You can really feel the fall air and light these days. A tentative feeling, like the change of season is just holding itself back, waiting for the right moment to pounce.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

A sight for sore eyes on the evening bike commute

"If the extruder poops, I scoots"? "If you curb it, they will herd to it"?

Starbucks Desert is a beautiful name for a baby boy.

A nice thing about this kind of incident getting onto the Seattle subreddit, and then having very active comment sections, is that a lot of folks process exactly why this kind of protection is needed.

I'm ashamed to admit that the electric leaf blower I purchased and used today is actually a very delightful tool. Sorry neighbors.

Stroller urbanism is absolutely a real thing, and it's going to piss you off so much when it happens to you.

The Lion, The Witch, and the Lion's Lack of Concern

📍Ballard, Seattle: trinket memes on the yard sale signs

Our smoke detector went off at 5:30 AM. Couldn't figure out why. Reset it. Go back to bed. It goes off again. Took it down, shook it a bit ...and a giant spider crawled out of it.

Beacon

oh, it’s precedented. thank god

Intermnet Bad 😞

September 9th Bad Feeling Guy was fully vindicated.

telling the room "there are no stupid ideas," then immediately correcting myself to say "there is at least one stupid idea"

I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage

Want

Adulthood piercing through the pull of a lazy Saturday: arrived at Costco (the very first one built!) at 9:17 AM, spent $505 on an eye-watering amount of groceries (formula & diapers on sale), did laundry, walked the dog & baby, and re-organized the kitchen cabinets all before 1 PM.

Hey safe streets nerds! Do you work flexible hours? Have a cool retired parent looking to stay active? Become a school crossing guard! Look at all those unfilled positions! Make it easier for your neighborhood kids to walk and bike to school! www.seattleschools.org/news/crossin...

Remarkable photo. I can see my house from here. No NW Market St. Trees? Hah, you wish.

Guy that has bad feelings about things: ehh I don't know about this one, I've got a bad feeling about it

Air can hurt you too

New guitar day. I've wanted a "parlor guitar" for a while and finally pulled the trigger. Probably the nicest guitar I've ever owned, and definitely the smallest. Fun to try to get back into playing a bit. Bought a Neil Young songbook too. Hope to pass this guitar to my daughter in due time.

Some call it the magical power of compounding interest.

Dropped my phone into a big pot of boiling bean soup, and it is fine. Sometimes we take the future for granted.

All I know is that this nonsense won’t go on forever.

When I share the stat that about 1 in 4 Washingtonians don’t have drivers licenses, people balk when they find out that children are included. It highlights that we don’t actually value children’s mobility. This Harris poll shows 62% of 8-12 yo have never walked or biked anywhere alone.

Things Are Going Great 😃👍

Good idea, Linda www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

This is very challenging news for Sound Transit.

RFK jr may not know anything about healthcare, government, nutrition etc but you have to admit he has style

Huh. The majority of microplastics are from tires, clothing (polyester), and paint. It’s not coming from large, durable plastics. So… paper labels, lighter vehicles + transit, and eliminating polyester as much as possible would do most of the heavy land-based lifting (and jute fishing nets).

Absolutely amazing.

Incredible reporting here, and some hilarious instances of people getting mad at the computer.

baby veil falls

"Thinking of the ways the system will provide Windows 95"

At Our World in Data, we spend much of our time counting deaths. But it’s just as important to know the number of lives saved — even though it is harder to estimate and involves much larger uncertainty. My Data Insight today includes this chart of some estimates.

type of guy who wants to press the "earthquake mode" button to see if his prep kit is good enough

You laugh, but this is a very tame comment compared to what I read on a daily basis.

SPEED BUMPS ARE PURE EVIL. Cars DESTROYED. Milkshakes SPILLED. Families TRAUMATIZED. BAN THE BUMPS!

Magical Fairy Dust (parmesan cheese in a plastic cylinder)

Flooring installed today. Getting close now.

when company comes over it can be nice to serve some hors d'oeuvres

Caught a wild @qagggy.bsky.social on this panorama video of the block party that Ballard Fremont-Greenways and local organizers put together to advocate for a better crossing at 8th Ave NW & NW 70th St. SDOT dropped their (positive) plan for 8th Ave improvements off today too.

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It's fascinating to me, a nerd interested in language and the built environment, that "paint isn't protection" (obviously true) morphed into "paint isn't infrastructure" (certainly not the case). Like a game of urbanism telephone!

new Radiohead live album released today. rumors of a tour coming later this year. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Warms the heart to see bullhorns and a single front brake - the ole low-cost and low-maintenance Chicago standard setup.