Dottie Matrix
okso2020.bsky.social
Dottie Matrix
@okso2020.bsky.social
Not interested in Politics Here. Randoms please stay away.

A grown adult, finally with time for gap year. Gardening, perspective drawing and urban hiking.
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Can someone in Seattle show this to SDOT so we can get the Ballard bridge “merge of death” sorted 😭
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Good goal sheet!
USk January Prompts 2026 are here! Begin again. A month of returning to lines, places, habits, and ways of seeing. January helps us ease into the new year by warming up the hand and noticing what’s already there.

Share your sketches with #USkJanuaryPrompts2026 so we can see your corner of the world
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
December #December
- #Jellycat treat: Peanut on Snowboard
- Self guided drawing study
- Sunrises, rainbows & entire stay inside days of gloom
- Seasonal films w/Luke Wilson & Jude Law
- Digital device cleansing
- Dance parties in kitchen
-Surprise pizza size upgrade from Pagliacci

Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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“A consortium that included Mayor Wesley Uhlman (b. 1935), the Seattle City Council, Allied Arts of Seattle, and other stakeholders such as Pike Place Market historical preservation activist Victor Steinbrueck (1911-1985), conceptualized a "1 Percent for Art" program.”
50 years ago today, Marvin Oliver unveiled his wall mural at the opening of the Broadview Branch of the Seattle Public Library. historylink.org/File/20856
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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ICYMI you can watch the full-length documentary directed by Rudy Childs, for free on our YouTube channel. Happy new year! youtu.be/ogriuD6-ix4
The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary, They were Boston’s house band - A documentary by Rudy Childs
YouTube video by The Dogmatics
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December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents

Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free ... But the center said in November that it would close after the property was sold to a developer.
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Seattle folks, they are giving away the Nutcracker figurines from Salty's. If you can get to Cloverdale immediately with a truck you can do something very fun. www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
From the Seattle community on Reddit: Free giant Christmas decor, cloverdale business park
Explore this post and more from the Seattle community
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December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Seahawks for life!
a person wearing a blitz jersey stands in front of a crowd
ALT: a person wearing a blitz jersey stands in front of a crowd
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December 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on December 17, 1965.
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Be safe everyone!
BREAKING: A week's worth of heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest has led to a levee failure in King County, WA. Three south Seattle suburbs are under evacuation orders, with more than 45,000 residents under a flash flood warning.

#Washington #flood #weather
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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After a terrible, stormy week:

An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Seattle: our last guest appearance at Pike Place Market is here! Find us in the Economy Market Atrium across from DeLaurenti Food & Wine, from now until Tuesday. Help us help you shop for your loved ones this holiday season!

#pikeplace #seattle #handmade #celtic #brigid #pnw
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Good night, Bluesky!

Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington on a rainy night
📸Jack Darling
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Meanwhile in Seattle:👀🐳
📸Photoshopped (NOT AI!😜)
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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We have a new baby in K-Pod!😊🥰
This one is so new, the umbilical is still attached.
Puget Sound, Washington 12/9/25
📸April Basham
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Jessica was back for her second workshop today!! Y’all! Look what they made!! I can’t pick a favorite. Maybe the Christmas trees? 🌲 Maybe the hedgehog ? 🦔
The teapots!? The gnomes!? I can’t.

But you can! We just got in loads of new shapes for the new year. January calendar is open. Come play.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Brandi Carlile made a surprise appearance at Pike Place Market on Saturday, opening the annual Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition to benefit the Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank.
5.5K views · 1.4K reactions | Did that just happen?! @brandicarlile opens the show at The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition benefitting the @pikemarket.sc.fb! This is the 40th anniversary of ...
Did that just happen?! @brandicarlile opens the show at The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition benefitting the @pikemarket.sc.fb! This is the 40th anniversary of the fundraiser held at Pike...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Christening our new identity in the most Seattle way we know 🤣🐟

Thank you to our friends at Pike Place Fish Market for helping us celebrate!
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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I stopped at Robot v Sloth this morning to get some cute things for my niblings and everyone who works in the store is an artist whose work is for sale!! I already thought they were cool, but that was even cooler. www.robotvsloth.com

Stickers, enamel pins, buttons, prints, plushies and more
Robot vs Sloth
www.robotvsloth.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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SON VOLT

'Tear Stained Eye'

Must remember to take this album down from the shelf tomorrow. 🤗
Tear Stained Eye (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Son Volt - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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On this day in 1984, R.E.M. played The Rathskeller in Kenmore Square, Boston, as a guest of Hüsker Dü and supported by The Kilkenny Cats and Scruffy the Cat. The Rat closed in November 1997, after 23 years in business, and was torn down three years later. A hotel now stands in its place.
March 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM