Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌
@kurt.social
City council candidate, software engineer, computer scientist, runner, homebrewer, PEV enthusiast, urbanist, YIMBY, community activist, music lover, cat adopter, father, pizza-maker, vegetarian, ASL user, and other things as well.
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Kurt Dresner 🚲🚌
@kurt.social
· Feb 20
Alright, Kirkland. Let's do this.
Kurt for Kirkland
kurtforkirkland.com
I'm running, y'all.
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Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.
Meanwhile in the car-dependent US, we're paying $1000/mo to wait in traffic and die in huge numbers. #thisisfine
In Paris, you can get a monthly public transport pass for the city and its surroundings (Île-de-France) for less than 100€/month, and your employer has to reimburse at least half of it.
www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/titres-et...
www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/titres-et...
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Meanwhile in the car-dependent US, we're paying $1000/mo to wait in traffic and die in huge numbers. #thisisfine
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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Get your ballot into a drop box by 8pm tonight!
Find a dropbox: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
You can still register/vote in-person today, even without a WA license! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can print a ballot if you lost yours! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Find a dropbox: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
You can still register/vote in-person today, even without a WA license! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can print a ballot if you lost yours! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Vote centers - King County, Washington
kingcounty.gov
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Get your ballot into a drop box by 8pm tonight!
Find a dropbox: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
You can still register/vote in-person today, even without a WA license! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can print a ballot if you lost yours! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Find a dropbox: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
You can still register/vote in-person today, even without a WA license! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
You can print a ballot if you lost yours! kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
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As a PSA, if you haven't returned your ballot yet, make sure to use a blue drop box, DON'T mail it. Postmarks are very possibly NOT going to be able to be made in time to make your vote count.
Here's where to find a ballot drop box: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Here's where to find a ballot drop box: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Ballot drop boxes - King County, Washington
kingcounty.gov
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
As a PSA, if you haven't returned your ballot yet, make sure to use a blue drop box, DON'T mail it. Postmarks are very possibly NOT going to be able to be made in time to make your vote count.
Here's where to find a ballot drop box: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
Here's where to find a ballot drop box: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
There are good people doing good things. There always are. Look for them. Be one of them. ❤️
We Did It...
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There are good people doing good things. There always are. Look for them. Be one of them. ❤️
Having the right tool can mean the difference between a task being trivial or practically impossible. This morning I found myself trying to shorten a bolt with a hacksaw while holding it in my other hand. I stopped and thought for a moment and then grabbed the purpose-made bolt cutter.
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Having the right tool can mean the difference between a task being trivial or practically impossible. This morning I found myself trying to shorten a bolt with a hacksaw while holding it in my other hand. I stopped and thought for a moment and then grabbed the purpose-made bolt cutter.
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Here's Rinck just now addressing her proposal in the budget committee:
"Buses aren't just transportation, they're climate action and community connection."
"Buses aren't just transportation, they're climate action and community connection."
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here's Rinck just now addressing her proposal in the budget committee:
"Buses aren't just transportation, they're climate action and community connection."
"Buses aren't just transportation, they're climate action and community connection."
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Local elections matter.
Kirkland Council Elections Could Tip City in Reactionary Direction » The Urbanist
# In four different races, Kirkland voters face a choice between pro-growth candidates interested in fostering additional types of housing throughout the city, and candidates looking for the city to b...
www.theurbanist.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Local elections matter.
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I 💚 the freedom of choice I have living in a somewhat walkable neighborhood.
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I 💚 the freedom of choice I have living in a somewhat walkable neighborhood.
Finalists for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. You're welcome.
These images are for viewing only and must not be copied :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition
www.comedywildlifephoto.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Finalists for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. You're welcome.
