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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π

@kurt.social
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Software engineer, computer scientist, polyamorist, runner, PEV enthusiast, urbanist, YIMBY, community activist, music lover, cat adopter, father, pizza-maker, vegetarian, ASL user, and other things as well.

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Futurewise @futurewise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Introducing #WeekWithoutDriving Bingo 🚌🚲 Join the Complete Communities Coalition and you could win prizes 👀‼️ How it works: Fill out our bingo card. Email it to action@futurewise.org or bring your bingo card to our happy hour on Oct. 7 for a chance to win a prize. RSVP online: bit.ly/cccHHoct26
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listen
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nondriver
30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 29/09/2026
But what about the orcas?! Show us the dead orcas.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 29/09/2026
Land Value Tax pls
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A week's worth of groceries, including two boxes of formula by bike? No, you don't need a car for that, just some enabling infrastructure and a bike designed for the task. We don't expect everyone to live this way, but we do expect cities to enable the decision if people make it.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 28/09/2026
We're lucky to have you 🫶
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 28/09/2026
Fifth Element also predicted how car insurance companies would start talking directly to your car. I'm still waiting for the tech that lets you sleep through long flights.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 28/09/2026
Minivans are cool and have not stopped being cool. Fight me.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 23/09/2026
If I've learned anything from The Legend of Zelda, it's that you can use the red one twice.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 22/09/2026
#TIL that the mod of both /r/eastside and /r/BellevueWA will ban you for, e.g. posting about local ICE activity (b/c "national politics", "violating community rules") but will leave your post up if it is full of racism and fascist boot-licking.
Screenshot of a Reddit comment thread from the subreddit r/BellevueWA showing several comments, with higher-level replies indicated as deleted and removed by moderators.

The top visible post by user Typical-Picture8961 reads: "sadly voting blue has consequences".

Below a removed comment, user Beerchovies writes: "Actions have consequences. Should've self-deported."

Replying under another removed comment, user Beerchovies writes: "I'm from the tribe that Oregon trailed their way out here. You must like us if you followed us out here. Welcome".

