Messages to long-distance friends: 95%: “u ok? Lemme know if you need anything” 5: “jerk you’re going to ruin our Wordle streak just pick some letters”

So many beautiful opportunities to translate “Sorry, I didn’t catch that” 💕

! “For yrs [USFS] barred workers from wearing masks, arguing that they were too cumbersome for the job. But current +former officials have said the agency did not want to deal w the potentially costly consequences of admitting the long-term dangers of smoke exposure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

If you forgot to go cheer on the maiden voyage of the world’s first light rail system to run on a floating bridge, in the middle of the night, don’t worry, THREE DOZEN PEOPLE posted up with pizza and Thomas the Tank Engine references 🚊 #Transit #Lightrail www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I hear too much screen time kills, which explains all the dead bugs on my window sill in the summer. #DadJokes

“So, the rise of these industrial-scale computing facilities that are needed for A.I. and other Internet applications is certainly one of the factors driving up prices.” “And I think there’s a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.”

As soon as the smoke rolls in you gotta set a work email autoreply to “I’m Here but Brain OOO Please Return If Found” #Seattle

Called it an Idaho Stop when we coulda called it a Slow-tato 🚲

demonstrating my patriotism by steadfastly refusing to cede puns to the Nazis (also this whole piece is, of course, very good)

I just did something to my bike with help from my LBS that, when I consulted the bike company about it, they were like “yeah you can do that but… if you do, send us photos.”

Okay whoever disinvited the Radavist team from their commuter bike train plz reinvite them

💯 What if bikes can be meaningful in many ways & celebrated for that, & this doesn’t diminish the way *we* like to ride?

What if not just one but many people could use a parking space, and not leave it empty but rather full of life? In some cities, anyone can make space for more people and plants in the road. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Years ago, at a workshop we held on changing wildfire risk in western Washington, I was struck by the analogy that preparing communities for megafires in our fuel-rich forests is similar to tsunami: rapid evacuation, because they can't be fought. Nice coverage by @rdzombak.bsky.social. Gift link.

Just met another person who got and used one of the @wsdot.wa.gov e-bike rebates this spring 💕 I love hearing about how the rebates have completely changed people’s lives!

1. “Can’t wait to see the @insta360official.bsky.social footage from our bike ride!” 2. *deletes 2 hours of footage of people figuring out what to do with snot*

Washington residents: I want literal on-the-ground reviews! Which street/bridge/trail project in or near where you live has made the biggest positive difference in your ability to commute, run errands or recreate while walking/biking/rolling? Could be as small as a speed bump.

We can break stuff in an instant, but we can't just switch it back on later. We have signed up for a complete rebuild.

I’ve been on staff at an NPR station and a PBS station & interviewed regularly w staff at multiple other NPR stations. Thinking of all the effort it takes to build up staff, sources, audiences & practices to sustain trusted critical *free* news & *education* infrastructure responding to local needs.

My parents once considered moving near me in Tacoma. Mom looked at houses in Puyallup. but I told Mom that I'd been on some of the "volcano evacuation routes" & if traffic was that bad on weekends, no one was getting out during an actual eruption.

Everyone should be able to walk to a grocery store, a doctor, daycare, and out of danger of a tsunami in 15 minutes.

1000% do not know how to get to safety and hope I never do, so I learned everything from this thread

Build protected bike lanes?

If a tsunami siren went off near you, do you know how you would get to safety? Many people might feel an urge to drive to higher ground or a designated safe site — but tsunamis are often precededed by earthquakes, which can damage roads or make them tough to navigate. 1/n

Highway maintenance mgr: There’s a snowstorm. We need you to deliver an emergency road treatment. What’s your first move? Me: Well I grab my first aid kit no question HMM: Um Me: No, trauma kit HMM: I’m not sure you’re cut out for this Me: Okay I lied about my medical degree but I’m a fast learner

Sometimes I’ll take a mini park for granted then remember we’re always only a few planning funding choices away from your grandkids posting “Only real 2070s kids remember that feeling when you were finally old enuf to play in the local highway median w/o adult supervision or gas masks #nostalgia”

Defeated the final boss of Car Culture* *Did my Costco run by bike

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Posted speed: The actual maximum speed limit do not cross do not collect $200 Target speed: MPH engineers think they can get you to go based on road design Operating speed: “I’m sure 30 is just a suggestion” *goes 80 in a school zone*

The relationship between speed&safety is exponential… kinda like sword-swallowing, if your organs are ‘ppl walk/biking nearby.’ You’re liable to do exp. more damage to your organs for every cm off-path your sword is. 8mph over limit is actually a huge deal. We just kind of accept risk to others 🤷‍♀️.

Awful. Ridden this tons. So many families & kids here (next to a high school, near lightrail, lots of bike/walk commute activity). Low posted speed, bike lanes in both directions; one side largely separated from car traffic by a parking lane. On the other, flexposts & paint w bulbouts.

“What dense, older suburbs like Brookline or Oak Park have in common is that, like the cities they neighbor, they were largely laid out before mass car ownership. It was only relatively recently that suburbs became synonymous w a specific, car+sprawl-oriented dev style.” www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Class is filling up!

As a cyclist, it can be soooo hard to get drivers’ attention. We literally can’t live without it! So I’m starting an online course on how to do this called Pickup (truck) Artists. Tip One: Dress up like a smartphone and wait to get (cat)called. Meow!

If you don’t meet STRICT requirements for being part of the Bike Movement ™️ you can’t join :-(((: -You exist -You wanna ride bikes 1+ times or just support other ppl riding -You give other cyclists ample warning when you want to pass & pass at reasonable times -Wave when waved to -That’s it actually

Part of the reason journalists freak out about using chatbots like ChatGPT to do our work is that it breaks our already fragile bargain with our audience. They trust us as long as we only say true things—but that only works if we have chain-of-custody on the evidence that supports our assertions.

Riding a bike in the summer = being public transportation for dead gnats

Well, Hannah gave the nicknames I’ll forever call these guys now

People who brag about freckles they’ve drawn on? Weird flecks but okay

Me after half-watching the Tour all month: I’m pretty sure this guy Teddy Focaccia is absolutely wreckin one Johnny Vinegar yeah?

Every physicist eventually becomes a cyclist when they realize that no matter your living situation somehow you always have room in it for one more bicycle

I didn’t even know Gene Simmons and the gang got into videography, good for them

Starting a circus act where people can come see me get a sunburn at 9pm despite using SPF 50

Bob Ross out here 🌲🏔️🎨

You know you’re at the right bike shop when you and your tech realize you both have the exact same bike (make/model/year/color) and have been considering the same fork mod to it.

Babe what’s wrong you haven’t even finished degreasing the dishes

I’m about to share my thoughts on DIY orthodontia. Brace yourself. #jokes #DadJokes #puns

I’m about to share my thoughts on DIY orthodontia. Brace yourself. #jokes #DadJokes #puns

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