Jason
@jrock08.bsky.social
He/him. Seattle. People should be able to walk and roll without dying.
This removes the easiest way that random people who want to help can help. It shrinks the pool of people willing to engage with you because there's no simple volunteer on-ramp. The only alternative given is to become an employee of a volunteer group.
Ugh. The main anti-ICE group in Washington which has 44k followers on Facebook and has been going around to communities promoting classes is now promoting this anti-whistle nonsense for "harm reduction" reasons as well.
February 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This removes the easiest way that random people who want to help can help. It shrinks the pool of people willing to engage with you because there's no simple volunteer on-ramp. The only alternative given is to become an employee of a volunteer group.
Are cars people, this public commenter seems to think so
Tim says that 200 people have been "displaced" for a few bicyclists. He says that he likes the bike boulevard idea, but that it won't work now, because everyone hates the word "bike." Amazing.
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Are cars people, this public commenter seems to think so
"I love seeing traffic!"
--Dad on a Rad with his kid on the I90 trail when we both stopped at the 23rd ave crossing.
--Dad on a Rad with his kid on the I90 trail when we both stopped at the 23rd ave crossing.
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"I love seeing traffic!"
--Dad on a Rad with his kid on the I90 trail when we both stopped at the 23rd ave crossing.
--Dad on a Rad with his kid on the I90 trail when we both stopped at the 23rd ave crossing.
I think Urbanist aligned voices supporting this bill aren't wrong, per se, but they are conflating two things. Ground floor retail, which is generally good and large footprint unpartitioned ground floor retail, which is too big to lease easily.
NEW STORY // Bill Curbing Mandates for Ground-Floor Retail Spaces Advances at Legislature
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/02/b...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/02/b...
Bill Curbing Mandates for Ground-Floor Retail Spaces Advances at Legislature » The Urbanist
# Intended to reduce barriers that are preventing lower-density commercial buildings from getting redeveloped into housing, Senate Bill 6026 would target mandates for storefronts in new housing projec...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I think Urbanist aligned voices supporting this bill aren't wrong, per se, but they are conflating two things. Ground floor retail, which is generally good and large footprint unpartitioned ground floor retail, which is too big to lease easily.
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Beyond being bad for affordability, I think discretionary approvals process are socially/morally destructive for this reason—they turn seemingly normal, well-adjusted people into monsters.
February 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Beyond being bad for affordability, I think discretionary approvals process are socially/morally destructive for this reason—they turn seemingly normal, well-adjusted people into monsters.
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SEPA also does nothing to require us to revisit mistakes of the past even if they are causing enormous ongoing environmental impacts.
To the contrary, SEPA is a serious impediment to changing course, even if that course is heading to climate catastrophe.
To the contrary, SEPA is a serious impediment to changing course, even if that course is heading to climate catastrophe.
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
SEPA also does nothing to require us to revisit mistakes of the past even if they are causing enormous ongoing environmental impacts.
To the contrary, SEPA is a serious impediment to changing course, even if that course is heading to climate catastrophe.
To the contrary, SEPA is a serious impediment to changing course, even if that course is heading to climate catastrophe.
If we'd done this to LWB in 2022 like we should have the backlash would already be long over by now.
It's hard not to leave Sunset Dunes Park / the former Upper Great Highway without being inspired to think about what's actually possible when it comes to how we use our legacy vehicle infrastructure into the future.
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
If we'd done this to LWB in 2022 like we should have the backlash would already be long over by now.
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"[T]he city continues to push a high-density project where rushed decision‑making increases the risk of expensive mistakes that taxpayers may ultimately bear."
Incredible to write this about a project that has been in the works since 2023.
www.bainbridgereview.com/letters/lett...
Incredible to write this about a project that has been in the works since 2023.
www.bainbridgereview.com/letters/lett...
Letter to the editor | Bainbridge Island Review
Follow SEPA appeal
www.bainbridgereview.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"[T]he city continues to push a high-density project where rushed decision‑making increases the risk of expensive mistakes that taxpayers may ultimately bear."
Incredible to write this about a project that has been in the works since 2023.
www.bainbridgereview.com/letters/lett...
Incredible to write this about a project that has been in the works since 2023.
www.bainbridgereview.com/letters/lett...
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Rainier Beach Mourns After Fatal Shooting of Two Teens
Rainier Beach Mourns After Fatal Shooting of Two Teens
After two teens were fatally shot near Rainier Avenue South, Rainier Beach gathered in grief. Neighbors, students, and families showed up to mourn, heal, and protect their own.
southseattleemerald.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Rainier Beach Mourns After Fatal Shooting of Two Teens
I want to understand why the times definition of a "business booster" is a politician willing to raid the general fund to fund a public facilities district that's supposed to be operationally revenue neutral.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
What's behind Seattle’s Convention Center's woes?
In the shaky years during and after the pandemic, the convention's leaders and board spent nearly all the center’s $200 million in reserves. Now, they need help.
www.seattletimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I want to understand why the times definition of a "business booster" is a politician willing to raid the general fund to fund a public facilities district that's supposed to be operationally revenue neutral.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Abolish ICE is the compromise position
February 1, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Abolish ICE is the compromise position
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The turns onto both Oregon and Charlestown from Rainier are both closed for construction this week. Life goes on. Maybe we just keep it this way? @cmeddielin.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The turns onto both Oregon and Charlestown from Rainier are both closed for construction this week. Life goes on. Maybe we just keep it this way? @cmeddielin.bsky.social
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If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
"You know how we’ve been told for years that the transportation system is broke? The legislature found some money. Yours."
