Seth Olson
@setholagranola.bsky.social
I would love this. Current bike greenways require some serious hill climbing to ride safely (ie. avoid the flattest route, Rainier Ave)
It’s still a big lift, but today it feels possible.
Speed up the 7.
Make the sidewalks accessible.
Keep people safe no matter how they get around.
The solution to fix Seattle's most dangerous street (Rainier Ave S) is available, if the political will can be found.
Make the sidewalks accessible.
Keep people safe no matter how they get around.
The solution to fix Seattle's most dangerous street (Rainier Ave S) is available, if the political will can be found.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I would love this. Current bike greenways require some serious hill climbing to ride safely (ie. avoid the flattest route, Rainier Ave)
So happy that Katie Wilson will head this. What a great candidate for the job
It hasn't received much attention, but the next mayor will shape almost all the 8 year $1.55 billion transportation levy projects. Some have already started, but most haven't, and while the mayoral term goes to 2029 and the levy 2032, SDOT does ~3 year project cycles, so they will all be underway
And in the end Seattleites passed the Keep Seattle Moving levy overwhelmingly.
It got more votes than any Seattle politician ever, and won in almost every precinct.
Advocates were right, we should have gone bigger to build more. But big businesses got their wish for more modest tax increases.
It got more votes than any Seattle politician ever, and won in almost every precinct.
Advocates were right, we should have gone bigger to build more. But big businesses got their wish for more modest tax increases.
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So happy that Katie Wilson will head this. What a great candidate for the job
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We’ve had a lot of fun on book tour but nothing brought a smile to my face quite like the Bike Bus. What a treat to start our day this way!
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We’ve had a lot of fun on book tour but nothing brought a smile to my face quite like the Bike Bus. What a treat to start our day this way!
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Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.
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Wilson's win means an end to heavy-handed corporate patronage in the mayor's office going back to 2013, a lineage running from the serial child predator who resigned in disgrace to the mayor who inherited all his donors & teargassed the city, to the guy who supported both of them to the bitter end
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Wilson's win means an end to heavy-handed corporate patronage in the mayor's office going back to 2013, a lineage running from the serial child predator who resigned in disgrace to the mayor who inherited all his donors & teargassed the city, to the guy who supported both of them to the bitter end
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This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This so much!
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Parents (usually mothers) in car-centric areas are forced to chauffeur their kids around. It also means they emphasize predictable, scheduled activities (like sports leagues) that cost money.
Youth mobility gives kids freedom, saves money, and reduces the unpaid-labor burden on women
Yeah this is what I was thinking with the argument of her inexperience.
She's been working to make change in this city for years
She's been working to make change in this city for years
"Katie Wilson, if nothing else, has had an audacious rise from a little-known progressive activist..."
"Little-known" only if you're not paying close attention to City Hall. Wilson has been at or near the center of almost every major policy battle in the city for the last 10 years.
"Little-known" only if you're not paying close attention to City Hall. Wilson has been at or near the center of almost every major policy battle in the city for the last 10 years.
It's starting to look like a socialist is going to Seattle City Hall
Plus Airbnb goes back to the mattresses, some recommended reading, and it's time to sign up for our Re-Wire Policy Conference
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yeah this is what I was thinking with the argument of her inexperience.
She's been working to make change in this city for years
She's been working to make change in this city for years
Can we can leaf blowers in Seattle please?
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Can we can leaf blowers in Seattle please?
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I've compared Trump to Televangelists.
No, that's not a compliment: it's an indictment of his (lack of) character.
No, that's not a compliment: it's an indictment of his (lack of) character.
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I've compared Trump to Televangelists.
No, that's not a compliment: it's an indictment of his (lack of) character.
No, that's not a compliment: it's an indictment of his (lack of) character.
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God even his own fucking lies are have no internal logic. If he believed his own bullshit about "Tariffs have earned us 17 trillion in just 10 short months!" then paying back 3 trillion would not be an issue.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
God even his own fucking lies are have no internal logic. If he believed his own bullshit about "Tariffs have earned us 17 trillion in just 10 short months!" then paying back 3 trillion would not be an issue.
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no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Seattle's close mayoral race has switched leading candidates but the margins remain incredibly close.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
Incredible. Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now has a 91-vote lead in Seattle’s race for mayor. She had been steadily gaining on incumbent Bruce Harrell.
There are about 8,000 ballots left to count.
There are about 8,000 ballots left to count.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Seattle's close mayoral race has switched leading candidates but the margins remain incredibly close.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
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Holy shit what!?
Katie Wilson just updated on her Instagram that she has passed Bruce for mayor of Seattle by 91 votes!! 🤯🤯
I gave up hope but like, she might actually do it??
