Robert Getch
@stumptoemerald.bsky.social
Guy who likes walking, trains, buses and bikes. Work in Banking, frequently mistaken for competent.
Seattle now, from Portland.
Seattle now, from Portland.
As a lender, this does not strike me as a good idea and sounds more like science rooted in eugenics (and consequently unlikely to be accurate or real). There are some interesting books on this topic but the general gists make me thing this is nothing more than pseudoscience.
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
As a lender, this does not strike me as a good idea and sounds more like science rooted in eugenics (and consequently unlikely to be accurate or real). There are some interesting books on this topic but the general gists make me thing this is nothing more than pseudoscience.
Great, and now metro is changing the ‘ding’ for stop requested to a slow playing loud “Stop Requested” announcements.
Literally fine for decades but let’s make the bus a less pleasant environment eh @kingcounty.gov?
Literally fine for decades but let’s make the bus a less pleasant environment eh @kingcounty.gov?
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great, and now metro is changing the ‘ding’ for stop requested to a slow playing loud “Stop Requested” announcements.
Literally fine for decades but let’s make the bus a less pleasant environment eh @kingcounty.gov?
Literally fine for decades but let’s make the bus a less pleasant environment eh @kingcounty.gov?
Why are we just yelling “10 Minutes” periodically at Symphony station
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Why are we just yelling “10 Minutes” periodically at Symphony station
Shit like this is redic. If the Orca reader is broken that’s on you my friends, fucking fix your machine and take your lumps.
Currently the ORCA card readers are unavailable to tap on for T Line service. While ORCA readers are unavailable, passengers are still required to have valid proof of paid fare.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Last updated: Oct 25, 2025 5:59 PM
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Last updated: Oct 25, 2025 5:59 PM
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Shit like this is redic. If the Orca reader is broken that’s on you my friends, fucking fix your machine and take your lumps.
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The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!
Just waiting 20 minutes for a train midday on a weekday when it comes "every 8 minutes".
Maybe someday I guess I will go to the airport.
Maybe someday I guess I will go to the airport.
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just waiting 20 minutes for a train midday on a weekday when it comes "every 8 minutes".
Maybe someday I guess I will go to the airport.
Maybe someday I guess I will go to the airport.
I've mostly been biking lately but sometimes taking the train is nice for relaxing.
August 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I've mostly been biking lately but sometimes taking the train is nice for relaxing.
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Shepherding this project turned into close to a full time job for @stumptoemerald.bsky.social for a few years there but it is finally almost at the finish line.
I did my first ride on the new Beacon Hill bike lanes and dang what an improvement.
August 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Shepherding this project turned into close to a full time job for @stumptoemerald.bsky.social for a few years there but it is finally almost at the finish line.
Brazil got Waka Waka and the US getS "Desire" which is terrible. But fitting in a way.
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Brazil got Waka Waka and the US getS "Desire" which is terrible. But fitting in a way.
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
Crime 101: Do not take selfies with the crime you are actively committing
June 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Crime 101: Do not take selfies with the crime you are actively committing
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This should be seen as evidence of the crisis: federal judges fear that Trump will order U.S. Marshals to stand down on securing the safety of judges whose decision they don’t like. This is just devastating.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
May 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This should be seen as evidence of the crisis: federal judges fear that Trump will order U.S. Marshals to stand down on securing the safety of judges whose decision they don’t like. This is just devastating.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
If they found the "Joe Rogan of the left" they'll just hate them for being too far left.
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If they found the "Joe Rogan of the left" they'll just hate them for being too far left.
Just spent 15 hours automating a task that takes me like 5 minutes a week.
In just 3.5 years I will be saving time (assuming I made it perfect and nothing ever changes requiring me to fix it) 😅
In just 3.5 years I will be saving time (assuming I made it perfect and nothing ever changes requiring me to fix it) 😅
May 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Just spent 15 hours automating a task that takes me like 5 minutes a week.
In just 3.5 years I will be saving time (assuming I made it perfect and nothing ever changes requiring me to fix it) 😅
In just 3.5 years I will be saving time (assuming I made it perfect and nothing ever changes requiring me to fix it) 😅
I love my bicycle. Sure I live in the US so it seems like everyone driving wants to shank me but it's so much fun, I get around so quickly, and I have pleasant interactions all the time too in minor ways.
