Josh Holland
@joshholland.bsky.social
Train Enthusiast. Part-time Foodie. Cities are better with lots of people.
Justice can take years, and pursuing accountability through the legal system requires enormous persistence. Glad to see this former UW student continuing to seek justice through the courts. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW failed to protect student who was raped by fraternity member, lawsuit alleges
A sexual assault survivor alleges in a lawsuit that UW was aware of her attacker's previous misconduct and failed to protect her.
seattletimes.com
So different than 2012 when Jarvis was removed. Handful of people on street during removals (including @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social who layer in front of the remover). Far bigger & diverse cycling community now. Fucking w a different beast now.
Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 2d agoFirst bike lane removal truck blocked.
Love me some Portland food carts! 🌮 Would love to see more food carts in Seattle. They give small businesses affordable places to operate, offer customers reasonably priced meals, & bring more culinary diversity to neighborhoods. Good food, thriving small businesses, & vibrant public spaces.
Come for the car-free Ave discussion, stay for @typewriteralley.bsky.social talking Pinehurst light rail and paid parking expansions in QA and Junction in later segments.
L. Harrison Jerome@lhjseattle.bsky.social · last wk.I was on @citycastseattle.bsky.social talking about the Car-Free University Way! This Saturday and next Saturday!
Painful reminder that opting out of AI isn’t so simple. ChatGPT reportedly generated fake New Yorker cartoons with real artists’ signatures. You can choose not to use AI, but that doesn’t mean AI won’t use your work or identity without permission. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
niemanlab.org
For everyone scrutinizing bad text behavior this week, I’d encourage us to scroll back through our own group chats too. Texts create a strange illusion of privacy—that what we say among friends will stay among friends, never to be reshared, screenshotted, or repeated.
America has a thing called Trunk or Treat where people dress up, drive to a parking lot, and pretend it's ok we don't have walkable communities anymore.
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
A new security report from King County Metro shows that reported security incidents on buses are now less common than they were PRE-PANDEMIC, even after adjusting for somewhat lower bus ridership. In 2019, Metro saw 64 incidents per million boardings. In 2026 that number has dropped below 60.
City-backed cleaning crew offers proof of concept for Pike/Pine Business Improvement Area
City-backed cleaning crew offers proof of concept for Pike/Pine Business Improvement Area
A city-funded street cleaning pilot across Pike/Pine is providing data and serving as a proof of concept for organizers working to establish a dedicated Business Improvement Area. District 3 Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth praised the work of Seattle Surface Cleaners earlier this … Continue reading →
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Terrifying. 😬 A timeline of the Cornell University Rape Investigation. We need better laws to support victims of crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
A Timeline of the Cornell University Rape Investigation (Gift Article)
Prosecutors have reopened an investigation into a former student’s claims that several men sexually assaulted her in a campus fraternity house.
nytimes.com
Seattle’s last new Link station until 2031 is open! 🚈 Pinehurst Station shows we can build stations without parking garages. Let the last-mile connection happen by foot, bike, roll, or bus. Next up: upzone the area for more housing, businesses, and neighbors. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle opens its newest light rail station
Sound Transit's newest light rail stop provides a new way for North Seattle residents to miss Interstate 5 traffic.
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Cheering Bellevue’s success, but the “Bellevue is eating Seattle’s lunch” narrative is overplayed. It’s less Bellevue beating Seattle & more the region developing a 2nd major employment center, giving companies another way to tap into the same PNW talent pool. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
Amazon still Bellevue’s top employer, but here’s the catch
Amazon's growth in Bellevue last year was slower than anticipated, but the company said it's still committed to an eventual 25,000 employees in the city.
seattletimes.com
Seattle's most beloved small business districts were built by transit, not street parking.
Gordon Padelford@gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 2y agoDo you love the walkable neighborhood core of Capitol Hill, Columbia City, Fremont, Ballard, Green Lake, Beacon Hill, Madrona, Queen Anne, or the U District? Thank a streetcar line.
