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Sara K

@sarabkiesler.bsky.social
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Journalist 📰 | Tacoma 🏔️ | Active transportation advocate | WNBA + WBB obsessed 🏀 | Equity-driven | Posts are about transportation & sports mostly | Bi 🌈 | she/her | opinions are my own

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We need to stop seeing crosswalks as rickety bridges over raging streams of traffic, but as places where people feel safe."
gothamist.com
Park Slope Locals Fight Reckless Drivers By Painting Flowers In Street
Members of a Park Slope block association are hoping to make their street a little bit safer, and a little bit prettier, one extra-legal flower at a time.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild @pacnwguild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by McClatchy’s decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 08/09/2026
Even with the Seattle Times Editorial Board, Brian Heywood is a 3-time loser. Heywood struck out on getting the state’s largest editorial board’s support for any of his three initiatives to cut taxes for millionaires, cut funding for education, and put all students at risk. Vote NO on all 3!
seattletimes.com
Seattle Times recommends ‘No’ on I-645, ‘millionaires tax’ | Editorial
Initiative 645 would make it harder for Gov. Bob Ferguson and lawmakers in Olympia to effectively govern the state. Voters should say no.
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The News Tribune @thenewstribune.com · 30/08/2026
The Pierce County Council first voted on a six-month detention center moratorium in March 2026.
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No more ICE facilities will be built in Pierce County — at least for now
The Pierce County Council first voted on a six-month detention center moratorium in March 2026.
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Cities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Transit is key to fixing housing and housing is key to fixing transit.
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 26/08/2026
"what a week, huh?" / "lemon it's Wednesday" meme
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Amazing study here. For every hour you ride a bike, you live one extra hour.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It is not ok that killing a person with a car just gets a shrug and pat on the back. There has to be accountability for killing a person, and it shouldn't be acceptable just because it's in a vehicle.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
theguardian.com
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I've worked as a digital political consultant for US Senators. I understand how important fundraising is when you're up against endless corporate cash. But I'm tired of sending back STOP on texts I never signed up for from candidates I've never donated to. Time to hit the SPAM button. Sorry, Dems.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Caitlin Clark is the cybertruck of basketball players I will not be taking questions.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lol. @typewriteralley.bsky.social and I drew a bigger crowd for our tour of historic traffic calming in Seattle.
Stevens neighborhood historic home zone tour
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Powerful op-ed by the mom of 16-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, a trans woman who simply wanted to play the sport she loves. That simple wish took her all the way to the Supreme Court. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
usatoday.com
Supreme Court ruling on trans athletes can't change my daughter | Opinion
My trans daughter, Becky Pepper-Jackson, wanted to play the sport she loves. That simple wish took her all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just finished canvassing for Tacoma's Safe Streets Initiative! Some really good convos. Lots of gays that are all for it. Go gays! And one guy I had to be an "Independent" to get him to talk to me but once he heard potholes he was in.
Sara wearing her Storm pride hat and safari shirt holding lit for Yes on Prop 1, Tacoma's Safe Streets Initiate
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
holy shit????? ICE is getting rid of seven of the 11 would-be concentration camp warehouses they purchased and sec. mullin indicates new mass detention centers are not priority. huge!
nytimes.com
ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Another driver commits vehicular homicide on South Tacoma Way this week and isn't arrested. People walking and biking in Tacoma deserve safe streets, slower speed limits, and accountability for drivers who injure or kill them. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...
thenewstribune.com
Pedestrian killed in Tacoma crash on Monday identified by medical examiner
The motorist who struck the 28-year-old man was not arrested, a spokesperson previously told The News Tribune.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/06/2026
I've seen the following cycle play out a million times: 1. Progressives implement some well-meaning but flawed attempt to address a problem. 2. "Centrists" attack the flaws, with the intention of replacing it with something better. 3. RW media amplifies the attacks, creating a media din. ...
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Katie Wilson is rolling out the proposed Seattle Transit Measure renewal right now. The measure will double in size from 0.15% to 0.3%, maxxing out the authority available to the city under the state's transportation benefit district provisions. It's a ten year renewal.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Biked the Water Flume Line Trail to the lovely international market so I could pick up my fancy new pants I got altered before the Brandi Carlile Gorge show next weekend. It's always a better day when you can go by bike.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The new Google Health says to accept their terms to keep using my FitBit or delete the device... Maybe this is finally the thing that gets me to switch to Proton. Google and its AI already sift through my photos and email, do I want this to? Ugh. The lack of data privacy laws in this country.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Every time I have to run to a business on 37th or Tacoma Mall Blvd I'm like dang wouldn't it be cool if I could bike there since it's only 1.7 miles away.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Since it's that time of year... Note that there is no such thing as a 700% match and many of the donor texts are meant to make you scared. This is a disservice to nonprofits (that often do have a real donor matching, but never this absurd number) and good candidates trying to raise funds.
A terrible text that uses a lot of caps about being one of the most important ever from the House Majority PAC (Dems) and claims to "unlock a 700% match" but doesn't mention who is matching and what the goal number is that unlocks the match.

