Jay
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Seattle. Take photos of bugs, mushrooms, birds, stuff like that.
A temper tantrum to punish the people of Seattle for our vote and burden us with generations debt for a performative conservative agenda?
I'm predicting a wave of NIMBYs checking into emergency rooms for priapism.
I'm predicting a wave of NIMBYs checking into emergency rooms for priapism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A temper tantrum to punish the people of Seattle for our vote and burden us with generations debt for a performative conservative agenda?
I'm predicting a wave of NIMBYs checking into emergency rooms for priapism.
I'm predicting a wave of NIMBYs checking into emergency rooms for priapism.
Oh, you're hung up on that? Weird.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh, you're hung up on that? Weird.
But what about the poor texting and/or drunk drivers who might scratch their cars on the barriers? Think of the cars!
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
But what about the poor texting and/or drunk drivers who might scratch their cars on the barriers? Think of the cars!
It's so hard in the dark months of winter to be expected to sit inside with a kid instead of enjoying the outdoors.
The parks close because of homeless people. I don't care that homeless people use parks. They're public parks. I've seen homeless people here at night often and they never bother us.
The parks close because of homeless people. I don't care that homeless people use parks. They're public parks. I've seen homeless people here at night often and they never bother us.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's so hard in the dark months of winter to be expected to sit inside with a kid instead of enjoying the outdoors.
The parks close because of homeless people. I don't care that homeless people use parks. They're public parks. I've seen homeless people here at night often and they never bother us.
The parks close because of homeless people. I don't care that homeless people use parks. They're public parks. I've seen homeless people here at night often and they never bother us.
If you don't play through in one go or have a notebook next to you it's kinda impossible to remember where you left off. I tried so hard to get into it but could only play short sessions... modern quest trackers pull a lot of weight for gamers with not a lot of free time.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you don't play through in one go or have a notebook next to you it's kinda impossible to remember where you left off. I tried so hard to get into it but could only play short sessions... modern quest trackers pull a lot of weight for gamers with not a lot of free time.
We need to retire the term Vision Zero. Where I live it's basically vision kill-em-all. Virtue signalling to hide the fact that things are getting worse, not better.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We need to retire the term Vision Zero. Where I live it's basically vision kill-em-all. Virtue signalling to hide the fact that things are getting worse, not better.
Car brain is a wild phenomenon. These people are totally disconnected from reality.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Car brain is a wild phenomenon. These people are totally disconnected from reality.
No, the funniest part is that it's a derringer and he bragged about pp size on national television only to have Stormy reveal he has a chode.
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
No, the funniest part is that it's a derringer and he bragged about pp size on national television only to have Stormy reveal he has a chode.
If you notice a snake before it bites you it's not a threat. Varmint guns are just a security blanket for insecure men who kill everything they see outdoors. I know guys who blow up every turtle they see with 5.56 and it's the same energy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you notice a snake before it bites you it's not a threat. Varmint guns are just a security blanket for insecure men who kill everything they see outdoors. I know guys who blow up every turtle they see with 5.56 and it's the same energy.
I really want to find a way to deter the cats enough that I can introduce some native reptiles and amphibians. Garter snakes, tree frogs, and western fence lizards. Species that have been eradicated from the Seattle suburbs but still exist in green spaces.
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I really want to find a way to deter the cats enough that I can introduce some native reptiles and amphibians. Garter snakes, tree frogs, and western fence lizards. Species that have been eradicated from the Seattle suburbs but still exist in green spaces.
My back yard is kind of an urban wildlife sanctuary. I cleared the blackberry, restored the wetland, throw rocks at cats, and shot enough starlings with a bb gun that they've avoided the area for years (brutal, but allows woodpeckers to nest in my yard).
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My back yard is kind of an urban wildlife sanctuary. I cleared the blackberry, restored the wetland, throw rocks at cats, and shot enough starlings with a bb gun that they've avoided the area for years (brutal, but allows woodpeckers to nest in my yard).
I'm absolutely certain that instead of using industry standard bollards they'd pay an absolutely incompetent company a billion dollars to develop and build a unique one-off design that takes fifteen minutes to retract and deploy and breaks down monthly.
See: Spokane Street Bridge and Bertha
See: Spokane Street Bridge and Bertha
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm absolutely certain that instead of using industry standard bollards they'd pay an absolutely incompetent company a billion dollars to develop and build a unique one-off design that takes fifteen minutes to retract and deploy and breaks down monthly.
