James everything is analog
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Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
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While billionaire Seattle enjoys their precious tree-canopied waterfront homes and win fights against apartment upzones, all the economic stress comes to Rainier Valley (and other low income, historically redlined areas.) The resulting chaos pushes our neighbors away. It's pushing me away.
January 31, 2026 at 2:12 AM
While billionaire Seattle enjoys their precious tree-canopied waterfront homes and win fights against apartment upzones, all the economic stress comes to Rainier Valley (and other low income, historically redlined areas.) The resulting chaos pushes our neighbors away. It's pushing me away.
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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I think people think all protests have the same risks, and they don't. I saw something here or on tiktok about high-risk vs low risk protests and mostly I've only been to low risk protests, and those can be fun! The high risk ones though...point is they are both important.
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I think people think all protests have the same risks, and they don't. I saw something here or on tiktok about high-risk vs low risk protests and mostly I've only been to low risk protests, and those can be fun! The high risk ones though...point is they are both important.
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This is definitely not MY city. This city instead officially belongs to the NIMBYs. If it were MY city, social housing would be allowed everywhere. Working ppl from all walks of life would get to look out their windows at parks & flowing rivers teeming with salmon. Waterfronts would be open to all.
This legislation will create 30 new neighborhood centers and update urban center and transit corridors. It's a meaningful step toward meeting citywide housing needs and improving choice and affordability across every neighborhood. And we're just getting started. #thisisyourcity
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This is definitely not MY city. This city instead officially belongs to the NIMBYs. If it were MY city, social housing would be allowed everywhere. Working ppl from all walks of life would get to look out their windows at parks & flowing rivers teeming with salmon. Waterfronts would be open to all.
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Mayor Wilson, this plan actually goes backwards compared to October 2024, downzoning predominantly wealthier, more exclusive neighborhoods, like mine in West Seattle.
Instead, we need to allow dramatically more homes in these areas, including West Seattle.
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Instead, we need to allow dramatically more homes in these areas, including West Seattle.
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Since Seattle OPCD didn't dare releasing the difference map of their downzones in the 2026 update, here are all the areas overlaid on Displacement Risk Index.
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Mayor Wilson, this plan actually goes backwards compared to October 2024, downzoning predominantly wealthier, more exclusive neighborhoods, like mine in West Seattle.
Instead, we need to allow dramatically more homes in these areas, including West Seattle.
bsky.app/profile/anal...
Instead, we need to allow dramatically more homes in these areas, including West Seattle.
bsky.app/profile/anal...
As an aside, it’s interesting 🙃 that wealthy NIMBYs’ houses built on Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAs) gets *rewarded* for their ecological destruction by being exempted from upzones.
The correct and environmentally just response is to CONDEMN the parcel and turn it into park.
The correct and environmentally just response is to CONDEMN the parcel and turn it into park.
Is selectively downzoning affluent white neighborhoods going to help the orcas? Asking for a friend
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
As an aside, it’s interesting 🙃 that wealthy NIMBYs’ houses built on Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAs) gets *rewarded* for their ecological destruction by being exempted from upzones.
The correct and environmentally just response is to CONDEMN the parcel and turn it into park.
The correct and environmentally just response is to CONDEMN the parcel and turn it into park.
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Is selectively downzoning affluent white neighborhoods going to help the orcas? Asking for a friend
January 30, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Is selectively downzoning affluent white neighborhoods going to help the orcas? Asking for a friend
Reposted by James everything is analog
every. damn. time.
Since Seattle OPCD didn't dare releasing the difference map of their downzones in the 2026 update, here are all the areas overlaid on Displacement Risk Index.
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
January 30, 2026 at 10:31 PM
every. damn. time.
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This is a staggering analysis.
If you thought OPCD acted as some sort of objective planning institution, this should completely erase that belief.
I could not have made a clearer picture of NIMBY ratf*cking. We need to know who let this come to pass.
If you thought OPCD acted as some sort of objective planning institution, this should completely erase that belief.
I could not have made a clearer picture of NIMBY ratf*cking. We need to know who let this come to pass.
Since Seattle OPCD didn't dare releasing the difference map of their downzones in the 2026 update, here are all the areas overlaid on Displacement Risk Index.
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is a staggering analysis.
If you thought OPCD acted as some sort of objective planning institution, this should completely erase that belief.
I could not have made a clearer picture of NIMBY ratf*cking. We need to know who let this come to pass.
If you thought OPCD acted as some sort of objective planning institution, this should completely erase that belief.
I could not have made a clearer picture of NIMBY ratf*cking. We need to know who let this come to pass.
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Notably this wasn't mentioned in today's story in Seattle's daily newspaper either.
I shouldn’t have had to make a damn BLINK COMPARATOR so that people can catch what got NIMBYed and downzoned in this version. OPCD could have released a difference map, it’s all already in GIS, it probably would have taken minutes of effort. They wanted to bury the lede.
