on my ebike: I hate being tethered to this infernal modern machine and the electrical grid that charges it, I yearn for the freedom of an unencumbered bicycle and feeling the power of my own two legs on my analog bike: my own two legs fucking suck! replace them and everything else with steel

The Seattle City Council bullied District 2's elected council member into retirement, appointed their hand picked successor, and then scheduled the most important votes of the year for a day he told them a month and a half in advance that he wouldn't be able to make. So anti-democratic.

As someone who worked at a Nexstar station, this would be a 5 alarm all hands on deck fire for even one account

when's this Kennedy fucker going to catch a Bolsonaro brand super bug and kick the bucket

all this bad news got me to finally fold the laundry pile that's been growing in the corner for weeks. we live in an age of demons. I figured any dreams of doing something about it are moot if I let a mere shirt best me.

congrats to joe brandon and all the purported defenders of democracy who normalized cracking heads on student protestors in order to cover for israeli genocide. you really greased the skids for ol donnie trump to formally submarine the first amendment

a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval

my aversion to being in bed with my outside clothes runs deep. layed down absent mindedly and just felt... wrong, until I realized what I did and hopped out lol

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

James is right, Talaris gives the whole game away. It was the perfect place to prove density and greenery are compatible, or at least prove a genuine interest in one or the other, but we decided mansions were more important than BOTH. The only trees that matter are those who belong to the wealthy.

As Sound Transit released additional details on the cost increases impacting light rail projects across Puget Sound, the stewards of the most expensive highway project in the Pacific Northwest once again dodged the issue of just how much it's going to cost to widen I-5 between OR and WA today.

I like to live as we did in simpler days. sometimes I still tap my actual card to pay for groceries instead of using my phone.

I just read about the Trump administration canceling a $14 million federal grant to end raw sewage seeping into yards and spreading hookworm in Alabama's Black Belt, and not one headline will refer to this as "political violence."

take some blocks and return them to something of what they used to be. of course everyone there will be entitled to a new home in a new dense eco district surrounding them. somehow I sense the "trees before housing at all costs" crowd will have a change of heart when THEIR housing is on the line.

they should invent a train that skips the stadium

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

Politicians are really going to have to learn people either support building housing now, or they are NIMBYs. There isn't a secret large group of moderates that want half measures on this stuff.

Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened

what's really bad about this is it raises the chance that kids will have to see charlie kirk when they open their history textbooks someday

for no reason whatsoever I am laughing right now

It's very important we don't forget this. The security state has a great power to fade into the background and justify itself. A year from now it's a few more cameras, and then another year it's a few more, and so on, each time we are debating whether to add more or keep it the same, never remove.

If you live or work in Capitol Hill, now is the time to organize in favor of the crisis center. Write a short statement and get 5 of your neighbors or coworkers to sign it. Capitol Hill Library staff and Capitol Hill Community Council did that this month. www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/09/more...

anti Islamic US biker gang has a right to defend itself

guy born in chicago has right to defend himself

Having a hard time keeping track of everything u can do to advocate for more housing during this final Comp Plan phase? Wish you had a one-stop-shop for all your Comp Plan advocacy needs? Look no further than oneseattleforall.org/take-action/! And oneseattleforall.org/amendments/ for talking pts!

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

"Every dog that's died in Kirkland has a plaque," one councilmember just said during this very surreal conversation.

capitalism is polling at 54 percent approve. by law the CIA has to coup any country that dips below 50.

on this essential corridor, the sidewalk sucks, the bus sucks, and traffic sucks. we can all be equally unhappy in One Seattle 😊

I have long believed in a tale of two 15 minute cities. conservatives get to live out their dreams of liberal dystopia while the rest of us enjoy walking to the park.

I went through all 106 potential amendments to the Seattle Comp Plan and wrote about the ones you definitely want to know about. www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/05/s...

relatetedly thing I've been thinking about, Trump is like... purely an American creation. He bought ALL the propoganda of the last 70 yrs. "wow the DoD doesn't do war, we need a DoW. Wow the CIA is woke now. Wow there is no American empire anymore. We need to bring back empire!"

i sent u a free bus pls respond

small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but SPD SUVs gotta go. no need for a car that big. can't use the "bringing 5 kids to Costco" excuse, it's a cop car. donuts do not take up that much space.

every time an encampment is swept the government is purposely creating the conditions for ICE to come in and take more folks! your "progressive" council member is directly assisting ICE, no matter what they say! :)

magnolia must be given a choice. become a good 15 minute city, or become a bad conservative conspiracy 15 minute city where you have to pass a border checkpoint at the bridge. I'm not totally evil, renters will still get free pass.

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

It’s not too late to do the following responsible things: 1. elevate Link extensions wherever reasonably possible over tunnelling 2. not building stations outside of public right of way 3. cancelling all parking projects permanently 4. not building off-street bus and station ops facilities

I'm thinking of going back to school for my anti communications degree. it's what you need to become a building manager.

I'm joining the war on efficiency.

uh oh I can already tell this is going to enter my regular usage just like mayoral pizza party did

omg so the mayor was hangin around MLK labor picnic today and my friend (city worker) got into an argument with him haha. "He told me I was privileged and that he went to high school here." this is his full retelling of the interaction:

stuff like this is why I stopped trying to work for SDOT and the like. even if/when some lower level planners (with, I assume, the patience of saints) actually wanna push for the change we need, they just get shit on by all the decision makers.

spent a few minutes petting an extremely cute and affectionate dog at work today. two coworkers told me completely different nanea of said dog so I'll never know who they are.

another thing I'm getting from this book that has not changed is rightwingers are whiny bitches to the point of getting in their own way. one of the justifications for secession was the supposed lack of enforcement of the fugitive slave act, when really the gov went above and beyond in enforcement.

We're one week away from the big grand opening celebration for the new Seattle waterfront, so I'm having fun going back through the original conceptual renderings presented to the public in 2012.