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It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Somewhere, Bruce Harrell is slamming a table. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory, and it’s mathematica...
www.thestranger.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
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Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
This is pretty unacceptable in a city that supposedly wants to encourage public transit use and promote sustainable transit in general -- and this isn't uncommon
October 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is pretty unacceptable in a city that supposedly wants to encourage public transit use and promote sustainable transit in general -- and this isn't uncommon
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
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hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social
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Not the obituary I wanted to read today. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a...
Brian Wilson, Songwriter and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82
A hitmaker elevated and burdened by the label of genius, he transcended the breezy surf genre to create complex harmonies and intricate soundscapes in the studio.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not the obituary I wanted to read today. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a...
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Important update!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
With new information, I have updated our Email/Phone templates linked below. It includes specific instructions for different Senators.
We ESPECIALLY need people reaching out to these GOP Senators this week--Collins (ME), Tillis (NC), Murkowski (AK)
With new information, I have updated our Email/Phone templates linked below. It includes specific instructions for different Senators.
We ESPECIALLY need people reaching out to these GOP Senators this week--Collins (ME), Tillis (NC), Murkowski (AK)
May 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Important update!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
With new information, I have updated our Email/Phone templates linked below. It includes specific instructions for different Senators.
We ESPECIALLY need people reaching out to these GOP Senators this week--Collins (ME), Tillis (NC), Murkowski (AK)
With new information, I have updated our Email/Phone templates linked below. It includes specific instructions for different Senators.
We ESPECIALLY need people reaching out to these GOP Senators this week--Collins (ME), Tillis (NC), Murkowski (AK)
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Wrote about The Seattle Freeze, which is real, but also isn't.
The Seattle Freeze is real, but is it?
Just as some people think Seattle doesn't have good bagels, there's a perception that we're all a bunch of anti-social loners.
itsashanda.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wrote about The Seattle Freeze, which is real, but also isn't.
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This is exactly it.
Supporting bathroom, sports and healthcare bans for trans people means signing on to a moral panic about problems that DON'T EXIST.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies.
March 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is exactly it.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout
Reporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people
jenniferschulze.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
Oliver S. H. Grin Art
An art portfolio celebrating queer joy and beauty.
oliversgrin.carrd.co
February 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This model keeps falling over, rolling around, I mean… very clearly drunk. The levels of unprofessionalism I have to deal with are truly unbearable.
February 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This model keeps falling over, rolling around, I mean… very clearly drunk. The levels of unprofessionalism I have to deal with are truly unbearable.
February 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM