Jackson Teal
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Jackson Teal
@jbteal.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Absolute lunacy that Harrell and the rest of the Sound Transit board are going to blow the opportunity to make this the gateway into Seattle as a new transit hub with a 4th Ave & Jackson ST3 light rail station. A truly generational mistake
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In 2 months the government designed, permitted and repaired this overpass completely smashed by a semi truck. In Seattle, we are spending 2 months “budgeting and designing” painting a bus lane for 12 blocks and are considering that expedited www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I-90 Bullfrog Road overpass reopens ahead of schedule
The state had estimated the multimillion-dollar repair in Cle Elum, to fix a driver's damage, would not be done until the end of January.
www.seattletimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM
In 2 months the government designed, permitted and repaired this overpass completely smashed by a semi truck. In Seattle, we are spending 2 months “budgeting and designing” painting a bus lane for 12 blocks and are considering that expedited www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Reading through public comments sent in opposition to a rezone that would allow 250 units to be built on a vacant lot in Federal Way, and this commenter forgot to omit the part where ChatGPT was responding to them.
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Reading through public comments sent in opposition to a rezone that would allow 250 units to be built on a vacant lot in Federal Way, and this commenter forgot to omit the part where ChatGPT was responding to them.
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It's amazing that bus lanes on Denny Way were impossible but now Katie Wilson is mayor and suddenly physics and geometry work different.
Mayor Wilson Announces Executive Orders to Accelerate Shelter and Improve Transit - Office of the Mayor
Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced two executive orders at her transition team meeting this morning: one which will accelerate the expansion of emergency shelter and affordable housing, and other which w...
wilson.seattle.gov
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM
It's amazing that bus lanes on Denny Way were impossible but now Katie Wilson is mayor and suddenly physics and geometry work different.
I’d like to see her opinion on applying this logic to Sound Transit
Earlier today WSDOT Secretary Julie Meredith was asked about the leaked cost estimates on the Interstate Bridge Replacement and her response was...not incredibly encouraging.
"By getting started that's the way to help manage the costs."
"By getting started that's the way to help manage the costs."
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I’d like to see her opinion on applying this logic to Sound Transit
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Seattle "ethics" board FINED Katie Wilson for getting childcare help from her parents. But it was cool for Bruce Harrell to use city resources to campaign & they won't investigate his brazen coordination with his $$$ PAC.
Hypocritical, sexist, classist bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/@rondezvouss...
Hypocritical, sexist, classist bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/@rondezvouss...
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Seattle "ethics" board FINED Katie Wilson for getting childcare help from her parents. But it was cool for Bruce Harrell to use city resources to campaign & they won't investigate his brazen coordination with his $$$ PAC.
Hypocritical, sexist, classist bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/@rondezvouss...
Hypocritical, sexist, classist bullshit.
www.tiktok.com/@rondezvouss...
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The Times ed board is right on this one: remove the public plaza requirement so that the hole across from City Hall, which has been there for 20 years, can be developed. (Ideally as a tall apartment building.)
For safety's sake, bring city block back to life | Editorial
It is long past time to develop an empty block in the center of downtown. Whatever preconditions Seattle City Hall placed on the property ought to be removed.
www.seattletimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The Times ed board is right on this one: remove the public plaza requirement so that the hole across from City Hall, which has been there for 20 years, can be developed. (Ideally as a tall apartment building.)
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There should not be a three block stretch with no crosswalks in such a dense neighborhood like First Hill
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
There should not be a three block stretch with no crosswalks in such a dense neighborhood like First Hill
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What it feels like when you're expected to go about your everyday life while all of this bullshit is happening.
a woman wearing a mask stands on a red carpet in front of a street
ALT: a woman wearing a mask stands on a red carpet in front of a street
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
What it feels like when you're expected to go about your everyday life while all of this bullshit is happening.
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I'm sorry but this is not a good design for 16th in White Center
Is it better? Sure, but I still will never ride my bike here with paint being my only protection and cars being encouraged to cut over the bike lane to park
Is it better? Sure, but I still will never ride my bike here with paint being my only protection and cars being encouraged to cut over the bike lane to park
January 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm sorry but this is not a good design for 16th in White Center
Is it better? Sure, but I still will never ride my bike here with paint being my only protection and cars being encouraged to cut over the bike lane to park
Is it better? Sure, but I still will never ride my bike here with paint being my only protection and cars being encouraged to cut over the bike lane to park
Very true. Always a line to ride.
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Very true. Always a line to ride.
Agreed on the stage.
Sometimes I think the allergy to positivity is what drives as much positive change as this city has seen, but other times it’s a little exhausting.
I try to appreciate the positive steps even when they’re not as big of swings as I think they could be
Sometimes I think the allergy to positivity is what drives as much positive change as this city has seen, but other times it’s a little exhausting.
I try to appreciate the positive steps even when they’re not as big of swings as I think they could be
January 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Agreed on the stage.
Sometimes I think the allergy to positivity is what drives as much positive change as this city has seen, but other times it’s a little exhausting.
I try to appreciate the positive steps even when they’re not as big of swings as I think they could be
Sometimes I think the allergy to positivity is what drives as much positive change as this city has seen, but other times it’s a little exhausting.
I try to appreciate the positive steps even when they’re not as big of swings as I think they could be
Yea, I get people feeling like downsizing/changing the stage is an intentional choice by the city against organizing (even if I don’t agree) and I get non urbanists being nostalgic for a broken waterfall fountain, but I think the changes make for a better park.
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Yea, I get people feeling like downsizing/changing the stage is an intentional choice by the city against organizing (even if I don’t agree) and I get non urbanists being nostalgic for a broken waterfall fountain, but I think the changes make for a better park.
Some Westlake progress pictures from today. Admittedly the final design felt lackluster but, and maybe an unpopular opinion, I’m looking forward to the updates
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Some Westlake progress pictures from today. Admittedly the final design felt lackluster but, and maybe an unpopular opinion, I’m looking forward to the updates
From Starbucks to singular pickleball court lol
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
From Starbucks to singular pickleball court lol
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How to advertise Transit vans over trucks:
It allows you to carry 1000 pounds of tools and lumber *and* stop at a Waffle House without leaving all your stuff in an open truck bed in the parking lot.
January 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
How to advertise Transit vans over trucks:
The old Ross maybe not but the old Woolworth’s? I’ve seen the latest buildings to be Landmarked and I carry a bit more cynicism than I used to
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 AM
The old Ross maybe not but the old Woolworth’s? I’ve seen the latest buildings to be Landmarked and I carry a bit more cynicism than I used to
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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what do you even say anymore, really
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
what do you even say anymore, really
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NEW: Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as Renee Good, 37.
According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups
According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups
January 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
NEW: Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as Renee Good, 37.
According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups
According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups
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Conducting immigration enforcement doesn't mean you execute American citizens in the street.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Minnesota leaders call for ICE to leave the state after agent shoots, kills woman
The Minnesota officials denied claims by the Department of Homeland Security that the shots were “defensive.”
www.politico.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Conducting immigration enforcement doesn't mean you execute American citizens in the street.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
Gotcha! Might swing just under the threshold then. Looks like it was built in 1940.
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Gotcha! Might swing just under the threshold then. Looks like it was built in 1940.