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@bvd100.bsky.social
Natural resource econ, outdoor recreation, conservation by day. Urbanism, Zags, Seattle things the rest of the time. Personal account, views my own.
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@bvd100.bsky.social
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Peak Lake Washington Blvd experience this afternoon.
Kids laughing, strollers everywhere, running into friends. This is Seattle at its very best.
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Kids laughing, strollers everywhere, running into friends. This is Seattle at its very best.
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Holy cow! THANK YOU to everyone who made it out to today’s Bike Rally for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! I think we had about 50 folks join us for the parade, and about half stuck around for the canvas. We had a blast!
Let’s keep the momentum rolling for Katie into the Fall! This is our city! 🏙️ 🌞 🗳️
Let’s keep the momentum rolling for Katie into the Fall! This is our city! 🏙️ 🌞 🗳️
August 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Holy cow! THANK YOU to everyone who made it out to today’s Bike Rally for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! I think we had about 50 folks join us for the parade, and about half stuck around for the canvas. We had a blast!
Let’s keep the momentum rolling for Katie into the Fall! This is our city! 🏙️ 🌞 🗳️
Let’s keep the momentum rolling for Katie into the Fall! This is our city! 🏙️ 🌞 🗳️
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@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social, natural politician, sensing a baby nearby needs kissing
September 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social, natural politician, sensing a baby nearby needs kissing
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Here, to my knowledge, was the city’s last hand recount, in 2015 between Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock for city council. Nine votes changed, all of them write ins reclassified as under votes. Herbold and Braddock’s tallies remained the same.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Here, to my knowledge, was the city’s last hand recount, in 2015 between Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock for city council. Nine votes changed, all of them write ins reclassified as under votes. Herbold and Braddock’s tallies remained the same.
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In order for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to be an impactful Mayor she will need the same energy supporters have given to the campaign to keep going for four years. Join @seattletru.bsky.social and let’s win progressive revenue, tenant protections, social housing and more bus lanes!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In order for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to be an impactful Mayor she will need the same energy supporters have given to the campaign to keep going for four years. Join @seattletru.bsky.social and let’s win progressive revenue, tenant protections, social housing and more bus lanes!!
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Oh hi that’s me.
Basically every 9am I have been scraping the KC receiving (sorted but not verified) demographics dashboard for the raw ballot counts. Subtract off the previous day, and you get the newly received demographics. That demographic would precede the actual tabulated drops by 1-2 days.
Basically every 9am I have been scraping the KC receiving (sorted but not verified) demographics dashboard for the raw ballot counts. Subtract off the previous day, and you get the newly received demographics. That demographic would precede the actual tabulated drops by 1-2 days.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Oh hi that’s me.
Basically every 9am I have been scraping the KC receiving (sorted but not verified) demographics dashboard for the raw ballot counts. Subtract off the previous day, and you get the newly received demographics. That demographic would precede the actual tabulated drops by 1-2 days.
Basically every 9am I have been scraping the KC receiving (sorted but not verified) demographics dashboard for the raw ballot counts. Subtract off the previous day, and you get the newly received demographics. That demographic would precede the actual tabulated drops by 1-2 days.
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Does this mean Seattle isn't getting an AI Martin Luther King, Jr. to welcome tourists to downtown?
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Does this mean Seattle isn't getting an AI Martin Luther King, Jr. to welcome tourists to downtown?
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Back in 2018 we organized alongside @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social Tiffani McCoy and AIA’s COHO folks around the Mercer Megablock.
That land still sits empty!
What will happen now?
That land still sits empty!
What will happen now?
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Back in 2018 we organized alongside @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @carymoon.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social Tiffani McCoy and AIA’s COHO folks around the Mercer Megablock.
That land still sits empty!
What will happen now?
That land still sits empty!
What will happen now?
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We do not need to give Nelson any credit on this. We absolutely should not manage our land use and housing via spot zoning.
A system that enabled rich landowners to get spot rezones is a system that enables NIMBYs.
A system that enabled rich landowners to get spot rezones is a system that enables NIMBYs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We do not need to give Nelson any credit on this. We absolutely should not manage our land use and housing via spot zoning.
A system that enabled rich landowners to get spot rezones is a system that enables NIMBYs.
A system that enabled rich landowners to get spot rezones is a system that enables NIMBYs.