Katie Wilson just updated on her Instagram that she has passed Bruce for mayor of Seattle by 91 votes!! 🤯🤯
I gave up hope but like, she might actually do it??
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Holy shit what!?
Katie Wilson just updated on her Instagram that she has passed Bruce for mayor of Seattle by 91 votes!! 🤯🤯
I gave up hope but like, she might actually do it??
Katie Wilson just updated on her Instagram that she has passed Bruce for mayor of Seattle by 91 votes!! 🤯🤯
I gave up hope but like, she might actually do it??
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Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity
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👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
Boy I needed this good news. I've been anxious since yesterday's update was posted. I thought it was over
I can’t tell you what day we’re going to win the election. But I can tell you that if we win 54% of the remaining votes over the course of the week…
With Half the Ballots Still Uncounted, This Mayoral Election is an Open Contest
Katie Wilson needs to get about 54 percent of the outstanding ballots to close the gap with incumbent Bruce Harrell.
publicola.com/2025/11/06/4...
Katie Wilson needs to get about 54 percent of the outstanding ballots to close the gap with incumbent Bruce Harrell.
publicola.com/2025/11/06/4...
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Boy I needed this good news. I've been anxious since yesterday's update was posted. I thought it was over
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Had fun meeting & chatting with folks from cycling, safe streets, transit, & urbanist spheres before & after attending a talk by some of my favorite car-free advocates. Got my copy of the book
And yes, I biked to & from it!
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
And yes, I biked to & from it!
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Had fun meeting & chatting with folks from cycling, safe streets, transit, & urbanist spheres before & after attending a talk by some of my favorite car-free advocates. Got my copy of the book
And yes, I biked to & from it!
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
And yes, I biked to & from it!
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
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What a turnout for @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @nerd4cities.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What a turnout for @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @nerd4cities.bsky.social
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The Ask poster in action. 🔥🔥
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Ask poster in action. 🔥🔥
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The next batch of King County ballot counts are due out "by 4 p.m." You can check on the status of your ballot here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... In past elections, the big shifts happened in Thursday and Friday counts. A rainy bike ride is a great way to get out nervous energy.
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The next batch of King County ballot counts are due out "by 4 p.m." You can check on the status of your ballot here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... In past elections, the big shifts happened in Thursday and Friday counts. A rainy bike ride is a great way to get out nervous energy.
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it's telling the harrell campaign doesn't have any vision or positive message to run on.
it's just deflection. misogyny. tearing down his opponents. gaslighting the public. tomorrow when he loses will be so effing great.
it's just deflection. misogyny. tearing down his opponents. gaslighting the public. tomorrow when he loses will be so effing great.
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
it's telling the harrell campaign doesn't have any vision or positive message to run on.
it's just deflection. misogyny. tearing down his opponents. gaslighting the public. tomorrow when he loses will be so effing great.
it's just deflection. misogyny. tearing down his opponents. gaslighting the public. tomorrow when he loses will be so effing great.
Love when the fall leaves show how little of the road cars actually use to drive on. IMO that's all the city should have to pay to maintain and narrowing it to that distance would help slow cars down to appropriate speeds for entering this neighborhood.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Love when the fall leaves show how little of the road cars actually use to drive on. IMO that's all the city should have to pay to maintain and narrowing it to that distance would help slow cars down to appropriate speeds for entering this neighborhood.
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PSA for Seattle procrastinators: If you're voting today or tomorrow, USE A DROP BOX, NOT THE MAIL! The USPS won't guarantee your timely ballot is postmarked on time.
Locations of ballot boxes: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
More details: publicola.com/2025/10/03/p...
Locations of ballot boxes: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
More details: publicola.com/2025/10/03/p...
Post Office Delays Could Result in Uncounted Ballots; Harrell's Budget Increases Graffiti Spending 36 Percent - PubliCola
1. Mail processing delays could result in more invalidated mail-in ballots this year, and elections officials are advising voters to…
publicola.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
PSA for Seattle procrastinators: If you're voting today or tomorrow, USE A DROP BOX, NOT THE MAIL! The USPS won't guarantee your timely ballot is postmarked on time.
Locations of ballot boxes: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
More details: publicola.com/2025/10/03/p...
Locations of ballot boxes: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
More details: publicola.com/2025/10/03/p...
What a beautiful sight. Speed limit in Seattle is 25mph but most roads designed for 50mph. Looks like a good solution.
If your street is too wide, too fast, lacks trees, and lacks seating then…I have a curb-bulb-speed-bump-tree-pit-park-bench idea for you.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a beautiful sight. Speed limit in Seattle is 25mph but most roads designed for 50mph. Looks like a good solution.