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Doug Gordon

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Local advocacy is more important than ever. It's overwhelming to think about how to fix [motions to everything] but I can make it safer for seniors to cross the street, for kids to bike to school, for people to have places to meet in public space... all of which build and strengthen our democracy.

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 8h

Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.

January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM

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The #TransitCat of the day also left only footprints.💜

Stip Buck @stipbuck.bsky.social · 2d

You DO NOT leave your biscuit dough unattended when you’re living with four cats #cathursday #HappyNewYear

Rolled out biscuit dough with cat footprints all over it

January 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM

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The #TransitDog of the day has left only footprints.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 8h

Look at these cute dog paw prints. 🐾

Photo of 2 dog prints in the ice and snow

January 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM

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🎵Some folks are born, silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah
But when the taxman comes to the door
The house look a like a rummage sale

It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one🎵

January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM

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Good morning to the understanding of hope expressed by Václav Havel in 1985 or 1986 (via Rebecca Solnit). havelcenter.org/2015/05/04/d...

". . . [T]he kind of hope I often think about (especially in situations that are particularly hopeless, such as prison) I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us, or we don’t. . . . Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. . . . I feel that its deepest roots are in the transcendental, just as the roots of human responsibility are, though of course I can’t – unlike Christians, for instance — say anything about the transcendental. . . .

“Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpromising the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper that hope is. Hope is not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. In short, I think that the deepest and most important form of hope, the only one that can keep us above water and urge us to good works, and the only true source of the breathtaking dimension of the human spirit and its efforts, is something we get, as it were, from ‘elsewhere.’ It is also this hope, above all, that gives us the strength to live and continually to try new things, even in conditions that seem as hopeless as ours do, here and now.”

January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM

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Leading Pedestrian Intervals must be accompanied by No Turn On Red.

And ideally also by Left On Green Arrow Only, at bigger intersections. bsky.app/profile/actf...

Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · Oct 12

This intersection has a Leading Pedestrian Interval. If you're crossing from east to west, you start crossing southbound Georgia Ave/97 just when drivers get a green🟢 to turn left from Shorefield onto southbound Georgia Ave.

MD SHA sets up drivers to hit people.

January 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 1d

The Lions Gate Bridge bus queue jump is beautiful and anxiety-inducing at the same time

January 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM

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If you don't want to see the #TransitDog and/or #TransitCat Of The Day posts, you can mute the hashtag(s).

Screenshot showing how to mute the hashtag by clicking on it and then selecting Mute.

January 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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The beautiful yellow lab-ish #TransitDog of the day is riding on an open gangway train.💜

static klinger @jessespector.com · 2d

my first open gangway train and first subway dog of 2026!

panoramic view with the open gangway in the middle

a beautiful yellow lab (?) dog wearing a green plaid sweater and adorable little black doggie boots

January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM

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The bonus #TransitDog of the day (January 1, 2026) is this happy dog.💜

The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 2d

If I accomplish nothing else this year, I made my dog happy today.

January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM

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This sweet dog is the first #TransitDog of the day in 2026.💜

Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 3d

Ringing in the new year working on an old bike

An old steel Fuji bicycle getting some love, with a fire, a Christmas tree, and a sweet old dog in the background

January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM

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Marlowe is the #TransitDog of the day!💜

Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a certain cozy joy in getting Marlowe back from camp after a few days and then having the most tired dog imaginable around the house

Me wearing a parka and a small black and tan husky mix in a backpack while standing on a subway platform

A small black and tan husky mix rests his head on a couch armrest, looking at the camera exhausted

December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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The good big fluffy husky-ish #TransitDog of the day is getting ruff scritches while sitting on the floor (?) between facing bus seats, each with a person sitting on it.

Bligeard the Satyr @tofusatyr.bsky.social · 4d

busdog

dog on tha bus

December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM

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If you participate in Critical Mass Seattle, you can pet the #TransitDog of the day, it says PET ME right on their vest.💜

Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 8d

As usual, no bus routes were harmed in the closure of this street by Critical Mass Seattle. We always clear the lane to allow buses through… but *only* buses.

December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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Fraction is so the #TransitDog of the day!💜

$fraction-dog.bsky.social$ Fraction @fraction-dog.bsky.social · 6d

Our next read arrived in the mail yesterday, and as a cyclist, e-scooter rider, mass transit user, and avid pedestrian, Fraction is very excited about it.

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#dogs #dogsofbluesky #PNWdogs #Portland

Cute dog lying on a couch next to the book "Life After Cars" by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek.

December 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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The #TransitDog of the day is a good dog on a train, traveling with a mysterious other good dog.💜

RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 7d

Dog on train: good

Dog on train apparently travelling with mysterious dog-headed owner that nobody has noticed yet: some Aardman shenanigans right here