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Lots of transit and transit pictures.
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Wes Mills 🥌
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· Aug 30
But imagine what we could do with the Trailhead Direct buses outside of the summer season?
Lake City / Northgate / Greenwood / Carkeek Park
Beacon Hill / Columbia City / Othello / Seward Park
Gasworks / Fremont / Ballard Locks / Golden Gardens
Westlake / Queen Anne / Discovery Park
Lake City / Northgate / Greenwood / Carkeek Park
Beacon Hill / Columbia City / Othello / Seward Park
Gasworks / Fremont / Ballard Locks / Golden Gardens
Westlake / Queen Anne / Discovery Park
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
December 11th !!!!
Next week is the @seattletru.bsky.social party! Are you attending ?!?!
Thursday January 11th
RSVP tonight.
givebutter.com/Z0191M
Actual photo of us:
Thursday January 11th
RSVP tonight.
givebutter.com/Z0191M
Actual photo of us:
a group of muppets are standing together with their mouths wide open
Alt: a group of muppets are standing together with their mouths wide open
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
December 11th !!!!
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December 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The pointless thing I dislike the most about living in multi family housing is the stunning quantity of inspections and checks and reviews that can’t be grouped together, can’t be scheduled around when I will otherwise be gone, and will happen sometime over a three to seven day period.
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The pointless thing I dislike the most about living in multi family housing is the stunning quantity of inspections and checks and reviews that can’t be grouped together, can’t be scheduled around when I will otherwise be gone, and will happen sometime over a three to seven day period.
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
NIMBY electeds endorsed by the Seattle Times Editorial Board have priced out working families who don’t have a college degree.
Seattle is the only major U.S. city where 70% of the population 25 and older graduated from a four-year college, writes FYI guy.
Seattle just crossed a remarkable demographic threshold
www.seattletimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
NIMBY electeds endorsed by the Seattle Times Editorial Board have priced out working families who don’t have a college degree.
I am ripping through so many audiobooks now that all of my usual podcasts are on holiday
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am ripping through so many audiobooks now that all of my usual podcasts are on holiday
This is one reason why I describe my "megacorp tech company" job as tech support. Mostly because it *is*, but partially because when people hear "tech job" they think of the eyewatering salaries that devs at the big five make and that's not most of us in this, uh, tier.
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is one reason why I describe my "megacorp tech company" job as tech support. Mostly because it *is*, but partially because when people hear "tech job" they think of the eyewatering salaries that devs at the big five make and that's not most of us in this, uh, tier.
You know it was a good trip when you get home and your brain-dump notebook has three pages of things to read more about and that's turned into a few dozen tabs spread across two browser windows.
"Davis Ditch" hahaha absolutely incredible he is my new hero
"Davis Ditch" hahaha absolutely incredible he is my new hero
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You know it was a good trip when you get home and your brain-dump notebook has three pages of things to read more about and that's turned into a few dozen tabs spread across two browser windows.
"Davis Ditch" hahaha absolutely incredible he is my new hero
"Davis Ditch" hahaha absolutely incredible he is my new hero
I needed an OTC medication while in Toronto and I am a little sad* that I was actually started to walk into a drug store (Shoppers) and not only is it open after 9pm...it's open 24/7, close to a rail station, and what I needed wasn't locked up. Just walk in and get what I need and pay and go.
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I needed an OTC medication while in Toronto and I am a little sad* that I was actually started to walk into a drug store (Shoppers) and not only is it open after 9pm...it's open 24/7, close to a rail station, and what I needed wasn't locked up. Just walk in and get what I need and pay and go.
I think the ad hoc signage for the rail replacement UP Express buses goes harder than any train sign has a right to and I love it
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I think the ad hoc signage for the rail replacement UP Express buses goes harder than any train sign has a right to and I love it
Finally rode two of Toronto's night buses that have FIVE-MINUTE FREQUENCY between 1:40am and either 3:40 or 4:40 (depending on direction).
And they did this while slinging Line 1 rail replacement buses every ~3 minutes with staff to help at every subway station.
I am in awe.
And they did this while slinging Line 1 rail replacement buses every ~3 minutes with staff to help at every subway station.
I am in awe.
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Finally rode two of Toronto's night buses that have FIVE-MINUTE FREQUENCY between 1:40am and either 3:40 or 4:40 (depending on direction).
And they did this while slinging Line 1 rail replacement buses every ~3 minutes with staff to help at every subway station.
I am in awe.
And they did this while slinging Line 1 rail replacement buses every ~3 minutes with staff to help at every subway station.
I am in awe.
Kind of fascinating, in a frustrating way, that I am sitting in Canada and cannot watch the Canadian curling trials on the hotel TV (they only have TSN2 and 4) or using the hotel's Internet connection (TSN filters it).
Instead I VPN back to Seattle and watch their stream on Youtube...
Instead I VPN back to Seattle and watch their stream on Youtube...
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Kind of fascinating, in a frustrating way, that I am sitting in Canada and cannot watch the Canadian curling trials on the hotel TV (they only have TSN2 and 4) or using the hotel's Internet connection (TSN filters it).
Instead I VPN back to Seattle and watch their stream on Youtube...
Instead I VPN back to Seattle and watch their stream on Youtube...
Smoked brisket on a bahn mi roll in the style of a Philly cheesesteak, what a country. I love you, Toronto.
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Smoked brisket on a bahn mi roll in the style of a Philly cheesesteak, what a country. I love you, Toronto.
Nice of Mark to edit in some people so we won’t make fun of that market for being completely empty since it’s clearly being mismanaged
The Leicester Square Christmas village is great (and, unlike Seattle’s, doesn’t charge an entry fee).
