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Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin now has a YouTube channel about Minecraft, with a thumbnail that made me wonder whether he was now an urbanist, as well. I wasn’t expecting that. youtu.be/_h_pQ1-5iQg

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EP 1: ROOFTOPS, PENTHOUSES, AND URBAN LIVING

YouTube video by Mike Tomlin

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 30/09/2026

As an alumnus of the “Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science”, I was momentarily bummed about the association with a billionaire hedge fund businessman, but then I remembered who Carnegie and Mellon were.

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Greg Spotts @spottnik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📸 🎟️ 🚌 LA issued $172.6 million in parking fines in fiscal year 26-26 Cameras mounted on buses accounted for $42.8 million from 146,184 tickets. Cams have issued tickets on 28 streets Top 3 Corridors, share of tix issued: Wilshire: 42% La Brea: 21% Sixth: 13.% basin.la/articles/thr...

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 25/09/2026

Cheap Seattle sports fan tip: if you’re going to the last @mariners.com games of the season, check out the merch stores. For some reason, they have not only baseball gear but also World Cup merch at 50% off.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 24/09/2026

Sound Transit chair Dave Somers just announced at the monthly ST meeting that there will be a forum about Ballard Link light rail expansion in Ballard on Monday, October 19. Place and time to be announced.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 22/09/2026

Blame AI, but this is what it looks like to watch a movie or play a video game set in “Seattle”

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 17/09/2026

Attn @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social: SEA Airport (@flysea.bsky.social) is having a Bollard Art Walk on September 23, at 3:00 pm. www.portseattle.org/events/art-p...

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Art Program Bollard Art Walk

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 16/09/2026

In about a decade, @theurbanist.org went from “five guys in a coffee shop” (per @typewriteralley.bsky.social) to filling an 800+ seat auditorium on a Tuesday night to talk transit. Great work on urbanist advocacy!

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 15/09/2026

Today I learned about an obscure Google edge case: logging in to one’s account on Windows.

Email from Google with subject line “Welcome to Google on your Windows” with the body “Get started with Google on your Windows”

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me, in @bloomberg.com : In Singapore, residents need to bid $100k+ for a 10-year "right" to own a car. Draconian? Maybe. But the country's Vehicle Quota System has ensured that transit—not cars— is the top travel mode. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Right To Buy a Car? In Singapore, It Will Cost You.

The city-state’s unique vehicle quota system has made it one of the world’s most expensive places to buy a new car. Here’s how it works — and why it’s unlikely to succeed elsewhere.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Business Leaders: "Crime is up and we demand a police crackdown!" Data:

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 12/09/2026

After seeing what Bending Spoons did to Meetup, the long-time home of Seattle's Steelers fan club, I found @openmeet.net, an open source alternative. Platform decay is no match for human ingenuity. weill.org/2026/09/12/o...

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Open source Can Save Meetups from Platform Decay

Seattle’s Pittsburgh Steelers Meetup Group is moving from Meetup, its home for over a decade, to the community platform of OpenMeet, an open source product built specifically for this purpose. It’s go...

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 09/09/2026

Just confirmed: Siri Recaps. Now I have to watch out for both "smart" glasses and Apple Watches when I want to have a private, sensitive conversation. Not happy about that. appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Michael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Pike Place gets all the attention, but we should also be pedestrianizing streets in every neighborhood. Imagine how great Ballard Ave could be if we closed it to cars permanently.

Crowded Ballard Ave during the Sunday market.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 07/09/2026

Discovering entirely too late that Casio makes watches that do step tracking, world time, Bluetooth connectivity, slightly “smart” features (but not creepy or upselly, yet) and last 2 YEARS on a battery that’s meant to be replaced. I’m smitten. www.casio.com/us/watches/g...

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

MLB Vault has uploaded the original "Turn Ahead the Clock" game between the Mariners and Royals from July 18, 1998, in its entirety to YouTube.

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'TURN AHEAD THE CLOCK' Night! (FULL GAME) | KC vs. SEA, 7/18/1998

YouTube video by MLB Vault

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 02/09/2026

The drugstore-to-fast-food pipeline continues; the Broadway Rite Aid and the Japantown Bartell's are supposedly both becoming McDonald's, per planning docs

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 02/09/2026

Getting more annoyed every time @nytimes.com makes me verify my account, then suggests that I get an "All Access Family" membership to avoid future verifications, subtly suggesting that I should stop sharing my account with family members. I'm not; I own multiple devices. Stop the accusations.

