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your friend lara
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trying to find my place in the revolution 🌻
she/her 🧠 AuDHD & anxious af 🌲 PNW
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Bike Disco on Chief Sealth Trail ~ reppin @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social 💛
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Can anyone confirm if now is the time for hope?
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
hello here I am I am ready for my update now pleas e hello
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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👋 Do you participate in group bike rides? What tips or advice would you share about running a successful and safe group ride? How do you like them to work/be organized? How many is the right number of people? What do you *not* want to happen at a group ride? 🚲 ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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so many great connections and conversations at the Joiner Jamboree today!

thanks to everyone who stopped by, we hope to see you soon! 🧡

🧵 of interesting groups and displays we saw at the fair below~
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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We'll have a table at the Joiner Jamboree tomorrow (Sat 11/8)!
Come up to North Admiral to say hi! 11a-3p

🚍50 & 128 ~ right in front!
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
idea for urbanist grassroots group or small business:

mobile street party setup. like a food truck or sauna truck that enables your closed street to become a party or third space. could range from repurposed bus w cozy interior, to squad of cargo bikes carrying rain protection & heat supply
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I ran into a friend I haven't seen in a while in a crosswalk in a rainstorm in capitol hill tonight and I wish my nervous system would remember the dopamine I get when I manage to leave the house!! !
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
EVERY DIRECTION I LOOK THERE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW

I AM SO HAPPY 🥰

@thewaroncars.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
paid our respects to some icons today 💞
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
biked to the Ballard locks yesterday for the first time!
what a lovely day for a city bike frolic 🥰
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I was an ORCA card reader for Halloween
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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@publicola.bsky.social and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy are straight up more informative for Seattle politics and I'm happy to be a monthly supporter of both! If you only read @seattletimes.com you'd likely be confused about what is at stake in this election
Of COURSE the Seattle Times guy who thinks online news isn't real news is railing against news vouchers, which he says consist of Katie Wilson "taking $10 million from taxpayers" to fund people he looks down on—independent news producers who now all have to compete with each other for supporters.
News vouchers resurface in Seattle mayoral race
News vouchers may sounds promising, especially in the words of Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson, but they are deeply problematic.
www.seattletimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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And not only should you vote yourself, you should tell all of your friends to vote too!
This isn't a federal election where our votes hardly matter.

This is a LOCAL election. These are decided by just hundreds of votes! You individually make a huge difference. Vote by the end of this week!
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Just got out of a community council meeting in Georgetown where I was expecting the issue of a potential lane reduction on E Marginal Way to dominate.

Instead, there were more questions about getting MORE bike infrastructure, pedestrian crossings, and sidewalk upgrades.
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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take the good news wherever you can get it
opb.org OPB @opb.org · 27d
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
watched some kind of water puppy being a little weirdo for so long in the middle of a Lime ride that we got hit with an improper parking fine lmao

beautiful day on Alki today 🥰
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'm still sitting here waiting for the city to tell us if we're allowed to build our accessible DADU or not. this home would have been completed last year if it weren't for city bullshit.
Because Seattle's permitting department is funded by permit fees, we're set to increase those fees by 18% on top of inflation next year because of the fact that...permits are down. I'm sure that will help!
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Waiting for a late 8 to get to a #WeekWithoutDriving access ride along and it's wheelchair section is full. Unreliable buses mean more people waiting for a single bus and more likely that the only 2 seats i can use will be full.
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I want to make stupid meme-y urbanist shirts/merch

tell me your ideas for a stupid urbanist shirt you would LOVE to have 👀

I am likely to make some small-batch with cut retroreflective vinyl, so text and simple graphics in one color are best for those
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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You guys need to be talking about local politics with your friends. Conversations plant seeds of interest which can become energy towards bettering community.
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I feel like part of my job as a millennial organizer is to pull some gen-xers and boomers out of facebook
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 AM
SODO
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
look I am just SO HYPE ABOUT THIS
are there compilations of clubs in other neighborhoods?
would anyone be interested in a lil guide for how to organize this in your own neighborhood?
someone from the West Seattle Joiners dropped into our meetup last night to let us know of their new group that is trying to compile a list of ALL West Seattle clubs/organizations.

They have two events coming up - a documentary screening, & a club fair.

We hope to see you & your club at the fair!!
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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we just realized that today is basically our 1-year anniversary! Happy Birthday to West Seattle Urbanism! 🥰🧡

We've already made so many connections in the community, can't wait to see what these seeds grow into over the coming years. 🌱✨
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM