1 Hour of Silence Occasionally Broken by Luigi YouTube video by TJS113

new version of the pomodoro method just dropped www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIs...

as a very beginner bike commuter, i tried riding downtown in 2015, had a horrifying experience, and avoided it for years — but i recently started riding downtown again this year and it’s like night and day. very exciting we’re getting another crucial connection point here!

A screenshot of the City Cast Seattle website on April 16, 2026 with the headline Overwhelmed Public Defenders, a New Downtown Home for Artists, and SIFF’s Big Documentary Lineup with a handy little embed of said podcast below that waiting for you to click it and give it a listen.

On @citycastseattle.bsky.social, talked Washington’s public defenders crisis, a new artist housing space in Downtown Seattle, the great films to see at the Seattle International Film Festival + more w/ @janehu.bsky.social & gramsofgnats.bsky.social 📽️

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/ove...

loved loved loved chatting with @citycastseattle.bsky.social about CHUM’s place in local media, the story behind our name, and our long-term goals as a worker-owned and subscriber-supported news outlet ✍️

click below to hear us yap! yay for collaborative, independent, hyperlocal media 🫶

or if there were no qualifiers on the closure, they wouldn’t have to do anything besides remove the sticker! just sayin 👀

i took this photo last wednesday — exciting to see how many more days we’ll be getting!

sigh. ok just updated my list

War Tax Resistance Grows, Legal Protection for Polyamory, and Your Hiking Trails in Jeopardy by City Cast Seattle

It was fun being on @citycastseattle.bsky.social talking about some of my favorite topics: taxes, forest service trails, and #polyamory! Have a listen.. megaphone.link/CC1942896489

Guy Fieri is WEAK on Crime

louisville 🤝 seattle
@jonbois.bsky.social

probably overthinking this but given his accent shouldn't sal be an atlantic salmon

a baja blast can fix almost anything! more details soon (still working on the route, clearly) but here’s a save the date bsky.app/profile/jane...

if cities really want human-generated data on potholes, ask cyclists. we know every dip and hole on our regular routes by heart because our lives quite literally depend on it. and all that data is tracked by tens of thousands of Garmin devices, if you want neatly mapped data - no waymos necessary

woof, thanks for the intel. the taco bell century ride i'm planning relies on that - guess it's time to figure out a re-route or maybe even a full reconfiguration! (if any locals happen to see this and have suggestions, i'm all ears...)

oh dang, i'd seen the news that the trail would be closed but am i reading correctly that the road running parallel to the trail will be closed too?

as a shit skateboarder who started learning two years ago, i guess this is my sign to steer clear of catholicism

Will Seattle Choose Density Over Trees? Plus, Light Rail Optimism and RIP Dragon Land by City Cast Seattle

Today's @citycastseattle.bsky.social was a really fun one to record, with a discussion of this week's Comprehensive Plan hearing, Sound Transit 3, and the dismantling of Dragon Land in Seward Park.
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major bummer that even astronauts hurtling through space and around the moon have to CHECK THEIR FUCKING EMAIL????

just go ahead and bury me now

A screenshot from the City Cast Seattle website with a headline for their 100th episode that reads Mail-In Voting Under Attack, Project Hail Mary's Local Connection, and How Fast Costco Can Check You Out with an embed of the podcast below ready for you to click on it and give it a listen.

On the 100th (🥳) episode of @citycastseattle.bsky.social talked mail-in voting, my story on the WA teacher behind #ProjectHailMary, the Bumbershoot lineup, SIFF adding the new Gregg Araki, + more w/ @janehu.bsky.social &
@slimeythash.bsky.social

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/mai...

on the prankiest day of the year, i have to ask: was jim halpert a sociopath? he was widely beloved in the 2000s but i suspect if we'd followed him into 2026, he'd be DEEP in the manosphere

i could not be more excited. see you there!

A green and white logo for City Cast Seattle with classic locations in Washington State such as Mount Rainier, the Space Needle, the Fremont Troll, Pike Place Market, the Ferris Wheel, and more as well as an Orca whale swimming in the opposite direction of a ferry.

Today on @citycastseattle.bsky.social talked Sonics, Seattle Central College’s Wood Technology Center facing cuts, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth kicking off at SIFF, and much more w/ @janehu.bsky.social & @liamgbillingham.bsky.social

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/do-...

blown away by how many great artists live in our city and the lovely designs they've submitted! can't wait to see some of these hanging in the CID

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hope you’re having a great one, ryan!

A screenshot of the City Cast Seattle website with the headline Pressure Mounts To Shut Off CCTV, Seattle at SXSW, and What To Do With Pennies with an embed of the podcast ready for you to listen to it.

Back on @citycastseattle.bsky.social to talk w/ @janehu.bsky.social & @samjleeds.bsky.social about CCTV, pennies, the great Seattle/PNW films at #SXSW2026 (WISHFUL THINKING, CAPTURING BIGFOOT, THE LIFE WE LEAVE, & PHOENIX JONES) + Marshawn Lynch’s Charli xcx era.

seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/pre...

i’m always thinking about fries but for the last week i’ve been thinking about fries IN A FERRY CONTAINER

help y'all i just learned this was 20 years ago today

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