Aspen Richter

As a PSA, if you haven't returned your ballot yet, make sure to use a blue drop box, DON'T mail it. Postmarks are very possibly NOT going to be able to be made in time to make your vote count.

Here's where to find a ballot drop box: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

LWESP is one of our unions, and are 50 days without a contract.

High school teachers want to share their concerns with the high school bell schedule and how it is impacting their ability to educate students.

Please come support! If possible, wear red or spirit wear from your high school.

The LWSD school board study session (5pm) and board meeting (7pm) are tonight (10/20).

Our high school staff and LWESP/classified staff, including school nurses, would love your support during public comment, between 7:00 and about 7:40pm.

www.lwsd.org/about/school...

Want to see who @mlklabor.bsky.social endorses in this election? Check out this link. (Important note: I'm on the list. :)

Hey, come sign wave with us! Democracy and donuts! 🍩☕✅

Congratulations, Seattle Times. I've finally given up and canceled my subscription. The final straw?

Email subject line: "WA school boards get help from Trump administration"

Actual story headline: "Conservative WA school boards asked Trump for help — and got it"

😭😭😭

I expected the last line to be bad. I didn't expect it to be THAT bad.

I do not use ChatGPT for creative writing. Full stop.

I feel mine sizzling just reading this

Who Doesn’t Have a Car? A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

Who are non drivers?

@nrdc.org repport finds:

-34 million disabled people
-47 million young people (over 10 who don't own cars)
-5.6 million people who are 75+
-Millions of others who don't own their own vehicle

#WeekWithoutDriving

www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...

How in the world does PowerPoint not have a feature to print *only* the notes? I do not *want* to print my entire presentation with images of the slides, one page per slide.

🚶‍♀️🚲🚍 The #weekwithoutdriving Challenge has officially kicked off!
We’re excited our Redmond City Council candidates are taking part 🙌 Watch their full transportation interviews on YouTube and learn how you can get involved during #weekwithoutdriving at moveredmond.org/weekwithoutdriving

"Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views about Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated — like a position on tax rates or health care policy."

Yup.

You can do similar things with ranching land (panels above and animals below). You can do this with parking lots. You can put solar nearly anywhere! Let's get on this!

I'm going to be honest .... I reblogged this for the phenomenal, satirical cover art.

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

An amazing story by Steve Levy in WIRED on how tech CEOs became Trump sycophants. And I'm quoted in the lede!

www.wired.com/story/silico...

It's not a court anymore, it's an arm of the executive branch

I've wanted to plant one of these trees for YEARS, but have never had the space and appropriate sun exposure. May this inspire someone with more space and sun.

yep

Comic. Every feature of the Earth’s surface that we have a hard time explaining. [Arrows point from title to assorted bumps on surface of sphere. Underneath, from the core more arrows point at dotted lines forming structures labeled Hypothesized Mantle Plumes. [caption] Standard Geophysical Model of the Mantle

Mantle Model

xkcd.com/3141/

A promotional graphic for an event. Mostly text with some images of election candidates and the logos of hosting organizations. The text reads: "The Eastside Housing Equity Coalition & League of Women Voters Present: Redmond Housing Equity Candidate Forum. General Election - All Positions." Under the text is a lineup of candidates speaking at the forum with their photos, names, and positions they're running for. The listed candidates are: Vivek Prakriya (position 2), Steve Fields (position 2), Melissa Stuart (position 4), Menka Soni (position 6), and Jeralee Anderson (position 6). Lastly, to the right of the image are the logos of the hosting organizations, which are: Indian American Community Services, Muslim Community Network Association, Eastside for All, the Housing Development Consortium, and the League of Women Voters.

Join the Eastside Housing Equity Coalition and the League of Women Voters on 10/1 in Redmond for a candidate forum centered around affordable housing, equitable growth, and community need! Voters deserve to hear from candidates in their own words. RSVP today: bit.ly/RedmondCandi...

Map that shows the city of Seattle and the locations of all the city's school crossing guards. Only about a third of the positions are filled (grey dots), while the rest are unfilled (red dots).

Hey safe streets nerds! Do you work flexible hours? Have a cool retired parent looking to stay active? Become a school crossing guard! Look at all those unfilled positions! Make it easier for your neighborhood kids to walk and bike to school! www.seattleschools.org/news/crossin...

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Every day I open the news (or Bluesky) and I find new horrors 😭

Know Your Rights - Back to School Edition
Let’s start the new school year together, making sure every student, staff member, and family knows their rights.

This is positively brutal news. No one can absorb increases like this. Join forces with us to demand an alternative.

www.insurance.wa.gov/about-us/new...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

A very gratifying amount of Rictor-related content 🤣

I did not know this existed. Now I do. Genius!

Not going this year, but I'm so glad I got to meet you and talk to you there last year! Ty for being there to talk to fans!