Aidan Trees
@proftrees.bsky.social
Socialism, Soccer, Seattle, Sandwiches
My guess for Pluribus's latest cliff hanger...it's soylent green.
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
My guess for Pluribus's latest cliff hanger...it's soylent green.
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Those Vancouver v LAFC highlights. Wow. Look ‘em up!
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Those Vancouver v LAFC highlights. Wow. Look ‘em up!
Felt like Ballard should have won that game. We were the better side and had more chances, just to concede by a free kick in 85'ish. The end of the game was chaos, went 10+ mins of added time, and when the whistle went the opp keeper ran in front of the crowd cupping his ears...kinda an ass
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Felt like Ballard should have won that game. We were the better side and had more chances, just to concede by a free kick in 85'ish. The end of the game was chaos, went 10+ mins of added time, and when the whistle went the opp keeper ran in front of the crowd cupping his ears...kinda an ass
"The estimated cost of repairing the graffiti damage to the bridge was $1,110."
WTF is that number?! It's spray paint on the side of a concrete bridge that is already painted gray, you just need to paint it gray again so how is that $1k?!
spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/11/21/d...
WTF is that number?! It's spray paint on the side of a concrete bridge that is already painted gray, you just need to paint it gray again so how is that $1k?!
spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/11/21/d...
Detectives Arrest Teen for Ballard Bridge Graffiti, Attacking 80 Year Old - SPD Blotter
Seattle police detectives have arrested a 17-year-old boy for attacking an 80-year-old man who confronted him while the teen was scrawling graffiti onto the side of the Ballard Bridge earlier this wee...
spdblotter.seattle.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"The estimated cost of repairing the graffiti damage to the bridge was $1,110."
WTF is that number?! It's spray paint on the side of a concrete bridge that is already painted gray, you just need to paint it gray again so how is that $1k?!
spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/11/21/d...
WTF is that number?! It's spray paint on the side of a concrete bridge that is already painted gray, you just need to paint it gray again so how is that $1k?!
spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/11/21/d...
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The Valencia art wall has been a Mission District fixture for 20 years—a spot for posters, graffiti, stickers, & all manner of anti-establishment sloganeering.
The city painted over that wall last week.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-v...
The city painted over that wall last week.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-v...
S.F. anti-graffiti workers paint over the Valencia Art Wall
Public Works employees painted over the beloved art wall on Valencia Street. Property owners say they didn't sign up for that.
missionlocal.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Valencia art wall has been a Mission District fixture for 20 years—a spot for posters, graffiti, stickers, & all manner of anti-establishment sloganeering.
The city painted over that wall last week.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-v...
The city painted over that wall last week.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-v...
If Scotland play a world cup game in Seattle, I will get a kilt and bagpipes to play outside the stadium.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If Scotland play a world cup game in Seattle, I will get a kilt and bagpipes to play outside the stadium.
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NEIGHBOR KIDNAPPED HERE
ABOLISH ICE
stencil in Seattle...
ABOLISH ICE
stencil in Seattle...
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
NEIGHBOR KIDNAPPED HERE
ABOLISH ICE
stencil in Seattle...
ABOLISH ICE
stencil in Seattle...
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The “youth soccer player” to “attempts to catch falling objects with their foot” pipeline
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The “youth soccer player” to “attempts to catch falling objects with their foot” pipeline
"Sharing is caring"
There's still a lot of free space on the Ballard bridge so the graffiti artist is a bit of an ass. But, the city continually abates graffiti on the grey walls, while paying muralists to paint the same walls...so it makes sense the graffiti artists would be a bit upset.
There's still a lot of free space on the Ballard bridge so the graffiti artist is a bit of an ass. But, the city continually abates graffiti on the grey walls, while paying muralists to paint the same walls...so it makes sense the graffiti artists would be a bit upset.
Disrespect: Tagger paints over newly completed Ballard Bridge street art by Zoa Flux.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Sharing is caring"
There's still a lot of free space on the Ballard bridge so the graffiti artist is a bit of an ass. But, the city continually abates graffiti on the grey walls, while paying muralists to paint the same walls...so it makes sense the graffiti artists would be a bit upset.
There's still a lot of free space on the Ballard bridge so the graffiti artist is a bit of an ass. But, the city continually abates graffiti on the grey walls, while paying muralists to paint the same walls...so it makes sense the graffiti artists would be a bit upset.
"The council also voted to require the Wilson administration to use $4 million from the Seattle Department of Transportation’s budget for graffiti removal—a top priority for Harrell, whose budget includes 22 staff dedicated to this purpose."
$4 mill just for SDOT abatement alone is ridiculous.
$4 mill just for SDOT abatement alone is ridiculous.
The Post-Election Budget: Council Protects Sweeps Team, Raises Permit Fees, and Bans Spending on Harm Reduction
publicola.com/2025/11/19/t...
publicola.com/2025/11/19/t...
The Post-Election Budget: Council Protects Sweeps Team, Raises Permit Fees, and Bans Spending on Harm Reduction - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle City Council is getting ready to approve the city’s budget for the first year…
publicola.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"The council also voted to require the Wilson administration to use $4 million from the Seattle Department of Transportation’s budget for graffiti removal—a top priority for Harrell, whose budget includes 22 staff dedicated to this purpose."
