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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, that was an earthquake on the Kitsap Peninsula! If you are in the area, you can contribute to citizen science by filling out a report here: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3 to tell us if you felt the shaking or not.

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OPB @opb.org · 27/09/2026

Two new trainsets will make four daily trips between British Columbia’s Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and Eugene. The rollout will continue through early 2027 with an additional six trainsets expected, eventually replacing the existing Amfleet and Talgo trainsets.

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Amtrak Cascades Airo trains debut Sept. 30 in the Pacific Northwest

Two Airo trainsets will starting running four times a day on the Amtrak Cascades beginning Wednesday. They include improved seats, larger tray tables, accessible bathrooms and power outlets at each seat.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

new train just dropped

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Damn, these new trains are NIIIICE.

Digital display showing which seats are available

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Michael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The adjustable height tables for mobility device users are great. Unfortunately, only the first three cars (business, cafe, first coach car) are fully accessible. While there are spaces for passengers with mobility devices throughout the train, the passageways may be too narrow for some users.

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Congratulations @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov on the first ride of the new Airo fleet cars today! I’m on board and they are BEAUTIFUL.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I can't tell you how excited @councilmember-amr.seattle.gov was about the features in the Airo restrooms. Including the lighting on the mirror.

Alexis Kaiden and Ryan in Airo restrooms

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is gonna make bike travel so much easier! Check out the racks on @amtrak.com's new Airo train cars. (We got the preview tour at the #seattle launch today)

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I. Hernandez @hernando206.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Turns out when you put a not-rich person in the mayor's office, you get someone who understands how to be careful with money. The two millionaires who preceded her spent like drunken sailours and used accounting tricks to punt the ball down the road.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...

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Remembering Dr. Joe Romm

It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NFL owners doing what NFL owners do. Fully 10 years after Kaepernick took a knee. Billionaire Robert Kraft taking the side of the oppressor and not the oppressed. Free Palestine. Black Lives Matter. bsky.app/profile/your... www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

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Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

Ed Sheeran has addressed the removal of Seattle rapper Macklemore as his opening act after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments during a performance.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New logo just dropped.

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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 25/08/2026

SDOT's 2026 Bike & Scooter Share Survey is NOW OPEN. Whether you ride every day, on occasion, or haven't tried yet, we want to hear from you! Complete the survey by September 27 for a chance to win one of five $100 gift cards. bit.ly/seattlescooter26-s

A person rides a Lime e-bike during the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup in Pioneer Square. I am sure someone is going to comment that they are biking on the wrong side of the street, but the street was closed to vehicles and open for people biking and walking at the time.

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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Seattle is a K-shaped economy: A floating class of tech money, business, and property owners, and then everyone else they rely on to run, clean, and maintain this illusion. Wilson's advent is the 1st time the former has had to acknowledge the latter's existence in a while, and they cannot stand it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2026

this legitimately made me tear up. a tremendous public servant!

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 06/06/2026

Absolutely, so many urbanists are deeply motivated environmentalists. And folks proclaiming themselves as environmentalists while doing everything to preserve single-family neighborhoods are losing credibility and harming the movement, imo.

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Karma is a bitch moment for Donald Trump. Trump Presidential Library site in Miami next to Biscayne Drive is inundated at 8-ft sea level rise, which might occur as early as 2100. Why sue? It is poetic justice.

The Guardian website with headline "Miami residents sue over land for Trump presidential library"

Map view of proposed site of Trump presidential library

NOAA sea level visualization mapper which shows Biscayne drive and Trump presidential library site underwater with 8 ft sea level rise.

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer. open.spotify.com/episode/3Jjy... youtu.be/mX5U5DNUfBc?...

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Why Jeff Bezos’s Tax Rate Is Lower Than Yours | The Ezra Klein Show

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

We talk a lot about government is broken, but our Financial System is also broken due to how the tax rules favors stock buybacks instead of dividends. Ezra's guest Ray Madoff explains how we could make our tax system fairer AND get corporations to pay higher taxes by just tweaking the tax codes.

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

To really get Pete Hegseth, Betsy De Vos or Erik Prince, one needs to acknowledge how conservative Calvinistic ideals are what is dictating their politics. John Calvin taught that God’s reign on earth is absolute, defined by His omnipotent providence, which directs all creation, ...

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

RIP Tracy Kidder, who introduced us in "Mountains Beyond Mountains" to the global health work of Paul Farmer and inspired us on the "preferential option for the poor". Kidder's storytelling inspired my daughter to pursue a career in pediatric medicine. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

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Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies aged 80

Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched books

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 27/02/2026

Way too many people try to boil politics down to just ideology: a left-to-right line. But political thought is more complex than that. There's growing evidence that the problems that ailed Democrats last cycle have little, if anything, to do with ideology. See this analysis for more details.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/01/2026

At last! The climate community has finally figured out The Right Way to Talk! Things should get much easier now. potentialenergycoalition.org/wp-content/u...

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Warning: Hot Mike! @modernminstrel.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

If everything is a landmark, nothing is a landmark. Seattle Landmarks has lost all credibility. This pool is only the latest in a long line of designations for no other reason than to impede progress.

A screenshot of the Seattle Landmarks and Historical Districts map with FAR too much of the city covered by preservation icons.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

#OnThisDay in 1957, a giant sinkhole opened up in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood. historylink.org/File/3138

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

And you’re going to see a LOT of this coming out of COP. But if you want to see what the real issues of food and climate change are, and find solutions that work, we have you covered. First, the science underpinning the issue: go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24

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The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it

Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to b...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you. They say methane “doesn’t count”. They try to sell “regenerative grazing”. They try to greenwash.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/10/2025

Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 13/10/2025

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 03/10/2025

The Seattle City Council added a series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update to the City's Comprehensive Plan in September. The bonuses could create a stacked flat multiplex boom. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/03/s...

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Seattle Council Sets the Stage for a Potential Multiplex Boom » The Urbanist

# The Seattle City Council added a series of series of height and density bonuses for stacked flats as they amended Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed update to the City's Comprehensive Plan in September....

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Not long ago, Democrats were targeted in the middle of the night in their own homes, yet the very voices now shouting were silent then. We didn’t create doxxing sites, we didn’t make threats, because that’s not who we are. That’s never been what we stand for.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

One of the great injustices of Neo-Liberalism is how people who work taking care of the elderly and taking care of the disabled are barely respected and poorly paid.

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Climate.us @climate.us · 01/09/2025

Help us build Climate.us! Be a founding supporter of our mission: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

New Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov Siemons Airo sets are just like driving an Formula 1 race car on a dirt road. Only as good as what they are riding on. Speed limited to 79 mph due to bad BNSF rail bed. Build more track Washington DOT. @wsdot.wa.gov

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy Birthday America! This painting in Versailles honors the French military victory at Yorktown which secured American freedom. It should not need to be said that freedom is ensured by being allied to those seeking to overthrow oppression. Merci, bon ami!

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Senators Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov and Murray @murray.senate.gov, and Representative @jayapal.house.gov. Action is required to stop the budget cuts and keep NOAA's Sandpoint research station open to understand how global warming is affecting our fisheries and marine ecosystems.

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Jeffry Berner @pyth-of-samos.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

BREAKING. Trump is closing down NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory climate research station here in Seattle. This lab is where Richard Feely, an IPCC AR6 author & 2010 Heinz Award recipient, conducted research identifying the extreme risk of ocean acidification on marine food chains.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...

Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters.

A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago.

And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety.

To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And-

Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think-

A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different.

Q: They're not really.

A: Those are like different genres.

Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different.

A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 28/06/2025

The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.

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