Oh wow :(

Hot new feedback loop just dropped.

Doin' the lord's work, Totey.

One might argue this is at least as important as Jimmy Kimmel's indefinite suspension--and it's not new, just getting worse.

Get ready my drizzly grey loving friends! First Rain is coming!

VOTE FOR KATIE

In the face of unstable enrollment at W Seattle schools he should be working to reverse the hollowing out of neighborhoods like Fauntleroy and Admiral, once family-friendly working class neighborhoods that are becoming predominantly communities of rich empty nesters. Instead he's perpetuating it.

Indeed. Seattle used to produce maps of which downtown streets had the most people walking on them to help accurately price real estate

This school is going to struggle to be filled given its isolated geographic location if we continue to prevent families from moving there. SPS proposed closing a MUCH more walkable school uphill (Lafayette) to fill it.

Insane not to let more people + families live in Alki, especially as they're about to open a brand new elementary school there. Let people live near the schools their kids attend, I would want to!

Today is the last day to comment on proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule! The 58 million acres of forest protected by the Roadless Rule store vast amounts of carbon, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife species, and are more resilient to wildfire (despite false claims). Comment here 👇🏼

I HAD MISSED THAT IT HAD BEGUN!!! Congratulations to Biggie, Grazer's girl, to winning the Fat Bear Junior contest! (explore.org/fat-bear-week)

I'm a little impressed that the Facebook algorithm has figured out that the only celebrity news I'm interested in is anything about Natasha Lyonne.

Rant about something dumb: the clear bag policies at our stadiums are so anti-city. It’s Friday. I want to walk to pick my kids up at afterschool and walk to take transit to the game, but I can’t bc the kids have their school backpacks. My husband wants to walk from work but he’s got a work bag. 🙄

Yes! This came through my TikTok feed. It reminded me to have a specific conversation with the 11yo about what the heck is happening.

Irony that CM Rivera can repeated harangue OPCD about not adequately engaging the public, then propose sweeping changes to development standards that no one can even read beforehand.

HAPPY METRO DAY!

As a politician, Sara Nelson is like Reverse Spiderman. Whenever she senses a controversial vote, she leaves the area.

While renters are "growth" that must be "mitigated" by requiring every part of the city to accept a fair share of them, house owners are "community" who deserve a veto over whether and how anyone else can live near them

When progressives win back the council we are going to need the electeds to be willing to legislatively address the worst pieces of this comp plan right away, not wait until the 10 year mark.

Families don't need a house with a big yard when their city is their kid's playground.

I continue to hear myths in Seattle about people moving here to be homeless, despite studies to the contrary, the obvious link to rising housing costs, and many heartbreaking stories like those Brian shares. Most homeless people in Seattle were housed in Seattle and we should not accept it.

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse. new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This chart shows where wildfires most affected the air. I was in the Pacific Northwest in 2020 and ... it was not pleasant.

The "smoke season" is also lengthening. Between 2006 and 2019, the amount of days where average smoke concentration was over 1 microgram/m3 was about a month. In 2023, it was over 6 months 😮

What does it take to get folks who have the option of driving to shift away from car trips? When driving takes longer than other modes. Until that calculation shifts, mode shift won’t.

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

What if…it isn’t about saving trees but, rather, stopping development?

Well there's some good news!

oh hey after hours revisions to 102 that makes it even more of a poison pill complete redesign in <30 days. not just for NR zones, but LR, midrise, commercial and mixed zones this is insane. this is a bill to kill housing @theurbanist.org @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social @jessdbateman.bsky.social

And back to District 7, Rava vs. Lavallee. I want to give Jen her due. Rava has connections, but she hasn't been showing up, while Jen has. Here's the speech I didn't get to give:

36th endorsements for school board, frustrated that Rava was endorsed over Lavallee. Also pissed about Kathleen Smith. She said she was a data scientist who wanted to dig into the financial data. Oh boy. WHERE HAS SHE BEEN THEN???

Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention limits

Alright, the September 17, 2025 Seattle School Board meeting will start soon. I expect Ambitious Teens are likely making things a bit chaotic down at JSCEE. Here's the agenda: www.seattleschools.org/board-meetin...

!!!! There is a proposal to the Seattle School Board to send a letter to the city about the Comprehensive Plan!!!! #PublicSchoolsAreAnUrbanistIssue www.seattleschools.org/board-meetin...

The West Coast Health Alliance, comprised of Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, has issued its unified vaccine recommendations for the 2025-26 respiratory virus season, including the flu vaccine for everyone ages 6 months and older, and the COVID-19 shot for "all who choose protection."

SNORT.

The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center recently convened 100 scientists & managers to synthesize what's known and unknown about the ecological impacts of the 2021 PNW heat wave, and what can be done to manage risks from extreme heat events. Products now available! 👇 nwcasc.uw.edu/programs/act...

Allowing housing in EVERY neighborhood, rather than engaging in perennial piddly debates about tiny sections of Seattle, would greatly ease gentrification pressure in areas like the CD, CID, Southeast Seattle, and South Park because renters wouldn't be confined to tiny swaths of the city.

We don’t do ANYTHING fun anymore.

WOW…MASSIVE GROWTH Tuesday & overnight on the #BearGulchFire. Heat signatures show a HUGE area that burned northward as the pyrocumulus cloud blew up yesterday. Waiting for any new acreage estimates, but the new area burned is almost 2x the fire’s size. Just incredible. #wawx

We are witnessing a swift and sweeping consolidation of media (traditional and social) into the hands of a small number of billionaires who are actively aligned/aligning (both via free will and coercion) with Trump and his right wing political party. This is (I’ll say it) a fascist project.

The @36thdems.bsky.social endorsement meeting is (again) during the school board meeting, however, since this is an election involving school board members, I will pop off to participate in the endorsement meeting. I encourage other members of the 36th who care about schools to attend!

As another kid of evangelical parents, Brett speaks the truth. It’s literally true. To that one friend, she knows who she is: 🥂🥂🥂

"Northgate Way" FULL PERFORMANCE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3k...

when your death steals the news cycle from a nazi punk

“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”

seattle - CM rivera's amendment 102 is a poison pill that does not protect tree canopy, and will curtail housing in wealth neighborhoods this will push more development into areas that don't have trees - increasing exposure to heat islands please sign & boost actionnetwork.org/letters/amen...

Shout out to Sarah Clark (@sarahforschools.bsky.social), school board director and candidate, for her work in support of students and against this change. She showed up to the protest on crutches, met with student leaders, addressed the rally, and is pressing SPS admins behind the scenes to reverse.

This is just the electoral map all over again