Here is the same thing but with every downzone area I can see circled. I count 37 total areas. Some are the neighborhood center shrinkage that we knew about, but others are... just entire corridors getting chopped
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Notably this wasn't mentioned in today's story in Seattle's daily newspaper either.
Since Seattle OPCD didn't dare releasing the difference map of their downzones in the 2026 update, here are all the areas overlaid on Displacement Risk Index.
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
January 30, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Since Seattle OPCD didn't dare releasing the difference map of their downzones in the 2026 update, here are all the areas overlaid on Displacement Risk Index.
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
Blue = wealthy, exclusive, white neighborhoods
Red = neighborhoods @ high risk of being priced-out
Guess where all the new downzones are?
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When people passed two initiatives for social housing did they also vote for them to be only legal in about 20% of Seattle? Most people don’t understand zoning and we aren’t allowed to do zoning initiatives but did most voters really want this horrible comp plan? Loud tree NIMBYs have too much power
January 30, 2026 at 8:17 PM
When people passed two initiatives for social housing did they also vote for them to be only legal in about 20% of Seattle? Most people don’t understand zoning and we aren’t allowed to do zoning initiatives but did most voters really want this horrible comp plan? Loud tree NIMBYs have too much power
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We have a lot of fun here at colin carlson dot bluesky dot social but let's go inside the bit for a second. If NSF fails to pay out the annual increment of the @viralemergence.org center grant a third time in six months, there is literally nothing I can tell my team about why they shouldn't quit
January 30, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We have a lot of fun here at colin carlson dot bluesky dot social but let's go inside the bit for a second. If NSF fails to pay out the annual increment of the @viralemergence.org center grant a third time in six months, there is literally nothing I can tell my team about why they shouldn't quit
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MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.
Q&A: The Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain who wants NBA stars to melt ICE without slipping
Matt Moberg's righteous fury with Donald Trump's immigration crackdown went viral. But he preaches empathy for the NBA stars figuring out how to stand for others without losing themselves.
eyeblack.beehiiv.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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the city continues to just upzone where existing multifamily housing exists. and continues to focus apartments and affordable housing to dangerous arterials. this is a recipe for displacement.
not a great look.
not a great look.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
the city continues to just upzone where existing multifamily housing exists. and continues to focus apartments and affordable housing to dangerous arterials. this is a recipe for displacement.
not a great look.
not a great look.
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In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
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ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
I shouldn’t have had to make a damn BLINK COMPARATOR so that people can catch what got NIMBYed and downzoned in this version. OPCD could have released a difference map, it’s all already in GIS, it probably would have taken minutes of effort. They wanted to bury the lede.
Here is the same thing but with every downzone area I can see circled. I count 37 total areas. Some are the neighborhood center shrinkage that we knew about, but others are... just entire corridors getting chopped
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I shouldn’t have had to make a damn BLINK COMPARATOR so that people can catch what got NIMBYed and downzoned in this version. OPCD could have released a difference map, it’s all already in GIS, it probably would have taken minutes of effort. They wanted to bury the lede.
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💯. And it’s on purpose. Know that this explains so much of American politics at any scale. Ppl want sweeps so they don’t have to see poor ppl & purposely ignore the lives destroyed. Ppl want to stop housing so they can preserve their 1 special tree & purposely ignore the environmental damage. To be
the thing about american voters is that they don't like when bad things happen on their tv and want the bad things to stop, but that doesn't in any way connect to larger causes
Absolute Cinema
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
💯. And it’s on purpose. Know that this explains so much of American politics at any scale. Ppl want sweeps so they don’t have to see poor ppl & purposely ignore the lives destroyed. Ppl want to stop housing so they can preserve their 1 special tree & purposely ignore the environmental damage. To be
Reposted by James everything is analog
Here is the same thing but with every downzone area I can see circled. I count 37 total areas. Some are the neighborhood center shrinkage that we knew about, but others are... just entire corridors getting chopped
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Here is the same thing but with every downzone area I can see circled. I count 37 total areas. Some are the neighborhood center shrinkage that we knew about, but others are... just entire corridors getting chopped
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Super helpful. Especially disappointed to see further scaling back of density close to Pinehurst Station, around Haller Lake.
Here is a "lighten" effect animated GIF so it's easier to see all the individual block downzones en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_c...
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Super helpful. Especially disappointed to see further scaling back of density close to Pinehurst Station, around Haller Lake.
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ICE appears to be hitting the SGV (Alhambra area) and SFV (Sun Valley) this morning. Multiple sightings.
January 29, 2026 at 6:48 PM
ICE appears to be hitting the SGV (Alhambra area) and SFV (Sun Valley) this morning. Multiple sightings.