Labor Organizing Will Survive the AI Purge
by Nicholas Hefling
Organizing is what makes us human, which is why it can never be replaced by a machine...
Washington Needs a Data Center Moratorium to Save Us from Our Utilities
by Morgan Atwater
Without a statewide data center moratorium, as a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) customer, your electric rates hinge on enough rural Eastern Washingtonians getting mad at data centers to stop them from coming into our communities and gobbling up our power. Your fate lies in our hands.
Global Solidarity Part 2
by Peter Bohmer
This is the second part of the talk given by Peter Bohmer on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at the “United in Solidarity: Our Response to Hierarchy and Domination” conference at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Building in Harm's Way: Thurston County's Floodplain Loophole
by Ronda Larson Kramer
As climate change brings the threat of more destructive flooding to Western Washington, Thurston County continues to allow new homes to be built in places where flooding is already a known danger. By default, the county prohibits such construction. But a review of hearing examiner decisions over the past nine years reveals a striking pattern: exceptions have been granted in virtually every case, putting residents in harm’s way and allowing development that could worsen flooding in the future.
Today in Tech Dystopia
by Rob Ott
This month I am going to try something new. Instead of focusing on any one issue in tech or the encroaching surveillance state, I have assembled a digest of several interesting/disturbing tech news items, both locally and worldwide, that reflect the slide into a less exciting version of the dark future promised by dystopian science fiction.
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