John R 🚴🏻♂️❄️🎄💨🌧️
@soco.bsky.social
I have the highest ratio of bot-to-real-people followers on bsky. Skeeting into the void.
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Added a new feature to show how your precinct ranks for each electoral race in the city, from 0-100 percentile sea2025election.alternative6.org
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Added a new feature to show how your precinct ranks for each electoral race in the city, from 0-100 percentile sea2025election.alternative6.org
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
Finally started the new season of foundation And boy did the tone of the series change.
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Finally started the new season of foundation And boy did the tone of the series change.
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OH THAT IS INTERESTING
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
OH THAT IS INTERESTING
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This is incredibly passive aggressive haha. no way Saka should be anywhere near chairing the Transpo committee, they all despise him
SDOT making it pretty clear that this was all Saka
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is incredibly passive aggressive haha. no way Saka should be anywhere near chairing the Transpo committee, they all despise him
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
The Burke-Gilman trail is closed at gas works Park 1 block between Burke Ave and Meridian Ave to fix the trail (yay no more bumps). I didn’t see any dates for closure.
@seattlebikeblog.com #seabikes
@seattlebikeblog.com #seabikes
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Burke-Gilman trail is closed at gas works Park 1 block between Burke Ave and Meridian Ave to fix the trail (yay no more bumps). I didn’t see any dates for closure.
@seattlebikeblog.com #seabikes
@seattlebikeblog.com #seabikes
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They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
I should really do a real bike ride today, or at least run some errands, but the wind has me questioning that as every ride will involve a headwind for multiple miles.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I should really do a real bike ride today, or at least run some errands, but the wind has me questioning that as every ride will involve a headwind for multiple miles.
Who'd have guessed that making transit more convenient and useful might get them to use it over cars.
I feel like we see surveys like this every few years and cities continue to cut transit and then wonder why no one takes it.
I feel like we see surveys like this every few years and cities continue to cut transit and then wonder why no one takes it.
What would incentivize you to leave your car at home? In the Oregon travel survey, the top 5 answers all related to better transit service.
Only 44% of people in Portland Metro said nothing would get them out of their car.
Only 44% of people in Portland Metro said nothing would get them out of their car.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Who'd have guessed that making transit more convenient and useful might get them to use it over cars.
I feel like we see surveys like this every few years and cities continue to cut transit and then wonder why no one takes it.
I feel like we see surveys like this every few years and cities continue to cut transit and then wonder why no one takes it.
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THEY ARE NOT SKEPTICS
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
THEY ARE NOT SKEPTICS
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According to survey data from the DOJ itself, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
According to survey data from the DOJ itself, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
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The King County Auditor recommended that Metro consider replacements for its trip planner, and they did, finding that an open-source planner would provide better functionality for riders and save the county staff time.
It's not moving forward due to staff limitations at the county's IT department.
It's not moving forward due to staff limitations at the county's IT department.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The King County Auditor recommended that Metro consider replacements for its trip planner, and they did, finding that an open-source planner would provide better functionality for riders and save the county staff time.
It's not moving forward due to staff limitations at the county's IT department.
It's not moving forward due to staff limitations at the county's IT department.
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We have raised $3,315 toward our $20k goal for the 2026 #BikeBus Mini Grants. These grants go directly to existing Bike Buses, helping parent leaders cover costs, strengthen their routes, & keep the joy and consistency going for their communities. Can you help?? give.communityin.org/BikeBusWorld...
Help Build Bike Bus World
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give.communityin.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We have raised $3,315 toward our $20k goal for the 2026 #BikeBus Mini Grants. These grants go directly to existing Bike Buses, helping parent leaders cover costs, strengthen their routes, & keep the joy and consistency going for their communities. Can you help?? give.communityin.org/BikeBusWorld...
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Why does it take longer to complete a set of bus upgrades than it took to put a human being on the moon?
