Anacortes Area Plant Dad
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Bikes are freedom. Anacortes. Strong Towns Lyfe. Plants are cool and so are soil biota! 🦖
It's sad the way Seattle voters have lost touch with the Seattle Times editorial board.
So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy
A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.
seattletimes.com
WASHINGTON STATE! ONE HOUR (and 15 minutes) TONGET THOSE BALLOTS IN
Tarn Ohana@tarnohana.bsky.social · 16h agoRiding my bike down to deliver a last minute ballot to the ballot box. I could have mailed it, but I always like to come down and cheer on the folks voting. Song of the evening: Yèkatit by Mulatu Astatke
WE NEED 4 SEATS TO FLIP THE SENATE. JOSH TUREK SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. I was researching Josh and came across one of his signature issues: Right to Repair. I had no idea how important this was. Most people in big cities probably don’t either. 🧵
On the same day that David Ellison claims he's not putting his finger on the scale, there's this: "CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation."
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
bloomberg.com
It’s true. The Spokesman-Review has been doing incredible work and it's transitioning right now to nonprofit ownership. There’s never been a better time to subscribe: spokesman.com/subscribe
Leah Sottile@leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d agoI've been asking reporters in Spokane how we can help and everyone says subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. The Spokesman-Review has been doing unreal coverage of the fires: www.spokesman.com
And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoThe President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.
FINALLY the concise, nuanced response I've been awaiting forever for someone to say. Read the entire thread:
Vintage Pacific Electric Red Cars in Los Angeles
ALT: Vintage Pacific Electric Red Cars in Los Angeles
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Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 3d agothis 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/?
Cincinnati has developed a Climate Migration Readiness Plan to absorb as many as 525,000 newcomers by 2050. It calls for building much denser housing, expanding public transit and decreasing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels.
A City With a Plan (Gift Article)
Cincinnati wants to take in people fleeing climate disasters. Plus, the latest on fires in Europe.
nytimes.com
“‘Civil War’ is no name for a war waged by slaveholding traitors against the United States to hold Black Americans in human bondage.” @aconwrites.bsky.social
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.
To face our history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
What’s that? “We can’t solve a housing crisis without building more housing.” Pardon? “We can’t solve a housing crisis without building more housing.” Say that one again? “WE CAN’T SOLVE A HOUSING CRISIS WITHOUT BUILDING MORE HOUSING!”
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d agoWe can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.
My dude gonna post Assad numbers in November
Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d agoJames Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
Not to always be prairie-posting, but --- prairies
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d agoPicture of best large-scale carbon dioxide removal technology.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This girls' genital-exam initiative is funded by hedge fund grifter I mean manager Brian Heywood (including a $4.5 million *loan*). Heywood is also backing a slew of candidates for the state Supreme Court, in a much more oblique manner. VOTE in the PRIMARY this Tuesday.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Another example of the lunacy of thinking discrimination against a marginalized group won't affect you if you're not part of that group bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
I wish I had seen this brief but very clear explanation on cactus and succulent soils when I was starting out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r_B...
Cactus & succulent soil ingredients: the good, the bad and the useless
YouTube video by Arid Zine
youtube.com
Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
I almost died because the ER in summer 2020 was too crowded, and then in winter of 2020/21 they stopped doing elective surgeries.
Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
MORE OF THIS literally - the most beautiful buildings (to me - and I mean this literally) are those that function best to protect the humans around them using low-carbon materials
MamãBear@alsolearning.bsky.social · 2d ago”I would be happy for it to look considerably worse if it were less harmful environmentally.” Ouch. 😂
To the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.
The engine driver of a huge BNSF mixed freight creeping by just gave this little kid near me a wave. Much excitement and squealing
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"