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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 4h

Does anyone know how many extra innings the mariners have played this season?

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 5h

This baseball game has officially outlasted the NWSL match next door that started 2 1/2 hours after it

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 5h

This baseball game has officially outlasted the college football game across town that started an hour after it

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Complete Streets Bellevue @completestreetsbellevue.org · 14h

Doors will open in T-minus 26.5 hours, but there's still time to register!

Local elections matter. Transportation matters. The five people who win Bellevue's elections in November will make decisions that affect *you* - don't you wanna know what they think?

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Bellevue City Council Candidate Transportation, Mobility, and Equity Panel

Come see Bellevue city council candidates answer questions focused around transportation, mobility, and equity on October 11th!

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 1d

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 17h

NEW // How Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Became a $30 Billion Undertaking

Story by @typewriteralley.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/10/h...

How Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Became a $30 Billion Undertaking » The Urbanist

# Since voters approved West Seattle and Ballard Link in 2016, the two projects have been caught in a perfect storm of factors that led to the eye-popping cost estimates that we have today. While the ...

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 17h

If you're still wondering how the hell we got to a staggering $30 billion price tag to build light rail to both West Seattle and Ballard, I've got you covered.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/10/h...

How Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Became a $30 Billion Undertaking » The Urbanist

# Since voters approved West Seattle and Ballard Link in 2016, the two projects have been caught in a perfect storm of factors that led to the eye-popping cost estimates that we have today. While the ...

www.theurbanist.org

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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 2d

Someone phonebanked me at the exact time I was expecting a call from a friend whose number I didn’t have yet and I picked up so now I guess I’m going door knocking. Bamboozled

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PubliCola @publicola.bsky.social · 3d

SPD Chief Puts Cop Who Called 2020 Protesters "Cockroaches" In Charge of East Precinct
Mike Tietjen, who was promoted over a gay acting commander, the subject of multiple complaints in 2020, including an incident in which officers taunted a trans woman.
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SPD Chief Puts Cop Who Called 2020 Protesters "Cockroaches" In Charge of East Precinct - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct, located at 12th Ave. and East Pine St. in the…

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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t believe we’ve been blessed with the best reporting by the best reporter in the state for a decade!!!

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d

Ten years ago today I published my first story at @theurbanist.org. 886 stories later, here we are. What a wild ride.

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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 4d

A perfect Monday

Baseball, brewers, brews and books with the babe in Bremerton

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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 4d

A perfect Monday

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.