Can't open a Winco in a currently vacant grocery store building due to state environmental policy but this is apparently fine.

Don’t look away. This is not the America we want.

Women’s World Cup is June-July 2027 in Brazil! Let’s goooooooo!!

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

80% of people who live in this country live in URBAN AREAS. You would not know this based on how the media and most elected officials act.

Seattle progressive voters in northeast Seattle, vote for Ron Davis for state legislature! (Don’t listen to our alt paper on this one)

Trans women are women. Trans girls are girls. Trans rights are human rights, always and forever 🩵🩷🤍

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The best map by WSDOT yet—and specifically for all of you lovely folks visiting us for soccer this summer!

Composition A XXI, by László Moholy-Nagy, 1925, 📸 by Eakin Howard

I don't expect everyone to be a police abolitionist but c'mon you cannot possibly believe that we need more cops in this country

We had to bike down to Pioneer Square to watch the World Cup game in Seattle with thousands of people. The bocce courts made it more fun for my kids. Totally worth it!

The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth

Thanks for the great reporting as always @typewriteralley.bsky.social ! Read below for a nice summary about the Mayor’s proposed renewal of transit hours in Seattle 🧵

World Cup might be the closest thing we’ll get to world peace

Absolutely heart wrenching. Too many times have people driven past me (while I’ve been biking) without giving me enough room, when they could have easily veered into the oncoming lane bc there was no traffic. This can be so unnerving! But people riding bikes shouldn’t have to have nerves of steel.

Hosting these games, and pedestrianizing certain streets, should be a turning point in Seattle, too. Let’s not go back! Our city is growing, our transit improving, and Seattle should change to reflect that!

Shocking and terrible look from SF Giants. Blatant homophobia from most of the pitching roster in San Francisco??? Trade ‘em.

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

PS if you are a WA state elected official (or candidate! Or political organization!) you should absolutely be endorsing and supporting the @nohateinwastate.bsky.social campaign. Protect trans, queer and gender non-conforming kids. Keep Washington a safe place for the LGBTQIA+ community!!!!

The language people use to discuss housing is wild. Nobody elected neighborhoods. Neighborhoods, like corporations, aren't people. They don't need tools. This person just doesn't want any more new neighbors, they know that isn't very neighborly, so they try to find words that sound righteous.

The resolution by Sound Transit staff after a person drove a vehicle onto light rail tracks (!) and along the tracks (!!) up to the elevated platform the Mt. Baker Station (!!!). I did not make this up. Thank you, staff!

Absolutely gorgeous Seattle day, walking with my two kids and husband in Pike Place Market without having to worry about vehicles coming down the street. This is how it should be, all the time.

Research has shown time and time again that more funding for public schools improves student outcomes… and disinvestment leads to decline in learning. Sure, social media and tech and not using science of reading affects things. But money matters!! www.shankerinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

Abolish ICE

#DelaneyHall May 25 2026

Thank you @cmeddielin.bsky.social for your leadership, making decisions that will help our City thrive!

Asking the government to allow a coffee cart at Rainier Beach light rail station (where there is no walkable cafe nearby) doesn’t seem like too mush to ask!!

We won! Hundreds of thousands of people who are currently detained and separated from their families in lower-level cases will be released from jail every year. An incredible victory for liberty and public safety. You can read the historic decision here: civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/u...

Reminder: ICE is still kidnapping kids.

Exciting news in Seattle! Banning cars from Pike Place Market from 10am-4pm saw retail sales rise 9.2% and restaurant sales rise 10.2% last summer. Now, the city moves to make the pedestrianization more permanent.

We are so close to 1000 signatures. Help us get there today before the Sound Transit board meeting!

Flying down the street on a bike is one of the best feelings (obvi except for nearly getting hit by cars who blindly pull into unprotected bike lanes)

This is huge: Katie Wilson's office just announced a significantly expanded schedule for Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard, after years of the program being stifled under Bruce Harrell. In addition to more weekends, we're getting our long holiday weekends back.

It's not punishment to say that someone with power who has abused that power doesn't get to get more power. That's a consequence. Some of you are truly ridiculous.

Torture is routine in the US, and legal. We do it to prisoners.

Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"

Advocacy may take a while but it does get results! I-90 ramps at Rainier finally have raised crosswalks and warning lights. @nondriver.bsky.social @jrock08.bsky.social @r343l.bsky.social

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Terrifying and terrible road design on the Waterfront! Please fix asap SDOT!

Over a couple generations, the neighborhood pattern will resemble the perimeter block with courtyard interiors that many people really appreciate. Seattle is going to grow. Why not set the zoning rules so we incentivize the kinds of urban housing that are super popular

Pleasantly surprised and loving the comments on this post #taxtherich

Senate Bill 6346, "establishing a tax on millionaires", just passed the Washington House on a 51-46 vote after more than 24 hours of floor debate.

Anyways.

Some local reporting background from @amelianews.bsky.social on the West Virginia jails at issue from earlier this month: westvirginiawatch.com/2026/02/05/a...

I think Seattle leaders know what steps to take to quickly build housing and help make our City affordable. But they haven’t done it yet. This brief about Sacramento shows that when a big city’s leaders actually *care enough to lead with the purpose of housing people*, they end up succeeding.

The reason I’ll be proposing an amendment to remove the $550M corporate giveaway in the income tax bill is simple: To avoid these cuts to K12 and other crucial services. Washington’s working families can’t afford to hand half a billion dollars to businesses that already got a tax break via HR 1.

“While not everyone can engage in risky frontline tactics, Sasha emphasized that there is a role for everyone in this work. “There’s a spot for literally every person who gives a shit about humanity to do something really useful,” she said.”