Alessandro Rigolon

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 6h

Yes and she’s been gaining progressively in every ballot drop. So in the end in might be close, but not THAT close

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, look at this platform www.wilsonforseattle.com/platform

Issues such homelessness, affordable and abundant housing, environmental justice

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h

Another young, progressive, pro-urbanism mayor in a major American city? Yes, please!

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 9h

!!!!!!!!

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 9h

!!!!!!!!

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h

How much homelessness and suffering from low and middle income families who can’t afford a home are we willing to tolerate to keep local control?

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

The *short* “white ribbon of death”

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

It's "preference for what one's neighborhood should look like" vs. "addressing the need for shelter for lower-income and unhoused people". Any liberal or progressive elected official who chooses "preference for what one's neighborhood should look like" is probably a conservative

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

Not happening. Sunday seems optimistic, too

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

Doesn't do a very good job at that, judging by the lift lines I find at Snowbird

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

lol

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

Probably the key part of this piece. It comes down to the following: "What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor and unhoused do to our souls?"

"Those of us who do housing reform work in California do not have the luxury of that distance. Many of us struggle to afford housing. Nearly all of us have friends who have moved away due to the high cost of rent or the seeming impossibility of becoming a homeowner. We constantly bear witness to the suffering of the tens of thousands of people who are forced to sleep outside every night and live with the knowledge that many of them die every day. This close proximity to the human costs of California’s disastrous housing policy, combined with experience of listening to housing opponents’ arguments, focuses the mind and clarifies the stakes.

While I understand and admire Marohn’s desire to give people the benefit of the doubt, it cannot survive contact with California housing opponents’ words and actions. What are we supposed to say about people who wait hours to speak in opposition to affordable farmworker housing in downtown Half Moon Bay because it might make it harder for them to park their cars, or who scream at public officials who propose converting an existing motel to homeless housing? What do we make of people who live near UC Berkeley—where one in ten students experience homelessness—and sue to block the construction of a dorm because the students might be loud? What should I think about a city council member who brags about building fewer homes for needy families to mollify her constituents who dislike mid-rise buildings? Should housing advocates continue to seek compromise with NIMBYs who understand perfectly well that endlessly dragging out the entitlement and permitting process with bad-faith demands for further project-level public input can kill projects’ financial feasibility?

Is YIMBY rhetoric painting these people as obstacles to housing really the problem here, or is their rigid dedication to the status quo in the face of so much suffering the problem? What does prioritizing millionaire homeowners’ aversion to change over the needs of the poor …

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

I cannot recommend this piece by @maxdubler.com enough. It articulates very well some of the key differences between the YIMBY and Strong Towns movements regarding housing. It mostly comes down to state preemption and political strategy. Ideology vs. pragmatism.

On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler

Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...

www.maxdubler.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h

Or Solitude on, checks notes, Friday

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 12h

This would be a massive blow to the growth of the e-bike movement in the U.S. Let's hope Rad Power Bikes can survive

Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 12h

Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of 'potential' closure as efforts continue to 'save Rad'

#SEAbikes #Seattle

Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of ‘potential’ closure as efforts continue to ‘save Rad’

Read the full November 7 WARN letter (PDF). Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company's 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations "as early as January 2026." A November 7 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") filed with the state (PDF) lists both service-level workers at the company's retail and repair shop as well as corporate workers at their Seattle headquarters, including top-level positions like CEO and CFO.

www.seattlebikeblog.com

Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 12h

Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of 'potential' closure as efforts continue to 'save Rad'

#SEAbikes #Seattle

Rad Power Bikes sends employees notice of ‘potential’ closure as efforts continue to ‘save Rad’

Read the full November 7 WARN letter (PDF). Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company's 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations "as early as January 2026." A November 7 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") filed with the state (PDF) lists both service-level workers at the company's retail and repair shop as well as corporate workers at their Seattle headquarters, including top-level positions like CEO and CFO.

www.seattlebikeblog.com

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12h

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.

The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 14h

Thoughts about the leaked final week of the Giro d'Italia 2026? From Lasterketa Burua on the bad site. A couple of trends from the last few years continue: 1. Putting the hardest climbs as the 2nd or 3rd to last to promote long-range attacks. 2. The same big climb repeated twice (like Monte Grappa)

Profiles of five Giro stages in the last week

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 14h

I'll stick to Gent-Wevelgem, thanks

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Isolationism isn’t good economic policy. The U.S. hasn’t learned from Brexit and is implementing its on version, tariffs

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 16h

The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 16h

The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

You can read about Mike’s experience in this Building Salt Lake story

OPINION: Utah Needs More Transit to Trailheads - Building Salt Lake

Take a peep at the leaves through the lenses of transit advocate Mike Christensen.

buildingsaltlake.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

In Salt Lake City, you can take transit from downtown and get to one of the most popular hikes of the Wasatch (Bloods Lake). It does, however, take about 2+ hours to get there via transit (2 transfers) vs 1 h 10 min if you drive. All transit rides are free

Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP @mrc-slc.bsky.social · Oct 3

File this under "Transit to Trailheads." Today I rode buses to hike in the Wasatch. First leg is High Valley Transit 107 from downtown SLC to Kimball Junction Transit Center. 😀

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Chat, show me a policy that will cause more inflation

KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 1d

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he will give a $2,000 check to every American, which will come from the tariff revenue collected by the administration.

kutv.com/news/nation-...

KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 1d

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he will give a $2,000 check to every American, which will come from the tariff revenue collected by the administration.

kutv.com/news/nation-...