Phil Morris
@seaphil.bsky.social
Instructional Designer, bike rider, urbanist, Spanish-speaker, father, eater.
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
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Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity
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Here is the link! It’ll take you 30 seconds to verify if your ballot has been counted.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here is the link! It’ll take you 30 seconds to verify if your ballot has been counted.
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It's so funny that we will add station signage months before it's accurate, but we won't just call a station "Federal Way" because we'll eventually add a second one in that city sometime in the 2030s.
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 6:58 PM
It's so funny that we will add station signage months before it's accurate, but we won't just call a station "Federal Way" because we'll eventually add a second one in that city sometime in the 2030s.
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
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The leaves on Rainier Ave are making a pretty convincing argument that the center turn lanes don't get much use -- lots of excess road space that could be protected bike infrastructure.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The leaves on Rainier Ave are making a pretty convincing argument that the center turn lanes don't get much use -- lots of excess road space that could be protected bike infrastructure.
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A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
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Speed cushions set to be added to the curve approaching this spot from the north were cancelled by Bruce Harrell's office.
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Speed cushions set to be added to the curve approaching this spot from the north were cancelled by Bruce Harrell's office.
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# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
September 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
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mayor harrell wants so much for you to say idk i guess he’s not so bad and please i’ll say whatever you want just let me keep this job it’s all i have
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
mayor harrell wants so much for you to say idk i guess he’s not so bad and please i’ll say whatever you want just let me keep this job it’s all i have
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“Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.”
Trump: "These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter."
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.”
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Cowards.
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Cowards.
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There are 600,000 of you who now follow us on Bluesky 🦋
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There are 600,000 of you who now follow us on Bluesky 🦋
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
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Mass Timber is the way, we’re working on several and it’s proving to be beneficial; faster, durable, beautiful and boosts Canadian manufacturing and talent. What’s not to love? 1/
My review of Toronto’s new Mass timber tower: a quiet triumph.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Limberlost Place: Toronto’s timber tower aims high
Limberlost stretches building codes and gives architects and engineers a new system of open-sourced solutions
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Mass Timber is the way, we’re working on several and it’s proving to be beneficial; faster, durable, beautiful and boosts Canadian manufacturing and talent. What’s not to love? 1/
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“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”
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Notre ville change ! Nos rues sont peu à peu rendues aux habitants, de nouveaux arbres sont plantés et les promenades facilitées et sécurisées.
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
September 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Notre ville change ! Nos rues sont peu à peu rendues aux habitants, de nouveaux arbres sont plantés et les promenades facilitées et sécurisées.
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
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The NFL always delivers.
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The NFL always delivers.
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AND IT WAS A SCORIGAMI?!
41-40 is scorigami, congrats everybody
September 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
AND IT WAS A SCORIGAMI?!
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He must be on the list right
Kevin O’Leary from ‘Shark Tank’ is so scared of the Epstein victims speaking out that he’s trying to convince us they want to be silenced.
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
He must be on the list right
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You hear transportation engineers (especially for state DOTs) say stuff like, "People want to drive. We're not in the business of social engineering." Honey, your profession has socially engineered our society since the 1950s. It's time to invest more fairly across transportation modes
Imagine a 100m race where we’ve given cars an 80m head start after many decades of building almost ONLY for them. If we then set a transportation goal of “balance” between many more choices in getting around, by definition we have to prioritize the new choices for a while, or they’ll never catch up.
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You hear transportation engineers (especially for state DOTs) say stuff like, "People want to drive. We're not in the business of social engineering." Honey, your profession has socially engineered our society since the 1950s. It's time to invest more fairly across transportation modes
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KEEP CREATING STARTER PACKS AND SHARING THOSE CREATED BY OTHERS! It’s a great way to keep growing this place and the many communities we have here!
NEW STARTER PACK! I decided that “Better Transportation & Mobility” deserved its own starter pack. There are others out there on transportation, streets, bikes, public transit etc but this one has my faves. Who have I missed? Please explore, follow and share! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/MBL7PrE
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
KEEP CREATING STARTER PACKS AND SHARING THOSE CREATED BY OTHERS! It’s a great way to keep growing this place and the many communities we have here!
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50%!!!
Hot damn. Katie Wilson crosses the 50% threshold. If we had runoff-cutoff elections in Seattle, Bruce Harrell would be done; as it is, he's at a bruised 41.7 percent with not a whole lot of ballots left to count.
August 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
50%!!!
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The Seattle Times should probably give up endorsing candidates. They don’t seem to enjoy it. They’re bad at it. And no one seems interested in electoral recommendations from a grizzled old nepo baby and his acolytes.
August 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Seattle Times should probably give up endorsing candidates. They don’t seem to enjoy it. They’re bad at it. And no one seems interested in electoral recommendations from a grizzled old nepo baby and his acolytes.