Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Brick and mortar businesses are grueling. One wrong step can doom them because they have no cushion. Any tech that helps them (us) understand the business better and compete against bigger, well-funded chains, sounds pretty awesome, tbh. (I have no idea if the specific tech here is any good tho) 010
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You have to admit this slapsyoutube.comNothing Went Foom [MV]YouTube video by Ribomagi 000
Reposted by Logan BowersRyan Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 23/09/2026> Thanks for coming to this neurodivergence assessment, Ryan. You seem like you're in a good mood? < Yeah I just saw in the Factorio patch notes that they fixed the train pathfinding bug I logged > That's great to hear. In fact, we can go ahead and wrap up early, I don't have any other questions 224710
Reposted by Logan BowersIan @woolie.meowmeow.city · 20/09/2026California Environmentalism is easy to understand. State law mandates that every parking garage display a prominent warning that parking garages are known to the State of California to Cause Cancer. At the same time, every city has a law that requires all new buildings to include parking garages. 211925
Reposted by Logan BowersAidan T 🌐 @buildhomes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The Pro-MHA Seattle Times Editorial board acknowledges that MHA fees get passed onto renters, and supports it because of that, lol. 0143
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yup. This is the natural outcome of excessive proceduralism because the procedural bodies will inevitably always be controlled by the most zealous busybodies with too much free time. Electeds delegate these powers away because it’s easier to dodge responsibility. But it all needs to be pulled back. 042
Reposted by Logan BowersSeattle New Liberals @seattle.cnliberalism.org · 19/09/2026There is a legal mandate that goes into effect this year for all city budgets to be balanced for 3 years (not just 1). Any mayor would have had to balance this budget through 2030. 431
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Popped into Seattle City Council public comment today to support the MHA tax reduction (regressive tax on housing) and oppose the addition of MHA to all former single family zones. Look at that crowd! Nearly every builder in the whole damn city showed up and they all had “proud YIMBY” signs. 🤩 0161
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I take a different perspective than Will on this. I think politicians have to be taking conspicuous actions to expand the pie and _lower_ prices if they want to be taken seriously on economy. Trump is doing the opposite right now, the real prices matter much less. Dems generally drive prices up. 011
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026MHA is a regressive tax on housing, UCLA research shows it, at best leads to an 80% reduction in housing construction. We all agree we’re in a housing crisis in Seattle. So let’s unpack what this legislation from CM Foster does: 1142
Reposted by Logan BowersNext door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For people who don't live in California, let me explain the story of 2150 Avy Ave. The owner could be 1. A retiree who bought early 2. The child of a retiree who inherited the house before 2021 and lives in it 3. The child of a retiree who inherited the house before 2021 and rents it out for $5K/mo 2326
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026City and state government politics absolutely revolve around the contractors, both for-profit and non-profit, that consume tax dollars. If voters aren’t focused on an issue, it’s nearly guaranteed the State is being fleeced, as that’s the lowest friction choice for the electeds. 042
Reposted by Logan BowersCadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It should make consultants uncomfortable and we should spend the $ that we’re spending on consultants to build up state or federal-level infrastructural support services or A Service 55516
Reposted by Logan BowersVibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sarah McBride is running for leadership. This news broke three hours ago but not a single person on this app posted about it. 🤔 22479119
Reposted by Logan BowersMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 10/09/2026The process for setting the rules about how our buildings get built appears wildly corrupt. 1469
Reposted by Logan BowersThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 08/09/2026In Kirkland, new requirements taking effect in January will add a new $15 per-square-foot fee to housing units over 2,000 square feet. A move to raise that threshold to 2,500 square feet, intended to encourage more development, narrowly failed last week. Story: www.theurbanist.org/kirkland-cou...theurbanist.orgKirkland Council Divides Over Affordable Housing Fees in Low-Density ZonesNew requirements taking effect in January will add a new $15 per-square-foot fee to housing units over 2,000 square feet. A move to raise that threshold to 2,500, intended to encourage more developmen... 1132
Reposted by Logan BowersCadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I don’t think the lessons of social justice for decisionmakers have set in if the end goals remain the same but the rhetoric sounds more social justice-y. “I’m not throwing you under the bus, I’m simply relocating you under the diesel-electric mass transportation vehicle” 1172
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The 2030 census reapportionment is going to be brutal for Dems. We’re going to lose an entire swing state of EVs, almost entirely because TX passes pro-housing laws and CA and NY don’t. (But thank you YIMBYs for fighting and trying!) 171
Reposted by Logan BowersBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence 1373718767
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This 🧵 is correct, and additionally, vehicle depreciation dominates ride cost and for a cybercab is about $0.10/mi. No other AV gets close. 120
