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Abolish ICE and DHS Urbanist, cycling advocate, and failing musician.

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Design by Committee@dbc· 12d

Can confirm: The Hague *is* lovely this time of year

Photo of the beach (Kurhaus) at The Hague. It's full of people and restaurants and such. Very pretty.

Design by Committee@dbc· 20d

The American brain cannot comprehend train travel this fast. Seething with jealousy, I am.

Screenshot from a Eurostar train showing a speed of 182mph.

Design by Committee@dbc· 28d

I will never tire of this view from the bus window.

Seattle's skyline as seen from the peak of the West Seattle Bridge

Design by Committee@dbc· 28d

Design by Committee@dbc· Jul 12

Summerfest is amazing. Glad I could make it this year!

West Seattle Summerfest absolutely packed with people

Design by Committee@dbc· Jul 4

I've considered myself a Cascadian first and foremost for over a decade.

Design by Committee@dbc· Jul 3

Triple rainbow!

Design by Committee@dbc· Jun 29

Every time I go to renew my tabs I forget just how damn useless that bike rack is.

An e-bike locked to a bench because the bike rack in the background barely comes up past my ankle. I don't understand how anyone is supposed to be able to lock a bike to it.

Design by Committee@dbc· Jun 10

Tapping the sign

"You are not immune to propaganda" featuring Garfield

Design by Committee@dbc· Jun 9

I am so ready to be done with grad school. I am so unready to start paying student loans.

$75,930 in student loans 🙃

Please hire me.

Design by Committee@dbc· Jun 4

It's a never-ending cycle in WA

A meme about the history of income tax proposals in Washington State. Too long to type out, the gist is it's one of four bodies asking every time: the governor, the legislature, the people. Every single attempt results in one of the other bodies (plus WA State Supreme Court) saying "No"

Design by Committee@dbc· May 30

Thankfully, yes. I was absolutely incandescent for a hot minute. It's been resolved - for me, at least - but it's insane that they wouldn't extend the same courtesy to my cohort.

UW telling me the internship requirement is waived only for Evans class of 2027 on Thursday this week, with two weeks until graduation.

Evans telling me the internship requirement is waived for my class back in April.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 28

Came across the Zuckeryacht's support vessel on my way home! Did you know billionaires are so filthy rich that even their superyachts have superyachts? Now you do!

Zuckerberg's superyacht support vessel, the Wingman

Another angle of the same ship, with the name visible

Design by Committee@dbc· May 27

The scale of this thing is crazy!

The view from N 34th St in Fremont - the Zuckeryacht is nearly the same size as The Mountain.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 27

Accidentally discovered Zuckerberg's superyacht while biking SLU

Zuckerberg's superyacht 'Launchpad' docked in South Lake Union, right next to the westside trail

Design by Committee@dbc· May 26

If you think this is a good economy, you might be qualified to write for The Atlantic.

Job growth in Washington State 2020-2026. Job growth is currently -0.09% in 2026, the first time it's gone negative since 2020.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 26

I'm about to finish my master's degree; they waived the internship requirement for my cohort because there were no jobs. Job growth is negative in my state for the first time since COVID.

Americans are expressing some of the deepest, broadest, and stubbornest economic pessimism ever recorded. They’re doing so even though nearly every American who wants a job has one and the stock market is booming. Things aren’t perfect, and people have plenty of reasons to be disappointed. But I couldn’t come up with a coherent explanation for why people are this down about an economy this good, or why they are so mad right now.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 19

Just saw a VinFast in the wild!

Design by Committee@dbc· May 12

This is not normal. This is exactly what people have been warning about ever since the War on Terror broadly expanded secret surveillance and extrajudiciary presidential powers. Fighting for trans rights will be considered "violent" and "anti-American".

White House counterterrorism document:
"In addition to cartels and Islamist terror groups, our national CT activities will also prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist. We will use all the tools constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, and use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent. We will do the same with the state sponsors of such groups and those governments undertaking lethal plots on U.S. soil or against Americans anywhere."

The bit about "violent secular political groups" is highlighted.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 4

Seattle is gorgeous

Looking south from the waterfront trail. The mountain is out, and there's a big green and red ship off to the right.

Design by Committee@dbc· May 3

New milestone

Design by Committee@dbc· May 2

This sounds awful tbh. E-bikes work so well because when the battery runs out, it becomes a regular bike! What they've created is an exercise bike with tires.