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@intellectualmerc.bsky.social

Shop steward and public sector water engineer hiding behind a random display name. White. GenX. I know Seattle and the Bay Area. I mainly follow, like, and boost. Y'all are beautiful. @ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us on Mastodon he/him

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A decision made on the economics, of course.

03.11.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How is it going to go?
Looking into NY from outside, all I see is hype.

03.11.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Low bar. But agree.

03.11.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the heck happened to her since then?

03.11.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in the left foreground with a tent in the right background. Two children and a dog stand outside the tent while a man looks out from the flap. Text balloon says β€œWe shouldn’t have to look at the human suffering of other people.” Additional text reads β€œBruce Harrell, 9/29/21” A sign in front of the tent says Seattle for Wilson with a space needle

Cartoon of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell in the left foreground with a tent in the right background. Two children and a dog stand outside the tent while a man looks out from the flap. Text balloon says β€œWe shouldn’t have to look at the human suffering of other people.” Additional text reads β€œBruce Harrell, 9/29/21” A sign in front of the tent says Seattle for Wilson with a space needle

Seattle, we deserve better than this clown. Vote @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

02.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Met this cool ass duck today. I named her Bill. She chilled with me on a curb in a shopping center for an hour

31.10.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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why not zoidberg?

01.11.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be awesome.

01.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
One Less Puppet
YouTube video by The Seattle Channel One Less Puppet

One Less Puppet
youtube.com/shorts/ZHLgRrjVCGE
#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #VoteEarly

31.10.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Can I buy one of those stickers?
Please?

31.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Unnatural Disaster
YouTube video by The Seattle Channel Unnatural Disaster

Unnatural Disaster
youtube.com/shorts/QQhRVF_fBRo
#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #DuckAndCover

27.10.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Usually I'm like. Sure, maybe for cars.
But I'm not sure I could get around that...

26.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@alexis4seattle.bsky.social Time for more doorknocking in the rain!
@mlklabor.bsky.social

#union #protec17

26.10.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Add showing a bunch of riders on a bus with bus destination signs above their heads, reading things like "Seattle Center" "library" and "gym sesh"

Add showing a bunch of riders on a bus with bus destination signs above their heads, reading things like "Seattle Center" "library" and "gym sesh"

Add showing people biking, going to live music, and taking a polar plunge with Metro ad signs above their heads showing the destinations

Add showing people biking, going to live music, and taking a polar plunge with Metro ad signs above their heads showing the destinations

I really like King County Metro's new ad campaign, centered on transit destinations, much more than Sound Transit's current campaign that paints drivers as mindless zombies.
kingcountymetro.blog/2025/09/02/k...

24.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I've knocked on some doors already and this is my early conclusion:
If Katie's supporters (this means you) show up to doorknock and text and such, she could win.
If you don't, Harrell will win. Simple.

He has money. She has people ... but only if she really does.

24.10.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is. There are other threads in recent days explaining this.
I made the same mistake and was corrected.

24.10.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the same CH media entity that endorsed Harrell, yes?

23.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice

20.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gimme a break
YouTube video by The Seattle Channel Gimme a break

Gimme me a break
youtube.com/shorts/-4sVv...
#SeattleCityCouncil #puppets #snax

20.10.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna stop saying "this is what y'all voted for" (even though we need to accept that a LARGE number of Americans did very much vote for this) and instead say what I really mean: This is what y'all refused to vote *against*

20.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 932    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A group of people in [po]lice costumes getting exterminated by lady liberty while a choir sings

Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
The Union makes us strong.

18.10.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome

19.10.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cancel Cascade.
I'm steering clear of their events and telling others they should as well until they walk away from political activity (again). They're too far away from what's good for me as a commuting bicyclist.
And this isn't new.

19.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's time for folks to boycott RSVP and STP

18.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
No Kings banner with person in inflatable duck

No Kings banner with person in inflatable duck

Large NO KING sign with crowd at light rail station

Large NO KING sign with crowd at light rail station

People in chicken and rat suit

People in chicken and rat suit

No Kings sign with Donald Trump hand drawn

No Kings sign with Donald Trump hand drawn

In Redmond, Washington hundreds have people have also come out to say #nokings.

18.10.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Cancel Cascade.

18.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a bike PAC endorsing our shit mayor

a bike PAC endorsing our shit mayor

This is egregious

18.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

1 line south is at crush load at Roosevelt. Gonna be busy

18.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will continue donations to neighborhood greenways, the urbanist, and others.

But I've cut off my @cascade.org donations and won't be participating in the RSVP or STP events anymore.

17.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here come the unions!

#UnionStrong

Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes β€˜Yes’ - Aftermath

buff.ly/gzHna5L

#Blizzard #Hearthstone #Unions #Labor #Microsoft #Gaming

17.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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