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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i’m a little unnerved that there is literally zero snow on the olympics, but at least kulshan looks nice!

snow-naked olympic mountains above the kitsap peninsula and puget sound

snow-covered kulshan above the cascade foothills and puget sound

max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

sure the failure of trade negotiations is bad but i think canada has another problem when the hotel complimentary breakfast does not have real maple syrup

waffle bar at a hotel, with “breakfast syrup”

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

great weekend to be an american on a work trip in canada 😳 i’m so sorry what our government is doing to you

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

capitol hill superblock test incoming

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

what is the point of a bus lane if it’s so full of cars that the buses aren’t even using it?

heavy traffic in downtown seattle with eight cars in the bus lane in one block, causing a bus to use the other lane

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Lake City Way is an abomination unto god

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

just got home from several days bikepacking in rural oregon with no issues with drivers, but as soon as i’m home in seattle, i get called a faggot by a guy driving a lifted pickup as he cuts me off while running a stop sign across a neighborhood greenway 👍

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

it’s pretty triggering and traumatizing that the safest bike route between columbia city and capitol hill takes you past two ghost bikes from the past year

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

broadway still bumping an hour after pridefest’s official closure. can we do this every weekend? or just permanently?

crowds of people walking in the street at sunset

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

took this picture at the SLU weekend market ready to bitch about shutting down the only street in the neighborhood with a protected bike lane, and then two blocks later discovered a much larger market on 6th ave which they are planning to fully move to after this year!

green bike lane paint crossing denny way into a full street closure of 9th Ave for a weekend market

a busy pedestrianized 6th avenue with a weekend market and the space needle framed by apartment towers

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

it’s very exciting to see a restaurant you’ve been going to years having good politics <3

the lake city way storefront of pho an with a nilu jenks election sign

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

the world cup comes to seattle, in two acts

fans in croatia and england jerseys at the pioneer square beer garden viewing party

a michelob ultra world cup charter bus stuck trying to go up cherry st outside seattle city hall

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

‼️🚨this user signed contracts with shipyards in florida for washington’s new ferry fleet 🚨‼️

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

reason number 7,386,591 why seattle needs way more housing. truly what is the point of declaring an emergency if the trans woman fearing for her life in texas can’t afford to move to our sanctuary city and start a new life here

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

taking an unplanned bus ride today which means i have no headphones and OH MY GOD THIS BITCH IS LOUD

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

fabulous carspotting on tonight’s bike ride

a heavily modified brat green geo prizm with only one rear wheel in the center, a hood scoop, and rear fins

a blue six-wheel sprinter van camper rig with a swiss license plate above the cab

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

bike lane so fresh it’s still closed! i love these bike parking areas that are *within* curb protection

a two-way bike lane on a one-way street with orange cones and a “bike lane closed” sign

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

i keep forgetting to post this but the other day this utility truck was completely blocking the burke gilman with no warning signs, detour signs, or flaggers. the road it was partially blocking of course had warning signs.

a pickup truck parked on a bike trail in front of a large utility truck parked fully across the bike trail and half the adjacent road. warning signs and cones can be seen on the road but not the bike trail

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

meanwhile, in reality, this is my actual proposal for a lake washington boulevard for everyone. drivers can still access homes and parking lots, while bike/walk/roll folks have permanent safe access instead of on-again-off-again summer weekends

screenshot of google maps on lake washington boulevard with a hastily drawn jersey barrier on the center line, with a car lane on the hill side and a bike path on the lake side

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

mega foamer moment as this gravel barge and sounder train are passing the ballard locks at the exact same time

a yellow, white, and blue tugboat pushing a barge of gravel into the ballard locks, viewed from the top of a grassy artificial hill

a sounder commuter train peeks through the trees as it crosses onto the salmon bay bridge

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

never fails to amuse me how much smaller the bremerton fast ferries are than the boats on less-busy routes to kingston and southworth. the bremerton route carries more passengers than kingston and southworth combined

two kitsap fast ferries docked at pier 50. *lady swift* is approximately half the size of *commander*

ridership statistics by route for kitsap ferries. bremerton has the most passengers, followed by port orchard, southworth, kingston, and annapolis

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

i’ve forgotten what it was like for cairo hill station to have a functioning elevator

caution gates in front of the only direct surface-to-platform elevator at capitol hill station. it’s been broken for over a month

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

amtrak equipment shortage is fun cause you get northeast-corridor branded cafe cars on cascades trains

wall art inside a train, depicting the various skylines of the northeast corridor from norfolk to new haven. the washington monument and empire state building are particularly prominent

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

portland i am inside of you

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

bruce harrell has escaped to california’s fifth largest city 😮

screen at FAT airport showing the “ONE FRESNO” mayoral priorities

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

eminent domain this shit and let the social housing developer cook!

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

wow i love Land Use Planning

pinehurst station as viewed from ne 131st pl between single level, single family homes

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

absolutely insane that NE 125th has looked like this for months

a bike lane construction zone with a big 2inch deep hole of graded pavement on half of it, the lane line, and part of the car travel lane

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

mama there’s an unpopular policy decision behind you

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

now THAT’S mariners baseball lmao

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

wow i can’t wait for starbucks to close the first starbucks 😭

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

gang we’re gonna need four-car 2 line trains

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

damn right we do! i’m so excited for hannah’s candidacy

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Reminding everyone where D5 candidate Julie Kang's (seen here attending a Bruce Harrell fundraiser) politics align.

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

am i high or did the bus i’m on just announce the “westlake bus tunnel station” as a connection at the next stop?

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

sound transit: dark mode

a dimly blue-lit interior of a link light rail trail

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

beautiful snowy morning bike commute!

my bike (well, actually, my partners bike) in front of snowy plants

cherry blossom buds nearly ready to bloom, covered in slush and dripping wet

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

cursing my great-great-great-grandfather for not staying in canada when he abandoned the british navy in victoria, stole a row boat, and escaped to start a new life in america

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

nothing to make you hate being american more than being in canada

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

god i love vancouver (watched three trolleybuses off the same route go past the poutine restaurant in the time it took the guy to make my order)

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

second time today filling my water bottles from bathroom sinks, cause in this region where it never gets sustained cold enough to freeze pipes, we turn off our public drinking fountains five months of the year cause… normal people don’t go outside? and god forbid a homeless person gets a drink!

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

i love low budget TV shows that are supposed to be in wisconsin or something but have a translink bus in the background 😭 anyways im headed to vancouver this weekend and im very excited

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

discovered a crack in my carbon rim today, so that fucking sucks! the bright side is that it meant i got to experience my first transit commute with the 2 line running - i heard a 1 line train leaving as i entered roosevelt station and by the time i was on the platform, my 2 line was pulling in!

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

kitanda cafe is playing brazilian jazz covers of the mary poppins soundtrack?

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

seattle is crazy cause what do you mean this is $25???

three fried tacos with slaw and a jarritos

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

enjoying a cortado at monorail espresso and finding disappointingly named geographical features

a cortado in a brown clay cup and a glass of sparkling water next to my helmet on a table with a seattle streetscape in the background

a google maps screenshot of a very round - nearly circular, in fact - Square Lake

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max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

i have to talk about this because a lake washington bike path could rival vancouver’s stanley park seawall or minneapolis’ bde maka ska in terms of tourist draw

stanley park seawall path between the salish sea and steep sandstone cliffs

a view from the pedestrian path around bde maka ska in minneapolis. the lake is on the right, the bike path is to the left, and then beyond the bike path is a one-way road for cars

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