But if "5,000 grassroots Democrats like you step up before midnight..." Eyeroll
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I already knew the US was three corporations in a trench coat but I did not know the 14th Amendment has been used overwhelmingly to grant corporate freedom and not freedom for Black Americans and folks of color.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bikes + transit = my happy place. Check out @kingcountymetro.bsky.social's new blog on Bike Everywhere Month and our how to video on using bike lockers to improve your commute: kingcountymetro.blog/2026/05/04/t...
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Too far to just bike? Bike + Transit: The perfect pair for Bike Everywhere month
It’s beautiful weather and you want to want to go someplace fun—but is it too far to go by your trusty bike? We’ve got a solution: combine transit and your bike—it’s easy, cheap and super convenien…
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
As always loved talking to Omar and the Deep Cover podcast. The @wnba.com has always led on activism -- from being the first league to support Pride to Maya and the Lynx being the first to say Black Lives Matter. Tash Cloud deserves to be on a team.
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No Hate in WA State @nohateinwastate.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If IL26-001 passes, schools will be forced to out LGBTQ+ students. Young queer & trans students will be at greater risk of abuse at home - even homelessness - if outted to unsupportive families. ALL students deserve to have their privacy protected. VOTE NO on IL26-001 this November. #NoHateWAState
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Was having a fine Saturday morning until I read in @theatlantic.com that Social Security and Medicare are expected to be insolvent by 2033... Guess I should go ahead and make that avocado toast for breakfast.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My kingdom for a 7:30 a.m. @sound-transit.bsky.social Sounder from South Tacoma. The last train leaves at 6:50 a.m. -- how is this the last available commuter option? Ended up driving to the Tacoma Dome station to take the 7:30 a.m. 590 instead.
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Snap Wilson @snapwilson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Dom/Ezi/Fam is such a fun rotation, International House of Bigs.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is huge: Katie Wilson's office just announced a significantly expanded schedule for Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard, after years of the program being stifled under Bruce Harrell. In addition to more weekends, we're getting our long holiday weekends back.
Saturday, May 23 — Monday, May 25*
Saturday, May 30 — Sunday, May 31
Saturday, June 6 — Sunday, June 7
Saturday, June 13 — Sunday, June 14
Saturday, June 20 — Sunday, June 21
Saturday, June 27— Sunday, June 28
Friday, July 3 — Sunday, July 5*
Saturday, July 11— Sunday, July 12
Saturday, July 18 — Sunday, July 19
Saturday, July 25 — Sunday, July 26
Saturday, August 8 — Sunday, August 9
Saturday, August 15 — Sunday, August 16
Saturday, August 22 — Sunday, August 23
Saturday, August 29 — Sunday, August 30
Saturday, September 5 — Monday, September 7
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Smoking in restaurants used to be ubiquitous — despite it degrading the experience for everyone else. It was the way things had always been done — it's tradition! Smokers are essential for business! Then we banned it in 2005. Now no one wants to go back. This is a post about cars in Pike Place.
smoking in restaurantslost california tourist driving through pike place
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 03/04/2026
NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.
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Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers
The defense secretary’s efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the B...
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026
The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style racket. Everything is about the grift.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 16/03/2026
In their wildest fantasies about Hunter Biden, Republicans didn't come up with anything half as corrupt as what Kushner is doing in front of our eyes every day. He's handling US foreign policy at the exact same time that he's taking billions from the Saudi dictator.
nytimes.com
Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Since my new commute is door to door transit, minus the mile from my house to get to the Sounder station, I've started using the Bike Lock lockers for my end to end connection. Can't beat $.05 an hour.
Velotric e-bike in the South Tacoma Station bike locker
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"Years ago, we tore up a nuclear peace deal w/Iran. Months ago, we bombed Iran & "obliterated" their nuke capabilities. And now, we might just have to go to war with Iran bc of their nuke capabilities." -the ppl who tore up the nuclear peace deal w/Iran
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Washington Bikes @wabikes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Disappointingly, HB2095 didn't make it out of Senate committee yesterday. We need more driver accountability to keep people walking, biking, and rolling safe when they're getting around.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/02/2026
Big Oil flooded Donald Trump’s campaign with cash. Now, they’re getting billions in handouts from his administration.
List of favors to the oil industry from the Trump administration.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Joining my first Protec17 union member meeting today on my lunch break at Metro. As the daughter of a UPS driver and Teamster who was able to retire with dignity, I couldn't be more excited.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Some day, everyone will have always been against this.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
seriously. Reducing VMT through Congestion pricing and bike lanes is how you lower pollution levels. bsky.app/profile/bist...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it! Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling. City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Today is the kind of beautiful fall day to enjoy everything that is walkable about South Tacoma. To my fave People's Pilates instructor on STW and then Side Piece Kitchen off Pine. Not quite ready to bike South Tacoma again after the close pass that knocked me over, but I'll get there!
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Reason No. 454 to take the Sounder to Seattle: Live chickens blocked traffic on I-5 all morning: komonews.com/news/local/t...
komonews.com
Overturned semi spills hundreds of live chickens on Interstate 5 in Pierce County
Troopers in Pierce County dealt with an overturned semi on northbound Interstate 5 that was loaded with live chickens.
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Sara K @sarabkiesler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I enjoyed co-chairing the joint Tacoma Bike/Pedestrian and Transportation Commission meeting last night. Two takeaways: 1) Tacoma's leaders *really* care about mobility + access 2) Our next Streets Initiative needs more outreach and better messaging (like "Build the Damn Sidewalks!")
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 20/11/2025
Oh hey, it's Paul from @cascade.org talking about Cranksgiving on @fox13seattle.bsky.social! www.fox13seattle.com/video/1743614. See you all Saturday!
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Seattle Cranksgiving returns this weekend
Food bank demand is surging due to the government shutdown and economic uncertainty. On Nov. 22 Cascade Bicycle Club in partnership with the Seattle Bike Blog will hold the 16th annual Cranksgiving ri...
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