I made an app. play.google.com/store/apps/d... Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby. I hope it's useful for someone. Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple github.com/yjeanrenaud/... It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

King County, Washington held a special election earlier this month. Multiple propositions, none in Seattle. Final results per precinct are available here: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Every card is welcome aboard 🚅 🚌 🛳️  Tap to Pay is now live across Puget Sound! Tap your contactless credit or debit card, physical or in a digital wallet, to pay your transit fare. Easy. Learn more: info.myorca.com/contactless/

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

We're so proud to share our very first annual report! 2025 was the first year our organization pivoted from short-term campaigns to long-term organizing. We achieved a lot and are so thankful for everyone who has stayed plugged in beyond initiatives! www.houseourneighbors.org/annual-reports

So glad to see that the Seattle area is finally getting support for contactless cards to ride transit!

Seems like we are officially seeing a youth movement for Women's USA Hockey.

King County, Washington held a special election last week. Multiple propositions, none in Seattle. Mid-election results per precinct, based on ballots counted through Feb. 13, are available here: public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Take as much time as you need, and read "The Midas Plague", a short story from the 1950s. Remarkably prescient science fiction about a world in which the have-nots are forced to consume an endless supply of low-quality goods, while only the rich can actually enjoy a minimalist life.

King County, Washington held a special election last week. Multiple propositions, none in Seattle. Preliminary results per precinct, based on election night data, are available here: public.tableau.com/views/KingCo...

I now own the first digital camera I’ve been photographed by. This Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD81 saves images to 3.5" floppy disks. Found it in a thrift shop on Maui, of all place. Working battery, charger, and diskettes sold separately.

I’m not saying that #SuperBowlLX is a blowout, but we’re in the 3rd quarter and people in Seattle are already shooting off fireworks

This is the Casio #WQV-1, the world's first camera watch. Originally you would sync via an IR serial dongle on Win98, but most of the IR pods are long gone. I made a device that syncs, converts, and mounts as a USB drive to get your photos!

When Dave Eggers wrote in "The Circle" about a giant tech company using a global network of amateurs to find any person in minutes, it seemed like dystopian satire. Amazon just announced a similar feature for its Ring doorbell cameras, but to find lost dogs. www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices...

@chess.com recently changed its notifications for my daily games. They used to tell me what move my opponent made, but now they generally tell me what piece moved, sometimes in Russian. I’m confused.

A new "no" in my LinkedIn profile: I'm not interested in building "public safety" tech that surveils the public and enables authoritarian leaders to do even more damage. weill.org/2026/02/01/n...

Land banking for adorable housing? Let’s make it happen, #WAleg.

Lose yourself in this map, y'all. cannoneyed.com/isometric-nyc/

As creepy as it was to let Amazon own scans of my palm, Amazon One worked pretty well, especially at sports arenas, where I could avoid lines at concession stands. Kind of sad it’s going away, but also OK with them deleting my biometric data. www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...

This is the actual threat to salmon and orca here in the Puget Sound region. New apartments help salmon and orca, rather than harm them, because it becomes easier for people to live without driving and thus reduce pollution that threaten salmon and orca. The "tree people" have it exactly backward.

Update! Mayor Katie Wilson will be one of our guest speakers at our upcoming State of Social Housing. Tickets are going fast so make sure to register if you want to attend! tinyurl.com/stateofsocia...

After the #waleg has failed to open up direct car sales to consumers (apart from Tesla, who is the only manufacturer who can do this in WA), @rivianofficial.bsky.social is funding a ballot initiative about it. Be on the lookout later this year. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/23/r...

Say hello to a truly connected region on March 28! The Crosslake Connection is opening two new stations and a world of new possibilities for the Eastside, Seattle and beyond. 🚊✨   Explore this highly anticipated new connection and get ready to ride! 🎉 www.soundtransit.org/crosslake

Not gonna lie: I’m going to my first @pwhltorrent.bsky.social game tonight, and CJ’s infectious joy influenced me to do so

The admins of bsky dot social have bestowed a verified checkmark on @icegov.bsky.social. A friendly reminder that #Mastodon still exists, in case you want an alternative to this alternative

I find it odd that so many @pwhltorrent.bsky.social players have cover stories to tell when a driver asks what they do for work.

Lofi Girl, whose instrumentals have been instrumental to my productivity and mental health for years, is opening a cafe in Paris "soon". loficafe.com

Huge congratulations to the amazing community volunteers and advocates @sngreenways.bsky.social and @fixthel8.bsky.social who paved the way for this change. I'm so proud of you. And thank you Mayor Wilson! #Seattle

The USPS will host a free first-day-of-issue event to mark the launch of its Bruce Lee Forever stamps on Feb. 18 at the Nippon Kan Theatre in Japantown (628 S Washington St).

In Feb, it will be the 3 year anniversary of passing I-135 and 1 year since passing Prop 1A. Join us to commemorate these victories, get an update on the current state of social housing, and hear what's coming up in 2026. More details and registration: tinyurl.com/stateofsocia...

“Robotaxis will lower total car use, not increase it, b/c some people won’t need to own their own vehicle anymore.” The same claim was made about ridehail 12 years ago. Didn’t happen. In fact, ridehail’s ascent increased car ownership. Why would robotaxis be different? www.cmu.edu/traffic21/re...

Sad to see that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with some 240 years of service to the community, will shut down, as will the free Pittsburgh City Paper. The city will still have a daily paper, the conservative-leaning Tribune-Review. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

A friendly reminder that even when a story is compelling and plausible, think before you share or upvote. We already have our first AI-assisted hoax of the year.

Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally

Hey! Go follow my new account, @mayorofseattle.bsky.social !

Congrats @milesintransit.com on the @nytimes.com feature! He did a “longest trip on MetroCard” video earlier in the year, too.

These USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C SSD enclosures are kind of ridiculous, but also kind of adorable. One looks like a floppy drive, the other like a computer icon for a file folder... which in turn is skeuomorphic design meant to look like an actual folder. www.ithome.com/0/909/297.htm

Public Health Seattle & King County’s comic on flushing rats back down the toilet is too cute. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...

Sony’s Japanese MiniDisc ads with Jamiroquai

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This basically amounts to Waymo using city workers to provide customer service -- with local taxpayers footing the bill.

Single-use plastic bags are wasteful and not as “reusable” in practice as claimed. Why is WA mandating that they be thicker and more expensive to consumers, rather than moving to phase them out entirely? www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

You can play with it here: sea2025election.alternative6.org (Be gentle, it’s hosted on a small VM.)

Made a little mapping tool with @shirleyswirley.bsky.social to answer the question: where in Seattle are people most politically similar to: ______? For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.

Well played, Seattle. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Seattle will host the following group stage matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, announced Saturday: June 15: Belgium v. Egypt June 19: USA v. Australia June 24: Qatar v. UEFA Playoff A winner (Italy/Northern Irleand/Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina June 26: Egypt v. Iran

Incredible game by the @pwhltorrent.bsky.social tonight! The Torrent conceded a goal about 3 minutes into the game, Hannah Murphy made 23 straight saves in her first pro start to keep it 1–0 for 55 more minutes, then the Torrent score 2 goals in the final 2 minutes. First win in team history.

RIP Crucial, a fantastic brand of memory and storage, killed as a consumer brand so that its parent company can sell to AI companies instead.

For nearly a year, I've been watching with quiet captivation as the tech world seeks "efficiency" with AI. Are we in a bubble? Yes. Will good AI products outlast it? Definitely. weill.org/2025/12/03/t...

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.