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Fleeting traveler. Seattle DOT comms jockey (on leave). Dad. Bikes, skateboarding, cities, nature, vapid observations. Personal account.
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Many beautiful photos of my child which I am not comfortable sharing publicly because the world is full of vicious freaks and anyone can see this stuff. That said, whew, she is adorable.

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i am not asking you to believe in this future because it exists. i am asking you to believe in it so that it does.

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May not look like much it's enough for me

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Totally crazy that they just let me have a tiny new human.

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I think about this map a lot. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...

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Amazing video of an amazing event

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Banner day: breakfast sandwiches at Red Arrow, Willa napping on her lamb skin, a long stroll along Alki and a visit to Constellation Park.

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"Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country."

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They're putting new H-Mart in my favorite Ballard skate spot (an abandoned grocery store). Good development because the entire area is a disused wasteland at the moment, but also a bummer because it's a perfect skatespot.

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Succinct and sufficient summary:

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Boring, essential work to get and keep power that wasn't beholden to anyone else: Caro spends two long and very detailed chapters near the end of the book explaining how LBJ helped FDR thwart Garner (his competitor for a 3rd term) - and how he mastered the accumulation and distribution of donations.

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Want to go to Tempe once the baby is vaccinated, but having anxiety over her crib and general first-time baby travel stress. Tell me I need sun and bikes and skating and the desert.

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made me laugh today: I looked up this address, and the street view photo is of a dang port-a-potty parked in front of the house on a trailer

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this is the construction site I found it near

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Found some mail from 1943 in a Port-a-potty in Ballard today

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"They should put him in The Contraption" - A Very Wise Man

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early signs of spring in Ballard

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Not at Slow Impact, but I did hang out with 7 sleep-deprived couples and we put all 7 babies onto a big blanket and took a picture of them together tonight - mine got (gently) kicked on her head

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Great vibes here

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It’s skater snowbird season, and I’ve got Ryan Lay talking about what makes a good skate trip for the latest Rules of Skateboarding. Art by Michael Worful. See you at Slow Impact? villagepsychic.net/blog/the-rules…

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Willy Staley at Slow Impact is probably a bigger deal to me than Kenny Reed or The Boss.

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You should, if you have the time, watch the bizarre and uncomfortable "Traumazone" series that Adam Curtis assembled in 2022 from BBC footage of the collapse of Soviet Russia - it feels like a sneak preview.

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Seattle has written our comp plan such that future residents choice is between tiny apts w/1 window in 50+unit blocks or townhomes. The idea of airy livable flats in small multiplexes is so irrationally toxic to ‘neighborhood defenders’ we’re willing to sacrifice everything to keep useless sideyards

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interesting to see how space is and isn't used...

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Seems like Sarah Kendzior was right about pretty much everything.

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Call me Defense Secretary the way I'm splurging on this bourbon

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More photos about buildings and roads in Ballard

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Nursing a take that the major Silicon Valley firms can be understood as organized crime syndicates and perform some of the same functions as the old ones used to — money laundering, feeding addictions, skirting regulations, political influence.

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