Jess Zimbabwe
@jzimbabwe.bsky.social
Architect, planner, and Executive Director of Environmental Works Community Design Center in Seattle. Adjunct faculty at UW. Also: cheese, parrots, travel, music, housing, transit, maps, books, dogs, politics.
New dog just dropped!
Phoebe Waller-Bridge/Bridgers Zimbabwe is pleased to introduce you to her new brother, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Odie.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge/Bridgers Zimbabwe is pleased to introduce you to her new brother, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Odie.
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
New dog just dropped!
Phoebe Waller-Bridge/Bridgers Zimbabwe is pleased to introduce you to her new brother, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Odie.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge/Bridgers Zimbabwe is pleased to introduce you to her new brother, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Odie.
Our family’s Super Bowl tradition is that we each make a food board of some kind (dumplings, tacos, cookies, etc) and we all graze off those all afternoon.
This year, the 13yo suggested that we declare a game-related themes for our boards and I can’t tell you how quickly I claimed Bad Bunny Board.
This year, the 13yo suggested that we declare a game-related themes for our boards and I can’t tell you how quickly I claimed Bad Bunny Board.
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Our family’s Super Bowl tradition is that we each make a food board of some kind (dumplings, tacos, cookies, etc) and we all graze off those all afternoon.
This year, the 13yo suggested that we declare a game-related themes for our boards and I can’t tell you how quickly I claimed Bad Bunny Board.
This year, the 13yo suggested that we declare a game-related themes for our boards and I can’t tell you how quickly I claimed Bad Bunny Board.
We have the dumbest ever federal housing policy right now.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
We have the dumbest ever federal housing policy right now.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
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*return of the measels*
*secret police that target elementary schools*
*billionaire sex trafficking ring*
Republicans: this is fine, ideal actually
Trans person: *exists*
Republicans: won't somebody think of the children 😡😭
*secret police that target elementary schools*
*billionaire sex trafficking ring*
Republicans: this is fine, ideal actually
Trans person: *exists*
Republicans: won't somebody think of the children 😡😭
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
*return of the measels*
*secret police that target elementary schools*
*billionaire sex trafficking ring*
Republicans: this is fine, ideal actually
Trans person: *exists*
Republicans: won't somebody think of the children 😡😭
*secret police that target elementary schools*
*billionaire sex trafficking ring*
Republicans: this is fine, ideal actually
Trans person: *exists*
Republicans: won't somebody think of the children 😡😭
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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.
If you still have a chance to see Train Dreams on a big screen near you, run don’t walk.
What a beautiful film.
What a beautiful film.
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 AM
If you still have a chance to see Train Dreams on a big screen near you, run don’t walk.
What a beautiful film.
What a beautiful film.
What exactly does the New York Times think the Beastie Boys’ license allowed them to do?
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 AM
What exactly does the New York Times think the Beastie Boys’ license allowed them to do?
Seahawks Fever has gone inter-species:
here is a crow playing with an abandoned football in the parking strip in Capitol Hill.
here is a crow playing with an abandoned football in the parking strip in Capitol Hill.
January 27, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Seahawks Fever has gone inter-species:
here is a crow playing with an abandoned football in the parking strip in Capitol Hill.
here is a crow playing with an abandoned football in the parking strip in Capitol Hill.
The work that people do to *other* a person who might earn less than them is staggering.
January 26, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The work that people do to *other* a person who might earn less than them is staggering.
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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"It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
Damn, this obit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Damn, this obit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
Damn, this obit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Damn, this obit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Local government buyouts of this stock make a lot of sense at this time of high interest rates, especially from small, individual owners with narrow margins to begin with.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Labour should ‘buy the supply’ of housing from landlords | Letters
Letters: Siân Berry MP responds to the news that landlords claim they are being pushed out of the market. Plus a letter from Benjamin McKechnie
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Local government buyouts of this stock make a lot of sense at this time of high interest rates, especially from small, individual owners with narrow margins to begin with.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
People of Seattle: if you are looking for high school options, you may want to consider the Center School. It’s a Seattle Public School based on the Seattle Center campus. It’s been a great fit for our family.
Learn more at an open house 1/27:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Learn more at an open house 1/27:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
People of Seattle: if you are looking for high school options, you may want to consider the Center School. It’s a Seattle Public School based on the Seattle Center campus. It’s been a great fit for our family.
Learn more at an open house 1/27:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Learn more at an open house 1/27:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.
I dropped a piece of seasoned and roasted carrot on the kitchen floor tonight, and I feel strongly that this item should be *in* _the Dog Contract_, but Phoebe is such a priss that she disagrees.
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I dropped a piece of seasoned and roasted carrot on the kitchen floor tonight, and I feel strongly that this item should be *in* _the Dog Contract_, but Phoebe is such a priss that she disagrees.
Top sign this nonprofit list is not focused on _my_ nionprofit's needs: I am being marketed about services to help me set up a GOLF FUNDRAISER.
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Top sign this nonprofit list is not focused on _my_ nionprofit's needs: I am being marketed about services to help me set up a GOLF FUNDRAISER.
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"In Busytown, everyone works. Working is important. Work makes everything run smoothly. When everything runs smoothly, no one has to ask questions."
Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day in Fascist Busytown?
Welcome to Fascist Busytown. My, what a compliant, orderly town! In Fascist Busytown, everyone works. Working is important. Work makes everything r...
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"In Busytown, everyone works. Working is important. Work makes everything run smoothly. When everything runs smoothly, no one has to ask questions."
New drone photography of Bryant Manor construction just dropped! Phase 1 is fully occupied and Phase 2 just celebrated its "topping off." Congrats to First AME Housing Association, and many thanks to Compass Construction, Lotus Development, and all of our other partners.
January 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
New drone photography of Bryant Manor construction just dropped! Phase 1 is fully occupied and Phase 2 just celebrated its "topping off." Congrats to First AME Housing Association, and many thanks to Compass Construction, Lotus Development, and all of our other partners.
How do you tell your elderly loved ones that when they forward emails with subject lines like “some sad news,” for a few seconds, it causes you a panic that it was something more serious than…one of the Grateful Dead members dying?
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
How do you tell your elderly loved ones that when they forward emails with subject lines like “some sad news,” for a few seconds, it causes you a panic that it was something more serious than…one of the Grateful Dead members dying?
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People of color > me on this so if they correct me, listen, but Say Her Name is reserved for Black, Brown, and Indigenous women BECAUSE they suffer state violence but will never be remembered the way Renee will. Renee died horribly. Her whiteness will guarantee a legacy women of color DO NOT GET.
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
People of color > me on this so if they correct me, listen, but Say Her Name is reserved for Black, Brown, and Indigenous women BECAUSE they suffer state violence but will never be remembered the way Renee will. Renee died horribly. Her whiteness will guarantee a legacy women of color DO NOT GET.
Maybe it was a bad idea to privatize space exploration and put it in the hands of people so careless about the planet and the lives of others.
Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Maybe it was a bad idea to privatize space exploration and put it in the hands of people so careless about the planet and the lives of others.
Revolting.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Revolting.
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone