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Nathan M

@nathanmesser.bsky.social
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Father, pro cook, fietster, ADHD rabbit hole follower, Seattle area YIMBY, retired drug policy activist/expert/nerd w/ Dancesafe, Ingress Resistance. Formerly nafun@twitter

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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 3h
Long ago consigned myself to never be able to use the transit improvements I supported when I lived in the area
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 3h
Once again raising my suggestion that we bring back stocks in the town square for certain types of misdeeds.
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Lewis Muirhead @bringthenoise.bsky.social · 12h
Man, cops might actually like killing dogs more than even doing ”civil forfeiture“ on any cash they see
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 3h
Oh, so like most K9 deaths ?
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 7h
should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 7h
It’s hard to explain but what Bob said is actually so much worse than how it appears. He first dramatically insulted affordable housing, then claimed that social housing dollars can just go to Office of Housing instead, AND then he implied oh well, all of that money should just go to cops anyway
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 3h
ALERTA!
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 6h
Ballard Congratulates Golf Course on Its New Light Rail Station: tinyurl.com/yncw9jep
Map of new Pinehurst light rail station opening Sept. 30 next to I-5 and 160-acre Jackson Park Golf Course.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15h
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The question that @guyoron.net asked Bob Kettle about why "Public Safety" doesn't include traffic safety — the consistent #1 concern of Seattleites in public safety surveys — continues to get under his skin. Just now Kettle once again implied Guy "doesn't seem to know" what they're talking about.
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey look, Urban Planning Theory of Everything continues to hold. He focuses on Vancouver and Toronto but could be talking about Seattle. We've lost a huge percentage of our dance clubs in the past 15 years. And many of the biggest are Calvin Harris-ass banal-oteques. youtu.be/EmLO69c_fyw?...
youtu.be
Gen Z Didn’t Kill Nightlife
YouTube video by About Here
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Holy shit I can't believe this is real. Not only this, but they said it was unfair to the other businesses in other parts of town because they couldn't participate and because they would lose workers to the busier restaurants.
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Michael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning from King Street Station! We will be getting a first look at the new Amtrak Airo trains in a few minutes.
King St StationAmtrak Airo train in Everett earlier this year.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
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David Welton @davidwelton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you want "everyone is welcome here!" to be a reality, your housing prices need to match your kind words
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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merritt @merrittk.com · 25/09/2026
i heard woke is trying to do same-sex bathrooms now... they want our sons pissing next to each other to turn them gay
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 25/09/2026
Seattle Is Dying™ www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Top 10 global cities for 2026, according to the 2026 Global Cities
Index
1. New York, US
2. London, UK
3. Paris, France
4. Seattle, US
5. San Francisco, US
6. Dublin, Ireland
7. Boston, US
8. San Jose, US
9. Tokyo, Japan
10. Zurich, Switzerland
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Blansas could be a thing in my lifetime.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Mayorally mandated protected bike lane" westseattleblog.com/2026/09/foll...
westseattleblog.com
FOLLOWUP: Work planned this weekend to prepare for mayorally mandated protected bike lane on SW Wildwood Place
One month ago, we reported on an executive order by Mayor Katie Wilson that - among other things - mandated a protected bicycle lane by year's end on SW Wildwood Place, the street near the Fauntleroy ...
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w…
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026
Man standing in front of big neon sign that says “is that good?” As the crowd chants the same. Art by Mattie lubchansky
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Thomas Jerome @thomasjerome.com · 24/09/2026
Naming the "Ableism" list so that a screen reader pronounces it "Four bee ell three one ess em", 10/10 bit
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Marc Auerbach @pugetopia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is Sara Nelson violating campaign finance laws by using a (c)(4) nonprofit to fund a campaign against progressive Seattle Citu Council candidate Nilu Jenks?
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 24/09/2026
They’re panicking.
When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.
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Alice Lastname @shihtzulove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My goal in life is to never, ever, inspire a 3 part takedown series such as the Elephant Graveyard produced on Joe Rogan. Damn. (To be clear, Joe deserves it.) Please hug your sons. - Elephant Graveyard
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ah, but what if *first* you help elect a government that doesn’t prosecute fraud?…
static.klipy.com
Big Brain Meme Gesture
ALT: Big Brain Meme Gesture
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Attn @ramez.bsky.social
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To be fair, this is exactly what people said about Uber and Lyft. And there have been studies about how much more people drive when they don't have to worry about parking on one or both ends of their trip. There's little reason to think driverless cars won't lead to an explosion in VMT in cities.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/09/2026
Guy who has never been to New York City or the San Francisco Bay Area: rich people would NEVER move into modest homes built for the middle class.
Strong Towns screenshot: The household purchasing a luxury condominium was never going to occupy a 500-square-foot starter home. Building that starter home does not require waiting for anything to filter down. It creates the missing product directly.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A post that’s so eye-opening because this is exactly what liberals will say is GOP distraction tactics, almost as a parody— and here it really is what Gaetz is saying unironically as his GOP message.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"And while Trump had his Republican allies protecting him from impeachment throughout his presidency, I promise that my Department of Justice will put him into a prison cell for the rest of his life for the crimes he committed while in office." ---The Person Who Wins the 2028 Dem. Primary.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
nytimes.com
Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Under the Wokou system, everyone who applies to relocate will be classified as either a transplant or an immigrant after extensive testing
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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
legally you have to listen to this today
youtube.com
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
White Americans moving to NYC is a nefarious plot. AYFKM
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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just to put “transplant” discourse in context: domestic migration to NYC has been net negative for all of the last five years.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-…
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror
Image Calls VP ‘Loser’ Right To His Face
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My invention, the Pedestrian Crossing Flail-Mace, is an improvement over flag-based systems.
Flag tube with a medieval weapon.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you ever read a series of words
Includes exclusive Hanks for our troops pumpkin brulee
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Nathan M @nathanmesser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sounds like the easiest job in the world. If you can handle reading sex fantasies by ICE agents that is.
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