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Electric Trolley / Zero Emissions | Parallel hybrid bike operator 🔋🚲 | Observability Engineer / SRE | Transit is for all of us, not just the Dutch 🚉 | Your friendly neighborhood fleet guy 🚌

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · Nov 19

A few seconds of my favorite city 💖

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 6h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4h

Good afternoon, transit riders!

Today's not the best day in battery bus world.

A dangerous defect was recently discovered with the ESS (battery) modules of New Flyer Xcelsior family buses.

King County Metro has pulled all units from service, pending retrofit.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

Ten years ago today I published my first story at @theurbanist.org. 886 stories later, here we are. What a wild ride.

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 10h

If he has the clearances and is proven to have engaged in the theft, he can both lose his gov contracts and be prosecuted.

Long shot currently? Yes. But orange man has a lot of health issues.

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 22h

Good evening from Ryerson Base!

Metro wishes you a safe trip home 🫶🚌

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you to the American Muslim Advancement Council for your endorsement! #thisisyourcity

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 1d

A reminder that we have to make more noise than people thinking like this.

We win when this isn’t the default narrative.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

Now we've moved on to, "does Federal Way really have to update its land use code to accommodate Sound Transit's plans to build Tacoma Dome Link?"

CM Paul McDaniel says he only cares about getting permit fees from Sound Transit.

Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 3d

I have a dissenting opinion from the majority on this. Biometrics are good because they allow stronger encryption keys (long ass alphanumeric passwords). PINs physically can never be those. Biometrics basically hold a copy of that encryption key in escrow while the device is on.

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Patrick Schmidt @pdwschmidt.bsky.social · 3d

It won't be long before juries will start hearing defenses of citizens who intervene, being "the defendant reasonably doubted the legality of the abduction". And the burden will shift to the prosecution to show that it was clear.

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Aidan Trees @proftrees.bsky.social · 5d

I find it hilarious that Harrell's SDOT acts so expeditiously to remove transit improvements for the sake of cars, but Saka still had to base his entire campaign and first year in office on doing that for a single case which he still failed at. Long live Curby.

Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 6d

Under Mayor Harrell's leadership, bike, walk and bus improvements that required years of outreach can be removed without any notice

#SEAbikes #Seattle

Under Mayor Harrell’s leadership, bike, walk and bus improvements that required years of outreach can be removed without any notice

When neighbors asked the city to make Lake Washington Boulevard safer for people walking and biking, the city kicked off a half-decade public outreach process that stalled out once Bruce Harrell became mayor before concluding with a lackluster plan to add some speed humps and a couple stop signs. Then without any outreach at all, Seattle Parks this summer announced they were cancelling the rest…

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Tyler @tylsim.bsky.social · 4d

Bruce Harrell has gotten very good at talking about progressive things that happened in the city despite his administration and touting them as if he had anything to do with them

when really his prerogative is treating graffiti as the highest priority municipal issue

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 3d

Many people are saying this 😂

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 3d

If you are ever stuck on the tracks, drive through the gates!

They are designed to break away!

For this reason!

Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 4d

Cruise traffic is insane. A car was stopped on the tracks and only avoided a train collision because another driver jumped out of his car to open the gate. This area clearly needs traffic officers.

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4d

Fantastic, healthy advice.

Honestly, applicable to 20-something’s too!

Thanks for sharing ❤️

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 4d

Go to museums and art exhibits. You will be so inspired and meet such interesting and talented people.

Volunteer for a cause or issue you care about.

Find a good pair of house slippers.

Read more. Physical copies of books. Take notes. Finish the good ones. DNF the rest. There's lots of books.

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 4d

You don't know what you don't know. Keep being curious and learning things.

Walk a lot. Hydrate and stretch. Invest in good shoes.

Be okay with making mistakes and looking silly.

Revisit things you loved as a kid. Play more, laugh as often as you can.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4d

Great way to lose all your teeth at once 😅

Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4d

That tracks. AMR said her office got >400 letters, so multiply that by 10 other email addresses…

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 5d

As a coalition of billionaires, landlords, and real estate developers invest more than $1.2 million in Bruce Harrell’s re-election, local progressive leaders Pramila Jayapal and Teresa Mosqueda are announcing their endorsements of Katie Wilson.

A graphic in Katie Wilson for Mayor campaign colors reading "Rep. Pramila Jayapal and King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announce endorsements of Katie Wilson."

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4d

Thanks, @transit.app!

These make such a difference!

Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 5d

Transit App asking RIPTA riders to share how service cuts have affected them! @pvdstreets.bsky.social 🚌⚓️ 🌊

Link to survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Noah, some kind of engineer 🚎💻 @noahsbwilliams.com · 4d

Well, he’s right about one thing.

It’s the time for action.

Let’s elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social so we can build many MORE bus lanes, not remove the ones we already have!

Come to the rally at 3:30 at El Centro De La Raza today (10/4)!

This is YOUR city!

www.mobilize.us/wilsonforsea...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 6d

dr. jane goodall says vote @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

'if we lose hope, we're doomed.'

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 6d

nailed it

bus only lane that the mayor is cancelling, with a quote from a recent debate 'this is not the time for hope' overlaid on it

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a proud Canadian, so some will say this is “none of my business” (they’re wrong), but the entire world badly needs a hell of a lot better USA than this.

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