Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”

the bus display flashing NOT IN SERVICE | FARE REQUIRED is a little too semiotic for my taste

"village" mentality is what sustains conservatism. not being able to do anything without the Grandma Gestapo reporting your every move. depending on the easily withdrawn kindness of others instead of impersonal but reliable services. and of course obeying aristocratic landowners

Kinda ugly IMO but more importantly you simply cannot be saying FEDERAL DTWN as the headsign oh my god

Customers set to be screwed as Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy + Former St. Paul Councilmember says a Rad battery fire destroyed his house #SEAbikes #Seattle

MY LEGS MY BUSINESS - dashare.zone ADMIN

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence

Downtown South Bellevue Park and Ride

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%. Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.

High speed rail is a non-trivial effort with massive construction impacts and steep costs but it's never going to be cheaper, so governments should really start a semi-permanent program of building the most obvious corridors...or are we just going to keep flying from Seattle to Portland forever?

‼️‼️ "Over the year, bike and scooter share carried about 60% as many trips as the state’s $2.15 billion SR-99 highway tunnel under downtown Seattle. During summer months, that number may have been more like 80%."

This is the @dril.bsky.social drunk driving tweet.

Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.

Handy map of where the Seattle Republicans live.

I mostly post about job openings on Linkedin (www.linkedin.com/in/gordonpad...) but, this job is too exciting to not crosspost: @seattledot.bsky.social's Senior Transportation Planner - Bike Program "This position offers the opportunity to shape the city’s bike network." Applications due 12/9!

But also, we don’t need to look farther than Eastlake for how to do this:

I get why people are excited about Waymos. I really do. But, I think we can also look back at the effects of a century of enthusiasm for cars and say, “Going all in for cars hasn’t worked out well at all.” And from that, try to see what the next century holds, and try to do better *now*.

What MLK JR Way S could have looked like 😔

i can smell a brick of chat gpt text from a mile off. my geiger counter starts clicking the second a screenshot enters my bubble. i am not going to read a thing that some loser did not even bother to write

Owning a car is disqualifying for membership in our new society

Voter turnout in the Seattle election has reached 55.95%. That's the highest mayoral election voter turnout this century for the city, besting even the 2009 election when there was 54.99% voter turnout.

genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other

Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!

The New Yorker piece is fascinating because it's basically a writer describing how he started with the accurate understanding and then decided it was cringe and let the pressure to be savvy to push him off of it

Check your ballot. It’s possible that it’s been challenged due to leaving the ballot envelope unsigned or a signature mismatch. You can cure that with King County Elections so your ballot is counted! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass

shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now

The next batch of King County ballot counts are due out "by 4 p.m." You can check on the status of your ballot here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... In past elections, the big shifts happened in Thursday and Friday counts. A rainy bike ride is a great way to get out nervous energy.

Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.

Trump absolutely torn apart like never before.

Enjoying an unhurried and delightful meal at The Table Of Success. My waiters keep bringing me off-menu amuse bouches "from the chef." Ah here comes another crudo. Sublime.

Can I add "experts are surprised about the fact that Seattleites are concerned about traffic violence after the deadliest year on city roads since 2006" to the list of prime examples of motonormativity?

Real study in contrasts with the More Cops On the Subway ad

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

Pro and college sports embracing the gambling industry is even more amazing than people helping measles and syphilis make a comeback, everyone figured out why not to do this more than 100 years ago and it wasn't a particularly tricky question

Congrats workers on your new hell zone

it's open enrollment time. which for those outside of the US, you get to pick a health plan by guessing how many times you're going to hospital in 2026

Do we want public transit to *be* safe or *feel* safe? This paragraph from an @opb.org article on transit security in Portland captures why this issue is so hard. Crime is way down since '20 but some people don't feel safe. Why? 🧵 1/ www.opb.org/article/2025...

They used to. The Republican St stairs used to connect Cascade and Capitol Hill. Then I-5 came a long and dropped a concrete curtain through the city. Today only the top 1/3 remain

even though I had read this in WTHW some time ago, I took this pic from We Had It Coming and I keep coming back to it cuz it’s so simple but says so much. “how it actually is” “in case you need reminding” “look at what we allow” all cut to the heart of it. thx @lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Ludicrous beak placement

What if the Ackley Boys...caught a home run!?

This is the first time the MLB app has ever put this y here

mayor harrell wants so much for you to say idk i guess he’s not so bad and please i’ll say whatever you want just let me keep this job it’s all i have