Head nods, yelling good morning, waiving, fake racing random kids, talking at lights, etc
Head nods, yelling good morning, waiving, fake racing random kids, talking at lights, etc
May 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I love my bicycle. Sure I live in the US so it seems like everyone driving wants to shank me but it's so much fun, I get around so quickly, and I have pleasant interactions all the time too in minor ways.
Head nods, yelling good morning, waiving, fake racing random kids, talking at lights, etc
Head nods, yelling good morning, waiving, fake racing random kids, talking at lights, etc
I need a robot that goes and finds my Roomba and brings it back to the charger everyday instead of me playing "find the vacuum" every day.
May 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I need a robot that goes and finds my Roomba and brings it back to the charger everyday instead of me playing "find the vacuum" every day.
The procedure for Bribes and Corruption does indeed say the briber must notify the bribee in writing that "this is a bribe" or to "do the corruption now" or it doesn't count.
Doesn't anyone check the procedures anymore? 🙄
Doesn't anyone check the procedures anymore? 🙄
May 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The procedure for Bribes and Corruption does indeed say the briber must notify the bribee in writing that "this is a bribe" or to "do the corruption now" or it doesn't count.
Doesn't anyone check the procedures anymore? 🙄
Doesn't anyone check the procedures anymore? 🙄
I am waffling between feeling sad and mad. Up to 3/4s thrown out, killed and tossed back? Ick. Just a big loss of life for no reason.
Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
May 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am waffling between feeling sad and mad. Up to 3/4s thrown out, killed and tossed back? Ick. Just a big loss of life for no reason.
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Somehow not The Needling
May 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Somehow not The Needling
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there's about six full minutes of audio from Rep. Menendez (D-NJ) giving a crystal clear, ultra-precise accounting of what happened, and it sure doesn't even sound like Mayor Baraka was "protesting." he was just there. what the Congressman describes is much darker than "arrested while protesting."
This phone interview contains a detailed description of the wildest fucking shit I've ever heard on television news, hands down
'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
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May 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
there's about six full minutes of audio from Rep. Menendez (D-NJ) giving a crystal clear, ultra-precise accounting of what happened, and it sure doesn't even sound like Mayor Baraka was "protesting." he was just there. what the Congressman describes is much darker than "arrested while protesting."
"We need to hear from all voices.
Specifically, my voice.
More specifically, my own voice when it could financially benefit me."
Specifically, my voice.
More specifically, my own voice when it could financially benefit me."
"We are just trying to find a way to make sure that ALL voices are heard," Moore continues, concluding by going back to the claim that voters will be disenfranchised if their district councilmembers have to recuse themselves because of financial conflicts of interest.
May 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"We need to hear from all voices.
Specifically, my voice.
More specifically, my own voice when it could financially benefit me."
Specifically, my voice.
More specifically, my own voice when it could financially benefit me."
I believe in more of Jesus' teachings than the modern GOP members.
The GOPs new religion seems to just be hate.
The GOPs new religion seems to just be hate.
May 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I believe in more of Jesus' teachings than the modern GOP members.
The GOPs new religion seems to just be hate.
The GOPs new religion seems to just be hate.
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Whatever impostor syndrome you may have once had, dispose of it fucking immediately. If these people run the country, you deserve that promotion, you can run for city council, you can start that business. If this is the baseline, shit, you can do surgery drunk in an alley and you will do less harm.
The entire administration is going to be staffed by Fox News hosts
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Whatever impostor syndrome you may have once had, dispose of it fucking immediately. If these people run the country, you deserve that promotion, you can run for city council, you can start that business. If this is the baseline, shit, you can do surgery drunk in an alley and you will do less harm.
Oh I guess corruption and fraud is good actually.
Moore says her intent was to make sure no councilmembers (and thereby their constituents) are "disenfranchised" by requiring councilmembers to recuse themselves when they have financial conflicts of interest. People in the room are loudly scoffing.
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Oh I guess corruption and fraud is good actually.