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It turns out punishing coup plotters actually is an effective deterrent!

Be the candy corn you want to see in the world

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Don't miss the deadline — register to vote or update your registration online today! Not able to do it today? You can still register in person through Election Day. REGISTER ➡️ VoteWA.gov

The closest I’ll ever get to being up in lights in Times Square That phrase isn’t Keelah Se’Lai It’s the Quarian phrase I created for #MassEffect Annihilation. The name of my ship Not “by the homeworld I hope to see one day” but “by the homeworld I hope to find one day” I have a lot of feelings…

Relevant part of the article for Seattle folks...

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

Wildwood is so goddamn good, y’all. It’s a stop-motion masterpiece with a wonderful story. See it in the theater. Give love to hand-made art.

Can we please stop "stakeholdering" and "balancing concerns" and start actually doing things that improve people's lives in Seattle?

As is predictable, that creepy bigot just showed up here to harass people, and we can ABSOLUTELY blame file 770 for platforming him in the first place.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Amazon is running a sale on the first SIDEQUESTED! Twelve bucks gets you a fancy 300 page introduction to our book girl as she falls in love with the princess she rescues from a tower. www.amazon.com/SideQuested-... #GraphicNovel #YA #book #books #comics

Dear DOJ, this applies to you, too. Elections are the states' responsibility, especially since you gutted the voting rights act. Feds out of Alaska elections.

When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.

#OnThisDay in 1980, Bruce Springsteen made a surprise onstage appearance at Seattle's Old Timer's Café. historylink.org/File/10628

It sounds like hyperbole to suggest the current administration WANTS measles to become common again but I can’t think of much they’d be doing differently if they didn’t want that. (I think some of them really are eugenicists who legit prefer disease spread to prevention; others just don’t care)

I want to scritch the forbidden tum.

this is a cool feature, good update

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

In the past 24 hours, the Pacific Northwest had one earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or higher (USGS). The biggest was a 3.2 quake 4 km west of Columbia City, Oregon. Remember: Drop, Cover, Hold On. Most quakes this size are felt only nearby. #earthquake #PNW

You may have heard reports that some voters aren't seeing the right candidates on their printouts after they vote. ALWAYS check your printout and make sure your candidate choices are right. If you have any issues, notify your poll site manager and call 866-OUR-VOTE before you leave the poll site.

Fallout 76: "Each species has the same attack level. Cat or deathclaw". The cat. #Fallout76 #Fallout

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

New Mexico reached its 2030 renewable electricity goal SIX years early. Now, its largest utility is planning major new investments in wind, solar, and batteries to meet growing demand. Ambitious clean energy policies work! via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Hey did you know you can stop by the election office in Renton RIGHT NOW to get a sticker, a button, and a tour where you can watch ballot processing as though it is a zoo. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

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WANTON SELF-PROMOTION FOLLOWS Hey! It's only TWO weeks until Monsters of Ohio comes out! Still time to pre-order from your favorite bookseller! And don't forget I'll be going on tour all around the US Midwest, and you can come see me! Dates/places at the link! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/17/a...

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AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

I have dropped off the household ballots down at city hall in the county drop box and which you were probably hoping to stop through the USPS Sorry but they were filled out so blue and so full of democracy Fuck Trump

Vote. Remember- Men who hate you ARE Voting.

I have dropped off the household ballots down at city hall in the county drop box and which you were probably hoping to stop through the USPS Sorry but they were filled out so blue and so full of democracy Fuck Trump

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