Dreaming of a (see also: 'all of the') neighborhood street(s) closed to cars, open to kids, with a bunch of string lights to fight off the PNW dark, and...you know...enough housing that there are just hoards of kids out trick or treating.

once again posting The Chart

I'm sure it is happening on some level already, but the idea of AI slop getting into (particularly printed) novels really bums me out, I'll be looking for books in the "certified non-AI" section of the last brick and mortar book store standing I guess.

We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it. Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

you know how i keep saying single stair buildings are workhorse of walkable urbanism the world over? here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle. (16) 4-5 story single stair buildings. what do you think FAR is? what about lot coverage? unit distribution?

The East Wing: Totally Demolished Before 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️After

Seconded.

Governor Newsom has a bill on his desk to hold utilities accountable, and get them to stop passing along their dark money campaigns to everyday Californians. Is he going to side with utilities, or side with the public and help lower electricity rates? energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

Best examples of affordable sidewalk maintenance/material/strategies out there? Any mid size cities got a good approach? Bonus points for not cutting down all the street trees.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Here's one of Barcelona's famous superillas, or superblocks, on Rocafort-Consell de Cent. All of this used to be asphalt and space for moving and storing cars. Now it's green, quiet, calm, and safe.

Imagine your life without driving. We are joining organizations across Washington State to celebrate the #WeekWithoutDriving! Will you be participating by #AmtrakCascades or #SounderRail ? Check out our guide to rail and transit connections at www.aawa.us/week-without... Post your stories!

There is no reason that Washington State can’t have this type of simple and well maintained multi-use path crisscrossing the entire state basically everywhere.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Happy to be a part of this one, great work led by Eren Bilir. Careful, staring at future carbon cycle change for too long can be hazardous. eos.org/editor-highl...

Even without climate change, prisons around the country have billions of dollars worth of deferred maintenance just to stop the walls from crumbling and keep the lights and the heat on. Now, climate change is turning already miserable conditions inside of prisons into life-threatening ones.

The Unbearable Inefficiency of Fossil Fuels thinc.blog/2025/09/16/t...

They have targeted essentially every offshore wind project, including those very nearly completed or otherwise under construction, *except* one under the auspices of a Republican governor.

Seattle's long in-person public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan has officially kicked off. First comments were from @ceceliablack.bsky.social: "As you're going through this Comp Plan, I would really hope you ask yourself what you would do if you were disabled tomorrow and you couldn't drive."

Some good news today: Researchers using remotely operated submarines keep discovering new fish species, hundreds so far. This one is the bumpy snailfish

This is so crucial. When people think about these land comparisons, they don't think about the entire sprawling infrastructure behind FF.

Commit to giving it a try - you're sure to learn new things about yourself and our city. Thanks to @nondriver.bsky.social and @americawalks.bsky.social for building this movement. Excited to be a part of it. #WeekWithoutDriving

This gave me chills and made my eyes a little teary. Mission Statement.

There are lots of things annoying about this, but one of the worst is that these traffic studies are always done VERY early in the process. These get baked into the most fundamental assumptions, and by the time you learn your home is going to be demolished, it’s been too late for years.

Fun fact: this would be true if we lived on Pluto

My dad was a 40-year fed who worked in a scientific agency. I cannot stress to you, based on what he has told me, how hard it is to get even ten people to agree on anything, including the color of the sky or what time it is. To get 1,000+ to take a bold stance is CRAZY. bsky.app/profile/fact...

The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines.

I appreciate everyone who did this.

Proud to be part of an effort by 85 scientists from around the world to respond to a misleading DOE climate science report last month. The fact that our rebuttal is more than 3x the length of the DOE report is a good example of Brandolini's Law in action...

“The Department of Energy’s Climate Working Group consisted of four scientists and one economist who all question the scientific consensus that climate change is a large threat to the world and frame global warming as beneficial.”

Posting this story on Dem Mayors' effort to form a united front against Trump's invasions, bc it's the kind of story people will miss and then claim Dems never attempted to form a united front. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Seconded for Olympia - new Grasslake Connection is very nice but not 'in network' (for what it's worth) and plans to integrate it more are....20 years out.

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Amtrak doesn't belong to them, it belongs to all of us.

My latest: The Trump administration is not waiting for the next fiscal year -- or Congress -- to cut climate science at NOAA. A new document details the money it won't spend *this* year on climate research.

Global sea level is measured by satellite with precision since 1993. A new study compares the data with IPCC projections from the same time. Both the overall rise and its acceleration (the rate of rise has doubled since) are very close to the data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

This is the rhetoric of dictators — across time & geography — that freedom (for some) must be sacrificed for security, reinforcing the power of the regime. Instead of engaging in fights about crime rates, the opposition to this madness needs to hammer on this authoritarian frame over & over again.

Challenge, Don't be a Spam PAC.

Weird to think this road had cars/trucks driving through it (and parking on the sidewalk). Amazing what a few bollards and signs can do.

Fun fact: modern science is in fact aware of plants and how they work

i've been thinking about donald appleyard's research on social interaction diagram a lot in relation to some of the topics in my book and some recent podcast discussions specifically the social isolation crisis, and how we plan and build multifamily housing in the US today

NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw

The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵

“Destroying a national seed bank is an act of erasure, intended to sever the generational ties between farmers and their land.” Israeli forces have reportedly attacked a seed bank in the West Bank city of Hebron, destroying equipment used to reproduce heirloom seeds.

Trump will sign an executive order today that allows your 401K money to be invested in private equity. Aside from what that means for your retirement fund, it will also roughly DOUBLE the amount of money P.E. firms have at their disposal to take over companies/hospitals/housing/etc.

Important data errors discovered in a 2024 @nature.com paper on climate change impacts on GDP. Corrections imply substantially smaller economic costs (20% of global GDP instead of 60%) by 2100. Four of my take-aways: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

The FAA will now let commercial drones fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. The move will "unleash American drone dominance," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. As a result, Duffy said, " You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."

This miserable fraud has poisoned the national conversation about lifesaving vaccines with his conspiracy theories, but he is also doing so much more to destroy science and progress. This will grind lifesaving research to a halt and set us back decades for no good reason.