Andrew
@bikesnacks.bsky.social
bikes busses buildings in Seattle
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i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
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While we don’t yet know all the details of this tragedy, we do know that we can save lives through better street design. Making our streets safer, especially for the most vulnerable road users — people walking, biking, and rolling — will be a high priority for my administration. #VisionZero.
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
While we don’t yet know all the details of this tragedy, we do know that we can save lives through better street design. Making our streets safer, especially for the most vulnerable road users — people walking, biking, and rolling — will be a high priority for my administration. #VisionZero.
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Chi Ossé is *the* expert at this. His YIMBY single stair video with Ilana Glazer (yes, of Broad City) was next level genius. www.instagram.com/p/DLpl7NvxmCJ/
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Chi Ossé is *the* expert at this. His YIMBY single stair video with Ilana Glazer (yes, of Broad City) was next level genius. www.instagram.com/p/DLpl7NvxmCJ/
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It would be extremely smart if the Democratic Party held trainings and maybe subsidized equipment for members of local Democratic clubs to start making video content. Given the death of local news, there is a tremendous content void to be filled.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It would be extremely smart if the Democratic Party held trainings and maybe subsidized equipment for members of local Democratic clubs to start making video content. Given the death of local news, there is a tremendous content void to be filled.
this thread feels correct to me, yes.
I see we're doing Bluesky/Twitter discourse again. My thoughts in this 🧵 from personal and professional experience:
1. If your goal is to reach normies, neither place is useful. You reach normies on video, especially Instagram and YouTube right now. Less so TikTok at the moment.
1. If your goal is to reach normies, neither place is useful. You reach normies on video, especially Instagram and YouTube right now. Less so TikTok at the moment.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
this thread feels correct to me, yes.
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Yeah, I think a major problem that I have with SDOT right now is that they are doing good ideas badly.
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yeah, I think a major problem that I have with SDOT right now is that they are doing good ideas badly.
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the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
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i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
It is not a "surveillance state" for your car to know that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
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People in the comments really need to learn that coming up with an extremely specific scenario where an idea doesn’t work is not the same as proving an idea is worse than the status quo. Limiting car speed would almost indisputably result in fewer deaths, even if there are exceptions
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
People in the comments really need to learn that coming up with an extremely specific scenario where an idea doesn’t work is not the same as proving an idea is worse than the status quo. Limiting car speed would almost indisputably result in fewer deaths, even if there are exceptions
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for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
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After a terrible, stormy week:
An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)
An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
After a terrible, stormy week:
An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)
An amazing sunset over Elliott Bay here in Seattle (taken from Pike Place Market)
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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I just think that if "most pro-carceral people" means people that support a speed camera that takes a photo and sends you a ticket in the mail if you are speeding everyone is a lot more anti-carceral than I thought.
I think it was a huge mistake to make our society so car-dependent. But man. The Discourse today is a good reminder that when it comes to roadways policy, otherwise progressive anti-car people quickly become some of the most pro-carceral, anti-civil liberties people on the planet.
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I just think that if "most pro-carceral people" means people that support a speed camera that takes a photo and sends you a ticket in the mail if you are speeding everyone is a lot more anti-carceral than I thought.
At least we're thoroughly researching why this is a terrible idea
If you're curious about the three year closure of the 1 Line to tie Ballard Link into the existing transit tunnel, here's the breakdown.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
At least we're thoroughly researching why this is a terrible idea
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Remember, 15 minute cities are "forcing a lifestyle".
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Remember, 15 minute cities are "forcing a lifestyle".
I forget that now I have to specify Downtown *Seattle*
y'know, not federal way or some other downtown
y'know, not federal way or some other downtown
yep. we'll never be able to add fare gates in the rainier valley, but it shouldn't stop us from trying things out downtown
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I forget that now I have to specify Downtown *Seattle*
y'know, not federal way or some other downtown
y'know, not federal way or some other downtown
For a bit there I was thinking "idk maybe we can make one tunnel work"
but then this.
but then this.
In the interline scenario, Ballard Link would actually skip Westlake Station, with trains instead heading north from Third Avenue from Symphony Station. This would require suspending existing light rail service for "potentially years" along with the Third Ave bus corridor.
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For a bit there I was thinking "idk maybe we can make one tunnel work"
but then this.
but then this.
Extremely cool and, wow I live in a progressive little bubble even for Seattle 😅
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Extremely cool and, wow I live in a progressive little bubble even for Seattle 😅
Slaps roof of bioswale
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Slaps roof of bioswale
wanna move here
really dig proposal from cityfoerster
look at level of open space, of green space... centered on transit and mobility - but not cars
a good urban block structure - but thin buildings = even more open/green space. more privacy too. larger parks tied to climate protection. walk to schools/daycare
look at level of open space, of green space... centered on transit and mobility - but not cars
a good urban block structure - but thin buildings = even more open/green space. more privacy too. larger parks tied to climate protection. walk to schools/daycare
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
wanna move here
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I have such mixed feelings about this article. I agree the low cost pathways are pretty BS. But I guess I grump a bit at the framing that the south end is uniquely feeling the effects of underinvestment in sidewalks. I don't know the answer, but I wish we invested in sidewalks like we did roads.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have such mixed feelings about this article. I agree the low cost pathways are pretty BS. But I guess I grump a bit at the framing that the south end is uniquely feeling the effects of underinvestment in sidewalks. I don't know the answer, but I wish we invested in sidewalks like we did roads.
I'm a single issue voter: concise speeches
CM Saka has been talking for about 10 minutes, and he's been basically shouting the entire time. Impressive vocal stamina.
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm a single issue voter: concise speeches
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@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!