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Cary Westerbeck

@caryw.bsky.social
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Architect, developer, builder, placemaker, cyclist, Urbanist, planning commissioner seeking to build civilization...the neighborhood is the amenity. LGBTQIA+ & Black Lives Matter ally, keeping it real in Bothell, WA.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 9h
It’s cool, and not incredibly demoralizing, that the last ~25 years (? more?) have been an increasingly flagrant demonstration that The Rules, as we were brought up to understand them, just do not apply to a lot of people
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 13h
WOW! This really should be bigger news in planning and building circles!
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Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years!
A chart showing the zoning districts with minimum density and maximum height that have been in effect since July 1, 2025. In the “low scale” zone, the lowest density other than manufactured home parks, the minimum density is 8 du/ac and the max height is three floors (45 feet). Vancouver, WA’s new zoning map, which has just 10 zones.The four comprehensive plan designations and ten zones in Vancouver. The four comp plan designations are residential neighborhoods, urban mixed use, employment and industry, and green space.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's Sassy Squirrel Season again!
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
all the pieces like "why a wealth tax doesnt work" miss the point. sometimes you just want to throw your drink in someone's face.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ambitious new project, Chris, well done.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely this. They are broadcasting the law-breaking. No hearings required! Just enforce the law! But yeah, no one's doing that, so it continues apace...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Irony is lost on Republicans.
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Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nobody — not teachers, not retirees, nobody — will be taxed under the Millionaires Tax unless they make more than a million dollars per year, and voters will always have the final say on any changes to that threshold. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got my COVID & flu shots today. Feels great to get the 5G upgrade. The WOKE.2 patch is installed and ready.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you haven’t had sex with Lauren Boebert yet, stay in line….
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A guy might have a woman over and he's like "this is my cat, Kevin; he likes you." Maybe her interest in you (a green flag in today's lingo) increased, but we didn't have the interwebz to analyze it to death and write articles and base a whole attraction theory on it. Kevin was just your cat.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interesting being 56 y.o. and seeing how today every thing about a person is now viewed through the lens of desirability or dating & what that says about the person. Maybe I was oblivious, but when I was dating in the 90s I never thought about shit like this affecting my attractiveness to a woman.
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Scott Candage @scottcandage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
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FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them
ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok so we get a bit passionate about Bigfoot, that's no reason to ban us from the patio.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can you even imagine? It's like this in France too. They truly care about the next generation and put resources behind it.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just saw Minnesota referred to (by a Minneapolis resident) as “Woke Hoth” and I love that.
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SharkusG @sharkusg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can we try electing a President who doesn’t hate us next time? This sucks.
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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Spokane is just out here making everyone else look bad, running laps around us mortals.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like the "Click to Cancel" bill is still floating around. Maybe the Dems can pass it next year when we completely reform the gub'mint. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/c...
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'Click to cancel' bills in Congress target consumer subscriptions that are hard to ditch
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House in mid-January joins a few other proposals that aim to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Should be a CANCEL SERVICE button required on the home page of every service.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cancelling services (in this case a T-mobile hot spot) in corporate America is a horrible experience. They make it almost impossible to cancel without going through an ARDUOUS experience. If I recall, Biden had just passed a law that required easy cancellation and FuckFace47 killed it. Horrible.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Absolutely this! I’ve ridden several trails in construction that were perfectly fine to ride, while the road was treacherous. It’s pretty galling, the blind spot.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Should’ve been designed with fare gates from day one. Incredible we have a system that allows half the people to so easily not pay. 🤦‍♂️🤯
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes he has. It makes me so angry. It’s all so unnecessary and causing untold suffering both now and for years, maybe decades into the future.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“can’t”
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I hate RFK so much. What a horrible person. We cant be rid of him soon enough.
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 08/09/2026
The Coalition for Elevator Reform, led by The Kelsey, is up and running. Join if you have any interest in advocacy to bring down elevator costs! Especially if you are a member of a YIMBY group or have the ear of any politician. Email hello@elevatorreform.org, ask to join the mailing list.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kennedy should be in prison. These people.
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Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don’t need to be rich, but I would love to have “go to Japan and Australia to see Radiohead live” money.
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