SKM
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Housing. Urbanism. Equity. Beer/ fake beer. Cooking. Travel. Parenting.
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Federal Funding Changes Could Create Thousands of New Homeless Seattle Residents
I took a deep dive into changes the Trump Administration is making to funding for homeless housing and services, and what local leaders and organizations are doing to prepare.
publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
I took a deep dive into changes the Trump Administration is making to funding for homeless housing and services, and what local leaders and organizations are doing to prepare.
publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
Federal Funding Changes Could Create Thousands of New Homeless Seattle Residents - PubliCola
The city and county are working on plans to offset potential federal funding cuts under the Trump Administration. By Erica…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Federal Funding Changes Could Create Thousands of New Homeless Seattle Residents
I took a deep dive into changes the Trump Administration is making to funding for homeless housing and services, and what local leaders and organizations are doing to prepare.
publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
I took a deep dive into changes the Trump Administration is making to funding for homeless housing and services, and what local leaders and organizations are doing to prepare.
publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...
“We’re calling on other local governments to stand with us. The more united we are, the harder it is to divide us. Every jurisdiction that steps into this fight strengthens our position in court, protects more communities and reduces legal costs for everyone.”
tinyurl.com/KCCTA
tinyurl.com/KCCTA
To keep communities running, local governments are suing Trump — and winning
King County, Washington is leading a coordinated legal response against the Trump administration’s attempts to impose political conditions on federal grants, which has resulted in a prelimina…
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September 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“We’re calling on other local governments to stand with us. The more united we are, the harder it is to divide us. Every jurisdiction that steps into this fight strengthens our position in court, protects more communities and reduces legal costs for everyone.”
tinyurl.com/KCCTA
tinyurl.com/KCCTA
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Hearing from a reader that part of the Bicycle Weekend route (this is the penultimate one of the year) is closed off to people walking and biking for what looks like a Rivian commercial shoot. Real classy, Seattle. We get only a handful of car-free days a year, and you give one to a car company.
September 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hearing from a reader that part of the Bicycle Weekend route (this is the penultimate one of the year) is closed off to people walking and biking for what looks like a Rivian commercial shoot. Real classy, Seattle. We get only a handful of car-free days a year, and you give one to a car company.
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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As the political right ramped up attacks on “housing-first,” a King County program quietly delivered housing for almost 1,900 formerly chronically homeless people since 2021. New data shows health indicators for residents — such as fewer ER visits and hospital stays — improved significantly.
July 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As the political right ramped up attacks on “housing-first,” a King County program quietly delivered housing for almost 1,900 formerly chronically homeless people since 2021. New data shows health indicators for residents — such as fewer ER visits and hospital stays — improved significantly.
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So today:
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
April 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So today:
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
- Trump says he’s “just giving you what they handed me” about Abrego Garcia.
- We learn Trump didn’t know Musk picked the IRS head.
- It’s reported that they didn’t mean to go to war with Harvard.
Perhaps staffing a White House with unqualified loyalists isn’t a great approach.
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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Amidst all of the horrors of the Trump administration, one stands above the rest: the trafficking of 270 men to El Salvador's CECOT prison.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
April 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Amidst all of the horrors of the Trump administration, one stands above the rest: the trafficking of 270 men to El Salvador's CECOT prison.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”
"acceding to the ... demands is not going to restore the funding." From @danifriedrich.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
March 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
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A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Real question. What is an “illegal protest”? Real question. He was convicted of a crime. Why hasn’t he been expelled?
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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I want to quickly say how significant it is that after the last election, Dems have held relatively strong on trans rights, even on sports.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
March 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I want to quickly say how significant it is that after the last election, Dems have held relatively strong on trans rights, even on sports.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
Senators in battleground states are not flipping.
Their one scuff was the NDAA, where some did flip.
Budget fight is next though.
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Per senior USAID official, Trump Adm actions likely to cause
* up to 18m additional cases of malaria; 166k additional deaths
* 200k children paralyzed with polio
* 1m children not treated for malnutrition
* 28k new cases of infectious disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
* up to 18m additional cases of malaria; 166k additional deaths
* 200k children paralyzed with polio
* 1m children not treated for malnutrition
* 28k new cases of infectious disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Per senior USAID official, Trump Adm actions likely to cause
* up to 18m additional cases of malaria; 166k additional deaths
* 200k children paralyzed with polio
* 1m children not treated for malnutrition
* 28k new cases of infectious disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
* up to 18m additional cases of malaria; 166k additional deaths
* 200k children paralyzed with polio
* 1m children not treated for malnutrition
* 28k new cases of infectious disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
I think about this post a lot. I remember reading Bill Kristol with disgust when I was in college and it took him way too long to get here, but he's right. We need to stand up for everyone right now.
March 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I think about this post a lot. I remember reading Bill Kristol with disgust when I was in college and it took him way too long to get here, but he's right. We need to stand up for everyone right now.
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You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
@bouckap.bsky.social this was an excellent run down. Could you post it to BlueSky too?
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March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@bouckap.bsky.social this was an excellent run down. Could you post it to BlueSky too?
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I had the honor of working with Matthew on Environmental Justice early in my career. He movingly captures what we've lost as this Administration abandons #environmentaljustice www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
America, this is what environmental justice is — and what we all stand to lose
I ran the US Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice program for almost 11 years. It’s not what this presidential administration says it is.
www.ehn.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I had the honor of working with Matthew on Environmental Justice early in my career. He movingly captures what we've lost as this Administration abandons #environmentaljustice www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
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A whale-watching crew in California captured video of a "superpod" of about 2,000 dolphins swimming off the coast. So many the water looked "like it was boiling," a boat captain with the crew said. nyti.ms/4ki1Fy7
February 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A whale-watching crew in California captured video of a "superpod" of about 2,000 dolphins swimming off the coast. So many the water looked "like it was boiling," a boat captain with the crew said. nyti.ms/4ki1Fy7
I feel like we can do better. #TeslaTakedown
February 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I feel like we can do better. #TeslaTakedown