Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

Governor Ferguson is rolling out his proposed state transportation budget tomorrow at a WSDOT headquarters in Lacey, and just for fun I looked up how long it would take for me to get there and back on public transit: at least six hours.

If we want to create a more affordable, livable Seattle, we need to design for *reducing* car volumes. This is the only way to meet our climate, public health, vision zero, accessibility and housing goals. Our fight to design highway on-ramps with LESS capacity epitomizes why it's still hard.

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water. Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

🆕➡️ Zillow last month removed property-level climate-risk scores from its listings. After a year of the US disappearing its data, this caused still more outrage from exhausted observers. However: This particular story is more complicated... 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It has taken this country almost 250 years to be $37 trillion in debt! One man alone responsible for 1/3 of 250 years worth of debt! At the same time making the majority of the country poorer, and him and his family raking in billions!

D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan “The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...

It's your personal responsibility to keep this stuff out of your food. /s

Trump has ordered a massive military buildup in the Caribbean. After months of lethal strikes at sea, Trump is threatening to expand this illegal unauthorized war to Venezuela. We don’t need another war. We need health care for all.

This is #SNL video that is being removed from sites It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer. Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved. “Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli

UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

Hey Seattle City Council, here's a idea: What if (and stick with me here for moment) instead of spending the next four years working as hard as you can to make Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson fail, you work WITH her to try to do what's best for the people of Seattle. She's a reasonable person. Talk to her.

The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.

There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.

Couldn't get her to pee on it #SeattlePolitics Yes I picked it up and recycled it

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!

At least Sarah Nelson is no longer on the Seattle City council. Also Anne Davidson can go fuck the fuck off.

Got to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's election night party a little early; here's what it looked like a few minutes after 7, an hour before the first results come in. Photos by Josh Feit and me.

Harrell Argues Seattle Needs Mayor Who Can Afford Enough Childcare to Forget Own Child Even Exists: tinyurl.com/2sjh2ca5

Get your ballot to a drop box + How to print a replacement ballot or register in-person #SEAbikes #Seattle

I wonder if we'll ever get the memo that roads designed for high speeds allow for high speeds, and thus high speed accidents (warning for cars crashing footage)

Here's my full interview with Jon Stewart on @thedailyshow.com.

If Bruce Harrell squeaks out a win in two weeks, I for one will never forget the contempt that he readily showed for wide swaths of the city in service of doing it.

And watch the video on the report: peertube.dair-institute.org/w/iwAD2shBwG...

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ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown: tinyurl.com/37euaejk

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

5 Fun Places to Go Apple Picking This Weekend Because ICE Scared Off All Their Farmworkers: tinyurl.com/r2rwezfe

Sam Altman is laying the groundwork for OpenAI to be declared too big to fail by the U.S. government. At this point the stock price of AMD, Nvidia and Oracle all have OpenAI growing revenue 20x by 2030 baked in. It’s not a systemic risk but it isn’t nothing either

Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

Or, How Billionaire Co-Opted Neo-Liberalism Isn't The Thing to Fight Fascism And Probably Never Was www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It really can not be emphasized enough that "exaggerating the danger of the left" is a key, central tactic of aspiring fascists. Look back at every country that slid into authoritarianism & you'll find a campaign like this preceding it. Every time. It's part of the script.

WA, CA, OR, and HI need more than just a West Coast Health Alliance. We need a West Coast Treaty Organization to pledge mutual defense against federal aggression.

Morning walk

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

I've been telling people for years that there is a difference between *reducing cost* and *moving cost around* - and LLMs are only doing the latter. Maybe now that there is a study, they will listen...oh, who am I kidding.

Pike Place Market is rethinking its streets — less room for cars, more space for people. 🚶‍♀️🚲 @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social + @nerd4cities.bsky.social share how the Limited Car Access Pilot is reshaping the Market + what it could mean for Seattle’s future. 🎥 Full Vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJb...

KOMO to Air Hour of Sinclair CEO Sucking Off Trump Instead of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: tinyurl.com/3jzrpt4y

I genuinely enjoy reading the city's budget book, a high-level look at what our taxes pay for. Not very deep in yet and I've learned the budget adds $762,000 for expansion of the Joint Enforcement Team, recently in the news for raiding gay bars in search of "lewd" conduct.

Until Sinclair and Nexstar come to heel, ABC/Disney should stream Jimmy Kimmel live for free in the Hulu and Disney apps, even to non-subscribers.

People have been shown to display more unethical behaviour when they use AI tools as an intermediary i.e it's not just that tools themselves produce inaccurate information, they actually encourage people to act in a dishonest way.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.