A report commissioned by the King County Council and released this fall spells out a long answer to that question
A report commissioned by the King County Council and released this fall spells out a long answer to that question
Why It Takes So Damn Long to Build a RapidRide Line » The Urbanist
# Corridor-wide bus revamps have been hitting delays and are often taking ten years to deliver, or more. A new King County Metro report released this fall outlines the myriad reasons RapidRide lines f...
www.theurbanist.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Why does it take longer to complete a set of bus upgrades than it took to put a human being on the moon?
A report commissioned by the King County Council and released this fall spells out a long answer to that question
A report commissioned by the King County Council and released this fall spells out a long answer to that question
The music in Andor is so much better than rogue one.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The music in Andor is so much better than rogue one.
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Seattle Monorail: People are using our silly retro train as actual transit. This must be stopped.
In this section, it sounds like SMS was being subsidized by the City for $100-$200k per year due to the impact of free internal transfers. And if the cost exceeded $200k for a few years, they would stop offering free internal transfers.
Y'all, they stopped free transfers because we were using them.
Y'all, they stopped free transfers because we were using them.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Seattle Monorail: People are using our silly retro train as actual transit. This must be stopped.
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They should invent a bike ride that doesn’t try to kill you
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
They should invent a bike ride that doesn’t try to kill you
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Some universities are closing departments left, right, and center. My university still has departments you’ve never even heard of!
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Some universities are closing departments left, right, and center. My university still has departments you’ve never even heard of!
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if this happens, it will be the biggest international law news in decades and will be immediately followed by several of the hardest fought sets of litigation you have ever seen. time to stop ignoring tax
Rule 1 of the global tax system is you tax multinational corporations where they SAY their profits are, not where they MAKE profit. Most countries backed flipping this 100-year-old rule in recent UN tax talks, to finally end the era of global tax abuse
#UNtaxConvention
taxjustice.net/press/un-inc...
#UNtaxConvention
taxjustice.net/press/un-inc...
UN inches towards flipping “Rule 1” of global tax system and ending tax abuse era - Tax Justice Network
The 100-year-old cornerstone of the global tax system was put to debate last month in Nairobi as countries continued historic negotiations on a world-first UN tax convention.1 Having already committed...
taxjustice.net
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
if this happens, it will be the biggest international law news in decades and will be immediately followed by several of the hardest fought sets of litigation you have ever seen. time to stop ignoring tax
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All our work on replicability in the last decade has taught me that it's not a good use of resources to try and predict replicability in the first place since it's neither a good goal to achieve nor diagnostic of specific problems. It's a search for shortcuts, easy answers to complex questions.
There are many good arguments for why AI/ML will struggle to predict replicability.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
I'm curious why, in light of these arguments and now data, COS is continuing to pursue this project.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
I'm curious why, in light of these arguments and now data, COS is continuing to pursue this project.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
All our work on replicability in the last decade has taught me that it's not a good use of resources to try and predict replicability in the first place since it's neither a good goal to achieve nor diagnostic of specific problems. It's a search for shortcuts, easy answers to complex questions.
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A public forum put on by Lime for Scooter Safety
Presenter noted that SDOT and SPD are not present for this forum
Presenter noted that SDOT and SPD are not present for this forum
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A public forum put on by Lime for Scooter Safety
Presenter noted that SDOT and SPD are not present for this forum
Presenter noted that SDOT and SPD are not present for this forum
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a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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It’s one week to go until my Books and Ballots party at Old Stove Brewing Company! Reading without snacks is a capital crime in my book, so make sure you RSVP so we have enough cheese and crackers for all my fellow nerds! RSVP here (no donation required): secure.actblue.com/donate/12.8....
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It’s one week to go until my Books and Ballots party at Old Stove Brewing Company! Reading without snacks is a capital crime in my book, so make sure you RSVP so we have enough cheese and crackers for all my fellow nerds! RSVP here (no donation required): secure.actblue.com/donate/12.8....