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What an amazing event from Cedar Crossing Tenants Association that brought together a renters resources fair w/ @beseattleorg.bsky.social @houseourneighbors.bsky.social & more; cohosted by us & RNA; buy @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book, Bittersweet Lane; (audiobook is good!) borrow from @spl.org
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happy lunar new year 🧧🐎 + ramadan + mardi gras yippeeeee
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
happy lunar new year 🧧🐎 + ramadan + mardi gras yippeeeee
The mass censorship this administration is doing is happening in big ways (Colbert) + countless medium and small ways that many people are not allowed to say because their employer has forbidden them; they won’t risk losing their job to speak up. There are lists of forbidden words & images.
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The mass censorship this administration is doing is happening in big ways (Colbert) + countless medium and small ways that many people are not allowed to say because their employer has forbidden them; they won’t risk losing their job to speak up. There are lists of forbidden words & images.
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I stopped posting about the vast majority of my too close for comfort calls. But I was almost left hooked Sunday pm while bicycling up Pike where the bike lane switches from two way, to one way on each side, at Melrose. I had the signal. The only reason I didn’t get hit is b/c I am hypervigilant.
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I stopped posting about the vast majority of my too close for comfort calls. But I was almost left hooked Sunday pm while bicycling up Pike where the bike lane switches from two way, to one way on each side, at Melrose. I had the signal. The only reason I didn’t get hit is b/c I am hypervigilant.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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In a city choking on through traffic and political hesitation, Berliners didn’t wait for permission. They picked up paintbrushes, planters, and petitions, and started reclaiming their streets.
What began as frustration has grown into action that is rewriting the rules of who gets to shape the city.
What began as frustration has grown into action that is rewriting the rules of who gets to shape the city.
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In a city choking on through traffic and political hesitation, Berliners didn’t wait for permission. They picked up paintbrushes, planters, and petitions, and started reclaiming their streets.
What began as frustration has grown into action that is rewriting the rules of who gets to shape the city.
What began as frustration has grown into action that is rewriting the rules of who gets to shape the city.
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We're waking up to freezing conditions this morning around the region. Give yourself extra time to remove ice from your vehicle. Slow down and leave extra space between people and vehicles around you. Check our travel map for real-time traffic info: wsdot.com/Travel/Real-...
a black and white dog is running down a snow covered road
Alt: A black and white dog runs and slides on an icy road.
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
We're waking up to freezing conditions this morning around the region. Give yourself extra time to remove ice from your vehicle. Slow down and leave extra space between people and vehicles around you. Check our travel map for real-time traffic info: wsdot.com/Travel/Real-...
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For those wondering, ICE still haven’t left Minnesota.
Morning of February 17th, as of 9:32am
Morning of February 17th, as of 9:32am
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For those wondering, ICE still haven’t left Minnesota.
Morning of February 17th, as of 9:32am
Morning of February 17th, as of 9:32am
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It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
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When they say "millions" here, they mean over $100M!
Together these awards totaled to:
Wilmington Safe Streets: $32M
Skid Row Connectivity Project: $39M
Boyle Heights Connectivity Project: $32M
(it's notable that the motion omits the embarrassing total)
Together these awards totaled to:
Wilmington Safe Streets: $32M
Skid Row Connectivity Project: $39M
Boyle Heights Connectivity Project: $32M
(it's notable that the motion omits the embarrassing total)
The City of LA is about to give back millions of dollars of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build things in any reasonable amount of time.
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
When they say "millions" here, they mean over $100M!
Together these awards totaled to:
Wilmington Safe Streets: $32M
Skid Row Connectivity Project: $39M
Boyle Heights Connectivity Project: $32M
(it's notable that the motion omits the embarrassing total)
Together these awards totaled to:
Wilmington Safe Streets: $32M
Skid Row Connectivity Project: $39M
Boyle Heights Connectivity Project: $32M
(it's notable that the motion omits the embarrassing total)
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Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.
Want good luck this year? Try these Lunar New Year traditions from NPR readers
Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.
n.pr
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.
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by the way hugoo's firm does *incredible* work
remember this gorgeous project?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
remember this gorgeous project?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
16-home 6-story point access block social housing in paris, MIR architectes
damn
studios to 3BRs.
ground floor retail space.
active solar protection.
