Jared Banks
@shoegnome.bsky.social
Architect, bassist, writer.
Shoegnome Architects
Northeast Seattle
#Shoegnomearchitects #residentialarchitect #mapleleafseattle
Shoegnome Architects
Northeast Seattle
#Shoegnomearchitects #residentialarchitect #mapleleafseattle
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November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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23 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Siegfried Robert Spanjaard, was born in The Hague.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
23 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Siegfried Robert Spanjaard, was born in The Hague.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
100% agree.
Everyone should read @theradr.bsky.social book, "On Repentance and Repair." Then, we should hold people responsible for repenting and repairing the damage they've done
Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
100% agree.
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Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Wake up! ⏰️
Global Sea Surface Temperatures are likely even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
October 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures still being above pre-2023 records is another indication of higher climate sensitivity👇
Global Sea Surface Temperatures are likely even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
October 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures still being above pre-2023 records is another indication of higher climate sensitivity👇
November 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wake up! ⏰️
Global Sea Surface Temperatures are likely even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
October 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures still being above pre-2023 records is another indication of higher climate sensitivity👇
Global Sea Surface Temperatures are likely even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
October 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures still being above pre-2023 records is another indication of higher climate sensitivity👇
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Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
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Bill Gates and Trump are now on the same side
As Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
And Governments gave out $2.5bn a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies in 2023
These billionaires have blood on their hands
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
And Governments gave out $2.5bn a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies in 2023
These billionaires have blood on their hands
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Bill Gates and Trump are now on the same side
As Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
And Governments gave out $2.5bn a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies in 2023
These billionaires have blood on their hands
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
And Governments gave out $2.5bn a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies in 2023
These billionaires have blood on their hands
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Oh my god.
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh my god.
A great read.
The Republicans are used to burning their own people as leverage.
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
A THREAD.
They are not used to the Democrats saying, “let them burn.”
A THREAD.
1. Before the No Kings demonstrations two weekends ago, I suggested that the shutdown of the government would look different afterward.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A great read.
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This Reuters chart is pretty remarkable and I think it reveals Trump's true agenda, which is really all about just cashing in on his presidency.
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This Reuters chart is pretty remarkable and I think it reveals Trump's true agenda, which is really all about just cashing in on his presidency.
I hope everyone votes and we get @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social as our next Seattle mayor.
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I hope everyone votes and we get @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social as our next Seattle mayor.
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ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
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Do not normalize any headline or article that refuses to call out Trump's proposal to run again in 2028 and treats it like a political game.
Call out all these polls and hypotheticals.
This man cannot run again. Like we've said, he will try to stay in power until death.
Call out all these polls and hypotheticals.
This man cannot run again. Like we've said, he will try to stay in power until death.
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Do not normalize any headline or article that refuses to call out Trump's proposal to run again in 2028 and treats it like a political game.
Call out all these polls and hypotheticals.
This man cannot run again. Like we've said, he will try to stay in power until death.
Call out all these polls and hypotheticals.
This man cannot run again. Like we've said, he will try to stay in power until death.
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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Talk about burying the lede: “The bunker under the East Wing will also be upgraded, sources told CBS News. The White House Military Office is handling the renovation of the bunker, which is known as the President's Emergency Operations Center.” 10/22/25 www.cbsnews.com/news/demolis...
Trump administration plans to demolish White House's entire East Wing as ballroom cost grows to $300 million
The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House's East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials said, part of a ballroom project championed b...
www.cbsnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Andy Ngo and other far-right extremists have reportedly been targeting the Portland City Council member for months and trying to paint her as violent and a ‘member of Antifa.’ The fire is being investigated as possible arson.
Thread 👇🏼
Thread 👇🏼
Portland City Councilor @counciloravalos.bsky.social woke up to her car and home engulfed in flames late last night. She had to grab her cat and escape to safety.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Andy Ngo and other far-right extremists have reportedly been targeting the Portland City Council member for months and trying to paint her as violent and a ‘member of Antifa.’ The fire is being investigated as possible arson.
Thread 👇🏼
Thread 👇🏼
What the actual fuck. Why isn't every politician calling for his impeachment?
Trump: I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead.
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What the actual fuck. Why isn't every politician calling for his impeachment?
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October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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CZ pleaded guilty to a criminal money laundering charge and was sentenced to prison.
But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.
Today, he got it.
If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.
But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.
Today, he got it.
If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CZ pleaded guilty to a criminal money laundering charge and was sentenced to prison.
But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.
Today, he got it.
If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.
But then he financed President Trump’s stablecoin and lobbied for a pardon.
Today, he got it.
If Congress does not stop this kind of corruption, it owns it.
When you migrate a project to Archicad 29, you’re going to get a lot of unnecessary linked markers. Learn what’s going on and how to clean up your file:
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October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When you migrate a project to Archicad 29, you’re going to get a lot of unnecessary linked markers. Learn what’s going on and how to clean up your file:
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For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
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Trump is paying himself off. An example of the unified kleptocracy theory at work.
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump is paying himself off. An example of the unified kleptocracy theory at work.