A vendor was going car-to-car in my ferry line today for petition signatures to “repeal the income tax.” (WA does not have a conventional income tax, but a new law imposes a tax on 7-figure annual income.) I asked if I could sign one INCREASING millionaire taxes but he didn’t have one of those.

Excited about more frequent buses and about more free Orca cards for low income neighbors! Contact the city council!!

Keep testing the correlation cities! It feels gooooood!

Remember, the only reason this is coming down is because @repbeatty.bsky.social sued.

Our tax dollars belong in our community, and I want to thank members of the King County Council and the Seattle City Council for the collaborative effort between our governments to ensure Seattle taxpayers got a fair deal in the process.

The WA disclosures are out for May, and in the 46th, housing champion & progressive challenger @ronpdavis.bsky.social is outraising both his opponents by more than 2x among Seattle residents! The NIMBY incumbent is far behind, and another challenger is funded overwhelmingly by out of state dollars.

Exactly this! A sales tax to fund transit is an inherently *good* thing.

Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc. Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...

What turned me into an urbanist is working as a wetland biologist on projects like the one in the video. Going from delineation within an intact beautiful forest to a clearcut with patches of wetlands left behind. We can't get these places back, but we can be responsible with where we build housing.

We know that one of the best things we can do for the environment is to build dense housing in walkable neighborhoods with robust transit. Sprawl not only results in loss of forests and farmland, it increases green house gases and contributes to driving which results in more toxic runoff from tires

Yes and can we have some more! Social housing!!!!

I've built a framework for a People's AI Bill of Rights that focuses on four big things: 1. Protecting consumers, especially kids 2. Protecting workers 3. Protecting the environment 4. Taxing the profits/wealth generated by AI www.voterondavis.com/priorities

remember that Hana Kim of FOX news in Seattle spent several minutes of her interview with Mayor Katie Wilson demanding a response to Spencer Pratt's claim that LA's homeless people would be bused to Seattle once he "unplugs them" from services and forces them into psych holds

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is announcing today the opening of a 75-unit enhanced tiny house shelter for people experiencing homelessness, located in the Interbay neighborhood. The facility is a part of Wilson’s plan to open 1,000 new shelter beds per year, with 300 beds announced so far in 2026.

This November, and in November 2028, everyone is either voting for the Democrat or enabling fascism. Those are the only two choices. We really, truly are voting blue *no matter who.*

Learnings on 46th House candidate Dreher at yesterday's Lake City Farmers Market. His neighbor exuberantly told me how great Dreher is because they're in a "men's drinking group". Same candidate who signed support letter for boozy Kavanaugh for Supreme Court. Boys club thinking? Hard pass. Thread

When big companies call for regulation, they are calling for the kind of regs that will protect their business--not jobs, the environment, or consumers. We most definitely need to regulate AI. But we shouldn't be taking cues from the companies that stand to profit trillions from the industry.

Looks like what it is—-out-of-state interests trying to buy a WA state House seat. This string from @Jams is an important read. I’m supporting @ronpdavis.bsky.social because he’s been working with communities on progressive solutions to big challenges for years.

More buses is critical to making Seattle more affordable to live in!

This work is so important, and not just for pedestrian safety. Making Aurora friendly for walking is the path to improved safety and restoring community around a highway.

On an Aurora Avenue walking tour in Bitter Lake with @transpochoices.bsky.social and Aurora Reimagined Coalition seeking to galvanize a redesign of one of Seattle's deadliest streets.

Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district.

Seattle CM Eddie Lin speaks in favor of his proposal to remove avenues for appeal of the city's growth plans under SEPA: "I find it odd that a single person can delay the elected representatives for a city of 800,000 for six months or longer."

Yay for more buses! And, one of the reasons I’m running is to give cities like Seattle more taxing tools, so they don’t have to rely on sales taxes so much. Mayor Wilson is making the absolute best of a tough situation, a situation that would be much better if Olympia hadn’t dropped the ball.

Proposed regulations from Office of the Management of the Budget will be devastating for science. Fight back by getting informed and writing personalized comments in the Federal Register comment period. Excellent resources from @standupforscience.net fight2win.standupforscience.net

Let’s get this pilot re-approved. Delayed but not giving up!

My video version of this - filmed, edited, and posted from the Ave!

In February, Trump purchased over $1 million in Dell stock. Just weeks ago, Trump told everyone to “go out and buy a Dell.” Its stock price is up over 60% since then. Now, Dell has been awarded a $9.7 BILLION Pentagon contract. See the problem here?

This Vought policy is an attempt to choke out American higher education. America's fascists view its institutions of higher ed—and the people who staff them—as existential enemies of the purified nation

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Et tu Seattle? We won’t have real community safety until we see the problem is SPOG.

“Wow, I really thought the orcas, Seafair Pirates, or Dave Matthews’ tour bus would be handling this one,” said one Seattle resident watching Zuckerberg’s once massive superyacht named Launchpad ablaze before sinking to the bottom of Lake Union.

It's the runoff from the cars on the roads, not housing, that is the enemy.

Nicely done!

We've heard some rumors that it's hard to get to Lake Washington Boulevard during bicycle weekends, so we decided to head down and meet up with friends including @transittrekker.bsky.social using as many modes as possible!

This Dreher is running weird. Dreher has LOT$ of out-of-state tech money from companies with AI interests - I heard 80% of his $ out of state. He's attacking progressive Ron Davis on an issue that I've never heard Ron "evangelize" about. Ron's positions are no secret, see rondezvouswa.com

This is seriously disappointing. And it’s not the end of this story! All the years I studied and worked at UW, I thought wouldn’t it be great if the Ave didn’t have car traffic. Doing this a few Saturdays a year would be awesome and I’d shop more on the Ave. Keep up the fight! Car-free Ave!

It is the weekend and everyone in Seattle can bike or walk or skate on Lake Washington Boulevard!

Love to see it!

this was fun! can't wait to do it again soon.

No words.

This is the first Seattle Social Housing Developer building.

If you haven’t seen this year’s Burke Gilman Trail superbloom, go before it’s gone!

Have you or a loved one been affected by Trump's policies? Paying more for gas because of his war against Iran? Well, under this President, you're entitled to exactly nothing. UNLESS you stormed the Capitol, then you may get a payout from his NEW $1.8 BILLION MAGA slush fund.

This is major upset in my home Dem party. I thank Gerry for his service. And want Ron’s leadership to make change on housing, homelessness, affordability, and child care! We can do more with Ron!

absolutely disqualifying

Hard NO! Will Dreher suddenly appeared in the 46th LD of Seattle, wanting our votes for State House. Clerking for Kavanaugh is concerning enough, but Dreher also chose to sign a support letter saying Kavanaugh would be a great Supreme Court Justice. This guy will do anything to get ahead. #waleg

One of the Democrats running to represent me in #waleg from the 46th District, Will Dreher, not only clerked for Kavanaugh, he signed a letter in July 2018 in support of Kavanaugh's nomination, and maintained that support even after Christine Blasey Ford came forward about Kavanaugh assaulting her.

Car Free Ave is once again far in the lead of any other project in the annual U District Street Fair ping pong ball survey

Ahem, Seattle?