Ian Crozier
@crowshair.bsky.social
I live in Seattle, ride bikes, travel when I can, and work in zoning and community planning. I love makin' maps.
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Ian Crozier
@crowshair.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I want a version of the movie Flow but depicting Washington's geological history
Rhythm is spelled R H Y T H M
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Rhythm is spelled R H Y T H M
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Glass is eminently recyclable but it's also heavy and unsafe to handle when broken. Also, there's not really any problem with putting it in a landfill, right? It's inert. Dust to dust, sand to sand. Shouldn't plastics be the focus for recycling?
Sorry, paywall:
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Sorry, paywall:
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Wineries wince at price tag for ambitious new recycling law - Portland Business Journal
Wine is coming to terms with the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, adopted by Oregon in 2021 and being implemented now.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Glass is eminently recyclable but it's also heavy and unsafe to handle when broken. Also, there's not really any problem with putting it in a landfill, right? It's inert. Dust to dust, sand to sand. Shouldn't plastics be the focus for recycling?
Sorry, paywall:
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Sorry, paywall:
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
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it's insane that seattle's zoning policy is effectively just 'rezone the areas renters already live ever other decade'
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
it's insane that seattle's zoning policy is effectively just 'rezone the areas renters already live ever other decade'
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
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I was headed to north oakland but stayed on the train to discourage this woman from assualting serenading busckers. Missed a chance to turn back at 12th because a 6'7 homeless guy was talking to me about ball. Then walked with a dude onto a Muni train at Embarcadero talking about Indiana politics
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I was headed to north oakland but stayed on the train to discourage this woman from assualting serenading busckers. Missed a chance to turn back at 12th because a 6'7 homeless guy was talking to me about ball. Then walked with a dude onto a Muni train at Embarcadero talking about Indiana politics
YEP
It’s really quite amazing that GOP has been talking about child sex trafficking conspiracy theory for years, actually building a base centered on it to elect Trump so he could put an end to it and expose the corruption and evilness, and now the emails directly tying him to Epstein are out, silence.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
YEP
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WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵
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This is just so deeply vile on a human level. I’m no Massie fan, but the guy tragically lost his wife & remarried. Trump, by contrast, treats women like garbage & was joined at the hip with a pedophile network.
Trump is a psychopath. He represents the worst of humanity.
Trump is a psychopath. He represents the worst of humanity.
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is just so deeply vile on a human level. I’m no Massie fan, but the guy tragically lost his wife & remarried. Trump, by contrast, treats women like garbage & was joined at the hip with a pedophile network.
Trump is a psychopath. He represents the worst of humanity.
Trump is a psychopath. He represents the worst of humanity.
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"[W]hile the Islands Trust is aware of the many illegal dwellings on the island, if there are no environmental and health concerns, the occupants are left alone due to the housing crunch."
Kinda gives away the game. If there aren't any environmental & health concerns, why are the dwellings illegal?
Kinda gives away the game. If there aren't any environmental & health concerns, why are the dwellings illegal?
Good reporting here on Salt Spring Island's housing crisis & the rise of informal workforce housing.
Good to keep asking both why the Islands Trust isn't allowing more permanent housing to be constructed & why $20k trailer homes have been made illegal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Good to keep asking both why the Islands Trust isn't allowing more permanent housing to be constructed & why $20k trailer homes have been made illegal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Illegal housing essential to keep Salt Spring Island businesses open, employers say | CBC News
Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labour shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford.
It’s pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order t...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"[W]hile the Islands Trust is aware of the many illegal dwellings on the island, if there are no environmental and health concerns, the occupants are left alone due to the housing crunch."
Kinda gives away the game. If there aren't any environmental & health concerns, why are the dwellings illegal?
Kinda gives away the game. If there aren't any environmental & health concerns, why are the dwellings illegal?
It's funny to me that I didn't get into Fleet Foxes until like 2022... despite being a millennial from Seattle. Like, what is wrong with me?
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It's funny to me that I didn't get into Fleet Foxes until like 2022... despite being a millennial from Seattle. Like, what is wrong with me?
I like photos in which the scenery is framed by the foreground, but it's funny that it's now also the easiest way avoid having your phone-camera desaturate unusually prevalent colors.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I like photos in which the scenery is framed by the foreground, but it's funny that it's now also the easiest way avoid having your phone-camera desaturate unusually prevalent colors.
It's important to alternate obsessive screentime between your phone and your computer to reduce the stress on your neck and right arm
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's important to alternate obsessive screentime between your phone and your computer to reduce the stress on your neck and right arm
I'll shout this from the rooftops even as I just chose to move away... Seattle's becoming a great city, but man it's exhausting. So loud, so much traffic, such inconvenient geography, so expensive. Can't wait to visit again tho.
Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'll shout this from the rooftops even as I just chose to move away... Seattle's becoming a great city, but man it's exhausting. So loud, so much traffic, such inconvenient geography, so expensive. Can't wait to visit again tho.
