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Lots of transit and transit pictures.

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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
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
Woohoo!
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
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-...
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
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??”
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
lol
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Move Redmond's fundraisers are, well, fun! I like going and hope you'll come, too :D
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 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
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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?
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 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)
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Speedrun started!
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So much this.

I’m not naive to think that maintenance is never done but what I would like is more creativity. If we lose our transit lanes on 3rd for a bit, make lanes on adjacent streets bus only and be prolific with the signage, perhaps.
Weekend transit ridership has rebounded to close to 2019 levels so much more quickly than weekday ridership but we still do the most transit-disruptive construction (like 3rd Ave repaving) on the weekends.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
I have a huge show in Toronto on Thursday.

It's a night to celebrate people who deserve it. Afghan educators. The vets who save endangered species. Trinidadian poets. Hollywood comedians. Inuit musicians. It's crazy and so so fun.

But social media is dead. How do I even tell people it's happening?
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If you are anywhere in range of Toronto by next Thursday, you should absolutely go to this.

The experience is vastly more than the ticket price. I've been to this *one time* almost six years ago and still think about it and look at the pictures.

Can't wait to go again in seven days.
I can't say I expect to sell many tickets on my tiny Bluesky, but I'll dream anyway. I really want this to work and I truly think anyone who attended would have an amazing time.

It's called Generator. Coming to Massey Hall on the 27th.

Please tell your people.

masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Hi all! I'm hosting a Link Speedrun!
If youre available, we will be starting at St Joseph Station at 12:00PM on Saturday

If you can only join for a segment or two, I will be posting updates on where we are on my Bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
RTO is like "You wanna work 8 hours a day? Fuck that! Let's add 1-2 hours for commute, another 30 min to an hour to get ready, etc. Oh and we're reducing your take home pay! You now need to shell out for transportation, wardrobe, etc. But it's okay - here's some shitty pizza! Make small talk bitch!"
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I need t-shirt sites in the same vein as Teeturtle but with different designs. (As in, a bunch of different t-shirt styles and designs, maybe with a theme maybe not.)

What do you all like?
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Guess what! Transit Riders Union ( @seattletru.bsky.social ) is having a fundraising party and you're invited! Come hang out with transit nerds who advocate for cool things, eat good food from Spice Walla, and hear from Interesting Speakers.

Get your tickets (& donate) here: givebutter.com/Z0191M
TRU 2025 Fundraiser: This Is Our City
2025 Transit Riders Union Fundraiser
givebutter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to see that now that we've finally ousted Harrell and a string of basically-conservative mayors, The Needling can return to their roots of gloriously local deep cut humor.
Family Finds Little Free Library Under Their Eaves: tinyurl.com/y5z3ywcw
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Wow, way to plagiarize The Seattle Times Ed Board 😤
Opinion | Mamdani was elected weeks ago. Why aren’t buses free yet?
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Socialist Katie Wilson elected as mayor of Seattle, Cloudflare suffers its worst outage in a year; experts concerned" - Seattle Times Editorial Board tomorrow, probably
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A person as thoughtful and kind as Katie having won a major election is so awesome. Having a Mayor who rents, who doesn't drive, who's a parent, who has worked in customer service, and who actually *likes* people-as-a-group is refreshing. Thank you for running!

I cannot wait for what comes next.
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM