Megan Ross
@meganross.bsky.social
irish, urbanist, cyclist, music enjoyer, ginger beer enthusiast | personal account | Seattle, WA
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Megan Ross
@meganross.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Overlook Walk on a sunny spring evening makes a great spot for engagement photos ✨
📸: Stefan & Audrey Photography
📸: Stefan & Audrey Photography
At 9/26 stations on the 1 Line if you board in the direction that says “Downtown” on it you will go to Downtown Seattle.
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
How are we so bad at this
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At 9/26 stations on the 1 Line if you board in the direction that says “Downtown” on it you will go to Downtown Seattle.
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
Something interesting about TikTok is that because of its short, casual, video-based format you really get exposed to people speaking English subtly incorrectly a lot in ways I don’t remember experiencing on YouTube, and in ways that feel different to text-based errors. Some examples:
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Something interesting about TikTok is that because of its short, casual, video-based format you really get exposed to people speaking English subtly incorrectly a lot in ways I don’t remember experiencing on YouTube, and in ways that feel different to text-based errors. Some examples:
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With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-Ed: Sound Transit’s Station Naming Policy Has Run Amok Again » The Urbanist
# With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
www.theurbanist.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
chuckling at the fact that 4/5 of my top artists mill around in the extended Rostam-Dev Hynes production universe and then there’s a Belarusian post punk band smack in the middle
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
chuckling at the fact that 4/5 of my top artists mill around in the extended Rostam-Dev Hynes production universe and then there’s a Belarusian post punk band smack in the middle
I can name like at least 5 people I know personally who went to Harvard from Brookline High School at the same time as me and not a single one from a normal, non-magnet public school in the Boston School District. Brookline is more than just well-off.
1/ I may write something about this, but I've noticed some folks, notably Noah Smith, but others as well, deriding the $140,000=poverty in today's US guy.
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I can name like at least 5 people I know personally who went to Harvard from Brookline High School at the same time as me and not a single one from a normal, non-magnet public school in the Boston School District. Brookline is more than just well-off.
More seriously we need more Bike Link stations everywhere so people can securely park a bike somewhere other than a Link station
Today on the podcast: when @typewriteralley.bsky.social mentions it can be inconvenient to have a bike around town for multiple stops, @hannahkrieg.bsky.social points out this could be solved if life was more like the Sims 3
Plus: new light rail stations + election maps! megaphone.link/CC8067809063
Plus: new light rail stations + election maps! megaphone.link/CC8067809063
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
More seriously we need more Bike Link stations everywhere so people can securely park a bike somewhere other than a Link station
My Spotify Wrapped this year:
- 39 days of music streamed
- Top albums were potentially a globally unique combo
- #370 listener of Blood Orange worldwide
- Very uncalled for Ezra Klein jumpscare
- 39 days of music streamed
- Top albums were potentially a globally unique combo
- #370 listener of Blood Orange worldwide
- Very uncalled for Ezra Klein jumpscare
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My Spotify Wrapped this year:
- 39 days of music streamed
- Top albums were potentially a globally unique combo
- #370 listener of Blood Orange worldwide
- Very uncalled for Ezra Klein jumpscare
- 39 days of music streamed
- Top albums were potentially a globally unique combo
- #370 listener of Blood Orange worldwide
- Very uncalled for Ezra Klein jumpscare
Anyone know why the 1 Line is not running between Capitol Hill and Northgate tonight? Was this a planned thing or an emergency response?
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Anyone know why the 1 Line is not running between Capitol Hill and Northgate tonight? Was this a planned thing or an emergency response?
so did anyone else go on a Beach Boys bender when Brian Wilson died and end up with a listening age of 79 because somehow exactly this happened to both me and my husband
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
so did anyone else go on a Beach Boys bender when Brian Wilson died and end up with a listening age of 79 because somehow exactly this happened to both me and my husband
The character of Old Bellevue is irreparably harmed by apartments but Main Street being clogged with Escalades and other luxury vehicles is completely consistent with this vision
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The character of Old Bellevue is irreparably harmed by apartments but Main Street being clogged with Escalades and other luxury vehicles is completely consistent with this vision
Effective cost of taking the Link from Roosevelt to Climate Pledge just went from $4 to $7 per person 🫠
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Effective cost of taking the Link from Roosevelt to Climate Pledge just went from $4 to $7 per person 🫠
Some of you are worried about logging on to Instagram this week and being bombarded with Spotify Wrapped stories. Please spare a thought for Harvard alums logging on on Forbes 30 Under 30 day.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some of you are worried about logging on to Instagram this week and being bombarded with Spotify Wrapped stories. Please spare a thought for Harvard alums logging on on Forbes 30 Under 30 day.
