## Write Disney a LETTER. WRITE DISNEY-ABC A LETTER TODAY. Not email, don’t @ them on social media – or do that, that’s fine, but it’s not a substitute. It’s not as good. Do that too, but mostly… WRITE DISNEY A LETTER. On PAPER. Put it in an ENVELOPE and […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: MEGAMAP 2.0.3 Greater Northshore MEGAMAP 2.0.3 – 19 September 2025 – is now available on github. As there are no changes in the core Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map – the north-end-only map – no new version has been generated. Latest […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

[Report: FBI to designate trans people 'violent extremists'] ## Report: FBI to designate trans people ‘violent extremists’ I would like to wish all the people who fought with me and sneered at me about how Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris were no better than […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## greg gutfield’s fascist rant I do not believe it’s a minor thing that Greg “let’s reclaim the word Nazi” Gutfield is repurposing Hitler’s “Jewish hypnotism” libel against trans people to transfer guilt from a cis white boy from a conservative family: > […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## the regime going all in on censorship, while advisors push for mass arrests The grim times we’ve been expecting are here. Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-TX) calls trans people a virus and a cancer that must be censored, isolated, and imprisoned en masse […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## charlie kirk got his wish, why are they complaining? Charlie Kirk was a vicious racist, misogynist, and anti-queer activist working to recruit anyone he could into his beliefs, someone who wanted LGBT people killed, who considered empathy a “new age” […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## “root causes” I hate linking to _The Hill_ , but here we go: RFK Jr. says agency will reveal causes of autism in September No, he fucking won’t. He literally shut down actual studies working on such things, because as with all fundamentalist-approach […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.2 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.2 – 4 August 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.2. Mostly small updates again this time, but there’s one big one – the Redmond […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## we didn’t plan to go to worldcon we didn’t plan to go to worldcon like, at all even though it was fucken _here_ , right downtown because until a few months ago it was going to be utterly impossible, economically (we’ve only really dug out of a two-year […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## no better satire could be written Holy hell. The Tesla Truck is such a complete fucking sales disaster that he’s getting a corrupt deal with the military to buy them as targets. I repeat: THE TESLA TRUCK IS SUCH A COMPLETE FAILURE THAT THEY’RE SELLING […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.1 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 4 August 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.1. Mostly small updates this time, but one in particular is very important, and another […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Hey Northshore voters! Hey NORTHSHORE VOTERS! If you’re in the Northshore School District voting area, please be aware there are two school district elections, and each of those elections includes an anti-trans candidate you need to vote against! One’s […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## a baseline apple and a speciality cider Seattle Cider dropped a cosmic-crisp single variety cider, so I had a sample this weekend at their booth at the Lake Forest Park Farmer’s Market. My expectations were pretty low, honestly, because the cosmic crisp is […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## sometimes, I think of ponies Have you ever noticed that every projection about “AGI” and “superintelligence” has an “and then a miracle occurs” step? I have. I shouldn’t say _every_ projection – there are many out there, and I haven’t seen them all. But […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 15 July 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.0. The big update this release is making City of Seattle street labels legible when […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## alt text issues The last couple of posts I’ve made with images didn’t have their alt text make it to the Federation. It made it to Dreamwidth, but didn’t federate. Let’s try this one: #biking

## Elon Musk’s Grok going full-Nazi Grok went gone full Hitler-supporting Nazi today. At first it was slightly hidden, but since I boosted this around, it’s just gone full-bore literal Nazi, calling for National Socialism and what Hitler would do and why it […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Careless People My hold at the library came up, so I finally got to read _Careless People_ , Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir about her time at Facebook. You should read it. No matter how bad you might think Facebook/Meta and its leadership might be, it’s […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## why I’m doing all this work Here – here’s why I’m doing all this relabelling work in one photo of actual printouts of the same area of map, laid out side by side on a tabletop, and shot from above: Look at the street names. That’s why. #BikeMap #BikeTooter #design

## the delicate art of text replacement So I’m redoing the text on the Seattle 2023 bike map, because I figured out that while in digital form on a phone or something it’s okay, printed, it’s REALLY not. And since the printed poster is the biggest single part […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## the media may not care, but ICE is still running roughshod over LA this July 4th Okay, so, one of my best friends still has people from her neighbourhood being disappeared. It’s not getting better. It’s getting worse. I’m not going to ID her here, not with […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## thinking about someone I should not bother thinking about Once upon a time, I was friends with a guy named Jim. A very, very few of you might know him. Almost all of you won’t. I walked away some years ago, blocked him on the socials over his support for […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW. Not later; not tonight; **RIGHT NOW.** Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number: (202) 224-3121 Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## as a treat “Our expectations for you were low, but holy shit“: #medicine

