good morning this was 30 years ago today

If you're ICE, the Seattle Police Department works hard to get you what you want, fast. If you're a reporter, the Seattle Police Department will group your requests together and indefinitely delay you for years.

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Ten days, nine games. And a chance for the Mariners to change everything. New post up on The View Level.

Biloxi, this __ ___ ____ ____________ ____ _’___.

Umi happy hour

Thinking about Rancho Bravo

The Seattle Mariners do not play today—and that's a good thing. Wrote some words on a miserable road trip and what lies ahead. New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/back-to-re...

How about those Seattle Mariners

Did ~40 miles on the RadWagon today—bouncing from home to downtown to home to the ballpark to home—and it is: - Not a remotely significant athletic endeavor and - Worlds not as miserable as driving the same trips. Probably faster, too.

"This place is a complete nightmare."

Huge kudos to Patty Murray for voting for this. She really should be the Senate Dem caucus leader. Huge WTF to Maria Cantwell for voting against this. It reminds me of the 2002 Iraq War vote when Murray opposed and Cantwell supported. Sadly Cantwell seems to have learned nothing from it.

This rules. www.theviewlevel.com/p/mariners-s...

This is a horrrrible answer for a candidate striving to reprepresent a district with the worst and most backwards transportation infrastructure.

We need Cal in a Hamburgler costume stat www.tmj4.com/sports/baseb...

Sara Nelson was invited to the M’s’ owners’ suite for every Opening Day during her term. Then gave them a very nice spot-upzone. Wonder if that comes up.

We need to stop treating vehicles as a harmless thing and start treating them like the physical hazard that they are. That means eliminating them from many places and mitigating them in others.

Anyone else just insanely excited for Incubus at CPA next week?

This one took a while to put together—and might take a little bit to read. But I think you'll be blown away by how much the Mariners' past sounds like the present. New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/randy-john...

It’s Friday afternoon. It’s a perfect day Seattle, Washington—the most beautiful city in the world. No better time to read about your middling baseball team. www.theviewlevel.com/p/its-good-t...

This is excellent from @alexis4seattle.bsky.social - exactly the kind of leadership we need in City Hall right now.

Paris/Amsterdam urbanism thread starts here with ~BRAAAM~ bikeception.

I assume most folks interested have ridden it but here’s a (very poorly-shot) video of the new waterfront bike trail. - Feels like a slalom course with all the curves - View on the downhill is cool—guy on the acoustic bike likely could do w/o it - Look at all the skidmarks at ped crossings

That multi-year stretch where Ballard didn’t have an El Camíon was the worst. Glad it’s over.

Hell yeah.

Really a generational track open.spotify.com/track/2wGSgT...

Was just checking the public Democracy Voucher data to see who in my network I no longer need to nudge and phew, a LOT of you have not assigned your vouchers. Do it now. It is so helpful to get these assigned early in the campaign.

The 2025 Mariners are enjoyable. My column. www.theviewlevel.com/p/you-gotta-...

The bill he's referencing will be introduced tomorrow. The legislation creates a specific carve out for landlords (4.16.070.A.c) which really highlights that this will be used to destroy tenant protections. Join us at City Hall tomorrow at the 2pm meeting to testify against this anti-demcratic bill!

If the head of the SPD union—a hard right-winger—is saying this, how heinous are the majority of SPD officers already?

Farting around >>>>>

If you don’t get an ebike this year, you’ll be one year older when you do.

Edgar is going to get a lot of the credit because of course he is, but I don't think people should forget that. Kevin Seitzer was brought in and is very very very respected in this industry. I don't think it's a coincidence that this offense is so improved with him here.

Nothing pushes me more to the left than seeing people clinging to society and to life outside basically every grocery store in one of the wealthiest cities to ever exist. I do not care at all about fare evasion. Does not register.

You should be able to purchase cold adult beverages at this building and sit out on the porch. (@seattleparks.bsky.social)

Buncha cronies.

Been looking forward to a nice, long ride this evening alllllll week.

I...think these people can manage.

You couldn't script some of the stuff this city council says and does

PNW urbanists will do literally everything except capture real estate value to pay for transit. Upzone West Seattle and Ballard to allow 600’ towers and you can afford all the tunnels and quick delivery you want.

Average Tuesday. Go M’s.

Whenever you’re biking around during commuting hours you have to be extra careful because it’s clear everyone in a car is *miserable* and they may take it out on you.

ballard ave when

If you are someone whose yard/garden/parking strip boasts an obscene amount of tulips or you are someone who procures and grows (or breeds?) unique tulip colors, you should know you are appreciated.

Aw. Smol beans.

The secrets of the ancients can reveal the solution to our present.

Happy Opening Day, all. Go M's. www.theviewlevel.com/p/it-has-to-...

People *dramatically* overrate how much “freedom” you have with a car vs. other modes of transportation. In a city, a car is like a ball and chain.

Never been more ready