Molly Brown
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Molly Brown
@unsinkable1.bsky.social
PNW with a dash of 🇬🇧
Feminist, Environmentalist, believer in public education 🎓
There is no LGBTQ+ without the T 🏳️‍⚧️
Once again, today’s answer to the question ‘What Margaret Atwood novel are we living in?’ is The Handmaid’s Tale
A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication.

@kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization
North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”
The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion
jessica.substack.com
August 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Number five, all day
#nohateinWAState
July 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Wonderwall - an apt description of England’s defense tonight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
July 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Even if José Andrés loves it, a Seattle dog is not something Seattleites eat
Seattle-style hot dog deemed nation’s best by Wirecutter Taste Test

Special guest Chef José Andrés helped crown the Emerald City's dog as the winner in a Wirecutter Taste Test video. Seattle's entry beat out contenders from New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Kansas City, and Arizona.
Seattle-style hot dog deemed nation’s best by Wirecutter Taste Test
Special guest Chef José Andrés helped crown the Emerald City's dog as the winner in a Wirecutter Taste Test video. Seattle's entry beat out contenders from New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Kansas City, and Arizona.
www.nwprogressive.org
June 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“AI is being introduced, one might say forcibly injected into our society under the control of a handful of centibillionaires . . . who increasingly see control over the state and its regulatory powers as critical to the perpetuation of their wealth”
June 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
It’s Thursday and TACOs are on the menu
June 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Ballard bridge appears to be stuck open — since when is 85 too hot for things to work??
June 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“The easy thing to do is just let people hand out the pamphlets and make no big deal out of it,” Kahn said. “It just seems to me that whatever they thought they should do, they didn’t really consider the consequences of their actions.”

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW diabetes researcher removed from conference by police
Dr. Steven Kahn, director of the UW Diabetes Research Center, was removed by police from a national conference as he and others handed out copies of an editorial.
www.seattletimes.com
June 6, 2026 at 5:33 AM
This seems like an easy thing to do.

Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs
More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their electric bills
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Today’s answer to the question ‘What Margaret Atwood novel am I living in?’ Is ‘The Flood’
May 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Today’s answer to the question ‘What Margaret Atwood novel are we living in?’ Is #TheHandmaidsTale

Specifically, meet Serena Joy
Katy Faust, a Seattle-based Christian activist, has quietly gained prominence as a national leader in a conservative campaign to undo legal same-sex marriages.
Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
www.seattletimes.com
May 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
‘Motherhood unlocked this superpower in me.’ These women will show us the way ⛹️‍♀️🫅

www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm...
Storm reflect on balancing motherhood with WNBA careers
There’s no textbook or group chat to help working mothers in the WNBA juggle the myriad challenges of parenthood and the demands of being a professional athlete.
www.seattletimes.com
May 10, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Reposted by Molly Brown
Using LandSat imagery, NASA & USGS will spell out your name.
They're your images. Use them.
Your Name in Landsat 🛰️
Type your name and see it spelled out in stunning Landsat satellite imagery. Explore Earth from space, letter by letter, with NASA and USGS Landsat images.
science.nasa.gov
April 29, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Honestly had no idea being a state rep meant powering through all night floor debates. Hope you’re staying hydrated @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social #waleg
Starting a fresh thread now that we've officially made it 12 hours into this debate. Millionaire's Tax Debate Part Six: Double or Nothing #waleg
March 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
And . . . #BBCnews is now behind a paywall. How much will their overseas readership plummet?
March 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
British journalists write great headlines
January 31, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Take this as you like, but the last time I heard Seal’s ‘Crazy’ and REM’s ‘End of the World . . .’ together in a radio station’s morning set was 9/12/2001
#kexp @djjohnrichards.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
These are my people
“Organized gangs of wine moms”
Ladies you “Zumba-ed” too hard!
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Seen in Seattle
(Photo credit Paul Cantu)
#truemeaningofChristmas
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Instead of living in a Margaret Atwood novel, today it’s Kim Stanley Robinson: Forty Signs of Rain
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
So disappointed in my alma mater. Another domino in getting higher ed to fall in line
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reposted by Molly Brown
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This and the Seattle Fire lawsuit on the same day, huh

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM