This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars. Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed! www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...

Why is Mike Tyson doing a Denethor on my tv

Classic Coby Bryant looking for the shot rather than the pass

A little late, but good to see SDOT do this sort of outreach. Would be even better if they implemented some of the other suggestions in this op-ed to defeat traffic woes www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/31/o...

I got scared when I saw the byline that Kadie Bell Sata had left SDOT but, whew, she's still on the org chart. Kadie's great. And it's cool that SDOT people can post in the Urbanist as private citizens under their own byline.

We need to address how SEPA is weaponized for anti-environmental ends

you know what's better for orcas? If we don't fill the Sound with microplastics. you know what generates microplastics? car tires. you know how you stop people from commuting so much? BY BUILDING DENSER HOUSING

That feeling when you’re a transit rider and Sound Transit is about to connect Seattle to the Eastside by rail. #thisisyourcity

Why don't well-respected people like our plagiarism machines and CSAM generators?

In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.

Bike ride to work this morning got a little foggy near the train yard #photography #seattle

Oh hell yeah

“In my mind, the Seattle Transit Measure is about funding transit service. And so I know there’s a tendency to want to put a bunch of other stuff in there. I really do want to make sure that we are prioritizing getting our service levels and reliability back up.”

Help pass this bill to improve safety in two minutes: Go to app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se... 1) Select the agenda item HB 2095 2) Click that you want your position noted for the record 3) Sign in “pro” and fill out your info Done! You just helped pass a bill that will keep people safer

We don't need a more professional gestapo patrolling our streets.

This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.

Sun breaking through the clouds #photography #ferry #pnw

Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.

I realize this is a story from like 50 years ago in internet time, but I wrote about how it was journalistic malpractice for major news orgs to claim that "Grok apologized" when it literally CANNOT do that, and there is no sign that xAI has made a single change to its deepfake porn generator.

Are there any editors at these legacy MSM outlets who have basic tech literacy? This should be disqualifying.

1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes." This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize. Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.

Clear skies over Mt Hood #photography #pnw

In my case, this painstaking labor in the process through which the science gets done. Science isn't measuring stuff in a lab. It's thinking deeply, extracting the heart of idea from the soup of thoughts running through my mind, molding it, and finding a way to communicate that idea to others.

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)

…in case you’re wondering what’s going on behind the scenes with shared streets…

Sunsets exactly one year apart #seattle #pnw #photography #sunset

Even ignoring the obvious AI slop figure, the paper is essentially applying an existing model to 1 (one) tiny open dataset. Taking it at face value, it reads like an undergrad take-home assignment that would get an F

Wow this is bad.

Now's the time of year I have to bike home in the dark, but at least I get to see cool sunsets over the water #photography #pnw #seattle

redzone showing that

Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.

Some things to add to this great blog post: As someone who wears glasses, a baseball hat under the helmet keeps most of the water off them. I really like my super reflective proviz jacket. In the dark you become the most visible person on the road. (Recommend sizing up if you get one)

lol toronto

Morning sun and fog on a fall morning in Seattle #seattle #pnw #ferry #photography

Last night's fatal crash in north Ballard means that at least sixteen people walking have been killed in 2025 after being hit by drivers in Seattle.

His bullpen decisions though...

Of course Bieber's mad when the umpire finally starts consistently getting pitches right

Juliooooooo

Beautiful day for a Mariners win #seattle #ferry #tridentsup

eugenio suarez... greatest athlete of all time? it's possible

GENOOOOOOOO

A common excuse we hear for SDOT's refusal to install bus lanes on Denny is that WSDOT could be opposing them. However, @juliareedwa.bsky.social checked, and WSDOT is “unconcerned” about potential impacts to I-5 traffic. The state’s ready to talk bus lanes on Denny, lets get them built!

His bullpen decisions though...

MFIN JULIOOOOOOOO

Legitimately the playoff MVP so far #mariners

Cloud partially blocking the sun but not its reflection off the sound #seattle #sunset #pnw #photography

pls mariners score