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It's wild how much energy is spent trying to own or one-up far-right nuts when the left really needs to become appealing to the apathetic. Victory over apathy is when real progress happens.

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Mad that I've gone this much of my life without listening to unreleased Gaga tracks. Seriously, why wasn't this ever actually put on the radio?? on.soundcloud.com/4kVjcHFoG16V...

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If I were to ever get into making urbanist youtube videos, I'd love to do a series on the urbanism of various video games, like GTA, Breath of the Wild, etc. Idk if I have the chops to make fun/engaging videos like that but I think about the idea a lot

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I guess some people need reminding; gaining weight is not necessarily unhealthy, and losing weight is not necessarily healthy.

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Sweet Higgins here was laid to rest peacefully in the company of myself and my siblings. My heart is in pieces. Give a warm squeeze to your loved ones when you see them.

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sharing a moment from the last @workingfamilies.org mass call i got to participate in. keep creating and learning loves.

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Been watching Heartstopper and lemme tell yall...this show is sacred and needs protected. Yes it's cheesy and sappy, but queer people need that now, perhaps more than ever. It's so fucking cute I'm gonna spontaneously combust.

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Schrodinger's bike lane: "We can't build a protected bike lane there; no one bikes there!!" + "People already bike there, so they don't need a protected lane!!"

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a little poem.

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I encourage everyone to deadname the Gulf

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Criminalizing public spaces for the least fortunate among us is the most critical step in disconnecting democracy from the commons. Nothing but shame for the GOP in my home state. www.wthr.com/article/news...

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Yall remember that show Extreme Home Makeovers and how these struggling families were given these colossal houses whose utility costs were so high that many of those families ended up drowning in debt worse than ever? There's a lesson in there about suburbia, but I can't quite put my finger on it 🤔

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Dying in the irony of waiting over 6 hours to give 60 seconds of public comment before being stuck on a light rail train just long enough for many of the late night dinner options to close at 11pm

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I wish Seattle residents cared as much about people as they do about trees.

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An anti-density advocate just told me to my face that since I believe in density, I shouldn't have children. In case you were curious about how the housing discourse in Seattle is going.

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Been playing through Wolfenstein again recently, I can't imagine why

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Loving the mixed signals I'm getting from the internet - "Don't crash out! Take care of yourself and keep moving!!" vs. "Literally crash out. Whatever the craziest thing you can think of doing is: do it"

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Funny how Luigi has quickly become my favorite Nintendo character

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Dear elected officials: I don’t need you to post about the bad things Trump is doing. I need you to post about what you are doing to stop those bad things. And how you’re helping the people hurt by those bad things. Sincerely, Me

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Ngl when I'm out jogging and I catch my own reflection, I be checking myself out

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I haven't even been in Seattle a year, but it's already become pretty occasional (<once/month) that I am on a bus route for the first time. Maybe I ought to explore more of the city? There are many bus routes I've never been on, idk

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There are a startling number of cities presently described as "soulless" whose real soul exists; it was just literally/figuratively paved over by highways, parking lots, and "urban renewal." It's why so many American cities are so much more boring than they once were.

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Bothell's dad, Mason Thompson: "if the character of our neighborhoods won't allow our children to live in them after they move out of their parents' home, then the character of our neighborhoods needs work" interurbancanopy.substack.com/p/bothell-do...

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This crosswalk in the dead middle of the intersection of 7th Ave NE/NE 45th St is absolutely cursed

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it’s going to be so much fun when he dies

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My nervous system hasn't really processed that inauguration was today.

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Tiktok really got me lookin like a 🤡 bc I defended that app for all the creativity, small businesses, and peak humor that's come through it...only for the app to all but completely bend a knee to our new fash leader. I may just stick to rednote and bluesky from now on.

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Rednote got me really recognizing that China is kinda doing laps around the US in most major fronts

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Smoking in restaurants used to be ubiquitous — despite it degrading the experience for everyone else. It was the way things had always been done — it's tradition! Smokers are essential for business! Then we banned it in 2005. Now no one wants to go back. This is a post about cars in Pike Place.

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Public outreach, by and large, has been a circle jerk for the "in-group" to strategize how they can best maintain their class status/segregation. How can public participation reach the residents-to-be? The ones who can't make public meetings? The ones who can't afford to live in a given area yet?

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How could anyone not want the world for this lil muffin 🥺

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As if the job hunt and housing insecurity weren't enough, my cat Higgins is having a number of big health issues pop up, as well as several daunting vet bills. The fear and anxiety that is just latent moment to moment has increased by the day. I'd really love a change in the wind here soon.

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It feels disingenuous that King County would name itself in honor of Martin Luther King, for whom there is no real connection to the county. Why not name it for Octavia Butler, who passed away here in Lake Forest Park? Still a slim connection, but more substantial than that of MLK.

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seattle has added hundreds of thousands of parking spaces in last 30 years. meanwhile number of cars in city has increased by 60% we have no car-free or car light districts. we have no neighborhoods where pedestrians have priority. no pedestrian zones. no congestion zones. there are too many cars

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Pound for pound, Portland has to be among the best food cities in the world. It's just so good

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It's no northeast corridor, but being able to take a day trip by train down to Portland on a whim and take a train back to Seattle at the end of the day, on a Sunday, is incredibly gratifying

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Learning slowly that the merit of an idea does little to determine its broad reception... How a message is delivered is what makes or breaks an idea's viability. Leftists and urbanists badly need to learn this and construct strategy around this reality.