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Despite hundreds of thousands of additional downtown commuters and major road closures today, there were *fewer* car commuters. Imagine if we invested this much in getting people on transit every day. We could pedestrianize so many streets!
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Despite hundreds of thousands of additional downtown commuters and major road closures today, there were *fewer* car commuters. Imagine if we invested this much in getting people on transit every day. We could pedestrianize so many streets!
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NEW: Seattle PD Assisted ICE As They Worked to Deport College Student
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-a...
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-a...
Seattle PD Assisted ICE As They Worked to Deport College Student
In the spring of 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) received a notification from the State Department that a college student’s visa had been revoked based on her criminal record.
But th...
www.hardpressed-info.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
NEW: Seattle PD Assisted ICE As They Worked to Deport College Student
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-a...
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-a...
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I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
Beautiful start to Seahawks' celebration day!
February 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Beautiful start to Seahawks' celebration day!
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New from me...when SDOT released the 2026 transportation levy delivery plan in late January, the question on my mind was: how can this plan be shaped by a Mayor who wasn't in office to see it put together? Here's my attempt to answer that:
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
2026 Levy Plan Sets Stage for a New Mayor’s Transportation Priorities » The Urbanist
# The full list of 430 levy-funded projects across Seattle was mostly assembled before Mayor Katie Wilson took office. But it contains significant opportunities for the new administration to shape tra...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
New from me...when SDOT released the 2026 transportation levy delivery plan in late January, the question on my mind was: how can this plan be shaped by a Mayor who wasn't in office to see it put together? Here's my attempt to answer that:
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/2...
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SDOT should be taking advantage of these accidental experiments where construction closes a street to car traffic temporarily to measure the impacts 📏📋👀. Pike and Bell have both been closed to traffic recently. Could we install permanent diverters or convert these to people spaces permanently? 🌳🪑🍽️⛹🏽♀️
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
SDOT should be taking advantage of these accidental experiments where construction closes a street to car traffic temporarily to measure the impacts 📏📋👀. Pike and Bell have both been closed to traffic recently. Could we install permanent diverters or convert these to people spaces permanently? 🌳🪑🍽️⛹🏽♀️
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This continues to be the most West Seattle thing imaginable.
So the intersection of SW Alaska and California Ave SW is a 4-way pedestrian signal — all cars stopped while fans rushed into the middle of the street with the walk sign and ran out when the red hand came back.
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This continues to be the most West Seattle thing imaginable.
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If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, we'll have no choice but to elect her for a second term. Her winning an election is clearly the luck charm to Seahawk success.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 AM
If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, we'll have no choice but to elect her for a second term. Her winning an election is clearly the luck charm to Seahawk success.
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TBH, I am frustrated that the biggest vision we have is taxing ultra high income earners. The sub-500k tech workers (vast majority of us!) are having our lifestyles subsidized by people making 100k or less who pay a much higher share of their income than I do (nowhere near 500k). Tax me too!
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
TBH, I am frustrated that the biggest vision we have is taxing ultra high income earners. The sub-500k tech workers (vast majority of us!) are having our lifestyles subsidized by people making 100k or less who pay a much higher share of their income than I do (nowhere near 500k). Tax me too!
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As horrific as what is happening in the streets of Minnesota is, what is happening inside the concentration camps is so much worse. And yet Congressional Democratic leaders are completely silent about it. (Whereas rank and file Congressional Dems have drawn attention to it.)
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
As horrific as what is happening in the streets of Minnesota is, what is happening inside the concentration camps is so much worse. And yet Congressional Democratic leaders are completely silent about it. (Whereas rank and file Congressional Dems have drawn attention to it.)
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Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Football"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Football"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
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Saka gave a very long speech yesterday from the dais in favor of Complete Streets and road dieting 35th Ave SW to improve safety specifically. The pivot is real.
In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Saka gave a very long speech yesterday from the dais in favor of Complete Streets and road dieting 35th Ave SW to improve safety specifically. The pivot is real.
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.
‘Nobody gives me information’: Jacksonville-area man held in ‘Deportation Depot’ for weeks talks conditions, challenges
Macario Pablo-Reyes, 49, has been held for weeks at the Baker County Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sometimes referred to as the “Deportation Depot.”
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.
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EXCLUSIVE: on Jan 22 we rolled up on a raid happening in South Minneapolis. we had no idea who they were taking. turns out it was a *two year old girl* and her dad on the way back from buying fruit. he had no criminal record. this is their story. youtu.be/yaeXlxJOAXU?...