$4 mill just for SDOT abatement alone is ridiculous.
$4 mill just for SDOT abatement alone is ridiculous.
Graffiti for good.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Graffiti for good.
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I’ve long been an advocate for this kit, called it my favorite Rave Green shirt in Sounders history.
A Generational Kit 🔥
ESPN ranked The Anniversary Kit as one of the 25 best kits of the 21st century!
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/mf1pz0xl
ESPN ranked The Anniversary Kit as one of the 25 best kits of the 21st century!
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/mf1pz0xl
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’ve long been an advocate for this kit, called it my favorite Rave Green shirt in Sounders history.
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We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
Wilson, a footy fan, will now be the Seattle mayor when we host the world cup! Most of the planning has already been done and it's not a lot of time to prep and change things but I feel so much better about being a host city now.
Seattle has less than a year to get ready for our FIFA party 🎉 ⚽️
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Let’s do it right!!
No stuffing everything in the closet and spraying Febreze. ⤵️
It’s a heavy lift but with Space Needle thinking..
Let’s triple up pedestrianization & get our transit in tip top shape (with contactless payment!)
Epic win for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social So excited for all the possibilities and clearing the way to get people in stable housing and much needed medical help
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wilson, a footy fan, will now be the Seattle mayor when we host the world cup! Most of the planning has already been done and it's not a lot of time to prep and change things but I feel so much better about being a host city now.
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Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
I’m looking forward to working together in building a city that is affordable, safe, and thriving for working families!
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Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
Good for Salas, it's an inspiring story.
It's interesting how the policy focus seems to be graffiti vandalism of murals. I don't see how that's related to the school board unless they are on school grounds. I also question the language of "gang graffiti", 'gang' is often carelessly used.
It's interesting how the policy focus seems to be graffiti vandalism of murals. I don't see how that's related to the school board unless they are on school grounds. I also question the language of "gang graffiti", 'gang' is often carelessly used.
A man who spent 27 years in prison after a wrongful conviction in the 1990s wins a seat on a central Washington school board. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/10/m...
Man who spent 27 years in prison after wrongful conviction wins WA school board seat • Washington State Standard
Evaristo Salas Jr. said there were days he wasn’t sure he would make it out of prison. But one thing he did know was that, if he ever got the chance, he wanted to help the youths of Sunnyside, Washing...
washingtonstatestandard.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Good for Salas, it's an inspiring story.
It's interesting how the policy focus seems to be graffiti vandalism of murals. I don't see how that's related to the school board unless they are on school grounds. I also question the language of "gang graffiti", 'gang' is often carelessly used.
It's interesting how the policy focus seems to be graffiti vandalism of murals. I don't see how that's related to the school board unless they are on school grounds. I also question the language of "gang graffiti", 'gang' is often carelessly used.
I got a straight razor for the first time, I'm disappointed I have but one face to shave and now I want to shave my friends.
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I got a straight razor for the first time, I'm disappointed I have but one face to shave and now I want to shave my friends.
I think that it bears calling out that the single most impactful piece of public art made this year in Seattle was Saint Rat/Hot Rat Summer and that the Office of Arts and Culture not only wasn't responsible for it's creation but they never spoke up about protecting it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I think that it bears calling out that the single most impactful piece of public art made this year in Seattle was Saint Rat/Hot Rat Summer and that the Office of Arts and Culture not only wasn't responsible for it's creation but they never spoke up about protecting it.
MLS's 3 game series are so stupid that @fotmob.com doesn't even know how to display them correctly. MIN 5 - 7 SEA aggregate, MIN gets crossed out, but MIN goes through.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MLS's 3 game series are so stupid that @fotmob.com doesn't even know how to display them correctly. MIN 5 - 7 SEA aggregate, MIN gets crossed out, but MIN goes through.
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CM Strauss being cool today: "You're not a real city if you don't have street food."
Here is Dan Strauss talking about how this taco stand has been the most positive activation of this street corner he has seen in years. SDOT Director Emery confirms SDOT will take an approach of education first with a path to permitting. Tonight SPD shut this stand down citing enforcement by SDOT.
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CM Strauss being cool today: "You're not a real city if you don't have street food."
If the issue is unpermitted vendors undercut permitted ones, then is real issue permits are too expensive? Or maybe it's that rents are too high and drive up brick and mortar costs, which is mostly a separate issue.
*Only a douche bag calls a food truck "micro entrepreneurs"
*Only a douche bag calls a food truck "micro entrepreneurs"
CM Saka says a recent budget item is a good investment to focus on "education" for unpermitted vendors. He says that businesses in his district on Alki have complained about these vendors undercutting their business and says he wants to truly support education for these unpermitted vendors.
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If the issue is unpermitted vendors undercut permitted ones, then is real issue permits are too expensive? Or maybe it's that rents are too high and drive up brick and mortar costs, which is mostly a separate issue.
*Only a douche bag calls a food truck "micro entrepreneurs"
*Only a douche bag calls a food truck "micro entrepreneurs"
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FIFA giving Trump this bs prize is the equivalent of Infantino blowing Trump at the center circle of the opening match.
Call it what it is.
Call it what it is.
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
FIFA giving Trump this bs prize is the equivalent of Infantino blowing Trump at the center circle of the opening match.
Call it what it is.
Call it what it is.