Welcome to the typical Falcons experience, America

A 110°F day in Phoenix in July is closer to the freezing point than Fairbanks is right now. @alaskawx.bsky.social

My anxiety instantly abated not just because the Hawks won, but because the 594 I'm on *just* got past Royal Brougham before all the fans had filed out to the stop. (There was an extra 594 coach already parked at the stop waiting for them, so don't worry about them too much)

this guy has helped create a bunch of movies i love so I don't begrudge him for shit like The Minecraft Movie. but i genuinely don't understand how you can love Calvin and Hobbes or respect Bill Watterson as an artist and want to do this

Fuck MGP - the seat's not useful to us if she's not going to use it to vote for Dem values

Feels like I haven't had much interesting to say on here this year. I'd like to change that, but tbh my last couple of months have been kinda sad & listless...? So there's not been much inspiration to draw from. I think I need some sort of hobby, but creativity doesn't come naturally to me.

Climate change fucking sucks.

Vision Zero is not aspirational. It is achievable with the right infrastructure. We have the opportunity to do better.

After NYC installed 2,000 speed cameras, crashes fell 30% and injuries 16%. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

7 new speed cameras are coming to Bellevue streets in 2026! These will make our streets safer while bringing equitable enforcement of our speed limits. Thanks to Bellevue City Council for the unanimous vote! We urge Council & staff to quickly move forward w/ implementation of more locations.

I was really happy to see a lot of friends at the Federal Way opening today! Sorry if it looked like I was crying, my sinuses hate me and gave me December allergies as a price for having such an amazing daughter who likes riding trains

🚆 @sound-transit.bsky.social

NEW STORY // Mayor Scrambles to Protect ‘Character’ of Old Bellevue with Emergency Controls Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/04/m...

We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency. What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.

vancouver/miami certainly must be the greatest distance between two teams in any league championship, like, ever, right?

Pulling for Cascadia tonight, especially so that they can beat the big baddies next week #MLS

Mamdani seems like a prog willing to ruffle feathers to pass good government reforms. Dean Preston was a prog who was unwilling to do this Like 90% of local elected Dems are mod Dems unwilling to ruffle feathers.

I feel like the two dimensional political compass for local elected democrats are: 1. Mod or Prog 2. Interested in solving any local problems whatsoever vs deferring to local gatekeeper assholes.

Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike? Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails. My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...

Want some @thepwhl.com on a Friday? Heck yeah!

TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den? MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes TRUMP: surely they ate him MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't TRUMP: Unbelievable

Speaking of turkeys check out this string of cars in bike lanes on 108th DT Bellevue

Guess what! Transit Riders Union ( @seattletru.bsky.social ) is having a fundraising party and you're invited! Come hang out with transit nerds who advocate for cool things, eat good food from Spice Walla, and hear from Interesting Speakers. Get your tickets (& donate) here: givebutter.com/Z0191M

NEW // Book Review: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore Book review by Valentina Vaneeva via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/19/b...

San Diego has 2x the population of Helsinki and about 270 people died in traffic related fatalities in 2024

💯👍👏 Also...let's be ready to support our left urbanist electeds when they—inevitably—fall short of our expectations. We won't get a win every time and we all have to navigate the realities of state law, limited resources, powerful opposition, bureaucratic inertia, geometry, thermodynamics...

southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/... This might be my favorite one yet from @bretthamil.bsky.social !!!

And if you're in the Seattle area, you can join us at one of our meetups every Thursday in Redmond where we chat about everything urbanism. We hope to see you there! www.meetup.com/eastside-urb...

If you have any questions, you can join us on Discord! discord.com/invite/zhXKQ...

Seen our Transit Tracker project on social media? You can learn how to build your own here: transit-tracker.eastsideurbanism.org

oh lawd we goin viral

The evolution of Seattle’s painted scooter corrals.

NEW STORY // ‘Build the Damn Trains’ Campaign Pushes Sound Transit Toward Creative Solutions Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/b...

"Ms. Wilson’s election is a Pacific Coast victory for progressive Democrats that matches Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Honored to join with @transpochoices.bsky.social, @moveredmond.org, Tacoma on the Go!, and so many other partners to urge Sound Transit to #BuildTheDamnTrains! We're a region that's united behind delivering the transit system that voters were promised as quickly as possible.

Today we stood by @transpochoices.bsky.social in support of their Build the Damn Train campaign. Together along w/ other regional transit leaders, we are asking for Sound Transit to deliver the vision of the voters. It’s about connecting people regionally w/ frequent & reliable transit!

becoming one of those pro-natalist freaks but from the perspective of "we can't let these people raise all the kids"

Another election update: progressive candidates Shilpa Prem and Jay Arnold have TAKEN THE LEAD in their races for the Kirkland City Council after previously being behind. So much for that reactionary anti-growth backlash in Kirkland.

Game 5 of the ALDS has entered the 9,748th inning, the Sounders are in round 3,250 of their shootout and Katie Wilson leads the vote count for mayor by 91 votes. Seattle just doesn’t like knowing results.

Severance (of car parking in Paris)

It is too early to call the Mamdani administration a disappointment?

Democratic-backed candidates ahead in early returns for this year’s Bellevue City Council races, with only one exception King County's second largest city is likely to have a more progressive city council beginning in 2026, which will shake up city politics. Notably, longtime Councilmember Conrad…

GET THE BROOM 🧹🧹 4-0 DEM SWEEP FOR FIRST DEM MAJORITY IN NEWCASTLE’S 31 YEAR HISTORY: 6-1 DEMS IN NEWCASTLE

Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things. we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures

In Bellevue, Conrad Lee, who has been in office since the mid-1990s, is set to be defeated by Naren Briar despite bringing out the big guns about how single family zoning is "under attack." And more pro-housing Vishal Bhargava is also set to keep his seat.

link to the whole thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...

LFG

With the win, sounders will play at least 50 games. It’s the first time they’ve reached that mark.

Out here in Cal Anderson Park ready to take food donations for the SNAP to Action Food Drive! It sure is raining so come on out and make it worthwhile!

It's happening! Already a lot of food donations. Love you, Seattle!