It is way too beautiful of a day to be on the Internet, Seattle.

i mean yeah, come on, that's pretty neat

I really suggest occasionally checking out the conversations on X and Facebook and considering if they are something you value. Bluesky is certainly a bubble of minority opinions, but the conversations are often informed and valuable. I can't say the same of X or FB.

Awesome new paper by @ashtonindc.bsky.social unpacking ideas about "what—and who—our streets are for" that are behind car supremacy. By analyzing what people say at public meetings, this paper makes the case that individuals are upholding car supremacy and stymieing efforts to build safe streets.

Puget Sound media really has the knives out, huh?

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

I saw not one, not two, but three people riding Lime Gliders attempt to shoal at every traffic light between Mercer and Denny along 9th Ave today. They all got passed by the rest of the bike traffic by mid-block for four consecutive blocks.

We live in the most beautiful city.

Kid puked all over the car on the drive to school (I drove her today because I am very sick), anyway how's your day going

when you move to the pacific northwest

Looksmaxxing my shins by bone smashing them for years with my skateboard.

One ride to stop the spread

Construct a sentence that will infuriate Seattle residents, entry one: Parking my SUV at Pike's Place just so I can look out over The Puget Sound before taking a leisurely drive down Denny's Avenue and heading to the 5 to get dinner in walkable Bellevue!

Bus Lane... or SCANDAL? 😱

bliss

So TV traffic reporters just...do their segments from their car now? Incredible.

KOMO, Jason Rantz, Sinfosky, and Your Favorite Internet Comment Section Goon think this is either a Communist plot to end car ownership, an intentional effort to destroy Seattle, or a deliberate traffic apocalypse. Life is so beautiful if you never read the comments.

A disused coal gasification plant is not an important historical landmark and I'm tired of pretending that it is.

Our feeds

Type of day that makes Seattle tourists think "should I move here?"

Boards of Canada posted a new video to their YouTube channel called "Tape 05," it's a mostly ambient track with a distorted collection of religious, scientific, and cultural images and a rotating hexagon pattern. Listen with headphones for a real treat. youtu.be/6bghDcbzfEU?...

It hailed so much in SLU it looked like it had snowed.

Another good example for why Seattle will never be a biking city.

With a new Boards of Canada release seeming like it's just over the horizon thanks to cryptic videotapes sent via mail and posters appearing across the world, I've been revisiting this dark and atmospheric 2013 masterpiece. It's simply one of those rare albums that feels like it has always existed.

9 AM at SODO Costco.

Old familiar friend

Chalk it up

Absolutely gorgeous overcast spring morning out there.

Have you tried the bus in Seattle lately? City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck catches Sal the SpokesSalmon in the U-District and shares how Seattle is making buses faster and more reliable! Learn more: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/04/09/s... Featuring @councilmember-amr.bsky.social 🤸‍♀️

The American third space is the car. The fourth space is the comment section.

Currently coping by having a Post Alley Pizza hoagie (tuna, with hoagie jazz) and basking in a cool and clear early spring day in downtown Seattle.

Well, at least the price of eggs went down

Seattle's spring climate is cracking down on wet and gloomy weather. But some say this is bad for business. More at 11.

it’s true that overall likes are way down on bluesky over the past year. however, if you look closely at the data, that’s mostly an anomaly resulting from the fact that your posts specifically have gotten worse and are dragging the vibe down.

Fantastic bumper sticker sighting on a 1990s Toyota pickup (think the one from Toy Story) "Please be patient, I'm carrying a pot of soup"

Steven Sinosfki is on X complaining that the 2 Line is actually too crowded.

Going to pop down to Pike Place to get some groceries. Sure hope I can find a convenient parking spot right out front!

Grim reminder that this is currently the most competent and experienced Cabinet that Trump will have for the remainder of his Presidency, and the above statement will also be true for the remainder of his Presidency.

damn

Wishing Kemper Freeman a very happy I-90 light rail day.

Notable: in this metaphor, Seattle has nuclear weapons while Bellevue does not.

A theme of living in this era is knowing that you do not have an accurate accounting of a great many historic events.

The only tech product that has delivered on its promise of redefining its field while also preserving the best of the past is this

This is nuts.

Noticing the Fremont bridge bike counter on my ride to work. Monday, clear and cool: about 1,500 riders by 9 AM Tuesday, monsoon rains: about 600 riders by 9 AM

The Finns are trying to poach my talent. Little do they know I love Seattle.

Talk about putting things into perspective.