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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here is another one from Yakima PD. "Officer looked up a personal license plate for non-police related purposes"

Agency Incident Date
Yakima Police Department 01/17/2023
Alleged Violator Name(s)
Officer Michael Gordon
Please provide a brief explanation of the allegation and findings, founded or not:
An audit was completed regarding a specific officer and his use of ACCESS. The audit was a result of a
previous internal investigation that had already been completed. New information of a possible ACCESS
violation was discovered and a new investigation was initiated. Investigation deemed there was an
ACCESS violation (the officer looked up a personal license plate for non-police related purposes.)
Please explain the agency decision of discipline or training:
The officer was issued a verbal reprimand and advised the ACCESS violation would be reported as
required.

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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Seattle PD officer ran his son's information through Washington State's law enforcement criminal history database (ACCESS). Not supposed to search people in ACCESS without a valid law enforcement purpose. He got a written reprimand.

Agency Incident Date
Seattle Police Department 02/25/23
Alleged Violator Name(s)
William McKenzie #6106
Please provide a brief explanation of the allegation and findings, founded or not:
It was reported that an officer ran his son's information through ACCESS. Research determined the
query did occur on 02/25/23.
Please explain the agency decision of discipline or training:
A written reprimand was issued.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finally giving Seattleites quality transit access to its greatest public "park".

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sara Nelson abstained from voting as a council member, now abstains from research and writing for her NIMBY slop factory. I note, but do not admire, the consistency of the grift. That said, I wish we had Seattle's problem of a progressive wave big enough to generate this level of dumb opposition.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Brandon, corporate needs you to find the difference between Enumclaw and unincorporated King County.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's happening.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Gee thanks Wilson. As if we needed another reason to never go to Seattle. There was already too much public art, good transit and bike infrastructure. #LiterallyNotMyMayor

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think The Urbanist is such a singular organization in the way it combines journalism, advocacy, and community building. It’s a big part of why Seattle is transforming so rapidly (mostly in good ways!), and it’s why I’ve been a member for years. Consider doing likewise!

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why are 90% of my friends unavailable and tired this week? Oh right. The apple harvest started.

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Charlie Brainman @expanse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I love it when a post breaks containment and reaches Bluesky's joke-immune community.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 09/09/2026

Google Maps Shrugs, Renames Lake Union to Lake Confederacy: tinyurl.com/54sx3nm

Google Map of Seattle showing Lake Union renamed to Lake Confederacy

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

Screenshot of article with same text as post. Photo of Copenhagen bike-lane filled with people riding bikes.

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Needling is right up there with The Onion for top notch satire.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026

Last night we celebrated the opening of our new dedicated bus lane for the 8 bus on Denny by doing the obvious thing: racing it again. Last summer, Seattleites raced the bus on foot and beat it. This time around, with the lane up and running, it wasn’t even close.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

5 secs up on IG and already roadies commenting to tell me what I did wrong Just proves my point: if it's not safe to follow the road markings it's a dangerous design and bad engineering. It's not designed to accommodate the most vulnerable users using it: kids on bikes, who have no alt route

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Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

😂 lol come get your carbrain medal, sign maker 😂 Also interesting that they use four different terms with slightly different connotations: traffic, motorist, vehicle, driver.

Sign reading:

1. Wait for break in traffic before pushing the button
2. Push button to alert motorist
3. Wait for vehicle to stop
4. Cross carefully
5. Thank the driver

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 02/09/2026

Fall Bitches Already Fondly Gazing at Summer’s Sweet Demise: tinyurl.com/5dkuhezf

Woman in thick gray sweater holding a gray mug smiling contentedly as she looks out a window at rainy, overcast weather outside

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm a fresh hop bitch but it's the same thing.

