Nick
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PNW cities need to tear up their contracts with Flock
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
PNW cities need to tear up their contracts with Flock
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Black Friday is the Bandcamp Friday of the digital picture frame scene.
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Black Friday is the Bandcamp Friday of the digital picture frame scene.
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My phone calling my car an accessory when I plug it in is a power move
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My phone calling my car an accessory when I plug it in is a power move
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New on my Substack. The Myth of Seattle's Skid Road. Part of the creation myth of becoming a World Class City is pulling our collective bootstraps out of the mud of this country's first Skid Road: michaelostrogorsky.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New on my Substack. The Myth of Seattle's Skid Road. Part of the creation myth of becoming a World Class City is pulling our collective bootstraps out of the mud of this country's first Skid Road: michaelostrogorsky.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
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Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;
Seattle developers: The solution to a thriving urban canopy is more street trees, and people who claim to love trees are just anti-dev NIMBYs who love parking more.
Also developers: Can we rip out this street tree for more parking plz? www.treeactionseattle.org/campaigns/ba...
Also developers: Can we rip out this street tree for more parking plz? www.treeactionseattle.org/campaigns/ba...
Ballard's Twin Oaks
A developer wants the City to let them destroy massive public oaks for private parking
www.treeactionseattle.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Seattle developers: The solution to a thriving urban canopy is more street trees, and people who claim to love trees are just anti-dev NIMBYs who love parking more.
Also developers: Can we rip out this street tree for more parking plz? www.treeactionseattle.org/campaigns/ba...
Also developers: Can we rip out this street tree for more parking plz? www.treeactionseattle.org/campaigns/ba...
nit: I've never understood why some people call N Beacon Hill "South Seattle". It's less than a mile from Pioneer square, and adjacent to the CD. (Parts are N of the CD even.) Dunno why I find it so irksome, but it always feels dismissive somehow.
Our campaign is calling on the city to implement *immediate* safety improvements on Rainier. There have been 1,500 injury and fatality crashes on this street over the last decade. This is unacceptable. South Seattle deserves safe streets.
July 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
nit: I've never understood why some people call N Beacon Hill "South Seattle". It's less than a mile from Pioneer square, and adjacent to the CD. (Parts are N of the CD even.) Dunno why I find it so irksome, but it always feels dismissive somehow.
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Maybe everyone but me knew this, but I was CERTAIN that
"plankton" was a term for a clade of organisms—that there was a certain branch of the evolutionary tree that you could find plankton on.
But no. Plankton is just anything alive that floats rather than locomoting.
"plankton" was a term for a clade of organisms—that there was a certain branch of the evolutionary tree that you could find plankton on.
But no. Plankton is just anything alive that floats rather than locomoting.
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Maybe everyone but me knew this, but I was CERTAIN that
"plankton" was a term for a clade of organisms—that there was a certain branch of the evolutionary tree that you could find plankton on.
But no. Plankton is just anything alive that floats rather than locomoting.
"plankton" was a term for a clade of organisms—that there was a certain branch of the evolutionary tree that you could find plankton on.
But no. Plankton is just anything alive that floats rather than locomoting.
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Love this deep dive into an extremely niche yet crucially important aspect of urban forestry — tree replacement policies
June 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Love this deep dive into an extremely niche yet crucially important aspect of urban forestry — tree replacement policies
Did a thing. (Never leaving Seattle)
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did a thing. (Never leaving Seattle)
If King County settles for taking their homeowners insurance to the the limits like Seattle did with the West Seattle greenspace cuttings in 2017, I'm gonna be so pissed
On the heels of NIMBYs at City Hall today talking about how apartments would do this
www.king5.com/article/news...
www.king5.com/article/news...
King County sues homeowners after 140 trees cut down
King County alleges three Issaquah residents cut over 140 trees on public land to enhance views. Now, the county is seeking nearly $7 million in damages.
www.king5.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
If King County settles for taking their homeowners insurance to the the limits like Seattle did with the West Seattle greenspace cuttings in 2017, I'm gonna be so pissed
The key question here is why urbanists who know the city has insufficient funding to plant trees in existing empty parking strips is pushing a far more expensive method of planting trees.
