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
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...
Soap dispensers in bathrooms need to arrive at a common design.
I don’t particularly care what it is, but soap dispensers shouldn’t feel like a puzzle in Myst.
I don’t particularly care what it is, but soap dispensers shouldn’t feel like a puzzle in Myst.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Soap dispensers in bathrooms need to arrive at a common design.
I don’t particularly care what it is, but soap dispensers shouldn’t feel like a puzzle in Myst.
I don’t particularly care what it is, but soap dispensers shouldn’t feel like a puzzle in Myst.
Obligatory Kit Kats are made from Kit Kats post
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Obligatory Kit Kats are made from Kit Kats post
Remember when the right talks about making sure the “right” kind of people should be encouraged to have more kids, Musk’s worldview is what they’re trying to make more mainstream.
We spoke to Errol Musk, Elon's Musk's dad, for MisinfoNation: White Genocide
Sunday 8p ET on CNN
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/11/10/d...
Sunday 8p ET on CNN
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/11/10/d...
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Remember when the right talks about making sure the “right” kind of people should be encouraged to have more kids, Musk’s worldview is what they’re trying to make more mainstream.
Car-brained is thinking the solution to the damage that cars cause is MORE cars!
The meeting is wrapping up with commissioners minimizing the idea that recalcitrant drivers at a problem at the Market, with Commissioner Mark Childs saying that having cars on the street can minimize damage to people walking when there are crashes.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Car-brained is thinking the solution to the damage that cars cause is MORE cars!
We’re coming for your boulevard, Bruce
We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We’re coming for your boulevard, Bruce
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One of the inevitable conclusions from the Epstein files so far is that, as many have suspected, Donald Trump may very well never have had a real friend in his entire life. He puts forth that instrumental energy into the world, and he receives it back with interest.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
One of the inevitable conclusions from the Epstein files so far is that, as many have suspected, Donald Trump may very well never have had a real friend in his entire life. He puts forth that instrumental energy into the world, and he receives it back with interest.
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Only 1,700 people follow the next Mayor of Seattle on Bluesky.
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Only 1,700 people follow the next Mayor of Seattle on Bluesky.
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
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Other weird shit Mama Bears did: Hilly Chilly in prom dresses. RSVP in Keen sandals and cargo bikes. Cascade has ALWAYS been problematic in this way. It was not surprising for me, at least, to see the endorsements, because I don't feel they are actually big on riding bikes for transportation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Other weird shit Mama Bears did: Hilly Chilly in prom dresses. RSVP in Keen sandals and cargo bikes. Cascade has ALWAYS been problematic in this way. It was not surprising for me, at least, to see the endorsements, because I don't feel they are actually big on riding bikes for transportation.
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And the funny thing was, the whole reason we DID the bike challenge is because we were frustrated with Cascade's focus on these recreational rides, and not trying instead to change the broader culture to benefit bikers who used bikes as their main form of transportation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
And the funny thing was, the whole reason we DID the bike challenge is because we were frustrated with Cascade's focus on these recreational rides, and not trying instead to change the broader culture to benefit bikers who used bikes as their main form of transportation.
In cities cars are never a solution.
They help to keep the privileged and comfortable privileged and comfortable, at the expense of everyone else’s comfort, health, bodily safety, and ability to climb the socioeconomic ladder.
They help to keep the privileged and comfortable privileged and comfortable, at the expense of everyone else’s comfort, health, bodily safety, and ability to climb the socioeconomic ladder.
Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free?
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In cities cars are never a solution.
They help to keep the privileged and comfortable privileged and comfortable, at the expense of everyone else’s comfort, health, bodily safety, and ability to climb the socioeconomic ladder.
They help to keep the privileged and comfortable privileged and comfortable, at the expense of everyone else’s comfort, health, bodily safety, and ability to climb the socioeconomic ladder.