See: Spokane Street Bridge and Bertha
See: Spokane Street Bridge and Bertha
There's plenty of food available. They go into torpor to save energy at night and hunt insects in the leaf litter or under bark to replace nectar when it's not available. Like any other bird, feeding them is really just to create opportunities to observe them.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
There's plenty of food available. They go into torpor to save energy at night and hunt insects in the leaf litter or under bark to replace nectar when it's not available. Like any other bird, feeding them is really just to create opportunities to observe them.
I had to stop feeding them because of how annoying it was getting with territorial males hovering in front of my face!
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I had to stop feeding them because of how annoying it was getting with territorial males hovering in front of my face!
You used to have to park them in a rack, like it wasn't even an option to leave them in the middle of a sidewalk. The Pronto era. This was like a decade ago. Then Lime and SPIN literally, openly bribed the SDOT director and anlther SDOT leader and got us stationless bike chaos.
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
You used to have to park them in a rack, like it wasn't even an option to leave them in the middle of a sidewalk. The Pronto era. This was like a decade ago. Then Lime and SPIN literally, openly bribed the SDOT director and anlther SDOT leader and got us stationless bike chaos.
I lived in Korea for years. Coming back to the US was traumatic.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I lived in Korea for years. Coming back to the US was traumatic.
Absolutely. Durkan and Harrell used unilateral executive power to kill so many transit projects. Let's use it to just do some.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Absolutely. Durkan and Harrell used unilateral executive power to kill so many transit projects. Let's use it to just do some.
The only Christmas event we go to is the Garden D'lights at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Only $5 and handcrafted by volunteers.
I'm not a fan of any of the seasonal events in Seattle, it all feels like expensive, soulless slop. Astra Lumina, Christmas Market, WS Summer Fest, etc.
I'm not a fan of any of the seasonal events in Seattle, it all feels like expensive, soulless slop. Astra Lumina, Christmas Market, WS Summer Fest, etc.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The only Christmas event we go to is the Garden D'lights at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Only $5 and handcrafted by volunteers.
I'm not a fan of any of the seasonal events in Seattle, it all feels like expensive, soulless slop. Astra Lumina, Christmas Market, WS Summer Fest, etc.
I'm not a fan of any of the seasonal events in Seattle, it all feels like expensive, soulless slop. Astra Lumina, Christmas Market, WS Summer Fest, etc.
The whole point of NIMBYs approving flex posts is that unlike actual barriers they do not inconvenience cars by preventing parking and they will soon break off never to be replaced. In Seattle they offer no better deterrence than paint. It's like speed humps getting approval bc they don't slow cars.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The whole point of NIMBYs approving flex posts is that unlike actual barriers they do not inconvenience cars by preventing parking and they will soon break off never to be replaced. In Seattle they offer no better deterrence than paint. It's like speed humps getting approval bc they don't slow cars.
I saw a recent City Nerd video about Portland and they have passing lanes and wide idle spots at intersections for faster riders to filter forward. That would be amazing.
SDOT views car speeding as a necessity to be accommodated in road design but bike speeding as reckless and a priority to stop.
SDOT views car speeding as a necessity to be accommodated in road design but bike speeding as reckless and a priority to stop.
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I saw a recent City Nerd video about Portland and they have passing lanes and wide idle spots at intersections for faster riders to filter forward. That would be amazing.
SDOT views car speeding as a necessity to be accommodated in road design but bike speeding as reckless and a priority to stop.
SDOT views car speeding as a necessity to be accommodated in road design but bike speeding as reckless and a priority to stop.
I have to haul ass on my commute because of my daughter's daycare schedule. It's really frustrating that bike infrastructure is only designed for recreation - no passing curve zones under Spokane St bridge, trap curves on the waterfront trail, aggressive traffic calming on all bike infrastructure.
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have to haul ass on my commute because of my daughter's daycare schedule. It's really frustrating that bike infrastructure is only designed for recreation - no passing curve zones under Spokane St bridge, trap curves on the waterfront trail, aggressive traffic calming on all bike infrastructure.
How many of them work at a desk in the Seattle Times office?
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How many of them work at a desk in the Seattle Times office?
You can get creative with it too and replicate a variety of environments. Top opening for terrestrial spiders that can't climb, or side opening for a universal fit for both terrestrial and arboreal spiders.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You can get creative with it too and replicate a variety of environments. Top opening for terrestrial spiders that can't climb, or side opening for a universal fit for both terrestrial and arboreal spiders.