Jason
@jrock08.bsky.social
He/him. Seattle. People should be able to walk and roll without dying.
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Guess who Metro has to coordinate with for its routes that operate on Seattle streets, ed board?
The disingenuous whiners at the Seattle Times ed board actually suggested that Katie Wilson—mayor-elect and the founder of the Transit Riders Union (who used to do outreach at the bus stop on Third and Union)—doesn't know that the county, not the city, runs the buses. Cry harder, losers
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Guess who Metro has to coordinate with for its routes that operate on Seattle streets, ed board?
Today on my commute to work I watched a driver honk at another driver that had stopped (as legally required) for a school bus with its stop arm out.
Should we "course correct" and ask drivers why they don't understand their obligation?
Should we "course correct" and ask drivers why they don't understand their obligation?
I'm all for the idea that we need to listen to the community, but listening to the worst drivers as Times Columnist Ishisaka suggests is not a reasonable way forward for traffic safety.
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today on my commute to work I watched a driver honk at another driver that had stopped (as legally required) for a school bus with its stop arm out.
Should we "course correct" and ask drivers why they don't understand their obligation?
Should we "course correct" and ask drivers why they don't understand their obligation?
I'm all for the idea that we need to listen to the community, but listening to the worst drivers as Times Columnist Ishisaka suggests is not a reasonable way forward for traffic safety.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm all for the idea that we need to listen to the community, but listening to the worst drivers as Times Columnist Ishisaka suggests is not a reasonable way forward for traffic safety.
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Wilson does not depend on checks from her parents.
But thanks for helping to make that the national narrative Harrell.
But thanks for helping to make that the national narrative Harrell.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wilson does not depend on checks from her parents.
But thanks for helping to make that the national narrative Harrell.
But thanks for helping to make that the national narrative Harrell.
I think the most telling part of these articles is that the list of accomplishments for the purported best mayor ever is just basic stuff that any politician would have been doing.
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I think the most telling part of these articles is that the list of accomplishments for the purported best mayor ever is just basic stuff that any politician would have been doing.
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Living in Capitol Hill is a study in contradictions: you're in a place has added more carfree households than maybe any other neighborhood on the west coast over the past two decades, and yet every net new car that gets added actively degrades your quality of life.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Living in Capitol Hill is a study in contradictions: you're in a place has added more carfree households than maybe any other neighborhood on the west coast over the past two decades, and yet every net new car that gets added actively degrades your quality of life.
The Friends of Judkins Park are dropping a mix tape of Bright Vibes Only. Limited edition. You'll have to stop by the I90 Trail between 5:30 and 6:30 next Thursday (weather permitting).
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Friends of Judkins Park are dropping a mix tape of Bright Vibes Only. Limited edition. You'll have to stop by the I90 Trail between 5:30 and 6:30 next Thursday (weather permitting).
100% this. I think one of my biggest failures as an advocate was not inviting @tammymorales.bsky.social to cut a ribbon at the Columbian Way bike lanes after they got concrete protection thanks to her proviso.
This is going to be difficult in an exciting way!
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
We've spent the last 10 years under Mayors and city leaders who, with some awesome exceptions, did not listen to or care about our goals. Plus, we are not skilled at celebrating our wins.
Now we get to have more wins but we must also market them.
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
100% this. I think one of my biggest failures as an advocate was not inviting @tammymorales.bsky.social to cut a ribbon at the Columbian Way bike lanes after they got concrete protection thanks to her proviso.
There's a HOLE IN THE SKY where some trees once stood because human action induced climate change is going to kill a bunch of trees and the NIMBYs won't let us build condos as infill.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon’s, Washington’s western forests
A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
www.opb.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There's a HOLE IN THE SKY where some trees once stood because human action induced climate change is going to kill a bunch of trees and the NIMBYs won't let us build condos as infill.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
NIMBYism is awesome because it's this idea that I personally have collective ownership of everyone else's property but then...
So, if I live in a historic urban neighborhood and I don’t want developers to rip down our homes and replace them with hideous, tall, skinny million dollar monstrosities all crammed into a single lot, I’m racist? Nope.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NIMBYism is awesome because it's this idea that I personally have collective ownership of everyone else's property but then...
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If Clyde Hill can declare an emergency and block a developer from taking advantage of the middle housing code they already approved, it seems like Seattle should be able to declare an emergency and end apartment bans.
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If Clyde Hill can declare an emergency and block a developer from taking advantage of the middle housing code they already approved, it seems like Seattle should be able to declare an emergency and end apartment bans.
I care that Wilson's transportation and housing policies generally align with mine, but more than anything I'm looking forward to having an executive office that doesn't make all the actual decisions based on what a handful of secretive people want.
I've talked to a couple City of Seattle employees now who are beyond relieved with the election results, if only because they'll hopefully get to interact with a more functional executive branch now
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I care that Wilson's transportation and housing policies generally align with mine, but more than anything I'm looking forward to having an executive office that doesn't make all the actual decisions based on what a handful of secretive people want.
A handful of times a year in Columbia City and the surrounding area there are e-waste drop offs sponsored by different organizations. They typically advertise them to the wider community. Seems like the city could just do that in the dense parts of Seattle too.
majority of residents in the city are apartment dwellers - surely this is easy to resolve
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/11/seat...
www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/11/seat...
