Elaine Corets
@elainecorets.bsky.social
Knitting, food growing & preservation, soccer.
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Gun violence in Seattle isn't a new problem, and my neighborhood has been hit especially hard by it. Weirdly, none of these companies had anything to say about it before we had a socialist mayor.
I wonder what changed?
I wonder what changed?
NEW:
Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Alaska Airlines, other major employers call for Seattle public safety improvements
komonews.com/news/local/m...
Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Alaska Airlines, other major employers call for Seattle public safety improvements
komonews.com/news/local/m...
Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Alaska Airlines call for Seattle public safety improvements
Dozens of Seattle-area business leaders are calling on Mayor Katie Wilson and the City Council to adopt a 100-day public safety action plan and more.
komonews.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Gun violence in Seattle isn't a new problem, and my neighborhood has been hit especially hard by it. Weirdly, none of these companies had anything to say about it before we had a socialist mayor.
I wonder what changed?
I wonder what changed?
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LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE
August 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE
@mattoak.bsky.social lCE is in the area raiding up and down aurora mostly. Multiple abductions at bitterlake hd. Grey charger, blue explorer.
August 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Something I noticed this morning was the confirmation that not only was Barnes out of town foe the shooting, but both of his deputy chiefs were also on vacation. He brought in a second deputy chief himself, which is a bit unusual (and also expensive.)
At this point it's probably smart to have this independent review because the council is out for Mayor's Office blood, regardless of what actually happened. My understanding is that it might well have been primarily an SPD issue, and I don't know that the council would accept that answer right now.
August 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Something I noticed this morning was the confirmation that not only was Barnes out of town foe the shooting, but both of his deputy chiefs were also on vacation. He brought in a second deputy chief himself, which is a bit unusual (and also expensive.)
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It's almost as if more police are not the main answer to reducing gun violence.
NEW: Seattle Police had "increased staffing assigned to the Seattle Center and surrounding neighborhoods" on the July 26 Bite of Seattle shooting according to an SPD Incident Action Plan I obtained:
August 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It's almost as if more police are not the main answer to reducing gun violence.
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"Should we recall the mayor for firing the very well paid out-of-state cop?"
FUCKERS PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS RIGHT NOW
FUCKERS PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS RIGHT NOW
August 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"Should we recall the mayor for firing the very well paid out-of-state cop?"
FUCKERS PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS RIGHT NOW
FUCKERS PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS RIGHT NOW
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Hearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.
July 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Hearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.
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We won. Thousands of kids in Seattle will not go hungry this school year because we organized, fought hard, and won.
Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
WOW. New announcement from Seattle CMs Strauss, Hollingsworth, and Foster saying they will fund universal school meals starting in the fall after all by using the general fund.
Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.
Hard to see this as anything but a realization of the high political price they paid for their votes yesterday.
July 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
We won. Thousands of kids in Seattle will not go hungry this school year because we organized, fought hard, and won.
Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
Huge credit to @mayor.seattle.gov Katie Wilson for pushing the universal free school meals proposal. It’s her victory too.
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Now they're saying this report is a MISTAKE????
June 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Now they're saying this report is a MISTAKE????
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just pay the taxes bro
June 19, 2026 at 9:31 PM
just pay the taxes bro
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This is all I wanted, really. This can carry me through the evening.
MASSIVE booing for Donald Trump at the Knicks game during the National Anthem:
June 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This is all I wanted, really. This can carry me through the evening.
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Does not sound good after all. Sigh.
The Ballard line is projected to be the highest ridership of any line on the system. Ballard *wants* light rail more than any other area. Naturally they are f'ing Ballard.
The Ballard line is projected to be the highest ridership of any line on the system. Ballard *wants* light rail more than any other area. Naturally they are f'ing Ballard.
May 29, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Does not sound good after all. Sigh.
The Ballard line is projected to be the highest ridership of any line on the system. Ballard *wants* light rail more than any other area. Naturally they are f'ing Ballard.
The Ballard line is projected to be the highest ridership of any line on the system. Ballard *wants* light rail more than any other area. Naturally they are f'ing Ballard.
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Consider what you're saying when YOU say, "they won't do anything about Trump's Terrorist Slush fund," in context with them dodging it now.
The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.
The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.
They are not going to do anything about it because they never do anything about it because Trump is going to point to all the people he's primaried and be like "do you want to be next?"
A tweet @macfarlanenews.bsky.social has not yet copied over here is a real testament to how toxic the Terrorist Slush Fund is.
Clay Higgins literally wrote a sentencing recommendation for one of the worst cop assailants, Ryan Nichols. And even he is dodging?
Clay Higgins literally wrote a sentencing recommendation for one of the worst cop assailants, Ryan Nichols. And even he is dodging?
May 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Consider what you're saying when YOU say, "they won't do anything about Trump's Terrorist Slush fund," in context with them dodging it now.
The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.
The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.
Beautiful!
Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets
April 13, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Beautiful!
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I love her too. 🖖💕
March 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I love her too. 🖖💕
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Build the damn trains!
March 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Build the damn trains!
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In an opinion for GeekWire, local tech entrepreneur Brian Fioca says of the proposed "millionaires tax" for Washington state, "if I’ve found myself in the position of making that much in a year, I can afford to contribute a little more to the place that helped make that circumstance possible."
Opinion: You couldn’t pay me to leave Washington state, and I’d pay more to stay
My view on Washington’s proposed tax on very high incomes is simple: if I’ve found myself in the position of making that much in a year, I can afford to contribute a little more to the place that help...
www.geekwire.com
March 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
In an opinion for GeekWire, local tech entrepreneur Brian Fioca says of the proposed "millionaires tax" for Washington state, "if I’ve found myself in the position of making that much in a year, I can afford to contribute a little more to the place that helped make that circumstance possible."
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the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings
March 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings
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Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"
March 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"
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If the Washington Post story above sounds like PR for Anthropic, that's because it is! Amazon has invested billions of dollars in Anthropic. Jeff Bezos, of course, owns both the Washington Post and Amazon.
Amazon's $8 billion Anthropic investment balloons to $61 billion
The cloud giant holds convertible notes in Anthropic. As the AI startup raises more money, this debt converts to equity.
www.businessinsider.com
March 5, 2026 at 5:03 AM
If the Washington Post story above sounds like PR for Anthropic, that's because it is! Amazon has invested billions of dollars in Anthropic. Jeff Bezos, of course, owns both the Washington Post and Amazon.
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The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
February 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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I am a 65 year-old woman. In all these years I never used the C-word to describe a woman - it was a word I hated. But with this administration, and particularly this past year, I now I use it practically every day, and without any qualms.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I am a 65 year-old woman. In all these years I never used the C-word to describe a woman - it was a word I hated. But with this administration, and particularly this past year, I now I use it practically every day, and without any qualms.
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous