Matt Gertz
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Matt Gertz
@mattagertz.bsky.social
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I am on Team Food Safety but the argument that mobile vendors are bad for restaurants makes no sense. An activated street (or park) with a variety of food options attracts more people. We should make it easy.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am on Team Food Safety but the argument that mobile vendors are bad for restaurants makes no sense. An activated street (or park) with a variety of food options attracts more people. We should make it easy.
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Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
I want AI to die a painful death
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I want AI to die a painful death
Gonna make us some lamb meatballs with tomato sauce (this is my first time doing meatballs please don’t huge how big the onions are)
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Gonna make us some lamb meatballs with tomato sauce (this is my first time doing meatballs please don’t huge how big the onions are)
The concept of donating sick leave really gets to me. Why can we not just set up a work plan/bench marks for people, ensure they are meeting goals, and give people as much time off for personal/health reasons as needed? I hate, hate, hate our system.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The concept of donating sick leave really gets to me. Why can we not just set up a work plan/bench marks for people, ensure they are meeting goals, and give people as much time off for personal/health reasons as needed? I hate, hate, hate our system.
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CM Alexis Mercedes Rinck is currently providing remarks at the budget committee as to why she doesn't support diverting Seattle Transit Measure dollars for transit service to Rob Saka's proposal for a transit safety czar.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
CM Alexis Mercedes Rinck is currently providing remarks at the budget committee as to why she doesn't support diverting Seattle Transit Measure dollars for transit service to Rob Saka's proposal for a transit safety czar.
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Seattle's mayor also holds a seat on the Sound Transit board, which is currently addressing a $30B shortfall in delivering the ST3 projects voters approved in 2016, including rail to West Seattle and Ballard.
Just gonna suggest Wilson knows more about the City's role in transit than the Times does.
Just gonna suggest Wilson knows more about the City's role in transit than the Times does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Seattle's mayor also holds a seat on the Sound Transit board, which is currently addressing a $30B shortfall in delivering the ST3 projects voters approved in 2016, including rail to West Seattle and Ballard.
Just gonna suggest Wilson knows more about the City's role in transit than the Times does.
Just gonna suggest Wilson knows more about the City's role in transit than the Times does.
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forgot how racist she is
September 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
forgot how racist she is
REI is so good at taking my money and I don’t even care
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
REI is so good at taking my money and I don’t even care
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Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Los Angeles failed to defeat a major housing law, so it's turning to Plan B: Delay, delay, delay
A report from the city planning department outlines strategies for pushing off many of the effects of SB 79 through 2030.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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Update: The Trump-Epstein friendship statue is up at Busboys.
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Update: The Trump-Epstein friendship statue is up at Busboys.
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It’s funny to look back at the 2008 Financial Crisis (I was 17 at the time) because we’re literally seeing the same things happen again right now with AI. Living in the US is so FUCKED.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It’s funny to look back at the 2008 Financial Crisis (I was 17 at the time) because we’re literally seeing the same things happen again right now with AI. Living in the US is so FUCKED.
It has rained more the past couple of days than the entire time I’ve lived here - though it’s possible I’m blocking off a decent chunk of March and May from my memory.
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It has rained more the past couple of days than the entire time I’ve lived here - though it’s possible I’m blocking off a decent chunk of March and May from my memory.
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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Person with even the tiniest glimmer of of common sense here: Donald trump is acting like he has something to hide.
Law professor here: Donald Trump is acting like he has something to hide.
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Person with even the tiniest glimmer of of common sense here: Donald trump is acting like he has something to hide.
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At the local level, in my own practice as baby planner in the 90s, he was a major obstacle. Pro-bike "vehicular cycling" engineers delayed modernizing the AASHTO guidelines for decades, making local innovation risky until NACTO
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At the local level, in my own practice as baby planner in the 90s, he was a major obstacle. Pro-bike "vehicular cycling" engineers delayed modernizing the AASHTO guidelines for decades, making local innovation risky until NACTO
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You really have to be working overtime to write this post.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You really have to be working overtime to write this post.
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Do you like Open Streets: #ArroyoFest, #CicLAvia, #ActiveStreets, #BeachStreets, and more? Guest editorial from @activesgv.bsky.social urges you to demand Metro step up support for these events la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/13/l...
L.A. Without Open Streets? - Streetsblog Los Angeles
Take Action Now! L.A. Metro is gutting Open Streets funding!
la.streetsblog.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Do you like Open Streets: #ArroyoFest, #CicLAvia, #ActiveStreets, #BeachStreets, and more? Guest editorial from @activesgv.bsky.social urges you to demand Metro step up support for these events la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/13/l...
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Metro board: let's do CicLAvia-type events to celebrate the Olympics!
Metro staff: The board wants us to cancel all the other CicLAvias for the next 3 years
Metro staff: The board wants us to cancel all the other CicLAvias for the next 3 years
Do you like Open Streets: #ArroyoFest, #CicLAvia, #ActiveStreets, #BeachStreets, and more? Guest editorial from @activesgv.bsky.social urges you to demand Metro step up support for these events la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/13/l...
L.A. Without Open Streets? - Streetsblog Los Angeles
Take Action Now! L.A. Metro is gutting Open Streets funding!
la.streetsblog.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Metro board: let's do CicLAvia-type events to celebrate the Olympics!
Metro staff: The board wants us to cancel all the other CicLAvias for the next 3 years
Metro staff: The board wants us to cancel all the other CicLAvias for the next 3 years
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You love to see it!
I-90 light rail update: before the end of the month, 2 Line testing will start extending up to Lynnwood, with out-of-service trains running in between normal trains. Riders won't be able to board, but this will be a preview of what 4 minute headways north of downtown look like.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You love to see it!
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell just conceded to progressive challenger Katie Wilson at a ceremony at City Hall.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell just conceded to progressive challenger Katie Wilson at a ceremony at City Hall.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
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Today LADOT installed official crosswalks and interim quick-build traffic circle at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today LADOT installed official crosswalks and interim quick-build traffic circle at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown
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During public comment, someone asserted the fact that sales in the Market are slightly up year-over-year was evidence that the pedestrianized Pike Place is hurting businesses, because sales should be up MORE after the opening of the Overlook Walk.
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Good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 9.7% in September! That's four months of solid data showing the pedestrianization pilot is good for business.
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Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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