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"taking nourishment" and "this press conference is an indication that I still have my wits about me" are pretty insane metrics for how a public official should decide whether to run, & yet it's this ubiquitous metric that explains a lot of Congress right now.

submitted 1 hour ago • 16 comments

We’ve got about 24 hours to make sure our transit rider representation bill passes the Washington state senate. People who rely on transit should get a seat at the table! actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

submitted 6 hours ago • 732 comments

if I have to hear one more fucking county council member say "sports brings people together" I love parks too but not everyone on the planet is a jock, let's make sure there's some lawn for the theater kids to roll around on

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1037 comments

Seattle Fire is currently responding to a driver hitting someone on a scooter at Yesler Way and 8th Avenue.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Bothell's council is actually passing this resolution tonight, so you can send them a supportive note if you're so inclined.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

To summarize: the senate version of HB 1217 would have allowed annual rent increases of 12.6% or even 18.5%, had it been applied in 2021 and 2022. The house version may have actually helped flatten the curve, capping rent increases at 7%.

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Molly Jong-Fast: “I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not okay. They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak. This is about targeting speech. It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.” #HarvardUniversity

submitted 10 hours ago • 227 comments

Tax the rich, pass it on. #TaxDay

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

The Washington Senate just approved HB 1596, which will require drivers convicted of reckless driving or excessive speeding to install an automatic speed governor as part of their probationary driver's license. The vote was 40-8. www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/14/o...

submitted 9 hours ago • 6 comments

HB 1596, the anti-speeding traffic safety bill mentioned in this op-ed, passed the Washington State Senate on a 40-8 vote. Some amendments will need concurrence with the House, but it appears headed to the governor's desk to be signed into law. www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/14/o...

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

This is big: @jessdbateman.bsky.social's Housing Accountability Act, a major step forward in holding local jurisdictions accountable for following state housing laws, just passed the House 78-19! www.theurbanist.org/2024/01/04/h...

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It is essential for the rule of law that everyone involved in this end up in prison. Nothing else is a sufficient deterrent against the intentional, repeated abuse of government power to systematically deny fundamental rights.

submitted 1 day ago • 124 comments

Just approved by the WA Senate: HB 1183, a smorgasbord of building code changes. -Requires building allowances for passive house projects -Bans facade modulation & upper level setbacks with affordable housing, passive house, mass timber, modular construction app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

This is how I feel about the legislative session, honestly

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Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone on a bike at Rainier Ave S and S Norman Street. The person who was hit was transported to the hospital with an "obvious broken arm" and other injuries including a possible concussion. This was a hit-and-run.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

All thoughts are intrusive

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

Sounds like the new Seattle CCTV cameras are now live. Lots of helpful info in this.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I’m not sure there’s another park I know that does more with a smaller space than the weird UPS waterfall park in pioneer square.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I’d like to have a word with the people at the Voter Protection Project who are alienating voters by paying for obviously manipulative texts that no one signed up for because they have given their consultants the singular metric of “number of dollars raised per text message sent.”

submitted 2 days ago • 104 comments

Good morning Bluesky !

submitted 3 days ago • 269 comments

This amendment on SB5041 (Unemployment insurance for striking workers) was passed via voice vote instead of a roll call vote. It is cowardly to vote against workers without having to go on record for it. Workers have a right to know which elected officials betrayed them.

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Tomorrow! Public Bathroom Campaign organizing meeting #2 We will have a presentation from @realchangenews.bsky.social and begin a community power map. Reach out for zoom link. Info @ share the cities dot org

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Fun update: I first have to convince 25% of my neighbors just to do another speed study before I’m allowed to convince 70% of my neighbors to install the humps — if the county has the budget

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Shared Streets are places where cars are allowed but people are centered (not squished against the edges).

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

What could go wrong? 🫠

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Shared Streets are places where cars are allowed but people are centered (not squished against the edges).

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submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Moving day 😵

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10% plus inflation is unacceptably high. It's higher than what is in the statewide bills in California (5% plus local CPI, max of 10%) or in Oregon (10% total). It sure reads to me like WA Senate Democrats simply did not really want to pass this bill, and tried gutting it instead. Not cool.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

64 yeas on parking reform!!! OMG! Thank you SO much @davina425.bsky.social & @jessdbateman.bsky.social, Sightline team (especially @citizen-cate.bsky.social) and the massive coalition spanning far left to center right I had the privilege of working with to put together support for this bill!

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

With this amendment, Yakima Kirkland Auburn Kennewick Redmond Pasco Redmond Marysville Sammamish Lakewood Lacey Olympia Richland Burien Will all implement parking reform 18 months sooner.

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Thank you @davina425.bsky.social for your leadership moving this bill forward in the House! This wouldn’t have been possible without the pro-housing coalition organized by @sightline.org.

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