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Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.

The @fusewashington.org guide redirection must cease. Last year they dual endorsed Wilson & Harrell - led to a lot of confusion - what does “progressive” mean? Does it mean incumbent centrist Dem, someone who wants progress? The website redirection by Eileen Pollett, Pedersen consultant, must cease.

CM Lin is too collegial to say it so the rest of us have to. There are six people brazenly and cynically lying about the budget for political gain. They have names. Bob Kettle Rob Saka Maritza Rivera Joy Hollingsworth Debora Juarez Dan Strauss Kettle, Saka, and Rivera are especially dishonest.

Single file, one at a time. Fill the whole block.

"Their neighborhoods are laid out vastly differently compared to the example you used in your og post." You are so very close to getting it.

Hey, @kcprosecutor.bsky.social, Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans, and WA State AG Nick Brown: right-wing hate-monger Nick Shirley attempted felony EBT fraud and has the video to prove it. Are you going to let him get away with this without even investigating?

#epl

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can you…explain?

Also @portofseattle.bsky.social any reason there aren’t direct walking paths from the light rail station to the terminal bridges on level 4 of the garage? The current path (red) is a bit circuitous for pedestrians

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

Why does the city need to "cut a deal" with the cops to get back money that the cops have in contravention of law and contract? Why do we as a community have to "cut a deal" with the people who ostensibly serve us? Are we a self-governing polity or are we under occupation?

This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.

Can we get these in Seattle for new townhomes? Every unit does not need its own separate set of 3 containers.

Meanwhile Seattle is building a singular EV charging lot, in a spot that could fit housing, that is now five years behind schedule. westseattleblog.com/2026/09/foll...

do you even hear yourself

It's really frustrating to see such an important committee chaired this way. Rob Saka's focus on style over substance costs all of us in the city.

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

It's hard to assess the exact number, because it would have varied with use of the density bonus, but the drop in base zoning height from 12 to 7 stories appears to have resulted in the loss of about 600 transit-oriented homes. That is major loss for the climate and affordability.

Peter, a neighborhood that directly benefits from direct adjacency a massive region-wide transit system has no right to dictate density on a level as granular as this. If you want to exert this level of control over "neighborhood character" move at least a mile away from any place this urbanized.

Incredible

Whether we want to admit it or not, every NFL game is a snuff film. It's long past time fans of the sport faced up to a reality that becomes clearer every day: American football is simply too dangerous. This year, turn off the NFL. Our latest in @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com.

Metro Board members should actually ride Metro.

It's not institutional investors, short term rentals or some other bogeyman. This is what our housing crisis looks like - a room full of angry people here to say NO to housing

can this board please be abolished

WHAT THE FUCK EVERYBODY WANTS THE STREET TO BE PEDESTRIANIZED AND ALL THE HISTORIC BOARD PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON LONGER PARKING.

Pike Place should put people first year-round. In SDOT’s June survey, 98% of 5,403 respondents supported vehicle barriers. And among 224 Market businesses & staff who responded, 96% agreed. Yet the proposal for this winter would allow more general car traffic into the Market.

The Recurring Speed Camera Discourse is a bit exasperating really because, look, we all know what's actually happening is people just want to be able to commit the pertinent crimes and don't like being punished for it, but people come up with obvious post-hoc pseudo-woke rationalisations for this.

It's an odd thing to say of a politician, but Jeffries has no ambition. He's an NYC machine flunky who got tapped by Pelosi to lead the Dems because her no. 1 choice lost a primary. This is as good as it's gonna get for him. He has no vision for the party or America. He's just defending his turf.

ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...

If you live in a city you shouldn't have to own a car.

These choices have *generational* impacts, and we need to stop giving short term businesses owners veto power. They do not know the city better than the rest of us. We need to stop asking kids to clean up the mess of our previously failed projects.

Relatedly: I am in favor of spectacularly destroying every single Confederate monument.

What if, and just hear me out on this, we elevated the voices of people who actually know what the fuck they're talking about instead of the same talk radio hosts over and over again. mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion...

I would like to see more companies admit this - being a public company no longer means running a successful, thriving business. It strictly means delivering growth to investors, every single quarter, who do not care at all about the product the company sells or the people who produce it.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 There’s still time to drop your ballot at a drop box and vote for true progressives!

TL;DR: The Seattle Times editorial board is showing its entire ass. They are desperate to have Katie Wilson fail, and they're willing to make up bizarre conspiracy theories to facilitate that outcome.

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

Do you love Bicycle Weekends? The opposition is already trying to cut it in half next year, and we need you to make it clear to city leaders that that wouldn't be acceptable. actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

Seattle has spoken overwhelmingly in support of universal school meals. Let's give a ton of credit to the teachers, parents and students who mobilized for free breakfast and lunch for every student.

This was decided in the last 24 hours due to public pressure and outcry. Yesterday's amendment would have had zero debate if they had been planning this all along.

Holy shit, THAT is a fucking LEDE

There is an unused east-bound lane on Denny Way over I-5 🤔. What if we used that space to make walking and biking over I-5 a little less sketchy (there is no sidewalk on the north side!)