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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 8h

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 10h

Harrell has repeatedly chased bad public policy at the behest of rich backers, who he’s scared of upsetting. See the South Lake Union Sound Transit fiasco.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16h

"No one bullies me. Remember, I was a linebacker," Harrell says, talking about Trump, to warm laughter in the crowd.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 11h

A shame that WA’s transportation plan includes nonsense like this

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 11h

I'm really interested to know exactly how "corridor urbanism", which is another name for focusing housing growth on our widest, loudest, and dirtiest arterial streets so other areas don't have to change, got literally baked into Washington's statewide transportation plan.

Reimagining Growth: Corridor Urbanism
Washington state is growing fast. By 2050, our urban cores and rural communities will experience
demographic and economic shifts that demand a new model of development. This plan integrates
housing and land use planning with transportation strategies to encourage growth along key
transportation corridors with mixed-use, mixed-income housing within walking distance of highcapacity transit. It suggests reformed zoning to encourage flexible, mid-scale development that
matches community context and transportation capacity. It offers strategies to streamline development
and lower development costs, which promote affordability.
By linking where people live, work, and shop with how they move, we can reduce commute times, lower
emissions, and support vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. This approach offers substantial potential
benefits: increased housing density, reduced reliance on single-occupancy vehicles, and enhanced
transit accessibility. Environmental advantages include decreased energy and water consumption
and lower carbon emissions. Studies estimate that, compared with traditional suburban development,
dwellings in mixed-income and mixed-use developments consume 39% less energy and 62% less
water. Driving is reduced by 55%, and household costs by 53%. These developments can significantly
boost the local tax base through increased property values.11 By strategically redeveloping existing
corridors, we can create more sustainable, equitable, and economically vibrant communities, alleviating
transportation pressures and fostering responsible urban growth.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 21h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 18h

These ICE agents clearly enjoy this work, this brutality meted out to children. That's why they need to be jailed for a long time.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 20h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 20h

Lower and middle income households pay an unfair share of the tax burden in Seattle. We have some rebalancing to do. Asking big businesses and wealthy folks to pay their fair share in making this city great is part of that.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 19h

The “We can’t have good things, how dare you even try” caucus

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 23h

TIL that making the buses faster is “ruining the city”

fuelgrannie @fuelgrannie
Blocked
sam is the east coast version of armand domalewski: he's well connected and wealthy; he's desperate to align with power, marketing himself as "just a smol bean guy;" and he's hellbent on ruining the city in which he *currently* lives for other, long term residents
Sam
@sam_d 1995
just a couple of guys talking about how we can speed up our buses

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20h

They are trying to kill us

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20h

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21h

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 22h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 21h

Looks like that last wish will be granted:

Mariners expected to get ace starting pitcher back for ALCS

Mariners ace Bryan Woo is expected to be added to the Mariners roster for the franchise’s first American League Championship Series appearance since 2001.

www.seattletimes.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22h

Every time a person, organization or smug opinion writer advocates for caving to Trump, accommodating the White House or just staying quiet, I think of this

Pulp Fiction diner scene [America]
Robber pointing gun [Trump administration]
Jules: Me paying $27 for three avocados because workers have been brutally kidnapped and trafficked to Eswatini while imports are heavily tariffed
Diner manager [America’s comfortable: The wealthy, the legacy press and most elected officials]: "Stop causing problems! You'll get us all killed. Give 'em what you got and get 'em outta here!"

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 21h

While I think ICE agents deserve prison time for what they’re doing, the agents who did this particular thing probably deserve a life sentence.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 23h

This is incredible

Dan @danjoncon.bsky.social · 23h

LOL the first few seconds of this are pure chaotic joy and it's perfect.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 22h

Every agent involved with this needs to go to prison, and when Democrats take back the House, my expectation is that they will have a select committee to investigate every one of these incidents, identify the offending personnel, and make criminal referrals.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 22h

I was at this debate. The Seattle Times is totally misrepresenting what happened to further the false narrative that Katie Wilson is a nitwit. Wilson was talking about the fact that the CARE team has not been allowed to exercise "its full latitude of responsibility" under the existing contract.

At a recent Seattle University/KOMO TV debate, Harrell’s opponent, activist Katie Wilson, didn’t appear to recognize that she has no authority under labor contracts to order police to do anything without going through a bargaining process.

“As mayor, I will absolutely be working with SPD to make sure that they’re allowing the CARE team their full latitude of response and also to make sure that the CARE team can respond without police when appropriate,” she said.

It’s not that easy.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23h

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

Whoa. That’s a big change. I never thought they’d actually do it

Carmel-by-the-Sea to add street addresses, a break from a century-old tradition

On Tuesday, the Carmel City Council voted 5-0 to take away the wealthy oceanfront town’s calling card, and instead add something that virtually every other town in the U.S. already has: street address...

www.ksbw.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 1d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been saying this too! Which is why I find @wadems.org’s absolute cowardice on education funding and policy in WA so damn perplexing.

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it before and again and I'll say it again and after: Dems and Inds should be running on education in every election.

Education is a Winning Issue for Democrats

nobody-wants-this.ghost.io

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Jorvorskie Layne's @jorvorskielaynes.bsky.social · 1d

You'd think the local pandering angle here is the Mariners, but it's really drinking beer under a tent in questionable weather. Vote Wilson, she gets it.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Go Mariners! We should all be as smart and courageous as Josh Naylor. #thisisyourcity

Katie Wilson selfie at a bar under a tent holding a half full beer

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

a cartoon character says " it 's all over people " in front of a house

Alt: a cartoon character says " it 's all over people " in front of a house

media.tenor.com

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

I moved here in September 2001 and could immediately tell this was a baseball town, and I loved it for that. I had no idea how long the drought would last after that, but seeing all the M’s fans persevere was inspiring.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

The cost of excavating the stations on your map and tunneling off the main line west to Ballard is likely going to be pretty similar to what the cost of the current proposal is to Ballard. Your idea is a fine one but we don’t save $$ by redrawing the map, we have to figure out how to build better.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

This is a fine idea. It does nothing to solve the ST3 cost issue. But worth looking at nonetheless

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