Noah π
@noahsbwilliams.com
Union transit advocate β | Electric Trolley / Zero Emissions | Parallel hybrid bike operator ππ² | Observability Engineer / SRE | Your friendly neighborhood fleet guy π
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Very pleased to see Sound Transit make this rider-informed decision!
The new seats are (IMO) more comfortable, they're easier to clean, they dry faster, and they don't retain odor.
Bravo for the change, @sound-transit.bsky.social π
The new seats are (IMO) more comfortable, they're easier to clean, they dry faster, and they don't retain odor.
Bravo for the change, @sound-transit.bsky.social π
Rider feedback β real changes.
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Very pleased to see Sound Transit make this rider-informed decision!
The new seats are (IMO) more comfortable, they're easier to clean, they dry faster, and they don't retain odor.
Bravo for the change, @sound-transit.bsky.social π
The new seats are (IMO) more comfortable, they're easier to clean, they dry faster, and they don't retain odor.
Bravo for the change, @sound-transit.bsky.social π
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Rider feedback β real changes.
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Rider feedback β real changes.
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trainsβrated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. π
Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4
Ayyyy they're doing the thing!!
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Ayyyy they're doing the thing!!
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It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
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Because fascism is the aestheticization of politics, destroying the aesthetics that underlie fascism is essential.
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Because fascism is the aestheticization of politics, destroying the aesthetics that underlie fascism is essential.
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I canβt emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Goodβs murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I canβt emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Goodβs murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
This is how it's DONE πͺ
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This is how it's DONE πͺ
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Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
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Can't get over this. The first whistle blows before he's even got his door open. Within 10 seconds they are swarmed, but the crowd just keeps growing the entire time. The whole city is physically rejecting these assholes. Never seen anything like it.
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Can't get over this. The first whistle blows before he's even got his door open. Within 10 seconds they are swarmed, but the crowd just keeps growing the entire time. The whole city is physically rejecting these assholes. Never seen anything like it.
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Most Anticipated Movie of 2026 Just 90 Straight Minutes of ICE Slipping on Ice: tinyurl.com/3btmv2aw
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Most Anticipated Movie of 2026 Just 90 Straight Minutes of ICE Slipping on Ice: tinyurl.com/3btmv2aw
Getting off of fossil fuels is a moral imperative.
It's climate justice and energy independence wrapped up in one.
If we don't need oil, we don't need to coup Venezuela to get more of it.
It's climate justice and energy independence wrapped up in one.
If we don't need oil, we don't need to coup Venezuela to get more of it.
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Getting off of fossil fuels is a moral imperative.
It's climate justice and energy independence wrapped up in one.
If we don't need oil, we don't need to coup Venezuela to get more of it.
It's climate justice and energy independence wrapped up in one.
If we don't need oil, we don't need to coup Venezuela to get more of it.
This machine kills fascists.
Every trip you take on public transit, even on diesel buses, reduces oil dependency.
Buses are significantly more efficient than cars, and many agencies like King County Metro and TriMet have transitioned to renewable diesel, that doesn't get pumped from wells.
Every trip you take on public transit, even on diesel buses, reduces oil dependency.
Buses are significantly more efficient than cars, and many agencies like King County Metro and TriMet have transitioned to renewable diesel, that doesn't get pumped from wells.
January 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This machine kills fascists.
Every trip you take on public transit, even on diesel buses, reduces oil dependency.
Buses are significantly more efficient than cars, and many agencies like King County Metro and TriMet have transitioned to renewable diesel, that doesn't get pumped from wells.
Every trip you take on public transit, even on diesel buses, reduces oil dependency.
Buses are significantly more efficient than cars, and many agencies like King County Metro and TriMet have transitioned to renewable diesel, that doesn't get pumped from wells.
