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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)
@kingrat.us
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Vocation: Software Engineering Manager
Avocations: Library Card Collector, Genealogist (Parentheses Genealogy)
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i am in Seattle briefly for family stuff, but got to visit Seward Park and i really do miss this city.
Tahoma in a cloudy haze with Lake Washington and Mercer Island in the foreground. two people paddling on Lake Washington framed by tree branches and skyscrapers in the distant background
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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AI is not going to get me to rejoin, SF YIMBY.
Subject: You're invited: using AI to understand government joined YIMBY action and civ lab November 19th From: hello at yimbyaction.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Marshall is my Mariners fandom comfort cat.
a big boy black cat getting belly pets on my lap
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Here's a news article repeating Seattle Mayor Harrell's claims that he's been critical of the Regional Homelessness Authority from the start.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

And a screenshot where Harrell voted in favor of the authority's structure.
A vote on Seattle Council Bill 119724 on 16 Dec 2019, showing Bruce Harrell voting in favor.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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If we can close Howard St for an HR people playground, we should be able to close Howard full time.
looking at Howard street at 4th, with barricades blocking vehicular access and some sort of temporary archway with "Rising Plaza"
September 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Connections
Puzzle #812
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

and i have a 50 game streak now
nyt connections statistics 401 completed 93 win % 50 current streak 50 max streak 246 perfect puzzles 74 purple first
August 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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finally got my win percentage above 93
statistics: 377 complete 93 win % 26 current streak 27 max streak 225 perfect puzzles 62 purple first
August 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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a waymo vehicle stopped next to a "no stopping anytime" sign at 7th and Stevenson in San Francisco
July 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Unfortunately, Ikea has since removed the seating. I don't know if it was their own volition, or outside pressure.
An expanse of brick sidewalk with San Francisco's Market St behind it. Nothing is on the sidewalk.
July 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I saw a Waymo dropping off in this spot today. It's right before where the collision occurred. I suppose the bike lane gap is there so cars can turn right onto Stevenson but it's used as a dropoff.
A kermit painted bike lane abruptly ends so that cars have a turn lane onto Stevenson. There are no "No Parking" signs and the curb is not painted red.
June 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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The Waymo was parked somewhere in this section pictured here. Although signed as no parking except for 6 wheel commercial vehicles, I see cars parked there all the time. Just past mid-block, is a passenger drop zone & the bike lane abruptly ends.
A sidewalk, a parking lane, a bike lane, and a traffic lane, separated only by white paint.
June 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Then those flexposts were removed last week.

The mixing zone has really shitty markings.
7th street bike lane on 24th May, with 1 flexpost left. The median paint is nearly gone. photo of 7th street bike lane on 3rd June, with 10 new flexposts on the median between the lane and traffic. the median paint is barely there tho. photo of the 7th street bike lane on 14th Jun. The flexposts are gone and cones demarcating the bike lane are placed inside the lane itself. construction equipment is stored in the middle vehicle lane, and the median is used by vehicles.
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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On the 24th I put in a SF311 request to get flexposts on the bike lane on 7th between Mission & Market. There were like 4 when I moved here, and only 1 (very sad looking) one was left. There were 10 (TEN) fresh flexposts separating the lane from traffic today.
A green-painted bike lane with one flex post separating it from vehicle traffic. The same green-painted bike lane with 10 newly installed flex posts separating it from vehicle traffic.
June 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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How to read an ebook
a balding white dude lays on a couch holding an ereader while a black cat sits on his chest. the view is from behind, showing his thinning hair.
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Contributed because SN just sent out a whine that Dionne Foster has an unfair advantage because she can collect contributions just as large as SN can.

Also:
Bar chart showing Contributions to Date: Foster: $117,511 Nelson: $278,092 As of 5/27/2025
May 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I made incredibly common mistakes.
pct. of players with this mistake 63% 30% 4%
May 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Back on my bullshit. aka Amtrak to LA.
photo of Emeryville station through the window of a train
May 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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a lot more!
Pct. of players with this mistake 42%
April 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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33% of players also fell for it.
Graph showing number of mistakes: None: 28% One: 33% Two: 14% Three: 8% Four: 17%
April 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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What big bollards you have!!
from left to right: a car lane with a car curving off to the left, 6 ball shaped cement bollards with orange cones on top, a bicycle lane, and the entrance to Sunset Dunes with the asphalt painted blue
April 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Fuck this mewling "let's go back to fascism-lite" bullshit from the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social . I miss Vice President Harris, or Vice President Biden. We are not limited to merely slightly less bad versions of the shittiest vice president since my grandparents' time.
Opinion headline: I miss Vice President Mike Pence, and you should too
April 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Franz Ferdinand was on my concert bucket list.
Franz Ferdinand playing on stage at the Warfield
March 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Anyone want to play pickleball with me? I bought the equipment.
Two 70s-style trac-ball catchers.
March 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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How to read a book.
a hand holding a book open to a new chapter sitting on the back of a black cat who is looking at the reader
March 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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I made sweet potato soup for dinner
a bowl of soup with peanuts and a spoon, with a glass of vegetable juice next to it
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM