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Rob Relyea

@rrelyea.bsky.social

Advocate. Evolving https://multifol.io Previously built https://covidsafe.fyi & @ Microsoft building IE, WPF, XAML, Kinect, NuGet

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Transit Tracker Transit Tracker is a DIY customizable public transit arrivals board for your home.

Seen our Transit Tracker project on social media? You can learn how to build your own here: transit-tracker.eastsideurbanism.org

16.11.2025 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Picture of Thames River with a cement pillbox to protect troops and a tree on the other side. Also both are reflected in water.

Picture of Thames River with a cement pillbox to protect troops and a tree on the other side. Also both are reflected in water.

40 miles in. Didnโ€™t realize the Thames has a bunch of pillboxes built during WW2 to protect in event of invasion.

17.10.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Signpost with signs on it:
- pointing left: Thames Path public footpath. Source 12 miles.
- pointing right: Thames Path public footpath. Thames Barrier 172 miles.

Signpost with signs on it: - pointing left: Thames Path public footpath. Source 12 miles. - pointing right: Thames Path public footpath. Thames Barrier 172 miles.

12 miles inโ€ฆ

15.10.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Increasingly bikepacking and urban hiking over the last few years. Have now finished two hikes circumnavigating Lake Washington. This fall, Iโ€™m planning to walk the Thames Path (185 miles over ~15 days).

16.09.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i gave a talk at AIA seattle's transformative housing symposium on what social housing in seattle could look like...

it was an opp to talk about how bad TOD in the US is, and how seattle's building and zoning codes - while better than most of the US - are pretty bad for producing high quality homes

26.07.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Another ~9,000 Microsoft layoffs today. My sympathies to those whose careers are taking an undeserved detour! And to those remaining, whose day to day at Microsoft now involves looking over their shoulders too much

02.07.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No King signs ready to be made everywhere in US

14.06.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Building a garden shed (only 3โ€™ x 10โ€™) and it has me pretty drained after working a few hours during the day. Iโ€™m learning a bunch as I do this. First time framing a wall, etcโ€ฆ
My respect goes to people who do construction for a living.

10.06.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing some coding this morningโ€ฆworking on export to spreadsheet from multifol.io site.

The site lets you slice and dice your portfolio in different views (by tax type, by account, etc)

Trying to see how much of that I can do in a data driven spreadsheet.

05.06.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œWe cannot build bananas in America.โ€ Video clip worth watching.

05.06.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe reason I thought of retiringโ€:
- death of a friend, CFO of my best client, at 57, heart-attack in office parking lot.
- executive who offered me a promotion died of a heart-attack in shower, at 62.
- my former mentor, who retired early, was diagnosed with a terminal disease 5 years later.

03.06.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
For Early Retirees: What Worked & Didnโ€™t Work? - Bogleheads.org

Interesting bogleheads forum post:

- What is your best nugget of advice for someoneโ€™s first year of retirement?

โ€œNever schedule more than one chore a day.โ€

www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewto...

03.06.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sorry to see more Microsoft layoffs happening today. Microsoft filed a new announcement of 305 layoffs with the state of Washingtonโ€ฆwith a seperation date of 8/1/2025.

(A couple years ago I subscribed to Washington state WARN announcement emails. Email came at just before 1pm PT today.)

02.06.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Email storm - Wikipedia

โ€œBedlam DL3โ€ was an earlier instance of this at Microsoft.

But it seems like there is a long list of other instances of โ€œemail stormsโ€: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_s...

29.05.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Such mixed feelings when the kids grow up and leave home ๐Ÿฅน #TACO
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

27.05.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 277    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Like that.

Or even:
F86king L47er

24.05.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just tested. HideMyEmail now fixed (24 hours later).

23.05.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Appleโ€™s icloud com based HideMyEmail appears to be broken now? Emails are not being forwarded right now. Come on!

22.05.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good thread from author about the book:

bsky.app/profile/ziba...

08.05.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Notebook A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 โ€ข A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 โ€ข A Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks....

Just finished a really enjoyable read: โ€œthe notebook: history of thinking on paperโ€ by Roland Allen

share.libbyapp.com/title/10749281

08.05.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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844 people signed in โ€” almost all PRO โ€” for @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social's bill 1837 directing WSDOT to speed up development of passenger rail service on Amtrak Cascades corridor. If you are in WA and have not signed in PRO, sure would be cool to get that to 1,000
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...

10.02.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Was traveling two weeks ago, and the weather interfered with early morning pickleball all of last week. Today, played three hours, great competition,โ€ฆfelt great.

10.02.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m afraid that weโ€™ll have a bird flu epidemic and moron47 will mishandle even worse than last time.

09.02.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would be great to see YTD stats (emissions) as part of these tweets.

07.02.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had first heard a great interview on npr about it:

bsky.app/profile/npr....

07.02.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this. โ€œProud Boysโ€ trademark no longer owned by the racist organization. Won by a church that the group had vandalized.

07.02.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cancelled Amazon prime account earlier this month. More thought/care put into purchases should be interesting.

29.01.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was absolute joy to cheer for Ichiro playing for Mariners. First class act!

21.01.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have been using Lyft instead of Uber for quite a whileโ€ฆ

Just received:
โ€œYour account and data will be deleted in 30 days
Itโ€™s been a long time since youโ€™ve taken a ride with Uber.โ€

17.01.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, Seattle Y is closed on sundays, which I didnโ€™t notice until I arrived.

So did a bunch more reading as I bus/train/walk to bellevue Y.

Happy I could have a lazy Sunday afternoonโ€ฆeventually getting a good workout.

12.01.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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