Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I also struggle with technical aspects of films about stuff I know because I want them to be interesting on my level, but that would make them inscrutable to normal people. In other words, of the course the words guy would find the words too simple in a mass market movie. 😆 000
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 · 29/09/2026Also, isn't it sort of racially reductive to assume that the only way people of color can live in a neighborhood is on a government handout? Like, it seems condescending to import low income families of a specific race when the kids move up and away, and pretend that's the same community. 000
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Isn't it a little weird to try and use public policy to lock in the ethnic neighborhood segregations of the 1960s? 111
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Climate went off the rails because the narrative about it ended up being about shared sacrifice, i.e., "this will make your life worse." I don't think that's true, but that's what was sold! So now it's politically toxic because people like good things and hate bad things. Bummer. :( 000
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 "UnionToTuple" 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
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You can at least boost that to 240V at 15A for 2x the heating power. Or if it’s 12ga wire, 20A. But be careful with the heat pump water heaters. They’re situational. If they are in a conditioned space, they’re just sucking heat that has to be replaced by your furnace. 000
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 · 19/09/2026Fair, though I guess I’d say the amount by which it is governed by the bureaucrats is overstated most of the time. They’re following political will and sane-washing it. 110
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
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yeah, it’s never been actually technocratic. Urban planning as a profession has been divorced from reality for its entire existence. 220
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 · 18/09/2026Two things were different back in 1981: 1) we’ve made homes structurally much more expensive due to regulatory requirements 2) land was much cheaper then because of the suburban expansion 010
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026To steel man this slightly, there’s a narrow path where you believe OTA exploits are thoroughly tested for and patched, but physical ones are not given that level of scrutiny. Also, nation-state level stuff has definitely happened over the usb port. 100
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 · 17/09/2026I think what’s obvious in this proposal is that it’s a giveaway to lobbyists that camp out at City Hall and mildly net negative for actual people who need housing. 000
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Neither proposal is more or less real, and as you know, policy frequently sails as multiple ordinances for purely mechanical reasons. But these items should be considered as a pair. 020
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Both are “information” items to preview future legislation (including the draft ordinance). So the way to think about this is that the two information items together are a presently non-binding policy package, being previewed for a real drafting and introduction later. 110
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026…cronies get a Christmas tree of goodies at your expense. This legislation is as close as you can get to corruption without triggering an ethics probe and it’s an embarrassment. 160
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026…and mostly guaranteeing they stay just as exclusive as when they were single-family zones. But it gives more MHA tax dollars to politically connected non-profits that build housing for $1M a pop. So the housing crisis persists, homeless stay homeless, middle class gets driven out, political… 191
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 17/09/20261) It removes a regressive tax from _existing_, helping developers underwater on their projects. 2) It trades a 60% tax cut, for a new tax: an unfunded mandate to build monetary-losing 2 bed apartments. A wash. 3) It extends the regressive MHA housing tax to all NR zones, killing development… 180
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
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Idk, I kinda don’t like the hearsay nature of these claims. I feel like there should be at least some credible evidence in the public record before torching someone’s reputation. Unchecked social purity mobs rarely work out well, so it’s good to have some norms about restraint. 010
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 · 16/09/2026Are you skeeting it?static.klipy.comSpongebob Can't Wait - Eagerly ExcitedALT: Spongebob Can't Wait - Eagerly Excited 100
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Lina Khan posted recently basically saying, “we can already reign in these companies with the laws we have,” and Taylor Lorenz has been vocally anti-AI regs, but I’m not sure her position. Matt Stoller has expressed skepticism too, but I try not to read anything from him, so can’t comment. 000
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
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It kills me because State Capacity Enjoyers need not just tax revenue, but also to have that money not absolutely wasted doing nothing. This challenge appears to be (hopefully not) impossible. 020
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Seattle has about 10k AirBnBs out of a total housing stock of 400,000. So it’s a drop in the bucket and in any case people need to be able to visit here too. 000
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Okay, I guess we agree the way is to build more housing. I said, “we need to build 20k homes” and you said “that’s not the only way,” so I thought we were disagreeing on that point. 240
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Who would you boot out of existing occupied homes to make room for the currently homeless folks? 100
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Which city has that worked in? Approximately every housing unit is occupied in Seattle. The only way to house everyone currently in homes AND house everyone who is homeless is to add about 20-40k more homes. 110
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
Logan Bowers @loganb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This talk from a decade ago is great and I think has the correct message: the real threat of AI is what humans do with it to abuse other humans. youtu.be/kErHiET5YPw?...youtu.beMaciej Ceglowski - Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (Keynote)YouTube video by WebCamp Zagreb 010
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
