Reposted by Marco LoweJennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years! 1428836
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Tomorrow, October 6, City Council hears public comment on the budget for the first time. For Seattle is supporting @mayor.seattle.gov $37 million investment in shelter expansion, so more of our neighbors have a safe place to stay. (1/2)docs.google.comSeattle High-Support Shelter and Throughput to Housing: Sign-On Letter (Q3 2026)The sign-on letter below will be used to advocate for the need for robust shelter investment, maintaining critical investments in permanent supportive housing, and in setting up a system that uses bot... 191
Reposted by Marco LoweMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 02/10/2026I really don't understand America's culture of forcing service workers to be on their feet all day. 3959595
Reposted by Marco LoweDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/09/2026Today on Volts: Heat-pump water heaters use a fraction of the energy of the conventional kind, but they've often been bulky, loud, & a hassle to install. A company called Reservoir has made one that's smaller, quieter, & much smarter, installed in hours by their own plumbers. I talk with the CEO.volts.wtfWhat’s up with heat-pump water heaters?A conversation with Luke Winston-Almanzar of Reservoir. 813829
Reposted by Marco LoweProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/202623,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy useThe injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification 10373234
Reposted by Marco LoweThe Vampire LesMak @lesleynope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The woman carrying the baby and food in the Giants game clip that went viral has written the full story of her marriage and what happened in the stands that night. If you’ve commented or shared any of the clips you also need to read and share her story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 15432134
Reposted by Marco LoweLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026rebranding AI has a “freedom fries” feeling to it 2974
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trends show a decline in new permits, meaning less housing being built when we need more. Seattle City Councilmembers Hollingsworth and Foster have proposed unsticking MHA, which could build more homes, now. 🧵(1/2)forseattle.substack.comYes to the Housing Accelerator, fix the resolutionSeattle City Councilmembers Hollingsworth and Foster have proposed unsticking something that could build more homes, now. This is follow-through in action, but the accompanying resolution needs work. 1122
Reposted by Marco LoweChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care. 722267226335
Reposted by Marco LoweLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“They are more likely to colonize Mars than win a defamation case against Alex Gibney,” she told NPR in a statement. “Alex Spiro is sending fairy dust letters with obtuse legalese.” 1485
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As a group of community members coming together to help local government actually follow through, one concrete result at a time, we got into all this work over housing and the cost of living. We’re also taking on a third thing, safety, because all else depends on it. 🧵(1/3) 121
Reposted by Marco LoweBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Given the unusual timing & challenges, Vancouver’s Granville Street pedestrian zone 7-Week extension since the World Cup ended is one of the most important street transformation pilots in North America. The public support for the street has been remarkable. This week/weekend is the last. Come see. 011019
Reposted by Marco LoweLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 29/08/2026these harmonies. (studio version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMr...youtube.comDolly Parton - Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus) (Official Audio) ft. Miley CyrusYouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 2368
Marco Lowe @marcolowe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Climbing interest rates and a quagmire with Iran make Trump's term look a lot like Carter's. 000
Reposted by Marco LoweJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165427122
Reposted by Marco LoweNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 15/08/2026we feel the same way. but maybe at times like this, boring has some appeal.neorsd.medium.comEmbrace boring.Sewers and finding certainty in uncertain times. 1016618
Reposted by Marco LoweDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/08/2026This is unfathomably stupid, petty, & counterproductive, even to the administration's own stated goals. Hundreds of hours of good-faith expert work, vaporized.energy.govEnergy Secretary Announces Cancellation of Three Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission CorridorsSecretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will not move forward with designating the three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors previous... 58974314
Marco Lowe @marcolowe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Was watching a newly released live version of Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) from Digable Plantes and saw a Seattle Storm hat on Ishmael Butler! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1D... 060
Marco Lowe @marcolowe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Spokane announced way to contribute to people impacted by the fires. my.spokanecity.org/endinghomele...my.spokanecity.orgH.O.M.E. Starts Here DonationsDonations to the H.O.M.E. Starts Here Fund go directly to supporting services for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. 042
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026SEPA reform passed City Council last night, 5-4. For Seattle is proud to have supported this legislation that removes a duplicative process often used to delay housing our neighbors urgently need. Thank you to @cmeddielin.bsky.social for your leadership. 🧵(1/2)completecommunitiescoalition.orgComplete Communities Coalition — Take Action!Your voice is critical to shaping the Comprehensive Plan and the future of Seattle! We need your help and collective action to create an affordable, equitable, and sustainable city. 151
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Seattle's council votes tomorrow on how to feed hungry kids. We dug in and landed somewhere that surprised us: close the weekend and school-break gap first, reach families automatically so no one has to prove they're poor, and build to universal meals once it's funded for real. 🧵(1/2)forseattle.substack.comMaking sure every kid in this city has food, every daySeattle is choosing how to spend limited money on child hunger. Here's where we landed, and what you can do before the council votes. 121
Marco Lowe @marcolowe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My brother Mason wrote a great op-ed in today's Seattle Times: Seniors with dementia deserve help, not handcuffs. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seni...seattletimes.comSeattle seniors with dementia deserve help, not handcuffs | Op-EdThere are no simple solutions to the challenge that these vulnerable seniors present, but there are steps that we can take as a community. 010
Reposted by Marco LoweVirginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated! 3284283
