what if I’m called out?
oh, but darling, what if you’re called *in*

🎥 METROPOLIS (2001)

NEXT WEEK: We're screening the unstreamable anime epic METROPOLIS in Seattle. From the creators of Astro Boy and Akira, it's rarely available in the US.

9/1 - 9/3 Northwest Film Forum
w/ jas keimig ScarecrowVideo
During #PAXWEST2023
🎟 bit.ly/unstreametropo…

WA state lawmakers aren't rushing to redraw a Yakima Valley legislative district after a judge ruled it violated the Voting Rights Act. The reason? They don't seem to have the votes axios.com/local/seattle/… #waleg #waelex

Read Jerusalem on America's too-many (and too-weirdly timed) local election problem theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

meet the twisted minds behind 'weird X'

talked to Kamau and Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) about a common thread in many of the leading primary candidates in Bellingham, Seattle, Olympia, Spokane and Tacoma:

9-1-1 alternatives to armed police response knkx.org/politics/2023-…

Just started season 2 of And Just Like That and… Nya Wallace is a kiro7 Seattle watcher??

Eligible Voter Sitting Out Local Primary So They Can Hate General Election Options Enough to Not Vote in That Either: bit.ly/3Kp3vNH

this doesn't seem like Tacoma politics-as-usual -- Redeemer, the candidate endorsed by the mayor/Congresswoman/speaker of the House is in third;

leading is Jamika Scott, a Tacoma DSA-endorsed organizer who's suing Tacoma PD for arresting her in 2021

I have COVID (maybe from Taylor Swift) but the primary is on Tuesday and I really wanted to get this out so I recorded it in my closet and I drank so much throat coat tea before that you can barely tell I think

Also the translator's last clip makes me cry knkx.org/politics/2023-…

Hear this story from Scott Greenstone at 8:45 on KNKX Public Radio's Morning Edition.
bit.ly/3Qd3PCP

Taylor Swift performed in Seattle this weekend and when she sang:

✨🎵Karma is the thunder, rattling the ground🎵✨

A seismometer was listening nearby...
(wore my friendship bracelets while reporting this)
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s…

TBH, I was nervous about Scott Greenstone shadowing me. As an impact-focused policy wonk, I'm still getting used to The Gaze that comes with candidacy and it can feel weird when it's about me, not we.

But I'm glad I said yes and hope you enjoy this glimpse behind the curtain. :)

KNKX reporter Scott Greenstone just dropped a great story about Alex Hudson's successful quest for the Stranger endorsement in D3. Alex took a risk giving Scott access to internal campaign discussions, resulting in this very revealing window inside a campaign for City Council.