Dugall is not amused by Mister Fred's antics

this is why i think the next comprehensive plan in 2024 should actually shoot for the moon. legalize it all. legalize retail, mixed uses, 6 or 8 unit flats citywide. we always do the bare minimum and it fails. its not a minimum comp plan update, its a major one. so go bold

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How do Vort products stand the test of time? (a 9 frame story...)

If you want more morally-grey Pedro Pascal teaming up with a resourceful young girl to navigate a hostile landscape, Prospect (2018) is excellent indie sci-fi that brings frontier ruthlessness to another world

71% of Washingtonians support ending single family zoning to promote missing middle housing. It’s enormously popular. Let’s get it done #waleg kuow.org/stories/middle…

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Watch 2018's Prospect for the story, yes, but also for the vibes. cnet.co/3KcvGA1

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Whenever I watch the movie Prospect, starring Pedro Pascal and Sophie Thatcher, I get more and more bullish on Zeek Earl and the THE FRINGE team

For decades, planners have dispersed the functions of the city, excluding anyone without the mobility or means to cover those distances. A 15-minute city is about reconciling this past injustice; offering everyone—regardless of age, ability or income—access to their daily needs.

seattle's planning department asked people at community meetings where they wanted to see housing. they subsequently broke down "everywhere" into several categories to water down the response so i fixed the chart

Seatttle’s people want new housing everywhere. Will our city government lead or obfuscate and block progress?

Every city in human history before 1920 was a 15-minute city. Car dependent suburbia is the result of massive, top-down government programs and auto industry boosterism. 15-minute cities are another way to say “Older cities are nice. I would like to be able to walk to the store.”

My unpopular opinion is that our selective upzoning of commercial properties makes it uneconomical to for these businesses to exist. A broad upzone, conversely, would depress land values citywide and would lead to more local businesses.

My former student, and progressive city council member, Andrew J. Lewis is being attacked by the big money of MAGA Trump donors and national corporate interests. Don't let them get away with it, Seattle! Ballots are out now, make a plan to vote! And vote before November 7th!

“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.” — @mortenkabell

Every conversation about improving people’s lives needs to have the reform of building codes and land use plans as the first two action items. Socioeconomic mobility? Land use and building code. Access to services and education? Land use and building code. Public health?

Fringe team member PartyPoodle is launching his own short film- and we're 100% into it. It's techno-optimist hard candy in a dystopian wrapper. Throw him some bones! Indiegogo: igg.me/at/horse-fly/