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This was the "something left-leaning" that Nelson thought would win her some points with progressives, but it actually wasn't all that great. It allowed for creation of tiny, noisy apartments in an area with few amenities (no grocery store!).
JUST IN: Washington's Growth Management Hearings Board has invalidated the Seattle City Council's ordinance legalizing housing in a small slice of SoDo near the sports stadiums, siding with the Port of Seattle in its appeal against the move.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This was the "something left-leaning" that Nelson thought would win her some points with progressives, but it actually wasn't all that great. It allowed for creation of tiny, noisy apartments in an area with few amenities (no grocery store!).
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We'll never fix our housing crisis as long as land use is treated like some sort of constituent service.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We'll never fix our housing crisis as long as land use is treated like some sort of constituent service.
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Hahahaha.
Turns out when you elect reactionaries you're probably self-selecting for incompetence.
Turns out when you elect reactionaries you're probably self-selecting for incompetence.
JUST IN: Washington's Growth Management Hearings Board has invalidated the Seattle City Council's ordinance legalizing housing in a small slice of SoDo near the sports stadiums, siding with the Port of Seattle in its appeal against the move.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hahahaha.
Turns out when you elect reactionaries you're probably self-selecting for incompetence.
Turns out when you elect reactionaries you're probably self-selecting for incompetence.
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Did you know Sara Nelson was only a councilmember for 4 years?!? Didn’t it feel a lot longer than that?
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Did you know Sara Nelson was only a councilmember for 4 years?!? Didn’t it feel a lot longer than that?
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exciting news if this result holds up
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
exciting news if this result holds up
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The exciting talent @katiewilson.bsky.social has taken a narrow lead as ballots are still being counted in the Seattle mayoral race.
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
If you want a sense of why this is very cool news, here's something of mine from earlier this fall
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Been thinking about this question for weeks, would’ve been surprised if it wasn’t at the top of the feed Wednesday night
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Been thinking about this question for weeks, would’ve been surprised if it wasn’t at the top of the feed Wednesday night
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Because the board from 11 years ago pushed out the staff who understand politics. My two cents
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Because the board from 11 years ago pushed out the staff who understand politics. My two cents
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What was this campaign season like? 15 votes!
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What was this campaign season like? 15 votes!
Yeah Stephen basically hit it on the head, and he deserves to be the first to say it in the press: “Bruce is fucking cooked”
![Stephen Paolini, who is affiliated with Katie Wilson's PAC: First, a point of personal privilege. I said what I said.
Bruce is fucking cooked ... [Wilson's] lead will only increase. The final margin will be somewhere between a 800-1200
vote lead for Katie ... I believe it's fair to say Katie will be the next mayor of Seattle but we might as well wait one more day to say it officially.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bcuz32ichfex6m3lebo2uq2z/bafkreigbs2umt3nhv36vc4bqnzjv47ib7wzdjeu6snup4pa57pooenbnsi@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Yeah Stephen basically hit it on the head, and he deserves to be the first to say it in the press: “Bruce is fucking cooked”
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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.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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.
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This is not the closest Seattle mayoral election by vote margin: founder Arthur Denny, later in life, lost the 1886 mayoral election by 41 votes to William H. Shoudy, who represented a hastily-organized anti-Chinese party that supported the racist mob behind that year's riots.
Voters elect People's Party candidate William H. Shoudy as mayor of t
On July 12, 1886, voters elect People's Party candidate William H. Shoudy (1830-1901) as mayor of the City of Seattle. Shoudy defeats Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899), one of the founders of Seattle, who
www.historylink.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is not the closest Seattle mayoral election by vote margin: founder Arthur Denny, later in life, lost the 1886 mayoral election by 41 votes to William H. Shoudy, who represented a hastily-organized anti-Chinese party that supported the racist mob behind that year's riots.
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Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Wilson now leads in the Seattle mayoral race by 91 votes. Prior to today, Harrell had been leading by 4,300 votes, but this latest vote batch netted Wilson 4,391 votes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
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I’d rather be her right now than where he is, let me put it that way.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’d rather be her right now than where he is, let me put it that way.
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Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is now ahead in this nail-biter of an election count.
Katie Wilson pulls ahead of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell – by 91 votes
www.kuow.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is now ahead in this nail-biter of an election count.