Megan Ross
@meganross.bsky.social
irish, urbanist, cyclist, music enjoyer, ginger beer enthusiast | personal account | Seattle, WA
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Megan Ross
@meganross.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Overlook Walk on a sunny spring evening makes a great spot for engagement photos ✨
📸: Stefan & Audrey Photography
📸: Stefan & Audrey Photography
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milestone: the 1 line is now long enough to connect the atlantic and pacific oceans
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
milestone: the 1 line is now long enough to connect the atlantic and pacific oceans
This song being a 2024 release is breaking my brain a bit. I could have sworn it’s been around for years open.spotify.com/track/0UOG0z...
Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
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December 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This song being a 2024 release is breaking my brain a bit. I could have sworn it’s been around for years open.spotify.com/track/0UOG0z...
There are literally dozens of us
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
There are literally dozens of us
Expertise at crafting vague, ominous subject lines is a job requirement for anyone on the Harvard Corporation or Board of Overseers
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Expertise at crafting vague, ominous subject lines is a job requirement for anyone on the Harvard Corporation or Board of Overseers
I can’t stop thinking about Brown this weekend. It’s hard to see any school go through this, but something about Harvard and Brown being such similar places, and knowing so many people who went there, there is a disturbing level of familiarity/closeness with this one.
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I can’t stop thinking about Brown this weekend. It’s hard to see any school go through this, but something about Harvard and Brown being such similar places, and knowing so many people who went there, there is a disturbing level of familiarity/closeness with this one.
We recently decided to become Costco members after many years of resisting it and I’m determined to quantify how much we are saving by not shopping at QFC, so I broke out an Excel spreadsheet and holy hell, it is bleak
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We recently decided to become Costco members after many years of resisting it and I’m determined to quantify how much we are saving by not shopping at QFC, so I broke out an Excel spreadsheet and holy hell, it is bleak
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Oulu is such a great example because it contains so many components which USA/Canadians say render cycling impossible in their countries: big open spaces and distances; bitterly cold winters; outdoors hunting a fishing culture.
All the reasons cited for needing TRUCKS.
All the reasons cited for needing TRUCKS.
UNINTERRUPTED CYCLING NETWORK.
In most cities, cycling involves a constant cycle of stop-and-go. You hit a red light, you wait for a turning truck, you yield to pedestrians. It kills the momentum.
Here in Oulu, the experience is completely different. Here’s why👇 1/3
In most cities, cycling involves a constant cycle of stop-and-go. You hit a red light, you wait for a turning truck, you yield to pedestrians. It kills the momentum.
Here in Oulu, the experience is completely different. Here’s why👇 1/3
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Oulu is such a great example because it contains so many components which USA/Canadians say render cycling impossible in their countries: big open spaces and distances; bitterly cold winters; outdoors hunting a fishing culture.
All the reasons cited for needing TRUCKS.
All the reasons cited for needing TRUCKS.
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"Rachel Friedberg, a Brown economics professor, said the mass shooting happened in a review session for the final exam of her Principles of Economics course. She said she learned what happened from a teaching assistant who led the session. Friedberg herself was not present."
2 dead, 9 wounded in shooting at Brown University; suspect still at large
Brown professor says shooting happened in a study session for her economics class
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December 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Rachel Friedberg, a Brown economics professor, said the mass shooting happened in a review session for the final exam of her Principles of Economics course. She said she learned what happened from a teaching assistant who led the session. Friedberg herself was not present."
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of Sandy Hook. Those kids were 6-7 years old and would have been undergraduates today.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of Sandy Hook. Those kids were 6-7 years old and would have been undergraduates today.
I have no words if this was a review session for Intro to Econ. Most of the students in that room were probably Freshmen. I feel sick.
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I have no words if this was a review session for Intro to Econ. Most of the students in that room were probably Freshmen. I feel sick.
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People in the comments really need to learn that coming up with an extremely specific scenario where an idea doesn’t work is not the same as proving an idea is worse than the status quo. Limiting car speed would almost indisputably result in fewer deaths, even if there are exceptions
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
People in the comments really need to learn that coming up with an extremely specific scenario where an idea doesn’t work is not the same as proving an idea is worse than the status quo. Limiting car speed would almost indisputably result in fewer deaths, even if there are exceptions
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This same person probably thinks it’s no big deal to park in a bike lane for “just a few minutes” because the cyclists can “just go around” and doesn’t see that they are a similar danger except the bike lane one is actually real and happens thousands of times a day.
You guys realize you can come up with scenarios like this to argue against *any* law, right? "You say it should be illegal to beat your wife but what if she's covered in fire ants?!"
August 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This same person probably thinks it’s no big deal to park in a bike lane for “just a few minutes” because the cyclists can “just go around” and doesn’t see that they are a similar danger except the bike lane one is actually real and happens thousands of times a day.
