I think I know what I like about Zohran Mamdani’s outreach. Every couple of days I always hear about something actionable and exciting that he’s doing. It makes me feel hopeful. @mayorofseattle.bsky.social I think you could do it too—not about the FIFA or whatever but things from your platform.

Something has gone really wrong with governance in the Puget Sound region when even extremely popular things like schools are threatened with closure, or strongly supported rail expansion projects are threatened with delays to the 2050s, or beyond, or indefinitely.

Abolish ICE. Why would anybody want to come to a place where they can be whisked away to a concentration camp?

We gotta get some slogans ready!! So many things rhyme with Laurelhurst: worst, first, cursed, burst Or we could default to the childhood classic, “I know a song that gets in everybody’s nerves”

It’s setting up the agency to fail a ballot measure when they inevitably have to do so in 5-10 years because they haven’t fixed the fundamental problems that led to this mess. …when a “reform and deliver” ballot measure could probably pass within the next 1-2 years if they actually did the work.

Pretty good evidence that this process is being rushed: initial amendments to the Somers proposal are due in just six days. Where is the actual fire?

Only 7% of the nearly 18,000 people who filled out this survey said that delaying or cancelling projects should be the first thing that Sound Transit considers to rebalance the ST3 plan. 74% ranked it dead last. Securing new state and federal funding was the #1 response.

Dave Somers and Dow Constantine keep saying projects will be built later and not “deferred”. I thought to “defer” means to do something later? 🧐

This is a pretty big slap in the face to King County. No dates attached effectively amounts to cancelation for Ballard. Look no further than Graham St and Boeing Access Road which were supposed in ST1 and supposed to be built by 2005 and are still being pushed off indefinitely!

My hero 🤩

I’m here on Queen Anne where city officials will face neighbors angry that on-street parking will be removed to make room for fire trucks.

Letting business/property owners override the Vision Zero safety team based on vibes is par for the course at SDOT and needs to change. Making intersections safer by improving visibility is a proven strategy. Of the proposed locations with pedestrian collisions, 0 remain in the plan.

Imagine you voted to ride a train. You paid to ride a train. You're on the train. Suddenly the operator says the train will stop; only you have to disembark. "Just wait there on the platform, maybe we'll come back for you," they say. That's what Sound Transit board chair Dave Somers just proposed.

This is stupid and offensive. They think voters have no reading comprehension and will see Ballard and Graham in not the “deferred” bucket and call it a win. They’re saying the same thing but just not using the word “deferred” for those stations.

I actually quite like this cafe. Highly recommend it. The food was delicious.

In case anyone was wondering what state a child has to be in to be flown to a mile away from the hospital, I just now saw a mother from Lopez Island saying her son with brain cancer was (1) bleeding for over an hour on one occasion and (2) actively seizing on another and they didn't land on the roof

Just a reminder, for those in Seattle, that you can read the Seattle Times free every day with your library card at spl.org

Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon have announced that they now plan to spend $725 billion on infrastructure this year — mostly AI data centers. With that money America could end homelessness, alleviate hunger, make public colleges free, and more.

Sound Transit built massive parking garages, subsidized by all of us, and made them free. Obviously they filled up. Then ST went half measures but STILL priced most spaces at $0. Even this minuscule toll makes car-brained suburbanites incandescent. They want 100% car subsidies, all the time.

Just a reminder: A sensory room at an airport is a place for recovering from sensory overload, not a loud playground for kids 😭 Even if nobody is in the room when you get there, ya really think an overstimulated person gonna show up and feel calm telling you to stfu when they melting down

We are not asking Sound Transit to do something impossible. We are asking them to do what they said they would do. Build the connection. Build the future. Build the damn trains.

“This is not just about whether we build to Ballard. It’s about whether we keep our promises to working people,” says @councilmember-amr.bsky.social at the #saveballardrail rally

Excited to see everyone at the protest tomorrow! You can follow this account for live status updates of where we are in case you're joining late.

On Sunday, advocates are marching from Ballard to Smith Cove to push Sound Transit to find a way to deliver that segment of light rail, as promised in the ST3 ballot measure. www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-join-t...

Nom nom 90% of my diet is hay

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I came, I saw, I chewed

NEW: The grassroots organization that Katie Wilson founded sent her a letter demanding she cut surveillance tech. They join a contingent who feel betrayed by Wilson who says she TECHNICALLY didn't break a campaign promise with surveillance switch up. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-adv...

“You shoulda seen this cute little Goldendoodle feller no one could find until the cameras beamed out their brown face recognition software to find the little guy. While completely fictional, it was also very cute and compelling.”

Lovely post by Hannah Krieg!

Judkins Park is getting a light rail station this weekend (hooray!) but the grocery store closed last month, the vocational school is considering closing, and now the drugstore is closing. On net, the neighborhood will be less of a #15MinuteNeighborhood than when the year started 😥

So the Seattle Times wants slow, careful audits for groups that work with vulnerable people and youth (fine!) but a "quick," rushed audit for a police camera network that went through literally zero process before being approved and expanded. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s highly anticipated March 27 Town Hall regarding camera surveillance has just added a virtual option. This comes after a March 19 press briefing, where Mayor Wilson announced her CCTV plans for the city, which include turning off one camera but adding several more.

i can't believe a representative of the Vatican openly pondering whether someone should be burnt at the stake in 2026 and my answer is, "Yes absolutely, do it slow." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/1...

My main concern with ST3 phasing is that we're between a rock and a hard place because of costly delays. Phasing is another delay albeit a planned one. With costs rising with time, I fear we might never be able to afford to build out phases left for the future.

Under-appreciated report even by its own publication that hasn't posted it here: "9 of the 12 members of Axon’s ethics board resigned in 2022 after the company announced plans to develop armed drones for its clients. Of those that didn’t resign, one was former Seattle police chief Cameron Best."

Any plans for the weekend? How about joining us at No Kings on Saturday? Whole Washington will be present at multiple locations across the state. Please stop by to say hi, help us talk to folks, or hand out flyers about universal healthcare. Looking forward to seeing you Saturday! 👇

ICE Agents Just Making Sure They’re the Only Terrorists at Airport: tinyurl.com/yky47eh2

Reminds me of this quote by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social @mayorofseattle.bsky.social Community groups have been sounding the alarms against surveillance cameras in Seattle for years now and it was also a campaign promise that you ran on.

This is one of many reasons why you shouldn’t dump pet rabbits outside. The yotes can and will get em

Today over I-5 in Seattle. New crimes won’t hide old ones! Release all Epstein files. Stop this war with Iran.

Direct action is needed. THIS is called civil disobedience. It is not violence. It is how society shows their overlords that they are displeased with their actions. It is disruptive. It SHOULD be disruptive. Is your life being disrupted right now? Why shouldn’t theirs?

@divestspd.bsky.social Do you have any suggestions for articles explaining the relationship between the SPD/SPOG and the mayor? Or what leverage SPD & SPOG use to extort the city for money and policy influence?

@mayorofseattle.bsky.social I'm concerned that maintaining the camera infrastructure makes it so that any future officials who want to surveil can privately hit ON. My instinct is burn it all down. My compromise is to physically remove the cameras and keep them in storage.