seattleite, professional baseballer, amateur jogger, semi-pro bar trivia ringer. assistant director of data science @mariners.com, opinions my own
John Edwards
A fairly large crowd is here at 12th and Yesler for a ceremony to place a ghost bike in honor of Christian Salyer, who was killed on Monday at this spot after being hit by a Recology truck driver while on his bike.
Between marathon recovery and work, I hadn't had the chance to check out Lake Washington Blvd Bike Weekends, but I changed that today! Gorgeous weather and so many families, pets, bicyclists, joggers, walkers, and even hoverboarders enjoying the beautiful weather and car free zones!
We spent an entire news cycle in Seattle on homelessness commentary from someone who now looks poised to miss the Los Angeles mayoral runoff entirely.
In total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are:
1—NYC
2—SF
3—DC
4—Boston
5—Seattle
6—Chicago
7—Philly
8—LA
9—Portland
10—Salt Lake
www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
“For the past year, FIFA has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
wait, did someone say "waiting room" tidal.com/track/305307...
this must be what playing baseball on the moon is like
in the phoebe bridgers waiting room for the next 17 minutes, which obviously isn't enough time to get any real work done, so i'm just gonna stare at the screen and wait for the number to go down