## the enemy of my enemy _This appeared first on my Mastodon account last night; it ’s proven popular, so here it is – trivially expanded because I had to trim it more than I liked to fit in 750 characters – for here, too._ Some weeks ago, protesters at UW […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Yes, establishment Democrats of New York, “vote blue no matter who” still applies A couple of lefty people I know are pre-emptively being bitter and anticipating defeat in the New York City Mayoral election, expecting “vote blue no matter who” suddenly not […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Tesla Takedown Tuesday Today is another Tuesday Tesla Takedown at the Lynnwood (Washington State) Tesla dealership. 4:15 PM • Tesla store – Lynnwood • 17731 Pacific Hwy, Lynnwood, WA 98037 There are several other protests, sign events, and so on today in […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## a day that will… December 7th, 1941: the Empire of Japan bombed Pearl Harbour. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it “a day that will live in infamy” in his famous speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Japan. That […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## I don’t know what’s going to happen now …but here are some options from a foreign-policy standpoint as laid out by _The Atlantic_. Seems a reasonable summary to me. What it completely leaves out is that this is a direct violation of the War Powers Act, the […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## hey team north end! Today’s Tuesday. There’s a Tuesday #TeslaTakedown protest, Lynnwood, Tesla dealership on 99. 4:15pm TODAY, like usual. As I’m writing, that’s literally an hour and like 20 minutes away. Yeah I kinda forgot too lol, but no reprieves for […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Let’s talk “Remigration” Farty McShitgibbon squirted out another racist authoritarian shart on Pravda Sotsialnaya late Sunday night, blowing off steam caused by his frustration at protests and over his shitty birthday parade. It’s a screed of lies about […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## A word you need to know right now I’ve got a post going up tomorrow (Monday) morning, but the word you need to understand _right now_ is: ## _Remigration_ If you don’t already know this word – or if you’re in certain areas of academia and think you do […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## photographs are important Seeing the usual In-Love-With-Failure and/or disruptors saying don’t take or post photos. If you’re saying this: **THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF PROTEST**. Don’t take photos at a direction action were laws may be violated, of […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## No Kings Day Today’s the day. It’s not too late to get out there. In Cascadia, most protests haven’t even started yet. If you can’t do the mornings, some protests start late – Lake Forest Park’s protest starts at 4:30 in the afternoon. So find your local […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## If there is only one (1) time you turn out, do it this weekend Find your local No Kings protest and show up. More different protests are **_better_** , not worse; one huge protest is easy to crack down upon; a dozen across the same area is impossible. If […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.8, and a decision about Seattle 2025 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.8.0 – 8 June 2025 – is now available on github, along with MEGAMAP 1.7.1. This version is mostly, but not entirely, about […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Halifax Mayor Fillmore hates bike infrastructure HEY! Any Nova Soctia bike or bike-supportive people – particularly in or near Halifax – here? Time to show up! “Mayor Fillmore has called for a halt to _all_ new cycling infrastructure, using “rationale” […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## NOT-ON-MY-BINGO-CARD TEST RELEASE: Coexistence Alpha 0.85 for Dreamwidth ooooooookay so loooooong time ago I did a lot of work on a CSS overlay for Dreamwidth’s Neutral Good/Evil styles to make them work properly on mobile devices as well as Desktop. If […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.7.1 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.7.1 – 1 June 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 1.7.1. Additions and changes since 1.7: * Extension of bike lanes in Kenmore on 80th Ave […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Don’t fall for Musk’s press campaign Here’s a good short piece on Elon Musk’s propaganda campaign to recover/rebuild his image. Morons, fools, and co-conspirators – by which I mean the bulk of the so-called political press in the United States – will […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## this will keep going until it can’t A preview linking to this article in The Advocate. Here’s some quotes: > “I looked into all options and a private fund is the most efficient, streamlined way for me to do this,” she said. “Lots of people are offering to […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## as supplies run low I’ve been checking hardware stores the last couple of weeks, mostly because there are things I need, but a little because I’m watching their stocks fall. Smaller hardware stores are having a harder time covering the stock gap than […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## since this bullshit is going around again Holy fucking hell, people are reviving the “the Trump shooting was staged” crap again, fuelled this time by ChatGPT slop. I refer you to this writeup I posted the last time this was going around. We have a picture […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Save the date: June 14 June 14. Mass protest, like the biggest one last time, only hopefully bigger. It’s called No Kings. Here’s Indivisible’s notice about it. Save the date, be ready to go out. **_Everybody_**.

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.7, and a quandary 2 Line Eastside Bike Connector updated their map to include the new train stations opening today! If you’re seeing this on May 10th, you can go to the opening events! Naturally […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## threatening the supreme court Miller’s out there again threatening the courts with a suspension of habeas corpus if they don’t rule the way the fascists want. Explicitly. In words. They’re threatening to start arresting anyone and everyone they want, at […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.6.1 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.6.1 – 3 May 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 1.6.1. This release wasn’t supposed to happen yet – arguably at all, the next was supposed […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## google, we need to talk Google Maps put this on a “bike route” for me today! Technically it’s not wrong, I mean, it goes to another trail which is kinda like it to another which is better to another which is actually good, but yeah strong […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Gamers Nexus out there casually providing the best coverage of tariffs Last night – Tuesday night – Gamers Nexus posted a _**three hour deep dive**_ on how Trump’s tariff regime is completely fucking _one segment_ of the computer industry: custom computers […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Do This Today: Call Senators Indivisible reports that these Democratic senators _in particular_ need to hear from their constituents right now to oppose HR22, a bill which would disinfranchise millions of people, mostly women, from voting. In particular […] [Original post on solarbird.net]