A Toddler Detained: A 2-Year-Old Girl and Trump’s New Immigration Era
YouTube video by MS NOW
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February 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
EXCLUSIVE: on Jan 22 we rolled up on a raid happening in South Minneapolis. we had no idea who they were taking. turns out it was a *two year old girl* and her dad on the way back from buying fruit. he had no criminal record. this is their story. youtu.be/yaeXlxJOAXU?...
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Do you rent in Seattle? @mayorofseattle.bsky.social wants to hear from YOU! City Hall is conducting a renters survey to help inform policy, and deliver help where it's needed most. Share widely!
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February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Do you rent in Seattle? @mayorofseattle.bsky.social wants to hear from YOU! City Hall is conducting a renters survey to help inform policy, and deliver help where it's needed most. Share widely!
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Dear centrist pundits:
This administration is literally trying to rehabilitate the KKK & White Citizens’ Councils.
Will this finally convince you that they are actual white nationalists, not Reasonable People who thought some woke rhetoric got a bit overheated?
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
This administration is literally trying to rehabilitate the KKK & White Citizens’ Councils.
Will this finally convince you that they are actual white nationalists, not Reasonable People who thought some woke rhetoric got a bit overheated?
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Dear centrist pundits:
This administration is literally trying to rehabilitate the KKK & White Citizens’ Councils.
Will this finally convince you that they are actual white nationalists, not Reasonable People who thought some woke rhetoric got a bit overheated?
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
This administration is literally trying to rehabilitate the KKK & White Citizens’ Councils.
Will this finally convince you that they are actual white nationalists, not Reasonable People who thought some woke rhetoric got a bit overheated?
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
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The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.
An underutilized third space I recently discovered it the underground Skinner Hall concourse that stretches from the PCC in Rainer Square to Union Square. Many cool nooks to sit and chill/eat. Lots of empty retail, but still some places to grab a drink/meal.
4:30pm on a Sunday and it's hard to find an open seat at the US Bank Center's Cedar Hall common space. The latent demand for third places in downtown Seattle is so incredibly high.
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
An underutilized third space I recently discovered it the underground Skinner Hall concourse that stretches from the PCC in Rainer Square to Union Square. Many cool nooks to sit and chill/eat. Lots of empty retail, but still some places to grab a drink/meal.
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Snow/ice days in Seattle are the best. Few cars, quite, and crisp clean air. Everyone walking in the streets, children sledding down the middle of road. People are genuinely friendlier and actually talk to their neighbors, kids playing snowball throw together. Imagine making space for this everyday.
We really have no example in America of a big car-noise free district, town, or city. The closest I find is when we have a heavy snowfall somewhere, pre-plow. Traffic is light, and what little there is happens to be slow moving and audibly muffled—A little slice of auditory heaven.
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Snow/ice days in Seattle are the best. Few cars, quite, and crisp clean air. Everyone walking in the streets, children sledding down the middle of road. People are genuinely friendlier and actually talk to their neighbors, kids playing snowball throw together. Imagine making space for this everyday.
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Something for lawmakers to take seriously as ICE agents run rampant on city streets across the country: independent of civil and criminal courts, state legislatures appear to have broad subpoena power over federal operatives.
We’re not powerless.
scispace.com/pdf/the-powe...
We’re not powerless.
scispace.com/pdf/the-powe...
January 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Something for lawmakers to take seriously as ICE agents run rampant on city streets across the country: independent of civil and criminal courts, state legislatures appear to have broad subpoena power over federal operatives.
We’re not powerless.
scispace.com/pdf/the-powe...
We’re not powerless.
scispace.com/pdf/the-powe...
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Our progrssive, earth friendly grocery co-op should have a special stash of plastic bags for those of us who are walking to the bus.
(It's not like they eschew plastic packaging for food items...why should transporting food item# have a whole other set of rules?)
(It's not like they eschew plastic packaging for food items...why should transporting food item# have a whole other set of rules?)
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Our progrssive, earth friendly grocery co-op should have a special stash of plastic bags for those of us who are walking to the bus.
(It's not like they eschew plastic packaging for food items...why should transporting food item# have a whole other set of rules?)
(It's not like they eschew plastic packaging for food items...why should transporting food item# have a whole other set of rules?)