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Delta's "12Status" is back for the 2026 Seahawks season. Washington residents ages 18 and older can earn one mile for every Seahawks passing yard during all home and away games, along with priority boarding on flights from Sea-Tac, and a team store discount on the 12th of the month.

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Delta 12Status | Earn a SkyMile for Every Seahawks Passing Yard

You can earn one mile for every Seahawks passing yard this season. Sign up and start earning miles at 12Status.com

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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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Jason Weill @weill.org · 24/08/2026

Today I learned that SMC 23.66.322 A.8 explicitly bans bowling alleys in Seattle's International District, which includes Chinatown and Little Saigon. library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...

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Municode Library

MunicodeNEXT, the industry's leading search application with over 3,300 codes and growing!

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 19/08/2026

Final election data are now available for the August 2026 primary election in King County, WA. In the King County Assessor race, Rob Foxcurran finishes in first place, and Dominique M Scarimbolo moves on to the general election, less than a percentage point ahead of Christopher Roberts.

Map of the King County Assessor race in the August 2026 primary election, based on final data

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 18/08/2026

$650 for a phone that has a replaceable battery and 7 years of OS upgrades? In this economy? I kind of want a @fairphone.com now. (If only it had wireless charging …)

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 18/08/2026

I was worried about the costs of hosting election visualizations on #AWS using #AmazonS3 and #AmazonCloudfront, but since I published my first visualizations on August 7, I have eaten literally pennies of incremental costs. Gofundme not forthcoming yet. 🤞

AWS Console screenshot showing $0.09 of estimated costs month to date for Amazon S3 and Amazon Cloudfront

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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bus lanes on Denny are getting painted THIS WEEKEND! Join us and Mayor Wilson to celebrate with another Race the L8 on Tuesday, September 8th at 5 PM at Denny Park! Lets prove that she Fixed the L8 and that it's finally faster than walking!

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 14/08/2026

Trying something new: Seattle's Pittsburgh Steelers Meetup Group now has a home on @openmeet.net. I'll be plugging it to my existing members on #Meetup, which has been annoyingly increasing fees and pressuring attendees to pay their own way. platform.openmeet.net/groups/seatt...

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Seattle's Pittsburgh Steelers Meetup Group

Come to Ballard to get together and watch dem Steelers at Slim Goody Sports Bar in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. We'd love to see you there! See yinz there. Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go! Thi

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Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus @hryb.me · 13/08/2026

A reminder to opt out of Twitch (Amazon) AI learning

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 13/08/2026

Mid-election data are now available for the August 2026 primary election in King County, WA. This includes all votes counted through Friday, August 7. In the King County Assessor race, Rob Foxcurran remains in first place, and Dominique M Scarimbolo has passed Christopher Roberts for second.

Map of the King County Assessor primary in the August 2026 primary election, based on mid-election data

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 13/08/2026

@elections.kingcounty.gov Any estimate for when the mid-election precinct data drop will be available? Thanks!

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 12/08/2026

This is the second collision in two days involving drivers and two-wheeled vehicle operators. The last was at 24th/85th, just five blocks to the north.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 12/08/2026

Now that #Meetup is going all in on dark patterns, with #BendingSpoons having rewritten its mobile app to cram people into extra groups and pitch them unnecessary paid subscriptions, I’m looking to move a 500+ person group off. What do others use for free social group event organizing?

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 08/08/2026

It's election data viz time for the August 2026 primary election, now with a new interactive visualizer! I'd love your feedback on these new maps. In the King County Assessor race, Rob Foxcurran did particularly well in Seattle, while the two nearest runners-up polled well in more rural areas.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The biggest US transit story of this year has been the massive growth of Seattle Link Light Rail ridership in the wake of the 1 & 2 lines connecting The Link moved a record 5.4M passengers last month, up 57% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!

a graph of seattle link light rail ridership

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 06/08/2026

#Jimothymania has come to @flysea.bsky.social ; Lucky Louie's, at SEA Airport's central terminal, now sells a "#Jimothy Swirl" striped dessert.

