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Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and it’s all connected.
It is Jan 26, 1985. Broadmoor Golf Club argues that its 18 hole golf course in the heart of Seattle is “worthless” when it comes to being taxed.
January 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
It is Jan 26, 1985. Broadmoor Golf Club argues that its 18 hole golf course in the heart of Seattle is “worthless” when it comes to being taxed.
Love seeing youth riding the bus free to go play sports, next to the KC Metro Youth Ride Free posters. This person is literally instantiating the poster
Give kids fun and free things to do and you’ll solve most of society’s problems
Give kids fun and free things to do and you’ll solve most of society’s problems
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Love seeing youth riding the bus free to go play sports, next to the KC Metro Youth Ride Free posters. This person is literally instantiating the poster
Give kids fun and free things to do and you’ll solve most of society’s problems
Give kids fun and free things to do and you’ll solve most of society’s problems
Another year.
We don’t have to live like this, you know. We can legally mandate cleaning our air, as we do our water.
Our kids don’t have to be sick again and again and again. We don’t have to have as much brain fog as we do. Our vulnerable communities don’t have to die from hospitals and schools.
We don’t have to live like this, you know. We can legally mandate cleaning our air, as we do our water.
Our kids don’t have to be sick again and again and again. We don’t have to have as much brain fog as we do. Our vulnerable communities don’t have to die from hospitals and schools.
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Another year.
We don’t have to live like this, you know. We can legally mandate cleaning our air, as we do our water.
Our kids don’t have to be sick again and again and again. We don’t have to have as much brain fog as we do. Our vulnerable communities don’t have to die from hospitals and schools.
We don’t have to live like this, you know. We can legally mandate cleaning our air, as we do our water.
Our kids don’t have to be sick again and again and again. We don’t have to have as much brain fog as we do. Our vulnerable communities don’t have to die from hospitals and schools.
Yes, NIMBYs, famously supporters of MHA 🙃
For all that market bros and neoliberals love the cosplay of “systems thinking”, you do none of it and treat every one of these things not like possible tools with individual timescale and proportion, but as talisman with good or evil essences inside them.
For all that market bros and neoliberals love the cosplay of “systems thinking”, you do none of it and treat every one of these things not like possible tools with individual timescale and proportion, but as talisman with good or evil essences inside them.
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes, NIMBYs, famously supporters of MHA 🙃
For all that market bros and neoliberals love the cosplay of “systems thinking”, you do none of it and treat every one of these things not like possible tools with individual timescale and proportion, but as talisman with good or evil essences inside them.
For all that market bros and neoliberals love the cosplay of “systems thinking”, you do none of it and treat every one of these things not like possible tools with individual timescale and proportion, but as talisman with good or evil essences inside them.
Over a decade ago, always the same as now. No matter their wealth, exclusivity, and sheer environmental destruction of their lifestyles, they will always see themselves as “sustainable” “underdogs” against “greedy” developers.
December 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Over a decade ago, always the same as now. No matter their wealth, exclusivity, and sheer environmental destruction of their lifestyles, they will always see themselves as “sustainable” “underdogs” against “greedy” developers.
Here are what entitled NIMBYs said in 2013 to help kill the upzone
“Not only have we been bombarded by the… expansion of the Children's hospital… lower our property values”
“First Children’s Hospital and now Battlelle/Talaris - does anyone wory about traffic and the sense of a neighborhood?”
“Not only have we been bombarded by the… expansion of the Children's hospital… lower our property values”
“First Children’s Hospital and now Battlelle/Talaris - does anyone wory about traffic and the sense of a neighborhood?”
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Here are what entitled NIMBYs said in 2013 to help kill the upzone
“Not only have we been bombarded by the… expansion of the Children's hospital… lower our property values”
“First Children’s Hospital and now Battlelle/Talaris - does anyone wory about traffic and the sense of a neighborhood?”
“Not only have we been bombarded by the… expansion of the Children's hospital… lower our property values”
“First Children’s Hospital and now Battlelle/Talaris - does anyone wory about traffic and the sense of a neighborhood?”
Figure 1, please peer review
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Figure 1, please peer review
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December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The political alignment probably didn't change all that much if you've been using the tool to look at extreme precincts. But if you run more "moderate" precincts through it may have changed, and the turnout % probably did change by quite a bit.
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The political alignment probably didn't change all that much if you've been using the tool to look at extreme precincts. But if you run more "moderate" precincts through it may have changed, and the turnout % probably did change by quite a bit.
if we look for outliers to the B&O tax - progressive candidate relationship, (where outlier is high residuals on the linear regression [Prop 2] = [Council 8, Council 9, Mayor].T x β + ε), then we get this:
red is more regressive candidates than line fit
blue is more anti-tax than line fit
red is more regressive candidates than line fit
blue is more anti-tax than line fit
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
if we look for outliers to the B&O tax - progressive candidate relationship, (where outlier is high residuals on the linear regression [Prop 2] = [Council 8, Council 9, Mayor].T x β + ε), then we get this:
red is more regressive candidates than line fit
blue is more anti-tax than line fit
red is more regressive candidates than line fit
blue is more anti-tax than line fit
I did 😅 but the only way this proj has stayed under control is by limiting user input to just precinct, so probably not soon.
