If you were assembling a list of essential books on cities and how they work, what would be on it?

Me reading your skeets

Remember folks, if you experienced a day of perfect weather in Seattle no you didn't

I've ALWAYS wanted to write a reported story on bike theft. This one is doozy—a teenaged thief who stole $50,000 worth of bikes in Silicon Valley. Big surprise, the police did next to nothing. Here’s how the victims got their bikes back with DIY detective work. escapecollective.com/a-thief-took...

'All too often local police treat the theft of such items like someone broke into a homeowner’s playroom and stole a bunch of toys.' @pflax1.bsky.social on a story that's as frustrating as it is enduring. escapecollective.com/a-thief-took...

I missed it the other day when it ticked over to 2000 miles so this will have to do.

if you came to Bluesky to complain about Seattle bike infrastructure, I hope you have a really bad time.

How to use Bluesky correctly: Be weird in an endearing way.

I can’t believe it took me so long to buy a mountain bike. I lived 2 miles from these trails for the past 13 years and I only started riding them this year.

*returned to a public access show in southeast Michigan youtu.be/PniJM5IwXfE?...

Love it: the night after he was kicked off of CBS for good, Stephen Colbert hosted a public access show in southeast Michigan.

Multiple times a week someone on an e-bike passes me when I'm on my road bike and most of them say some version of sorry for cheating. I'm like, look around, there are a million people driving 4,000 lb SUVs alone to pick up a cup of coffee, you are not cheating my friend.

Our neighbourhood was built in the early 1900s with garden village and arts and crafts ideas. The big house on the hill, the first to be built, was Summer Hill. The plans include a Cycles room which these days would be the garage. Delightfully it’s too small for the behemoths of today.

As prime minister of the world I declare Car Garages are out and Cycle Rooms are in. Building codes have been updated

Going to attempt my first brake bleed on my bike tomorrow (Shimano road brakes). Give me your tips and tricks so I can get overwhelmed, rethink my plan, and put it off another week!

it’s ok to think “not sure I like that” and just move on with your life, the desire to sort everything into good and bad politics is so soul-crushing

If this building were a Tolkien character, it would be a dwarf.

Can the metronomic passage of time fit inside a ballroom?

The average office microwave can barely acheive this to heat a frozen burrito

One of my friends had one of these with headphones that vibrated with the bass and it was so cool. I still remember the mix tape he let me listen to the first time.

There’s a house I ride by on a lot of my bike rides that always has Trump flags flying high. Haven’t ridden by there in months though and I’m going to check it out and see if they are still proud supporters.

Been having a rough few weeks lately and I went for a bike ride and it solved nothing, but damn if I don't feel just a little bit better. Endorphins, am I right?

Grampa’s not going to get any better at driving in the next two weeks. Time to take the keys away.

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Here's a cool idea! Seattle has a new e-cargobike freight/delivery initiative that will support sustainable and dependable deliveries throughout the city!

*frantically running to the nearest internet outpost to breathlessly deliver the punchline I thought of weeks ago* DON'T LET THE DOW HIT YA ON THE WAY OUT

Contractor says we can save 17% if we change it to PLAM Sunday.

Weird birthday for me this year, numbers-wise. 1984 is the year I was born. Half of 84 is 42, which will be my age on Thursday, 4/2. 84 years is roughly the average life expectancy for someone living where I do per the CDC. So I’ll also be halfway through that average life expectancy.

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

Pinned on a number and raced bikes yesterday. It's important to do a warmup before the race starts. If not, you're likely to get dropped very early on, and have to take turns with 2 others that also got dropped just to finish second to last. Don't ask me how I know.

Been YEARS since I've read some longform from my old friend Phil Gaimon, but this is worth the wait. It's extremely honest. And Phil is among the sharpest writers of any current or former pro athlete in any sport. Worth 10 minutes of your time. philgaimon.substack.com/p/hey-phil-s...

RIP Blazing Bagels: Beloved Redmond-based bakery and bagel shop has shut down and laid off its employees Although no announcement has yet been posted to its website or social platform channels, former employees say on Reddit that they've lost their jobs, while patrons have reported encountering…

Oh no!

If you’re lucky enough to have a child that would go for this, I highly recommend throwing a birthday party for them where they take 2 friends to buy some new books, have dinner, then build a blanket fort to eat candy and read their new books. 13/10 perfect party.

As a public service, I thought I'd offer a little constructive criticism of the most popular styles of bike racks, since it appears that the entities that manufacture and install these racks are clueless about the needs of actual bike riders.

The Seattle Punter was the MVP. I will not argue about this

Every Washingtonian should visit claimyourcash.org to see if you have funds waiting to be claimed. Last year, our Department of Revenue returned $182 million. On Unclaimed Property Day today, we want to get your money back into your pocket.

WSDOT: Hi SEPA we want to build a massive "diverging diamond" interchange on I-90 at SR-18 to facilitate additional sprawl is that cool? SEPA: Sounds fine to me City of Seattle: Hey SEPA, we'd like to allow people to build more homes in the heart of our city SEPA: Slow down just a minute fella

I don't know who needs this information, but Netflix has a 6-episode Spanish murder mystery, "City of Shadows," that centers on Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona. With locations like this, the plot barely matters.

Found a copy of *A Pattern Language* in a used bookstore. At what price is it worth picking up (if any)?

At last an AI tool I can get behind “Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.” antirender.com

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus took up this question and said, "well, first off, definitely not the plumbers. As for sparkies, well..."

A couple years ago on the last day of school my neighbor had a bunch of her friends over playing badminton in the street and it was loud. I closed my window and let them be.

The new link light rail across Lake Washington on the I-90 bridge is slated to officially open to passengers March 28, finally connecting Seattle and the Eastside.

One of the Seattle middle schools where students had to shelter in place today because of ICE activity is named after a US citizen of Japanese descent who was sent to the Minidoka concentration camp as a teenager.

The panic when I open this app and see 20+ notifications. Luckily people just liked and reposted and didn’t start following me.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best antidote to doom and despair is getting out in your community if you are able to and working towards something positive. Not everything has to be about fighting fascism directly. Simply building better and stronger communities is a worthy endeavor.

New bike day!!! Still need to unbox and put it together, but I’m so stoked.