I am on a train, full of hundreds of World Cup fans, stuck in the middle of MLK Way between stations so that a handful of cars can go. @seattledot.bsky.social give @sound-transit.bsky.social full signal priority on MLK. This is a poor advertisement for our city.
Pedestrian commercial streets are wildly popular in every corner of the globe.
Police officers across the country are abusing their unfettered access to Flock's nationwide network of automatic license plate readers to stalk their exes. This is a dangerous violation of our privacy.
Our communities must continue to fight back against this invasive surveillance tech.
...and that whole time housing was accessible and affordable enough that he could wash dishes and afford a place to live while he honed his craft and eventually became a mega-star and Seattle icon.
The way affordability touches everything kinda blows my mind sometimes.
Copying and amplifying @volts.wtf - Not Just Bikes highlighted this study 4 years ago of cities and what parts are money makers vs. money losers.
They show their work and it's accurate. If you want solvent cities, you want density and fewer development restrictions.
The dumbing of America will not be fixed quickly, but whenever we get out from under the incompetence, we will need to BEGIN fixing it right away.
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
Many of the things Seattleites love to visit on vacation are illegal to build in Seattle.
The setbacks. The buildings with only one staircase. The small storefronts. The narrow alleys filled with cafes and shops. Against the law in Seattle.
We can change those laws whenever we want.
