Lauren Hall-Stigerts

I’m glad I’m not the only one who reads all written content on the internet with a dose of A.I. paranoia; author Sam Kriss hits the nail on the head here.

(Gift link below.)

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This perfect. Thank you. 😌✨🍄‍🟫

Very relatable for me in this moment, too. 💜

Small brown mushroom surrounded by orange fallen leaves

Old life lets go,
& in doing so
feeds new life —
may what is breaking in me now
nourish
the me I am becoming
in all this
rain.

#mushroom #shroomscrolling #autumn #lettinggo #poem #poetry

Game play or music play? :)

And that one seat was a strong pro-housing candidate’s campaign I worked hard on. I’m not even mad: we closed the 7% gap from the Primary.

The incumbent won, but it’s not a mandate when he won by ~3.5%, maybe less when the votes are done being tallied.

Remember to vote early next time!

Who says local politics are boring?

Kirkland City Council’s races flipped over the weekend from 3/4 seats going to NIMBY candidates to now just 1/4!

It will be wonderful to maintain a majority that cares about the future of Kirkland for everyone, even those whose voices aren’t “in the room”.

It’s definitely not a mandate anymore, either! 💪

I’ll take one alto sax and one ATV, please!

UGHHHHHH. Horrible!!! I’m so sorry! I can’t believe how much work we have locally now in the face of the national BS!

One anti-housing candidate cleared in Kirkland (beat out my candidate), an two other anti-housing candidates are winning by a tight margin. The NIMBYs played dirty this cycle. It’s so disappointing for our community.

Not in my town. Ugh. We’re supposedly so “progressive” but that stops when we’re talking housing and transportation.

NIMBYs shoved their own candidates into the race and flooded the zone with conspiracy theories, lies, and fear mongering.

The struggle for equity and social justice continues.

Same with two of the Kirkland City Council races against NIMBY opponents! The pro-housing candidates are behind but just by fractions. We’re only 22% into the vote count for the city and pro-housing folks return their ballots later in the election cycle. 🤞

Did you try their Genmaicha Hojicha yet?! Soooo roasty comforting. 😍

Thank you for covering this. The anti-housing slate uses all of the right buzzwords to try to capture the majority of voters, but the truth is that they were forged in the reactionary & hostile aftermath to the Comp Plan.

I hope Kirkland voters don’t fall for their rhetoric.

Kirkland Council Elections Could Tip City in Reactionary Direction » The Urbanist # In four different races, Kirkland voters face a choice between pro-growth candidates interested in fostering additional types of housing throughout the city, and candidates looking for the city to b...

Next week's council elections in Kirkland really do deserve more regional attention. An anti-growth advocacy group is promoting a full slate of candidates who are pledging to "protect neighborhoods."

The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...

Aw yay!! Congratulations!! Following you on there now. :)

What a radical take! 😏

*I’m not anti-A.I., just anti-fall-asleep-at-the-wheel-and-let-A.I.-do-the-driving.

I rely on the “human voice” in copy to get a sense of the person, company, or organization over the internet. Copy that relies heavily on A.I. strips it of human identity.

A.I. copy is making the internet feel even more isolated and lonely than it was before.

I wonder how much content I read over the internet (email newsletters, product descriptions, podcast summaries, corporate website copy, etc.) is mostly A.I. authored now.

I can easily spot some of it, and other copy is less obvious—I only know because it isn’t in their typical voice.

It seems that these were major selling points. 🤮

@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC.

“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”

So good!! 🔥

Seattle: Our tea house will begin accepting donations on 10/29. We will make weekly dropoffs with Northwest Harvest, but if you are in our area and in need, you are welcome to take directly from the donations bin for yourself as well. We won’t be policing your need.

2025 Cascadia Autumn Steep 'n Sip | Cascadia Tea Fest Join us online on November 1st to share tea! We'll enjoy a cozy fall vibe as we drink tea, chat with special guests, and enjoy being part of the tea community.

Cascadia Tea Festival Autumn Virtual Steep 'n Sip is coming on Nov 1! Free tickets on our website:
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Autumn tea boxes with a tea pet and fall teas to go with the event are $17. Financial hardship discount available.

I know everyone is probably tired of hearing this, but Japan’s streets/transportation/land use is pretty great.

Every street that is not an arterial is a shared street, where folks ride and walk in the middle and make way for the occasional car.

one tree bright orange surrounded by green leaved trees of the same kind

Every year this red maple goes full on autumn before the other trees even notice it’s fall. I love their enthusiasm.

#fall #autumn #leaves #early

Whew, then I only have to wait a month or two. 😁

This extrovert is going to have serious withdrawals when the election is over and I can’t canvass for another year or two.

It’s been a wonderful, positive experience. Sign me up for next year! 🩷