Further down, under a third removed comment, user Medical_Wood writes: "Funny how you far-left terrorists are genuinely too stupid to understand the difference between immigrants and settlers. This country was endless wilderness when my ancestors came here and built it. Are you fine with someone moving into a house your grandpa built just because he wasn't the original land owner?"
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I made a decision to live farther away from work and now it takes longer to get to work! What happened!?" I love how it never occurs to people that the decision they made might have also been made by other people as well.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 20/09/2026
A like wasn't enough. Had to comment that this is fire.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/09/2026
Drivers should be in favor of anything that gets more cars off the roads. You determine your own traffic delays through policy choices.
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Liveable Kirkland @liveablekirkland.org · 18/09/2026
Six local organizations serving our unsheltered neighbors have asked for 165 microwaveable bed warmers this season—over 100 more than last year! It's all hands on deck for Liveable Kirkland's work party on Mon, Sept 21 (6-8pm) at Chainline at Kirkland Urban to help assemble them. #Kirkland
Community volunteers gathering together around tables at Chainline at Kirkland Urban to assemble microwaveable bed warmers for unsheltered neighbors.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 18/09/2026
It was a plane, I watched it fly over and was like this the whole time
static.klipy.com
Austin Powers: Steamroller Chase
Alt: Austin Powers: Steamroller Chase
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 18/09/2026
A plane photo bombed me but I got this photo of Andromeda (and its little siblings) from the park near my house last night.
A deep-space long-exposure photograph featuring the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) stretching diagonally across a dense, dark night sky filled with countless stars. The galaxy exhibits a bright, glowing core and soft, faint dust lanes extending outward. smaller, fuzzy companion galaxirs (M32 and M110) appear nearby. Three parallel, thin yellow light trails from an airplane cross diagonally through the lower half of the view.
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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New cat just dropped
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 17/09/2026
Look, I'm not shopping anywhere unless I can drive directly up to the front door.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 16/09/2026
Fantastic news in Seattle today. ❤️♾️
theguardian.com
Seattle passes measure to protect non-monogamous people as protected class
City council votes unanimously in favor of bill that also protects multigenerational households
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Liveable Kirkland @liveablekirkland.org · 14/09/2026
Huge shoutout to the 12 incredible volunteers who turned out yesterday for our Adopt-a-Road cleanup in North Juanita! Despite the soggy weather, four teams powered through both sides of 100th Ave NE. We even tackled a bonus section that needed some extra love. #Kirkland
A group of 12 smiling volunteers wearing neon safety vests and rain jackets, holding trash grabbers and full garbage bags outside after a community litter cleanup event.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now that the bus lanes are helping bus riders and not substantially impacting drivers...it's not a news story at all.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 28/08/2026
"Homeless people should pull themselves up by their bootstraps." Also "Homeless people shouldn't have access to bootstraps."
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Kirkland Tool Library @kirkland.eastside.tools · 22/07/2026
📣 Help bring a Tool Library to Kirkland! Please email citycouncil@kirklandwa.gov to share your support for a KTL in the Old Fire Station. Want to do more? 📍  Stop by Conversations with Council on 7/30. 💻  Join the virtual City Council meeting on 8/5. Visit bit.ly/kirklandcitycouncil for details
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 21/07/2026
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Bellevue Must Invest in Safe Routes to Stations in Light Rail Era By Complete Streets Bellevue, Eastside Urbanism via @theurbanist.org
theurbanist.org
Op-Ed: Bellevue Must Invest in Safe Routes to Stations in Light Rail Era
Join the SAFE Bellevue Coalition in sending a letter to city leaders to show your support for a future-focused Bellevue budget that is committed to reducing the high rate of serious injuries on our streets.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Here it is:
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 19/04/2026
If you play NYT Connections and are on Android, I've created an app to make playing the game more enjoyable. I am looking for folks interested in helping alpha test the app. If you're interested, please DM me.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 16/01/2026
We need to get rid of the pardon.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 16/01/2026
Time for some of that solar power
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 16/01/2026
Wearing my BTDT shirt today!
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 15/01/2026
You may not believe that new-builds lower rents, but your landlord does.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 08/01/2026
But we're not a rich country like Portugal.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 27/12/2025
@bsky.app diversifying I see.
A white Bluesky brand microwave oven sits on a blue countertop against a tiled kitchen wall. The microwave features a large viewing window with a yellow-tinted internal light visible through the mesh.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 18/12/2025
This ✨handy✨ pocket is ONLY for literature. You can put Tolstoy in here, but Dan Brown has to go under the seat.
A close-up, angled shot shows the back of a white plastic airplane seat. A small upper pocket contains a "SAFETY INFORMATION CARD" for a "737 MAX" aircraft and a promotional brochure for "ATMOS REWARDS" mentioning a "65,000 BONUS."
Two small sticker labels are visible on the left side:
The top one reads: "Handy pocket for literature only"
The bottom one reads: "Stow device holder during taxi, takeoff, and landing"
The top of a gray leather headrest is visible on the left, and a white plastic latch for a tray table is positioned on the right. A blue banner on the literature encourages passengers to visit "ALASKAWIFI.COM."
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 15/12/2025
Or is it just the energy part of the code?
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 15/12/2025
OK, would this prevent us from adopting single-stair reforms? :/
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 15/12/2025
media.tenor.com
a man wearing a surgical gown and a mask says but why
Alt: a man wearing a surgical gown and a mask says but why
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 12/12/2025
Wouldn't this be cataclysmic for transportation in Seattle? How is this an option?
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 12/12/2025
The daddy mac'll make you...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is incredible.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 09/12/2025
I don't see a throttle, but I'm guessing it does 45+ kph
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 09/12/2025
Whereas I got ZSH (shingles without the rash) and it turns out that one can regularly kill you! It's also hard to diagnose! Get the shot.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 05/12/2025
They also endorsed against me, lol.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 05/12/2025
It's not just Seattle. The two things I wish I could get cities to understand are: 1. We have to think of cycling as real transportation and not simply recreation and 2. Transportation planning is not about predicting, it is about choosing.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?" Bill Nye said "Evidence." Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this." I think about that a lot.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 04/12/2025
@hankgreen.bsky.social thanks to you I now have a lot to say about this CAPTCHA.
A CAPTCHA image with the instruction, "Pick all animals related to the one shown." The reference image in the top right is a fish. The grid below has nine heavily stylized and distorted images: five images of elephants (some wearing hats), three images of cats wearing pirate hats, one image of a fish (which is currently selected with a checkmark), and one image of a cartoon shark.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 04/12/2025
Honestly looks more like the "Severe Damage" photo from my CERT training. Don't go in!
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/12/2025
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 03/12/2025
RIP Claude 😢🐊
theguardian.com
‘Iconic swamp king’: San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator dies aged 30
Claude, the de facto mascot for a local museum, was the subject of a children’s book and regularly received fan mail
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌π @kurt.social · 02/12/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a leather jacket is saying `` no doubt , no doubt , no doubt , no doubt .
Alt: a man in a leather jacket is saying `` no doubt , no doubt , no doubt , no doubt .
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