Menu excerpt for "The Jimothy Swirl" at Lucky Louie's Fish Shack at SEA Airport, "Inspired by Seattle's favorite racoon… [sic] vanilla soft serve, chocolate, and Oreo's! [sic]" Available with sprinkles or edible glitter. Costs $8.99.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 30/07/2026

Seattle's BikeLink lockers offer secure bicycle parking for five CENTS per hour, including at Climate Pledge Arena and several transit stations. Get a free $5 credit, good for 100 hours at standard rates, courtesy of @kingcountymetro.bsky.social . No catch. www.cognitoforms.com/KingCountyMe...

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Request a $5 BikeLink™ bike locker credit

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 29/07/2026

Even the @mariners.com are jumping on the #Jimothy bandwagon, with a special “Jimothy night” with a T-shirt and a donation to the @ballardfoodbank.bsky.social . I’m OK with that. www.mlb.com/mariners/tic...

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Jimothy Night presented by Farmers Insurance | Seattle Mariners

Jimothy is taking over T-Mobile Park on Wednesday, August 5!

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 29/07/2026

Edzo did so much to make sarcasm funny and entertaining on Kraken broadcasts. I’ll miss him next season.

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Seattle Social Housing Developer @seasocialhousing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As with all our housing, these buildings will be forever publicly owned, permanently affordable and climate forward. We look forward to telling you more soon !

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 27/07/2026

Need an “I bought this before I knew Mary Barra was …” sticker for my Chevy Bolt EV

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 27/07/2026

If anyone asks you whether you read that thing that DHH wrote, the correct answers are “No” and “Who?”

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Congratulations to Jimothy, Washingtonian of the Day.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 21/07/2026

Pretty cool that my state’s governor is also a national master in chess. @chess.com analysis confirms that he was utterly destroying his IM opponent as described.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 10/07/2026

The #MissingLink of Seattle’s Burke–Gilman Trail has been unbuilt for decades. A recent proposal would improve access to the 17th Avenue Greenway, while also introducing too many conflict zones along busy corridors. Send your feedback to @seattledot.bsky.social ! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell SDOT: Do Better in Ballard!

TLDR The Seattle Department of Transportation recently released the 60% design update for the “Missing Link” Bike Route Study on NW Market St - Leary Ave NW - 17th Ave NW. Ballard Fremont Green Stree...

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 09/07/2026

Cockles warmed today, as I learned that Danny Westneat of the @seattletimes.com reads @theurbanist.org. (I'm subscribed to both.)

Excerpt from Danny Westneat's Seattle Times column, with the first sentence of the fourth paragraph highlighted. The text:

The average home in Clyde Hill, population 3,100, is worth $4.3 million. The typical lot is at least 20,000 square feet. It’s not exactly a hardscrabble kind of place.

Yet this Gold Coast town in the richest part of the Eastside is … going bankrupt?

“I call it ‘school bus going over a cliff,’ ” Wayne Burns, a business executive who served on a fiscal committee for Clyde Hill, told the City Council last week. “The city is going to run out of cash sometime between 2029 and 2030. The city would go bankrupt.”

I learned of Clyde Hill’s financial distress in The Urbanist, which has been covering growth and budget issues on the Eastside. It didn’t surprise me, as one by one, every city and county in the state reaches this point eventually. Even the wealthiest ones are struggling to make the math work.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/07/2026

In terms of light rail ridership in May 2026 by urban area, the top performers were: 1—Seattle: 4.9 m 2—LA: 4.5 m 3—SF: 3.7 m 4—San Diego: 3.7 m 5—Boston: 3.5 m 6—Portland: 2.1 m 7—NYC (Jersey City): 2 m 8—Dallas: 1.8 m 9—Philly: 1.4 m 10—Salt Lake: 1.1 m

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 01/07/2026

Warm urbanist take: downtown Edmonds is super walkable and nice, and they have a train station and a ferry dock. Let’s Edmondsize Ballard.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 01/07/2026

I’m at City Hall to advocate for fast-tracked development of affordable housing. Looks like public comment will be biased against housing … and I can pass for a “tree person” 😏

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 30/06/2026

Finished the #Duolingo #chess course. If you're curious about learning the game, use @chess.com; they'll really tech it to you. Duolingo's course feels entirely AI-generated. It's incomplete. Its main AI opponent taunts you, can't win from winning positions, and its game review option is worthless.

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Jason Weill @weill.org · 28/06/2026

If you’re free on 7/1 at 9:30 am, speak up in favor of SEPA reform, to stop the sorts of bad-faith housing obstructionism that #TreeActionSeattle is notorious for.

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