

Photo of me in orange shirt with a large cow resting its head on my lap

So many!

My photo stash was made for this

My photo stash was made for this

Nothing beats “dollar rice” where the cheapest among us could get just a rice-packed styrofoam container with the sauce and meat debris ladled over top for—you guessed it—$1.

Looking at New York City tonight with eyes full of hope that here in Seattle we can take down Bruce Harrell and Sara Nelson this year.

The milkman came later than normal yesterday which meant the dog was on the couch already and it scared the shit out of him and he jumped up and then landed in a tub of legos and guys, it’s bad. Like a Lego hurricane hit our living room.

NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.

CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one

PELOSI: Take the shot

If you wanna eat weed like a pro, not like a frat boy with a coffee grinder and a dream…
Buy the book. I did the math so you don’t have to.

Correct

Guys the monorail honking was the literal highlight of my day. It was the best.

You contain multitudes

What a day to be hosting a book club on How to Stand Up to a Dictator