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Ben Ritter

@bennetworks.bsky.social
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Seattle product/networking nerd. 🚲 Thoughts my own. he/him

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a lifelong baseball fan, can I say: this is a truly bad idea. Fenway Park is for baseball, Teton Park is for wildlife www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 11/09/2026
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson only has a few more hours now to prevent the next 9/11. Do you think she can do it?
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Read this entire thread.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Photo caption: “Rodrigo, a 58-year-old Los Angeles green-card holder, was detained for 10 months and denied access to medical care as a tumor in his throat grew to the size of a lemon.”
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Recent studies estimate that as much as 40 percent of Western conifer forests will turn into shrubland by 2100 as a result.” Watching over 175,000 acres of Washington forests burning to the ground this summer and wondering with a deep sense of sadness how much we have lost forever
My wife and I hiking into a region of Washington that recently burned to the ground and may not reforest Little giant fire smoke cloud via the hotshotwakeup ig
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
thelancet.com
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This study by NYCDOT found that hardened daylighting makes intersections safer. But daylighting without bike racks, rocks, plantings, curb bulbs, or green stormwater infrastructure—added to prevent cars from parking or taking faster turns—actually makes the intersection more dangerous.
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Any Seattle area orgs coordinating logistics to get help to Spokane neighbors impacted by wildfires? Where’s the best place to volunteer time/money?
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I. Hernandez @hernando206.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is one of those "budgets are moral documents" moments. What they'll write a blank check for vs. what they make people fight for.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What a no vote on Seattle's Prop 1 is a vote for, according to the Seattle Public Library Foundation. Imagine advocating for public libraries to be defunded at a time like this. Couldn't be me.
More than one-third of the Library's funding in 2027 (and beyond) would disappear. SPL would be forced into drastic budget reductions.
Library staff jobs would likely be lost. A quarter of the 600-plus positions at SPL, including one-third of all children's and teen librarians, are Levy-funded.
Branches might close or see significantly reduced hours due to staffing shortages. Free programs like Story Time, author events, and many others would likely be scaled down substantially.
Half of the budget for books and materials would be lost, significantly increasing hold times and decreasing the range of reading options, including the likely elimination of Peak Picks.
The City would be forced into a long and complex process to restore funding. Cuts are highly unlikely to be addressed in the regular budget process, given the City's revenue situation.
While another ballot measure could be brought forward and approved eventually, the Library and its patrons could feel these adverse budget impacts for a year or more.
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Former USAID head says 'people are dying' a year after agency's dismantling
Wednesday marks one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development as an independent agency. USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy, ...
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Tony @tonychiado.com · 26/06/2026
One of the biggest lies the 1% and its foot soldiers push is that taxes are drowning Americans when it’s really that a 2 bedroom apartment is $3k per month.
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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"The pedestrian/cyclist just came out of nowhere!" Babe, if you were doing 30mph, 30 seconds ago you were a quarter of a mile away - if anyone came out of nowhere, it's you.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/04/2026
i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Winning campaign slogan here if anyone wants it.
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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Random picture from yesterday: three cars, three ticketable offenses…
3 cats stopped on Roosevelt way. Next post explains the issue
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/02/2026
Trump’s bombing of Iran is reckless and a direct threat to American and Iranian lives. Launching military strikes without congressional authorization or evidence of an imminent threat is not strength. It is an abuse of power. Tell your Members of Congress to put an immediate stop to this war.
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Tell Congress: No War with Iran
Trump has launched unauthorized military strikes on Iran, dragging the United States into yet another war without approval from Congress. This reckless escalation is putting U.S. servicemembers, Ameri...
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
SCL doesn’t ask the public if we want safe transmission lines. SPU doesn’t ask the public if we want safe watermains. Boeing Field doesn’t ask the public if we want a safe runway. WSDOT doesn’t ask the public if we want safe bridges. Why does SDOT put safe streets up for debate?
