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US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.

Discovered this amazing mural while running work errands today. For a moment there I actually thought the figure on the ground was a live person touching up the mural. It’s that good (or my glasses are that bad 😂).

Sign this response letter so we can try to combat this incredibly stupid bikelash. actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

It's wild to me how many people do not understand this. "Luxury housing" is not some ontologically separate category from the rest of the housing market. Nor is "affordable housing." It's all one big fluid market & when you build more, everyone moves up & frees up the bottom end.

This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Isn't most of the point of the Office that it's NOT edgy???

Train cars were parked completely blocking the West Marginal trail and crossing, just north of Herrings House Park. Warned two other bikes and we all had to circle back to cross down the road. @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social

DOOM LOOP Special Report for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Car-Free on LWB" I went to the opening of Bicycle Weekends. See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...

All this over closing a lakeside street in a park so people can safely walk/run and bike over the weekend.

9 years ago, Ted Koppel told FOX Hannity to his face that he was bad for America! It still stands today! youtube.com/watch?v=tmaK...

The perfect car doesn’t exi—-

Did @kuow.org do any research for this piece? Second Use has been dealing in salvaged lumber (and other building materials) for over 3 decades. They're a mile away from this new operation in SoDo! It's great that they got EPA money to open and more salvage is awesome. www.kuow.org/stories/seat...

I did one more hour yesterday and shoveled out as much of the wet areas as I could. This morning I was happy to see that the whole thing is looking pretty dry! #drywestseattlebridge

I wonder who could be propagating these lies..... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yeah, that sounds about right. I can't believe there are still people debating COVID vaccine safety.

I've long been skeptical of over-development in the Southwestern US. This book by Kyle Paoletta (avail at SPL) paints some new perspectives and has some great history, but it still comes back to better water conservation and more urbanism (i.e. less unchecked suburban sprawl).

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Blood donation #32 @americanredcross.bsky.social was a family affair. That's 16 liters (for my science and metric friends).

jesus christ

I ride this to and from work every day. They've done a great job. Awesome addition to the city.

G is for Geode. And that's good enough for me.

As a former professional male endurance athlete with two children, I really want to see how this translates into humans.

ID station is hopping. Line 2 trains expected to board here around 10:40

Dems need to be on every news channel saying this. Everyday. All day.

"Fool's Spring" #DoomLoop

At Seattle Asian Art Museum. Name the album.

#standupforscience

Should be mandatory reading for everyone in the USA right now. Double mandatory for the HHS dept. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

“There are people who own their home for a very long time. It’s been a great investment. There are other people who think they will need to leave Seattle because they can’t afford a place to live.” The final legislation...is an attempt to “recognize that both those types of opinions are valid.” 🫤

I don't actually laugh out loud when I'm alone very often, but this certainly got me there.

Is this the worst bus stop in Seattle???

ALL-TIME RECORD CREST! The Cedar River is so high it’s hitting bridges in downtown Renton. Scary and incredible to see. Thanks to my friend in town for sharing this video. #wawx

I'm missing a few of these.

Finally got to see Minus the Bear after all these years. INCREDIBLE show. Made me disappointed I hadn't seen them before. Hoping they have a few more reunions in them in the future. @jakehsnider.bsky.social

This is absolute lunacy.

Im still fascinated by this all these years later. I can't believe we haven't learned more. And the window of ever knowing gets smaller every year.

The irony of reading about Link's generation, while riding a bus because light rail is really far from West Seattle

My ballot was counted this year, but in a previous election is was rejected and I had to fix it — just took a couple of minutes. Make sure yours was counted Seattle! info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...