It's "fun" being in a group chat with folks still in corporate tech. Everything is totally fine, guys. AI is definitely improving productivity and the companies are for sure totally healthy.
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It'll be interesting to see how powerful The Stranger's endorsements seem to be as votes are counted. This is what's insidious about bigger companies acquiring independent media. A source you used to trust changes, but if the aesthetic is there, a lot of people don't detect the shift.
sophie amity@amity.city · 11h agoThe vibe I'm getting is the Stranger's picks won basically every race, particularly in contested races between progressives. Some of them might be unrelated, but wow, honestly pretty surprised by the dominance.
I'm a @seattletimes.com subscriber, because I do want to support actual journalism, and in the bigger scheme of our country I do think the ST is helpful. ANYWAY this wording is sooo telling in the wake of their explicit "no" vote endorsement for this very levy. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This kind of smart, bouncable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 15h agowe need to build more houses and i’m ok if a few are bouncy
Interesting to see Julie Kang, the less progressive candidate in North Seattle's District 5, coming in so far behind second-time candidate and progressive Nilu Jenks, who lost her first race in the primary (the seat ultimately went to Cathy Moore, who quit, hence this year's unusual city election).
Anyways, if you're wondering why I'm looking at SPS middle school boundaries and housing, it's because of this: the three middle school zones experiencing growth of any sort for SPS K-8 grades (versus extremely slow decline) are Aki Kurose, Mercer, and Washington middle school attendance areas.
You must admit "the left cheater election cheating list" is a pretty catchy name.
Share the Cities (Seattle)@sharethecities.bsky.social · 20h agoFan mail about @electioncheatsheet.org Possibly from KUOW and Seattle Times darling Ms. Godfrey (or someone pretending to be her using a very specific email).
I keep trying to explain to u guys - much of the behavior u see from tree and orca NIMBYs is due them simply being not ok Jennifer Godfrey, Sandy Shettler, you name it. They aren’t doing alright and u can tell
Share the Cities (Seattle)@sharethecities.bsky.social · 20h agoFan mail about @electioncheatsheet.org Possibly from KUOW and Seattle Times darling Ms. Godfrey (or someone pretending to be her using a very specific email).
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 There’s still time to drop your ballot at a drop box and vote for true progressives!
Rebecca Saldaña@rebeccasaldana1.bsky.social · 23h agoFeeling overwhelmed by the choices? Lefty Cheat Sheet has a great resource to help you fill out your ballot. Where does our race stack up? We're the most progressive choice with 86% agreement among progressive orgs, labor unions, media & advocacy groups. See more here: electioncheatsheet.org
There is no shame in voting on election day. Waiting to ensure you have all the information available is fine. But today is the day! Get it done ASAP and drop it in a drop box 🗳️
Rebecca Saldaña@rebeccasaldana1.bsky.social · 23h agoTODAY is the day!!! This is the last day to vote in the Primary Election!!! Ballots are due to your closest drop box by 8 pm tonight. It's so important that you deliver them to a drop box, because the post office can no longer guarantee they get postmarked in time. Find a drop box near you:
"Good morning. This info is from the organization called TreePAC." Like they just learned of TreePAC? Sandy Shettler is on the TreePAC board. The audacity 🤣
Manipulated white boy urbanit [sic]@sarahchadd.bsky.social · 2d ago"Tree Action Seattle is not associated with any of these endorsements" as posted by Tree Action Seattle 🙃
Tree Action Seattle has been told what the rules are — we know because we spent hours talking to them about campaign and non profit rules in 2021-2023 where we carefully explained to Sandy what a c3 and c4 are. So they can’t pretend to be ignorant of the rules they are flaunting.
This is like inverse "the dog ate my homework." This is just "oops, here's this other org's endorsements, coincidentally, but we definitely are not endorsing anyone." 👀 But... They obviously are. And they get tax-deductible donations via the shelter @seattleparksfoundation.org provides them.
@seattleparksfoundation.org just last week lobbying for amendment B, which appeared to have been a collaboration between Saka and Tree Action Seattle, an SPF "partner." TAS gets tax-free money via SPF. Last night TAS tripped and "oops!" posted political endorsements. 👀🙊
Manipulated white boy urbanit [sic]@sarahchadd.bsky.social · 7d ago@seattleparksfoundation.org's director of public relations Caroline Villanova speaks to @council.seattle.gov on @cmeddielin.bsky.social's CB121215 to remove citizen SEPA appeals. Villanova spoke for SPF in favor of Councilmember Rob Saka's amendment B, which would have negated Lin's legislation. 1/
Pulling my "Native Seattleite" card (YIMBY edition). We didn't have "fire season" when I was in my 20s. I'm an elder millennial.
Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d agoThe wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/
The last time the Seattle Times went this off the rails, we had banned circus animal performances.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d agoStill not over writing about the mayor's water bottle stickers in the print newspaper.
"Tree Action Seattle is not associated with any of these endorsements" as posted by Tree Action Seattle 🙃
Inexperienced Seattle Mayor Apologizes for Naively Assuming Police Knew How to Do Their Job: tinyurl.com/3dv6uy9m
What is the "historical character" of palo alto, anonymous research parks?
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has signed the SEPA reform bill into law.
The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · last wk.A 5-4 Seattle City Council vote yesterday means city-level appeals that have delayed significant citywide zoning changes in the past will be extinguished. Conventional appeal options to Superior Court or the state growth hearings board will remain. Story: www.theurbanist.org/seattle-coun...
"Another letter writer, Tina Peak, said that 'every new building and resident adds more pollution and destruction of the environment.'" Amazing one of the original Palo Alto settlers is still alive!
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2d agoA law legalizing housing has ... led to a bunch of proposals for new housing. In Palo Alto, the car-brained NIMBYs are baffled & shocked. Oh noes, the "fabric of the neighborhood"!
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Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d agoUpdate: I asked SPD about KUOW's claim that they said Barnes' travel was no different than previous chiefs. They told me that's not what they said—according to the spokesperson, SPD told KUOW his travel to major police conferences like IACP was normal, not his frequent trips to his home in Chicago.
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