Erin Okuno

Erin Okuno

@thiserin.bsky.social

Originally from Hawai'i, now in the Pacific Northwest. Always on the hunt for good street food, entertaining books, and a tropical breeze. Creator of #Fakequity.

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Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Exciting!!! 👇🏼

King County Elections@elections.kingcounty.gov

Ballots are in the mail, King County voters! If you don't receive yours by Monday, October 19, call us at 206-296-VOTE. Vote early! Use an official ballot drop box! kce.wiki/DropBox Track your ballot! kce.wiki/BallotAlert Tell your friends!

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Today is Ombuds day. As Ombuds we serve in the space of 'alternative dispute resolution,' a fancy way of saying outside of the legal system. We listen, we clear up communication disconnects, we let people have feelings. If you know an Ombuds, please ask them about their work.

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

❤️

Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA)@nohla.org

Update: Today Judge Thomas S. Zilly GRANTED the Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Learn more: nohla.org/seattle-nonp... #WA #WALeg #HealthCare #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #ImmigrantsAreEssential #ImmigrantHealth #ProtectOurElders #NoCutsToHealthCare

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

So proud of my colleagues at Neighborhood House for their work and advocating for their clients. Health care shouldn't be this hard to maintain.

Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA)@nohla.org

Northwest Health Law Advocates and Neighborhood House are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the new Medicaid policy that would defund critical health and long-term care services for immigrants with serious health needs beginning October 1. Read the news release at NoHLA.org

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Bloomberg News
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The US Forces in Japan will pause operations for 48 hours starting noon on Wednesday and impose a month-long curfew on military personnel, following the arrest of a US Marine on suspicion of murdering a Japanese woman. bloom.bg/4dr6GTz 📷: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Prices are really up. I need a new flash drive and in the past I could buy a decent one for $12, now it's $23. My favorite pens was $15 for 12 pack, now it's closer to $20. That was just 2 years ago.

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

"Librarians are defenders of democracy. We’re defenders of the freedom to read. We’re protectors of patron privacy. Libraries are one of the few places in this surveillance economy that are not trying to collect and sell your data." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.comForget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say. (Gift Article)We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Today is a 2x match on @donorschoose.bsky.social. I'll post some worthy projects to help fund and close out. First one classroom book set so each kid can read out of a real book, not photocopy packets. www.donorschoose.org/project/clas...

donorschoose.orgClassroom Set of Books to Share and Learn, a project from Ms. TroutHelp me give my students a classroom set of books. I love watching my students read. It is magical when they realize they understand the text and the deeper meaning behind words. These classroom se...
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Equality isn't equity. I'll leave it at that.

Mayor Katie B. Wilson@mayor.seattle.gov

Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student.

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Rogue NHC Pacific
@rogue-nhc-pacific.bsky.social

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Tue Sep 8 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Lowell, located just north-northwest of Lihue, Kauai, and on Tropical Storm Marie, lo

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

This is reminding me to reconsider the impacts of online ordering, esp from Amazon. The ease of shopping has a human cost.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

All five people killed in the crash at Miami International Airport were on the ground as the Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway, officials said on Monday. The crash also injured five people, three critically, and upended Labor Day weekend travel for thousands. nyti.ms/4gVV6Rh

Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Go see this play in Kent, WA. Jar of Fat by Seayoung Yim is hilarious, dark, and weaves in so much commentary on beauty culture and some good digs at colonization. Support local theatre, support Asian writers, and enjoy your night out. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

seattletimes.comA winner of a prestigious theater prize premieres her play in KentSara Porkalob and Seayoung Yim rejoin forces on this world premiere play, an absurdist take on beauty culture and thinness, premiering at Theatre Battery.
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Today is 1.5 match day on @donorschoose.bsky.social. This is my friend's classroom in Honolulu, Hawai`i. She teaches high school special education and her students are great. They need a classroom set of books. www.donorschoose.org/project/clas...

donorschoose.orgClassroom Set of Books to Share and Learn, a project from Ms. TroutHelp me give my students a classroom set of books. I love watching my students read. It is magical when they realize they understand the text and the deeper meaning behind words. These classroom se...
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

"I want schools to feel like where rich people live, in cathedrals, T-Mobile Park....When you go through T-Mobile, you've got to go through weapons detectors. There's multiple points of entry, but somebody's always there, and it's a way to actually make folks feel safe." www.kuow.org/stories/shou...

kuow.orgShould Seattle schools have weapons detectors, fences? Superintendent considers safety upgradesThe last day of classes for Seattle Public Schools is tomorrow. But the head of the district is already discussing campus safety changes students may see in the fall.
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

Basically everyone wants an 8.30 start time. Transportation (aka school buses) constraints limit a lot of options. And there is no perfect, someone will be unhappy is what I learned from that experience.

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"It asks us to remember. It asks us to learn. And it asks us to remain vigilant in protecting the dignity and the humanity of every single person.” Bellevue College rededicates ‘Never Again Is Now’ mural | The Seattle Times share.google/euF0UNNCppaC...

share.google6 years after controversy, Bellevue College rededicates muralA college vice president’s decision to alter the piece led to leadership resignations and a reckoning over how to acknowledge Bellevue’s painful history.
Erin Okuno
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“I’m very proud of the fact that I’m Black. … Knowing that I have a lot of family there, knowing that there’s so much history at that school, it just felt right to give it to Rainier Beach and to a school full of kids who look like me.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

seattletimes.comStudent donates $50,000 tech package to Seattle high schoolKameirah Johnson, a Lakeside School student and winner of the Doodle for Google contest, will give the $50,000 technology package she won to Rainier Beach High School instead.
Erin Okuno
@thiserin.bsky.social

This is such an important topic for schools to start acting on. I still remember when my kid called me to get him from school cause the air quality was as bad indoors as it was outdoors. We need to fortify schools against heat, smoke, and other extreme weather.

The Hechinger Report@hechingerreport.org

The heat is on: As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt When George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school never had. There was a…

hechingerreport.orgThe heat is on: As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adaptWhen George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school never had. There was a designated recovery room, staffed by a full-time athletic trainer, giant ice baths to cool overheated athletes and indoor facilities to practice if outside got too hot. At his old school in another part of Orlando, the football team relied on one makeshift ice bath and a cafeteria table to rest on when injured. “There’s a vast difference between schools that have money and schools that don’t,” said LaComb, a senior at Lake Buena Vista High School and Florida state representative on the…

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The Hechinger Report
@hechingerreport.org

As family homelessness hits record highs, a few school districts are offering parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night. Some families prefer the option over emergency shelters.

hechingerreport.orgA lifeline or ‘dystopian’?: Schools open parking lots for homeless students and familiesSAN DIEGO — As an 8-year-old boy steered his bicycle in figure eights, his mother piled three plates with pizza and pineapple slices from an outdoor kitchen shared with more than a dozen other families who call this parking lot home. She carried the plates past her family’s sedan — their last asset and, until recently, their only shelter — and placed the dinner inside a recreational vehicle assigned to them for the next six months. After dinner, she helped the third grader with his homework, then made sure he showered and brushed his teeth before bed.