Kelli Refer
@kellireef.bsky.social
Mother, Leftist, Lover of bicycles and flowers 🩷💜💙 A better world is possible, let’s work on it together.
“if I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution.” Emma Goldman
Executive Director at Move Redmond, but this is my personal account
“if I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution.” Emma Goldman
Executive Director at Move Redmond, but this is my personal account
What would a child friendly city look and feel like? My mind instantly goes to safe streets, clean public bathrooms, and whimsy built into daily life. Swings at bus stops, more public art and street food vendors. Most importantly we’d need a culture of care, watching out for each other in public.
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
What would a child friendly city look and feel like? My mind instantly goes to safe streets, clean public bathrooms, and whimsy built into daily life. Swings at bus stops, more public art and street food vendors. Most importantly we’d need a culture of care, watching out for each other in public.
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The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The SAVE Act has passed the House, making it harder for 69 million American women to vote.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
This isn’t about voter fraud or undocumented immigrants.
This is about suppressing the female vote.
They want to repeal the 19th and this is a step in that direction.
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A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
Without riding my bike and walking for transportation, it would be very hard to work physical movement into my schedule.
I love that running errands or dropping my daughter off at school helps me stay active everyday.
I love that running errands or dropping my daughter off at school helps me stay active everyday.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Without riding my bike and walking for transportation, it would be very hard to work physical movement into my schedule.
I love that running errands or dropping my daughter off at school helps me stay active everyday.
I love that running errands or dropping my daughter off at school helps me stay active everyday.
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I said this before but Americans simply can not comprehend how much wealth there is. We constantly under project how much tax revenue we will raise from taxing the wealthy. The original estimate was $50 million.
Crowd reaction to Prop 1A raising $115 million in it's first year, more than double the initial estimate! @houseourneighbors.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I said this before but Americans simply can not comprehend how much wealth there is. We constantly under project how much tax revenue we will raise from taxing the wealthy. The original estimate was $50 million.
It is February 10th, do you think all the Summer camps that my child might enjoy are completely full?
I guess I need to sit down on the computer and drop a few grand for some camps that happen in August and involve going to a playground and a coloring sheet soon.
I guess I need to sit down on the computer and drop a few grand for some camps that happen in August and involve going to a playground and a coloring sheet soon.
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It is February 10th, do you think all the Summer camps that my child might enjoy are completely full?
I guess I need to sit down on the computer and drop a few grand for some camps that happen in August and involve going to a playground and a coloring sheet soon.
I guess I need to sit down on the computer and drop a few grand for some camps that happen in August and involve going to a playground and a coloring sheet soon.
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Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
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Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
Age Verification?
I spent Friday nights going to Blockbuster
I spent Friday nights going to Blockbuster
Age verification?
[emits modem noise]
[emits modem noise]
Age verification? I used tokens on the subway and paper transfers on the buses in New York
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Age Verification?
I spent Friday nights going to Blockbuster
I spent Friday nights going to Blockbuster
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"A preliminary analysis of Vision Zero policies showed that the 17 early adopter cities experienced a smaller increase in fatalities per 100,000 population (+15%) than the other 83 cities (+40%) (Figure 2)."
Fewer deaths are always better than more.
findingspress.org/article/1559...
Fewer deaths are always better than more.
findingspress.org/article/1559...
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"A preliminary analysis of Vision Zero policies showed that the 17 early adopter cities experienced a smaller increase in fatalities per 100,000 population (+15%) than the other 83 cities (+40%) (Figure 2)."
Fewer deaths are always better than more.
findingspress.org/article/1559...
Fewer deaths are always better than more.
findingspress.org/article/1559...
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Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
I wish I could read a college essay about the Bad Bunny halftime show.
Bonus points if you can reply with the title of a paper you would’ve written.
Bonus points if you can reply with the title of a paper you would’ve written.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I wish I could read a college essay about the Bad Bunny halftime show.
Bonus points if you can reply with the title of a paper you would’ve written.
Bonus points if you can reply with the title of a paper you would’ve written.
As an unprofessional judge of ice dancing and figure skating, I will say that your music choice and costume are weighed significantly in my score.
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
As an unprofessional judge of ice dancing and figure skating, I will say that your music choice and costume are weighed significantly in my score.
Seattle could really use more affordable community gathering spaces that are all ages, allow you to bring food and accessible for people.
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Seattle could really use more affordable community gathering spaces that are all ages, allow you to bring food and accessible for people.
The crows have a lot to say this morning. I wish I knew what was going on in crow world. Seems a bit dramatic.
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The crows have a lot to say this morning. I wish I knew what was going on in crow world. Seems a bit dramatic.
Yes, I want to root for EVERY child to be released from detention! NO CHILD should be DETAINED!
RELEASE THEM ALL!
RELEASE THEM ALL!
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Yes, I want to root for EVERY child to be released from detention! NO CHILD should be DETAINED!
RELEASE THEM ALL!
RELEASE THEM ALL!
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February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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I do not think the most significant cultural shifts will come from a World War, Class War, Race War, or whatever other battle people weirdly fantasize about. I think it’ll be an integration of the idea that children are people and not the property of their parents.
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I do not think the most significant cultural shifts will come from a World War, Class War, Race War, or whatever other battle people weirdly fantasize about. I think it’ll be an integration of the idea that children are people and not the property of their parents.
My child said, “Mama, I hope the rest of this year can be softer. Softer than normal, even.”
Yes sweet child, I hope so.
Yes sweet child, I hope so.
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
My child said, “Mama, I hope the rest of this year can be softer. Softer than normal, even.”
Yes sweet child, I hope so.
Yes sweet child, I hope so.
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I'm thrilled to be a WA State Book Award finalist, and to be included in this community zine! You can attend the in person workshop and zine reading in Seattle, or join online (like I'll be doing). Info below.
Zine Reading with 2025 Washington State Book Award Winner Tessa Hulls
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February 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I'm thrilled to be a WA State Book Award finalist, and to be included in this community zine! You can attend the in person workshop and zine reading in Seattle, or join online (like I'll be doing). Info below.
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I still care as much about bike lanes as I ever did there's just a lot going on.
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I still care as much about bike lanes as I ever did there's just a lot going on.
What a lovely tribute to a dear friend.
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
What a lovely tribute to a dear friend.