Mert when the plot twist of The Sixth Sense was revealed: oh that’s neat
Mert when a Turkish cover of John Lennon played at the end of Pluribus E02: WHAT?
Mert when a Turkish cover of John Lennon played at the end of Pluribus E02: WHAT?
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Mert when the plot twist of The Sixth Sense was revealed: oh that’s neat
Mert when a Turkish cover of John Lennon played at the end of Pluribus E02: WHAT?
Mert when a Turkish cover of John Lennon played at the end of Pluribus E02: WHAT?
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A big problem in urbanism: getting enough family-sized apartments built in dense areas. Without them, people come when they're young & then flee to the suburbs when they have a family.
Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing
Can cities learn to love kids again?
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A big problem in urbanism: getting enough family-sized apartments built in dense areas. Without them, people come when they're young & then flee to the suburbs when they have a family.
People really sleep on Klô Pelgag because she’s Francophone, this is easily one of the best albums of 2020 and you’ve never heard of it open.spotify.com/track/3KvjD2...
À l'ombre des cyprès
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
People really sleep on Klô Pelgag because she’s Francophone, this is easily one of the best albums of 2020 and you’ve never heard of it open.spotify.com/track/3KvjD2...
I posted this on my story when we visited Nashville earlier this year
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I posted this on my story when we visited Nashville earlier this year
all offense intended but what is your family feeding you that this is necessary
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
all offense intended but what is your family feeding you that this is necessary
A pet peeve of mine is how poorly understood the terms introversion and extroversion are. Being able to hold a conversation doesn’t make you extroverted, liking quiet or being shy don’t make you introverted.
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A pet peeve of mine is how poorly understood the terms introversion and extroversion are. Being able to hold a conversation doesn’t make you extroverted, liking quiet or being shy don’t make you introverted.
I don’t like what Meta is implying about how kawaii I am in the original photo
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I don’t like what Meta is implying about how kawaii I am in the original photo
Discovered something disturbing today about my husband. He’s been using the EN/TR hybrid keyboard on iOS so every time he types I he has to hold down on the İ button and manually scroll over to select I. Every single time.
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Discovered something disturbing today about my husband. He’s been using the EN/TR hybrid keyboard on iOS so every time he types I he has to hold down on the İ button and manually scroll over to select I. Every single time.
It’s funny how they call it “legalized robbery” while taking a photo of the very clear delineation of costs that car dealerships are legally required to disclose, including the heading that reads “Federal truth-in-lending disclosure”.
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s funny how they call it “legalized robbery” while taking a photo of the very clear delineation of costs that car dealerships are legally required to disclose, including the heading that reads “Federal truth-in-lending disclosure”.
You need only spend a small amount of time shopping for homes in Seattle to understand how small homes built in the 1930s-1950s were. So many houses are only able to qualify as 3 or 4 bedrooms and over 1500sqft of finished space because someone retrofitted & finished an attic and/or basement
Tapping the sign that says
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You need only spend a small amount of time shopping for homes in Seattle to understand how small homes built in the 1930s-1950s were. So many houses are only able to qualify as 3 or 4 bedrooms and over 1500sqft of finished space because someone retrofitted & finished an attic and/or basement
Reposted by Megan Ross
Tapping the sign that says
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Tapping the sign that says
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
“middle class people felt richer in the 50s & 60s because their houses and cars were smaller and many expensive medical treatments were undiscovered leaving them with a greater % discretionary income”
but the font is too small to read
I’m not going to lie, as someone raised in the Catholic Church I don’t recall the church’s position on polygamy ever being ambiguous
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I’m not going to lie, as someone raised in the Catholic Church I don’t recall the church’s position on polygamy ever being ambiguous