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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

As a south Seattleite, transit rider, and urban studies nerd, I truly appreciate the utter chaos of the @kingcountymetro.bsky.social route 50 getting me east to west, but it has me wondering what other absolutely bizarre, city-spanning routes we have??? Anyone care to share??

Official map of KC metro bus route 50 starting on the east by Othello station, looping further east to Seward Park, through Columbia city, looping into and out of the VA hospital, into SODO, back south, across the WS bridge, into WS, Alaska Junction, ending at Alki

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I have a rule that anywhere that requires me to make more than one bus transfer is not worth it. Tragically, today, going from north beacon hill Dr appt to a get together in Greenwood is forcing me to break my rule 😭😭😭

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Rob Saka has got to be one of the most ridiculous humans I’ve ever come across. I was laughing out loud throughout this @publicola.bsky.social article because it genuinely sounds like a needling/onion style piece even though it is completely real publicola.com/2025/06/18/s...

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Saka: People Who Support Keeping "Curby" Are Anti-Immigrant, Radical "Defund the Police" Carpetbaggers - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett In a 2,100-word, emoji-filled email blast (that’s about three times the length of this post!) announcing…

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

lib rhetoric trends I’m not falling for: “We elect legislators democratically to make policy, so citizen initiatives shouldn’t be widely used” In fact, if done right, they’re the only way to ensure truly democratic participation in policy dev… @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/05/sand...

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Bernie and AOC, Put Your Platform on the Ballot

Bernie and AOC have a national platform, an energized base, and the infrastructure to gather small donations. Now they need winnable policies to back. It seems impossible in the MAGA-controlled govern...

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I LOVE it when “vigilantes” in Seattle put up unofficial stop signs and cross walks. The reports of “vigilante stop signs” in Capitol Hill has truly brightened my day

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 25/03/2025

Small business owners are not experts on transportation policy.

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

the thrill of getting on the link in the middle of the day and having to stand, but that means it’s being fully utilized >>>

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

So much scuttle on Reddit abt the hatred of no right on red signs. I can’t fathom being mad @ something that tangibly saves lives. Is ur convenience REALLY more important than a ped’s life? I don’t drive much but sometimes borrow a car &KNOW that Ive been prevented of hitting a ped bc of the signs

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Hey cars turning right!!! There are pedestrians in the cross walk!!! Watch tf out!!!!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

'unattainable luxury housing is the essence of the american dream'

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It’s so frustrating that if I, a white girl on my way to work, fall asleep briefly on a morning commute on the link, it’s treated as “she’s tired& needed the extra rest” But someone w/ a lot of bags who is using the link as a place to rest is loudly, rudely, abruptly woken up by transit security.

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Throwback to when I nerded out in Hong Kong every time I saw a sign for a *free* public restroom. They were everywhere, with clear signage. Our city’s lack of public restrooms impacts EVERYONE ➡️the unhoused ➡️folks w disabilities ➡️sounders fans ➡️runners ➡️commuters Tell your story in the form ⬇️

In the foreground, a stop sign with a clearly marked sign indicating nearby free toilets available in front of the Hong Kong greenery and cityscape

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Being on the same side of a bill as Tim Eyman (even if it’s for extremely different reasons) is a jarring feeling. Tim says no new taxes I say no new funds for cops

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Am i just a huge nerd or does anyone else enjoy when they get called by pollsters? I love hearing what PACs think is important to people or about preliminary policy proposals. I’ve never understood why so many people refuse or ignore polls

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Just realized we’re less than two weeks away from it being light in the evening, therefore being able to run without a bunch of excess reflective gear and prayers to the universe that the cars see me 🥳

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Metro to start checking fares on the bus is another way to criminalize the poor. A reminder to all who don’t pay, you do not need to show fare enforcement your ID — tell them you forgot it if you run into an issue.

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A constantly important reminder to myself that WE DO NOT STAN POLITICIANS, only policies. Supporting social housing but not the critical policies that facilitate its effective development is a wild take. Yes to: social housing ✅ public banking ✅ middle housing ✅ single stair ✅ parking reform ✅

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

It is absolutely wild to claim that a monopolistic housing provider is the same as the government wanting to provide housing. Government provides housing for the public benefit. Monopolies controlled by profit-seeking entities use their power to price gouge and provide sub-standard housing

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Also, whats so funny about all of this is that the reason it was in February instead of November is thanks to the conservative @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social -backed council. They’re pissy that turnout of the conservative electorate was low but they chose to have an off-year, off-month election

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

hmm, should we believe theoretical claims of "voter drop-off" from the conservative local paper—or the actual results of last year's even-year local election, when Alexis Mercedes Rinck won with 216,000 votes, dwarfing the combined vote of all the 2023 victors? www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

finally an official member of @seattletru.bsky.social 🫶🏻🚊 been meaning to join for ages but excited to get started supporting their efforts to make Seattle and King County more livable

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

my girl, @chloyster.bsky.social have me shit for this since they’d been advertising this closure for weeks, so maybe it’s my bad but still sucks to arrive at the station to find out you can’t get to where you’re going on time 😑