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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Who in Seattle is donating to Brian Heywood's odious anti-trans, anti-tax con job, "Let's Go Washington?" Let's have a look-see. These are from public disclosures and of course, just bc someone donates doesn't mean their employer supports the grift 🧵:

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here in Yakima, the Plaths (wealthy agriculture family) are throwing their money around as usual. Peter Plath is in for $35,000. A few others, mostly business owners. But worth repeating the quoted post that this doesn't mean their business or its employees support what the owners do🧵:

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bale Breaker Field 41 how dare you!

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Worrier in the Garden @idkmetcalf.lol · 20/08/2026

1 use of the word “biological” = 1 punch in the dick for Matt Calkins

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If sports reporting were handled by ChatGPT.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 19/08/2026

Mariners Kick Off Football Season with 0-22 Shutout Loss Against the Brewers: tinyurl.com/29ets9j5

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Will devote my entire evening to process this insight.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's "cruise night" in Yakima so downtown is more infested with cars than usual. Not realizing this, I went to a beach-themed Mexican bar and there was music playing out of a Corvette parked in front... continuously drowned out by oppressively loud drive-by exhaust. Good ceviche and michelada tho.

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Stephen Graham King🍉 @stephengrahamking.com · 25/05/2026

I loathe the cult of the car.

Image Text:
by hazel (@sodiumPen) on X(dot)com

europeans will ride a train going 200 mph through the alps while drinking wine and americans will sit in traffic on 1-95 for three hours eating a gas station sandwich and say "at least i have my freedom" brother you are imprisoned by a honda accord

9:59 PM 3/27/26

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Yes, but it's specific enough in our corner of the PNW so we'll need to add The Other Mountain to the book too.

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New on Nebula: what’s up with the insane pedestrian countdowns (and not having any congressional representation) in our nation’s capital? nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

nebula.tv

CityNerd — Washington: the Least American American City

A Parisian street grid. A killer metro system. Wildly diverse cuisine. Zero congressional representation. How is this even a U.S. city?

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This week our planning commission chairperson (and former city mayor Mary Place) boldly expressed her concern that requiring less off-street parking will harm the "tree canopy" because more will park on... the street.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The PNW "Seattle freeze" (a misnomer -- it's not limited to Seattle) is just another flavor of this. Otherizing newcomers is shitty. Only two things are necessary: Love where you live and love its people. If that describes you, then you're a local.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The only real New Yorkers are parked cars.

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 05/06/2026

Alberta even! 😮

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Roads may let the U-Hauls get here, but livability and affordability once people arrive depend on all the other modes: Rails, bike paths, sidewalks and trails. Prioritize funding for that. Not more lanes for cars.

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 03/06/2026

CYCLE OF HATE and then the pic is this

Kermit the frog on a bike, looking happy and joyful

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm so relieved to live in a city with herd immunity to whatever this is.

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☀️ Scott Andrew | Neat Hobby! @neathobby.com · 02/06/2026

I started taking 5000iu of vitamin D and now I’m like this all the time.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Yakima City Council wants to remove fluoridation from the drinking water. Only good news here is they can’t do it without putting it on the ballot. Bad news is it’ll probably pass.

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Yakima Urbanist @yakimaurbanist.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Oh no no no no no no no no. (sips last drop of a cortado from Catalyst) No.

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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 22/05/2026

So much of the Starbucks hate here isn't even anti-corporate because tons of people in the comments on Needling stories want Dunkin Donuts to replace them. That's how much they're hated here across the board.

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Mount St. Helens Archive @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

May 18, 1980 As skies darken over the Yakima Valley—85 miles east-northeast of Mount St. Helens—residents turn to radio and TV for updates on the unfolding disaster. KIT 1280 / 94.5 KATS becomes a lifeline across a darkened, ash-covered landscape.

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 18/05/2026

OTD 46 years ago: May 18, 1980 the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide. The uncorked volcano exploded & blasted rocks horizontally. 9 hours of explosive volcanic activity ensued, killing 57 people & forever altering the landscape and what we know about volcanoes

A massive cloud of ash bursts from the top of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

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