Also: if they’re going 19 and the posted limit is 25, especially if you’re on a city street, you would save almost no time on your trip by passing them and only create a hazard in so doing. Cyclists know this because we are passed by cars we catch up to at the next red light all the time.
You guys realize you can come up with scenarios like this to argue against *any* law, right? "You say it should be illegal to beat your wife but what if she's covered in fire ants?!"
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Also: if they’re going 19 and the posted limit is 25, especially if you’re on a city street, you would save almost no time on your trip by passing them and only create a hazard in so doing. Cyclists know this because we are passed by cars we catch up to at the next red light all the time.
So a relatively base level trim 2025 Toyota Prius PHEV has sufficient computer vision tech to accurately read the speed limit signs along the road that a human driver can see. This kind of thing wouldn’t necessarily require GPS tracking.
It is not a "surveillance state" for your car to know that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So a relatively base level trim 2025 Toyota Prius PHEV has sufficient computer vision tech to accurately read the speed limit signs along the road that a human driver can see. This kind of thing wouldn’t necessarily require GPS tracking.
Not to give the most obvious response to this, but walking and cycling are much better for your health than driving. Part of the reason why people don’t walk in cities is the danger posed by speeding, distracted drivers on roads where the limit is 25mph.
Even by the standards of this discourse, this is one of the worst arguments I have ever seen
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Not to give the most obvious response to this, but walking and cycling are much better for your health than driving. Part of the reason why people don’t walk in cities is the danger posed by speeding, distracted drivers on roads where the limit is 25mph.
20 people shot near a building at Brown’s engineering school in the middle of final exams. What a nightmare.
Student journalists at The Brown Daily Herald are reporting live updates here: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Student journalists at The Brown Daily Herald are reporting live updates here: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Active shooter at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
20 people shot near a building at Brown’s engineering school in the middle of final exams. What a nightmare.
Student journalists at The Brown Daily Herald are reporting live updates here: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Student journalists at The Brown Daily Herald are reporting live updates here: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
TikTok is evidently picking up on my living in the general Roosevelt/Ravenna area because I get at least one post in my feed per day now from UW students with strong opinions about the 372 bus
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
TikTok is evidently picking up on my living in the general Roosevelt/Ravenna area because I get at least one post in my feed per day now from UW students with strong opinions about the 372 bus
I gotta actually hit the “Go” button on Transit more next year
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I gotta actually hit the “Go” button on Transit more next year
At 9/26 stations on the 1 Line if you board in the direction that says “Downtown” on it you will go to Downtown Seattle.
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
How are we so bad at this
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At 9/26 stations on the 1 Line if you board in the direction that says “Downtown” on it you will go to Downtown Seattle.
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
At 13/26 stations if you board in the direction that says “City Center” you will go towards the city center of Seattle.
(The remaining 4 stations are all in Downtown Seattle).
Something interesting about TikTok is that because of its short, casual, video-based format you really get exposed to people speaking English subtly incorrectly a lot in ways I don’t remember experiencing on YouTube, and in ways that feel different to text-based errors. Some examples:
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Something interesting about TikTok is that because of its short, casual, video-based format you really get exposed to people speaking English subtly incorrectly a lot in ways I don’t remember experiencing on YouTube, and in ways that feel different to text-based errors. Some examples:
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With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-Ed: Sound Transit’s Station Naming Policy Has Run Amok Again » The Urbanist
# With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
www.theurbanist.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
With three “downtown” stations and counting, Sound Transit must overhaul its station naming policy and name its stations less confusingly so that riders can easily navigate a growing system.
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
Op-ed by Stephen Fesler: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/05/o...
chuckling at the fact that 4/5 of my top artists mill around in the extended Rostam-Dev Hynes production universe and then there’s a Belarusian post punk band smack in the middle
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
chuckling at the fact that 4/5 of my top artists mill around in the extended Rostam-Dev Hynes production universe and then there’s a Belarusian post punk band smack in the middle
I can name like at least 5 people I know personally who went to Harvard from Brookline High School at the same time as me and not a single one from a normal, non-magnet public school in the Boston School District. Brookline is more than just well-off.
1/ I may write something about this, but I've noticed some folks, notably Noah Smith, but others as well, deriding the $140,000=poverty in today's US guy.
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I can name like at least 5 people I know personally who went to Harvard from Brookline High School at the same time as me and not a single one from a normal, non-magnet public school in the Boston School District. Brookline is more than just well-off.
More seriously we need more Bike Link stations everywhere so people can securely park a bike somewhere other than a Link station
Today on the podcast: when @typewriteralley.bsky.social mentions it can be inconvenient to have a bike around town for multiple stops, @hannahkrieg.bsky.social points out this could be solved if life was more like the Sims 3
Plus: new light rail stations + election maps! megaphone.link/CC8067809063
Plus: new light rail stations + election maps! megaphone.link/CC8067809063
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
More seriously we need more Bike Link stations everywhere so people can securely park a bike somewhere other than a Link station