Wes Mills 🥌
@oowm.org
Lots of transit and transit pictures.
AS47689, @[email protected], @oowm (dumpster fire site)
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Wes Mills 🥌
@oowm.org
· Aug 30
But imagine what we could do with the Trailhead Direct buses outside of the summer season?
Lake City / Northgate / Greenwood / Carkeek Park
Beacon Hill / Columbia City / Othello / Seward Park
Gasworks / Fremont / Ballard Locks / Golden Gardens
Westlake / Queen Anne / Discovery Park
Lake City / Northgate / Greenwood / Carkeek Park
Beacon Hill / Columbia City / Othello / Seward Park
Gasworks / Fremont / Ballard Locks / Golden Gardens
Westlake / Queen Anne / Discovery Park
I remember when this is what Overlake Transit Center looked like over eight years ago. Look how far we've come!
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I remember when this is what Overlake Transit Center looked like over eight years ago. Look how far we've come!
mfw my US Passport has come to Apple Wallet before my ORCA Passport 😐
![Screenshot of the top bit of the UI from Apple Wallet showing portions of three cards. The top card in the stack reads "Digital ID - Passport verified [US flag icon]". The next two are representations of debit cards from N26 and Revolut.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ikzqk7oxdpcykkcscasalqfn/bafkreigzn7svhtq5ql2rh5krfbw5kncregzrbq7ocblvwyrm27r5avqnfy@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
mfw my US Passport has come to Apple Wallet before my ORCA Passport 😐
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
A bull in a china shop- that’s a story. Two of them? That’s a parable
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
A bull in a china shop- that’s a story. Two of them? That’s a parable
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
In case you needed it, here’s sleepy Sammy stealing her friend Luna’s bed (and snuggling with her toys).
January 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In case you needed it, here’s sleepy Sammy stealing her friend Luna’s bed (and snuggling with her toys).
Well, I had high hopes for Saar’s on Aurora but just like Safeway they now preemptively treat people who arrive on foot or transit with a backpack like we are going to Do Crime(tm) and have banned backpacks.
It’s frustrating how hostile just buying groceries has gotten.
It’s frustrating how hostile just buying groceries has gotten.
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Well, I had high hopes for Saar’s on Aurora but just like Safeway they now preemptively treat people who arrive on foot or transit with a backpack like we are going to Do Crime(tm) and have banned backpacks.
It’s frustrating how hostile just buying groceries has gotten.
It’s frustrating how hostile just buying groceries has gotten.
I did not know that @citybeautiful.nebula.tv had a card game on @nebula.tv's store so now I have two new decks of cards.
(A seemingly repeat post because the first time I didn't click the right city-themed Bluesky account!)
(A seemingly repeat post because the first time I didn't click the right city-themed Bluesky account!)
January 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I did not know that @citybeautiful.nebula.tv had a card game on @nebula.tv's store so now I have two new decks of cards.
(A seemingly repeat post because the first time I didn't click the right city-themed Bluesky account!)
(A seemingly repeat post because the first time I didn't click the right city-themed Bluesky account!)
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
youtu.be/6WDdFneJ8M4?...
I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.
Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.
I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.
Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.
How Lebanon Died: History of Lebanon (Final Episode)
YouTube video by Rare Earth
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
youtu.be/6WDdFneJ8M4?...
I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.
Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.
I've never had a video throttled even a hundredth this badly before.
Talk about Israel on YouTube, lose your channel for the privilege. Unfortunate.
I want to amplify this bit: I am on Bluesky for three reasons, none of them reach but all related.
I'm here because my friends are here, my hobby time people are here (Transit Twitter is still slowly migrating!), and I'm not directly sponsoring a CSAM-generating overthrow machine.
That's great!
I'm here because my friends are here, my hobby time people are here (Transit Twitter is still slowly migrating!), and I'm not directly sponsoring a CSAM-generating overthrow machine.
That's great!
For some structural (starter packs, nuclear blocks) and cultural (synched migration) reasons, I think Bluesky has become really great, arguably better than Twitter ever was, for in-group posting. That’s not the same as reach or whatever, but arguably more valuable.
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I want to amplify this bit: I am on Bluesky for three reasons, none of them reach but all related.
I'm here because my friends are here, my hobby time people are here (Transit Twitter is still slowly migrating!), and I'm not directly sponsoring a CSAM-generating overthrow machine.
That's great!
I'm here because my friends are here, my hobby time people are here (Transit Twitter is still slowly migrating!), and I'm not directly sponsoring a CSAM-generating overthrow machine.
