Colin O'Keefe
@colinokeefe.bsky.social
Blogger. // Fan of the Mariners, Packers, ebikes and pinball. // New Deal Dem // Alum of Mariners Digital and the University of Montana School of Journalism.
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Before apps many, many restaurants offered “free” delivery by having dedicated delivery staff or similar set up and pricing it in. Maybe extractive tech is the problem.
Grim news out of Seattle: we passed an ordinance raising the pay of delivery drivers, but the result has been fewer delivery orders, leaving many of them worse off.
It may just be that "instant delivery of your food" is not a practical business & only exploitation can make it "work."
It may just be that "instant delivery of your food" is not a practical business & only exploitation can make it "work."
Seattle's gig worker law was supposed to boost pay. It did at first, until orders dropped
It’s been two years since Seattle’s gig worker minimum wage took effect. It was intended to boost labor standards for app-based drivers who deliver food for companies like DoorDash or Uber Eats.
How h...
www.kuow.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Before apps many, many restaurants offered “free” delivery by having dedicated delivery staff or similar set up and pricing it in. Maybe extractive tech is the problem.
Opening Day is still a little ways off, but the offseason is officially over.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/the-offsea...
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/the-offsea...
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Opening Day is still a little ways off, but the offseason is officially over.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/the-offsea...
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level. www.theviewlevel.com/p/the-offsea...
Opening Day is still a little ways off, but the offseason is officially over.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level.
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Opening Day is still a little ways off, but the offseason is officially over.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level.
With that, some words putting a quick bow on the winter that was.
New post up on The View Level.
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See, I thought that when large groups of people gather in solidarity, department policy is to show up in riot gear
The Seattle Police Department has issued an assignment for all fans to attend the Seahawks victory parade — along with a signed letter excusing their absence.
Seattle police 'draft' all fans to attend Seahawks parade
www.seattletimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
See, I thought that when large groups of people gather in solidarity, department policy is to show up in riot gear
Thought I had a real shot with my Kalshi bet on Aaron Lewis of Staind coming out
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Thought I had a real shot with my Kalshi bet on Aaron Lewis of Staind coming out
Sometimes it can feel bad to bag on Bellevue but then Bellevue will be like “THIS is our history” about completely unremarkable retail plots.
Visited Old Bellevue today to get a closer look at the facades that the city council is set to try and preserve through an emergency zoning ordinance on Tuesday.
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Sometimes it can feel bad to bag on Bellevue but then Bellevue will be like “THIS is our history” about completely unremarkable retail plots.
Nice place to live.
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Nice place to live.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:38 AM
If you like your Mariners trade analysis days late, I have you covered.
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Yay, glad to see this finally announced publicly! The Burke Gilman is our state’s most popular trail and it should be comfortable, safe, and accessible for all. If it were a highway we would already have widened it. The design next to UW Medical should be the standard (with the addition of lighting)
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Yay, glad to see this finally announced publicly! The Burke Gilman is our state’s most popular trail and it should be comfortable, safe, and accessible for all. If it were a highway we would already have widened it. The design next to UW Medical should be the standard (with the addition of lighting)
When you’re biking, you’re truly out in the world, seeing and experiencing the communities you traverse.
So much different than driving.
So much different than driving.
On Saturday as I was riding home from the Alex Pretti ride, I was on the 26th Ave SW neighborhood greenway when a young black boy on a bike yelled out to me, middle aged white man, “wanna race?!” and you better goddamn believe I said “yeah!” and we raced a couple laps up the block. #bikejoy 🚲💨 ❤️
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
When you’re biking, you’re truly out in the world, seeing and experiencing the communities you traverse.
So much different than driving.
So much different than driving.
Those streetcars are so damn cool.
Groundhog Day in #Seattle much calmer than 110 years ago when the city was smacked by the greatest measured one-day snowfall in the city's history (21.5 inches!)
(But wait till you see how the month ended:..)
BLOG:
emeraldcityweather.com/seattle-grou...
(But wait till you see how the month ended:..)
BLOG:
emeraldcityweather.com/seattle-grou...
