Results are up, I'm blaming the delay on the new PDF format

There needs to be a word for the 5 - 15 minute wait in Seattle once it hits 8 PM on Election Day but results aren't out yet.

Train down, I repeat, train down (photo from reddit www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...)

While this sounds like a lot the city settled with a different officer who sued for $950k and former Chief Diaz's suit hasn't been resolved yet. $700k for a police chief to go away with no lawsuit is cheap relatively speaking.

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 5d ago

Seattle police chief Shon Barnes is getting $700,000 in a settlement for leaving the department, PubliCola has confirmed.

ROUTE 8 and DENNY WAY: starting on Saturday, buses and cars merging onto Interstate 5 won’t compete for the same lane of Denny Way. To keep traffic flowing, people driving to I-5 south from eastbound Denny Way will turn right on Boren Ave and left on Howell St instead of using Yale Ave.

Unfortunately the panel wasn't brave enough to ask my question.

Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m here with @golf1052.com.

Seattle has to do another Chief of Police search?

This is a good statement. Takes accountability for gaps in messaging going out to the public. Tells us what's going on and what to expect going forward. Thank you Mayor Wilson!

Mayor Katie B. Wilson@mayor.seattle.gov · 6d ago

Message from Mayor Wilson.

Official statement wilson.seattle.gov/2026/07/30/m...

So...when's the press briefing about the police chief probably being fired? It's already past 9 AM.

I'm a little surprised Mayor Wilson was attacked for even considering not keeping Chief Barnes on as SPD chief and now is getting attacked for keeping him on while his main residence is in the Chicago area. I guess I'm not that surprised, just really annoyed.

Got my fare inspected literally 3 seconds after stepping onto the train at SeaTac. The doors were still open!

In Phoenix for a bachelor party and every group picture we asked to be taken was taken vertically. Apparently horizontal pictures are dead and I didn't know.

Crazy that between Harrell and Wilson, Wilson will need to be the responsible one with the budget.

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm surprised to see this being reported elsewhere is "council funds school meals AND food vouchers, yay." Paying for additional things out of the general fund means cutting other things—and this council doesn't like to make cuts (especially to police). And there's already a $175 million deficit.

Preventing housing in Seattle while claiming to protect trees causes the destruction of tens of thousands of trees in places like Black Diamond. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

Voting complete

@seattledot.bsky.social has announced more detailed timelines for Denny Way bus lanes! The Yale slip lane closure and Boren safety improvements will happen early August! After some repaving, the new bus lanes and westbound bus stop will be installed mid-late August! www.seattle.gov/transportati...

Note that the barely visible pink dot in the corner for WA has our state Republicans and billionaires up in arms.

Congrats to Seattle and Mayor Wilson

@wookee119.bsky.social A heads up, if you're a new person coming into a community others will be a little distrustful, especially on the internet where you can be anon. If you're truly trying to advocate for or against something it's important to keep this in mind. Else people will ignore you.

Been sitting on the Land Use Committee call for 90 minutes waiting to speak. This is definitely democracy in action 🙃 Just build the damn housing

Today in the Seattle Times. This person wants every house in Seattle to cost $3 million dollars.

1 million Seattlelites by 2030 inshallah

Connor Stein@connor-stein.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We yearn for 1 million seattleites

>renames it to the Department of War >names himself the Secretary of War >fights one war >loses

Horrible news. From West Seattle Blog: westseattleblog.com/2026/06/dead...

UPDATE: Bicycle rider killed in Fauntleroy crash

8:09 AM: We're separating this coverage from the morning traffic updates, as police are reporting this was fatal: A bicycle rider has died in what is reported as a collision with a truck at 47th SW an...

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Another example of how AI makes people not familiar with an area of expertise think that they're experts because the AI gave them what they wanted to see.

Mike Eliason@holz-bau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

so the 'residents for thoughtful growth' think the cost of land is free if you build a 4-plex. also: AI slop explains a lot!

I have yet to hear a reason why taking a week to count votes presents any substantive problem. Everything boils down to "it's annoying, to me"

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The New York Times gave Donald Trump and the vote suppressors a gift this morning. And it did so one day before SCOTUS may decide a case that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Jason (surprisingly the least worst member of the All In podcast) saying what we basically already know of business leaders. They prefer fascism and oligarchy to liberal democracy.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo ago

"If you told a bunch of business leaders this could become oligarchic, they would be like, sign me up." @jasonmcalacanis.bsky.social says Trump’s billionaire allies think oligarchy sounds great. But @timmiller.bsky.social warns backlash is coming, and it's going to be "pitchforks and socialism."

Asking about Pratt definitely was trying to push an agenda but I'd love to see someone dig into and write up the current understanding of the "right wing media network" in Seattle. Like why did I see a picture of Suarez wearing a "Pratt for LA" hat in Seattle? How is Kim connected to the network?

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

remember that Hana Kim of FOX news in Seattle spent several minutes of her interview with Mayor Katie Wilson demanding a response to Spencer Pratt's claim that LA's homeless people would be bused to Seattle once he "unplugs them" from services and forces them into psych holds

Remember Westneat is a joke. In his latest piece he said "One factor is Seattle has been shedding the “light” from light rail. ... the premise [was] a sort of combo subway train and streetcar, was that it could be installed relatively cheaply on city streets and in road medians."

Maybe the light rail system we’ve got is good enough

Light rail is finally cooking in the Seattle area. It coincides with an existential crisis over building expansion lines for the future. At what point do we say "it's good," and stop?

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