It’s true 🇩🇰 (Disclaimer: I was traveling solo)

In what universe could you look at this and think yeah let’s reopen this to cars.

After a terrible, stormy week: An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)

Every other non-arterial street in Seattle with blocks that have an alleyway, please

Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map. This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026. The vote failed big, 19/31. The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!

*Electronic voice vibrating off the walls of Westlake Station* “Cheddar Biscuit Line to Federal Way Red Lobster arriving in two minutes”

English: “Space for bicycles means space for people. This promotes healthy mobility and creates a livable city for everyone.’ (@modacitylife) The #Vredenburgviaduct in #Utrecht, now the #best_cycling_city_in_the_world, photographed in 1978 and by me in 2025 #citydweller @zowasutrecht.bsky.social”

Cold and dreary work-from-home days = cozy homemade lunches Today: arugula salad w/ Dijon dressing, pan-roasted potatoes seasoned with herbes de Provence, and runny eggs Yesterday: a pork chop with braised turnips

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Officially down 35 pounds in 2025 🙂‍↕️ ~15 lbs to go 🏃🏻‍♂️ #gay #fitness

Felt cute

I hate to complain but it’s truly unfortunate that we don’t have a frequent circulator bus from the WSF ferry terminals in Edmonds and Mukilteo to the Link stations in Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood. Sincerely, A cold transit rider waiting for the 909 bus to Edmonds

1 Line service to Federal Way is now open! The 1 Line has arrived in South King County. Link light rail trains are now serving Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and Federal Way! Click here for more information: https://www.soundtransit.org/southkinglink

Me: buys cute white shoes Cal Anderson Park: lol ur dumb @seattleparksandrec.bsky.social can we pleasssssse install proper walkways here?

Tom Cotton is Arkansas’s 21st century version of J. William Fulbright …but just the white supremacy part. Nothing more.

‘Tis the season for seasonal depression fueling good gym progress 💪🌧️

So it turns out that, with the TX GOP's new gerrymander, there are no fewer than 18 of what you might call "Aftyn Behn" districts. That is to say, seats between Trump +20 to +25—seats Dems probably won't win, but where they could throw a serious scare into the GOP. Via @donnermaps.bsky.social

A Missouri appeals court just handed a big win to reproductive supporters by rewriting a summary of a GOP-backed ballot measure to repeal the right to an abortion after concluding the prior version was misleading in many ways. Decision here: www.aclu-mo.org/sites/defaul...

It’s a beautiful (chilly!) evening in Seattle! Loving this view of the Space Needle and The Narada Apartments (circa 1926) from W. Highland Dr. in Queen Anne 🎄

My 2025 music summary: Boomer southern gay man who spent two weeks in Scandinavia over the summer

Idk, Indiana and Florida Republicans might wanna reconsider gerrymandering their already gerrymandered maps… And if Trump’s disapproval sinks lower with non-white voters (especially Latinos), they might need let SCOTUS uphold that lower court’s order in Texas.

Hoo-boy, that was a big drop from Davidson County! Curious to see what the margin looks like in Williamson + how Montgomery plays out

coffee beer (lovely little coffeee shop/taproom on se 42nd and gladstone) posted on instagram that their patio is going away because they can’t afford $3000 in fees on top of another $3-5000 in construction costs to bring the patio up to code

It’s astounding how one brief interaction with a stranger can make my “problems” feel rather trivial. Also: the existence of extreme poverty *and* extreme wealth is a travesty.

That kitchen work triangle’s gonna keep home cooks in shape 🏃🏻‍♂️

A people street forest? How PNW of us! It’s feeling holly and jolly and such in Downtown Seattle 🎄

Howdy from the D Line! ☁️ 🚎 #ballard #seattle #bus

Seattle’s living up to its gloomy reputation today ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

Making Julia Child’s chicken fricassée for seven people isn’t for the weak 🫨🐓

Court ruled the TX gerrymander is illegal in part bc it was spurred by a letter from Trump's DOJ that demanded a redrawing for explicitly racial reasons. (First 2 images.) @mcpli.bsky.social had told Bolts of DOJ letter: "starts to look a lot like intentional racial discrimination." (3rd image)

County CM Teresa Mosqueda's office is advancing a budget amendment that looks at tweaks to county water taxi service, including a potential new "triangle route" between Vashon, Des Moines and Downtown Seattle.

BREAKING NEWS: A judge REJECTS the Utah legislature's map and picks one drawn by the League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government for the new congressional districts: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court. The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used. The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.

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Tanya Woo winning more votes than all but four people in Seattle history and losing by 17 points certainly tells you something about having a race during a presidential year

The Arkansas Razorbacks just can’t have nice things in 2025. Sigh.

Leaf peeping from my bus stop 🍁🚎

Trump: “Republicans lost this week due to the government shutdown” Also Trump: *Digs a deeper hole for Republicans*

With today’s batch of ballots in, I think it’s fair to say Girmay Zahilay will be the next King County Executive.

All of the moderate candidates in Seattle saw their share of the vote increase with today’s batch; Rachael Savage’s vote share *decreased* A good batch for Girmay Zahilay, who’s now up by a little more than two points vs. 1.6% last night

As we wait for Seattle’s first batch of election results, I’ll be enjoying my free scoop of Molly Moon’s ice cream 🍨 🗳️ ✅

Democrats have flipped two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission; Republicans have held a 5-0 majority since 2009. This body regulates public utilities in Georgia.

Virginia flips from red to blue!

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

I want to attend an election night party in Seattle but am feeling extremely groggy and lethargic from getting my COVID + flu shots yesterday. 🫠

Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'. Okay.

Happy Election Day, y’all! Fingers crossed that it’s better than last year… 🥴

Love when the fall leaves show how little of the road cars actually use to drive on. IMO that's all the city should have to pay to maintain and narrowing it to that distance would help slow cars down to appropriate speeds for entering this neighborhood.

A beautiful fall day in Seattle 🍂🍁🚢