Melanie Mayock
@melaniemayock.bsky.social
Seattle. Transit. Urbanist. Cats.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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Amazon announced plans to lay off 14,000 employees as it looks to invest more in AI.
Wall Street cheered the news, sending Amazon stock prices higher.
This will boost Amazon's CEO pay and bolster Jeff Bezos's net worth, which is now $250 billion.
The system is rigged.
Wall Street cheered the news, sending Amazon stock prices higher.
This will boost Amazon's CEO pay and bolster Jeff Bezos's net worth, which is now $250 billion.
The system is rigged.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon announced plans to lay off 14,000 employees as it looks to invest more in AI.
Wall Street cheered the news, sending Amazon stock prices higher.
This will boost Amazon's CEO pay and bolster Jeff Bezos's net worth, which is now $250 billion.
The system is rigged.
Wall Street cheered the news, sending Amazon stock prices higher.
This will boost Amazon's CEO pay and bolster Jeff Bezos's net worth, which is now $250 billion.
The system is rigged.
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An abundant future is possible & we must work to create it. Supporting the status quo hasn’t worked. We need bold, innovative solutions if we want different results.
Olympia is leading WA’s housing policy. That isn’t sitting right in Seattle
As Seattle debates a proposed comprehensive plan, council members have had heartburn about density. It's the reason Olympia has become more dogged on the issue.
www.seattletimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An abundant future is possible & we must work to create it. Supporting the status quo hasn’t worked. We need bold, innovative solutions if we want different results.
Disappointed to see that the #waleg House transportation budget would cut programs that encourage people to try transit, walking, biking, etc. Compared to the cost of new infrastructure, these programs are super cost-effective. Hope the House Transportation Committee will reconsider.
March 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Disappointed to see that the #waleg House transportation budget would cut programs that encourage people to try transit, walking, biking, etc. Compared to the cost of new infrastructure, these programs are super cost-effective. Hope the House Transportation Committee will reconsider.
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Covid tore Gen Z in two. The idealistic early tendencies of my peers are being challenged by a rising cohort characterized more by distrust, cynicism and a glib view of the future, to the point that they feel like a distinct generation. My latest: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A divided Gen Z is crying for mercy
Even small age differences meant a very different pandemic experience. It’s affecting how Zoomers see the world today.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Covid tore Gen Z in two. The idealistic early tendencies of my peers are being challenged by a rising cohort characterized more by distrust, cynicism and a glib view of the future, to the point that they feel like a distinct generation. My latest: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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Time to replenish my emergency supplies! "It is not impossible that a larger earthquake could follow." www.axios.com/local/seattl...
What a series of earthquakes near Seattle foretell
A flurry of recent quakes has some Seattleites wondering if the "Big One" is coming.
www.axios.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Time to replenish my emergency supplies! "It is not impossible that a larger earthquake could follow." www.axios.com/local/seattl...
This argument 100% true in Washington state too. We make it way too hard to build housing and transit. Appreciate #waleg efforts to help, at least on the housing side.
"The answer to a politics of scarcity is a politics of abundance; a politics that asks what it is that people really need and then organizes government to make sure there is enough of it," writes our columnist Ezra Klein.
Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This argument 100% true in Washington state too. We make it way too hard to build housing and transit. Appreciate #waleg efforts to help, at least on the housing side.
Disappointing. I voted "withhold" on the candidates. www.seattletimes.com/business/rei...
March 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Disappointing. I voted "withhold" on the candidates. www.seattletimes.com/business/rei...
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Since I offered you 10 reasons for modest optimism last week, discontent with the Trump-Musk regime has surged even further. America appears to be waking up. Here’s the latest evidence — 10 more reasons for modest optimism.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-reasons-for-moderate-optimism
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-reasons-for-moderate-optimism
10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Since I offered you 10 reasons for modest optimism last week, discontent with the Trump-Musk regime has surged even further. America appears to be waking up. Here’s the latest evidence — 10 more reasons for modest optimism.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-reasons-for-moderate-optimism
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-reasons-for-moderate-optimism
Jeff Bezos Makes a Damning Case Against Corporate Media
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
Jeff Bezos Makes a Damning Case Against Corporate Media
The decision to exile dissenting views from the Post opinion pages shows he puts Amazon's business over journalism
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jeff Bezos Makes a Damning Case Against Corporate Media
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
There goes my subscription. And forget buying from Amazon
Breaking News: The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on “personal liberties and free markets.”
Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There goes my subscription. And forget buying from Amazon
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Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is ONE DAY AWAY from calling on Congress to make staggering cuts to sustainable transportation modes — and advocates need to call their reps NOW to protect the projects they care about most.
Sec. Duffy Moves to Rescind Billions for 'Woke' Transportation on Feb. 18 — So Advocates Must Speak Up Now — Streetsblog USA
The U.S. Transportation Secretary has promised to call on Congress to slash vast funding for climate and DEIA.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is ONE DAY AWAY from calling on Congress to make staggering cuts to sustainable transportation modes — and advocates need to call their reps NOW to protect the projects they care about most.
Had fun talking about free youth transit at Viewlands Elementary tonight!
January 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Had fun talking about free youth transit at Viewlands Elementary tonight!
I gotta get off these platforms: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I gotta get off these platforms: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
Perhaps ironic to share this on social media, but: open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Gen Z, Social Media is Optional
Young people can use technology to connect directly while shunning the apps designed to hook us
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Perhaps ironic to share this on social media, but: open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
We need local journalism! Glad to see this bill.
Our democracy depends on a free press. Local journalism is an invaluable tool for transparency and accountability of public institutions and it helps build and strengthen our communities. In too many places, local news outlets are withering and dying off. I’ve got legislation to change that.
A new WA effort to help save local journalism
A new proposal in Washington's Legislature could save hundreds of not thousands of local journalism jobs.
www.seattletimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We need local journalism! Glad to see this bill.
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv... “Hope is… an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”
Be Like Sisyphus
How to embrace hopeful pessimism in a moment of despair
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/01/case-for-sisyphus-and-hopeful-pessimism/681356/?gift=r9QpvnZkh-tItED4Wp6eLzyt7UylhtzRyOhd7QA3wcA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share“Hope
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv... “Hope is… an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”
This is heartbreaking.
Steven was the best of us. Please read about who he was and what he cared about. I miss my friend.
Standout quote: "“Steven would always say, ‘One of these days, I’m going to die in an intersection,’” said his former sister-in-law, Andrea Williams."
Standout quote: "“Steven would always say, ‘One of these days, I’m going to die in an intersection,’” said his former sister-in-law, Andrea Williams."
January 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is heartbreaking.
Got new glasses! Hoping these progressive lenses means I'll wear them more.
January 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Got new glasses! Hoping these progressive lenses means I'll wear them more.
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Americans are now spending more time alone than ever, Derek Thompson writes. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever, Derek Thompson writes. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
