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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 08/09/2026

I maintain we could close Howard St between 3rd and 4th full time.

A view of Howard Street at 4th. Howard street is closed and equipment for some sort of conference experience is placed there.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 06/09/2026

The Seattle Times publishing an article that says people with expensive mortgages not paying them off early is "counterintuitive".

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 05/09/2026

guess where i was born and raised.

mydialect image showing my dialect answers matched 55% with Seattle and Portland

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 05/09/2026

This new thread marker is a nice feature. don't have to "waste" characters on them any more.

A Bluesky post from Attorney General Nick Brown. At the end of the text there's a notation "1.2" in a different font color indicating that it is the first of two posts in a thread. The notation is called out with a red circle around it. (The text of the skeet isn't relevant.)

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 09/08/2026

Oh, i know i can get more... it's just that i haven't been near enough recently to get to those libraries to get them. in the meantime, I'm down to 26 cards from a high of 27.

you have one card at this library, and 24 cards at other libraries.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 06/08/2026

someone murdered a slinky in front of my flat

a slinky in the dirt that is twisted like concertina wire

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 05/08/2026

The way Bluesky collapses threads into the first and last 2 posts often amuses me. How a thread goes from "men want to be gatekeepers for women" to "you don't want to own a boat" ... click through to find out! (Not a knock on Jessica Price. She's very insightful.)

Two posts from Jessica Price with a ... between them indicating elided posts.

1st post: weird how men built societies in which women could only access basic resources through men and are now trying to return us to that while also complaining that women who try to access resources through men are gold diggers

2nd post: generally you don't want to own a boat unless you have a TON of resources so someone else can do the work of maintaining it. you want a friend with a boar, or to rent a boat when you feel like boating. men have largely made romantic relationships with them the same as a boat.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 15/07/2026

why i am not watching the world cup match

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 26/05/2026

Ron's LinkedIn claims he was an AI CEO.

My techie was an automated. it help desk in your pocket where you are always first in line built with boomers in mind. worked with a team of brilliant technologists Stanford Allen institute, human-center design, gurus and market experts on this breakthrough AI product. despite very positive market signs and some early traction from impressive investors, we uncovered technical risks in the AI that made further pursuit of the product untenable

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 25/05/2026

Seeing a person with this employer complaining online about LWB Bicycle Weekends. Because he has to walk "blocks" from his house to fish at Lake Washington.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 20/05/2026

just when i start to get into a reading zone

a big black cat presses his face against the face of a bearded dude with glasses

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 08/05/2026

Everyone else had the same idea as me: get an espresso and enjoy the park.

At least 13 people queued at Andytown Coffee.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 15/04/2026

Can't build housing that blocks views of the Golden Gate Bridge from all* the districts in SF. Which is why we should build a Golden Gate Bridge in every district!!!

Great project. wrong location. if this goes through it will unleash turning the marina green into Manhattan. the GG Bridge won't be seen from D1, D2, D4, D3, D5, D7, d8, d9. it grounds out community.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 23/03/2026

after sitting here about 15 minutes, the program finally gave me the "I'm here" button

map of SeaTac airport with a big green button at the bottom that says "I'm here"

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 23/03/2026

I guess I'm never getting to the airport according to transit.app.

map from transit.app showing my destination of Seattle Tacoma International Airport in the middle of the runway. there's an icon showing my position in a terminal a long way from the icon.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 20/02/2026

bedtime snack is pie. that's how i roll.

a plate with fork & key lime pie on a rumpled comforter on a bed

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 20/02/2026

we need to populate the bike corral concept images with velocipedes.

black & white graphic with 14 old timey bicycles

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 12/02/2026

Sidewalk on one side. sidewalk on the other. got honked at and two vehicles drove through inches away when I walked in the middle.

a sidewalk with a usps van parked, blocking the entire sidewalk

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 05/02/2026

if we can pedestrianize howard for a week, we can pedestrianize howard for a long time

a downtown street with barricades blocking cars and a banner that says welcome fans

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 27/01/2026

Holy crap this "pedestrian detour" that Santa Clara and the Superbowl Committee are making people take is 2.84 miles. TWO POINT EIGHT FOUR MILES!

Map showing pedestrian detour around closed Tasman Drive in Santa Clara. The route goes south from Tasman along Great American Way and Mission College, east on Agnew, and north on Lafayette St back to Tasman. The detour route is 2.84 miles long measured using Google Maps measure tool.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 02/01/2026

The discourse has turned to the grossest soft drink ever. Finally, a subject where I have personal experience.

A bottle of Lester Fixins Bacon Soda in my hand

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 02/01/2026

I have drank bacon flavored soft drink: www.worldmarket.com/p/lester-s-f...