That's great!
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
(1/4) We are excited to share that Move Redmond will be leading HB 2307. We would like to thank Rep Salahuddin for sponsoring HB 2307 and Rep Zahn for co-sponsoring! moveredmond.org/ctr/
January 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
(1/4) We are excited to share that Move Redmond will be leading HB 2307. We would like to thank Rep Salahuddin for sponsoring HB 2307 and Rep Zahn for co-sponsoring! moveredmond.org/ctr/
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings
January 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM
here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Please come by the Elevation Project tomorrow Jan 8th from 6—9 where I’ll be exhibiting two enormous panoramas and two black&white prints.
I think they’re stunning and I am extremely excited to be doing my first ever gallery show!!
Also, I’m going to wear a beautiful red dress.
I think they’re stunning and I am extremely excited to be doing my first ever gallery show!!
Also, I’m going to wear a beautiful red dress.
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Please come by the Elevation Project tomorrow Jan 8th from 6—9 where I’ll be exhibiting two enormous panoramas and two black&white prints.
I think they’re stunning and I am extremely excited to be doing my first ever gallery show!!
Also, I’m going to wear a beautiful red dress.
I think they’re stunning and I am extremely excited to be doing my first ever gallery show!!
Also, I’m going to wear a beautiful red dress.
After years of living across the city in spots that get absolutely zero TV reception, I'm *finally* in an apartment with a balcony that faces the right way and isn't behind seven hills.
So why can't I record Jeopardy now?
MY ANTENNA BLEW AWAY.
So why can't I record Jeopardy now?
MY ANTENNA BLEW AWAY.
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After years of living across the city in spots that get absolutely zero TV reception, I'm *finally* in an apartment with a balcony that faces the right way and isn't behind seven hills.
So why can't I record Jeopardy now?
MY ANTENNA BLEW AWAY.
So why can't I record Jeopardy now?
MY ANTENNA BLEW AWAY.
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
doom loop more like oowm loop amirite
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
doom loop more like oowm loop amirite
Level of service for thee, but not for me.
Any actual commitment to the climate and reducing drive-alone trips will mean turning lane space over the particular uses like buses, bikes, and walking. We've done it on main thoroughfares like Madison Street, we can *definitely* do it here.
Any actual commitment to the climate and reducing drive-alone trips will mean turning lane space over the particular uses like buses, bikes, and walking. We've done it on main thoroughfares like Madison Street, we can *definitely* do it here.
WSDOT planners can't find space to add bike and bus lanes on a street that looks like this and say they need to spend $370 buying private property to make the road wider?
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Level of service for thee, but not for me.
Any actual commitment to the climate and reducing drive-alone trips will mean turning lane space over the particular uses like buses, bikes, and walking. We've done it on main thoroughfares like Madison Street, we can *definitely* do it here.
Any actual commitment to the climate and reducing drive-alone trips will mean turning lane space over the particular uses like buses, bikes, and walking. We've done it on main thoroughfares like Madison Street, we can *definitely* do it here.
Unless you have a gazillion lines, you're on an ancient plan that costs like $3.72, you're being reimbursed, or you need some ultra-niche feature that's only on postpaid:
More people should look into "prepaid cell phones" like Visible or Mint or Tello.
Save a bunch of money for not much different!
More people should look into "prepaid cell phones" like Visible or Mint or Tello.
Save a bunch of money for not much different!
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Unless you have a gazillion lines, you're on an ancient plan that costs like $3.72, you're being reimbursed, or you need some ultra-niche feature that's only on postpaid:
More people should look into "prepaid cell phones" like Visible or Mint or Tello.
Save a bunch of money for not much different!
More people should look into "prepaid cell phones" like Visible or Mint or Tello.
Save a bunch of money for not much different!
Nick raises a good point I want to double down on: While that percentage drop isn't "that bad" considering COVID, the change in the map is drastic. The before map is light rail, RapidRide, and local route corridors.
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
A Seattle transit goal set in 2015 was for 72% of the city to be a 10 min walk to 10 min frequency transit. We hit that goal in early 2020 and since 2023, have not reported on it.
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
Today, just 53% of the city is walking distance to frequent transit and with new openings it'll be 55% in 2027
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nick raises a good point I want to double down on: While that percentage drop isn't "that bad" considering COVID, the change in the map is drastic. The before map is light rail, RapidRide, and local route corridors.
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
After deletes that last one, with a couple exceptions.
