Quincy, WA’s rapid transformation of farmland to Microsoft data centers. They’re also scooping up the farm land around the data centers. The electric rates these companies pay is roughly 1/4 the rate an average WA household pays.

DeFlock Olympia won: the city suspended its Flock AI surveillance system and plans to physically cover the cameras. Now the rest of Washington should follow the capital’s lead and shut theirs off too.

Tonight I did my civic duty by debating Washington conservatives in the Seattle Times comment section

In Olympia, 30+ speakers and attendees have packed the city council meeting to speak out against Flock surveillance cameras.

Police departments will defend hundreds of Flock surveillance cameras because they helped catch a 2005 Honda Civic. Incredible return on violating everyone’s privacy.

normal things happening

NEW: A judge in Washington has ruled that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests. The decision highlights the sheer volume of the technology-fueled surveillance state in the US.

We had a 5-0 passing of the formal #Flock suspension by #Redmond City Council tonight! 🏆 We could still use clarification on whether the cameras are physically prevented from capturing data and it's not just RPD without access. It's not like we can trust Flock! 🤥 #deflock #surveilance #alpr

Washington AG’s office should launch an investigation and determine how cities ended up “accidentally” sharing Flock surveillance with ICE. Why do most city council leaders rubber stamp things like this? Why do 3 party vendor contracts proceed without doing proper due diligence and oversight?

SNEAK PEEK: Our new commercial will soon be airing across local TV, apps, and your platforms of choice. See it here first and VOTE! Ballots are now arriving in mailboxes across Seattle. We can see with our own eyes that we need new leadership. Let's make that change together.

Auburn, WA discovered that their Flock surveillance system was unknowingly sharing information to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Can we demand a statewide audit of these systems and require accountability from each WA municipality? This violates the Keep Washington Working Act. @govferguson

Apparently you can walk home faster than waiting for 15 minutes for the G line

Conversations on here are so much more civil and constructive I might be using threads a bit too much

So many cities in WA have these cameras, while dozens more are considering installing them. Your council members are installing these with O public input. Remember who they are and vote them out.

Our petition link and flyer: www.change.org/deflock-redm... #deflock #redmond #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety

This morning: Free speech advocates gather at KOMO News Offices in Seattle, owned by right wing Sinclair, and affiliated with ABC. Digging the new acronym for FCC. 

Just now, 5 Washington State Democrats voted on a house resolution recognizing Charlie Kirk as a “courageous American patriot,” legitimizing his hateful rhetoric. • Adam Smith • Kim Schrier • Marie Perez • Rick Larsen • Susan DelBene Maybe it’s time to primary some of these people

Sign the petition to save Greenlake BMX dirt jumps. chng.it/X6ZCrX5gLy #seattle #bmx #pnw #greenlake Video: @zonedoutpnw.bsky.social

🧊🧵✈️ THU 21 AUG 2025 – PART 2 👉 NOW: Human cargo loading in Seattle 👀

See where else we're planning to install Even Better Bike Lane protection here: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

First Sounder's game and really loving the Sounder's fan section and their flags. My favorites were "Always Anti-Facist, Always Seattle, Anti-Racist" and "We are not all here." #seattlesounders

Seattle activists protest Palantir's no-longer-secret office. www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/...

Katie’s statement on the events in Cal Anderson Park:

In the coming weeks, I will be working to get answers and prevent this from happening again.

As of this week, Pike Place Market finally has outdoor seating in the street!!! Make a plan to go to lunch at the market, tell the restaurant you’re there because the street is pedestrianized, and enjoy!

“Empty bike lanes” they say #cycling #seattle

Why is Seattle's middle housing code so bad?

And this is the 12th person to be killed on SODO's 4th Ave S in the last 5 years! At six lanes wide, it's a classic "stroad" where speeding is the norm. Freight and safe streets can coexist, but freight/industry advocates have stymied SDOT's #VisionZero efforts to redesign this street.

New NIMBY movement disguised as “protecting the environment” just dropped. Magnolia is mostly single family homes. More people should have the opportunity to affordably live in proximity to one of Seattle’s largest green spaces. You can’t concentrate all new housing on on just noisy arterials.

Digging the vibe of these new concrete planter boxes SDOT is installing on the Pike St protected bike lanes today!

How many more of these events does it to take for Seattle to say “hmm, maybe we should permanently ban cars from Pike Place 27/4?” If my college campus at WSU had retractable bollards for service vehicles, then so can Pike Place.

Several people killed as car ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd

Now that there are random cars clogging up the street, emergency vehicles seem to be able to get through much more smoothly

NIMBYism is just money-ball redlining. Every neighborhood in the city argues they are too special for more housing. It’s insanely close to UW, the medical center, and one of the busiest light rail stations. Why should these things only be accessible to a handful of millionaires?

Why won’t anyone think of the poor motorists 🥲

Walk down the middle of Pike Place. This is a pedestrian road and cars are uninvited guests. 🙂‍↕️ #Seattle

Bike lane detour. A tale of two cities. Kirkland: Good luck you’re cooked Seattle: I got you, here’s an entire lane with barricades to protect you

you know how i keep harping on the mayor's comp plan limiting density to arterials? this is the filter on a passivhaus over a block off MLK. the dirty one was replaced 24 february. 20 days. the white one is what it looks like brand new. due to road particulates, needs to be changed monthly.

Well, well, well. It looks like there's finally help for those of you suffering from #TeslaRegretSyndrome. This was seen on I-5 this morning. So important that researchers are finally taking this disorder seriously! Help is on the way. More info. at teslaregret.com #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall

Send all the NIMBYS to the gulag if we ever take back power.

USDOT Secretary's office sent an email to DOT agencies instructing them to review competitively awarded—but not yet fully obligated—projects under Biden that include: —Green infra —Bike infra —EV infra —Project purpose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions DOT wants to revise project scopes or cancel.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

run against your NIMBY city councilmember

Friday Night Light Rail Station Symphony. Capitol Hill, Seattle, 2/21/25

US DOT has renamed the competitive RAISE program back to BUILD & changed merit criteria for winning projects to: —Eliminate goal of increasing walking, biking for public health —Eliminate goal of engaging with unions —Eliminate goal of electrification www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/...

Today's hearing on @jessdbateman.bsky.social's parking bill, SB 5184, was the strongest I've ever seen in support of a state zoning reform bill. Also check out the deep and broad coalition of SB 5184 supporters who signed this letter: www.sightline.org/wp-content/u...

Big tech, commercial real estate, WA's PG&E, Seattle's Republican money machine, investment bankers, deforesters, & commodified healthcare want to keep you broke so they can get richer. Vote Yes on Prop 1A. I know I am. Overseas voter, baby.

This is one of many petitions that you will find to support more housing & to push back on the not in my backyard efforts by a very loud but not large number of selfish residents in Seattle. #YimbyIsAVerb #PleaseYimby (don’t make yimby your whole identity) oneseattleforall.org/petition-cou...

More bike lane sweeping ahead funded by the new levy!