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 02/01/2026

Working from home today means I can put the Seattle Channel's livestream on the big screen.

A 65 inch television showing the Seattle Channel's placeholder image "No live City of Seattle events at this time".

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 10/12/2025

Well, I don't know what "upgrade" means, so I tried to log in to my clipper card account to see what that is and...

login failure screen: this email address and password combination does not match our records.

forgot password failure screen: unable to complete your request.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 07/12/2025

I checked out the new Federal Way Link station today. Federal Way makes the area so welcoming with a crosswalk where people have to wait on a narrow island in the middle of a stroad.

a crosswalk where people have to wait on a narrow island in the middle of a stroad

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 07/12/2025

I really like my Kobo e-reader, but I can't think of any accessory I need less than a remote control for turning pages.

start of an email advertisement for the "game-changing" Kobo Remote.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 06/12/2025

i lied. 27 library cards. i forgot one doesn't use Overdrive. cover your eyes.

27 library cards laid out on a counter top

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 13/11/2025

one post earlier: "if they consent..."

why am I not surprised? they don't understand that the problem isn't sexual maturity but consent. fucking monsters.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 10/11/2025

i am in Seattle briefly for family stuff, but got to visit Seward Park and i really do miss this city.

Tahoma in a cloudy haze with Lake Washington and Mercer Island in the foreground.

two people paddling on Lake Washington framed by tree branches and skyscrapers in the distant background

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 08/11/2025

AI is not going to get me to rejoin, SF YIMBY.

Subject: You're invited: using AI to understand government joined YIMBY action and civ lab November 19th
From: hello at yimbyaction.org

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 21/10/2025

Marshall is my Mariners fandom comfort cat.

a big boy black cat getting belly pets on my lap

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 18/09/2025

Here's a news article repeating Seattle Mayor Harrell's claims that he's been critical of the Regional Homelessness Authority from the start. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... And a screenshot where Harrell voted in favor of the authority's structure.

A vote on Seattle Council Bill 119724 on 16 Dec 2019, showing Bruce Harrell voting in favor.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 18/09/2025

If we can close Howard St for an HR people playground, we should be able to close Howard full time.

looking at Howard street at 4th, with barricades blocking vehicular access and some sort of temporary archway with "Rising Plaza"

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 31/08/2025

Connections Puzzle #812 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 and i have a 50 game streak now

nyt connections statistics

401 completed
93 win %
50 current streak
50 max streak
246 perfect puzzles
74 purple first

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 07/08/2025

finally got my win percentage above 93

statistics: 377 complete
93 win %
26 current streak
27 max streak
225 perfect puzzles
62 purple first

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 05/07/2025

Unfortunately, Ikea has since removed the seating. I don't know if it was their own volition, or outside pressure.

An expanse of brick sidewalk with San Francisco's Market St behind it. Nothing is on the sidewalk.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 20/06/2025

I saw a Waymo dropping off in this spot today. It's right before where the collision occurred. I suppose the bike lane gap is there so cars can turn right onto Stevenson but it's used as a dropoff.

A kermit painted bike lane abruptly ends so that cars have a turn lane onto Stevenson. There are no "No Parking" signs and the curb is not painted red.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 20/06/2025

The Waymo was parked somewhere in this section pictured here. Although signed as no parking except for 6 wheel commercial vehicles, I see cars parked there all the time. Just past mid-block, is a passenger drop zone & the bike lane abruptly ends.

A sidewalk, a parking lane, a bike lane, and a traffic lane, separated only by white paint.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 16/06/2025

Then those flexposts were removed last week. The mixing zone has really shitty markings.

7th street bike lane on 24th May, with 1 flexpost left. The median paint is nearly gone.

photo of 7th street bike lane on 3rd June, with 10 new flexposts on the median between the lane and traffic. the median paint is barely there tho.

photo of the 7th street bike lane on 14th Jun. The flexposts are gone and cones demarcating the bike lane are placed inside the lane itself. construction equipment is stored in the middle vehicle lane, and the median is used by vehicles.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 03/06/2025

On the 24th I put in a SF311 request to get flexposts on the bike lane on 7th between Mission & Market. There were like 4 when I moved here, and only 1 (very sad looking) one was left. There were 10 (TEN) fresh flexposts separating the lane from traffic today.

A green-painted bike lane with one flex post separating it from vehicle traffic.

The same green-painted bike lane with 10 newly installed flex posts separating it from vehicle traffic.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 30/05/2025

Contributed because SN just sent out a whine that Dionne Foster has an unfair advantage because she can collect contributions just as large as SN can. Also:

Bar chart showing Contributions to Date:
Foster: $117,511
Nelson: $278,092

As of 5/27/2025

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