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 28/01/2026
Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Truly insane
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Donating $50 to a mutual aid group in Central Minneapolis from the Central District in Seattle. Anyone else from the CD or Seattle want to match? Seattle ❤️ Minneapolis #fuckice #abolishice
gofund.me
Donate to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families, organized by Sara Huelle
As ICE continues to move with deadly force through Minneapolis,… Sara Huelle needs your support for Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Stand with Minnesota has many suggestions: www.standwithminnesota.com#mutualaid
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove. people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Knutson mentioned in passing that his neighbor had “an adopted brown kid down there; they hid her in the basement yesterday.” This kind of thing no longer sounds weird in Minneapolis. Many people are hiding indoors—so many that, in a city with a substantial minority population, I hardly saw any Black or Latino faces on the street.
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There are lots of ways to remove ice.
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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 24/01/2026
If you're not shouting "Abolish ICE, arrest the murderers, hold trials," you're normalizing domestic terrorism at the hands of the trump government at this point. Abolish ICE is the moderate position and the absolute bare minimum.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/01/2026
just punched me right in the heart
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Yup- and not a peep from the NRA.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They’re heroes
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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Did you know the Together Center in Redmond is a place you can get a whistle kit? Form a crowd, stay loud! #AbolishiCE
Pack of 10 whistle kits to alert people of ICE presence. Kits read we protect each other. Form a crowd Stay Loud
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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
11 am Sunday Jan. 11th. Cal Anderson Park, North End. Vigil and Rally. ICE OUT for GOOD. #seattle
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
*cough* Lake Washington Blvd @mayorofseattle.bsky.social should be a park ❤️
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Oil brings us climate change and illegal invasions of sovereign nations.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I miss Jay Inslee. Ferguson continues to be a massive downgrade.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
uno 25 meme: raise taxes on the rich or draw 25. ferguson's face crudely photoshoped in
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
To be blunt, repaving highways by putting Washington $3 billion in debt rather than raising taxes on the wealthy is irresponsible.
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
(New) 14th Ave and Spring Street daylighting fails when it’s only paint. Vehicles on both sides of street. Need flexposts… @seattledot.bsky.social cc: @gordonofseattle.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Delivery vans parked in areas prohibited from parking at intersection crosswalk
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This vehicle was parked at an intersection which should be daylighted, and they also blocked the sidewalk. The Seattle Find It Fix It app does not handle realtime reports, only abandoned vehicles after 72 hours. Cc: @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Car parked at an intersection blocking corner and cross walkScreenshot of find it fix it app
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Bradley is a cool guy and a regular sight around town. This truly is shameful for the city and for Mayor Harrell in particular.
Bradley on Nickerson Street with his yellow cello.
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 22/08/2025
Man struck from behind while biking on section of Lake Washington Blvd where city dropped planned safety upgrades #SEAbikes #Seattle
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Man struck from behind while biking on section of Lake Washington Blvd where city dropped planned safety upgrades
Photo from Bradley Hawkins. If you've ever seen someone biking around town pulling a bright yellow cello case in a bike trailer, you've seen Bradley Hawkins. Even without his cello, he's a self-identified "die-hard bicycle dude" who has been biking pretty much everywhere for a long time. But all that could have easily come to an end last week when someone driving a Hyundai Elantra ran into him from behind while he was biking on Lake Washington Boulevard on a section of road where…
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
@seattledot.bsky.social there was a modal filter which prevents cars from driving across Terry through Denny removed during the Denny repaving. It helps protect pedestrians. Is it going to be replaced?
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Oh. My. God.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Advocacy gets results, folks! Donate: seattlegreenways.org/donate Volunteer: seattlegreenways.org/volunteer
Image showing advocacy actions for Alaskan way and the finished product
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 04/07/2025
A special session is clearly necessary - and there is simply no other option than new taxes on the rich and big corporations. Dems should not expect to come back from Olympia without it.
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Trump tax bill an 'abomination,' Gov. Ferguson says
Gov. Bob Ferguson said he'll consider whether to call lawmakers back for a special session due to massive cuts in the GOP tax bill to Medicaid and other funds.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Seattle Parks held a public forum in December to hear public feedback on the next stage of traffic calming for Lake Washington Boulevard. These are basic, minimum-level changes on a street where the city knows everyone is speeding. What happened next is: nothing.
Lake Washington Boulevard Renovations
Updated: December 4, 2024
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Ben Ritter @bennetworks.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
@gordonofseattle.bsky.social are you aware of anyone working on a daylight bill for Seattle or Washington state?
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