That's not great. Why? 1/
Increased spending on capital projects, the streetcar, and "ST3"* are the three big reasons (a fourth is inflation) we get fewer bus service hours out of the Seattle Transit Measure than we did under the STBD, even though they both collected the same amount of money.
Some numbers:
Some numbers:
Most of the costs of operating the streetcar network are now hidden inside the Seattle Transit Measure, and it will fall to Katie Wilson to decide whether to keep it that way. Or use that funding for other transit projects.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Increased spending on capital projects, the streetcar, and "ST3"* are the three big reasons (a fourth is inflation) we get fewer bus service hours out of the Seattle Transit Measure than we did under the STBD, even though they both collected the same amount of money.
Some numbers:
Some numbers:
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honestly I try to keep my expectations in check but now that Katie Wilson is sworn in I believe we will be able to strike at least ONE of these boxes out of my comic.
Reposting my latest comic: The Lifecycle of Traffic Violence (Abridged)
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
honestly I try to keep my expectations in check but now that Katie Wilson is sworn in I believe we will be able to strike at least ONE of these boxes out of my comic.
Someday I hope to grow up to be half as cool as Pauline the Transit Fairy.
If you're at all associated with the Transit Riders Union, you know Pauline is an absolute legend. She's out most days making our transit better and comes to virtually every event TRU does.
Very, very cool.
If you're at all associated with the Transit Riders Union, you know Pauline is an absolute legend. She's out most days making our transit better and comes to virtually every event TRU does.
Very, very cool.
Who'll be administering the oath of office today? Pauline Van Senus, also known as Seattle's Transit Fairy.
Katie Wilson is getting sworn in as Seattle's 58th mayor this morning.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Someday I hope to grow up to be half as cool as Pauline the Transit Fairy.
If you're at all associated with the Transit Riders Union, you know Pauline is an absolute legend. She's out most days making our transit better and comes to virtually every event TRU does.
Very, very cool.
If you're at all associated with the Transit Riders Union, you know Pauline is an absolute legend. She's out most days making our transit better and comes to virtually every event TRU does.
Very, very cool.
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Night bus vibes for the first time in 2026.
(First transit of the year)
(First transit of the year)
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Night bus vibes for the first time in 2026.
(First transit of the year)
(First transit of the year)
Happy new year everyone
Bruce Harrell is no longer Seattle's mayor.
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Happy new year everyone
Reposted by Wes Mills 🥌
Hello 👋
We met last evening and we are going to work to fundraise for a land use lawyer. We have been discussing this / meeting with lawyers since 2018 but at this point it will be essential to understand the complexities of this effort. If you’re a land use lawyer in WA State reach out!
We met last evening and we are going to work to fundraise for a land use lawyer. We have been discussing this / meeting with lawyers since 2018 but at this point it will be essential to understand the complexities of this effort. If you’re a land use lawyer in WA State reach out!
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hello 👋
We met last evening and we are going to work to fundraise for a land use lawyer. We have been discussing this / meeting with lawyers since 2018 but at this point it will be essential to understand the complexities of this effort. If you’re a land use lawyer in WA State reach out!
We met last evening and we are going to work to fundraise for a land use lawyer. We have been discussing this / meeting with lawyers since 2018 but at this point it will be essential to understand the complexities of this effort. If you’re a land use lawyer in WA State reach out!
The 2025 Wrapped we've all been waiting for.
![BRETT: Hi, I’m Brett! For the last cartoon of the year, I thought I’d give you a peek behind the scenes of Doom Loop
-For starters, let me just say I’m gonna miss Mayor Bruce a LOT [portrait of Bruce that says "Better Things Aren't Possible" with candles around it]
-His need to be liked plus his devotion to a deeply unpopular status quo made him a reliable font of hilarity
-when i first started doing this cartoon people would accuse me of constructing strawmen to ridicule certain civic attitudes
-so I’d like to thank NIMBYs of Seattle for being more unhinged than anything i could ever make up [NIMBY 1: We have to preserve the sky!] [NIMBY 2: Think of the poor baby orcas!]
-Now i’d like to give the final word to this year's most popular new character, Curby
CURBY: Stay immovable, kids!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreiawrzl3vhpaus5wm7txhalilwrpmcouda2asgg5a3lnolfw36p4gu@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The 2025 Wrapped we've all been waiting for.
Get yourself a hometown library with an absolutely banger historical logo. “Prithee take thyneself off t’lybraree”
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Get yourself a hometown library with an absolutely banger historical logo. “Prithee take thyneself off t’lybraree”