This is the key question for tree people! If you support narrowing the road for trees, then excellent- we’re with you. If it’s no, you want your parking- then you’re just a NIMBY
I have corresponded with the tree lady quoted in this article. I asked if she supported turning street parking spaces into trees. She doesn’t. I asked if she supported narrowing wide roads to plant trees. She doesn’t. Wow so much for “pro tree” 🙄
June 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The key question here is why urbanists who know the city has insufficient funding to plant trees in existing empty parking strips is pushing a far more expensive method of planting trees.
The kind of YIYBY developer that thinks residential architectural criticism is "vile" but has no problem smearing the people who live in their city with slightly different opinions.
June 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The kind of YIYBY developer that thinks residential architectural criticism is "vile" but has no problem smearing the people who live in their city with slightly different opinions.
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DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”
Happy FOIAFriday the 13th! NEW issue of my newsletter is out.
In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”
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I remember in high school being like wait Sir Francis Drake was like "property rights for Spaniards would kill the buccaneer industry" and the English government was just like yeah true ok?
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I remember in high school being like wait Sir Francis Drake was like "property rights for Spaniards would kill the buccaneer industry" and the English government was just like yeah true ok?
Subscribing to publications while abroad is probably my best life hack. Haven't paid more than $20 a year for NY Times for over a decade.
May 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Subscribing to publications while abroad is probably my best life hack. Haven't paid more than $20 a year for NY Times for over a decade.
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this is in response to kids sitting in a building
UPDATE: After pushing back the protest line and creating a perimeter around the IEB, SPD riot police have stormed the building
Video credit: SUPER UW
Video credit: SUPER UW
May 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
this is in response to kids sitting in a building
The false narratives Moore was citing here was the one conflating tree activists with anti-development NIMBYs, which is a line people are actively pushing. ie, These projects aren't attracting opposition for being high-density or big, they're just typical SFH+DADU ... except for the tree removals.
May 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The false narratives Moore was citing here was the one conflating tree activists with anti-development NIMBYs, which is a line people are actively pushing. ie, These projects aren't attracting opposition for being high-density or big, they're just typical SFH+DADU ... except for the tree removals.
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10th Cir. rules that "corner-crossing" in the checkerboard pattern of public land ownership without physically contacting private land or causing damage to private property is not an unlawful tresspass.
Ranch tried to block lawful hunters.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
Ranch tried to block lawful hunters.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
March 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
10th Cir. rules that "corner-crossing" in the checkerboard pattern of public land ownership without physically contacting private land or causing damage to private property is not an unlawful tresspass.
Ranch tried to block lawful hunters.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
Ranch tried to block lawful hunters.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
LA Trees which survived the fires are in serious danger, "all of the arborists in Los Angeles have come together and we’re trying to figure out how to stop this from happening.”
In Altadena, healthy trees that survived the fire have been at risk of removal. Some have already been cut down, tree care experts and residents say.
A look at their mission to save the town's historic canopy
A look at their mission to save the town's historic canopy
In Altadena, a fight to save the trees that survived the fire
The Eaton fire destroyed much of Altadena. Now, residents are fighting to save the trees that survived.
www.latimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
LA Trees which survived the fires are in serious danger, "all of the arborists in Los Angeles have come together and we’re trying to figure out how to stop this from happening.”
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On Feb 7, Bandcamp will be donating 100% of our proceeds to MusiCares to provide emergency aid for artists in need, partnering with A2IM, WIN, Harman, Lagunitas, Roland, Shure, Victrola, and Women in Music to amplify the effort. Mark your calendar & spread the word. https://bit.ly/4gt9ka4
February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On Feb 7, Bandcamp will be donating 100% of our proceeds to MusiCares to provide emergency aid for artists in need, partnering with A2IM, WIN, Harman, Lagunitas, Roland, Shure, Victrola, and Women in Music to amplify the effort. Mark your calendar & spread the word. https://bit.ly/4gt9ka4