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"Replacing Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin is an excellent move!"

—2-year-old dogs who don't want to be shot in a pit

Available repair centers & other post-sale support. That’s the dealerships’ entire argument for exclusivity. No matter that no one wants to see a car dealer any more than they absolutely must.

Only Lucid and Rivian? So the next exciting new car company has to fight this fight again? Walen is right that we shouldn't pick winners and losers. I know she's trying to stop all progress, but we should stop meddling in commerce. Define the necessary consumer protections and get out of the way!

Patrick, I'm the Mayor of a city, not the whole country.

This might go towards explaining why most of Bellevue's sidewalk retail is occupied by banks. You want to pop into a boutique to pick up something cute? Drive to the mall. You want to open a checking account? Sure, you can do that on your casual stroll through the city.

How The 'Non-Passenger Work Vehicle' Became The Family Car - Jalopnik It all goes back to the early 1970s.

One set of explanations for why vehciels got so big:

And even then, it takes a year sometimes.

I'm kinda surprised that's how they failed first! I'm on my third pair of Aftershokz. Great headphones, well worth the money, but I get electrical/speaker issues before the frames give out.

Inside the Growing Scientist Migration to Europe For decades, the U.S. has attracted talented scientists from all over the world. That may be changing.

Good piece on the “brain drain” from the U.S. and the history of its “brain gain”. For the moment, while the numbers might be up, it looks like the real loss is in talented junior and future scholars, rather than senior “stars” (as most of these programs are not competitive for the latter).

We'd better get through this war quickly or it could hurt FIFA's profits! We wouldn't want to endanger the kind folks who gave Trump the FIFA Peace Prize.

Map of Amazon buildings in SLU/Denny/Downtown with captions on vacated buildings. Sources: Esri, King County records (Reporting by Alexander Halverson, map by Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times)

Amazon is no longer (Lesser) Seattle's biggest employer. Amazon has fewer than 50K employees working in the city proper. The UW has just over 50K.

Amazon has vacated seven leased buildings in Seattle since 2020.

Source: www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...

Op-Ed: Nobody Wants to Live Next to a Highway » The Urbanist # Cities must commit to downsizing their highway networks if they intend to meet climate and livability goals and expand housing in a healthy and equitable manner. Seattle must lead the way.

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Nobody Wants to Live Next to a Highway

Op-Ed by Anna Zivarts (@nondriver.bsky.social), via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/25/o...

Yes, the south end has historically gotten a raw deal. But from the hinterlands of Bellevue, I love that Issaquah actually wants transit. Bellevue was ridiculous about transit. Kirkland (my "second suburb") is far, far worse about transportation overall. Redmond & Issaquah are a breath of fresh air.

Issaquah is a bunch of nowhere with some good qualities: Village Theatre and that all-night pharmacy included. But per official US Census data (from 2024), Issaquah is less white than either Tacoma or Seattle. Rich, sure. White? No.

www.census.gov/quickfacts/f...

www.census.gov/quickfacts/f...

I can attest: years back I was followed by cops when driving my tiny decades-old pickup truck to Wells-Medina nursery. (Never stopped, cuz I drive like a bike rider.) The cops stopped magically appearing once my truck's plates were "known". This never happened to us in our Subaru.

At least the route goes near your destination!

Black cat with large stripe of white dust on her forehead.

Photo NOT taken on Ash Wednesday. She’s not a practicing cat-olic.

I think it's great to allow services throughout the city, not just hotels. But for hotels specifically, having a room to rent near your house makes having out of town guests easier. You don't have to have three extra bedrooms just in case you have company. Just rent a room for your family visitors!

New Post: Crosslake Simulated Service Suspended Indefinitely seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/21/c...

Shelly Short's term in District 7 ends this year. No one has filed to run against her yet: the funding deadline is May 8th. When a candidate appears, let's get this woman out of office.

ballotpedia.org/Washington_S...

While you're at it, take a moment to thank Cindy Ryu, who wrote the wire theft bill (housedemocrats.wa.gov/ryu/) and Tina Orwell, the Senate sponsor (senatedemocrats.wa.gov/orwall/).

Source: www.columbian.com/news/2026/fe... and www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Frustrated that wire thefts keep taking out ST Link light rail? You have WA Sen Shelly Short, Republican of the Okanogan, to thank for the failure of our wire theft bill to progress this session. Call her office to let her know how you feel!

shellyshort.src.wastateleg.org

He’s already turned on them. The man does not know the word “loyalty”.

Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett were in the 6-3 majority, joining the Sane Women Wing of SCOTUS (Sotomayor, Kagan, and our amazing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.) "I like beer!", "I like motor coaches", and "I love my mom" were in the minority.

Screencap of article linked

Great work, Costco (and other businesses) for suing to stop Trump's illegal tariffs.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Clearly, a Costco membership costs $1159 but it comes with an 80 pound wheel of Parmesan.

Building Transit Tracker A reflection on the Transit Tracker project, its origins, and why it's personally meaningful.

new blog post blog.horner.tj/building-tra...

Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad

Hilarious gift article:

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

Kirkland is like that cool uncle who throws awesome beach parties but you know he's actually a Trumper just keeping quiet to fit in with the crowd.

Huge thank you to @wabikes.bsky.social, to @wabike.bsky.social who helped develop the first version of this bill, and to every single person who emailed a member about this bill. You made it happen. Now let’s get ready to do it again at hyper speed in the senate! #waleg