“The reality is, we have a tax code written in the course of a couple of months in the 1930s," our Executive Director @rianwatt.bsky.social told the @nytimes.com. We think it's about time for an upgrade! Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
nytimes.com
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Smart Growth Plan" ft. D5 candidate Julie Kang southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
Great deep dive on Pinehurst Station and the tension between building transit and allowing the housing needed for those investments to thrive. Pinehurst is a long-term bet that Seattle will make better land use decisions. Now, it's up to Seattleites to turn that vision into a reality.
Seattle gets a new light rail station, and then a long wait
Sound Transit built Pinehurst Station despite grim ridership projections. Will anything be done now to transform the neighborhood and attract passengers?
seattletimes.com
US isn’t taking climate change seriously when it comes to transport policy Other countries are demonstrating that they can (1) mode shift toward transit, walk, bike; (2) electrify; (3) densify. US failing on all fronts. Result is that US emissions from transport aren’t falling as they should
Seattle is getting wet and windy, with heavy rain this week. Hello Autumn! 🍁 🌧️
A shift to restricting vehicle access to just three days a week through March at Pike Place has drawn criticism as a retreat from a more pedestrianized street, but the local historical commission has framed that as an interim compromise. Story: www.theurbanist.org/winter-rollb...
Winter Rollback of Pike Place Market Pedestrian Pilot Moves Forward
The shift to restricting vehicle access on just three days a week through March has drawn criticism as a retreat on the path toward a more pedestrian-oriented Pike Place. Ahead of its unanimous approv...
theurbanist.org
The flock thickens: Starbird Chicken is coming to Capitol Hill
The flock thickens: Starbird Chicken is coming to Capitol Hill
The mystery of new commercial life hatching in the failed 10,000-square-foot Amazon grocery on E Pike has been revealed. The arrival of Starbird Chicken on Capitol Hill will mark new energy for a block that has been darkened for two … Continue reading →
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Seattle is a bike city. Hills and rain be damned. 🚲🌧️ Seattle has spent years building out its bike network, and people are using it. Build safe, useful connections and people will ride. We’re building our own kind of bike city. ❤️ www.kuow.org/health/2026-...
Seattle had record-breaking bike traffic this summer. What’s behind the numbers?
More people than ever biked around Seattle this summer — and one cycling advocate says this could be just the beginning of a new normal in the city.
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The Macklemore news cycle continues—but does anyone care anymore? Our media environment rewards jumping into a story at peak controversy, forming an opinion, and moving on before the reporting is finished. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Ed Sheeran calls situation in Gaza ‘unjustifiable’ in first concert since Macklemore controversy
Protesters gathered outside Sheeran’s Philadelphia concert to decry the removal of rapper Macklemore from the tour after he voiced a pro-Palestinian stance.
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#OnThisDay in 1972, King County voters approved the creation of Metro Transit. historylink.org/File/1998
A bunch of folks have shown up to the transportation committee today to complain about the new swinging gates on Lake Washington Boulevard for Bicycle Weekends, with one of them accusing the "powerful bicycle lobby" of getting the gates unilaterally installed using "manipulated data."
Sunset off Bellevue Ave. Good night to catch the Olympics lit up in Seattle.
Slow news > hot takes. More reporting makes the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran story far more complicated than the first headlines suggested. Seems Sheeran did a friend a big favor by bringing him on tour—and that favor may have carried a much higher cost than he imagined. Details matter.
The 40-Minute Phone Call That Left Ed Sheeran’s Tour Hanging by a Thread
Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to the singer that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless Macklemore was dropped from the bill. Other NFL owners were ready to do the same.
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Artists are putting their own money and fame on the line after the Macklemore news. Impressive. It will be interesting to see how fans respond to Sheeran’s concert in the future.
Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
Ed Sheeran has addressed the removal of Seattle rapper Macklemore as his opening act after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments during a performance.
seattletimes.com
