I realize almost all tech platforms are problematic in some way or another, but I don’t think I’ll be producing more content for this guy. The good news is that the urbanist ecosystem is thriving over there (bring your community!).

📰👀🖱️"The audience editor for Guardian Australia has said that its posts to the new social network Bluesky delivered more referral traffic to https://t.co/vzxbdx3hvW in its first week on the platform than its posts to X have in any week in 2024"

Thank you for covering this @MarcStilesPSBJ! Are you on BlueSky? I'd love to add you to the Seattle News starter pack:

Article (posting in a reply because Twitter throttles news and links, switch to 🔵Sky):

“@MayorofSeattle Harrell wants to see a Pike Place with less car traffic” in the Puget Sound Business Journal today Same

“Closing Time” by Semisonic is playing at the dance, the fluorescent lights have come on, some jerks are trying to start a fight, and your friends are inviting you to an after party. It’s time to roll.

“Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.”

You’re missing out on some great content by not being there

I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, Helping people migrate off this hell-site There are now more active Seattle urbanist posters on 🦋 than ❌ by a 2:1 margin at least. Find them and join us:

The Alki Healthy street upgrades have made the street more accessible and family friendly. Tell SDOT what you like about it and what things could be improved:

We don't even have the words to express how proud we are that Washington voters voted down BY DOUBLE DIGITS the main three deceptive statewide initiatives backed by GOP hedge fund manager Brian Heywood 😭 This victory is huge for kids, seniors, and our clean air!

“There is healthy introspection going on right now on the left on how we may have gotten in our own way in terms of getting stuff done. The one that’s provoked the most discussion from people like @ezraklein & @mattyglesias is around housing.” https://t.co/R1GyssBF33

🚨 Election Update: Measure FF passed! Berkeley voters just approved Measure FF, a groundbreaking measure will provide more than $250M over 14 years for street repair, repaving, and life-saving safety infrastructure. The measure was placed on the ballot by volunteer signature

Fun fact: Seattle's transportation levy, Prop 1 now has over 250,000 yes votes. That's more than any Seattle level politician. And it won in almost every neighborhood across the city — take a look at this map. Talk about a mandate!

On Sunday, Nov. 10, the MLK Transportation Justice Team gathered to honor #WorldDayOfRemembrance for Road Traffic Victims, highlighting urgent safety concerns in the South End. #VisionZero #SeattleNews

My $1 billion Regional Workforce Housing officially passed out of the King County Council! Workers deserve to be able to live close to their jobs. Let’s use every tool in our tool kit to make that happen. Thank you to my colleagues, staff, & stakeholders for making this happen.

In South Park at 14th Ave S and S Dallas St, SDOT crews recently installed a new traffic signal, pedestrian and bicyclist signal activation buttons, better bike crossings, and a new permanent connection to the nearby South Park Healthy Street. https://t.co/BMxdtffbvU

Thank you to Yovanni and Justin with the @UDPartnership for cleaning up the sidewalk on Brooklyn Ave in the U District. Clean public spaces are more conducive to waking and community building

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