Paulrus of West Bumblefrick
@paulrusof.bsky.social
Chasing the shiny bits in the dark. Punishing my legs for not being rocket packs. Passionate about density, transit, walkability, and cycling infrastructure.
Recovered “avid cyclist”. Big YIMBY.
Capitol Hill but I’m not cool and only have one tattoo.
Recovered “avid cyclist”. Big YIMBY.
Capitol Hill but I’m not cool and only have one tattoo.
Pinned
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There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.
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If the kink is AI you better believe I’m shaming it.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If the kink is AI you better believe I’m shaming it.
The suicide booths we actually built are far less fun and zany.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The suicide booths we actually built are far less fun and zany.
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The Combat, 1939, by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902–1979).
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Combat, 1939, by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902–1979).
Eventually the world of software development will come to its senses, stop using git, and retrvn to source management as the gods intended it to be.
FinalDraft.pdf
FinalDraft_1.pdf
FinalDraft_1_Send_This_One.pdf
FinalDraft_1_No_Actually_Send_This_One.pdf
FinalFinalDraft_1_This_Draft_Is_Correct.pdf
FinalDraft_1.pdf
FinalDraft_1_Send_This_One.pdf
FinalDraft_1_No_Actually_Send_This_One.pdf
FinalFinalDraft_1_This_Draft_Is_Correct.pdf
I’m Not Sure Which, But One of These Fifteen PDF Files Is the Final Draft
FinalDraft.pdf FinalDraft_1.pdf FinalDraft_1_Send_This_One.pdf FinalDraft_1_No_Actually_Send_This_One.pdf FinalFinalDraft_1_This_Draft_Is_Correct.p...
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Eventually the world of software development will come to its senses, stop using git, and retrvn to source management as the gods intended it to be.
By @nerd4cities.bsky.social rules, without a Cheesecake Factory, Seattle doesn’t have a downtown either.
Even more than the fact that the trains don't go to these places yet, the new signage is confusing to visitors in that it might lead them to believe Federal Way has a downtown.
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
By @nerd4cities.bsky.social rules, without a Cheesecake Factory, Seattle doesn’t have a downtown either.
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reverse cowgirl so we can both watch Mamdani's acceptance speech
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
reverse cowgirl so we can both watch Mamdani's acceptance speech
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
I wonder if @jeremycole.bsky.social cleans more miles of bike infrastructure by himself every year than @seattledot.bsky.social does as a whole organization 🤔
Heyo, West Seattle cyclists! I cleaned up the leaves on the Spokane Street bridge / Delridge Way SW / 22nd Ave SW connector again. It was quite leafy. I also trimmed back a lot of the edges. Could use more trimming but looking good!
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I wonder if @jeremycole.bsky.social cleans more miles of bike infrastructure by himself every year than @seattledot.bsky.social does as a whole organization 🤔
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I’ve known & worked with Katie for almost a decade. I’ve watched her unfailingly fight for the needs & rights of working class people in Seattle. I’ve found Katie next to me at canvasses, at picket lines, & at City Hall, & always on the right side of things. Vote Katie Wilson. She’ll fight for YOU.
Vote! Already did? Text or call your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers. We can win this! #thisisyourcity
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve known & worked with Katie for almost a decade. I’ve watched her unfailingly fight for the needs & rights of working class people in Seattle. I’ve found Katie next to me at canvasses, at picket lines, & at City Hall, & always on the right side of things. Vote Katie Wilson. She’ll fight for YOU.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Snow Lake is better with snow.
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Snow Lake is better with snow.
What’s the scarier costume?
The sub-Planckian Unknown
quantum uncertainty
or
forbidden by gravity
???
The sub-Planckian Unknown
quantum uncertainty
or
forbidden by gravity
???
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What’s the scarier costume?
The sub-Planckian Unknown
quantum uncertainty
or
forbidden by gravity
???
The sub-Planckian Unknown
quantum uncertainty
or
forbidden by gravity
???
Every Enlightened Centrist in Seattle is just the Well Guy with a nicer, bigger, well.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Every Enlightened Centrist in Seattle is just the Well Guy with a nicer, bigger, well.
Now is a great time to walk around and see people in Seattle using umbrellas.
On my walk to grab coffee in Pioneer Square I’d say it was a solid 40% using umbrellas.
If I had brought mine, I would have used it to.
On my walk to grab coffee in Pioneer Square I’d say it was a solid 40% using umbrellas.
If I had brought mine, I would have used it to.
This is a common mistake made by Seattleites who drive everywhere.
Walk around on any decently rainy day, and a good 20-30% of people are using umbrellas.
Umbrellas are less common in Seattle than other rainy cities, but hardly the anathema people try to claim.
Walk around on any decently rainy day, and a good 20-30% of people are using umbrellas.
Umbrellas are less common in Seattle than other rainy cities, but hardly the anathema people try to claim.
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Now is a great time to walk around and see people in Seattle using umbrellas.
On my walk to grab coffee in Pioneer Square I’d say it was a solid 40% using umbrellas.
If I had brought mine, I would have used it to.
On my walk to grab coffee in Pioneer Square I’d say it was a solid 40% using umbrellas.
If I had brought mine, I would have used it to.
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Time to share this again:
"If you're going to compare them, then you should get it right."
"If you're going to compare them, then you should get it right."
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Time to share this again:
"If you're going to compare them, then you should get it right."
"If you're going to compare them, then you should get it right."
Azure AND AWS down?
Fuck this shit. Let’s go ride bikes.
Fuck this shit. Let’s go ride bikes.
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Azure AND AWS down?
Fuck this shit. Let’s go ride bikes.
Fuck this shit. Let’s go ride bikes.
The only morally valid choice Bruce Harrell has at this point is to drop out of the race.
What a sad, power hungry, small minded man.
What a sad, power hungry, small minded man.
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The only morally valid choice Bruce Harrell has at this point is to drop out of the race.
What a sad, power hungry, small minded man.
What a sad, power hungry, small minded man.
If I was writing a satirical news story about a bunch of NIMBYs at a community design meeting, I wouldn’t write a character this rote.
Amazing that we let people with so little to say have so much power.
Amazing that we let people with so little to say have so much power.
Collette, a neighbor, is asking, skeptically, about the color and the brick and the upkeep and possibility of an empty storefront, graffiti, "big white square modern thing." Something about "shit show." Ugh. Developer says there will be an on-site property manager and SRM will manage the building.
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If I was writing a satirical news story about a bunch of NIMBYs at a community design meeting, I wouldn’t write a character this rote.
Amazing that we let people with so little to say have so much power.
Amazing that we let people with so little to say have so much power.
Let’s fucking goooooooo
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Let’s fucking goooooooo
Every fucking time
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Every fucking time
all hail runk
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
all hail runk
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i think men should have to spend a week in an old underwire that’s poking them all day just to understand
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
i think men should have to spend a week in an old underwire that’s poking them all day just to understand