Bill King
@bill.social
Seattle-area software developer. They/them.
Other sites: https://bill.social
Other sites: https://bill.social
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As an American urbanist, here the top 5 things I hope we can learn from Germany:
#5 Bollards at corners to protect pedestrians
#4 Raised crosswalks with cobble on either side
#3 S-Bahn & U-Bahn system thinking
#2 Public seating in plazas (even in the rain!)
#1 Denazification
#5 Bollards at corners to protect pedestrians
#4 Raised crosswalks with cobble on either side
#3 S-Bahn & U-Bahn system thinking
#2 Public seating in plazas (even in the rain!)
#1 Denazification
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
As an American urbanist, here the top 5 things I hope we can learn from Germany:
#5 Bollards at corners to protect pedestrians
#4 Raised crosswalks with cobble on either side
#3 S-Bahn & U-Bahn system thinking
#2 Public seating in plazas (even in the rain!)
#1 Denazification
#5 Bollards at corners to protect pedestrians
#4 Raised crosswalks with cobble on either side
#3 S-Bahn & U-Bahn system thinking
#2 Public seating in plazas (even in the rain!)
#1 Denazification
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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Sound Transit has confirmed we'll get the opening date for the full 2 Line tomorrow morning, at 10am.
January 22, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Sound Transit has confirmed we'll get the opening date for the full 2 Line tomorrow morning, at 10am.
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Uh oh, from my understanding, 3 days to 21 days of retention time is a huge change and could have tangible and chilling effects.
🚨🚨🚨 They are trying to *WEAKEN* SB 6002 by increasing data retention from 3 to 21 days!!! 🚨🚨🚨
Retention of #ALPR data from non hits is pure dragnet mass #surveillance! 3 days was already 3 days too long! In New Hampshire it's 3 minutes!
📜 app.leg.wa.gov/committeesch...
#deflock #waleg
Retention of #ALPR data from non hits is pure dragnet mass #surveillance! 3 days was already 3 days too long! In New Hampshire it's 3 minutes!
📜 app.leg.wa.gov/committeesch...
#deflock #waleg
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Uh oh, from my understanding, 3 days to 21 days of retention time is a huge change and could have tangible and chilling effects.
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Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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The fact that most transit riders are used to getting treated like dirt gets treated as the status quo rather than a huge opportunity for public policy gains that could come from very modest changes.
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The fact that most transit riders are used to getting treated like dirt gets treated as the status quo rather than a huge opportunity for public policy gains that could come from very modest changes.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday.
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday.
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
Got home from the grocery store w/ candles, but the moment I finished unpacking the power came back on 😢
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Got home from the grocery store w/ candles, but the moment I finished unpacking the power came back on 😢
i'm starting to think nobody working on google maps actually uses "depart at" or "arrive by," because keyboard time entry has been totally broken for months
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i'm starting to think nobody working on google maps actually uses "depart at" or "arrive by," because keyboard time entry has been totally broken for months
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‼️ if you have a Rad Power Bike ‼️
check the battery model number
⚠️ RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304 ⚠️
NEED TO BE SAFELY DISPOSED OF
check the battery model number
⚠️ RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304 ⚠️
NEED TO BE SAFELY DISPOSED OF
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
‼️ if you have a Rad Power Bike ‼️
check the battery model number
⚠️ RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304 ⚠️
NEED TO BE SAFELY DISPOSED OF
check the battery model number
⚠️ RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304 ⚠️
NEED TO BE SAFELY DISPOSED OF
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Seen our Transit Tracker project on social media? You can learn how to build your own here: transit-tracker.eastsideurbanism.org
Transit Tracker
Transit Tracker is a DIY customizable public transit arrivals board for your home.
transit-tracker.eastsideurbanism.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Seen our Transit Tracker project on social media? You can learn how to build your own here: transit-tracker.eastsideurbanism.org