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“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

I can confirm. Indivisible Action spends about a dime of every dollar raised on fundraising costs, which is very efficient. They are a good example of what a genuine grassroots operation looks like.

🤎🖤💙 Fri, Oct 23 Yesterday, South Puget Sound was bursting w/the beauty of Indy the orca &, literally, Falcon the humpback. 📷 'Humpback [CRC13514 Falcon] breaching tonight in front of Chambers Bay golf course! I was watching Indy when I noticed a humpback swimming by..." By Ryan Dicks 10/22 #psws

To emphasize how immaterial the $445M Musk has spent on the midterms is for him, he’s lost 178x that just today!

Who do we talk to at Apple about this: You own a TV show or a movie that you bought from Apple, playing it on an Apple TV box. When the episode or movie is almost done the TV show or movie SHRINKS TO THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN — WE DON’T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN on stuff that we have purchased EVER EVER

With Meta shutting down No Kings, Ellison blocking TikTok ads for a documentary on Elon, Amazon supplying tech for ICE.... It's a good time to remember that this story has played out before.

Taxes aren't just about raising revenue—they're the best tool we have to cap the power of individuals. When one jackass possesses the power of a nation-state, the whole world is in danger.

there’s no middle ground position on this. either musk is forcibly rooted out of government infrastructure or every war proceeds at the whims and dictates of a generational buffoon

*completely sincerely* No one man should have all that power.

Hi Kids! Howya doing? I'm about to hit the road! Would love to see you IRL! Bringing my show with my band and doing some book talks!! 🎟️ mistershowbiz.com/tour Keep your chins up!!! xoMurray

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

Newsom is a really great example of California Democrat Syndrome. Like slow flightless birds on some island, these are the types of instincts you develop when you don't have any predators in your environment.

AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/a...

NAZA: A restrained yet no less urgent work of both journalism & filmmaking, it's one of the most damning, significant documentaries of the year. Washington folks, it opens Friday @siffnews.bsky.social & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social 📽️ My review @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Juice xkcd.com/3308/

Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets

Sunset on Tahoma, 3/31/24 11"× 14" oil on canvas

Trick or street applications for 2026 went live earlier this week. I highly recommend taking advantage of this program. sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/09/17/h...

Rhea Seahorn finally gets her #Emmy 💛

I wrote this nearly three years ago www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

I saw @theebikinikill.bsky.social again at Bumbershoot yesterday! Such a great show! 🤩 As a Gen-Xer who grew up a busride away from Bikini Kill's hometown of Olympia, I especially appreciated the shoutout to Almost Live.

Orca & Tacoma!

The NYT magazine has published an extract from The Castle! The book is out Sept 1 in the US and now in the UK. All details - including speaking dates - link in bio! I love this extract. He Was a Top Lawn Care Influencer on YouTube. Then Everything Went Haywire. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/m...

In case you missed it: Iif you’re giving your money to Starbucks right now, you’re officially crossing a picket line. The union has called for a boycott, and we respect the union’s wishes.

Amy Goodman explains her brief absence from hosting Democracy Now! this week.

There’s a prickly new arrival at the Zoo! 🦔 For the first time in our 121-year history, a tiny prehensile-tailed porcupette was born to parents Nigel and Quillow. For now, the one-pound porcupette will remain behind the scenes with its first-time parents at Wild Wonders.

💚🖤🩶Thu, Aug 27 The T36/36Bs seemingly exited South Puget Sound last night, last reported northbound nearing the Tacoma Narrows. T137A Jack returned, 1st w/an incoming Admiralty group who went stealthy, but Jack split & continued to Possession Sound. 📷 Jack being Jack. By April Basham 8/12 #psws

First time for everything: a book launch event hosted by Seattle's incredibly cool mayor! So excite for this stop.

The Tacoma City Council just unanimously approved a resolution expressing the city's support for Pierce Transit's Prop 1, this November's ballot measure that would dramatically expand the South Sound's frequent transit network. www.theurbanist.org/pierce-trans...

It's Huckleberry Cheesecake ice cream season! $3.49 at Winco in Tacoma!

As an aside shouts to Project Gutenberg. They're a long term initiative to make books in the public domain free. They've digitized north of 79k books—all free to download. gutenberg.org

Oh. "Lose Control" in the karaoke queue does not necessarily equate to Missy Elliott. Bummer.

MUST-READ not least because "no other chronic disease appears to put humans at a higher risk of heat-related death" @wired.com

“it costs less money than what we’re doing now” is the only answer we need to push normies towards universal healthcare

“I was asked not to mention the Times at all. I’m choosing not to honor that norm, b/c silence abt how accountability journalism gets suppressed is itself a form of suppression.” Read the back story of how @nytimes.com and @thebulwark.com killed @adambonica.bsky.social’s piece. What a mf badass.

There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇

Congress must put forward bold solutions to ensure housing is affordable and resilient. Today, I'm reintroducing the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act with @sanders.senate.gov and @ramirez.house.gov to repair U.S. public housing stock while creating hundreds of thousands of union jobs.

Another example of the lunacy of thinking discrimination against a marginalized group won't affect you if you're not part of that group bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

Love a good prof slam: “It’s bewildering. It seemed weird and laughable,” Davis said of the indictment. “It felt like the length of the indictment was a cover for how thin it actually was. I’m a professor. I’ve seen people pad out papers when they’ve got nothing to say.”

literally this cartoon

Meanwhile, Lina Khan has been a leader in the movement for an economy built by all, in service of all. From courtrooms to classrooms to the federal government, she has taught millions that dignity for working people is not only possible, it's demanded of us.

are you an artist living in Pierce County WA? do you want to make money on an easy job? these are fun www.piercecountywa.gov/artwrap

Yes! Hip hip for Lina Khan's policies!!!