Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As someone with a masters in public administration, I could not agree more. 010
Reposted by Jon Stahltammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Protecting the health and welfare of the public is, in fact, a charter responsibility. 1577
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The second best time for upzoning is now. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comSeattle gets a new light rail station, and then a long waitSound Transit built Pinehurst Station despite grim ridership projections. Will anything be done now to transform the neighborhood and attract passengers? 051
Reposted by Jon StahlKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776162116
Reposted by Jon StahlGoldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 25/09/2026Seattle Is Dying™ www.bbc.com/travel/artic... 44561100
Reposted by Jon StahlDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6437521478
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Republicans could end this madness anytime but they choose not to because they support it. 000
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As dozens of eco-blocks around her brewery prove, Sara doesn’t really consider herself subject to such plebeian concerns as “the law.” 010
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is why we don’t vote for the people who want to kill poeple. Because it could be anyone‘s daughter or son, including our own. 020
Reposted by Jon StahlMayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 23/09/2026Big win for Seattle consumers 🛒 Today we passed Fair Pricing legislation, banning companies from using your personal data to charge you more than the person next to you. Same product, same store, same price — no matter who’s pushing the cart. 727365
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One weird trick for being effective at governing is believing that government can be effective. This is why the right can only destroy. 100
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Here’s the thing: we don’t need to persuade a single Republican to “hold their nose” and vote Democratic; they can just stay home. 100
Reposted by Jon StahlEmily Moore @emilymoore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Breaking! WA state supreme court overturns Initiative 2066 -- the anti-climate, pro-natural gas ballot initiative that would have hamstrung the state's efforts to move to cleaner, healthier buildings. Onward! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comWA top court deals death blow to natural gas initiativeA measure approved by voters in 2024 sought to protect access to natural gas in Washington and weaken codes that make it more difficult to install gas in homes. 25214
Reposted by Jon StahlAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/09/2026BREAKING: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump's bid to continue with his USPS vote by mail restrictions! HUGE WIN. 1715082853
Reposted by Jon StahlDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Alright. Time to read the new Amodei essay.static.klipy.comAlonzo Mourning Reacts to Miami Heat LossALT: Alonzo Mourning Reacts to Miami Heat Loss 724043
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fact: we are building more and denser housing to help more people live affordably in our city Seattle Times: "Single family rental homes disappearing!" What a joke. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comWhere Seattle’s single-family home rentals are disappearing fastestSeattle's stock of single-family home rentals fell by 20% from 2019 to 2024, and a few city neighborhoods saw particularly steep declines, writes FYI Guy. 010
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thank god my apple fell far enough from the tree in the end. 011
Reposted by Jon Stahlellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 13/09/2026The idea that the way you influence politicians is by withholding your votes for them is just a completely incoherent view that reveals the truth, which is that nobody advocating it thinks electoral politics can possibly succeed *obviously* you lobby politicians *after electing them* 1453685
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Love to see it @mayor.seattle.gov! You should take full credit here because you know you’d have gotten blamed for your predecessors’ failings if the numbers were not good. 010
Reposted by Jon StahlBraeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Has Tim Burgess ever been asked to defend how long Adrian Diaz screwed up SPD? The city is still digging itself out from under that mess, and he is clearly responsible as much as anyone. 181
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Why let facts get in the way of a good scary story? pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...pluralistic.netPluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 000
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Make a band edible: David Bowie and the Spiders from Marzipan 020
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As a native New Yorker who has lived in Seattle since 1996, I was physically distant but emotionally close to 9/11. 110
Reposted by Jon StahlPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 ANOTHER WORLD WAS POSSIBLE We could have responded by putting the terrorists on trial—as the overwhelming majority of our NATO allies’ population (and the rest of the world) wanted. Instead, we responded with war—just what the terrorists wanted. It made them warriors, not criminals. 10278100