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Greg Bovino has officially kicked off door-to-door raids. ICE/CBP goons are seen blocking an entire block, while Bovino and his Gestapo personally go door-to-door. (St. Paul, MN. January 11, 2026)
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Greg Bovino has officially kicked off door-to-door raids. ICE/CBP goons are seen blocking an entire block, while Bovino and his Gestapo personally go door-to-door. (St. Paul, MN. January 11, 2026)
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Door to door "papers please" raids by masked and armed agents of the state against the express wishes of local elected officials, but tell me again how we were "overreacting" to call Trump a fascist
Greg Bovino has officially kicked off door-to-door raids. ICE/CBP goons are seen blocking an entire block, while Bovino and his Gestapo personally go door-to-door. (St. Paul, MN. January 11, 2026)
January 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Door to door "papers please" raids by masked and armed agents of the state against the express wishes of local elected officials, but tell me again how we were "overreacting" to call Trump a fascist
Seattle says: GTFO ICE!!!
January 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Seattle says: GTFO ICE!!!
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Next month Sound Transit will begin simulated service across the bridge. During this phase they'll run trains as if in regular service to validate operations and systems.
β During simulated service ST intends to welcome passengers on trains between International District/Chinatown and Lynnwood. 3/6
β During simulated service ST intends to welcome passengers on trains between International District/Chinatown and Lynnwood. 3/6
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Next month Sound Transit will begin simulated service across the bridge. During this phase they'll run trains as if in regular service to validate operations and systems.
β During simulated service ST intends to welcome passengers on trains between International District/Chinatown and Lynnwood. 3/6
β During simulated service ST intends to welcome passengers on trains between International District/Chinatown and Lynnwood. 3/6
Also Internal Combustion Engine π
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Also Internal Combustion Engine π
The only ICE I support:
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The only ICE I support:
Fun fact:
This is technically a tunnel bus!
Every procurement of DE60LFRs ordered by Metro was built to tunnel bus standards, including those intended for RapidRide service!
Operators: You can press Mode twice on the PBSS to put the bus in HUSHβ’οΈ mode!
This is technically a tunnel bus!
Every procurement of DE60LFRs ordered by Metro was built to tunnel bus standards, including those intended for RapidRide service!
Operators: You can press Mode twice on the PBSS to put the bus in HUSHβ’οΈ mode!
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Fun fact:
This is technically a tunnel bus!
Every procurement of DE60LFRs ordered by Metro was built to tunnel bus standards, including those intended for RapidRide service!
Operators: You can press Mode twice on the PBSS to put the bus in HUSHβ’οΈ mode!
This is technically a tunnel bus!
Every procurement of DE60LFRs ordered by Metro was built to tunnel bus standards, including those intended for RapidRide service!
Operators: You can press Mode twice on the PBSS to put the bus in HUSHβ’οΈ mode!
Good afternoon from the H line!
DE60LFR vibes are unmatched!
The smooth ride, quiet drivetrain, and roomy interior of these older, heavier buses is such a pleasant passenger experience.
PaxEx wise, this generation was pretty much peak bus.
DE60LFR vibes are unmatched!
The smooth ride, quiet drivetrain, and roomy interior of these older, heavier buses is such a pleasant passenger experience.
PaxEx wise, this generation was pretty much peak bus.
January 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Good afternoon from the H line!
DE60LFR vibes are unmatched!
The smooth ride, quiet drivetrain, and roomy interior of these older, heavier buses is such a pleasant passenger experience.
PaxEx wise, this generation was pretty much peak bus.
DE60LFR vibes are unmatched!
The smooth ride, quiet drivetrain, and roomy interior of these older, heavier buses is such a pleasant passenger experience.
PaxEx wise, this generation was pretty much peak bus.
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ALERT: ICE is stepping up abductions in South King County.
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
ALERT: ICE is stepping up abductions in South King County.
Where can I read more about this?
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Where can I read more about this?
Wow, I hadn't seen that story. That's pretty awful. ECP brakes should absolutely be implemented on hazmat trains, but railroads are cheap. They wouldn't have stopped that derailment (caused by bearing failure) but the number of cars that derailed & size of the disaster would've been reduced.
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Wow, I hadn't seen that story. That's pretty awful. ECP brakes should absolutely be implemented on hazmat trains, but railroads are cheap. They wouldn't have stopped that derailment (caused by bearing failure) but the number of cars that derailed & size of the disaster would've been reduced.