Troy
@troysnoise.bsky.social
Episcopalian, socialist, dad. I like trains, bicycles, video games, and sharing. In a former life I did sound design for video games, but now I have a dumb email job with health insurance. Don't tell my boss when you see that I'm not working. Living in WA
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Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking Likely!
Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent.
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Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent.
publicola.com/2025/11/11/m...
Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking That Way! - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson edged above 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday, in the final…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Mayor Katie Wilson? It's Sure Looking Likely!
Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent.
publicola.com/2025/11/11/m...
Wilson surges in the final big batch of ballots that remained uncounted, moving above 50 percent.
publicola.com/2025/11/11/m...
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91 votes separate the two mayoral candidates in Seattle, but Katie Wilson has pulled ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell and is now in the lead.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
91 votes separate the two mayoral candidates in Seattle, but Katie Wilson has pulled ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell and is now in the lead.
I subscribed to the physical print version of my local newspaper, and I think I like it. I'm realizing I'm addicted to my phone and that bothers me. This is a decent way for me to stay informed, and to support local journalism. Local news coverage is so important
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I subscribed to the physical print version of my local newspaper, and I think I like it. I'm realizing I'm addicted to my phone and that bothers me. This is a decent way for me to stay informed, and to support local journalism. Local news coverage is so important
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Scarecrow Video's Unstreamable is back to present Mamoru Oshii’s ANGEL’S EGG (1985), a cryptic, allegorical masterpiece with a new 4K restoration!
Haunting, curiously intimate, and boldly experimental, join us for ANGEL’S EGG on Thursday, Nov 20, at the Uptown: siff.info/angelsegg-bs.
Haunting, curiously intimate, and boldly experimental, join us for ANGEL’S EGG on Thursday, Nov 20, at the Uptown: siff.info/angelsegg-bs.
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Scarecrow Video's Unstreamable is back to present Mamoru Oshii’s ANGEL’S EGG (1985), a cryptic, allegorical masterpiece with a new 4K restoration!
Haunting, curiously intimate, and boldly experimental, join us for ANGEL’S EGG on Thursday, Nov 20, at the Uptown: siff.info/angelsegg-bs.
Haunting, curiously intimate, and boldly experimental, join us for ANGEL’S EGG on Thursday, Nov 20, at the Uptown: siff.info/angelsegg-bs.
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This is something Kurt Vonnegut would write about WWI but only as a joke
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is something Kurt Vonnegut would write about WWI but only as a joke
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Sort of incredible that we live in a world where the vice president of the United States is just spewing the sort of horseshit that literal children are traditionally taught is wrong
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sort of incredible that we live in a world where the vice president of the United States is just spewing the sort of horseshit that literal children are traditionally taught is wrong
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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"Katie Wilson gets help from her out-of-state parents to help pay for childcare for her young daughter" is not an attack that is going to resonate with any young parents who are grappling with Seattle's expensive childcare
Bruce Harrell's latest campaign email says "Katie Wilson Is Not Who She Says She Is." His evidence: An interview with KUOW in which Wilson—ahem—SAID she and her husband help with child care from her parents.
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Katie Wilson gets help from her out-of-state parents to help pay for childcare for her young daughter" is not an attack that is going to resonate with any young parents who are grappling with Seattle's expensive childcare
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Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
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i'm serious
are you making a horny game
do you wanna make a conscious, female centric horny game
DM ME!
are you making a horny game
do you wanna make a conscious, female centric horny game
DM ME!
opening a consultancy business where i teach GAMES how to make women horny enough to pay for them
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
i'm serious
are you making a horny game
do you wanna make a conscious, female centric horny game
DM ME!
are you making a horny game
do you wanna make a conscious, female centric horny game
DM ME!
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We passed our first tests with flying colors!
The first new Amtrak Cascades train is set to depart the test track in Pueblo, CO following several months of testing. Next, it heads out for more testing on the east coast before starting service in the PNW in 2026. This is the 1st of 7 new trainsets.
The first new Amtrak Cascades train is set to depart the test track in Pueblo, CO following several months of testing. Next, it heads out for more testing on the east coast before starting service in the PNW in 2026. This is the 1st of 7 new trainsets.