That time Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and Seattle ended up with a record blizzard - Emerald City Weather Blog
110 years ago, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair and saw his shadow, proclaiming 6 more weeks of
emeraldcityweather.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Those streetcars are so damn cool.
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The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
Doing a bit but also not,
“If the Dems are going to coalesce around a candidate early, it should be—“
“If the Dems are going to coalesce around a candidate early, it should be—“
i still don’t think it’s possible, but if AOC is the nominee…
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Doing a bit but also not,
“If the Dems are going to coalesce around a candidate early, it should be—“
“If the Dems are going to coalesce around a candidate early, it should be—“
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Local cops have put out a statement saying they will expressly disobey the Mayor‘s order to protect Seattlites from ICE violence. In case anyone was wondering
Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and there’s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Local cops have put out a statement saying they will expressly disobey the Mayor‘s order to protect Seattlites from ICE violence. In case anyone was wondering
A fact for most or all of the country: none of your tax money is going towards protecting you or your neighbors from ICE and the federal government.
January 31, 2026 at 6:55 AM
A fact for most or all of the country: none of your tax money is going towards protecting you or your neighbors from ICE and the federal government.
When you Sloopersize
January 31, 2026 at 5:30 AM
When you Sloopersize
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the root problem of "secret police" isn't the "secret" part
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
the root problem of "secret police" isn't the "secret" part
If @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social doesn’t have a borderline adversarial relationship with SPD given its current form, she isn’t doing enough.
They need to be reined in to a significant degree and the support is there for it.
Ignore the capital-backed right-wing echo chamber.
They need to be reined in to a significant degree and the support is there for it.
Ignore the capital-backed right-wing echo chamber.
Latest attack post from SPOG. Can’t wait for @mayorofseattle.bsky.social to straighten this foolishness out.
January 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
If @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social doesn’t have a borderline adversarial relationship with SPD given its current form, she isn’t doing enough.
They need to be reined in to a significant degree and the support is there for it.
Ignore the capital-backed right-wing echo chamber.
They need to be reined in to a significant degree and the support is there for it.
Ignore the capital-backed right-wing echo chamber.
The AI art for a logo on the Orca Appeal website (www.orcaappeal.org) really ties the whole sham together.
Shame on you @orcaconservancy.bsky.social for taking part in this.
Shame on you @orcaconservancy.bsky.social for taking part in this.
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The AI art for a logo on the Orca Appeal website (www.orcaappeal.org) really ties the whole sham together.
Shame on you @orcaconservancy.bsky.social for taking part in this.
Shame on you @orcaconservancy.bsky.social for taking part in this.
Finished The Crying of Lot 49 last night—my first Pynchon, because it's supposedly his most accessible novel.
Yikes.
Yikes.
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Finished The Crying of Lot 49 last night—my first Pynchon, because it's supposedly his most accessible novel.
Yikes.
Yikes.
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Well at least they used the savings on Canó’s contract to—
*presses finger to ear*
oh no
*presses finger to ear*
oh no
Unless Jackson Kowar clears waivers & remains a Mariner, the Robinson Canó era in Seattle is truly complete today.
Kowar was the final member of all trades in & out (+all subsequent trades of those players) involving Canó, Jarred Kelenic, Edwin Díaz, etc., not to have reached free agency/waivers.
Kowar was the final member of all trades in & out (+all subsequent trades of those players) involving Canó, Jarred Kelenic, Edwin Díaz, etc., not to have reached free agency/waivers.
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Well at least they used the savings on Canó’s contract to—
*presses finger to ear*
oh no
*presses finger to ear*
oh no
Woof, @orcaconservancy.bsky.social.
FYI here is the list of local conservation groups that have signed onto an amicus brief trying to force the City of Seattle to go back to the drawing board when it comes to the environmental review of the growth plan that was approved in December.
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Woof, @orcaconservancy.bsky.social.
Here’s Seattle PD union president Mike Solan doing press with Homan, btw.
(via @divestspd.bsky.social)
(via @divestspd.bsky.social)
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Here’s Seattle PD union president Mike Solan doing press with Homan, btw.
(via @divestspd.bsky.social)
(via @divestspd.bsky.social)