<$200k per home.
and 100% illegal in every part of the US. i wonder why we have a housing crisis?
📸: Julien Lanoo
mirarchitectes.fr/16-logements/
damn
studios to 3BRs.
ground floor retail space.
active solar protection.
<$200k per home.
and 100% illegal in every part of the US. i wonder why we have a housing crisis?
📸: Julien Lanoo
mirarchitectes.fr/16-logements/
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
by the way hugoo's firm does *incredible* work
remember this gorgeous project?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
remember this gorgeous project?
bsky.app/profile/holz...
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*Politician brain rot (noun):
My term for the slow drift that happens after you win. When instinct gets replaced with strategy, community gets traded for institutional favor, and soon you've lost the very parts of you that got you elected in the first place (usually to appease status quo brokers) 👎🏾
My term for the slow drift that happens after you win. When instinct gets replaced with strategy, community gets traded for institutional favor, and soon you've lost the very parts of you that got you elected in the first place (usually to appease status quo brokers) 👎🏾
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
*Politician brain rot (noun):
My term for the slow drift that happens after you win. When instinct gets replaced with strategy, community gets traded for institutional favor, and soon you've lost the very parts of you that got you elected in the first place (usually to appease status quo brokers) 👎🏾
My term for the slow drift that happens after you win. When instinct gets replaced with strategy, community gets traded for institutional favor, and soon you've lost the very parts of you that got you elected in the first place (usually to appease status quo brokers) 👎🏾
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We're still on Night Floor -- and I think maybe they just turned on the AC in the chamber? Anyway, it's after 10 so we can take off our jackets. #waleg
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
We're still on Night Floor -- and I think maybe they just turned on the AC in the chamber? Anyway, it's after 10 so we can take off our jackets. #waleg
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Cubans suffer under a fuel blockade as US President Donald Trump calls the Caribbean country a 'failed nation' https://aje.news/tki6e2
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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I spent last week working on a piece about the Tacoma detention center, and then this weekend I was supposed to act normal at social events, and honestly, the dissonance was rough.
The ever increasing tension between what we know is happening and the facade we are being forced to prop up is going to have very severe psychological consequences on everyone at a pretty high rate. The dissonance is crushing and intentionally so. This is the true banality of fascism
it is weird to see so much reporting about newborn babies in concentration camps in between updates about the Olympics
February 17, 2026 at 6:23 AM
I spent last week working on a piece about the Tacoma detention center, and then this weekend I was supposed to act normal at social events, and honestly, the dissonance was rough.
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This bill was work. It was compromise. And now it has the chance to do something amazing -- give those who have been shafted by the system a chance to succeed on their own merits and a level playing field. Maybe the thing I'm the most proud of today. #waleg
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
This bill was work. It was compromise. And now it has the chance to do something amazing -- give those who have been shafted by the system a chance to succeed on their own merits and a level playing field. Maybe the thing I'm the most proud of today. #waleg
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This bill, which has had a lot of past controversy, will be getting a bipartisan vote today, and that's a huge achievement for a program that has the ability to help so many in communities across Washington State. #waleg
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 AM
This bill, which has had a lot of past controversy, will be getting a bipartisan vote today, and that's a huge achievement for a program that has the ability to help so many in communities across Washington State. #waleg
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An amazing bill up right now that the Legislative Black Caucus has led, with great remarks from Chair Rep Kristine Reeves -- HB 2523. This bill codifies the Community Reinvestment Program into law, which is a critical racial equity funding program. #waleg
February 17, 2026 at 6:23 AM
An amazing bill up right now that the Legislative Black Caucus has led, with great remarks from Chair Rep Kristine Reeves -- HB 2523. This bill codifies the Community Reinvestment Program into law, which is a critical racial equity funding program. #waleg
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NEW OP-ED // Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026
Op-Ed by Kirk Hovenkotter of @transpochoices.bsky.social and Laura Svancarek of Tacoma On The Go.
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
Op-Ed by Kirk Hovenkotter of @transpochoices.bsky.social and Laura Svancarek of Tacoma On The Go.
