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The Bill » 12x33 - On the Block
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The Bill » 12x33 - On the Block
The federal results are just an absolute horror show. It's not just the good ole boy wannabe emperor MENace at the helm, they also took both the House and the Senate.
So, i also definitely want to share, the results in Washington State are less bad, there is some stuff to celebrate.
The guy who was our Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, and whose office led a lot of Supreme Court battles against Trump's fascist executive orders at a dead run in 2017 is now our Governor. He thinks Muslims, trans people, and other minorities should be fiercely protected by the law and I'm so relieved he won.
It's not called yet, but Insurance Commissioner is almost definitely going to someone who, like her predecessor, will do what she can to protect access to insured trans healthcare.
It's also not called yet, but Shaun Scott whomst I've volunteered with back when he was campaigning for Nikita Oliver and respect and trust is beating the crap out of the closet Republican who ran as a Democrat in my state legislative district. One of them actually wants people in Washington to be safe through better resourcing and the current and likely loser uses "public safety" as a dog whistle for criminalizing poverty and basically anyone who isn't a white property owner. I had a bunch of run ins with this gaslighting ***** when me and my neighbors were trying to fill the void churches and services left during the pandemic shutdown and she absolutely should not be given power so i am deeply relieved my city and county were absolutely aware of her subterfuge.
What I'm trying to say is, yes we (Seattle, King County and surrounding areas) are rent burdened, yes we are impacted by widespread substance use disorder and untreated mental health struggles, but we also have a large trans population with state laws that have been protecting trans people since before trans rights were in the ongoing national spotlight. Even though we supposedly don't have enough housing, there are tons of vacancies feudal lords are sitting on because they don't want to drop the rent and we're trying to do something about that and there's miserable apodments galore at almost manageable prices and an ongoing need for line cooks so if you need to make plans to move here super fast, those are some stop gap options to look into right away before things really start going badly in January 2025.
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Moon Knight | 1×01 The Goldfish Problem | 2021 | dir. Mohamed Diab
"If Rod Skase had one more point on the IQ scale he'd be a radish."
- Jim Carver (s11x37 - Learning Curve)
I feel like we moved past the fact that Marc knows Crawley by name way too quickly... It's probably just me, but I don't think Steven knew his name? Everytime we see Steven with Crawley, he was doing his job, which doesn't really make room for mutual interaction... And like, even if we bring up the idea that maybe Steven knew Crawley outside of his job, would Steven have time for that? It's really just the museum job for him, a little break after that before he goes home, then it's Marc doing moon things...
This is just my long way of saying that I want the Marc, Steven and Crawley interaction just 'cause
7 things I’m into this week: the material foundations of Hellworld
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At least 88 people have died on the streets in King County (where I live) this year. Seattle--that booming, progressive city made fabulously wealthy by the tech companies that have made their tax-haven homes here--is the perfect case study for the failures of neoliberal, business-first policy. Our city’s latest round of budget haggling saw a steep cut to funding for several service providers for the unhoused, including SHARE and WHEEL. The “Women in Black” of WHEEL are fed up, and their campaigns of public pressure to hold the city accountable are building in volume and fervor. I am in awe of the work they do every day.
The rest of this week’s list is not going to get less depressing, so please give yourself a brief respite and enjoy this duet of “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Chris Stapleton and...Chris Pratt.
Rahawa Haile, a brilliant writer and thru-hiker who I’m lucky enough to count as an internet friend, wrote an absolutely heartbreaking, totally accessible account of how Libya’s modern slave markets came to be. Spoiler: some of the United States’ coziest friends and allies are to blame.
I like to think of The New Republic’s Jeet Heer as Upside Down Matt Yglesias: he has two sensible, smart pieces of analysis for every totally mind-boggling bit of claptrap he puts out. (Yglesias might be generously counted on to do the opposite.) I really liked his latest piece, “The Democrats’ Dangerous Obsession With Impeachment.” It articulates an awful lot of the things I feel in my gut about the present and future of the party I once believed in.
A bold 2015 proposal from Deadspin’s Albert Burneko that feels even more necessary today: Dissolve the United States.
Titus Kaphar makes some really, really cool art.
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