Reposted by ArrogantlyBrett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think about this whenever conservatives drum up some new "protect the children!!" bullshit. Buddy one of the most dangerous things in the world for my child is 20 feet outside of our home 2605
Reposted by ArrogantlyHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young... 511668382
Reposted by ArrogantlySeattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026Halloween 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 12661158
Reposted by ArrogantlyJennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He's trying to do George C. Scott from Patton but is mostly doing George C. Scott from Strangelove. 21150189
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's like AMR, Lin, and Foster are the council and the others just have standing public comment seats. 001
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SDOT doesn't have the best history of managing money and most of these questions would be slam dunks if they had their shit together. I'm sure you're right about the subtext, given your history and expertise, but this clip makes them look unprepared for essentially "can you explain this" budget Qs. 000
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This all reads like they are fishing for a gripe. 0110
Reposted by ArrogantlyFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog. 035757
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's bewildering how much Rivera, Hollingsworth, and Saka claim expertise over subjects they have neither professional nor educational backgrounds in, then seek to claim "moderate" positions in opposition to folks who actually know what they are talking about. These clowns need to go. 151
Reposted by ArrogantlyThe Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026Car-Free Pike Place Market Pilot Deemed Too Successful to Continue: tinyurl.com/uund6kej 743390
Reposted by ArrogantlyTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 332916745
Reposted by ArrogantlySusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those interested in how dictionaries are made, as well as the secret lives of the apparently ordinary words we use, may I recommend this podcast? It’s made by two colleagues at the Oxford English Dictionary who really know their stuff. rss.com/podcasts/lex...rss.comThe OED’s September update enters the twerpy mountweazel timeline | Podcast Episode on RSS.comWhy do we love the mountweazel (and what is it)? Who was the original twerp? How did timeline constitute a two-for-one bargain? Join editors Fiona McPherson and Craig Leyland as they dive into some of... 439282
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Also the Rainier Beach quote is like Trump's "a lot of people are saying." Anecdotal at best and a lot of what Hollingsworth says, paraphrasing here: full of sound and platitudes, signifying nothing. 110
Reposted by ArrogantlyJason @jrock08.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wilson's budget has me thinking about how Mayor Harrell wasted ~500k that CM Morales earmarked to do safety projects on LWB doing outreach, and then got a million+ $ grant from the state for the LWB safety project that had to be returned when he only let SDOT do a quarter of the project. 35910
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hard to fault them trying something new. I mean, the idea has been mined from every literate and illiterate way possible, "realism" to absurdism, modern to post-modern. 110
Reposted by ArrogantlyEcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 23/09/202670% of Seattle's water comes from the protected Cedar River Municipal Watershed. Rain falls onto this protected forested land and gets filtered before going into the Cedar River and being diverted to Seattle taps - resulting in some of the cleanest, most delicious water tap water in the country! 34011
Reposted by ArrogantlyThe Needling @theneedling.com · 22/09/2026“Is it going to suck losing so much money when this AI bubble pops that I have to actually move to Idaho or Texas like I’ve been threatening to for years without really meaning it? Yes, but it’s a small price to pay for being able to play victim of Washington’s future Millionaires Tax.” 010322
Reposted by Arrogantlypool chemicals @chlorinesea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Once again with feeling 0245
Reposted by ArrogantlyFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Frog and Toad were sad for a while. 232060
Reposted by ArrogantlyMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature 39221
Reposted by ArrogantlyMostly True News @mostlytruenews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Obama started a state run TV channel with his name on it Republicans would have sucked their own balls off so they could squeal about it at a higher pitch. 611294199
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A good clue is her LinkedIn. She woulda-couldas about the Wilson administration and boosts her fellow whiners, notably Michael Hatch, a private wealth MGMT douche who frequently wonders why Wilson isn't taking cues from his 8-year-old: lnkd.in/p/gJ_SYe8rlnkd.inMayor Defunds Addiction Treatment in Public Safety Plan | Sara Nelson posted on the topic | LinkedInThis connects all the dots. Drugs and addiction are fueling business leaders' demand for a public safety plan -- as well as chronic homelessness, gun violence, small business crime, and other problems... 000
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Will the new site have comments for her to moderate? Seems a bit off brand if she can't yell at and block people. 020
Reposted by ArrogantlyEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I wrote a little essay on substack about how actually, quite a lot of people outside the academy are interested in books and other real things. The main reason to read this piece is that I discuss Frances, she of the bread-and-jam. emily613.substack.com/p/let-us-eat...emily613.substack.comLet Us Eat Cream-Cheese-Cucumber-Tomato-Sandwiches, On Rye-BreadI love my students and my colleagues, and I love the discussions that are possible in the classroom and among scholars, in academic contexts. 817619
Reposted by ArrogantlyFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“I am not hungry now,” said the Dark Frog. “I have eaten too many tasty frog children. But after I jump rope one hundred times, I will be hungry again. Then I will eat YOU!” 617821
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It does seem we're rerunning the Gilded Age.gutenberg.orgThe Project Gutenberg eBook of The Shame of the Cities, by Lincoln Steffens 2262
Reposted by ArrogantlyBrett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ACTION ITEM: Takes like 45 seconds 0126
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wasn't Rove's whole electoral strategy for Republicans to be be 'compassionate' to Latin America, who he noted were more socially conservative, and folding them into the party? Seems like MAGA's overt white nationalism and corruption seems like a loser to Rove more than any change of heart. 000
Reposted by ArrogantlyFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?” “Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog. 333072
Reposted by ArrogantlyThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 11/09/2026New Amtrak Cascades trains featuring ergonomic seats, upgraded WiFi, and a sleek new cafe car go into service on September 30th. More trains are set to arrive by the end of the year, dramatically increasing Amtrak Cascades capacity. Story: www.theurbanist.org/new-airo-tra...theurbanist.orgNew Airo Trains Start Rolling on Amtrak Cascades September 30The new trains feature ergonomic seats, upgraded WiFi, and a sleek new cafe car. They'll go into service on both the Seattle to Eugene and Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. routes. More trains are set to arr... 2969
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Only if it was bad so we can blame it on the Mayor. If it's good, we credit it to Hollingsworth or Saka. 050
Reposted by Arrogantlytunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 425174243863
Reposted by Arrogantlycaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149203715
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If the tagline isn't "say your prayers," what are we even doing here. 001
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I shared Vision with a friend and they described it back to me, "I feel like Robert Eggers was inspired or ripped off the vibe..." 010
Reposted by ArrogantlyVeni Kunche @veni.dev · 04/05/2026If schools have money for AI, I'd rather they use that to pay teachers more 8563164
Reposted by ArrogantlyBlack Lodge Cult @blacklodgecult.bsky.social · 02/09/2026TWIN PEAKS. 2x10, "Dispute Between Brothers" (1990) 0486
Reposted by ArrogantlyRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 30/08/2026Sound Transit is going to install fare gates at over a dozen stations. Fine, whatever. But the agency also loses a lot of money due to people not paying their car tabs every year. Does anyone know how much ST is estimated to lose each year to car tab nonrenewal? 1312518
Arrogantly @arrogantly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Yeah, next they're going to post on "Nextdoor" about it. 010