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
Op-Ed: Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026 » The Urbanist
# The Pierce Transit Board is considering a ballot measure in November 2026 that would boost funding in order to expand bus service, make routes more frequent, and create new transit connections to li...
www.theurbanist.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
NEW OP-ED // Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026
Op-Ed by Kirk Hovenkotter of @transpochoices.bsky.social and Laura Svancarek of Tacoma On The Go.
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
Op-Ed by Kirk Hovenkotter of @transpochoices.bsky.social and Laura Svancarek of Tacoma On The Go.
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
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An unseasonable chill will hit Seattle with freezing overnight temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below average for February.
Rain, snow and freezing temps this week
www.seattletimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
An unseasonable chill will hit Seattle with freezing overnight temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below average for February.
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No govt in the world is ready to tackle climate change at the level that’s needed. That’s how big of a problem climate change is. As institutions and govts necessarily fail us more and more, we have to anticipate stronger and stronger institutional/govt mistrust & dismantling. Imminent collapse lol
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 AM
No govt in the world is ready to tackle climate change at the level that’s needed. That’s how big of a problem climate change is. As institutions and govts necessarily fail us more and more, we have to anticipate stronger and stronger institutional/govt mistrust & dismantling. Imminent collapse lol
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I watch a lot of news about floods. In virtually all news stories, someone is interviewed saying the govt should’ve prevented or fixed this. Yes, disasters bring neighbors together but they turn ppl off govts and institutions. Climate change actively erodes trust in institutions when we need it most
Narrative builders really need to be telling stories of why climate-driven catastrophies can only be addressed by global scale, GDP-scale interventions.
Otherwise we’ve have increasing trust-destroying civic discontent around “this flood is the city’s fault! They need to clear my storm drain!!”
Otherwise we’ve have increasing trust-destroying civic discontent around “this flood is the city’s fault! They need to clear my storm drain!!”
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I watch a lot of news about floods. In virtually all news stories, someone is interviewed saying the govt should’ve prevented or fixed this. Yes, disasters bring neighbors together but they turn ppl off govts and institutions. Climate change actively erodes trust in institutions when we need it most
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The reason the federal government had to kill the people, withhold the evidence, and light your constitutional rights on fire is to inflict endless misery on people we should all recognize as like our own mothers and grandmothers.
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
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Woman says partner died following missed cancer treatments due to immigration enforcement fears
The 59-year-old is battling lymphoma herself, and said she has filed paperwork to self-deport.
www.kare11.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:50 AM
The reason the federal government had to kill the people, withhold the evidence, and light your constitutional rights on fire is to inflict endless misery on people we should all recognize as like our own mothers and grandmothers.
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
www.kare11.com/video/news/l...
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Let’s all just quit this week right now.
Reminds me of how white ppl love to hold huge flagship science conferences during lunar new year when the world’s largest human migration happens annually bc Chinese and other Asian ppl obvi don’t count or exist in American science LOL fun times
Reminds me of how white ppl love to hold huge flagship science conferences during lunar new year when the world’s largest human migration happens annually bc Chinese and other Asian ppl obvi don’t count or exist in American science LOL fun times
This week, we have the Lunar New Year & Mardi Gras coinciding on Tuesday and the start of Lent & Ramadan on Wednesday.
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Let’s all just quit this week right now.
Reminds me of how white ppl love to hold huge flagship science conferences during lunar new year when the world’s largest human migration happens annually bc Chinese and other Asian ppl obvi don’t count or exist in American science LOL fun times
Reminds me of how white ppl love to hold huge flagship science conferences during lunar new year when the world’s largest human migration happens annually bc Chinese and other Asian ppl obvi don’t count or exist in American science LOL fun times
Rep Hansen — very disappointing
Final votes are taken, the Millionaires Tax passes the #WAleg Senate 27-22! 🥳
This is a historic victory for working people and our kids in Washington! We're one step closer to rebalancing WA's upside-down tax code off our backs.
Next stop: the House!
This is a historic victory for working people and our kids in Washington! We're one step closer to rebalancing WA's upside-down tax code off our backs.
Next stop: the House!
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Rep Hansen — very disappointing