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West Seattle Bike Blob

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Musings on biking in and around West Seattle.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 14h
Last year, Saka said prefabricated, graffiti resistant restrooms were an ideal way to help address issues at existing parks restrooms. Saka SPECIFICALLY mentioned Throne, the vendor that Wilson's budget would fund, as an example of the kind of restrooms he wanted last year! Discussion starts ~3:18:
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Select Budget Committee Public Hearing Session II 11/14/25
YouTube video by Seattle Channel
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 6h
Truly unbelievable irony/hypocrisy
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 14h
I thought I remembered Rob Saka SUPPORTING the exact kind of prefab restrooms that he called a waste of money today (now that Mayor Wilson is proposing them) just last year. And lo, I found his amendment—he added $1 million for graffiti-resistant, prefabricated restrooms in West Seattle (p.14)!
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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 13h
I wonder how many more people would bike if bike lanes didn't randomly disappear before intersections
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 22h
One thing I have noticed about the 2023 councilmembers is they use these policy discussions to rant at central staff and the 2025 councilmembers use them to ask policy questions.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you've ever wondered why Seattle doesn't have the food scene Portland does, read the comments on this thread People here still can't imagine having an outdoor cafe near homes
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From the Seattle community on Reddit: City of Seattle closes Volunteer Park Cafe back garden
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't really have many streaming subscriptions at this point, but unfortunately HBO looks to be the next to fall for me
variety.com
Skydance CEOs Acknowledge Layoffs Will Be Coming After Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Read the Full Memo
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged into Skydance Corp. And the top leaders have notified the new company's staffers that layoffs are in the offing.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some good discussion on Washington's f'ed up billionaire-backed initiative this election
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The MAGA Push for “SEX TESTS” for Girls Who Play Sports
YouTube video by What A Day
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's pretty obvious that the West Seattle anti-light rail contingent is composed of folks who never have to leave the peninsula during rush hour
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*Stares in American*
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 06/10/2026
Prop 13 and its consequences have been a disaster for California. They have greatly increased the wealth of long-term homeowners, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering, and have inf-
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Love how a guy from Tacoma is seemingly so concerned with paying for street parking in small sections of West Seattle and Queen Anne
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'I may find some place else': Paid parking in Queen Anne, West Seattle sparks debate between Gee and Ursula - MyNorthwest.com
Plans to add paid parking in Upper Queen Anne and West Seattle have Gee and Ursula weighing whether the cost will drive customers away.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE took two more people from my local courthouse today. The wife of one of the guys who was taken showed up shortly after. She just had surgery. She was worried about paying rent and feeding her kids. This is happening *every day* in Massachusetts. Lives are being destroyed every single day.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i hate reading AI emails, AI messages, AI articles hate hate hate use your own goddamn voice
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alright, whose campaigns should I be donating to
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The City of Seattle is shutting down a cafe’s outdoor deck because the code says any outdoor dining must be 50’ away from a residential property due to noise concerns Funny, we shove all housing growth on the loudest roads our city has. I guess that noise is fine?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're not gonna make it, are we?
Americans, I mean.
It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.
Major drag, huh?
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
West Seattle bike experience summed up in one morning ride
Truck blocking bike laneTruck blocking bike lane
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil really making me feel like we're stuck in some goddamn purgatory
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As we know all families starved until cars were invented
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
fortune.com
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pure evil, Christ
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The schools in west Seattle are locking up what were publicly accessible playgrounds more and more and it sucks
Sanislo playground behind locked gate
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Man the slop on YouTube is truly at critical mass these days
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Admiral Safeway has a whole cafe seating area with a fireplace next to its Starbucks, but it's unused because they've blocked off the street entrance and the main internal stairs to it
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flock-free McLendon's appreciation post
McLendons hardware interior
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just fueled our van for $93 (that was a good price too). Meanwhile my wife's EV gets a full charge for $8.50, and the same range. Oh and essentially no maintenance costs.
Gas $93 17 gallons
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imagine if this parking lot right next to the junction was instead a park with a playground
Parking lot next to Alaska junction in west Seattle
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Christopher Schmidt @crschmidt.net · 03/10/2026
The rise of in-car navigation like Google Maps has actually done a fair amount of damage to cities imo, because it puts a lot of traffic on streets that were never designed for it, because the navigation systems were built on concentrating traffic to arterials with local traffic only elsewhere.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending
a graph of roadway and mass transit lights
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Scott Alspach @salspach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@sound-transit.bsky.social, could someone explain why you put a big photo of District 5 City Council Candidate Julie Kang at the newly opened Pinehurst Station? This is an outrageous use of public resources. This photo needs to be taken down, or at least covered up, until after the election.
A picture of District 5 City Council candidates standing in front of a picture of large picture of herself at Pinehurst StationPicture showing the large picture of Julie Kang that is prominently displayed at Pinehurst station. In the picture Julie is smiling and celebrating with two other people.Close up of the picture of Julie Kang at Pinehurst Station that labels the people "Tom, Katherine & Julie | Haller Lake Community Club"
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The owner of Ounces parked their U-Haul on the sidewalk. I happened to roll up right when they walked out, and I said "this is super dangerous, you need to move." They told me sorry, I'm here for just a minute, ride in the road. I said no, you can't park here, and they replied "hey, I apologized."
U-Haul blocking sidewalk
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
China is shifting its truck fleet to electric that it's cut diesel use by 1/10 this year alone. Meanwhile in progressive environmentally conscious Seattle I have to ride my bike past a hundred idling diesel trucks shunting a mile between the railyard and the port.
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China's embrace of electric trucks shifts oil market - TT
The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put her vision for the city like this: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 02/10/2026
Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. I’m proud to introduce the Ban Flock Act with @sanders.senate.gov to enforce our constitutional right to privacy.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Insane evolution of Vancouver BC in just two photos
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From the OldPhotosInRealLife community on Reddit: Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver - 1986 vs. 2026
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I used to hit Home Depot probably twice a month. I'm now going on four months without visiting a store.
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Influencers are urging Home Depot and Lowe's to drop Flock
A group of influencers with a combined following of 46M followers are demanding Lowe's and Home Depot drop their Flock Safety contracts.
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literally the most stressful part about raising a three-year-old is cars and roads
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These motherfuckers making things more dangerous for literally everyone
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From the Seattle community on Reddit: ICE chasing their victim across multiple lanes of traffic during the morning commute. Very sane and reasonable.
Posted by CreamPyre - 1,376 votes and 217 comments
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's like making a service better makes people want to use it more eh
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/10/2026
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
Recalled electric bikes.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SDOT is proposing to implement paid on-street parking in both West Seattle's Alaska Junction and across Upper Queen Anne. Steel yourselves for the fight (and the discourse) that is coming next.
Map showing where 2 hour paid parking would be implemented around California and AlaskaMap showing where paid parking would be implemented around Queen Anne Ave
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's that time of year when I note how opaque King County's budget process is compared to the City of Seattle's, an issue that definitely doesn't seem to be confined to any one individual Executive.
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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No, you’re providing concentration camps that hold people against the law in horrific conditions without access to counsel.
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Urbmonger @crowshair.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Given the discourse, you'd never know that 99% of single-stair apartments are built in the suburbs.
Photo of a three-story chained single-stair apartment building in a typical suburban-style "garden apartment" complex.
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
on a genuinely respectful note I think a lot of the fear of handing off more of our taste to automated systems is all the systems mentioned have been gamed to death. If you accidentally watch one right-wing-adjacent YouTube video that is all it will recommend for weeks, etc
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A protected bike lane that continues all the way to the intersection? Impossible
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
metrotimes.com
Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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