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Anthropic is trying to write its own federal AI regulation law. The major AI firms have all issued feeble proposals for how their AI will serve the public, in anticipation of their pending IPOs. It's all a reminder that we cannot, any under circumstances, let AI firms govern the future.

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

1. Make a plan to vote 2. Help your friends and family vote, transportation barriers are real - drive or take the bus or bike with people to the ballot box ! 3. Change happens beyond electoral work! Mutual aid, direct aid, deep canvassing, community organizing all need YOU and more funding.

Have you taken action? Sent in a letter? There’s still time!

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Come on D5! I voted for Nilu Jenks this afternoon. Now you go!

We don’t ordinarily include endorsements from individuals, but we’ll make an exception here … leftycheatsheet.org#e=20261103&r...

You may have heard about some undelivered ballots that were recently found in a dumpster. Here’s a thread of what you need to know.

Update: I’m now the first person to have said both “chinga la migra” and “stay safe, fuck ICE” on stage at a tech conference

A biking and walking trail on city land would supposedly destroy the delicate industrial character of this area, but this is fine?

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If you financially support @kuow.org, stop and tell them that platforming hate as they have done with Paul Guppy and Chris Rufo is the reason why

The Neighbors for Nilu campaign today filed a complaint with the Washington Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) and the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC) against North Seattle Neighbors, a dark-money super PAC that mailed 32,563 District 5 households an attack piece on Nilu this week.

WA hospitals anticipate losing billions in revenue from Medicaid cuts New work requirements take effect Jan. 1. Healthcare leaders say this will affect all patients, not just those on Medicaid.

Thanks to everyone who has written a letter to the county council, metro and SDOT. Metro is pretty committed to their bus consolidation mindset despite the needs of people with disabilities and the Title II ADA requirements. Efficiency is often not equity. actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...

Curiosity or contempt. It’s always a choice. It’s always a choice.

It’s important not to understate how few homeless RV residents will likely be able to obtain a permit under this regime. Also, the council made it clear that it doesn't see RV/trailer living — including by folks who aren't homeless — as a legitimate form of housing in Seattle.

NEW: The Seattle City Council just passed legislation, that while presented as a permitting program, will effectively ban homeless people living in RVs and trailers on city streets. The city doesn't even have a safe lot open yet. Read in @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...

Brian Stone and Rebecca Keiser are retiring from NSF after trying to hold off the assault from the White House. www.science.org/content/arti...

Lefty Cheat Sheet aggregates campaign finance info for each race! Take a look at how Super PACs are trying to influence state legislative races in Seattle 👀 leftycheatsheet.org#e=20261103&r...

That’s The Mayor Type I Like

Write to Sound Transit — this is on them for not having bathrooms at their stations.

@ericacbarnett.bsky.social @publicola.bsky.social I've been a long time reader and supporter of publicola as a whole. But this spiral against one particularly niche volunteer website is not a good look. 😞

This afternoon the Seattle City Council will be voting on the RV permitting program that is designed to ultimately ban RVs from Seattle streets. King County CM Reagan Dunn is worried this will push people living in RVs into unincorporated King County and is introducing his own legislation in KC.

Folks need to remember the main instigating event – which was that a political consultant didn't like some of the sources on LCS and purposefully bought a matching domain to confuse the issue. Now other folks are doing work on that person's issues for them in the name of "transparency."

When Erica and her consultant friends have satisfied their curiousity and know “who is behind lefty cheat sheet!?!” What will they do with that info? Go after each of us individually? Write about us with our names in the news? What are they trying to “see”? The fervor to know feels like bullying

Please check out our events page and join us to see salmon spawning at Carkeek Park on Nov 21!!!! Thank you for the shoutout, @ericacbarnett.bsky.social!

Rebecca Saldaña is the Majority Pick from Lefty organizations tracked by ElectionCheatSheet.org for King County Council District 2. @rebeccasaldana1.bsky.social

Share the Cities built Lefty Cheat Sheet to better inform Seattle voters of the range of endorsing organizations that exist beyond our two major newspapers. It was built with us and our own communities in mind, and then shared with everyone to use and to customize. leftycheatsheet.org/about.html

This was very helpful, Lex! Thank you! VOTE EARLY, SEATTLE

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