Reposted by James everything is analogMichael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 4hI have attempted to both write and read many local-government budget stories and this one is an impressive bit of work 122
Reposted by James everything is analogAmy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As promised, here's my latest piece on Seattle's budget season. I discuss councilmember reactions to the budget as well as details of the SPD budget and the trade-off of affordable housing dollars Wilson made in her proposal. 1319
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 1hYeah so in that exact 2bd example, condos <$600k 2bd tends to be much older stock (def pre-‘05 seismic standards, often also pre-‘97), difficult to retrofit AC, etc etc Then you add the HOA and it almost always becomes more expensive than the much newer $700k townhome w/ AC for total cost 110
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 1hYeah ok that makes sense. The time lag between demand and response is responsible for so many problems 120
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 1htotally agree, but naïvely one would think that construction type should be balanced out by the sheer # of units, and HOA should be balanced out by envelope maintenance & insurance, and less envelope to maintain / household *should* == cheaper. But it never seems to (for what’s on market anyway) 110
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 1hWhy do you think is the reason condos of a comparable size and quality don’t seem cheaper to own in Seattle than a townhome on a per-bedroom (or per-sqft, whatever)? And in many cases are way more expensive This never made sense to me. You’d think the economies of scale of a condo should always win 120
Reposted by James everything is analogScott Alspach @salspach.bsky.social · 1h@sound-transit.bsky.social, could someone explain why you put a big photo of District 5 City Council Candidate Julie Kang at the newly opened Pinehurst Station? This is an outrageous use of public resources. This photo needs to be taken down, or at least covered up, until after the election. 65114
Reposted by James everything is analogMichael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 2hKing County is home to thousands of salmon who migrate back to the county’s rivers and streams every fall. There are a few dozen locations where you can observe the great migration, and many are accessible without a car! seattletransitblog.com/2026/10/02/f...seattletransitblog.comFriday Roundtable: Salmon SEEsonMap of salmon spotting locations in King County. (King County) Every year, thousands of salmon travel though creeks, rivers and lakes in King County on their return trip from the ocean. These adult… 3177
Reposted by James everything is analogBrett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 5hNurtured in Seattle by the same ppl who now employ Jonathan Choe & fund We Heart Seattle. They NEVER stop at homelessness 1010033
Reposted by James everything is analogShirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 13hReally can’t help but think about how Pauline the Transit Fairy does more to beautify, improve, and make safe our city than any cop ever could. You can tip her here! www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...gofundme.comDonate to Support Pauline, the Transit Fairy, organized by Transit Riders UnionPauline Van Senus, the Transit Fairy, was recently profiled in The Seattle Tim… Transit Riders Union needs your support for Support Pauline, the Transit Fairy 0174
Reposted by James everything is analogSeattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 21hHalloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets 7441110
Reposted by James everything is analogOur Seattle @ourseattle.bsky.social · 18hCM Kettle should resign as chair of the public safety committee. How can we trust him to have every Seattleites' life in his hands when he has been so recklessly negligent by withholding (for months/years) the true size and capabilities of Seattle's surveillance apparatus?! 0101
Reposted by James everything is analogFuturewise @futurewise.bsky.social · 17hHappy day 1 of #WeekWithoutDriving! Many of us at Futurewise are grateful to be able to have car-light lives! Seattleite & Director of Local Advocacy Jazmine walks, bikes, and takes every kind of public transit. Join us: Participate in #WeekWithoutDriving (10/1-10/8) & share your experience! 0309
Reposted by James everything is analogChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18hmeanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028 131450243
Reposted by James everything is analogA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 19hYikes. I was so excited about this snazzy new electric bus that serves the Amtrak thruway route. But now it's dying. We're pulled over on the side of the road on the outskirts of Everett. The battery is overheating. 1223
Reposted by James everything is analogTiffani @tiffanimc.bsky.social · 22hWe are breaking ground in so many ways. One of the first housing developers in the country that mandates restorative justice before any eviction proceeding. 0141
Reposted by James everything is analogLiora Halperin @lioracle.bsky.social · 22hThings I or my kid does that are easily bikeable from new Pinehurst station: Little Fish Swim school west: www.littlefishswimschool.net Creative Dance Center: www.creativedance.org Galileo Camp @st. Matthew Sch galileo-camps.com/our-camps/lo... Madison Pool: www.seattle.gov/parks/pools/...seattle.govHelene Madison Pool (Haller Lake) - Parks | seattle.govA 25-yard indoor pool in the Haller Lake/Bitter Lake neighborhood of NE Seattle, with a shallow section and two diving boards. 172
Reposted by James everything is analogShare the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is an issue for people trying to reach city hall to speak at council which is basically limiting some people’s access to participate in democratic processes. 171
Reposted by James everything is analogShare the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 01/10/2026King County Metro eliminated a critical bus stop next to the Seattle Municipal Building hampers ppl w/ disabilities access. The stop eliminations were done without consulting the disability community. @seattletru.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social @seattlebikeblog.com @theurbanist.org 2147
Reposted by James everything is analogEcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 01/10/2026Happy new train station day to all!! And a happy water new year, too!! (The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sep 30. This is how hydrologists usually summarize and analyze water patterns. Usually bc Oct 1 marks the return of rain!) 081
Reposted by James everything is analogEcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 01/10/2026Tell the city to turn the municipally-owned golf course into a real park with something for everyone - that’s free to access, better for the environment, and great for families with kids of all ages! actionnetwork.org/letters/turn...actionnetwork.orgRename "Jackson" Park and turn it into a free public green space for more neighborsTwo new light rail stations will be opening next to "Jackson" Park Golf Course in the next couple of years. The 148th St. station is set to open in 2024, and the 130th St. station in 2026. Right no... 25219
Reposted by James everything is analogShirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you sooo much to Nondriver Action and Nilu Jenks for caring about us transit riders over here in lake city!!! Appreciate you so much!! Please come on Thurs and share your stories! 071
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026“These folks” want to see both housing and park there 😄 110
Reposted by James everything is analogceceliablack.bsky.social @ceceliablack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Has the 372 & 522 bus changes impacted you? Share your stories with Nondriver Action & Nilu Jenks at our #WeekWithoutDriving bus stop storytelling event tomorrow at 4pm! Meeting at the northbound bus stop at 125th & Lake City Way 32413
Reposted by James everything is analogRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just met a celebrity at the Pinehurst Station opening party. 41381
Reposted by James everything is analogSara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’m actually shocked by this 0151
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026Yeah. 😢 given it's all done now, all we can do is move forward and push for what must be done. Surrounding parcels, local bus, and of course, the course land use itself. 090
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026Not just 0.6 miles, but 0.6 miles of this terrain bsky.app/profile/anal... 0221
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026I will pay money to see a golfer lug their bag across this trail, which is what you have to traverse to get from station to the golf course entrance 89311
Reposted by James everything is analogAmy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A call for volunteers. 0223
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026You sure about this? Parks archives say the first 9 holes opened for play May 1930, so it can’t have been bought in 1935 100
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026I mean, we would love help bsky.app/profile/anal... 020
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026Thankfully the course is 700 yards wide, which gives plenty of health buffer between the freeway and housing. Plus the hydrology of the west side of the course already means more of that side should be floodplain 050
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026This really, really means we need our seats on council. 020
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026In our opinion the much more promising approach is to create a golf carveout to 118477, since paid and barbed-wire-fenced golf with no meaningful "open"ness and no safe traversal should not be considered a "park" or "open space" use 130
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026fully agree, but the two really should be decoupled. The former would be an absolutely incredible win. But it won't guarantee the latter, since one would plausibly still have grounds for a 118477/I-42 challenge since the text of the law says "equivalent... location... serving the same community”. 120
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026💯💯 broad, broad midrise upzones with transit being actual highrise is the only way we have substantiative climate change mitigation 020
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026If you're up for it, meet @shirleyswirley.bsky.social today at Pinehurst between 2-6pm. Or meet me at the @theurbanist.org walk 6-~7ish pm. Or send @ecocityaction.org a message / email. That's how something actually gets done. 0150
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026- talking & negotiating with council, staff, planning depts, housing, parks - diving through contracts, finances - maps and maps and maps - land use lawyers - legislation / ballot initiatives - lots and lots of public messaging - fielding angry retirees w/ all the time in the world to harass you 2160
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026@sharethecities.bsky.social has done this, unpaid, for 5 years. @jp4all.bsky.social has done this for 3 more. @ecocityaction.org is picking the work back up. But we need 2-5 volunteers willing to put in real work instead of just post. There are both short and long term plans and a dozen chess moves. 1210
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026Ok, 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? 3457
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026I reject the premise of protecting the creek 😄 yes it contains flood mitigation ponds, but the course drains 2/3 of the environmentally sensitive north branch of Thornton Creek during non-winter months to irrigate the turf. jp4all.org/learn-more/e... 120
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/20262 stops away from Nile Shrine golf course, which also has its own Link station 4233
Reposted by James everything is analogmedicare for all @ypkyp.com · 30/09/2026Seattle, 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.socialhardpressed-info.comSeattle City Council Member Received Military Human Source Intelligence Collection TrainingFive 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... 38729
Reposted by James everything is analogelliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026To 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 26418
Reposted by James everything is analogEcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 30/09/2026HELLO, 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...forms.gleEcoCity Action and TRU's Breeders in the Cedar - October 11, 2026Join 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... 0183
Reposted by James everything is analogShirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’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 1277
James everything is analog @analogist.net · 30/09/2026Black 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 39020