One thing that might help answer things though is just how much all the races correlate and that they cluster to a Gaussian blob pretty well, so outliers are rare.
One thing that might help answer things though is just how much all the races correlate and that they cluster to a Gaussian blob pretty well, so outliers are rare.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I did 😅 but the only way this proj has stayed under control is by limiting user input to just precinct, so probably not soon.
One thing that might help answer things though is just how much all the races correlate and that they cluster to a Gaussian blob pretty well, so outliers are rare.
One thing that might help answer things though is just how much all the races correlate and that they cluster to a Gaussian blob pretty well, so outliers are rare.
Added a new feature to show how your precinct ranks for each electoral race in the city, from 0-100 percentile sea2025election.alternative6.org
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Added a new feature to show how your precinct ranks for each electoral race in the city, from 0-100 percentile sea2025election.alternative6.org
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
For example, 43-1992 Broadmoor is the perfect right-wing precinct, whereas 37-1935 Beacon Hill / Mount Baker transition is much more moderate.
Remembering when Laurelhurst Community Club wrote on their Very Serious Letterhead Letter to the city that MHA affordable housing causes, and I quote, “refuse container blight”
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Remembering when Laurelhurst Community Club wrote on their Very Serious Letterhead Letter to the city that MHA affordable housing causes, and I quote, “refuse container blight”
How many years of family and laughter have we already lost in communities clogged with the air pollution of the port, airport, and freeways?
How many more people will die at the hands of @bruceforseattle.bsky.social, by perpetuating “new housing only built where air-pollution is” another 10 years?
How many more people will die at the hands of @bruceforseattle.bsky.social, by perpetuating “new housing only built where air-pollution is” another 10 years?
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
How many years of family and laughter have we already lost in communities clogged with the air pollution of the port, airport, and freeways?
How many more people will die at the hands of @bruceforseattle.bsky.social, by perpetuating “new housing only built where air-pollution is” another 10 years?
How many more people will die at the hands of @bruceforseattle.bsky.social, by perpetuating “new housing only built where air-pollution is” another 10 years?
You can also e.g. enter Bruce Harrell’s core constituency and see Montlake, Queen Anne, Madrona, Golden Gardens light up;
or, enter the Bezos precinct and see a smattering of other tech commuter hotspots like Belltown, Pioneer Square, Ballard. It also shows West Seattle tracking the Rapidride C.
or, enter the Bezos precinct and see a smattering of other tech commuter hotspots like Belltown, Pioneer Square, Ballard. It also shows West Seattle tracking the Rapidride C.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You can also e.g. enter Bruce Harrell’s core constituency and see Montlake, Queen Anne, Madrona, Golden Gardens light up;
or, enter the Bezos precinct and see a smattering of other tech commuter hotspots like Belltown, Pioneer Square, Ballard. It also shows West Seattle tracking the Rapidride C.
or, enter the Bezos precinct and see a smattering of other tech commuter hotspots like Belltown, Pioneer Square, Ballard. It also shows West Seattle tracking the Rapidride C.
So far this follows intuition. What can be more interesting is looking for more “moderate” parcels. For example, what about the Cathy Moore constituency of Maple Leaf Reservoir? Well, you get a lot of other greenbelt-adjacent but also freeway-adjacent parcels.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So far this follows intuition. What can be more interesting is looking for more “moderate” parcels. For example, what about the Cathy Moore constituency of Maple Leaf Reservoir? Well, you get a lot of other greenbelt-adjacent but also freeway-adjacent parcels.
Similarly, you can pick the gayborhood of Capitol Hill and see Columbia City, west Beacon Hill, U District, Fremont, and Ballard.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Similarly, you can pick the gayborhood of Capitol Hill and see Columbia City, west Beacon Hill, U District, Fremont, and Ballard.
Made a little mapping tool with @shirleyswirley.bsky.social to answer the question: where in Seattle are people most politically similar to: ______?
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Made a little mapping tool with @shirleyswirley.bsky.social to answer the question: where in Seattle are people most politically similar to: ______?
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
Saw this on an oversized truck on the road and… I guess that is accurate as our new flag
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Saw this on an oversized truck on the road and… I guess that is accurate as our new flag
Elevators broken at Star Lake station on Federal Way stations opening day??
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Elevators broken at Star Lake station on Federal Way stations opening day??
@holz-bau.bsky.social if I’m doing the napkin math correctly using www.researchgate.net/publication/..., the carbon sequestration difference in using wholehouse strawbale rather than PS insulation is equivalent to 735 mature cedar tree-years (for a 200m^2 SF house)
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@holz-bau.bsky.social if I’m doing the napkin math correctly using www.researchgate.net/publication/..., the carbon sequestration difference in using wholehouse strawbale rather than PS insulation is equivalent to 735 mature cedar tree-years (for a 200m^2 SF house)