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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 12h

Seattle could never

Michigan Ave with lots of people walking

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 1d

Very Midwestern.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 1d

Washington: Build The Line!

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really interested to know exactly how "corridor urbanism", which is another name for focusing housing growth on our widest, loudest, and dirtiest arterial streets so other areas don't have to change, got literally baked into Washington's statewide transportation plan.

Reimagining Growth: Corridor Urbanism
Washington state is growing fast. By 2050, our urban cores and rural communities will experience
demographic and economic shifts that demand a new model of development. This plan integrates
housing and land use planning with transportation strategies to encourage growth along key
transportation corridors with mixed-use, mixed-income housing within walking distance of highcapacity transit. It suggests reformed zoning to encourage flexible, mid-scale development that
matches community context and transportation capacity. It offers strategies to streamline development
and lower development costs, which promote affordability.
By linking where people live, work, and shop with how they move, we can reduce commute times, lower
emissions, and support vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. This approach offers substantial potential
benefits: increased housing density, reduced reliance on single-occupancy vehicles, and enhanced
transit accessibility. Environmental advantages include decreased energy and water consumption
and lower carbon emissions. Studies estimate that, compared with traditional suburban development,
dwellings in mixed-income and mixed-use developments consume 39% less energy and 62% less
water. Driving is reduced by 55%, and household costs by 53%. These developments can significantly
boost the local tax base through increased property values.11 By strategically redeveloping existing
corridors, we can create more sustainable, equitable, and economically vibrant communities, alleviating
transportation pressures and fostering responsible urban growth.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 1d

If you need me I'll be at the corner of fostering meaningful community dialogue and the heated debate over public art & beauty.

likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 2d

Overton Glass House

likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 4d

Never read the comments (I am a compulsory and often mandatory comment reader).

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 4d

She has admirable bruises on her knees from learning to crawl, which is just the most endearing thing. Try, child, try!

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 4d

I'm on vacation, and traveling to Chicago tomorrow with a stop in St Louis next week. Here is a picture of my very adorable child, who is also traveling with us for her first plane ride (which we are very nervous about).

A baby in a Baby Boo onesie next to laundry she has chosen to tip over and play with

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 4d

I'll be at the celebration. It's such an awesome achievement.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 5d

lol, it's like the Seattle townhouse but for transit

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 5d

I just can't get over the differences in scale between Ballard Link's Westlake Station as proposed and the original Westlake Station, off to the left.

Ballard Link's Westlake has two separate entrances underneath separate buildings, with one showing a long tunnel to get to the train guideway. They are at least five stories deeper than the original Westlake, which is tiny and only around 10-15% of the size

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 6d

brutal

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 6d

Thankful for sunsets and Nina Simone live performances tonight.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 6d

It’s sort of fucked up but there’s a certain kind of personality type that will be among many of your earliest & most dedicated supporters when you’re the underdog that you gotta be ready to kick to the curb when you get to the big leagues because they’re fucking crazy & you can’t be reliant on them

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 8d

Talking about Geese. Listen here: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Getting Killed - Album by Geese

Getting Killed is the fourth studio album by American rock band Geese, released on September 26, 2025 on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam. Produced by the band itself and Kenny Beats, the album ...

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 8d

Really enjoy seeing a new fandom coalesce around a young upstart band, though the way this happens now - through the repetitive sharing of short video snippets of the most emotive parts of songs - feels alien.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 9d

The subtle urbanism of unincorporated Snohomish County farmland

A "People ➡️ Cars ⬅️" sign at Bob's Corn

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 11d

"Enjoy it while it lasts, nothing is permanent."

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 11d

I cross this daily. I tend to get into the NB car lane crossing Denny and ride all the way to the intersection in the lane to avoid the diagonal crossing. You have to rely on the goodwill of drivers, particularly during rush hour when you're crossing with multiple other folks on bikes.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 11d

You can really feel the fall air and light these days. A tentative feeling, like the change of season is just holding itself back, waiting for the right moment to pounce.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 12d

A sight for sore eyes on the evening bike commute

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 13d

"If the extruder poops, I scoots"?

"If you curb it, they will herd to it"?

bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 13d

Here it is, your moment of bike lane zen: City of Austin using an extruder to squeeze out a concrete bike lane barrier. flic.kr/p/2ruTvZ2

Slipform Machine Bike Lane Demonstration

flic.kr

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 13d

Starbucks Desert is a beautiful name for a baby boy.

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 15d

A nice thing about this kind of incident getting onto the Seattle subreddit, and then having very active comment sections, is that a lot of folks process exactly why this kind of protection is needed.

better view from the bike lane, the car is on two wheels and stuck on the barriers

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likeluke @likeluke.bsky.social · 15d

I got the green mower so I got the green blower

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