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Utility Discount Program legislation passed unanimously today at City Council! 🎉 Thank you @cmdanstrauss.bsky.social for your leadership. 🧵(1/3) 132
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We’re proud of what we showed the world Seattle is all about! When we set ambitious goals and work together, this city delivers. How do we keep that momentum going even when the world’s eyes aren’t on us? Let’s keep up the urgency, collaboration, and big thinking to deliver results year-round. 121
Reposted by Marco LoweJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026HE'S HOME!!!! 40 posters around the area. Probs 100 or so doors knocked on yesterday. A young girl had come to the door with her dad at one, when we'd knocked. She spotted him while coming home from a park. She and her friends alerted an adult who got the number off a nearby poster and rang us /1 2382379134
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Utility Discount Program legislation passed 4-0 out of the Governance & Utilities Committee yesterday! 🎉 We are especially excited to share that the amendment For Seattle pushed for, adding a yearly enrollment reporting requirement, was adopted. 🧵1/3 111
Reposted by Marco LoweMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"she asked for it" 4926452863
Reposted by Marco LoweRijksmuseum Art @rijksmuseumart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Arcadisch landschap met figuren bij een rivieroever botfrens.com/collections/216/conten… 041
Reposted by Marco Lowedaryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026"think, spongebob! you'll outlast every fragile, insignificant being on this planet. you'll live to see this world crumble to dust and blow away" 1162
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026"We urge the Mayor and Council to move forward with the Housing Accelerator now and pair it with a permanent fix ...More process shouldn't become one more reason we delay results." www.theurbanist.org/mha-housing-... @mayorofseattle.bsky.social @council.seattle.gov cc @theurbanist.orgtheurbanist.orgMHA Housing Accelerator Proposal Hits Seattle Process SnagAfter some nonprofit builders objected, the Housing Development Consortium pulled their support for Seattle's "Housing Accelerator" pilot program built on temporarily reducing builder fees. This led M... 041
Reposted by Marco LoweMarshe Summers @skymckinnon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026We can totally do this with Pike Place Market. 0436
Reposted by Marco LoweRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 03/07/2026Seattle should follow Portland’s lead here, regardless of what the HDC suggests. MHA is very clearly not working. I backed it in 2015, the evidence is in, it failed. Time to do what works in PDXsightline.orgPortland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests | Sightline InstituteBecause for the first time, the city fully funded it. 1608
Reposted by Marco LoweDan Bertolet @danbertolet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026One reason this backsliding never ends is because the deal itself reinforced the idea that taxing housing to pay for housing is fine as long as it’s calibrated. No. Unfunded inclusionary zoning is bad policy that harms renters in all economic conditions and it should be abolished everywhere. 0416
Reposted by Marco LoweWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The anti-vax group formerly led by Robert Kennedy Jr. has been promoting the story of a woman who says vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins. She’s the lead plaintiff in the group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics. Well, now she’s been charged with suffocating the toddlers.importantcontext.newsPlaintiff in Children’s Health Defense Lawsuit Charged With MurderA mother who blamed vaccines for the deaths of her toddler twins and joined the anti-vax group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics has been charged with murdering her children. 8022731052
Reposted by Marco LoweErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 03/07/2026BREAKING: A deal that would have given housing developers a partial holiday on mandatory affordable housing fees has fallen through. The agreement, brokered between private-market developers, affordable housing developers, and the mayor's office, was supposed to culminate in legislation on Monday. 58711
Reposted by Marco LoweJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 30/06/2026I know I am in the UK, but my view from over here is that the US Dems have completely failed to reckon with the scale of the threat that SCOTUS poses. It has been, in my assessment, the Dems' biggest failing. The level of complacency has been astounding. 1231254
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Seattle has an extra housing-appeal step the state already dropped. Over 10 years it delayed decisions by months and changed the outcome twice. @cmeddielin.bsky.social's bill, heard July 1, would fix it. Here's what it does, in plain English: forseattle.substack.com/p/clearing-r... #sepaforseattle.substack.comClearing Redundant Process Means More Homes in SeattleA bill before Seattle City Council next week would remove a redundant appeals step that almost never changes a decision but routinely delays new housing for months. 042
Reposted by Marco LoweRijksmuseum Art @rijksmuseumart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Het Damrak in de winter botfrens.com/collections/216/conten… 151
Reposted by Marco LoweTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026May your bike lanes be protected and never end. 241107105
Reposted by Marco LoweDr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Welcome to Day 2 of the State of the Science Summit on Reducing Methane from Animal Agriculture! After opening remarks by Dean Ashley Stokes, we start with a panel on bromoform-based feed additives moderated by Sinead Leahy, with professors Ermias Kebreab, Joseph McFadden, and Terry Engle. 2206
Reposted by Marco LowePatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Congratulations everybody. 06315
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Seattle sets aside ~$35M a year to cut low-income families' power & water bills, then fails to deliver most of it: only ~36–44% of eligible households are enrolled. Our new piece on why, the fix, and why we back @cmdanstrauss.bsky.social's bill: forseattle.substack.com/p/udp-35-mil...forseattle.substack.comUDP: $35 Million We Set Aside and Never SentWhy For Seattle’s next project is a utility bills discount program few are championing. 011
Reposted by Marco LoweNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026every time I say this, someone didn't know: you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library? 261526605
Reposted by Marco LoweCarl @subzidion.com · 04/06/2026Seattle City Light has had a power capacity problem brewing for years. Whether it's data centers or electric vehicles, they're going to have to bring a lot more generation online sooner rather than later... 111
Reposted by Marco LoweFor Seattle @forseattlewa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026HOP legislation passed 9-0 at @council.seattle.gov just now! A step towards many more homes, more quickly, in our fantastic city. Shoutouts to sponsors @linforseattle.bsky.social @alexis4seattle.bsky.social. Up next: tracking HOP's impact. For a refresher: forseattle.substack.com/p/join-us-tu... 021