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James everything is analog

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“Crowbar the long arc of the moral universe toward justice" medtech 🩻, neuroscience 🧠 , cities 🏙️, environment 🌲, transit 🚍, infosec 🔐 Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 8m
A call for volunteers.
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 1h
Ok, srsly, real talk urbanists. If you want to see this not being a golf course in your lifetime, you'll have to put in real work, not just post about what it *should* be. We all know what it should be. But are you willing to put in *consistent, unthanked, unacknowledged* 5 hours / week for 5 years?
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 13h
2 stops away from Nile Shrine golf course, which also has its own Link station
Nile Shrine golf course next to I-5, which also has its own Mountlake Terrace light rail station
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medicare for all @ypkyp.com · 14h
Seattle, a blue city that just elected its first socialist mayor in Katie Wilson, also has on its council a former security officer, Bob Kettle. Who only seems interested in CCTV surveillance and public safety but cops only. www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-city... h/t @glentalk.bsky.social
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Seattle City Council Member Received Military Human Source Intelligence Collection Training
Five months after Seattle city council member Robert Kettle abruptly revealed during a city council meeting that he participated in a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation at Camp Cropper prison...
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elliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 14h
To my knowledge, the Seattle Times has never once asked him about his background at Camp Cropper despite the fact that documented abuses were reported by multiple international organizations during the same timeframe as his deployment
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 16h
HELLO, OLD FRIEND!! We have missed you and are so glad you are home. 🥹😍 Come see more salmon friends with us in the Cedar River on Oct 11th! RSVP here: forms.gle/GJ8JuAKSC9Mc...
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EcoCity Action and TRU's Breeders in the Cedar - October 11, 2026
Join your friends at EcoCity Action and Transit Riders Union to see salmon spawning in the Cedar River! Learn about their journey and Seattle's drinking water source. 📅 Date: Sunday, October 11th ⏰ T...
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 16h
It’s hard to explain but what Bob said is actually so much worse than how it appears. He first dramatically insulted affordable housing, then claimed that social housing dollars can just go to Office of Housing instead, AND then he implied oh well, all of that money should just go to cops anyway
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 16h
Black Site Bob, whose previous work includes literally *overseeing CIA torture camps*, can shut the fuck up when it comes to budget priorities for equitable housing in Seattle
Glen Stellmacher @HardPressedN

SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Bob Kettle says he oversaw Camp Cropper Prison in Iraq as part of CIA DIA operationThe New York Times
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: MISTREATMENT;
Earlier Jail Seen as Incubator for Abuses in Iraq
By Douglas Jehl
May 15, 2004
An American-run detention center outside
Baghdad known as Camp Cropper was reportedly the site of numerous abuses of Iraqi prisoners several months before the mistreatment of prisoners unfolded last fall at Abu Ghraib prison, according to documents and interviews.
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 16h
I hate budget season. Gotta spend every meal watching this hateful shit. I hope Bob kettle eats shit
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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 17h
Everything is getting shittier and harder for normal people in this city, and Dan Strauss is trying to find a way out of feeding the people he's kicking out of RV's?
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 17h
A big failure. The argument about streaming the traffic cameras into the real-time crime center was that all the feeds were publicly available anyway, a fact that we now know to be untrue. That this happened at all erodes public trust in city government, and in surveillance cameras specifically.
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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 19h
I try not to be more of a wife guy than I already am but I can’t not be excited that she got to design a plushie of the bus we ride so frequently 💖
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 19h
This would be incredible for the environment and for people in Seattle.
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dcava.bsky.social @dcava.bsky.social · 21h
Bob Kettle tried to undermine the social housing initiative with Prop 1B. Voters resoundingly rejected it, ensuring SSHD had its own funding and its housing would remain mixed-income. Now Bob Kettle is trying to reverse the voters will, using SSHD as an excuse to defund affordable housing.
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Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cary Moon and Mike McGinn don’t get enough credit for the reasons our city looks and feels the way it does today. Their visions of a better more vibrant less sleepy and more sustainable Seattle are being recognized internationally.
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Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So many of us backed into entire careers based on engineers having startling gaps in theory of mind.
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
great thread (as always) about how "tech people" pretend they live in a world without actual users
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These last couple of years have been a really fun exercise in revealing who moves through life without noticing the hundreds of service workers who make their daily life possible.
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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CALLED IT
theguardian.com
Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Seattle PD officer ran his son's information through Washington State's law enforcement criminal history database (ACCESS). Not supposed to search people in ACCESS without a valid law enforcement purpose. He got a written reprimand.
Agency Incident Date
Seattle Police Department 02/25/23
Alleged Violator Name(s)
William McKenzie #6106
Please provide a brief explanation of the allegation and findings, founded or not:
It was reported that an officer ran his son's information through ACCESS. Research determined the
query did occur on 02/25/23.
Please explain the agency decision of discipline or training:
A written reprimand was issued.
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Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A budget is a city’s values. A renter mayor in a majority renter city needs to properly fund renter protections enforcement and supprt for defending renter rights.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ready to read about last week's End Times Fascism book talk with @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social, moderated by Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson? I'm fascinated by the idea that cities are inherently anti-fascist.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wondering how the Seattle city council's budget meetings are going? Let me put it this way. I spent the afternoon writing about end times fascism, and it felt like a nice break. (Don't worry, I'll be back to budget stuff tomorrow.)
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"HR1 is expected to dismantle healthcare coverage to pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) levels." Starting in Jan, the new work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Apple Health users will impact 215,000 King County residents, some (but not all) of whom are expected to lose eligibility.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The question that @guyoron.net asked Bob Kettle about why "Public Safety" doesn't include traffic safety — the consistent #1 concern of Seattleites in public safety surveys — continues to get under his skin. Just now Kettle once again implied Guy "doesn't seem to know" what they're talking about.
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Take action now against two harmful initiatives that will be on the Washington ballot in November! You can help by sharing this video, donating to No Hate in Washington State, or telling someone the truth about these initiatives. nohateinwastate.org
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 28/09/2026
If you are available between 3pm and 6pm this upcoming Wed to advocate for better uses of the park, please message!
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 28/09/2026
Join us this Wed Sept 30 at 6pm to tour Pinehurst Station! We will discuss the environmental impacts of municipally-owned Jackson Golf Course and imagine a better park together for both wildlife and people. We also have an action letter in the works!! Be on the lookout 👀
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When someone suggests building housing on Jackson Park Golf Course: "Nooooo that's a park" When someone suggests building housing on Fort Lawton: "Nooooo that's NEAR a park"
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K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh, look who else is doing a salmon-theme transit hike @ecocityaction.org www.meetup.com/seattle-tran...
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Issaquah Salmon Days, with hike(s), Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:00 AM | Meetup
Salmon are returning to Issaquah! Salmon Days festival is this weekend -- let's combine a hike (or two) with a visit to the festival. We'll meet at the Issaquah Transit Ce
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did I ever show u guys this? We made this stupid poster for an activity at a comp plan open house and everyone thought we were with the city lol wut But yeah put apts in those yellow areas and pedestrian plazas in the upzoned areas like the ppl want
Poster saying pin the tail on the donkey but pin the missing density on the wealthy white neighborhoods

There’s a map with Harrell’s proposed zoning on the left and then a bunch of pictures of different higher density and mixed uses corresponding to a different stamp. Ppl were supposed to choose the stamp/density type they want and place the stamp on Harrell’s map.

On the map you see ppl putting stamps on NR zones with desires for 3 story apts, 5-7 story apts, social housing, grocery stores and on denser zones with desires for pedestrian plazas.
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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One year ago today, the last three drugstores operating under the Bartell Drugs name closed. www.historylink.org/File/23453
Bartell Drugs sign, Seattle, September 2025
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Building a light rail station right next to a golf course & even tho it's an infill it somehow cost almost twice as much as the whole Rainier Valley section, truly Debora Juarez's signature accomplishment
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Julie Kang's endorsement page has updated and no longer lists local business endorsements. She was previously listing local business endorsements without explicit consent. Kaffeeklatsch was one such business. Screenshot is from June, archive is from August. web.archive.org/web/20260811...
June 6 screenshot of Julie Kang's endorsement page showing Kaffeeklatsch as a business endorsement Screenshot from August of an archive.org capture of Julie Kang's endorsement page with kaffeeklatsch no longer listed.
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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 27/09/2026
Funnily* enough, you cannot enter the golf course on any side of the light rail station. The only entrance (and unpaved floodable mud parking lot) is at 11th, after a steep, inaccessible, unpaved trail with invasive barbed plants * not in any way funny
Parking lot and only entrance to golf course is at 135th and 11th, a horrible inaccessible way away from either stationsCaged chainlink on the left, laurel and blackberry to the right, inches of unpaved trail widthHostile overhead and side fencing next to golf course
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only there was some undeveloped land in North Seattle located near mass transit that could support building affordable housing. Anyway vote for Nilu Jenks.
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Kate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rezone Jackson Golf Course! It’s city-owned land, currently surrounded by chain link fence and limited to paying customers. Imagine a euro style eco-district with lots of public parks space, social housing, community spaces, etc. Let’s put @holz-bau.bsky.social in charge, w a generous budget
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dead serious - I need whoever is interviewing Julie next to ask her where else she thinks housing should go BESIDES at 130th & Aurora next to the toxic waste facility. She does realize that would be only prob a couple hundred units, right? Does she think that’s ALL the housing D5 needs? WHERE ELSE??
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sad that no one brings this up. Highway oriented zoning
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a really good point. In the past biking on 130th across I-5 was sooo bad, a death sentence especially at the highway on ramp. I haven’t done it in a long time and the new improvements are gonna be awesome. Again I wish it didn’t take a light rail station to do these things though.
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Omggggggggggg
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think one of the most undertold stories is how Katie Wilson has DOUBLED our civilian crisis care response virtually overnight by firing our previous Chief and bringing SPD better in line.
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Jon Stahl @aardvarkzebra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The second best time for upzoning is now. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle gets a new light rail station, and then a long wait
Sound Transit built Pinehurst Station despite grim ridership projections. Will anything be done now to transform the neighborhood and attract passengers?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
YES!!!
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Smart Growth Plan" ft. D5 candidate Julie Kang southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 26/09/2026
In short, the more cops = the less eco and people-friendly city.
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 26/09/2026
The entire city of Seattle and hell, the entire region, could be transformed in the blink of a few years if we even just took a break from overfunding our police. Every single cop we have is 1 less stormwater engineer, 1 less habitat restoration worker, 1 less librarian, 1 less teacher.
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