Happy New Year's Eve from Seattle!
Democracy is non-negotiable!
Washington State born and raised
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What would it take for you to be happy right now?
Me: A moment of absolute silence.
fedi 
BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @Gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer.
The new most followed person is @georgetakei
Figures roughly 272k vs 270k
Steve Silberman
david robertsThe rich white people of Mercer Island have lost a key battle in their war against losing a few special privileges & maybe having to occasionally see a poor person.
https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/12/14/mercer-island-abandons-long-legal-fight-against-sound-transit/
https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/12/14/mercer-island-abandons-long-legal-fight-against-sound-transit/
The rich white people of Edmonds don't even want a *study* of how to accommodate new residents. https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/06/30/edmonds-city-council-rejects-grant-to-study-missing-middle-housing/
Mehdi HasanThe leader of the Republican Party and the owner of Twitter have both spent the past week or so nodding to, winking at, or outright promoting QAnon and Pizzagate.
It's hard for me to describe to you how dangerous, how crazy, how unprecedented, this all is.
America, 2022.
Blank 
Connie SandlinOkay, y'all. I have a podcast for you:
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
Eerily evocative of the current efforts of the radical right ( the efforts to revive fascism and the attempted January insurrection come to mind), and the crucial work of citizens and journalists.
The cycles of history are educational but only if we know about them.
Have you listened to this? What did you think?
Richie Holland