Devin Silvernail
@devinsilvernail.bsky.social
À Nantes, originaire de Seattle. 🟦🌲🟩
Gauche, municipaliste et militant, je suis convaincu que l'action locale et collective est essentielle pour construire un monde plus solidaire, plus social et plus égalitaire.
Consulting: withinreach.fr
Gauche, municipaliste et militant, je suis convaincu que l'action locale et collective est essentielle pour construire un monde plus solidaire, plus social et plus égalitaire.
Consulting: withinreach.fr
After putting it down almost 18 years ago, I recently started playing bass again and it feels so much more fun than it ever did.
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
After putting it down almost 18 years ago, I recently started playing bass again and it feels so much more fun than it ever did.
I rode on this bike lane a few weeks ago and it's great. It's wide, calm, and safe. Plus, it was built in no time. Every American "bike mayor" needs to skip Paris & come to Nantes. What we're getting here is achievable over there.
🚴♀️✨ Un nouvel axe vélo majeur est inauguré à #Nantes !
Aujourd’hui, nous avons inauguré l’axe cyclable Gare de Nantes – Bottière-Chênaie :
👉 3,5 km continus, lisibles et sécurisés pour relier l’est de la ville à la gare, au cœur des déplacements du quotidien.
Aujourd’hui, nous avons inauguré l’axe cyclable Gare de Nantes – Bottière-Chênaie :
👉 3,5 km continus, lisibles et sécurisés pour relier l’est de la ville à la gare, au cœur des déplacements du quotidien.
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I rode on this bike lane a few weeks ago and it's great. It's wide, calm, and safe. Plus, it was built in no time. Every American "bike mayor" needs to skip Paris & come to Nantes. What we're getting here is achievable over there.
Seeing news of the historic flooding in S King County, in areas where I grew up, and I'm hoping everyone is doing ok. Hoping WA, OR, and BC can work together on a recovery plan & a way to avoid this huge climate catastrophe in the future. Stay safe, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seeing news of the historic flooding in S King County, in areas where I grew up, and I'm hoping everyone is doing ok. Hoping WA, OR, and BC can work together on a recovery plan & a way to avoid this huge climate catastrophe in the future. Stay safe, friends.
Anyone wondering if there's good in this world only needs to read the sentence below to have some hope. Perhaps the simultaneously most destructive & least effective Council President in modern Seattle history voted out after one term
Sara Nelson has officially adjourned her final meeting both as a Councilmember and as President of the Seattle City Council.
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Anyone wondering if there's good in this world only needs to read the sentence below to have some hope. Perhaps the simultaneously most destructive & least effective Council President in modern Seattle history voted out after one term
Part of the brilliance of football & the World Cup is that we get to share cultures w/ one another. Pride in Seattle is an expression of its culture. It is not political. Pride is part of the fabric of the city & is as much a part of who we are as anything else. Welcome to international competition.
Seattle will move forward with its World Cup “Pride Match” on June 26 despite objections from Iran and Egypt over the Pride branding. Both nations asked FIFA to intervene, but local organizers say the plans stand.
Seattle’s World Cup "Pride Match" Pits Two Anti-Gay Nations
FIFA faces objections from Iran and Egypt as Seattle keeps its Pride-branded match tied to the city’s Pride Weekend.
www.metroweekly.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Part of the brilliance of football & the World Cup is that we get to share cultures w/ one another. Pride in Seattle is an expression of its culture. It is not political. Pride is part of the fabric of the city & is as much a part of who we are as anything else. Welcome to international competition.
Just a shout out for one of my personal favorite, and dare I say, one of the best pieces of fiction constructed. Everyone should binge that first season. I'm looking forward to season 2 coming out in about a month. You should too.
youtu.be/n6HZo_33YaQ?...
youtu.be/n6HZo_33YaQ?...
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 | Official Trailer | Crunchyroll
YouTube video by Crunchyroll
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December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just a shout out for one of my personal favorite, and dare I say, one of the best pieces of fiction constructed. Everyone should binge that first season. I'm looking forward to season 2 coming out in about a month. You should too.
youtu.be/n6HZo_33YaQ?...
youtu.be/n6HZo_33YaQ?...
Bruce Harrell & Jenny Durkan both stood in the way when we tried to make SE streets safer. I'll forever hold that grudge. No matter where I live. Instead of protecting SE kids, they drove division between neighbors, all to basically do jack shit (save for the few improvements we forced through).
This is the same intersection where a 6-year-old was it in June and where we held our "memorial for future victims":
komonews.com/news/local/6...
www.king5.com/article/news...
SDOT offered an anodyne statement, but here we are
komonews.com/news/local/6...
www.king5.com/article/news...
SDOT offered an anodyne statement, but here we are
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Bruce Harrell & Jenny Durkan both stood in the way when we tried to make SE streets safer. I'll forever hold that grudge. No matter where I live. Instead of protecting SE kids, they drove division between neighbors, all to basically do jack shit (save for the few improvements we forced through).
Half a block from a playground, a neighborhood greenway, & a preschool. This angers me from 7000 miles away. Streets in an area like this should be designed to make it impossible for people to drive dangerously. Seattle's streets endanger its children.
About 45 minutes ago, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting a 14 year old child at Rainier Ave S and S Oregon Street, near Rainier Playfield.
The child was transported to Harborview with significant injuries.
The child was transported to Harborview with significant injuries.
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Half a block from a playground, a neighborhood greenway, & a preschool. This angers me from 7000 miles away. Streets in an area like this should be designed to make it impossible for people to drive dangerously. Seattle's streets endanger its children.
Wow too bad, Vancouver.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wow too bad, Vancouver.
I love how France is starting to look a bit outside of the box, in part due to Zohran BUT nowhere is like New York. Y'all are overlooking the socialist elected to the west coast city that's much more your speed and size.
The New York mayor-elect's victory has motivated the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
Europe's left is energized after Mamdani's successful campaign for New York mayor
The New York mayor-elect's victory has motivated the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I love how France is starting to look a bit outside of the box, in part due to Zohran BUT nowhere is like New York. Y'all are overlooking the socialist elected to the west coast city that's much more your speed and size.
I've traveled 3507km on 32 train trips this year apparently. Almost all have been within about 100 km of home. Will add another this weekend.
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I've traveled 3507km on 32 train trips this year apparently. Almost all have been within about 100 km of home. Will add another this weekend.
Aly at CBO. What a huge fucking win. Wow. Seattle is lucky to have such a brilliant mind back at the City.
Mayor-Elect Wilson Appoints Deputy Mayor Brian Surratt, Other Top Staff
The diverse team includes a longtime budget staffer, housing policy experts, and organizers.
publicola.com/2025/12/02/m...
The diverse team includes a longtime budget staffer, housing policy experts, and organizers.
publicola.com/2025/12/02/m...
Mayor-Elect Wilson Appoints Deputy Mayor Brian Surratt, Other Top Staff - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson announced her top hires this afternoon, ending speculation about who will…
publicola.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Aly at CBO. What a huge fucking win. Wow. Seattle is lucky to have such a brilliant mind back at the City.
Everyday life in France is being reminded that my experience (founding a nonprofit, running campaigns, creating laws that affect hundreds of 1000s of people, working on $8b budgets, etc) holds no value outside of the US. It's an everyday lesson in humility. Sometimes (oftentimes) hard to swallow.
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Everyday life in France is being reminded that my experience (founding a nonprofit, running campaigns, creating laws that affect hundreds of 1000s of people, working on $8b budgets, etc) holds no value outside of the US. It's an everyday lesson in humility. Sometimes (oftentimes) hard to swallow.
One thing I love about Nantes is that there's nothing special about this method of tree delivery, but achievement unlocked nonetheless.
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One thing I love about Nantes is that there's nothing special about this method of tree delivery, but achievement unlocked nonetheless.
Real talk: The hardest part of moving to France & the thing that has led to many sleepless nights in the nearly 2 years since I arrived is that I miss movement building and I miss working to bring other people hope. One day, perhaps. One day.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Real talk: The hardest part of moving to France & the thing that has led to many sleepless nights in the nearly 2 years since I arrived is that I miss movement building and I miss working to bring other people hope. One day, perhaps. One day.
This dunce Council thinks they won but all Katie has to do is pull a Bruce or a Jenny & just not spend the $. Let it sit/use it in only the strictest terms that follow the MDARs. As for graffiti, just pass a policy removing burden from property owners & use that $ for in-house on-call spot removal.
The Post-Election Budget: Council Protects Sweeps Team, Raises Permit Fees, and Bans Spending on Harm Reduction
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The Post-Election Budget: Council Protects Sweeps Team, Raises Permit Fees, and Bans Spending on Harm Reduction - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle City Council is getting ready to approve the city’s budget for the first year…
publicola.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This dunce Council thinks they won but all Katie has to do is pull a Bruce or a Jenny & just not spend the $. Let it sit/use it in only the strictest terms that follow the MDARs. As for graffiti, just pass a policy removing burden from property owners & use that $ for in-house on-call spot removal.
As an American with a vision impairment that disqualifies me from driving, I can't adequately express how lucky I feel to live in a top 10 biking city on the Copenhagenize Index. I feel very lucky indeed.
Let's keep up the good work & go for top 5!
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Let's keep up the good work & go for top 5!
copenhagenizeindex.eu/index.php/pr...