This lede, which is about a fee that already exists that you are legally required to pay if you own a vehicle, isn't even the most deranged part of this piece.
This lede, which is about a fee that already exists that you are legally required to pay if you own a vehicle, isn't even the most deranged part of this piece.
This is a lot of words to say that you don't want to pay to keep the transportation system running.
mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion...
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Harger: WA's expired car tab crackdown is bigger, and harsher, than you’ve been told - MyNorthwest.com
An estimated 600,000 Washington drivers have expired tabs right now. It's costing the state somewhere between $25 million and $100 million a year.
mynorthwest.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"You know how we’ve been told for years that the transportation system is broke? The legislature found some money. Yours."
This lede, which is about a fee that already exists that you are legally required to pay if you own a vehicle, isn't even the most deranged part of this piece.
This lede, which is about a fee that already exists that you are legally required to pay if you own a vehicle, isn't even the most deranged part of this piece.
We rode to the future Judkins Park station on Rainier Ave. This area needs changes badly to make it safer for our neighbors, crossing the I90 ramps and the street here is far too dangerous due to the design.
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We rode to the future Judkins Park station on Rainier Ave. This area needs changes badly to make it safer for our neighbors, crossing the I90 ramps and the street here is far too dangerous due to the design.
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This afternoon after school got out, two teenagers who are believed to SPS students were murdered at a bus stop. This gun violence has torn an enormous hole in the heart of our Rainier Beach community. No parent, no sibling, no family should ever have to suffer this grief.
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 AM
This afternoon after school got out, two teenagers who are believed to SPS students were murdered at a bus stop. This gun violence has torn an enormous hole in the heart of our Rainier Beach community. No parent, no sibling, no family should ever have to suffer this grief.
Your strategy of building a mass movement where everyone avoids stepping over the line into obvious illegal actions pales in comparison to my strategy of lone wolves talking about blowing up Walmarts with the feds and then getting arrested.
We need to shut down the word "performative" until we can figure out what the hell is going on. Of course adopting symbols of protest and resistance is performative! Performance is a core strategy for mass movements!! That's why the call them demonstrations!!!
"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
January 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Your strategy of building a mass movement where everyone avoids stepping over the line into obvious illegal actions pales in comparison to my strategy of lone wolves talking about blowing up Walmarts with the feds and then getting arrested.
We need the state to step in with more serious requirements on more aggressive timelines
It's insane that we accept these kinds of timelines. Other cities in Washington don't do this level of staggering, no one is making us take a decade to go through a zoning cycle.
This is just for the Regional Centers, Urban Centers won't be upzoned until Katie Wilson's term is over
This is just for the Regional Centers, Urban Centers won't be upzoned until Katie Wilson's term is over
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
We need the state to step in with more serious requirements on more aggressive timelines
Are we a city or a backwater?
"building towering, eight-to-10-story buildings."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"building towering, eight-to-10-story buildings."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle City Council considers next step in addressing housing crisis
The bill would roughly double the size of the two-to-three-story apartments allowed today in places like Northgate, Ballard, Capitol Hill and elsewhere.
www.seattletimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Are we a city or a backwater?
"building towering, eight-to-10-story buildings."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"building towering, eight-to-10-story buildings."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 PM
legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
It seems extremely obvious with the arrests of journalists now that Will is right. Inviting journalists into your space makes the fash target the journalists not the protestors.
The reporting about observers has been massively beneficial to our cause and devastating for ICE.
we genuinely don't need your help to do bad reporting that gets us arrested, plenty of that to go around already! @whstancil.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It seems extremely obvious with the arrests of journalists now that Will is right. Inviting journalists into your space makes the fash target the journalists not the protestors.
I don't know for sure that this is a delivery driver, but I've seen this most commonly with delivery drivers because Columbia City badly needs more 5 minute parking on/just off Rainier.
One of the goals of paid parking is to ensure there will be a few spots open for people in a hurry or who want to park close to their destination. When on-street parking is free and always full, drivers will resort to more creative parking options that inconvenience or completely block others.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I don't know for sure that this is a delivery driver, but I've seen this most commonly with delivery drivers because Columbia City badly needs more 5 minute parking on/just off Rainier.
Brought to you by the same people (the business district) that opposed any meaningful change for the Ferdinand Patio, paid parking in Columbia City is unfair.
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COLUMBIA CITY PARKING RATES
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January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Brought to you by the same people (the business district) that opposed any meaningful change for the Ferdinand Patio, paid parking in Columbia City is unfair.
www.change.org/p/columbia-c...
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I checked with the orcas and they said that new developments are legally required by our codes to divert runoff on site into rain garden planters which filter the water unlike older detached sfhs which just dump the water directly into the street.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The southern resident orca wish you would live slightly closer together so they could ingest less of your brake dust.
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I checked with the orcas and they said that new developments are legally required by our codes to divert runoff on site into rain garden planters which filter the water unlike older detached sfhs which just dump the water directly into the street.