Randy Ferreiro
@randypharaoh.bsky.social
Nerd. Passionate about: Humans, history, Star Trek, housing abundance, reading, my city, trivia...look, we could be here all day. Those are a good start. Also, f*ck cancer.
I will never stop being proud of volunteering for her first campaign!
Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a "Better Bus Lanes" campaign on Wednesday, demanding expanded and improved bus lanes on the city's busiest routes.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/r...
Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates » The Urbanist
# Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a
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October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I will never stop being proud of volunteering for her first campaign!
Started a thing!
Inauguration
It's my first post. Wait, what did you think it was about?
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January 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Started a thing!
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cannot overstate the degree to which i am negatively polarized against nimbys.
like, if you go to a public meeting to speak against lower cost housing i think the city should eminent domain your house and your house specifically
like, if you go to a public meeting to speak against lower cost housing i think the city should eminent domain your house and your house specifically
The first several speakers at this morning's comprehensive plan meeting have been longtime homeowners in Seattle's wealthy Madrona neighborhood, arguing that a two-block "neighborhood center" where some apartments will be allowed, saying it will destroy their neighborhood.
January 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
cannot overstate the degree to which i am negatively polarized against nimbys.
like, if you go to a public meeting to speak against lower cost housing i think the city should eminent domain your house and your house specifically
like, if you go to a public meeting to speak against lower cost housing i think the city should eminent domain your house and your house specifically
They really, truly were.
In conclusion, council districts were a mistake.
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
They really, truly were.
I really value having people who know me deeply and care about me truly. Don't know that I'll ever get over the pain of one unwilling (unable?) to know or care making such a mockery of love and marriage; I do know that I wouldn't be making it at all without the actually good people still in my life.
December 16, 2024 at 8:40 AM
I really value having people who know me deeply and care about me truly. Don't know that I'll ever get over the pain of one unwilling (unable?) to know or care making such a mockery of love and marriage; I do know that I wouldn't be making it at all without the actually good people still in my life.
It doesn't have to just be a cutesy mantel fantasy, folks!
It's that magical time of year when Americans remind themselves that they actually do love missing middle housing.
Obviously, people are willing to pay a premium for dense, vibrant, walkable, decorative communities!
Obviously, people are willing to pay a premium for dense, vibrant, walkable, decorative communities!
December 6, 2024 at 12:15 AM
It doesn't have to just be a cutesy mantel fantasy, folks!
Watched "Move Along Home" tonight. More convinced than ever it's not nearly as bad as people like to make it out to be. Sure, the actual gameplay is simplistic, cheesy and grating. But it's got good early building of the Ben/Jake relationship. An interesting concept of a (1/2)
November 21, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Watched "Move Along Home" tonight. More convinced than ever it's not nearly as bad as people like to make it out to be. Sure, the actual gameplay is simplistic, cheesy and grating. But it's got good early building of the Ben/Jake relationship. An interesting concept of a (1/2)
One of the first warning signs I was sinking into a depression really should've been that I started watching Scrubs and Deep Space Nine for the zillionth times. My subconscious knew it was comfort-show o'clock.
November 20, 2024 at 7:28 AM
One of the first warning signs I was sinking into a depression really should've been that I started watching Scrubs and Deep Space Nine for the zillionth times. My subconscious knew it was comfort-show o'clock.
Yes, I know, but I can't stop reading it as "BLOO-skee."
November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Yes, I know, but I can't stop reading it as "BLOO-skee."