Nantes – Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
As an American with a vision impairment that disqualifies me from driving, I can't adequately express how lucky I feel to live in a top 10 biking city on the Copenhagenize Index. I feel very lucky indeed.
Let's keep up the good work & go for top 5!
copenhagenizeindex.eu/index.php/pr...
Let's keep up the good work & go for top 5!
copenhagenizeindex.eu/index.php/pr...
La France pourrait aussi légaliser le cannabis pour financer certains de ces services essentiels. Les ventes de cannabis peuvent générer beaucoup de recettes publiques. Source: Washington, Oregon, California, etc.
Contre le narcotrafic, il faut marcher sur ses deux pieds : répression et prévention.
Une police judiciaire qui doit taper les gros bonnets.
Des moyens pour les assos, les quartiers, les familles, l'école : ce sont eux qui sont en première ligne.
@francoisruffin.fr dans #LaGrandeMatinale
Une police judiciaire qui doit taper les gros bonnets.
Des moyens pour les assos, les quartiers, les familles, l'école : ce sont eux qui sont en première ligne.
@francoisruffin.fr dans #LaGrandeMatinale
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
La France pourrait aussi légaliser le cannabis pour financer certains de ces services essentiels. Les ventes de cannabis peuvent générer beaucoup de recettes publiques. Source: Washington, Oregon, California, etc.
The kind of ambition Seattle will have under Mayor Wilson.
🎉 Nantes : 10ème ville la plus cyclable au monde, selon Copenhagenize !
🚴♀️ « La ville s’attache à construire une infrastructure de qualité et à concrétiser des investissements réguliers, faisant du vélo un mode de transport sûr et efficace. »
🤗 Le travail continue, à #Nantes et dans sa métropole !
🚴♀️ « La ville s’attache à construire une infrastructure de qualité et à concrétiser des investissements réguliers, faisant du vélo un mode de transport sûr et efficace. »
🤗 Le travail continue, à #Nantes et dans sa métropole !
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The kind of ambition Seattle will have under Mayor Wilson.
The "lack of experience" for Katie is a red herring. She's had a bigger impact on policy and a more positive one the lives of everyday people than all of the Seattle City Council. None of which held elected office before taking their jobs as co-equal leaders of the city.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The "lack of experience" for Katie is a red herring. She's had a bigger impact on policy and a more positive one the lives of everyday people than all of the Seattle City Council. None of which held elected office before taking their jobs as co-equal leaders of the city.
Fuck, Seattle. I'm so proud of you and so excited for you. Seattle doesn't just get a socialist (!!) or an organizer mayor, but importantly, you get a thoughtful leader who will listen & who will collaborate with you. This is your city. Go, be part of making it better.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Fuck, Seattle. I'm so proud of you and so excited for you. Seattle doesn't just get a socialist (!!) or an organizer mayor, but importantly, you get a thoughtful leader who will listen & who will collaborate with you. This is your city. Go, be part of making it better.
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson. Someone so humble, dedicated, and truly influential. Congratulations to the people of Seattle. You deserve an Executive that cares about each and every one of you, and you've now got one. I'm so happy for you.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson. Someone so humble, dedicated, and truly influential. Congratulations to the people of Seattle. You deserve an Executive that cares about each and every one of you, and you've now got one. I'm so happy for you.
Sorry to anyone that put any ounce of trust in the legislative ability of Sara Nelson. There's a reason that other legislators didn't go there. Trust me, there was plenty of work on the staff level to see if this could work. It just doesn't. Namely, b/c this area is a pollution corridor.
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 9:58 AM
Sorry to anyone that put any ounce of trust in the legislative ability of Sara Nelson. There's a reason that other legislators didn't go there. Trust me, there was plenty of work on the staff level to see if this could work. It just doesn't. Namely, b/c this area is a pollution corridor.
Seattle could have a lefty mayor for the first time in 15 years. Still about half of Seattle voted for a neolib. This shows that we need to keep building. Do lead with hope. Keep creating programs & services to help people. Crush the remaining narrative that leftists are just big meanies.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Seattle could have a lefty mayor for the first time in 15 years. Still about half of Seattle voted for a neolib. This shows that we need to keep building. Do lead with hope. Keep creating programs & services to help people. Crush the remaining narrative that leftists are just big meanies.
Katie's such a hard worker and an organizer who works so well with so many people. She's down to earth. She'll fight tooth and nail for you. She deserves this lead. Seattle is gonna get a lefty organizer executive. Congratulations. Seriously.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Katie's such a hard worker and an organizer who works so well with so many people. She's down to earth. She'll fight tooth and nail for you. She deserves this lead. Seattle is gonna get a lefty organizer executive. Congratulations. Seriously.