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Marco Lowe

@marcolowe.bsky.social

Personal Account. He/Him. Former Seattle COO, Seattle U Prof/speaker, Wrote 'Powershift', Board of @FFI_Solutions. Housing Zealot. Climate Hawk. Energy Nerd. Community College Stan.

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Jennifer@jenwith1n.bsky.social · 4d ago

Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years!

A chart showing the zoning districts with minimum density and maximum height that have been in effect since July 1, 2025. In the “low scale” zone, the lowest density other than manufactured home parks, the minimum density is 8 du/ac and the max height is three floors (45 feet). Vancouver, WA’s new zoning map, which has just 10 zones.The four comprehensive plan designations and ten zones in Vancouver. The four comp plan designations are residential neighborhoods, urban mixed use, employment and industry, and green space.
For Seattle@forseattlewa.bsky.social · last wk.

Tomorrow, October 6, City Council hears public comment on the budget for the first time. For Seattle is supporting @mayor.seattle.gov $37 million investment in shelter expansion, so more of our neighbors have a safe place to stay. (1/2)

Seattle High-Support Shelter and Throughput to Housing: Sign-On Letter (Q3 2026)

The sign-on letter below will be used to advocate for the need for robust shelter investment, maintaining critical investments in permanent supportive housing, and in setting up a system that uses bot...

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Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 2w ago

23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

theguardian.com

The Vampire LesMak@lesleynope.bsky.social · 2w ago

The woman carrying the baby and food in the Giants game clip that went viral has written the full story of her marriage and what happened in the stands that night. If you’ve commented or shared any of the clips you also need to read and share her story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.

You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.

themomoftheyear.substack.com

For Seattle@forseattlewa.bsky.social · 4w ago

Trends show a decline in new permits, meaning less housing being built when we need more. Seattle City Councilmembers Hollingsworth and Foster have proposed unsticking MHA, which could build more homes, now. 🧵(1/2)

Yes to the Housing Accelerator, fix the resolution

Seattle City Councilmembers Hollingsworth and Foster have proposed unsticking something that could build more homes, now. This is follow-through in action, but the accompanying resolution needs work.

forseattle.substack.com

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last mo.

I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care.

For Seattle@forseattlewa.bsky.social · last mo.

As a group of community members coming together to help local government actually follow through, one concrete result at a time, we got into all this work over housing and the cost of living. We’re also taking on a third thing, safety, because all else depends on it. 🧵(1/3)

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last mo.

Given the unusual timing & challenges, Vancouver’s Granville Street pedestrian zone 7-Week extension since the World Cup ended is one of the most important street transformation pilots in North America. The public support for the street has been remarkable. This week/weekend is the last. Come see.

People walking along the pedestrian Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver this past weekend during the Dutch Street Market.All sorts of activities on Granville Street, including simple games like cornhole toss. Constantly in use. Simple things like games and chalk work very well, especially with kids and families, but also with adults!Area assigned for kids to play mini-soccer on the street.The ability of the street to attract kids and families was a specific goal for the extension, and a specific success that we’ve seen realized.
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

ysph.yale.edu

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District@neorsd.org · 2mo ago

we feel the same way. but maybe at times like this, boring has some appeal.

Embrace boring.

Sewers and finding certainty in uncertain times.

neorsd.medium.com

Justin Gundlach@justingundlach.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Somehow, infrastructure -- its design, development, maintenance, monitoring, etc. -- is viewed as categorically boring. I don't think this is inevitable. I think we could talk about infrastructure in a way that better helped people grasp how much their lives literally depend on it.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2mo ago

This is unfathomably stupid, petty, & counterproductive, even to the administration's own stated goals. Hundreds of hours of good-faith expert work, vaporized.

Energy Secretary Announces Cancellation of Three Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will not move forward with designating the three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors previous...

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For Seattle@forseattlewa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SEPA reform passed City Council last night, 5-4. For Seattle is proud to have supported this legislation that removes a duplicative process often used to delay housing our neighbors urgently need. Thank you to @cmeddielin.bsky.social for your leadership. 🧵(1/2)

Complete Communities Coalition — Take Action!

Your voice is critical to shaping the Comprehensive Plan and the future of Seattle! We need your help and collective action to create an affordable, equitable, and sustainable city.

completecommunitiescoalition.org

For Seattle@forseattlewa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Seattle's council votes tomorrow on how to feed hungry kids. We dug in and landed somewhere that surprised us: close the weekend and school-break gap first, reach families automatically so no one has to prove they're poor, and build to universal meals once it's funded for real. 🧵(1/2)

Making sure every kid in this city has food, every day

Seattle is choosing how to spend limited money on child hunger. Here's where we landed, and what you can do before the council votes.

forseattle.substack.com

Virginia Gewin@virginiagewin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!