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Sometimes I just can’t with @sound-transit.bsky.social — why is it that every few months the link just stops operating as normal and makes me late to everything? I just wanna live in a city with predictable transit 😫

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I remember discussing this on the social housing delegation in Vienna. The need for generational wealth is created by the lack of a social safety net. If you live in a place where you know the gov will 4ever provide affordable housing + free health, ed & transpo, the need for gen wealth diminishes

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It must be sooo hard for you to walk out of your home that you own and see people trying to survive in sub-freezing weather /s

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I can’t wait to watch Bruce lose in November

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

what a fucking day 🥹 when dreaming up the seattle social housing developer w/ my friends back in 2021, I’d never have imagined the movement would go on to beat the richest &most powerful people in the world to make social housing a step closer to a reality for the many in need of housing in our city

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Why should you vote YES on Prop 1A (coming from the lead researcher/drafter of the legislation that created the #Seattle Social Housing Developer) 1) 1A taxes the wealthiest businesses to create desperately needed new revenue to kickstart the financing mechanism needed for social housing… 1/

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Ayyyy Seattle hit 20% of households with no car?! We’re still a ways off of NYC’s 56% but pretty cool to see the proportion of non-driving households increase

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It will never not surprise me when the opening of any government session starts with a non-secular prayer.

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It’s so efficient, next time I’ll know I don’t have to give myself a whole hour to get to therapy

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

As annoying as the years-long construction on Madison was, I’m on the G rapid ride line for the first time and I’m a big fan

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

saw this come through today while at work and was excited to see that there seems to have been a lot of consideration for potential inclusions of benefits for social housing

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

listen to CM moore's *unhinged* NIMBY rant on the comp plan here: youtu.be/cyAsmxmtXaw?... them email the CM and ask why, if so concerned about affordable housing, they voted to put a competing ballot measure that would gut seattle's social housing PDA and take funds from non-profit housers

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Seattle City Council Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan 1/6/25

YouTube video by Seattle Channel

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

a quick non-housing / non-urbanism post to tell everyone to check out bad bunny’s new album. it is so fire, so political, so land back, so anti-colonial holy shit

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I just can’t with this. Every fucking year. I’m proudly a transit-rider/non-car owner but it’s months like these, in peak darkness &coldness where sound transit causes major delays to life where I consider going back to car life (I won’t, don’t worry). But we need our transit to be more predictable

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

to all the @kingcountymetro.bsky.social drivers working tonight, thank you; to all my fellow transit riders filling the busses, y’all are my people; to all the people on the road in their cars instead of taking advantage of the free fare day and causing insane traffic 🖕🏻

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Really cool of @sound-transit.bsky.social to send out fare enforcement on Christmas Eve to cite people just trying to stay dry and warm 😒😒😒

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Devin Silvernail @devinsilvernail.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

What if I told you this small French city of 300k people holds the key for you to make American streets work better for all people? Let me tell you how #Nantes is quietly & rapidly building an international model for changing streets, & minds, to prioritize non-driver mobility. youtu.be/TZ5T1sNsANQ

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How Nantes is Rapidly Becoming a Model for Non-Driver Mobility

YouTube video by Devin Silvernail

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Rezoned my single family gingerbread house into a quadplex with direct access to a protected bike lane and solar panels #housing #multifamily

Gingerbread house made of red vine bricks and frosted mini wheats, subdivided into multiple units with a frosting bike lane

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My comrades &I have been talking about how HDC is in the business of maintaining the status quo to keep BOTH the for-profit and non-profit developers making money and power for themselves at the expense of the humans living in the housing their members develop 1/ www.thestranger.com/news/2024/12...

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Landlord Lobby Wishlist Leaked

The Housing Development Consortium (HDC), a powerful landlord lobby of united nonprofit and for-profit developers, is working with Mayor Bruce Harrell and the City Council on their legislative wishlis...

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Ya know what’s kinda wild? Libs &conservatives always talk abt how we “need to run gov’t like a business” &at the same time only provide services 2 ppl w/v low income. Running it like a business would be offering public services (housing!) 2 ALL people to keep it self-sustaining (social housing!)

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hey Washington-based friends who have ever been personally victimized by AMI as a measurement / means testing tool! Take this survey that will hopefully help inform future legislation to improve how we determine affordable housing eligibility www.surveymonkey.com/r/XK75NYP

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Study to Evaluate Alternative Methods for Calculating AMI in Washington State - Stakeholder Survey

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Proud to have worked w/AIA architects last year to outline what #SocialHousing means& how it works, ultimately resulting in the sketch included. Social housing can create beautiful homes for ppl of all incomes To make it a reality vote yes on prop 1A Details abt the design youtu.be/4hl19gMxses?...

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Social Housing Developer: A Call to Action — AIA Seattle COHO, HouseOurNeighbors!, RealChange

YouTube video by Seattle Design Festival

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Camille Gix (she/her) @camillegix.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

there are MANY reasons why #SocialHousing has to be PUBLIC owned/operated (not non-profit) but in a convo recently w/an org that provides housing to more moderate incomes(100-120% AMI) I learned that EACH new project they need to request an exemption from the IRS or risk losing their 501c3 status

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