Reposted by Jon StahlWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Our system has not completely collapsed but we are living through an attempted fascist takeover of the United States. If you’re not on the target list today, you will be tomorrow. Nobody gets out of this undamaged. The only path forward to save our democracy is accountability and overhaul. 4470102
Reposted by Jon StahlEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Elon Musk is a bigger threat to democracy than Donald Trump. Elon is 55. He has virtually unlimited resources. And he uses them destructively. Holding Musk accountable is the most fundamental thing Democrats need to do if they take the gavels. Not a slap on the wrist, real accountability. 0143
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dave remains one of the most clear-eyed and level-headed thinkers here. 110
Reposted by Jon StahlAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToonature.comRewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal 182507843
Reposted by Jon StahlMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Under the law, both the person who pays the supplemental income and the person who receives it are liable. The Trump Justice Department might decline to enforce the law, but the statute of limitations is five years. Trump’s term ends in a little over two years.” 36879291
Reposted by Jon StahlDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026"Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. ... In a large majority of states (40), undocumented immigrants pay higher state and local tax rates than the top 1 percent of households living within their borders."itep.orgTax Payments by Undocumented ImmigrantsUndocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be... 5330154
Reposted by Jon StahlTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8576752174
Reposted by Jon StahlRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 08/09/2026Maritza Rivera is straight up lying to the public in order to undermine the mayor. 26614
Reposted by Jon Stahlcarlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Seattle Times has made a political project of discrediting the mayor from the moment she pulled ahead in the primary. Evidence to the contrary of this narrative *must* be ignored at all cost. 0104
Reposted by Jon StahlNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders. 391765683
Reposted by Jon StahlThe Needling @theneedling.com · 05/09/2026Bumbershoot Threatened By Smaller, Upstart Festival ‘Rain Jacket’: tinyurl.com/5n6p7dnd 911619
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I've been out three nights in a row and help I am old. 000
Reposted by Jon StahlErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Messages Show SPD Primarily Responsible for Information Gap After Bite of Seattle Shooting The messages show Mayor Wilson was indecisive about going to the scene of the shooting while advisors gave conflicting recommendations and TV reporters speculated about why she wasn’t therepublicola.comMessages Show SPD Primarily Responsible for Information Gap After Bite of Seattle Shooting - PubliColaThe messages also reveal that Mayor Wilson was indecisive about going to the scene of the shooting while advisors… 819244
Reposted by Jon StahlNoah 🚎 @noahsbwilliams.com · 02/09/2026Finally someone says it out loud... Imagine expecting any city to have perfect information within hours of a violent tragedy. Mass shootings are an American problem, not a Seattle one, they rip holes in the heard of every community they afflict. Screw everyone who participated in this BS. 214131
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gooodbye Apple + Google Maps! organicmaps.apporganicmaps.appOrganic Maps: Offline Hike, Bike, Trails and NavigationFree, open-source, fast, privacy-focused, detailed offline maps for travelers, tourists, drivers, hikers and cyclists created by MapsWithMe/Maps.Me app founders 010
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A giant. 💔 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 1146
Reposted by Jon StahlWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 30/08/2026It's not just India. The entire world is moving on the from the U.S., and they're not going to return until we prove we can be a dependable partner. At a minimum, that means prosecution and conviction of our criminal leaders and rebuilding our democracy with functioning guardrails.nytimes.comModi Is Hedging Against Trump, One Deal at a Time (Gift Article)In a year of globe-trotting, the Indian prime minister has secured deals around the world as the United States becomes less dependable. 36518
Reposted by Jon StahlWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥 261177515794
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Fun undocumented fact of the day: Google Nest Protect (2nd Gen) devices don't work well with a hidden wifi network. Grr. 000
Reposted by Jon StahlDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Genuinely abundant, cheap, accessible energy has vastly more liberatory potential than AI, for vastly more people -- especially more poor people. Which, I guess, is your answer. 171797474
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Rest in Power, Dolly. You done good. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 000
Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If we are at war with Canada, I think most Americans would greet the Canadians as liberators at this point. 000
