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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 2h
When did the VR guy get so weird
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 7h
if @janeaflegal.bsky.social likes the permitting reform bill this much then god damn x.com/janeaflegal/...
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 18h
Years of advocacy leading to this moment have absolutely been worth it theneedling.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Ballard Congratulates Golf Course on Its New Light Rail Station
As Ballard excitedly waits to hear if Sound Transit might build their light rail station as soon as 2092, the dense, walkable Seattle neighborhood magnanimously congratulated Jackson Park Golf Cour…
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Twenty years in Seattle. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
Seattle skyline from Kerry Park 2006Black Sun in Volunteer Park 2006Cal Anderson fountain 2006Steinbrueck Park from Pike Place 2006
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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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Darin Self @darinself.com · 29/09/2026
We need to stop being clever and just do proportional representation.
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The ORCA Card @theorcacard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fall vibes are finally here across Puget Sound! Check out some of our favorite fall spots you can get to by riding with an ORCA transit partner. Remember, your ORCA card works across seven different transit agencies on buses, trains, ferries, and more. 🍂 Reply below, what's your favorite fall spot?
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One day this could be us fr fr 🥹
Comparison image showing an American stroad on the left and on the right an AI generated stroad paved over with walkable infrastructure.  People walking miles in the sun in order to get between the McDonald's and the Walmart.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oooh, @mayor.seattle.gov: Taller Denser Faster, right? We could even have this all right next to some light rail stops!
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Zach @zherring.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
we should raise taxes
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"What if Rimmer from Red Dwarf but played for tragedy as well as comedy" was an incredible idea.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Top 10% week in Seattle weather
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What does it say about our priorities that I can use find it fix it to report the scooters blocking the sidewalk, but not the truck?
three lime scooters blocking a sidewalk in the Seward Park neighborhoodOne truck blocking the sidewalk in the seward park neighborhood
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 27/09/2026
A wonderful day at the Market. Thanks in large part to it being closed to cars!
Pike Place Market with lots of pedestrians enjoying the street
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Near literally *two* light rail stations!
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Making me pessimistic about potential future impact of UBI
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
gas is expensive, so who wants to buy more of it?
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Damn, these new trains are NIIIICE.
Coach seats on AiroBusiness class seatsBike rackDigital display showing which seats are available
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
I got to Copenhagen this morning and have been biking around all day and, y'all, I don't know if you've heard about this, but ... this place has pretty good bike infrastructure. You read about it but it's still just mind-blowing to see. Swarms of bikes, everywhere. Swarms!
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💚🚞
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Recent interview instructions "if you're early feel free to enjoy a cup from elm coffee roasters right around the corner." I showed up with coffee. It was a success.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm 1.94m tall and I want this as our car for regional errands, paired with our e-cargo bikes that we use for local errands. Trips further out and the math makes sense to rent a larger vehicle. Smaller and practical design makes sense on our streets and our budgets. 📽️ @electricfelix.eurosky.social
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope we have all kinds of form factors like this. Cars sized to their need, just like Bromptons vs Urban Arrows. And also, they should still stay out of the bike lanes.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another day, another "40 mile long light rail route is completely broken because of a 4 mile long at-grade segment that Sound transit refuses to put crossing gates on."
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turtlyburtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it's also becoming very clear that kettle in particular only seems to publicly care about public safety, narrowly construed, and has hitched his political wagon to that issue - an easy access point for culture war bullshit that i fear will give leverage for genuine bad actors
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Tom Ostrom @st-ingenting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The hostility directed at the mayor from some of the council (particularly Kettle, Juarez, and Rivera) goes way beyond policy differences. It seems visceral and vindictive. Are they still butthurt that she won the election? Where is the hatred coming from?
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So i can see the city council is having a real normal one today
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BLUEY and TEEN TITANS GO! are both better than like 90-95 of those 100 shows
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I found my eccentric rich guy hobby.
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In the Private Jet Age, the Quiet Allure of Private Rail
Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car.
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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We (civil engineers) take this shit *extremely* seriously. My grumpiest, most disciplinary take is that I've always been deeply uncomfortable with CS calling itself "engineering" because -- individuals as exceptions, of course -- it does /not/ have a safety and ethics culture.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah. They did this in Superman III
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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t have strong feelings about Waymos one way or another, but it’s funny to start seeing San Diego drivers getting mad at them for obeying traffic laws.
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can’t wait for all the “I’m fiscally conservative, socially liberal” smug libertarian jerks to praise her. (They won’t)
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 22/09/2026
We are building a Seattle where stability is not the ceiling of our ambition, but the ground beneath it. I am transmitting a budget to City Council with ambitious funding for shelter and community to create safety, stability, and affordability. Oh, and — no structural deficit through 2030.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much power in simple good governance
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How is this not the source of more conversation. This is absolutely amazing and SO damning of the ineptitude of Bruce Harrell. It also (again) vindicates Wilson's decision to ask Chief Barnes to leave. She knows what she's doing, much more than her predecessor.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
end of history guy worried about the end of history.
screenshot of a substack article title: 
Why I Changed My Mind About AI Risk
by Francis Fukuyama
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The simple reality is that if we want to actually address climate change a lot of people are going to have to move to cities and people that live in cities today that care about climate change need to come to terms with that.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please enjoy this photo of two climate solutions.
A folding bike next to a heat pump
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21/09/2026
This urban planning stuff is easy: make the street kinda skinny so drivers chill out, get rid of the front yards, let the houses touch, plant some trees on the sidewalks, and stripe a bike lane. Do all that, wait 25 years for everything to wear in a bit and boom: you have a pleasant neighborhood.
A townhouse lined street with trees and a bike lane.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21/09/2026
I flatly reject the notion that incumbent residents have a right to pick and choose who gets to move into their cities, towns, and neighborhoods. We welcome the stranger, period.
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is why contextual design is critical for bicycling. Facilities only work for all ages and abilitywhen they account for what surrounds them. highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.d...
A chart with volume on the vert, speed on the horizontal, showing unprotected bikelanes being appropriate up to about 6-7k cars per day going less than 30mph
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21/09/2026
Cities are living things and neighborhoods change as newcomers leave their mark. This is okay, even if it is often uncomfortable. The best thing we can do is build a lot of new homes so that new people can move in without displacing long time residents.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21/09/2026
i don't think you necessarily meant it in this way, but yes, the invention of the washing machine is one of the most liberatory moments in human history, among other time and labor-saving inventions
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This would have been an entirely unremembered, unimportant movie if not for Harrison Ford.
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's just so sad
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Union station, Seattle. Oh wait, nevermind, this is an office building 🙃
Beautiful arched train station interior
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
hard to imagine the ways that seattle would have been different if this had been implemented.
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