Logan Bowers
@loganb.bsky.social
Toots on housing policy, economics, computing.
HB2331 - 26 WA Dems accidentally propose outlawing all manufacturing in Washington State by requiring anything that makes anything to psychically know if you’re going to make a gun with it, punishable by imprisonment of employees of businesses that make equipment. 🤦🏽♂️
We are on the dumbest timeline.
We are on the dumbest timeline.
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
HB2331 - 26 WA Dems accidentally propose outlawing all manufacturing in Washington State by requiring anything that makes anything to psychically know if you’re going to make a gun with it, punishable by imprisonment of employees of businesses that make equipment. 🤦🏽♂️
We are on the dumbest timeline.
We are on the dumbest timeline.
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There are only 2 real policy responses to a housing shortage. You can either get to work building enough housing for everyone or start making a list of the types of people you want to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "100% of rental demand in California and New York is because of illegal immigration"
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
There are only 2 real policy responses to a housing shortage. You can either get to work building enough housing for everyone or start making a list of the types of people you want to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
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"Every thinking person in America will be voting for you.”
“I’m afraid that won’t do—I need a majority."
“I’m afraid that won’t do—I need a majority."
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Every thinking person in America will be voting for you.”
“I’m afraid that won’t do—I need a majority."
“I’m afraid that won’t do—I need a majority."
I wonder if the impending revaluation (downward) of downtown’s office buildings, we’ll see our existing levies and property taxes get squeezed. If total property values decline, the maximum tax amount goes down too and so they don’t get to collect their full amount.
Seattle should create a Child Care District in the same way it created a Parks District. Given demographic and economic shifts, property taxes are not nearly as regressive as they used to be, and property tax levies provide the most stable and predictable source of tax revenue.
Seattle’s appetite for new property taxes approaching its legal limit
State law limits Seattle’s ability to add new property taxes, even those approved by voters. Now, new priorities and bigger levies than ever before are competing.
www.seattletimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I wonder if the impending revaluation (downward) of downtown’s office buildings, we’ll see our existing levies and property taxes get squeezed. If total property values decline, the maximum tax amount goes down too and so they don’t get to collect their full amount.
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I have to admit, I really did not expect that we'd get to January 12 without an Executive Order or a major policy rollout from Katie Wilson's office.
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I have to admit, I really did not expect that we'd get to January 12 without an Executive Order or a major policy rollout from Katie Wilson's office.
I think this thread is correct, but read holistically, I think Jeffery just doesn't like AVs.
Much has been written about potential safety benefits of AVs. Given the lack of AV data transparency, I cannot speak to whether, or to what degree, AVs are safer than an average human driver. What I can say:
This is the wrong question.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is the wrong question.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I think this thread is correct, but read holistically, I think Jeffery just doesn't like AVs.
Pretty awesome to hear @jennyschuetz.bsky.social making a housing positivity case on @kuow.org, contrasting Seattle with Austin. It’s neat to see YIMBYism breakthrough to the main stream.
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Pretty awesome to hear @jennyschuetz.bsky.social making a housing positivity case on @kuow.org, contrasting Seattle with Austin. It’s neat to see YIMBYism breakthrough to the main stream.
I don't buy it for a second. Tariff pass-through is going to be prolonged. Businesses aren't sophisticated enough to do it all upfront. They'll adjust prices as they see what happens to their bottom lines.
Goldman: “We expect core PCE inflation to slow to 2.1% by the end of 2026 as tariff pass-through fades and wage growth and shelter inflation continue to fall.”
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I don't buy it for a second. Tariff pass-through is going to be prolonged. Businesses aren't sophisticated enough to do it all upfront. They'll adjust prices as they see what happens to their bottom lines.
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If you live in Portland or Seattle, you need to be aware of the risk of a potentially quite serious windstorm tomorrow. Models are being finicky, but 50-60MPH gusts are a realistic possibility.
If you live near trees, if you park in your driveway, if you have outdoor furniture—take note.
If you live near trees, if you park in your driveway, if you have outdoor furniture—take note.
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you live in Portland or Seattle, you need to be aware of the risk of a potentially quite serious windstorm tomorrow. Models are being finicky, but 50-60MPH gusts are a realistic possibility.
If you live near trees, if you park in your driveway, if you have outdoor furniture—take note.
If you live near trees, if you park in your driveway, if you have outdoor furniture—take note.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
All critiques of superficial behavior should be interpreted as a criticism of the underlying values that motivate it.
The framing is usually bad when the values are bad. The superficial thing is indicative of a million other ways the bad values are leaking out.
The framing is usually bad when the values are bad. The superficial thing is indicative of a million other ways the bad values are leaking out.
"If Dems had tweaked their rhetoric & 'framed' things the right way, political outcomes would have been dramatically different."
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
This form of analysis is a) ubiquitous and b) utterly, delusionally wrong in 99.9% of circumstances.
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
All critiques of superficial behavior should be interpreted as a criticism of the underlying values that motivate it.