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Nice of Mark to edit in some people so we won’t make fun of that market for being completely empty since it’s clearly being mismanaged
This flight was absolutely worth it for tonight alone. Toronto is a pretty good hang in general (I got to work in a datacentre today!) but seeing Generator again was incredible. Funny, uplifting, optimistic, joyful. Not enough adjectives in English.
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This flight was absolutely worth it for tonight alone. Toronto is a pretty good hang in general (I got to work in a datacentre today!) but seeing Generator again was incredible. Funny, uplifting, optimistic, joyful. Not enough adjectives in English.
Imagine living in Broadmoor and thinking you have any idea what is going on in the rest of town.
In Seattle City Council's city-wide Position 8, incumbent Alexis Mercedes Rinck defeated challenger Rachael Savage by a more than 4:1 margin. Savage won in only 8 of Seattle's 2038 precincts.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Imagine living in Broadmoor and thinking you have any idea what is going on in the rest of town.
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If you see someone living outside and it’s cold, tell them they can tell a bus driver they are going to a cold weather shelter and they should not be required to pay fare.
Here’s info from KCRHA about cold weather plans across King County. kcrha.org/news-winter-...
Here’s info from KCRHA about cold weather plans across King County. kcrha.org/news-winter-...
Winter Weather Activation Summary - KCRHA
During the winter severe weather season, our first cold weather activation typically occurs around Thanksgiving and our last one is usually toward the end of March. Once we've wrapped up the last acti...
kcrha.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If you see someone living outside and it’s cold, tell them they can tell a bus driver they are going to a cold weather shelter and they should not be required to pay fare.
Here’s info from KCRHA about cold weather plans across King County. kcrha.org/news-winter-...
Here’s info from KCRHA about cold weather plans across King County. kcrha.org/news-winter-...
Justice Sir Blackstone: “something something better ten guilty go free—“
Labour: “Get to the point you’re taking forever do we get to use the Hammer of State on this commoner or not??”
Labour: “Get to the point you’re taking forever do we get to use the Hammer of State on this commoner or not??”
The Labor Party in England is now proposing to get rid of almost all jury trials in England to make the criminal punishment bureaucracy more efficient. This should be a warning for us all. Neoliberals are walking us into the waiting arms of authoritarians.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Justice Sir Blackstone: “something something better ten guilty go free—“
Labour: “Get to the point you’re taking forever do we get to use the Hammer of State on this commoner or not??”
Labour: “Get to the point you’re taking forever do we get to use the Hammer of State on this commoner or not??”
I did not expect to have a meeting wrap up today with a joke I last heard from my grandfather: A peh-khan* is what you eat; a pee-can** is under your bed.
* correct pronunciation of the name of the tree nut
** borderline Yankees at this point
* correct pronunciation of the name of the tree nut
** borderline Yankees at this point
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I did not expect to have a meeting wrap up today with a joke I last heard from my grandfather: A peh-khan* is what you eat; a pee-can** is under your bed.
* correct pronunciation of the name of the tree nut
** borderline Yankees at this point
* correct pronunciation of the name of the tree nut
** borderline Yankees at this point
Move Redmond's fundraisers are, well, fun! I like going and hope you'll come, too :D
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Move Redmond's fundraisers are, well, fun! I like going and hope you'll come, too :D
Some people collect Pokemon cards or Funko Pops or Labubu or...
I am a gigantic Internet nerd and collect domain names.
Fellow Internet nerds, help me feel better: how many do you have and under which TLDs?
I have 25, across: net, com, org, li, es, be, ie, gl, st, place, nz, eu, and it
I am a gigantic Internet nerd and collect domain names.
Fellow Internet nerds, help me feel better: how many do you have and under which TLDs?
I have 25, across: net, com, org, li, es, be, ie, gl, st, place, nz, eu, and it
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Some people collect Pokemon cards or Funko Pops or Labubu or...
I am a gigantic Internet nerd and collect domain names.
Fellow Internet nerds, help me feel better: how many do you have and under which TLDs?
I have 25, across: net, com, org, li, es, be, ie, gl, st, place, nz, eu, and it
I am a gigantic Internet nerd and collect domain names.
Fellow Internet nerds, help me feel better: how many do you have and under which TLDs?
I have 25, across: net, com, org, li, es, be, ie, gl, st, place, nz, eu, and it
You know, I don't watch soccer very much so maybe I don't know how the game works but I think the ball is supposed to go *into* the net and hitting the poles *around* the net doesn't get any points right?
Did anyone explain this to LAFC?
Did anyone explain this to LAFC?
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
You know, I don't watch soccer very much so maybe I don't know how the game works but I think the ball is supposed to go *into* the net and hitting the poles *around* the net doesn't get any points right?
Did anyone explain this to LAFC?
Did anyone explain this to LAFC?
OK TSN you got me, I will find a Montana's BBQ & Bar when I visit Toronto next week.
(No guarantees I will *eat* there but I will at least look)
(No guarantees I will *eat* there but I will at least look)
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
OK TSN you got me, I will find a Montana's BBQ & Bar when I visit Toronto next week.
(No guarantees I will *eat* there but I will at least look)
(No guarantees I will *eat* there but I will at least look)
I was at Northgate Station (not the mall) this morning where we just got the new verbiage on the signs and two people were saying "oh we can go to Redmond!" which is a level of excitement around Redmond I'm not used to...and was sad to dash their hopes.
I do think something on this sign should tell you which direction to stand on to catch a train to downtown Seattle.
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I was at Northgate Station (not the mall) this morning where we just got the new verbiage on the signs and two people were saying "oh we can go to Redmond!" which is a level of excitement around Redmond I'm not used to...and was sad to dash their hopes.