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Way to go, Brazil and Serbia! Onwards to Israel on Tuesday!

Patient beasts in October.

Phoebe Bridgers called out all the dads in attendance at her concert, which was nice, but the real dad gift was that she played a cover of Nirvana’s Lithium, a song that was released three years before she was born.

Happy Phoebe Bridgers Day, to everyone in Seattle who celebrates.

We are definitely not. www.wonkette.com/p/man-we-are...

40 years ago today was the very first meeting of the Mayors' Institute on City Design in Charlottesville, Virginia. mailchi.mp/81fdf9a5cbdc...

Long live voting by mail!

Oh, you know, just normal Saturday morning stuff like writing to my kid’s doctors to ask if they can provide documentation to allow our kid to continue the current rec league girls’ under-18 soccer season in case a state initiative passes.

I’m at a community event, and a project partner asked about two of my colleagues of color. I explained that they’re not here because the NOMA conference is happening in Miami right now: “You basically only get white architects in Seattle this week, friend.” #nationalOrganizatioOfMinorityArchitects

Pretty much how it feels these days.

It’s ssspider ssseason, Ssseattle!

I’m glad more retailers now carry larger sizes of clothing, but if all of your models are size 4 or smaller, it’s hard to understand how your clothes might sit on a curvier frame.

Break it right down to the heart of the matter:

As an American, I don’t get to use this word often enough: It seems the Conservatives have made a maths error. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

That fresh, new-affordable-housing smell:

Capital punishment is barbaric when it works. There aren’t even words for it when it gets botched. Tennessee Woman Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

Here’s to the nonprofits keeping old buildings—and communities—going, one mysterious light switch at a time.

Dress for the former mayor you want, not the former mayor you have.

There’s a special circle of hell reserved for people who man-spread at the convention center luncheon 10-top. Bro, there is only room for all of our knees to be directly in front of us here. Close it up and enjoy your salad.

This table is full of hot takes: Sesame oil in the fridge? Fish sauce in the pantry? How many of these guidelines do you follow? cooking.nytimes.com/article/does...

I am with Smalls at the Le SSERAFIM concert. We have these light sticks that the artists will control during the show, but I’m playing around with mine before the show starts. She just saw me and said, “there goes my mom…doin’ stuff.”

I love camping in Washington state because you get to wake up to views like this:

“This time capsule of species interactions, I think, is just so cool,” said Scott V. Edwards, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard who was not involved in the new study. “You’ve got this three-species interaction in this one tiny piece of poop.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/s...

Can’t he assemble like a Pink, Boy George, and Morgan Wallen line-up or something?

Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.

You love to see it.

Our car got stolen overnight, and when the police officer arrived at our house to take the report, he stepped inside, looked at the wall shelving unit that occupies the focal wall of our living room and said, “I see you’ve got the J Dilla there.” This is the J Dilla displayed in my living room:

This bird game is a tie!

My favorite actor of late is Thaddea Graham, based on her hilarious performances as 1) Detective Houlihan in the Irish dark comedy Bad Sisters and 2) as Susie in Margo’s Got Money Troubles. These are both clever character roles, but she fills them out brilliantly.

No.

On my patio, following the football game by yells and screams in the neighborhood.

Has anyone who parents teens devised a per mile (or other) charging scheme to help the teen understand, internalize, or cover the costs of making discretionary trips by car?

Do they think the “adult” section = pornography? Have these people ever visited a library?

“SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya, a joint regional development initiative by NASA, USAID and ICIMOD monitoring environmental risks, had mapped landslide and flood hazard in these valleys since 2010. The Trump administration's aid freeze cut it in January 2025.” www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-he%...

Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

Other countries must be so jealous of the incredible intellect we have leading our country. What a mastermind!

The mermaid was a very sweet addition to Bumbershoot.

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

Wut. They sell Buddy’s pizza at Thriftway now?