James everything is analog

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

Harrell Calls Musk, Thiel ‘Smart Innovators,’ Tells Downtown Businesses He’s Fighting for Them » The Urbanist # On Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell praised conservative billionaires as

Not video but www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/27/h...

“When we drop names like [Marc] Andreessen or Peter Thiel or David Sacks or Elon Musk, these are smart innovators." — Bruce Harrell, 2025-02-24

Katie held her election night party in a plaza 50 feet from a light rail stop.

Harrell held his in a wealthy lake front, car dependent neighborhood.

It really just can't be any clearer 🙌

Katie Wilson's campaign manager told me tonight the democracy voucher program was a big part of their success in the mayor's race, allowing the campaign to focus on getting votes, not fundraising.

Mayor Harrell and the Seattle City Council defunded tenant services by 40% last year. We're barely hanging on by a thread, and as Kasey Burton from Tenant Law Center said about renters seeking legal assistance, "the need is bottomless."

Support for ICE Detainees | Real Change "This is not merely an unfortunate incident; it is a calculated act of cruelty and intimidation that goes against the very fabric of our mission and our city's values," said Krystal Marx, Executive Director of Real Change.

Over the weekend, we received the sad news that two of our @realchangenews.bsky.social vendors were detained by ICE at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. Real Change is mobilizing quickly to provide assistance to the vendors and their loved ones. www.realchangenews.org/support-ice-...

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen

Real Change confirmed today that two of our vendors have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This action is a direct attack on a protected community and poses a chilling threat to the safety and well-being of all individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty.

rinck's amendments are perfect.

there are several poison pills in the amendments from others.

also any reduction in neighborhood center boundary will reduce walkability and affordability.

i can't believe we're still letting homeowners dictate land use policy in a city that is 60% renters.

2019 – 2024 – Repeated denials and discovery stonewalling Through years of communications with the police, the plaintiffs and the court through the investigation and later the discovery process for the lawsuit, Tesla never mentioned that it had all the data that explained how Autopilot saw the crash, which everyone was seeking, sitting on its servers for years. The facts are: Tesla had the data on its servers within minutes of the crash When the police sought the data, Tesla redirected them toward other data When the police sought Tesla’s help in extracting it from the computer, Tesla falsely claimed it was “corrupted” Tesla invented an “auto-delete” feature that didn’t exist to try explain why it couldn’t originally find the data in the computer When the plaintiffs asked for the data, Tesla said that it didn’t exist Tesla only admitted to the existence of the data once presented with forensic evidence that it was created and transfered to its servers.

This whole story is insane. Tesla apparently did everything it could to avoid providing the data it had about its Autopilot crash. This is just a snippet and there's a lot more. electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...

Not really. Plenty of prohousing folks in the 350 crowd. You should probably get to know all the factions first

Rinck Proposes Restoring Growth Centers Dropped from One Seattle Plan » The Urbanist # The potential Seattle Comprehensive Plan changes, which are set to be discussed Monday, would add back growth centers around Gas Works Park, Alki, North Capitol Hill, and other areas. Councilmember ...

NEW: The full list of amendments to Seattle's Comp Plan are set to drop Monday, but we have a preview of @alexis4seattle.bsky.social's proposed changes:
-Restoring 8 entire neighborhood centers
-Removing parking mandates
-Allowing corner stores everywhere
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/01/r...

This clip...I have no words.

Gaza Humanitarian Fund whistleblower Anthony Aguilar describes ordering pizzas for their site while Palestinians starve.

In other words, a robust, respected, well-paid, well-staffed bureaucracy is the key to accomplishing large-scale public works project on time and under budget.

Cutting public agencies to the bone & farming out their responsibilities to the private sector *doesn't work*.

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...

We should come to terms with the fact that forest, shrubland, grassland, and wetland ecosystems cannot offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions.

But we should still protect and restore them for biodiversity and other ecosystem benefits.

If this is accurate, it is a new world record heat index (Dayrestan Airport, Iran). 🥵

About to attend a Seattle City Council meeting where I expect almost everyone to act as though massively increasing surveillance in Seattle right now in this political climate is fine, actually.

This is fucking heartbreaking. I've been lucky to meet so many Venezuelan migrants, and one thing that's almost universal is the strength of their faith and solidarity. Ive seen young Venezuelan men carry little children whose language they can't speak for miles, and share their food with strangers

This is like saying Anne Frank died of Typhus so were the Nazis really responsible. Utterly vile. #BoycottNYT.

I’m honored to have the support of so many amazing community leaders.

Don’t forget to get your ballot in by next Tuesday, August 5th!

The Agony of the School Car Line It’s crazy-making and deeply inefficient.

A personal essay from a planner and bus-devoted parent

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This Year, Some School Districts Tried to Reimagine Drop-Off. It’s a Huge Mess for Parents. Turns out, there was a good reason for the school bus.

Recent-ish, conceptualizes school buses as public infrastructure

slate.com/business/202...

(Optional challenge): name 1 way in which council appointee / former councilmember Juarez is politically tied to the private interests surrounding this parcel

Public interest quiz of the geography of #Seattle D5:
1. In D5 there is a publically-owned parcel, that is nevertheless surrounded by miles of chainlink and barbed wire. What is it?
2. This parcel is what % of D5 by area??
3. How many lightrail stations is within a 2 min walk of this parcel?

It’s amazing to see so many people embracing health, togetherness, and sustainable transportation on Lake Washington Boulevard.

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Have you voted for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social yet?

Guys I think America has a far-right problem