Not to mention all those freakin libraries

Ah-hahaha!

Nail laminated for sure

Seismic hold-downs in a wood framed building with a large number of wood studs on either side

The hold-downs aren’t too much of a problem, but the stud packs on either side of them can be an issue

Huge turnout of 250+ people at a rally and march to demand Sound Transit build light rail to Ballard as promised in the voter-approved ST3 ballot measure.

Woman (Alexis Mercedes Rinck) speaks with a megaphone)

“This is not just about whether we build to Ballard. It’s about whether we keep our promises to working people,” says @councilmember-amr.bsky.social at the #saveballardrail rally

Switch out “that” button with the one that orders up Diet Cokes

Tom Jones cover band?

The worst person you know just made a good point meme

I mean, it’s apparently also an anti-AI/Zuckerberg rant, so feels a bit like this kinda situation:

Foster Brooksification

And it’s a tricky one!

Yes, feels like a new meme is born here

Big Money Is Betting on Bagels

RIP craft bagels I guess:

Big Money Is Betting on Bagels www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/d...

Sailors gonna start looking at their shipmates with meat-o-vision

Yikes

Tell the Sound Transit Board: Build the Damn Trains! In 2016, voters across King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties made a historic commitment: they approved Sound Transit 3, a $54 billion investment to build a world-class light rail network connecting our...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell the Sound Transit Board: Build the Damn Trains!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Sickos meme but the guy is dressed as a French aristocrat & says “oui…hon, hon, hon…OUI!”

Op-Ed: Join the Save Ballard Rail March on April 19 Transit advocates will march from Ballard to Smith Cove to draw attention to Sound Transit's plans to jettison this section of light rail, promised in the ST3 ballot measure.

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Join the Save Ballard Rail March on April 19
By Carl Aslund via @theurbanist.org

Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3 Sound Transit can halve the cost of light rail to Ballard and West Seattle by building them as a connected automated light rail line with slimmer stations, according to two transit experts who have launched the Sound Transit Now campaign.

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Reconnect and Automate Ballard to West Seattle Rail to Save ST3
By Scott Kubly, Trevor Reed via @theurbanist.org

Elevator equipment manufacturer reps will actually return my calls

It’s the DoorDash Grandma of music promotion

They started doing this after I moved away, but I imagine that ride on the Parkway is awesome

*sigh*

I had a visiting prof in my 1st year architecture design studio that used to wear a jean jacket with the top collar button done up and a tie, very much an affectation but much less egregious than this look

The Man Who Would be King of the Popes YouTube video by Patrick Burns

youtu.be/L2xWQr4VaUA?...

Really looking forward to JD Vance campaigning for Netanyahu later this year.

Toddler standing in a carry-on baggage sizing stand at the gate boarding area

Ours used to fit in the overhead bin

“Ramble On” - Robert Plant with Saving Grace (LIVE on The Late Show) YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Goddamn y'all. Robert Plant is 77 years old. The song "Ramble On" is 56 years old.

And this sounds so fresh I wouldn't blink if I heard it on the radio today. One of the all-time greats.

I met him once & we had a conversation about Canadian snowbirds who would drive thru Ohio on their way down to Florida

Sounds plausible