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James everything is analog
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medtech 🩻, neuroscience 🧠 , cities 🏙️, environment 🌲, transit 🚍, infosec 🔐
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sharethecities.bsky.social
Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk

See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!

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Jamie is a Pats fan — show up to mock him post parade ! Find all the info in Eventbrite
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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carlfnelson.bsky.social
This Wednesday, my tenant association will be hosting author Jamie Madden to talk about his new book Bittersweet Lane - join us if you can!
Cedar Crossing Tenants Association presents Jamie Madden | Bittersweet Lane
Join us for a tenant union meeting, book talk, signing, and tenant resource fair. We want to hear youth and young adults at this event!
eventbrite.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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bretthamil.bsky.social
A landlord who's flinchy on new progressive taxes BUT against the surveillance cameras & SODA/SOAP zones. If this is what the *center* lane is looking like, Sara Nelson's smash-n-grab spree really put the next wave of law&order moderates in a shitty spot (so far it's gotta be Jenks btw)
theurbanist.org The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 13h
Julie Kang is running for the open seat in District 5, and is the first candidate in the race to qualify for democracy vouchers. An educator and bank founder, Kang espoused a mix of centrist and progressive views in her interview with The Urbanist.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/e...
Educator Julie Kang Enters Fray in D5 Seattle Council Race » The Urbanist
# Julie Kang is running for the open seat in Seattle City Council’s District 5 this year, and is the first candidate in the race to qualify for democracy vouchers. An educator and bank founder, Kang e...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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glentalk.bsky.social
NEW: Seattle Police Operating Secret-No-More CCTV Camera
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-o...
Seattle PD Operating Secret CCTV Camera
HardPressed
www.hardpressed-info.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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hannahkrieg.bsky.social
NEW: Mayor teased an announcement for last week about the surveillance system community members want scaled back amid ICE's nationwide campaign of terror. The week came and went, no announcement! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-s...
Mayor Said To “Expect” To “Hear More” On Surveillance Issue Last Week. Seattle Is Still Waiting
Mayor Katie Wilson’s office said the public could “expect” to “hear more” from her about the “potential for federal agents to abuse surveillance technology” in the first week of February in an email t...
www.theburnerseattle.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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niedermeyer.online
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 10
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
A photo shows someone pouring a drink. Headline: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Quit Caffeine
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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amagire.bsky.social
these days, if you search for any animal, half the results will be generated slop websites, which mostly regurgitate similar text
amagire.bsky.social e.e. cummies @amagire.bsky.social · Nov 18
the goggles, they do nothing
first six image search results for "flying squirrel" on duckduckgo with the toggle set to "Hide AI". one image is obvious generated slop of a grey squirrel with shitty bat wings, and one or two others are for AI-generated websites (a-z-animals is machine generated for sure; activewild.com may be pre-chatGPT slop) (i.e., written by malaysian college students)
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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shirleyswirley.bsky.social
Wow, this captured just about everything I think we’re missing in Seattle city planning. Stuff I’ve been trying to scream at everyone but feel like no one is listening
unkubart.fr UnKub➤Art @unkubart.fr · 1d
Health, Habitat, and Civic Infrastructure: Designing the City as a National Park
Health, Habitat, and Civic Infrastructure: Designing the City as a National Park
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www.archdaily.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
faduda.bsky.social Gerard Cunningham @faduda.bsky.social · 3d
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.

Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.

From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
XhatGPT idiotic layout of 13amp plug wiring. Just random wires really. CoPilot AI diagram of plug wiring. Two live wires, one forked off the earthm and a screw head is also labelled Live. And finally, Gemini AI diagram of 13 amp plug wiring. Hard to know where to even begin with this. Just a mess really.
February 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
analogist.net
China: well this apothecary street has been here since 1649, but we should renovate it for modern storefronts, stormwater systems, and accessibility ramps. What really should be historically preserved is the intangible cultural asset of making those traditional medicines-