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We passed our first tests with flying colors!
The first new Amtrak Cascades train is set to depart the test track in Pueblo, CO following several months of testing. Next, it heads out for more testing on the east coast before starting service in the PNW in 2026. This is the 1st of 7 new trainsets.
The first new Amtrak Cascades train is set to depart the test track in Pueblo, CO following several months of testing. Next, it heads out for more testing on the east coast before starting service in the PNW in 2026. This is the 1st of 7 new trainsets.
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In 2021 when The Urbanist interviewed Harrell, he got mad at us for the interview time (his choice) and for not endorsing him during an election when The Urbanist did not exist yet.
I was trying to recall an anecdote about the Stranger's 2007 endorsement meeting with Bruce Harrell in a thread with @goldy.horsesass.org. Here's a snippet that is interesting in retrospect.
www.thestranger.com/news/2007/10...
www.thestranger.com/news/2007/10...
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In 2021 when The Urbanist interviewed Harrell, he got mad at us for the interview time (his choice) and for not endorsing him during an election when The Urbanist did not exist yet.
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I don't usually follow sports, but I'm really excited for the Mariners. Can't believe that it's 2025 and the easiest way to follow a major sporting event is to listen to AM radio or go to my local sports bar.
But you know what, that's kind of fun. I don't know what universe this is, but it's fun.
But you know what, that's kind of fun. I don't know what universe this is, but it's fun.
October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I don't usually follow sports, but I'm really excited for the Mariners. Can't believe that it's 2025 and the easiest way to follow a major sporting event is to listen to AM radio or go to my local sports bar.
But you know what, that's kind of fun. I don't know what universe this is, but it's fun.
But you know what, that's kind of fun. I don't know what universe this is, but it's fun.
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Darker evenings don't mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — a bright coat of paint on your car, headlights on, pay attention while driving — can make a huge difference! #PedestrianShaming
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Darker evenings don't mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — a bright coat of paint on your car, headlights on, pay attention while driving — can make a huge difference! #PedestrianShaming
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During a budget discussion happening now, council central staff director Ben Noble just noted that "the electoral cycle probably informs" the massive amount of new spending in what's supposed to be Year 2 of an already endorsed biennial budget.
My story on some of that new spending:
My story on some of that new spending:
Council Takes Up Harrell's "Inherently Unsustainable" Budget; New Spending Includes $800,000 in Speculative AI Spending - PubliCola
1. Your sales taxes are going up next year, thanks to a vote by the City Council Tuesday that approved…
publicola.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
During a budget discussion happening now, council central staff director Ben Noble just noted that "the electoral cycle probably informs" the massive amount of new spending in what's supposed to be Year 2 of an already endorsed biennial budget.
My story on some of that new spending:
My story on some of that new spending:
I couldn't focus on work today until I finished this dumb thing rattling around in my head.
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I couldn't focus on work today until I finished this dumb thing rattling around in my head.
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I love this pro-worker, police-free way to reduce retail theft:
"[Long Beach]’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout."
"[Long Beach]’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout."
Long Beach Cracks Down on Self-Checkout to Curb Shoplifting
The city’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout, drawing praise from unions and pushback from grocers.
www.governing.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I love this pro-worker, police-free way to reduce retail theft:
"[Long Beach]’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout."
"[Long Beach]’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout."
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I did this bit before but I have to update it because my game released on Steam
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I did this bit before but I have to update it because my game released on Steam
Entering my mid-30s with thoughts like,
"I'd like to replace my ball-and-socket joints with Hall effect joints."
"I'd like to replace my ball-and-socket joints with Hall effect joints."
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Entering my mid-30s with thoughts like,
"I'd like to replace my ball-and-socket joints with Hall effect joints."
"I'd like to replace my ball-and-socket joints with Hall effect joints."
"'I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society,' the pope wrote, echoing the language of Latin American liberation theologians who coined the term "preferential option for the poor."
Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document
"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.
www.ncronline.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"'I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society,' the pope wrote, echoing the language of Latin American liberation theologians who coined the term "preferential option for the poor."
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By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."
www.economist.com/internationa...
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the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way
DHS includes a bunch of false and defamatory statements in their tweet about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as they prepare to send him to Uganda.
October 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way