Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Jacob Gellman @jacobgellman.com · 7hStarting from a low baseline in the Pacific Northwest (i.e. historically a lot of hydro), but both Oregon and Washington have actually increased the carbon intensity of their electricity since 1990. 0101
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Chim ☭ @chimmysthoughts.northsky.social · 5hPiggybacking on what Jason said in another post on the causes of NIMBYs, I feel that a lot of it is nostalgia for things that just don't exist in the same way. People change, cities change, change is the constant. Trying to get back to the past is so clearly not the way forward. 011
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 4hThere’s in fact a huge literature on this, and multiple studies on Seattle specifically. The short of it is people tend to value trees, but they value their neighbors’ trees more. This is particularly true of big trees, likely due to maintenance and hazard effects. 191
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 8hSDOT is proposing to implement paid on-street parking in both West Seattle's Alaska Junction and across Upper Queen Anne. Steel yourselves for the fight (and the discourse) that is coming next. 8648
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅kelabe.bsky.social @kelabe.bsky.social · 16hWaking up to the news you’ve been endorsed by The Washington Education Association (WEA) over longtime House Education Chair 🤯 1275
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16hIn San Francisco, Lurie's RV ban—on which Dan Strauss' similar proposed ban in Seattle appears to be modeled—hasn't gotten people into shelter, but it has pushed them outside city limits, often after losing their RVs and becoming unsheltered. Is this what "success" will look like here?missionlocal.orgS.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.Data shows that a year after San Francisco's RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside city limits. 1326078
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅elliepnw.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 Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wow. Budget director Ali Pennucci says there were around $78 million in one-time budget adds in the 2026 budget. $10-15 million of these one-time adds were made ongoing in the 2027 budget proposal. 1121
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I liked this article, but I take issue with two important points: 1) There is no “income tax” the city is considering as far as I know. Maybe they’re referring to a city cap gains but that’s not the same thing. 170
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is striking to hear the Director of Seattle's Office of Housing talk about how the biggest success metric that the city has when it comes to housing funds is that a major affordable housing provider in the city has not yet fully collapsed. 0434
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Derek of WayfindDesigns @dmholmer.wayfinddesigns.com · 29/09/2026I did see whales for the first time in my 10 year PNW residency this weekend, thought! 1354
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Rules for Left(ish) Mayors: Find comrades in the bureaucracy. You'll be judged by how well the city functions under your direct control. Smart & creative lower-level staff are bottled up by managers who got their positions by supporting the status quo. Find your people & elevate them when you win. 1307
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are amazing people across this city working hard to make real the vision of a car-free street in the heart of every neighborhood and it's pretty damn cool. 0514
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅explore.org @explore.org · 30/09/2026Introducing your ultimate fighter and champion: Bear 89 Backpack 👑 Thanks for joining us for the biggest Fat Bear Week to date. 352075399
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026Many of us who live in Seattle don't have a ton of personal space. That's why the public spaces we all share are so important. My proposed budget includes $1.4 million for 12 new public restrooms across Seattle so everyone can explore our beautiful city with comfort and confidence. 24688121
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅turtlyburtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026a lifelong, dedicated bureaucrat saying something is "surprising" is not a good sign if this city council had any political instincts *at all* they would attempt to streamline permitting, but alas, 162
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Building a light rail station right next to a golf course & even tho it's an infill it somehow cost almost twice as much as the whole Rainier Valley section, truly Debora Juarez's signature accomplishment 5966
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Seattle's most beloved small business districts were built by transit, not street parking. 721333
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On Wilson's Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality An early look at how the council is reacting to the mayor’s deficit-busting budget.publicola.comOn Wilson's Budget, the Council Parts Ways With Reality - PubliColaAn early look at how the council is reacting to the mayor’s deficit-busting budget. By Erica C. Barnett Last week,… 25414
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is actually so funny to me. No, the Seattle mayor is not going to take it upon herself to find a permanent source of funding for a council created program in which they get to pick their own transportation projects to be funded and then take credit for them. I can't believe you brought it up. 116318
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 28/09/2026Seattle is starting to see results from recently elected Mayor Katie Wilson’s push for a more responsive city government Workin… www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/0…nwprogressive.orgSeattle is starting to see results from recently elected Mayor Katie Wilson’s push for a more responsive city governmentWorking with progressive Council allies, the Emerald City's newest chief executive has begun delivering changes residents can see and feel, but her first budget proposal raises harder questions about sustaining public services and meeting the city’s needs. 07215
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 29/09/2026At this point they're basically inventing reasons to be mad at Katie Wilson 1525
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Greater Seattle: Inclusionary Zoning, Part 2; Amazon as a Percentage of the Budget; Permitted, but Struggling Check out @joshfeit.bsky.social's latest column focusing on the Seattle economy!publicola.comGreater Seattle: Inclusionary Zoning, Part 2; Amazon as a Percentage of the Budget; Permitted, but Struggling - PubliColaBy Josh Feit Last week, I featured Seattle City Councilmember Dionne Foster in an item headlined “Inclusionary Zoning > No… 0151
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026The Urbanist and Ryan Packer in particular did an amazing job raising awareness of this issue early and often! Without that journalism and efforts from transit advocates, things would likely have turned out differently. Thank you, and this again highlights why local media matters. 09714
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When Seattle transit advocates successfully fought against the cap on the city's share of a pass-through on the new countywide 0.1% sales tax this summer...that resulted in a $4.7 million annual contribution to SDOT's budget that is now preventing cuts to urban forestry & bridge maintenance. 113115
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.seattletimes.comSeattle announces 2027 minimum wageThe minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year. 10038701149
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This 2.5 hour budget discussion on SDOT is still going because Dan Strauss has decided to bring up every single grievance that he has with the department, including complaints around his own personal bus route. He's going toward 11 on the prick scale, to be completely honest. 61007
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just… don’t think the Council is paying attention to how this sounds. Dan in particular. Also is it not… good that the mayor found a way to continue Harrell’s investments in food aid? 4759
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅tammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Protecting the health and welfare of the public is, in fact, a charter responsibility. 1576
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know some activists worry that if the City gets additional progressive revenue, the bulk would go straight to SPD. Given the council is currently splitting hairs about $5m in food access right after SNAP cuts in the name of "public safety," their concerns seem at least somewhat justified. 1272
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 28/09/2026Wow. I’d be curious what the Ballard Food Bank thinks of this. Or for that matter, D6 voters. 3466
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What 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? 1666
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If only there was some undeveloped land in North Seattle located near mass transit that could support building affordable housing. Anyway vote for Nilu Jenks. 211417
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every group photo Mayor Wilson posts is like a Where’s Waldo page trying to spot her (complimentary) 0100
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.” 6855051011
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One year ago today, the last three drugstores operating under the Bartell Drugs name closed. www.historylink.org/File/23453 3208
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026His leaving on his own terms at the end of the year really only confirms that the only reason he wasn’t fired midseason was to preserve his reputation, which is not great for those of us who prefer a winning team 2182
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 27/09/2026In Kettle's case, he wants something that costs money (150 officers). He doesn't have a way to pay for it, but he still wants it. This incongruous "invest *and* cut" attitude seems to have become incredibly common now among "pro-business Democrats" or "money Democrats" or whatever term you'd prefer. 1171
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 27/09/2026They won't say what they would cut. But they demand that "spending" be reduced, even though we've already been making cuts for years. We've been doing cuts and revenue because Democrats in #waleg and elsewhere didn't want a revenue-only approach. And yet, commentators still say we're "overspending." 1191
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 27/09/2026This is emblematic of something bigger happening in our politics right now: business organizations such as the Washington Roundtable and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce are simultaneously eagerly campaigning for austerity while they also campaign for investments in their own priorities. 1333
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 27/09/2026seattlemet.comLove Letters: Tina Hair and Nails Salon Is a Kid-Haircut RevelationFrench braids and lollipops for them; way less hassle for me. 120
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026😍 CID Night Market’s use of King St. Our streets are public spaces and should reflect our community needs and priorities. 2613
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026chat is this good? 11442871088
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was hoping Rep Reed would run for mayor in 2025 before Wilson announced. What do we think about recruiting her for The Burger King’s council seat in 2027? 270
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One of Seattle's Realest 323422555
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 26/09/2026Every family deserves access to healthy food. That’s why, in my first budget, I have proposed making permanent $10 million worth of investments to fight food insecurity in Seattle. Together, we’re building a city where no family has to choose between rent and groceries. 452769666
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 26/09/2026The AI doesn’t have agency, the humans do. OpenAI engineers created a software system that illegally hacked government databases and software systems. They should be prosecuted and face civil liability to the fullest extent of the law.nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 3248
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Stone Way not having even a painted downhill bike lane is a huge missing piece of Seattle‘s bike network. Stone provides a critical connection between Fremont, Wallingford and Green Lake 710511
Reposted by Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I can't tell you how excited @councilmember-amr.seattle.gov was about the features in the Airo restrooms. Including the lighting on the mirror. 31154
