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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 19h

Turns out the real political spectrum is just how people feel about free parking 😂

Tag yourself!

A political compass chart titled "Parking Reform Political Compass." The horizontal axis is labeled "Pro-Free Parking" at the top and "Pro-Parking Reform" at the bottom. The vertical axis is labeled "right wing" on the right and "left wing" on the leftmost border. The chart is divided into a grid of 25 boxes, each featuring a persona and a humorous quote representing different viewpoints on parking policy. On the left side of the compass, personas range from "Free Parking Revolutionary" and "Anti-Capitalist Car-User" at the top left corner, to "Anarcho-Urbanist" and "YIMBY Keyboard Warrior" at the bottom right corner. On the right side, personas range from "Conspiracy Theorist" to "Freedom Loving Business Owner." In the middle are personas like "Burt-Out," with the quote: "We'll form a committee to study the committee that studied the parking reform study. The report will be due never." Overall, this political compass satirizes perspectives across the political spectrum, including left-wing, right-wing, centrist, libertarian, and niche cultural stances like "Anti-Gentrification Warrior" and "Data-Driven Dad."

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 2d

Their owner wrote a great op-ed last year: www.theurbanist.org/2024/04/08/o...

Op-Ed: Growth Plan Fails to Put Enough Housing for Workers in Seattle » The Urbanist

# Cloud City Coffee is an anchor in the Maple Leaf business district. Seattle's growth plan isn't what the city needs to allow its employees to live close by.

www.theurbanist.org

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 2d

I keep telling myself that's what actually happened.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 3d

I've left the keys to the city under the doormat.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 8d

Another one!

Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 9d

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · Apr 23

I’m in my zoning reform era. Getting small lot pilled. I’m density-maxxing, I’m going Shoup mode

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 14d

Skubal had an unbelievable start! Player of the game for sure.

Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 14d

Friendly wager: if Mariners win we get bragging rights, if Jays win Seattle has to become part of Canada

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Circling Seattle Sports @circlingseasports.bsky.social · 14d

Oh my god… Humpy just earned a win in the Mariners Salmon Run.

#TridentsUp #SeizeTheMoment #Postseason

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 15d

You asked for street trees. A bit of vertical green should do the trick.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 15d

An 11-story parking garage. And I guess fresh paint?

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 16d

And this is why AMR did so poorly in her primary

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 22d

this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 24d

PSE is years ahead of SCL:
www.utilitydive.com/news/puget-s...

Puget Sound Energy, AutoGrid aim to develop a 100-MW virtual power plant by 2025

With plans to add about 15 GW of resources by 2045, including about 3.7 GW of demand-side and distributed resources, Puget Sound Energy aims to scale up its VPP over time.

www.utilitydive.com

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 24d

I'm surprised it's taken SCL this long to start formulating the concepts of a plan with regards to demand response, but I'm glad they're finally looking into it!
The variable pricing at least lets other players enter the market.

Lots of thermal mass already in homes that can act like batteries!

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 24d

Demand balancing is a great thing for electricity, it helps match to variable supply and reduces the need for expensive storage or (god forbid) adding more gas turbines that can provide rapid supply at peak times.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 27d

They need time to add the finishing touches.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 28d

Woah, is this a "dual endorsement" or a full one? I see Harrell still has her listed on his endorsement page (alongside Cathy Moore)

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 29d

We need to Primary Everyone. Given how few competitive seats there are, primaries are the only way to either oust or wake up complacent incumbents.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 29d

Unsurprisingly, party leadership didn't like that.

Stu @stubart.bsky.social · 29d

I don't know much about David Hogg, but he was right that we need to Primary Everyone. Given how few competitive seats there are, primaries are the only way to either oust or wake up complacent incumbents.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · Sep 25

Did Kroger write this? What a letdown.

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · Sep 24

theneedling.com/2024/09/21/t...

The Needling Buys KOMO

This morning The Needling acquired local conservative TV news station KOMO to officially become Seattle’s leader in both real fake news and fake real news. “It’s true: With the generous $10 backing…

theneedling.com

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Stu @stubart.bsky.social · Sep 19

The point of process is to prevent things from happening. I think people who set it up were largely well-intentioned, but it's been easily weaponized by folks who dislike change.