Reposted by Logan BowersGoldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 05/09/2026Trump’s vote-by-mail “reforms” are working exactly as intended: “However, we are seeing serious problems with mail delivery through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Voters are following all the rules, but mail delays are causing many ballots to arrive way too late.” 0215
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Yep, this is why progressives and liberals need to embrace abundance as a governing philosophy. Otherwise people will choose fascism, we’ve tested this many times. 030
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sarah McBride is one of the most deft politicians in a long time. Top tier. 010
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I don’t like her vote and also don’t see how it helps her politically, but how many of the people super mad about this are capable of winning an R+5 district? 220
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (This one was highly underrated) 000
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope AES wins and he seems like a smart guy. But also I don’t really get The Prospect’s angle of defending Piker on the merits? Seems like that plays into GOP criticism. Piker an unlikable blow hard that electrocuted his dog. He’s also not running for Senate, and has zero influence. 110
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026SCL’s rates are going up 9%/yr and their IRP is calling for new geothermal in NV, transmitted here by ✨ magic ✨ I think. So I’m a FIMBY (Fervo In My Backyard). 010
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The most predictable things keep happening! It’s sad we have to so meticulously document these positive effects. 130
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s easy to hate data center energy waste. But do you have the courage to hate other energy waste? 100
Reposted by Logan BowersPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Can’t drive down this street or park on it. No street trees. It’s a canyon too. None of these things are bad, they improve the street. Stop demanding American streets have all these things and start doing what Europe does 4381
Reposted by Logan BowersSara Straw @oneoneder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Tfw you realize your pro-bedtime stance was an affectation, you were anti-bedtime the entire time 0101
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Correct. RAM costs are up, what, 10x? QWEN just showed that a frontier model from January 2026 fits on a single computer. Even cloud providers are paying massive premiums for hardware. Costs will come down a lot as supply/demand balances. 010
Reposted by Logan BowersDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026New study finds that the rapid growth of electric vehicles in China has prevented over 300,000 premature deaths. Conversely -- and this is just math -- everything done to prevent the rise of EVs in the US leads to more preventable deaths of Americans. It's not an academic debate.nature.comReduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China - Nature HealthUsing satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo... 281741597
Reposted by Logan BowersSam @samd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026sometimes I think about how the daily horrors of the Trump administration could have been stopped almost entirely if Scalia simply died 14 months earlier and RBG died 4 months later out fascist-enabling Supreme Court is a historical accident. this all could have been avoided. 823816
Reposted by Logan BowersMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 22/08/2026Thrilled to see this arbitrary and cruel policy deemed illegal. 11247
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026People clearly feel unsafe when there are a bunch of visible fent dens and locked products at the grocery store, and don’t experience murders or other crimes. You can make the justice system as restorative and anti-carceral as you want if you just handle a few superficial things! Easy trade. 140
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Moderate, Liberal, and Left as the ideology categories is just actually perfect. Every now and again I imagine trying to explain Seattle politics to, like, a rural Texan. 020
Reposted by Logan BowersMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 13/08/2026Power in California is expensive because of urban sprawl and wildfires. And because of highly regressive “net metering” for solar, that shifts cost to poor households. 2101
Reposted by Logan BowersPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Zoning codes would never allow the iconic buildings we now cherish. Seattle’s famous Smith Tower could never be rebuilt on this site because it’s too tall, has too much area, doesn’t step back upper floors, and doesn’t have a gargantuan loading dock 611812
Reposted by Logan BowersBill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.mortgagenewsdaily.com 0102
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Visited a friend in a new development in Bothell. It was all the density of the city with none of the walkabilty. Fine as an affordability matter, but why are we causing this outcome? Some of my AV optimism comes from hoping to break the car spell that drives at least some of it. 110
Reposted by Logan BowersThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 04/08/2026NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Sound Transit Gave Us a Ballard Date. Here’s How To Accelerate It. By Seattle Subway via @theurbanist.orgtheurbanist.orgOp-Ed: Sound Transit Gave Us a Ballard Date. Here’s How To Accelerate It.Sound Transit recently revealed light rail won't reach Ballard until "around 2060" without further intervention. Seattle Subway lays out a path to greatly accelerate this delivery date, which they call “wildly unacceptable.” 0122
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Unfortunately this implies we need more military spending no matter what, to rearm. The world is getting more dangerous than any time in the last, probably 50 years. 020
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