F. Baum
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Clawing back a safe, green life on this planet.
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Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
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“I did it. I threw a sandwich,” Dunn confessed to law enforcement upon being apprehended—a sort of modern Williams Carlos Williams (“I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox …”) for the more carnivorous, angrier set. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“I did it. I threw a sandwich,” Dunn confessed to law enforcement upon being apprehended—a sort of modern Williams Carlos Williams (“I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox …”) for the more carnivorous, angrier set. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Good evening #Seattle! Your rhetoric lesson for today is a journalism compare-and-contrast exercise. Consider the following two articles published by Daniel Beekman in the Seattle Times: (1/6)
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Good evening #Seattle! Your rhetoric lesson for today is a journalism compare-and-contrast exercise. Consider the following two articles published by Daniel Beekman in the Seattle Times: (1/6)
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What an election for Puget Sound.
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What an election for Puget Sound.
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities
How to write a headline:
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How to write a headline:
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
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The most frightening thing happening today is that 42 million people, including 16 million children, will be losing access to food assistance from the US government.
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The most frightening thing happening today is that 42 million people, including 16 million children, will be losing access to food assistance from the US government.
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Today's DOOM LOOP: "Fancy Hummus"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Today's DOOM LOOP: "Fancy Hummus"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
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Philip K. Dick gets it right again.
Let's hear it for the vague blurs!
Let's hear it for the vague blurs!
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Philip K. Dick gets it right again.
Let's hear it for the vague blurs!
Let's hear it for the vague blurs!
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Next week's council elections in Kirkland really do deserve more regional attention. An anti-growth advocacy group is promoting a full slate of candidates who are pledging to "protect neighborhoods."
The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...
The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...
Kirkland Council Elections Could Tip City in Reactionary Direction » The Urbanist
# In four different races, Kirkland voters face a choice between pro-growth candidates interested in fostering additional types of housing throughout the city, and candidates looking for the city to b...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Next week's council elections in Kirkland really do deserve more regional attention. An anti-growth advocacy group is promoting a full slate of candidates who are pledging to "protect neighborhoods."
The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...
The outcome could tip the city in a very reactionary direction.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/28/k...
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Fun random statistic - our 2013 paper finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming just went past 1.5 million downloads (which is not a bad number for an academic paper) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Fun random statistic - our 2013 paper finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming just went past 1.5 million downloads (which is not a bad number for an academic paper) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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If funded design would not *start* until 2028. Jesus, this is what it is to be an urbanist.
CM Ramsdell now reading a prepared statement on why he supports the one-way option. Includes a lot of numbers and crashes statistics. Wants the whole city to have these everywhere.
CM Ramsdell now reading a prepared statement on why he supports the one-way option. Includes a lot of numbers and crashes statistics. Wants the whole city to have these everywhere.
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If funded design would not *start* until 2028. Jesus, this is what it is to be an urbanist.
CM Ramsdell now reading a prepared statement on why he supports the one-way option. Includes a lot of numbers and crashes statistics. Wants the whole city to have these everywhere.
CM Ramsdell now reading a prepared statement on why he supports the one-way option. Includes a lot of numbers and crashes statistics. Wants the whole city to have these everywhere.
#TrafficViolence is so bad people can just use an example from… today.
#5 us Boni Berry on behalf of Save Shoreline Trees. Is "unsure if trees will be effected by this product." Supports it in general but wants tree loss measured before money is spent.
#6 is a friend saying "This morning a distracted driver hit my friend while he was in a bike lane." Clear support.
#6 is a friend saying "This morning a distracted driver hit my friend while he was in a bike lane." Clear support.
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#TrafficViolence is so bad people can just use an example from… today.
I've been working a bunch - so our car checkup was during #WeekWithoutDriving 🤦
But I made the best of it, and explored a bunch while walking home (2.6 miles & 1 hour) - I wandered a bit and rolled the camera!🎥
But I made the best of it, and explored a bunch while walking home (2.6 miles & 1 hour) - I wandered a bit and rolled the camera!🎥
October 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I've been working a bunch - so our car checkup was during #WeekWithoutDriving 🤦
But I made the best of it, and explored a bunch while walking home (2.6 miles & 1 hour) - I wandered a bit and rolled the camera!🎥
But I made the best of it, and explored a bunch while walking home (2.6 miles & 1 hour) - I wandered a bit and rolled the camera!🎥
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Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event
#SEAbikes #Seattle
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event
Photo from a reader. It's the Tom Flood meme come to life. "Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise." Sunday, a permitted commercial shoot for Rivian shut down a section of Lake Washington Boulevard during the penultimate Bicycle Weekends open streets event. It wasn't just any Bicycle Weekend day, though, it was also Bike & Scoot Sundays (PDF), an accessible cycling event in which SDOT, Lime and Bird partner with Outdoors for All to lend out adaptive cycles for free that people with a wide range of disabilities can ride along what was supposed to be a car-free Lake Washington Boulevard.
www.seattlebikeblog.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Today is the anniversary of Sher Kung’s death. And a reminder that we can do great things. Let’s do them sooner!
Change is possible: 2nd Ave
2nd Ave became the first safe north-south bike route in downtown Seattle after the tragic death of civil rights lawyer and mother Sher Kung was killed in 2014. It has been upgraded multiple times since then.
2nd Ave became the first safe north-south bike route in downtown Seattle after the tragic death of civil rights lawyer and mother Sher Kung was killed in 2014. It has been upgraded multiple times since then.
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today is the anniversary of Sher Kung’s death. And a reminder that we can do great things. Let’s do them sooner!
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New AMS statement outlines five foundational flaws that make the Department of Energy's Climate Synthesis Report "inconsistent with scientific principles and practices."
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/3UQRC82
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/3UQRC82
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
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August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New AMS statement outlines five foundational flaws that make the Department of Energy's Climate Synthesis Report "inconsistent with scientific principles and practices."
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/3UQRC82
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/3UQRC82
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I saw this amazing group biking on Olympic View Drive yesterday, right at 76th Ave W by Perrinville!
People were driving carefully, even giving the stragglers space.
People were driving carefully, even giving the stragglers space.
August 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I saw this amazing group biking on Olympic View Drive yesterday, right at 76th Ave W by Perrinville!
People were driving carefully, even giving the stragglers space.
People were driving carefully, even giving the stragglers space.