proximity to the puget sound is a literal lifeline - cooler temps, higher winds to keep out or dilute smoke we should focus most of our housing proximal to it.
Share the Cities (Seattle)@sharethecities.bsky.social · 10h agoWhat an image
Design by Committee
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Abolish ICE and DHS Urbanist, cycling advocate, and failing musician.
Share the Cities (Seattle)@sharethecities.bsky.social · 10h ago
Zoning codes would never allow the iconic buildings we now cherish. Seattle’s famous Smith Tower could never be rebuilt on this site because it’s too tall, has too much area, doesn’t step back upper floors, and doesn’t have a gargantuan loading dock
"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
These people fantasizing about nonexistent covid camps actively cheer for the real camps ICE is filling with people right now. They don't give a shit about suffering, they want to feed their victim complex.
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 2d agoThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Hey Seattle don’t forget to vote by tomorrow evening, the low turnout for August elections means your vote is going to be extra potent, like you’ve been gooning for democracy
Lefty Cheat Sheet@electioncheatsheet.org · 2d agoYour boss and your landlord have voted.
this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
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.
ICE is conducting its first kidnapping raids in city limits last couple weeks and the mainstream press has been completely preoccupied with meaningless palace intrigue. Great work team.
West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 4d agoThere are some incredibly tragic stories resulting from ICE actions in West Seattle that aren't in the news. It can be hard to get the 411 on these situations, but I implore people to learn more and support however they can. @waisn.bsky.social is a good place to start
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Support Father & Husband Kidnapped by ICE
On Thursday, July 23 masked ICE agents stalked Eduardo Aguirre Esparza from Home Depot to a house he was remodeling in West Seattle. ICE agents detained him in front of neighbors and community members...
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West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 5d agoWest Seattle, your neighbors are literally being sent to concentration camps
West Seattle, your neighbors are literally being sent to concentration camps
'I have to fight for him.' Wife battles to bring husband home after ICE arrest in West Seattle
Stacey Fitzpatrick's husband, Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, was arrested by ICE agents in West Seattle on July 23. The arrest, near California Ave. SW and Juneau St., was recorded by several bystanders out...
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After 2 weeks honeymooning across Europe, I will say the only things we can still claim high ground on is tap water with ice at every restaurant, and air conditioning everywhere. Transit, public amenities, and everything else goes to just about any other country in the world.
West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 5d agoLife in Seattle, USA is an experience of going "wow we've got it pretty good" followed by a trip to a different developed country, returning, and going "actually what the fuck is this shit"
How deep do the Epstein files actually go?
G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6d agoWhat's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story
Wonder where we should be building all the housing?
only 20 in district donors is WILD.
Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d ago83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways
If Biden had thrown Trump in the slammer we wouldn't be here. You can piss and moan all you want but J6 was history books shit and history books shit requires the President to do President shit. And he didn't. And now the guy who saved millions has to eat shit from a penis like Ron Johnson
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Ron Johnson claims the the "injection injured" are committing mass suicide
ICE is in Alki today, they are getting more bold inside the city each day
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I just drove past this absolutely massive WSDOT to widen I90 west of Cle Elum. I find it hilarious that these tree folks are all crickets for such projects, but should someone dare cut back a tree to build an ADU inside the city, the guns be a-blazin'
June BlueSpruce@tupelotower.bsky.social · last wk.So community advocates meeting with Councilmembers is a problem for you? Meanwhile you seem to have a lot of inside info about who is going to vote how on CB 121215 - how did you get that info? Through your contacts with Councilmembers? Did you know that MBAKS meets with SDCI on a monthly basis?
This is literally why we can’t have nice things. Our housing shortage is a policy choice. We should change it.
Matt Hutchins AIA@matthutchins.bsky.social · last wk.Seattle's critical comprehensive plan, a process that so far has taken 5 years, cost millions of dollars, hinges on whether every single person who has a spare $120 to file an appeal is satisfied that every potential, even marginal, impact is fully studied. The EIS was 3047 pages, but not adequate.
Can someone explain to me why Europe is obsessed with mayonnaise?? Genuinely asking
I've said it before and I will say it again. Talking to my kids about queer people was easy. Telling my kids we need to change our plans tonight because of a mass shooting in our city was hard.
There is no good reason for any civilian to have an automatic weapon.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · last wk.Seattle Fire and Police are currently responding to a mass shooting at the Seattle Center with at least six gunshot victims.
Buying train tickets in the Netherlands makes me want to cry. Reasonably priced, don't need an account, no "we're holding your tickets for 10m", and the tickets don't even have to be used on a specific departure. We could do this in America, but we won't. We have to fight for every inch of transit
I still can't come to terms with knowing the Dutch serve a hotdog with arugula.