The framing is usually bad when the values are bad. The superficial thing is indicative of a million other ways the bad values are leaking out.
The framing is usually bad when the values are bad. The superficial thing is indicative of a million other ways the bad values are leaking out.
I listened to @gallego.senate.gov on @volts.wtf. Roberts described him as a progressive-turned-centrist (!), but I mostly liked him. Yet when it came to tariffs, he did the f***ing meme.
Every Dem sub-caucus has a ditch they want to driving the economy into. 🤦🏽♂️
open.spotify.com/episode/02kN...
Every Dem sub-caucus has a ditch they want to driving the economy into. 🤦🏽♂️
open.spotify.com/episode/02kN...
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I listened to @gallego.senate.gov on @volts.wtf. Roberts described him as a progressive-turned-centrist (!), but I mostly liked him. Yet when it came to tariffs, he did the f***ing meme.
Every Dem sub-caucus has a ditch they want to driving the economy into. 🤦🏽♂️
open.spotify.com/episode/02kN...
Every Dem sub-caucus has a ditch they want to driving the economy into. 🤦🏽♂️
open.spotify.com/episode/02kN...
“AI is going to transform our lives for the better…which is why I’m demanding a full moratorium.” 🤦🏽♂️
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“AI is going to transform our lives for the better…which is why I’m demanding a full moratorium.” 🤦🏽♂️
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Two things:
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
"A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Two things:
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
He is literally losing his marbles in front of us all.
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
He is literally losing his marbles in front of us all.
ACLU using racial equity to argue that drunk drivers should be allowed to murder more pedestrians is racist and disgusting.
It also undermines every other legitimate argument on similar grounds. Eventually morons weaponize moral arguments and destroy their value.
It also undermines every other legitimate argument on similar grounds. Eventually morons weaponize moral arguments and destroy their value.
The California ACLU is staunchly opposed to the ignition interlock device program and is a big reason that it has not been expanded. Despite the fact that California heavily subsidizes the cost for low-income drunk drivers, the ACLU says that the program is a form of "racialized wealth extraction."
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
ACLU using racial equity to argue that drunk drivers should be allowed to murder more pedestrians is racist and disgusting.
It also undermines every other legitimate argument on similar grounds. Eventually morons weaponize moral arguments and destroy their value.
It also undermines every other legitimate argument on similar grounds. Eventually morons weaponize moral arguments and destroy their value.
If true (probably is), it’s a damning indictment of where we’re at. He has to govern for a populace, probably 70% of which is unaligned with BS consensus on at least one axis. If he gets dragged for consuming a diverse information diet, it’s a call for worse governance.
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If true (probably is), it’s a damning indictment of where we’re at. He has to govern for a populace, probably 70% of which is unaligned with BS consensus on at least one axis. If he gets dragged for consuming a diverse information diet, it’s a call for worse governance.
It’s increasingly clear daily storage is solved. Seasonal energy storage is the only frontier left.
It’s a lot harder because there’s fewer technologies and because utilities aren’t ready to give power away for almost free during surpluses while charging high rates in demand times.
It’s a lot harder because there’s fewer technologies and because utilities aren’t ready to give power away for almost free during surpluses while charging high rates in demand times.
65 bucks a MWh, god damn www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s increasingly clear daily storage is solved. Seasonal energy storage is the only frontier left.
It’s a lot harder because there’s fewer technologies and because utilities aren’t ready to give power away for almost free during surpluses while charging high rates in demand times.
It’s a lot harder because there’s fewer technologies and because utilities aren’t ready to give power away for almost free during surpluses while charging high rates in demand times.
I'm continuously impressed by GPT's creativity in the face of customized system prompt.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm continuously impressed by GPT's creativity in the face of customized system prompt.
lol, a Saka W. Though it’s hard to fault anyone else on council for voting yes since rejecting the police contract doesn’t really motivate a legislator from, like, Snohomish to do subpoena reform.
Saka said he wants reforms at the state level that allow greater oversight of police, and objects to the fact that the city's police accountability bodies still have no power to subpoena SPD records, despite many years of efforts to give various accountability bodies this authority.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
lol, a Saka W. Though it’s hard to fault anyone else on council for voting yes since rejecting the police contract doesn’t really motivate a legislator from, like, Snohomish to do subpoena reform.
Experts are good for some things. Like standardized naming across a whole region. It’s not plausible that Federal Way and Redmond residents will be able to coordinate on naming conventions.
All four were considered, public/local preference went in different directions. What bakes my noodle is why “Downtown Redmond” was considered brief and easy to remember while “Redmond Downtown” wasn’t. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Experts are good for some things. Like standardized naming across a whole region. It’s not plausible that Federal Way and Redmond residents will be able to coordinate on naming conventions.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
“Most people also want to feel normal, and will feel attacked if their preferences are no longer seen as normal” <- incredible insight
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Most people also want to feel normal, and will feel attacked if their preferences are no longer seen as normal” <- incredible insight