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David Kroman

@kromandavid.bsky.social
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Co-host of Soundside on KUOW. Formerly Seattle Times, Crosscut. Send tips to: dkroman@kuow.org. Sorry for the baseball tweets.

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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 2h
Every poll for a Washington Supreme Court race
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A nine inning game 5 ALDS? My team would never
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ride past Pinehurst station a few times a week. So far the most number of people I’ve seen at the platform — cumulatively on both sides — is four. There were zero just now, which is not uncommon so far
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is what real leverage looks like
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t worry, I’m sure the aging billionaire venture capitalist will be content to just kick back and watch games www.axios.com/local/seattl...
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Seahawks' new owner on moving the team: "Never say never"
The Seahawks' Lumen Field lease runs through 2032, with renewal options extending through 2062.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I feel like the Astros getting bodied in two straight games in front of a half empty stadium is actually worse than missing the playoffs
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 01/10/2026
The Seattle Police Department for the first time revealed its Real Time Crime Center has access to hundreds more cameras than it previously reported.
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Seattle police have more surveillance cameras than previously reported
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just rode past you all
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Current messaging for the Republican candidate in WA’s 6th District.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wilson should never have been hired in the first place for the same reasons you don’t go into business with family and friends
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
His 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
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wilson was open to defunding the police in 2020 and now has changed her mind about that, that's true. But the reason that never landed as a political attack is that's like 80% of Seattle lol
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Debora Juarez, 2020: "When I hear people say there's just a few bad apples on the police force I adamantly disagree with that. It's just not a healthy tree. We need to plant a new tree, we have to completely re-imagine, re-vision what community policing is." www.kuow.org/podcast/news...
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Bad apples? Seattle Police 'not a healthy tree' says city council member
Chants of "defund S-P-D" have become a common message at protests in Seattle, and for the first time the idea is getting serious attention from the city council.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I want to get behind this list but Phoenix being 20 spots higher than Montreal is disqualifying
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No, the city has its own retirement fund, but it has been the subject of much debate if they should join the state!
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To put a finer point on this, my simple math shows the city saved around $15M next year on pension payments, possibly more
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You don’t have to wait that long. They’re already calling the D5 race their “pilot”
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s not a policy thing. It’s the actuary saying “you can do this,” which it didn’t do until for 2027. Poor Bruce missed out by a year
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Neither, as far as I can tell. The fund is nearly 80% funded, which is healthy. It appears to be outperforming prior assumptions.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A sneaky gift for Wilson: The city's required contribution to its pension was revised downward for 2027, from 15.06% to 13.48%. That is saving the city millions across her whole budget.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An ongoing theme of Wilson's speech was "honesty," the implication (or obvious statement) being past administrations were not honest about the state of the city budget. Not wrong!
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mayor Katie Wilson: "I have made the difficult decision to transmit a new budget without new revenue."
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What a world
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Where is that legal mandate from? I hadn’t heard of that tbh
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Underground cables, babyyyyy www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
Fixing Seattle’s power outages continues a 1960s class divide
Decaying electrical cables, buried in the 1960s to beautify some of Seattle’s wealthiest neighborhoods, are the cause of the city’s long power outages.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The NR expansion is still just a resolution though, yeah? So this legislation wouldn’t do that exactly
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A bit character on Game of Thrones
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
City Hall is so funny, like it was built in the “leave everyone a little unhappy” lab
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wouldn’t a pretty effective way to rein this all in be to pass a law clarifying “if your bot kills people, we can charge you with murder”?
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The more cynical analogy are K-9 units punishing the dog for misbehavior, not the handler
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I haven’t seen much on how companies like OpenAI are planning for the liability shitstorm of their rogue AI agents committing felonies. If the agents do actually start causing genuine problems — taking a bank offline or something — wouldn’t Sam Altman or whoever be liable for prosecution?
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just got a statement responding to a response to a request for a response. That’s the good stuff
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
She’s agreed to come on every month. She’s already booked through January
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Me, having just finished the Three Body Problem trilogy, reading about AI: I’m getting a lot of Three Body Problem vibes from this
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The new Soundside, already making waves
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Daniel Beekman @dbeekman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Seattle Fire Department may seek more accountability from its ambulance contractor after being questioned by the City Council about using an out-of-state nurse line and an artificial intelligence program to help triage 911 calls. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle council questions fire officials about 911 nurse line, AI use
Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle said he wants to see enhanced oversight of ambulance responses ordered through the outsourced nurse line.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Several of these hires
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Name I've Not Heard
ALT: Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Name I've Not Heard
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's @mayor.seattle.gov with us on Soundside, talking shelter goals (I thought this was a little newsy!), MHA (also a little newsy?), business, public safety and taking listener questions. omny.fm/shows/sounds...
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on homelessness, CCTV cameras, and more - Soundside
Every month Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson sits down with Soundside to discuss the latest news and answer your questions.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scene from Denny this morning. Anecdotal but the traffic flow today looked similar to me as it did pre-bus lane
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today Seattle's hearing examiner dismissed an appeal that had been filed by the MLB Stadium Authority over the pending Greater Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center Subarea Plan. Why is this important? The reason for dismissal was the recent SEPA reform bill that took effect last week.
BEFORE THE HEARING EXAMINER
CITY OF SEATTLE
In the Matter of the Appeal of: Hearing Examiner File:
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WASHINGTON STATE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL STADIUM PUBLIC 
FACILITIES BASEBALL DISTRICT; and,
SEATTLE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL,
from a decision by the Director, Seattle ORDER OF
Department of Construction and Inspections. DISMISSAL 
The parties stipulated to dismissal based on lack of jurisdiction and presented an order on 
same (Stipulation and Proposed Order on Motions to Dismiss), which the Hearing 
Examiner signed. That Order specified that once Ordinance 127477 went into effect, the 
Office of Hearing Examiner would lack jurisdiction. The parties have since stipulated that 
this condition has occurred and requested dismissal. Per this request, the appeal is 
DISMISSED.
Entered September 8, 2026
/s/ Susan Drummond ______________
Susan Drummond, Deputy Hearing Examiner
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thursday! What questions do you have?
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very fun to officially get things going. We even had a bit of new reporting on the Pit across from City Hall: The city has found the developer to be in default of its agreement.
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I left on very good terms! No substacks from me!
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I just realized that the two most recent editorial departures from The Seattle Times are me and Matt Calkins
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Heidi Groover @heidigroover.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Seattle Times is suing OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement but still wants the right to replace my colleagues with AI 🤔
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/09/2026
The Seattle Times Company is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the tech companies violated copyright law while training AI models.
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Seattle Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over copyright infringement
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Finishing touches being made on the Pinehurst station. I head north on the light rail a couple times a week. Will report back on its use
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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Part of the vision is to lean more in to the community radio aspect of it all
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