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Amazon will pay $3.7M to settle labor claims in Seattle for alleged gig worker ordinance violations Amazon Flex denied the allegations from the Office of Labor Standards but is paying more than 10,000 affected workers.

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Tickets Secured!!!! :)

A family of three, mom, dad, and adult child, eating thanksgiving dinner. Mom: "For what it's worth, honey, your turkey isn't nearly as disappointing as last time." The caption: "THANKSGIVING. Keeping therapists busy since 1621."

No lie. I get a spike in business over the holidays. There may be a few clients I see *solely* between Turkey Day and New Years.

Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...

Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer

‘You Think You’re Better Than Me?’ Says Nicki Minaj Interrupting Child Reciting Nursery Rhyme

‘You Think You’re Better Than Me?’ Says Nicki Minaj Interrupting Child Reciting Nursery Rhyme https://theonion.com/you-think-youre-better-than-me-says-nicki-minaj-interrupting-child-reciting-nursery-rhyme/

2nd floor exhibition hall Museum of Pop Culture. Seattle. Mopop.org #mopop #Seattle

Same.

"This Christmas I'm giving my family members a card that says, 'A donation has been made in your name to my therapist.'"

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

A construction worker wearing workboots, blue jeans, an orange shirt, a white construction hat, and a safety vest that reads, "MANHOLD ASSESSOR"

We've already canceled. F*ckers.

Where i live...

Harrell Concedes the Mayor’s Race, and Wilson Takes Her Victory Lap Bruce Harrell conceded the mayoral race to Katie Wilson this afternoon. And he finally said her name in public. In a packed room full of aides, campaign staff, city council members, and supporters, Ha...

Bruce Harrell conceded and said Katie Wilson’s name at last. Then Wilson stepped up at the Labor Temple, laid out her vision for child care, transit, and housing, and reminded supporters that pressure from the people is what will move the city. Seattle has a new mayor. Now the work starts.

My schadenfreude is sitting right next to my coffee, so I'm ready.

Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson in a suit smiling on a beautiful day outside

Wilson Already Endorsed for 2nd Term After Promising Death Will Come Swiftly to Her Enemies: tinyurl.com/58nz7udn

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Proud business owner holding pitchfork in front of pioneer town-style building with a sign reading "Torch & Pitchfork Emporium" and assortment of pitchforks and torches outside.

‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6

Scowling dominatrix wielding punishment stick in front of a projection screen showing Day 4 Seattle mayoral election results

Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m

A thick, foot long sub sandwich with the caption: OPEN FACE TOWARDS ENEMY

Post from @blkgirllostkeys: "I asked my therapist why I couldn't get past something I really needed to get past. And we concluded I couldn't admit even to myself how much it hurt. Because I didn't want to be hurt. So i refused to be hurt. But here I am years later, hurting. Feel your f***ing feelings."

A 90 year old woman sits in a chair, dressed in purple, and blue, and does needlepoint. The silhouette on her front door is clearly that of the goat-form of Satan, two big horns, big ears, beard, and piercing eyes. Caption: "When you try to pronounce the name of your medication but accidentally summon Satan."

A flyer for the Capitol Hill Halloween Food drive. it runs Friday, October 31 from 6 PM to Midnight at the Seattle Central College Campus.

Hey all! As you may know many people will not being recieving critical SNAP benefits next month and projects like this can help fill the gaps food banks aren't able to. Even if you're not on the hill, find you local food bank and make a donation, eveything helps!

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Seattle?

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Two remaining Bezos Balls stand as the East Bezos Ball in Downtown Seattle gets demolished

East Bezos Ball Demolished to Make Way for More Ball Room: tinyurl.com/4hucab54

Painting of a big grey wolf with yellow eyes, laying among flowers in a darkening wood. The wolf's face is pensive but alert, with an underlying current of undiluted anger. The caption: "all this rage was once hope".

By As Above Astro @asaboveastro.bsky.social - follow them!

Amazing. And I wish I didn't identify with it so much.

Silhouette of Sasquatch looking at beautiful sunset over forest

Sasquatch Finds Himself: tinyurl.com/evya59nb

Keep watch for the UniPiper. He is the harbinger of all things silly.

Seattle No Kings from the monorail