Bellevue:
Tourists in front of a wooden counter, with pharmacists in white coats in front of rows and rows of wooden drawers laid out as a traditional medicine shop. A sign in the corner says “since 1649” Night rain scene of a historical looking street but with modern materials and pavement, lit up with modern lighting and traditionally styled street lamp with lantern styles. A walkway through the middle of the street illuminated in a yellow glow A landmarked sign “Both of the buildings were built in the 1930s, reflecting the evolution of old commercial buildings plus a mixed Western-style storefront.” National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Traditional Chinese medicine preparation method (Fang Huichuntang traditional cream making skills) Announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China Issued by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China November 2014 لحاد
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
analogist.net
Me: hmm this piece of equipment has a local retailer in Seattle, I should get it locally instead of online. It’s sold at this place called Ballard Industrial

*not even 24 hours later*

Spotted by redditor (www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...) at Ballard Industrial:
A “report all foreign invaders to ICE” sign at the front entrance of Ballard Industrial
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
analogist.net
Did I just hear Mandarin and maybe Cantonese (?) and Vietnamese announcements on the 1 Line?? What are we, a real city?
February 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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ncweaver.skerry-tech.com
I think we are 6 months/1 year out from fully automated "grandparent scam" voice based with voice imitation.
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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holz-bau.bsky.social
this development is

a. nuts - every home has daylight on at least 3 sides
b. 100% illegal in ever city in the US
c. full of family-sized homes
d. thin - the shallow floor plate leaves most of site open for nature/people

4x 6-story point access blocks ftw

www.baunetz-architekten.de/fischer-arch...
Wohnsiedlung Birchlenstrasse, Dübendorf | Fischer Architekten, Zürich
Architekten Profil im BauNetz von Fischer Architekten , CH-8045 Zürich - Fischer,Architekten,AG,Zürich
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February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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jbendery.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
jdmunday.bsky.social James Munday @jdmunday.bsky.social · 4d
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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cityplanneractual.bsky.social
Planners: Fascism-proof your design guidelines.

Stop requiring first-floor windows.

Smashing glass is the modern version of knights torching a cottage's thatched roof.

Stop forcing your communities to be vulnerable to it.
aishaforward10.com Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10.com · 4d
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
analogist.net
Meanwhile 3 blocks away from this murder road, the city has prioritized what’s really equitable: $13M to outfit the single-family housing neighborhood of Bitter Lake with full sidewalks, greenery, and a natural drainage system

No, this area will not be upzoned for more neighbors. Why do you ask?
Greenwood to Evanston, 115th to 130th Pipers Creek Natural Drainage System The project will build up to 7 blocks of natural drainage system in the right-of-way in the Pipers Creek watershed. Project Manager: HOQUE, THOMAS 206-684-0179 | Email | Project Website Purpose: Improve stormwater quality Status: Active Project Fund: Drainage and Wastewater Total Cost Estimate: $13,471,949
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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shirleyswirley.bsky.social
As someone leading govt tech teams, I dream of all of our ppl being in house rather than contractors. Our contractors are amazing but it hurts to think of everything we invest in them and that they invest in us and then they’ll just be gone one day, taking all of that institutional knowledge w/ them
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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shirleyswirley.bsky.social
Yesss omg, a municipal Seattle social and affordable housing construction crew! In house, public employees. Becoming experts in their craft and getting better and better over time
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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anatosaurus.bsky.social
So..."take heterodox positions that go against your party" "appeal to moderates" and "do popular things" advice we're told is the key to winning the majority? Got it.

Chart Source:
substack.com/@gabefleishe...
Chart from Wake Up to Politics substack labeled "Trump's GOP makeover is almost complete" with graphics showing that since Trump first took office in 2017, 493 Republicans have served in Congress and only 94 have ever broken with him on major vote. Of those 94, only 40 were in office when Trump returned and next year that could drop to 22.
February 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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hoppock.bsky.social
I'm not sure what to make of it, but every Somali I represent in immigration court currently (8 of them) have today had their hearings cancelled and their judges reassigned. They're now all assigned to a video judge from Louisiana and scheduled for court hearing in one month. 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
Causing Jeff Bezos to flee our state should be a point of pride for Washington.
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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sarahtaber.bsky.social
Left & center-left media: Farmers have been lied to it's so sad 😭

Meanwhile, farm media: Trump's gonna finally give us the H2A system we've wanted for years & gobs of free money let's gooooo
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM