Reposted by apardoeSeattle Transit Blog @seattletransitblog.com · 27/09/2026New Post: Sunday Movie: East Link Station Areas & More seattletransitblog.com/2026/09/27/s... 021
Reposted by apardoeDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Also, Neil Postman should be required reading in schools. 2141
Reposted by apardoeLior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 24/09/2026Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen? No, it's Paris! After years of investment, the French capital has one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion. So if Paris has done it, why wouldn't other cities follow? 📸 Such an amazing photo by @jbpssx.bsky.social 15711152
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Man rollerblades around the world, then is killed by a driver, predictably, in the US. This country is not a safe place for people. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comRollerblading Norwegian Dies After Being Hit by a Car in Kansas (Gift Article)The 24-year-old man had been traveling cross-country from New York to Los Angeles after starting out in August. 031
Reposted by apardoeNorthwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 22/09/2026Not paying car tabs is just as much theft as riding transit without paying, if not more. 3 years is out of date is the worst I've seen in a while. 5477
Reposted by apardoePush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud 1164683711
Reposted by apardoeHistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#OnThisDay in 1995, Seattle voters rejected the Seattle Commons levy. historylink.org/File/8252 2112
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026American Christians supported a pedophile because he was also racist. 040
Reposted by apardoeAmy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026BREAKING: In Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's new proposed city budget being released Tuesday, there is no projected deficit through 2030. Given the state of the projected deficit over the past many years, this is quite an achievement. 361662262
Reposted by apardoePolitics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 18/09/2026also because of traffic "engineers" we have guardrails to protect drivers when they go off the road and there's a hazard to them (eg, cliffs), but when pedestrians are at risk there's no metal in the way that would scratch the car's paint 1355
Reposted by apardoeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/09/2026Republican abortion bans are killing women—and the worst part is, they knew this would happen. Republicans care more about controlling women's bodies than they do about actually protecting them. Abortion rights in all 50 states.19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton.The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. 8365120
Reposted by apardoeNick @nicksattele.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Seattle did a study of the bus lane we were fighting to get added. They assumed traffic demand was inelastic and killed the project. New mayor built the bus lanes and the study is proving to be completely wrong www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-sdots-...theurbanist.orgOp-Ed: SDOT’s Flawed Analysis of Denny Bus Lanes Is Political Theater » The Urbanist# Assuming bottomless motorist demand and no mode shift to transit made the Seattle Department of Transportation's study of Denny Way bus lanes effectively worthless. Route 8 upgrades deserves real co... 0143
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How long will it take to fix the mess the US has gotten itself and the world into? Will the midterms turn is around? Will it get better in 2028? No. The Age of America has passed. We are never going to be feared or respected again. We have thrown it all away. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe American Age Is OverA period of global dominance has ended in plain sight. 210
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Bellevue should give up the big government, socialist, minimum parking requirements. Let the market decide how much parking to build. No one is proposing that we get rid of parking. We only want to stop government overreach. 020
Reposted by apardoeMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026this this this (protected) bike lanes belong on arterials www.theurbanist.org/bike-lanes-b...theurbanist.orgBike Lanes Belong on Arterials » The Urbanist# The last year in Seattle has been pathetic for safe streets, equitable mobility, and climate action. Mayor Durkan has been killing safe streets projects left and right—including 35th Avenue NE, with... 1668
Reposted by apardoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education? 481127923763
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him. (Gift Article)The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. President Trump is trying to wreck it. 000
Reposted by apardoeWes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AVs will follow all the rules of the road, they said… AVs will treat every pedestrian the same, they said… This study did not directly compare the models with human drivers, but some of these results suggest that AI could amplify human bias rather than eliminate it (1/4) arxiv.org/pdf/2609.00192 16424
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ms. Steinem www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 010
Reposted by apardoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…nbcnews.comICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operationsThe doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that 923118924659
Reposted by apardoePaulrus of West Bumblefrick @paulrusof.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Outside is a place you only go when you have to move from one inside to a different inside. - John Wayne 061
Reposted by apardoeMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 796166633672
Reposted by apardoeThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 01/09/2026NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Seattle Press Are Concocting a False Narrative to Undermine Mayor Wilson By Maggie Block via @theurbanist.orgtheurbanist.orgOp-Ed: Seattle Press Are Concocting a False Narrative to Undermine Mayor WilsonWhether a doomed recall effort or a delayed press conference, mainstream news outlets like KOMO and KIRO keep giving oxygen to dead stories in an effort to smear Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson. Don’t fall for the spin. 716253
Reposted by apardoeRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 31/08/2026This prompted me to seek out the full video which reveals the full double tantrum 😐 youtu.be/oPqOf3qVRqo?...youtu.beUS OPEN CRASHOUT 🤯 Lois Boisson destroys her racket after loss to Emma NavarroYouTube video by In All Kinds Of Weather Forecast 54013
