Devin Ben-Hur

We have to think about collapsing Trump poll numbers and Rs turning on him the same way we'd think about finally being able to corner a rabid raccoon in your garage. Good news: he's out of options. Bad news: he's a rabid raccoon.

Dear The Seattle Times, I'm an engineer with a BS and MS degree in stormwater, a PE license, and have over 20 years of professional experience. If you have a musician to explain why development in Seattle hurts orcas, would you let me explain why she's full of shit? Love, MS

She is daddy’s dream.

"Public Outreach" #DOOMLOOP #seattle

Cats & dragons & books, o my! A FEAST OF MAGIC is served. Six tales including "Chef's Surprise" in print after 30 years, with original art. What's Asmor serving tonight? lyris.org/book/a-feast... #MtG, #MagicTheGathering, #asmor, #ChefsSurprise, #UnderworldCookbook

Of course one of the best science fiction directors of all time understands the science of airborne virus transmission! Steven Spielberg is wearing a high quality mask during the California COVID surge.

This is a matter of hygiene and security fails by the companies in question. Were it not gemini, it would have been some script kiddie. They want regulation because they realize there's no moat. They need to keep out competitors more than they care about actual safety.

Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election?

Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison.

The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold.

I could write a 100-page treatise on the dysfunctions of historic preservation in Seattle but Brett nailed it in six panels.

Based on their assessed value, for $3.5 million, the City of Seattle can eminent domain Sand Point and Broadmoor Country Clubs, turn them public, and unlock the 160 acres next to this station to be 20,000 homes in a dense walkable neighborhood

Bikes are an economic disaster. The only things I bought for my bike in the past year were brake pads. At this rate, how are corporations going to make money? How are they going to buy politicians? How will I ever go into debt? Who are we going to bomb? The whole foundation of our economy is shot.

If you have friends in Seattle who are not yet aware that "We Heart Seattle" is basically a hate group, you can send them this:

A reminder that Google Maps allows you to alert it to mistakes it made and suggest fixes.

I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.

Replacing human opinion writers with AI will result in predictable pieces that say the same thing over and over. by David Brooks

And why is race-science eugenics the disproven idea "academic freedom" people like you most consistently think needs to be relitigated nonstop? Are you still arguing for geocentrism? The humoral theory of disease? Why is it just this one disproven idea that you all cling to?

I dunno, I don't think "this conventionally attractive blonde white woman who has spent years working to gain unparalleled access to and influence over the most powerful man in the world is somehow not fully responsible for her choices" is the feminist position some people seem to think it is

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: How Pike Place Market Can Thrive in the Winter Without Car Traffic By Gordon Padelford, Seattle Streets Alliance via @theurbanist.org

Seattle police officer says that an entire SPD squad quiet quit after the 2020 protests.

Time to bring back the puppets!

Every single claim here is false

1. Hmm I wonder how they got everyone’s phone numbers…. 2. I wonder how much they spent to text half the city misleading information about the bill. ANYWAYS tomorrow will be the 1st committee hearing on our surveillance pricing bill to stop price gouging and make groceries more affordable.

There were piles of reasons to move on from Chief Barnes. Erica brings receipts.

“We exited the consent decree w/ Barnes” Lmao he joined SPD as the feds were finalizing the exit. “Crowd control” was the sticking point, & a disastrous protest response in May could’ve derailed that. “Hiring officers” By dangerously lowering standards, but sure!

The Seattle Times Editorial Board, which has consistently opposed any efforts to loosen the city's zoning standards, thinks the SEPA appeals process is working great and uses vague hand-waving about "the environment" to make their case.

Seattle Times argues that sprawl outside the city, not dense housing in it, is better for the environment. Then they compare pro-housing advocates to Trump. All because the city may eliminate one of several avenues to challenge zoning rules—an avenue Bellevue and King County don't have.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the votes happening later this morning at the Seattle City Council will decide the future of transit in the city. The choice is expansion or stagnation.

Pedestrian Observations: Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development pedestrianobservations.com/2026/07/14/c...

The Downtown Seattle Association claims taxing high earners is driving down employment in Seattle, and they point to high vacancy rates and lower total *downtown* employment to prove the point. A look at the data shows this is total BS. Here is how it works: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-the-da...

🚨 DEFEND OUR BUSES 🚨 Bob Kettle’s “defund the bus” amendment would CUT service in Seattle and halt service expansion. Join us at city council this Monday! Details here: bit.ly/SaveBuses13

👉 "Left" and "right" have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. If you want to know if someone is on the left or the right, ask them, "What is more important: human rights or property rights?" If they say "Property rights are a human right," then they are on the right.

I'm pretty sure nearly everyone at the public hearing on SEPA reform yesterday lives in Seattle, but of course KOMO frames it as "residents" versus "activists."

The conflict over density in Seattle was never between trees and housing. It's between property owners' suburban-style vision for Seattle and the needs of the city's renter majority.

This editorial is full of blatant lies. Even for the thoroughly dishonest Seattle Times, it's absurd to call Bruce Harrell's extremely modest comp plan proposal a "city council" plot to chop down trees and kill orcas in the interest of growth at any cost. Also, people would STILL be able to appeal!

Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Seattle's World Cup Ambassadors" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...

A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.

This is a brief but utterly harrowing description of our nation in decline and the role of Trump's disastrous presidency in making it all happen, from @pkrugman.bsky.social on the pod. Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/2121...

Life imitates (what we thought was) wildly exaggerated satire From the prescient genius of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social

This chart remains undefeated

Lessons from the Broadview Six prosecution: With enough prosecutorial misconduct, you don't have to stop at a ham sandwich, you can indict a "crock of shit."