Faster Than Light

A slide that reads Bollards to Barriers with an array of bollards and raising barriers at major event venues around the world

A slide reading mix of solutions with some photos of barricades and bollards including the large truck currently at the front entrance of Pike Place

URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.

SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.

Abbott's joke about putting a tariff on people makes sense if you read it in the context of hoping to be able to own people again.

One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes on Monday, sitting politely as Fuentes criticized the power of “organized Jewry in America.”
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This Statement of Legislative Intent requests the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) to include evaluation of replacing parking in the City's right-of-way with trees in the development of OSE's Tree Canopy Equity and Resilience Plan (Plan) with such factors as estimates of capital and operating costs, trade-offs in terms of vehicle movement and parking capacity, strategies for reducing conflicts with utility infrastructure, and identification of locations in Seattle most suited/ready for replacing parking with trees. This SLI requests that OSE's Urban Forestry Team collaborate with City departments (Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle City Light, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, and Finance and Administrative Services) to consider measures akin to those proposed by the City of Paris, France. The 2024-2030 Paris Climate Plan set a goal of replacing 60,000 parking spaces with street trees.

A budget amendment from Alexis Mercedes Rinck asks the Office of Sustainability and the Environment to study the replacement of on-street parking spaces with trees.

Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again.

We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.

Vote for Katie Wilson

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

Also, Greg Bovino allegedly asked a reporter, “Did Judge Ellis get hit in the head by a rock like I did this morning? … Maybe she needs to see what that’s like before she gives an order like that.”

The Jolly Roger flag

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Indiana University banned its student newspaper from printing just days before homecoming weekend — after firing the paper’s advisor when he refused to censor critical coverage. That would be bad enough on its own, but FIRE is taking this one personally, as the Indiana Daily Student reported this hostile campaign was due in part to its coverage of FIRE’s ranking Indiana University as the worst public university for free speech. You read that right. The school’s response to the news that they are bad at free speech … is to censor the news. It’s ironic — and not just in the Alanis Morissette sense — that these actions will likely push its overall ranking even lower next year. At least we can’t fault them for consistency.

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?

Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

"At this moment in time, of course, the release of the TRUMPSTEIN Files is really the public's main priority."

Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?

Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

You guys wanna see a dead body

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline

I’ve been told I didn’t explain this well. Let me try again.

Bruce Harrell wants to spend $100k of OUR collective tax dollars to PAY wealthy homeowners to not cut down their trees on their property. He wants ME AND YOU to give OUR MONEY to rich ppl to preserve THEIR trees IN THEIR BACKYARD. 🤬😡🤬😡💢💢

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

weratedogs v 1/5 BORDER PATROC ICE AGENTS KILL DOG DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place. Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop 14/10 CBP Office of Professional Responsibility: 202-344-1808 JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov El Paso Border Patrol Sector: 915-834-8400 fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso): 915-541-1400 veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone.

A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:

Now up to 12 departments and agencies verified on Bluesky in the last 10 minutes

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Damn! Every clip from last night’s debate is Mamdani wiping the floor with Cuomo.

A graphic emulating a baseball card with a headshot of Christopher Larson on a green background with floating dollar bills, showing he donated $50,000

The back of the baseball card graphic with bulleted points that retired Microsoft executive; spent 160 million renovating his mansion in the highlands, an exclusive shoreline gated community; Lost 19 paintings worth about $50 million, including a Monet, in his 2012 divorce settlement. kept the 1911 Rolls-Royce. silver ghost, valued at 1.4 million in his divorce, but lost the 11 Volvos.

For our third installment of “Harrell's Big Business Backers,” we present Christopher Larson, a retired Microsoft executive who forked over $50K to Harrell’s campaign. What's he buying? Lower taxes for wealthy folks like him.

A graphic emulating a baseball card with a headshot of Job Shirley on a green background with floating dollar bills, showing he donated $15,000

The back of the baseball card graphic with bulleted points that reads: former president, Chief operating officer, and board of director of Microsoft; lives in Medina in a $27,000 ft estate near Bill Gates and other billionaires; built a 12,000 ft showroom near his mansion for his sports car collection; amassed a $200 million art collection. what he's buying - low taxes for the wealthy.

For our fourth installment of “Harrell's Big Business Backers,” we present Jon Shirley, a former Microsoft big wig who lives in a 27,000 sq ft mansion in Medina, owns a $200M art collection, and has an entire 12,000 sq ft showroom just for his cars. Shirley donated $15K to Harrell.

A graphic emulating a baseball card with a headshot of Arthur Buerk on a green background with floating dollar bills, showing he donated $10,000.

The back of the baseball card graphic with bulleted points that reads: founder of Montlake Capital which has made over 100 million in corporate investments, board director of Washington policy Center, a right-wing think tank funded by the Koch brothers which lobbies to preserve a regressive tax system and keep the minimum wage low. also donated $5,000 to Sarah Nelson. what's he buying low taxes for himself in the companies he invests in.

For our fifth installment of “Harrell's Big Business Backers,” we present Arthur Buerk. Buerk is a board director at the Koch Brothers-funded Washington Policy Center, a right-wing think tank that seeks a low minimum wage. He donated $10K to Harrell and $5K to Sara Nelson’s PAC.

A graphic emulating a baseball card with a headshot of Brad Smith on a green background with floating dollar bills, showing he donated $10,000

The back of the baseball card graphic with bullet points stating that Brad Smith is the president and board. vice chair of Microsoft, was paid 24 million last year, sold tens of millions of dollars of Microsoft shares this year still holds $240 million of stock, and is lobbying against Washington state in the golfing attacks. unlucky businesses model not jumpstart, which Katie helped enact in Seattle. Additional text says what he's buying: for taxes for himself and his $3 trillion dollar corporation.

In our second installment of “Harrell's Big Business Backers,” we present to you Brad Smith, President and Board Vice Chair at Microsoft, who took home $24M just last year! He wants to keep taxes low for himself and his $3 trillion corporation.