Paulrus of West Bumblefrick
@paulrusof.bsky.social
Chasing the shiny bits in the dark. Punishing my legs for not being rocket packs. Passionate about density, transit, walkability, and cycling infrastructure.
Recovered “avid cyclist”. Big YIMBY.
Seattle, Capitol Hill, but I’m not cool. He/him.
Recovered “avid cyclist”. Big YIMBY.
Seattle, Capitol Hill, but I’m not cool. He/him.
Pinned
I’d be curious how well this works on rough pavement like a lot of the roads in Seattle.
@seattledot.bsky.social any chance we could do a trial with these? I feel like a score of these and some volunteers could actually make a solid dent in the city’s slippery leaf soup bike lanes.
@seattledot.bsky.social any chance we could do a trial with these? I feel like a score of these and some volunteers could actually make a solid dent in the city’s slippery leaf soup bike lanes.
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’d be curious how well this works on rough pavement like a lot of the roads in Seattle.
@seattledot.bsky.social any chance we could do a trial with these? I feel like a score of these and some volunteers could actually make a solid dent in the city’s slippery leaf soup bike lanes.
@seattledot.bsky.social any chance we could do a trial with these? I feel like a score of these and some volunteers could actually make a solid dent in the city’s slippery leaf soup bike lanes.
It makes even less sense for the pope to be against polyamory since in the Heavenly Realm there are no numerics, and therefore the delineation between monogamy and polyamory is meaningless.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It makes even less sense for the pope to be against polyamory since in the Heavenly Realm there are no numerics, and therefore the delineation between monogamy and polyamory is meaningless.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
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DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know how addictive their platforms can be to teens.
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
Those are allegations a group of school districts is making against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents. https://cnn.it/3Xjq5x5
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Bluesky not addictive to teens but definitely a crutch for elder millennials who know too much about the Bajoran war.
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This is a devastating indictment. Musk's DOGE project was a lethal vanity show, projecting 14 million needless deaths by 2030 while slashing 211,000 jobs. A catastrophic failure of libertarian fantasy governing.
Elon Musk's DOGE leaves a deadly legacy
DOGE's final tallies include millions of deaths projected by 2030 and over 200,000 job cuts
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is a devastating indictment. Musk's DOGE project was a lethal vanity show, projecting 14 million needless deaths by 2030 while slashing 211,000 jobs. A catastrophic failure of libertarian fantasy governing.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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whoever said the ai business plan is to “create god and ask him for money” you are 100% right, I can’t get it out of my head, and it’s the only quick way to explain this infrastructure mania to people
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
whoever said the ai business plan is to “create god and ask him for money” you are 100% right, I can’t get it out of my head, and it’s the only quick way to explain this infrastructure mania to people
People talk about Trump having The Juice, and maybe he did once, but Mamdani wrapping Trump around his little finger like this shows how he has The One True Juice
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
People talk about Trump having The Juice, and maybe he did once, but Mamdani wrapping Trump around his little finger like this shows how he has The One True Juice
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Brutalists, name the spot.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Brutalists, name the spot.
I had a Loretta’s NW tavern burger on Saturday for the first time since before 2020, and it really is the perfect bar burger.
In 2018 Thrillist named it the 4th best burger in the country.
I don’t care about rankings like that. I just know it was and still is delicious.
In 2018 Thrillist named it the 4th best burger in the country.
I don’t care about rankings like that. I just know it was and still is delicious.
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I had a Loretta’s NW tavern burger on Saturday for the first time since before 2020, and it really is the perfect bar burger.
In 2018 Thrillist named it the 4th best burger in the country.
I don’t care about rankings like that. I just know it was and still is delicious.
In 2018 Thrillist named it the 4th best burger in the country.
I don’t care about rankings like that. I just know it was and still is delicious.
If you like Claire Saffitz you’ll like @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social’s last episode.
www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyper...
www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyper...
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If you like Claire Saffitz you’ll like @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social’s last episode.
www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyper...
www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyper...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Sacrifice to the bike commuting gods
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Sacrifice to the bike commuting gods
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This makes it better!
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The Legend of Beavis
YouTube video by KhalidSMShahin
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This makes it better!
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Gonna found an AI startup with an LLM trained exclusively on Nuzzi and the Epstein emails to explore how inanity and insanity are a circle.
“He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself.”
I am never feeling bad about the quality of my writing ever again
I am never feeling bad about the quality of my writing ever again
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gonna found an AI startup with an LLM trained exclusively on Nuzzi and the Epstein emails to explore how inanity and insanity are a circle.
Sorry 8 riders, Starburst put us somewhere in the Scutum-Centaurus Arm.
We’re going to try that again.
We’re going to try that again.
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sorry 8 riders, Starburst put us somewhere in the Scutum-Centaurus Arm.
We’re going to try that again.
We’re going to try that again.
An hour ago a guy crashed on his bike on the slippery wet tile stuff around Westlake on the slippery wet leaves trying to turn from Pine onto 5th.
How many crashes like this happen everyday due to our mediocre and bad infrastructure which we have zero data on and disincentivizes people from biking?
How many crashes like this happen everyday due to our mediocre and bad infrastructure which we have zero data on and disincentivizes people from biking?
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An hour ago a guy crashed on his bike on the slippery wet tile stuff around Westlake on the slippery wet leaves trying to turn from Pine onto 5th.
How many crashes like this happen everyday due to our mediocre and bad infrastructure which we have zero data on and disincentivizes people from biking?
How many crashes like this happen everyday due to our mediocre and bad infrastructure which we have zero data on and disincentivizes people from biking?
Will Mister Pickles be consumed by religious conspiracy theories as well, and ultimately lead humanity to a New Earth?
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Will Mister Pickles be consumed by religious conspiracy theories as well, and ultimately lead humanity to a New Earth?
Like making it through the holidays without hearing LDB, I nearly made it through today without knowing why everyone was making jokes about Trump and Bill Clinton
I just saw this photo and now you have to see this photo
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Like making it through the holidays without hearing LDB, I nearly made it through today without knowing why everyone was making jokes about Trump and Bill Clinton
The only thing that should be talking with AI Fake Jesus is AI Fake Dead Grandma
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The only thing that should be talking with AI Fake Jesus is AI Fake Dead Grandma
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NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...