Jason Weill

It passed🥳! Here are the very reasonable street management principles the Pike Place Market Constituency adopted tonight. It would astounded normal Seattleites that this remains controversial, and that opponents said it was “similar to Trump’s efforts to tear down the East Wing of the White House” 🤯

The Pike Place Market News’s October 2026 cover story rebuts its September 2026 cover story, which had called for the market’s Constituency to prioritize “real” shoppers. The anonymous author says that the group “is for everyone” now.

Ballard really turned out for transit tonight.

It costs $1 per year to join the Pike Place Market Constituency, in case anyone else would like to influence the market to continue to make space for pedestrians and not wayward drivers during peak operating hours, year round. www.pikeplacemarketconstituency.org/membership

Join us Monday for a Ballard Link Extension Community Forum! Get the latest on the project timeline, cost reduction efforts and next steps — and bring questions and feedback. Details: https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/calendar/ballard-link-extension-community-forum-2026-10-19

In case anyone was still under the impression that @bsky.app was some sort of haven from venture capital-funded AI dreams, they also built this

How many reporters would, without owning a car, cover a town council meeting in a tiny suburb on a Tuesday night? Ryan Packer would. Support your local journos!

I recently took on a couple of contracting gigs with a company that hires "experts" to give human feedback on experimental AI models. It might be a good way to make a little money and keep my skills sharp, if only there were any work available for me to pick up. weill.org/2026/10/13/a...

Had my first author scam encounter: got an unsolicited pitch to turn my book into a course. The person lied about having bought my book, and sent me an outline, which was reported as 100% AI text by two checkers. I respect the audacity, but I respect customers enough to not sell them slop.

LIGHT RAIL TO BALLARD: Community Forum on Monday, October 19 from 6-8 PM at the Nordic Museum. Sound Transit will share updates about timelines, cost reductions, and what happens next. You’ll be able to ask questions and share your thoughts. Details: www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-...

Bluesky is just as accommodating of ragebait and misinformation as the site it replaces, but I can turn off the “Discover” feed and see only my follows’ posts in chronological order, and that’s good enough for me.

Really enjoying the diversification of Seattle’s coffee shops. Analog is such a good shop; I wish them continued success on Westlake.

OK, the rope doors might not be the most practical for the northwestern climate, but who wouldn't love to go 46 miles on 5.4 kWh worth of energy? That's about 1.5 cents per mile, at Seattle's electricity rates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtV_...

NEW EVENT: @sound-transit.bsky.social will be hosting a community forum featuring local politicians and board members. Please join us to show support for the Ballard Link Extension. RSVP here: partiful.com/e/dTQJbkkWy0...

Cheap Seattle sports fan tip: if you’re going to the last @mariners.com games of the season, check out the merch stores. For some reason, they have not only baseball gear but also World Cup merch at 50% off.

Sound Transit chair Dave Somers just announced at the monthly ST meeting that there will be a forum about Ballard Link light rail expansion in Ballard on Monday, October 19. Place and time to be announced.

Blame AI, but this is what it looks like to watch a movie or play a video game set in “Seattle”

Attn @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social: SEA Airport (@flysea.bsky.social) is having a Bollard Art Walk on September 23, at 3:00 pm. www.portseattle.org/events/art-p...

In about a decade, @theurbanist.org went from “five guys in a coffee shop” (per @typewriteralley.bsky.social) to filling an 800+ seat auditorium on a Tuesday night to talk transit. Great work on urbanist advocacy!

Today I learned about an obscure Google edge case: logging in to one’s account on Windows.

Me, in @bloomberg.com : In Singapore, residents need to bid $100k+ for a 10-year "right" to own a car. Draconian? Maybe. But the country's Vehicle Quota System has ensured that transit—not cars— is the top travel mode. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Business Leaders: "Crime is up and we demand a police crackdown!" Data:

After seeing what Bending Spoons did to Meetup, the long-time home of Seattle's Steelers fan club, I found @openmeet.net, an open source alternative. Platform decay is no match for human ingenuity. weill.org/2026/09/12/o...

Pike Place gets all the attention, but we should also be pedestrianizing streets in every neighborhood. Imagine how great Ballard Ave could be if we closed it to cars permanently.

Discovering entirely too late that Casio makes watches that do step tracking, world time, Bluetooth connectivity, slightly “smart” features (but not creepy or upselly, yet) and last 2 YEARS on a battery that’s meant to be replaced. I’m smitten. www.casio.com/us/watches/g...

MLB Vault has uploaded the original "Turn Ahead the Clock" game between the Mariners and Royals from July 18, 1998, in its entirety to YouTube.

For some reason, Somalia's Ministry of Agriculture also hosts a spammy, content-farm-like, partly AI-driven, news website. ciad.moa.gov.so

Getting more annoyed every time @nytimes.com makes me verify my account, then suggests that I get an "All Access Family" membership to avoid future verifications, subtly suggesting that I should stop sharing my account with family members. I'm not; I own multiple devices. Stop the accusations.

Delta's "12Status" is back for the 2026 Seahawks season. Washington residents ages 18 and older can earn one mile for every Seahawks passing yard during all home and away games, along with priority boarding on flights from Sea-Tac, and a team store discount on the 12th of the month.

SDOT's 2026 Bike & Scooter Share Survey is NOW OPEN. Whether you ride every day, on occasion, or haven't tried yet, we want to hear from you! Complete the survey by September 27 for a chance to win one of five $100 gift cards. bit.ly/seattlescooter26-s

Today I learned that SMC 23.66.322 A.8 explicitly bans bowling alleys in Seattle's International District, which includes Chinatown and Little Saigon. library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...