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That plus Cal Raleigh
Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That plus Cal Raleigh
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Honestly Seattle is the best urban growth story in the U.S. and it isn’t especially close. For much of the 2010’s they had the most infill construction of any city and saw increases in middle income transit ridership.
Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Honestly Seattle is the best urban growth story in the U.S. and it isn’t especially close. For much of the 2010’s they had the most infill construction of any city and saw increases in middle income transit ridership.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Whoa! Good!
After 232 years, the U.S. Mint has produced its last-ever penny
U.S. Mint In Philadelphia Presses Final Pennies As The 1-Cent Coin Gets Canceled
The Treasury Department expects to save $56 million per year on materials by ceasing to make them.
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Whoa! Good!
So: I moved to Portland a month ago. Trying to get up to speed.
In 11/2020 voters (by a large margin) rejected the $68B Moving 2020 ballot measure. The marquee project was SW Barbur MAX line but there was lots of other stuff. Also included was $58.5M to plan and design a downtown MAX tunnel. /
In 11/2020 voters (by a large margin) rejected the $68B Moving 2020 ballot measure. The marquee project was SW Barbur MAX line but there was lots of other stuff. Also included was $58.5M to plan and design a downtown MAX tunnel. /
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So: I moved to Portland a month ago. Trying to get up to speed.
In 11/2020 voters (by a large margin) rejected the $68B Moving 2020 ballot measure. The marquee project was SW Barbur MAX line but there was lots of other stuff. Also included was $58.5M to plan and design a downtown MAX tunnel. /
In 11/2020 voters (by a large margin) rejected the $68B Moving 2020 ballot measure. The marquee project was SW Barbur MAX line but there was lots of other stuff. Also included was $58.5M to plan and design a downtown MAX tunnel. /
The biggest potential upside for colonizing Mars is that it's our civilization's last, best chance to get one set of rail gauge/electrification standards and one system bicycle wheel sizing measurements in place.
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The biggest potential upside for colonizing Mars is that it's our civilization's last, best chance to get one set of rail gauge/electrification standards and one system bicycle wheel sizing measurements in place.
Trump is also a convicted sex offender, right? Could we just start using that as a shorthand to refer to him also?
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump is also a convicted sex offender, right? Could we just start using that as a shorthand to refer to him also?
Long before AI slop took over the internet, something similar took over the suburbs, with a mindless algorithmic mimicry of the art of building . This is basically why I love cities. But you can also see it in lots of new urban development too. It's weird.
Went and checked this development out, here's some oddities I noticed
How could this 12,000 sf site be better designed? Seems like a lot of concrete and not much usable outdoor space
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Long before AI slop took over the internet, something similar took over the suburbs, with a mindless algorithmic mimicry of the art of building . This is basically why I love cities. But you can also see it in lots of new urban development too. It's weird.
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You know, a boss move for a new administration would be to stripe bike lanes on 35th Ave. NE, just like the original plan. #Safe35th
Mayor Durkan Cancels 35th Ave NE Bike Lanes, Caves To Anti-Safe Streets Advocates » The Urbanist
# Behind closed doors earlier today, recently appointed director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Samuel Zimbabwe, interim transportation advisor to Mayor Jenny Durkan, Elliot Helmb...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You know, a boss move for a new administration would be to stripe bike lanes on 35th Ave. NE, just like the original plan. #Safe35th
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I wrote a column about this last year, but if you genuinely care about the corrections part of corrections, gouging inmates' families on phone calls is one of the stupidest things you can do.
If you want to punish and kill hope, it's one of the best.
alabamareflector.com/2024/10/21/k...
If you want to punish and kill hope, it's one of the best.
alabamareflector.com/2024/10/21/k...
Via @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Some research suggests that incarcerated people who maintain consistent contact with loved ones are significantly more likely to succeed upon release and are less likely to reoffend.
FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls | Alabama Reflector
The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls. The 2-1 vote in late October reverses...
alabamareflector.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote a column about this last year, but if you genuinely care about the corrections part of corrections, gouging inmates' families on phone calls is one of the stupidest things you can do.
If you want to punish and kill hope, it's one of the best.
alabamareflector.com/2024/10/21/k...
If you want to punish and kill hope, it's one of the best.
alabamareflector.com/2024/10/21/k...
Is electing a socialist mayor who doesn't have taxing authority (as in NYC) the worst way to elect a socialist mayor? Or the best?
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is electing a socialist mayor who doesn't have taxing authority (as in NYC) the worst way to elect a socialist mayor? Or the best?
I guess I'm a "Surprisingly Funny Zoning Nerd", so that's a win!
Turns out the real political spectrum is just how people feel about free parking 😂
Tag yourself!
Tag yourself!
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I guess I'm a "Surprisingly Funny Zoning Nerd", so that's a win!