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31,933 steps this past week / 427,078 steps total
Newcastle! Here are your options for Position 6 this year —
Your incumbent (me) that has walked over 400k steps to meet you at your doors, answer your questions, and has helped our city access more resources in 4 years than
Newcastle! Here are your options for Position 6 this year —
Your incumbent (me) that has walked over 400k steps to meet you at your doors, answer your questions, and has helped our city access more resources in 4 years than
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
31,933 steps this past week / 427,078 steps total
Newcastle! Here are your options for Position 6 this year —
Your incumbent (me) that has walked over 400k steps to meet you at your doors, answer your questions, and has helped our city access more resources in 4 years than
Newcastle! Here are your options for Position 6 this year —
Your incumbent (me) that has walked over 400k steps to meet you at your doors, answer your questions, and has helped our city access more resources in 4 years than
Missing my dad this morning. We used to joke about alternate lyrics to the song playing in the cafe right now. 🥲
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Missing my dad this morning. We used to joke about alternate lyrics to the song playing in the cafe right now. 🥲
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I still think about this a couple times a week
It has been a, uh, difficult week but I have not laughed louder and harder at something in a very long time than at this.
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I still think about this a couple times a week
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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What you don't see in this photo:
Three parents who aren't stuck in a car.
Three parents who get their mornings back.
That's the invisible dividend of investing in infrastructure that provides safe, independent mobility for young people.
Three parents who aren't stuck in a car.
Three parents who get their mornings back.
That's the invisible dividend of investing in infrastructure that provides safe, independent mobility for young people.
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What you don't see in this photo:
Three parents who aren't stuck in a car.
Three parents who get their mornings back.
That's the invisible dividend of investing in infrastructure that provides safe, independent mobility for young people.
Three parents who aren't stuck in a car.
Three parents who get their mornings back.
That's the invisible dividend of investing in infrastructure that provides safe, independent mobility for young people.
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This was an important and useful discussion. I really appreciated the nuanced questions and the space to dive a little deeper on these critical issues for our city and our region. 🧡
Pro-Housing Kirkland Council Candidates Discuss Affordability, Opponents Skip Forum » The Urbanist
# At an October 8th forum, urbanist-backed Kirkland City Council candidates discussed housing solutions, but none of their opponents showed, clearly ceding housing leadership in the four races. Here's...
www.theurbanist.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This was an important and useful discussion. I really appreciated the nuanced questions and the space to dive a little deeper on these critical issues for our city and our region. 🧡
Forget the election, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social has made it.
Today on Volts: In a big blue city, a progressive up-and-comer is challenging an establishment Democrat to be mayor, having already scored a surprise win in the primary. Naturally I'm talking about Seattle's Katie Wilson! We talk housing, transit, public order, the threat of Trump, & much more.
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025
NIMBYs below, Trumpies above, oh my.
www.volts.wtf
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Forget the election, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social has made it.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My favorite cookies. They always remind me of my grandmother.
Pignoli cookies are the royalty of Italian cookies, but they’re worth the investment, especially in a recipe as simple as this one.
Pignoli Cookies Recipe
Pignoli cookies are the royalty of Italian cookies, not only because they’re encrusted in toasty pine nuts on the outside and feature next-level chewiness on the inside, but also because pignoli (pine nuts, for the unacquainted) and almond paste aren’t the cheapest ingredients on the shelf They’re worth the investment, though, especially in a recipe as simple as this one, which is adapted from my cookbook “Let’s Party” (Union Square & Co., 2025).
nyti.ms
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My favorite cookies. They always remind me of my grandmother.
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Stephanie and Najia started "Deafies for Zohran" to make this movement accessible to their community. They even created a signature hand sign for “Zohran.”
Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!
Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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This is so clearly wrong. I don't understand how anyone could look at this and think that things are OK.
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is so clearly wrong. I don't understand how anyone could look at this and think that things are OK.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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When we speak up, we can make good things happen! ❤️
Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When we speak up, we can make good things happen! ❤️
#WeekWithoutDriving day 4. Electric unicycle.
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#WeekWithoutDriving day 4. Electric unicycle.