Reposted by apardoeCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Gotta love a 23-year-old pop star teaming up with a Gen X philanthropist to make a music festival by, for, and with the ladies 💪🎸rewirenewsgroup.comOlivia Rodrigo’s Music Festival Raises $20 Million for Abortion, Gender Equity – Rewire News GroupAt Daisy Chains Fields, philanthropist Melinda French Gates doubled the festival’s initial $10 million donation to ten nonprofits that benefit women and girls. 07316
Reposted by apardoePush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Bellevue: 156,000 population Seattle: 800,000 population Bellevue: 37 square miles Seattle: 84 square miles Bellevue: 1,585 new homes Seattle: 1,137 new homes This is humiliating 824226
Reposted by apardoeDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 1002005767
Reposted by apardoePush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When we bring cars back this fall, the Market can go from ‘sip and stroll’ to ‘drink and drive’ 0252
Reposted by apardoeWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There is a rumor that the Federal Govt will be proposing a ban of bicycles on National Highway System (NHS) roads. To be clear, this is not the freeway system, and not even just the *state* highway network, but bigger still than that. Here is the map of the bay showing all NHS roads. 1611215
Reposted by apardoeEastside Urbanism @eastsideurbanism.org · 21/08/2026anyone who wants to help make this happen should follow/connect with/donate to @completestreetsbellevue.org 💪🔥 0106
Reposted by apardoeLander Foquet @lfoquet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026don't make me tap the sign.... 3191
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You want to hire students who are “unprepared to deal with normal people in the world that they’re going to interact with"? Look no further than Texas! Yep, they're growing some special snowflakes there, protecting them from all the learnings that might upset their pastors! 220
Reposted by apardoeJ Dirom @jdirom.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Just a reminder it is cheaper to go 30km an hour over the limit in a residential neighbourhood ($324) in a jacked up F-150, than it is to go too fast on the pathway on a bike. Also seems that a bell on a head unit is not a bell, or so I am told. I accept responsibility for my sins. #yycbike 9337
Reposted by apardoeQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The Pike Place pilot project is supported so universally (98%) that it looks like a North Korean election result. Only @transportation.seattle.gov can look at that and decide it needs to be scaled back. 723525
Reposted by apardoeKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!" 1386379915
Reposted by apardoeA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Sharing this piece I wrote about how low vision cyclists use ebikes and how license and insurance requirements will create barriers for usstreets.mnE-Bikes Mean Freedom for Low-Vision BicyclistsRecently enacted and proposed regulations requiring licenses or insurance for e-bike riders threaten a vital transportation lifeline for Americans who can’t drive. 18330
Reposted by apardoeNorthwest Urbanist @thenorthwesturbanist.com · 07/08/2026Well if this just doesn't say it all about the American approach to traffic safety. 2335
Reposted by apardoeThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 04/08/2026Vote! It's the last day of the WA primary. Get your ballots in a drop box by 8pm. Here's our picks! www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary... 15620
Reposted by apardoeAnacortes Area Plant Dad @tarnado.bsky.social · 03/08/2026IMPORTANT NOTE: This girls' genital-exam initiative is funded by hedge fund grifter I mean manager Brian Heywood (including a $4.5 million *loan*). Heywood is also backing a slew of candidates for the state Supreme Court, in a much more oblique manner. VOTE in the PRIMARY this Tuesday. 196
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Campaigns are now using AI chatbots to send texts. Great. I was a fool to donate through @actblueorg.bsky.social. Now I respond to multiple daily texts with "Report spam" and "block number". The last donation I gave? I mailed a paper check to the candidate. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...npr.orgPolitical text messages could get more effective and annoying. Blame AITaught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages, making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect. 110
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Lying about troops dying in his war of vanity is a new low. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...nytimes.comNumber of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed. 000
Reposted by apardoeRailryder @railryder.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I used the "Lefty Cheat Sheet" by Share the Cities this time around, which shows endorsements side by side for all the candidates! electioncheatsheet.org/about.htmlelectioncheatsheet.orgAbout — Lefty Cheat SheetAbout — LeftyCheatSheet.org aggregates lefty endorsements from sources YOU trust. 22510
Reposted by apardoeMason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Also: In the election after we eliminated parking minimums completely, the last two people who were generally opposed to the direction we've been going declined to run for their seat again. The people who were going to run against them ran unopposed and are now my colleagues. 1273
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026How the US auto industry is killing itself again, this time by ignoring EVs. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/m...nytimes.comThe American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It? (Gift Article)The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete. 033
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Internet research => caveat emptor: Taylor Farms sells produce under many brand names, including unlabeled store brands. They include Earthbound Farm, Eat Smart/FreshPoint (Toronto), Green Giant Fresh, Target's Good & Gather/Market Pantry, as well as Kirkland Signature, 1/2 111
Reposted by apardoeDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It's World Emoji Day, so here's a friendly reminder that we have 🚷 and 🚳 but not 11654147
apardoe @apardoe.bsky.social · 16/07/202630-year-old drug convictions are enough to get tourists to the US arrested by masked thugs and, if they survive, thrown into concentration camps while waiting deportation to a country they've never before seen. If anything, the U.K. system of telling you in advance seems like a courtesy. 000
Reposted by apardoeDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Seems bad: "Anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals."futurism.comLearning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential CrisisA surprisingly common substance was found to have a causal relationship with the kind of brain damage associated with Alzheimer's disease. 822650