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Friday Open Thread

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Go vote if you haven’t yet. Shit’s important even if you don’t like Kamala Harris (I do). Shit’s important even if you don’t like Bob Ferguson (Complicated). Shit’s important even if you don’t give much thought to downticket. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday. Fill it out on your commute or over the weekend. But get it in. And yeah, I encourage people everyone to vote straight ticket Democrats.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting together tonight for conversation and good cheer over a drink. If you haven’t voted yet, fill out your ballot, drop it off in a nearby drop box, and then swing by The Roanoke proudly wearing your “I Voted” sticker.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Monday Open Thread

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Good news, everyone! My ballot has been counted. It’s very nice to just be able to go to the website (or get it texted to you, if that’s your thing) and confirm it for yourself.

If you’re in King County, you can confirm your ballot has been counted here. If you’re somewhere else in the state, type your country and ballot tracker into your favorite search engine, maybe turn off AI so it doesn’t tell you that the tracks of the horned ballot of Walla Walla County leaves tracks in the snow or whatever. Anyway, pretty easy.

And hey, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Electile Dysfunction 2024:

Parody Project: This Land is Your Land

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Friday Open Thread

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– Boeing employees have rejected another contract. The company should probably not give its executives who fucked things up such great benefits if they weren’t willing to have a traditional pension for normal employees.

– Ted Cruz trying to bully trans kids in Oregon. Stay out of the Pacific Northwest, you creep.

– The 12th District legislative race is very interesting.

– The Storm endorsing Kamala Harris probably doesn’t move the needle, but gosh, what a delight.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Wednesday Open Thread

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Filled out my ballot last night. We have too many judges, but it’s nice to have voter guides to help with those. We’re going to elect Kamala Harris. We’re going to elect Bob Ferguson. We’re going to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. We’re going to defeat those gross initiatives. Seattle is going to pass a levy that’s more car centered than my ideal, but is still fine. We’re going to pick up seats in the legislature and back progressive candidates in local elections. Let’s go.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleDLBottleBallots are out and voting has started in Washington State! It sure seems like a good time for a drink! For you too? Then please join us tonight at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Bring an extra layer and find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Monday Open Thread

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So, Boeing is offering a 35% raise and more money for their 401k. Not the 40% and a defined benefit for retirement. Better than the earlier offer that was rejected, but still not everything they asked for. It’s tough not to compare it to the gold parachute the bosses who actually harmed the company got.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Electile Dysfunction 2024:

The Onion: Mayor explains why he changed city named after slave-owning founder to Salami Town

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Friday Open Thread

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Your ballot should have been mailed out recently. If you haven’t received it yet, you should soon. Have them postmarked or dropped off by November 5. But how are you going to vote? Here are some guides.

– Fuse has really stepped up in recent years with an explicitly progressive voter guide for the whole state.

– If you’ve in Seattle, The Stranger has been the gold standard for decades.

– The Labor Council has links to various local endorsements.

– The Sierra Club has endorsements if you want to look from an environmental perspective.

– Planned Parenthood and Pro Choice Washington have the endorsements to best protect reproductive freedom.

– As for me, I say vote for the Democrat if it’s them versus a Republican, and no on the statewide initiatives. There are a few races where both candidates are Democrats, but the more progressive candidates is pretty obvious.

Wednesday Open Thread,

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The bus route for my commute goes by a high school a few stops ahead of mine. Depending on what after school events are going on, it can be pretty crowded. Because I’m in my 40″s, I generally don’t interact with them much. Anyway, it was standing room for me, and one of the kids offered me their seat.

At first, I thought it was a signpost of aging that I hadn’t prepared for. But the more I think about it, the cooler I think it was. When I was that age, I don’t think I would have given up a seat for someone my age unless they obviously needed it.

And the bus is a reflection of the larger society. So it is neat to see teens going out of their way to be polite, beyond what was the norm 20+ years ago. This has been, Carl overextrapolated from one interaction on public transportation.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleWith three weeks to Election Day, Washington state ballots are about to drop. Let’s talk about it! Please join us tonight for some politics and a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Monday Open Thread

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Happy Indigenous People’s Day. I usually don’t post on holidays, but I want to note that KEXP is doing Indigenous People’s Day programming all day and it has been really great so far.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Electile Dysfunction 2024:

LegalEagle: Alex Jones’s entire empire is being sold off

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

John Oliver: Traffic stops

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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