Am having a lot of thoughts about “progressive” group endorsements right now but I will be kind and assume good intent, even from less desirable actions, all the same. We have a city to advocate to improve and our volunteer and paid jobs just got a heck of a lot easier.

The writers of Murdoch Mysteries have officially had it with their southern neighbo(u)rs.

Today is the day we might elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for mayor! No matter what the results, though, we know she will keep fighting alongside people and organizations to make our city better. #ThisIsOurCity

Good afternoon to everyone but especially to @socklessinseattle.bsky.social and

Good morning to everyone but especially to

Just like how Harrell tried to paint Katie as simultaneously too rich and too poor to govern Seattle, she is apparently both too liberal *and* too conservative. Who knew one person could contain so many multitudes?

King County elections ballot opening and tabulation room overdrive!

We are honored to be inducted into TCC's Hall of Fame! 🙌Our small but mighty team has been & will continue to prioritize all people have frequent, reliable, and accessible transit!

I haven't heard this one yet but I really want to know what accessibility conference all of our transit managers went to and came back with all of these "lovely" ideas. My understanding of accessibility is that these are not improvements, but I also want to know if I am wrong about it.

Brian Niccol repeatedly asking Copilot for a grande no foam blonde latte with extra caramel

We should do all the election parties on Friday night.

Did I change social media circles or is there a language shift going on? Seeing a lot more posts calling members of the Seattle City Council "councilors" instead of the term "councilmember" that I'm used to.

I would like to know Bruce's username on /r/churning

I had forgotten all about this "brilliant" "plan" to have bike riders carry around and activate a mobile app in order to get a green signal...because drivers need efficiency.

If we open a WinCo in this location I promise that I will only ever take the bus to it

If you live in Northgate you can get a microwave burrito from the North Seattle College food court

Finally, all of the "enjoy the sun!!! ☀️👋🥰😎🎉" people can have a rest and let us moss dwellers enjoy our season.

Every public library in Puget Sound offers free printing of at least ten pages per week (Kitsap offers up to ONE HUNDRED pages of black-and-white printing!). Just a reminder if you are thinking "oh crap I lost my ballot but don't know where to print one out and an in-person vote center is too far."

Happy Election Day Eve to all who celebrate ✨🎄🗳️

When you find your favo(u)rite transit route--Driver In Training--in *two* other countries. Thank you very much, transit operators! I hope you have an awesome time.

I don't have the time to write such a thoughtful post but I organized with Katie to pass a ban on rental junk fees. It was an amazing experience and we successfully banned some really abusive behavior coming from the worst landlords in Seattle.

I have no clean clothes because Aer Lingus forgot to put my checked bags on the plane from Dublin back to Minneapolis and on to Seattle, but I do have a severe case of jet lag and ~50 Katie Wilson flyers so I stood out front of my apartment building to talk to the people who live here. pls vote

Seattle: check your mail-in ballot's receipt status! Check that it hasn't been flagged for issues! (Or, ya know, go drop your ballot in a drop box, already!) URL for checking your ballot: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

This last bit about government can do bad things fast so why can't it do good things fast is so spot-on, and why I would vote for Katie even if I didn't know her. She's the exact opposite of "advocates have to win every argument, opponents need only win once."

I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵

What gets me the most about Harrell trying to make a thing about Katie getting money from her parents is just a stunning lack of empathy on his part. There is a massive difference between "my parents pay for all of my stuff because investments" and "my parents kick me some money occasionally."

This is the same campaign that bags on Wilson for being the head of a non-profit that "only" has annual revenue of approximately $200k/year. Wilson is apparently in a financial quantum superposition: simultaneously too rich *and* too poor to lead Seattle! How convenient for Harrell!

If you were thinking of calling in or going to city hall tomorrow morning to give public comment to the budget committee the first time these are discussed...no you won't, because yet again they are not taking public comment directly from the public at this kind of meeting. So prepare your emails.

This council (and mayor) already see STBD money as a slush fund for anything they can tangentially relate to transit except, you know, actually buying transit service hours.

I love this feature. All of you should sign up for ballot alerts to get that peace of mind.

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#IVoted (Fun fact: Being temporarily outside the US during an election counts for being an overseas voter.)

Very familiar to anyone who lives in Puget Sound...

Darn it, Sound Transit.

I screwed up and booked a vacation out of the country before I knew Katie was running so please save my bacon and knock the doors I can't get to! You're all fantastic, we've got this. When we fight...we win!

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The pac that endorsed Harrell is funded by the STP? i wonder how well that goes over with the people who paid that fee.

Why is it that six of the seven bullet points WA Bikes lists are ones that advocates had to lobby the Mayor's office, specifically and forcefully, to get? And the 7th, regarding an equity focus for new bike lanes, is good but also the minimum I expect from city leadership.

[impolite words deleted] It would not shock me in the slightest if some of these "more elements" are related to left turn restrictions on Madison that were put in place to make the street safer for bus riders and pedestrians. (I AM GUESSING here, I have no details yet.)

Absolutely, it's wild the lengths anti-housing people will go to stop housing from being built. There's an occasional push to truncate Metro route 14 for the same reason. This is partially why RR G doesn't closer to Madison Park, and why trolleys were originally written out of being "HCT".

I was reminded of this yet again when SDOT was publicizing being able to "close your street" for Trick or Treating. I live in an apartment in Northgate; there are zero streets of "mine" I could close because we only put dense housing next to arterials and through routes.

Even a random tram conductor in Amsterdam (I swear to you I am not making this up) thinks it should have been Munoz.

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I'm five days in and can absolutely see why urban enthusiasts move to Amsterdam.

As someone who has actually run a non-profit (including missing state filings lol), I just want point out that spending down your reserves is often good actually. Hoarding wealth and resources instead of distributing them and putting them to use is far too common in the non-profit world.

At this point, I think the only* major** thing keeping me from moving to somewhere in Europe is the absolutely *obscene* amount of smoking that seems to happen everywhere. I'm pretty sure it's registering on AQI. * not at all only ** you know, other than friends...and money...and volunteering.

A decade of quality local journalism and advocacy for our region. You're a legend, Doug!