One of several "ramblas" in Barcelona (not the one tourists visit). Photo by me.
We need to stop asking how much street width we can use for cars and start asking how much we can use for playgrounds.
Legends is LIVE!
So excited folks can finally jump in and experience it! 👹
Thrilled to finally be able to share what I’ve been working on since joining Sucker Punch!
The team has been COOKING and I can’t wait for players to get their hands on it! 👹
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BIGGEST WIN DANCE CIRCLE WITH THORNTON IN THE MIDDLE OF
I would love for the energy spent saving one tree in Seattle to instead be directed towards saving the thousands of trees that are cut each year for our sprawling suburbs and rural estates.
Definitely a pipe dream without serious upzoning and code reform. I think you could get there though with enforcing missing middle rules and aggressive urban center zoning around stations. Thinking less Tokyo density and more Osaka/Kobe density.
Map showing sound transit’s future extension ideas.
Certainly if the aurora line/airport bypass is ever built, we’d need capacity, but that’s a different conversation.
I’m coming around to the idea. It sounds like the downtown tunnel needs expensive and disruptive enhancements anyways to minimize downtime. I also don’t think ridership really pops off until ST4/5 Ballard/West Seattle extensions enter the conversation, reducing the need for overly frequent service.
I feel like BRT would be a better fit for Monroe than Division. Division needs a light rail line with fewer stops focused on urban centers and E/W bus routes feeding that. Monroe has maintained a streetcar neighborhood feel and being able to hop on/off at street level would be such a great fit.
What a great project! The Garland District is such a great neighborhood. From there to downtown through Emmerson Garfield along Monroe just feels so primed for growth and densification. Great neighborhoods with walkable retail and parks. Would be amazing to have frequent BRT along Monroe.
Going south is important too! Everyone pictures high tech workers from rich neighborhoods up north commuting to DT Bellevue and other east side job centers but that’s not the whole picture. Many support workers living in Renton/etc commute up here everyday and could use a bypass of 405 on a train.
I hear east rail mentioned a lot but at least for downtown Kirkland is not sufficient. Too far up the hill and out of the core to be useful. We need to be willing to build an underground or elevated station in downtown Kirkland.
We need a strong north south spine on the east side that goes all the way from Tukwila to Bothell. The stations must be placed directly in urban centers where people actually want to go and can get off and walk to their destination or catch a bus at a hub. Let downtown Redmond ridership be a lesson!
My best tweet ever was “Let’s put the cialis in socialism” and I’m still mad it didn’t go wildly viral
People riding bikes in a protected bike lane in downtown Vancouver
It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Bike-lanes mean business.
Oh not Tom Lehrer 😭
Brilliant comedian/musician/satirist, but on a personal level, my son is absolutely obsessed with chemistry and has the entirety of “The Elements” memorized. He sings it multiple times a day.
You never know who your art may touch or when. Thanks for inspiring my kid and RIP ❤️
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
sorry i don’t think Zohran’s win indicates how state or national races will go. Zohran campaigned against unaffordable basic needs and an old pervert. problems that are unique to new york city and no where else in the country
If a seven-year-old can’t walk to the store the fault lies not with the parents but with the community.
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
applying for jobs again
i think george lucas might have been reading lord of the rings when he made the first star wars films. because obviously “frodo” rhymes with “yodo.” and like frodo, yodo was a short little hero who carried a mystical glowing sword. kind of a cool tip of the cap from lucas there
2 dolls, 5 pencils, a job placing screws into AirPods, and the measles: every little girl's american dream, so worth the sacrifice
a wide slice of bread with avocado slices, remoulade, and other bits of food arranged to look like Jabba the Hutt.
What's wrong babe? It's #MayThe4th an you've barely touched your Jabbacado toast.
Constantly in awe of the talented folks I get to work with!
my plan to get people to start having more kids? make climate change worse. abolish the department of education. also milk is poison
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
"the state can just summarily imprison someone without filing charges or holding a trial" doesn't just overturn democracy it overturns 1000 years of common law, like throwing out the entire legal system entirely and saying all people in America are the state's property.
Battle Cry of Freedom. The pre-war section really got me thinking about how the more the institution of slavery became threatened by progress, the more cult-like and extreme in their beliefs the beneficiaries of the institution became. Many parallels today watching people lose it over stuff like DEI
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