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A handful of times a year in Columbia City and the surrounding area there are e-waste drop offs sponsored by different organizations. They typically advertise them to the wider community. Seems like the city could just do that in the dense parts of Seattle too.
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Should we just put car-free Telegraph up for a ballot initiative like Prop K in SF? Sick and tired of talking about this, generation after generation. I have no doubt most Berkeley voters would vote to pedestrianize Telegraph.
Close Telegraph to cars immediately!
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
BREAKING: A cyclist died Saturday after a crash on Telegraph Avenue near UC Berkeley, authorities report.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Should we just put car-free Telegraph up for a ballot initiative like Prop K in SF? Sick and tired of talking about this, generation after generation. I have no doubt most Berkeley voters would vote to pedestrianize Telegraph.
I'm going to slowly remake this shots from this DSA PSA, but with the downtown ambassador bikes instead of scooters.
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm going to slowly remake this shots from this DSA PSA, but with the downtown ambassador bikes instead of scooters.
New poster hot off the presses
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New poster hot off the presses
The Columbia City Funeral Home which burned down recently is for sale so obviously over on the Columbia City Facebook Page people are having a meltdown about the loss of culture.
www.djc.com/news/re/1217...
www.djc.com/news/re/1217...
From ashes to opportunity? Fire-damaged Columbia City funeral home seeks new life
The long roster of Seattle funeral homes turned to apartment sites is about to get a little longer — and will soon extend south to Columbia City.
www.djc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The Columbia City Funeral Home which burned down recently is for sale so obviously over on the Columbia City Facebook Page people are having a meltdown about the loss of culture.
www.djc.com/news/re/1217...
www.djc.com/news/re/1217...
Bruce Harrell's position on poverty and charity is largely indistinguishable from the conservative economic policy that I grew up with in economically collapsing rural Illinois, and it's out of step with economic policy required for a city undergoing growth.
Doug’s commentary on Harrell’s final comments about understanding the affordability crisis is insightful. In Harrell’s world view, charity and volunteerism is the key to lifting up people out of poverty. Working for systemic change is secondary.
NEW STORY // Harrell Concedes to Wilson, Ushering in a New Era in Seattle
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/h...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/14/h...
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bruce Harrell's position on poverty and charity is largely indistinguishable from the conservative economic policy that I grew up with in economically collapsing rural Illinois, and it's out of step with economic policy required for a city undergoing growth.
It's fun to see mayor elect Wilson say "One Seattle" better than the previous mayor ever did.
My first formal remarks as mayor-elect: When I say, “This is your city,” I mean you have a right to be here, no matter your background. But I also mean that we have a collective responsibility to this place and each other.
#thisisyourcity
#thisisyourcity
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's fun to see mayor elect Wilson say "One Seattle" better than the previous mayor ever did.
It's always the nimbyism you most expect.
Student housing project at UW faces backlash over removal of 166 mature trees
A backlash is brewing over a student housing project at the University of Washington that will clear out a significant number of trees.
komonews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It's always the nimbyism you most expect.
I feel like gave great remarks and then descending into conspiracies is a pretty on point for the Seattle mayor.
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I feel like gave great remarks and then descending into conspiracies is a pretty on point for the Seattle mayor.
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"A lot of people are saying I shouldn’t concede and there are anomalies"
Bruce, dude, what the actual fuck
Bruce, dude, what the actual fuck
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"A lot of people are saying I shouldn’t concede and there are anomalies"
Bruce, dude, what the actual fuck
Bruce, dude, what the actual fuck
Woof
Woah, what the hell was that? Bruce just said that there are people telling him not to concede because there were "anomalies." That's a wild and irresponsible thing to say.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Woof
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Even putting the bollard discussion last night aside, it's incredible that there's an entire board with the power to decide whether Shug's can change storefronts or El Borracho can sell hot dogs.
This meeting is happening now, as expected, opponents of pedestrianizing Pike Place Market are pretty heavily represented when it comes to providing public comment on potential bollard installation at the Market.
URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Even putting the bollard discussion last night aside, it's incredible that there's an entire board with the power to decide whether Shug's can change storefronts or El Borracho can sell hot dogs.
Cascade's failure to highlight this win was actually my first big fracture point with them.
The bike lane barriers installed in D2 were installed because @tammymorales.bsky.social put a proviso on ~$2M in 2023 to add concrete protection to every lane mile in D2.
Without that proviso only ~1 mile of bike lane on D2 would have concrete protection.
Without that proviso only ~1 mile of bike lane on D2 would have concrete protection.
For the record, I’m certainly no fan of Harrell. I voted against him (twice) long before it was cool.
But if you deny that he built a ton of high-quality bike infrastructure over the past four years, you’re being obtuse.
I sincerely hope Wilson builds more
bsky.app/profile/bike...
But if you deny that he built a ton of high-quality bike infrastructure over the past four years, you’re being obtuse.
I sincerely hope Wilson builds more
bsky.app/profile/bike...
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Cascade's failure to highlight this win was actually my first big fracture point with them.