@Quak3r8 @nateinthewild lol I I can take a bus 40 mins to a couple national parks rn if I want
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Benjamin Collum
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@Tituslinc @nateinthewild Hey that’s fine. You can do that in whatever city you never leave.
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I love nature in a liberal Subaru owner kind of way AKA - I don’t want to strip mine the boundary waters and drill for oil in ANWR. You fuckin’ hacks.
American Conservation Coalition@ACC_National
I love nature in a Teddy Roosevelt kind of way. Not a liberal, Subaru owner kind of way.
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@nateinthewild If you support EVs. You inherently support open pit mining.
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@KIRONewsradio @KIROCharlie even if every single person that rode payed there would still be a ~80 million dollar gap between operating costs and revenue, expansion/ completion of the system should be prioritized over enforcement
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Nearly 40% of light rail riders aren’t paying fares. At the same time, Sound Transit is facing a massive funding gap. So what’s the plan? More studies or actual solutions? @KIROCharlie breaks it down in today's commentary.
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@future42org 2nd highest minimum wage tho, not to mention education QOL air quality etc.
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Washington state has the 10th highest Cost of Living in the United States.
$19k more a year than Tennessee
$18k a year more than Texas
$12k a year than Idaho
This rank takes into account the "CoL index across groceries, housing, utilities, transport, and healthcare".
@dorothyneufeld | @VisualCap
'Mapped: The Cost of Living Across America'
Article: visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-ann…
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@Morska78 @KIROCharlie Even if it didn’t make a difference in the atmosphere which it absolutely does, net 0 would mean cleaner air, less smog
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@KIROCharlie We could reduce our "carbon" emissions to zero and make absolutely no difference in the composition of the earth's atmosphere.
We're killing our state over the unscientific beliefs and pure greed of a small minority of political operatives.
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Washington is not even close to its carbon emissions target, and we're paying way more for our gas because of the Climate Commitment Act. Hit a record high in Seattle. Portland pays $5.19. Seattle pays $5.74. Idaho $4.40. Today's commentary:
KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙@KIRONewsradio
Gas prices in Seattle just hit a record high. But here’s the question: why are Washington drivers paying so much more than everyone else? @KIROCharlie breaks it all down.
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@KIROCharlie If we do get to net 0 and no one is using gas then we won’t have big price shocks when an idiot gets us into a war. Also both those states have an income tax
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@fosterdescent @PpollingNumbers aint no way you runnin the war monger schtick when we are currently at war lol
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@PpollingNumbers How about we pass national rank choice voting?❓ then you can run a war mongerer for the DNC and republicans tickets and a 3rd party can run someone real.
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🔵 New - 2028 presidential poll
🔵 Harris 50%
🔵 Newsom 22%
🔵 Shapiro 9%
🔵 AOC 8%
🔵 Pritzker 6%
Harrisx #B - RV - 4/26
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@naMnaSYt So much potential in this moment to leave republic city and truly connect with the land/ become the avatar. The audience could see how the world changed. Maybe re-learn the bending and struggle with it unlike how she got the first three elements the first time. Unlucky writing
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this is a genuinely awful scene and finale
Aang just gives her the Avatar State and the Ability to use it at will, and restores her bending, and gives her energybending, some fucking how
namnas@naMnaSYt
now rewatching
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@andyrandles They probably would but isn’t the current model trying to pump up ridership over profit rn? Then later once the system is fleshed out and ridership is up to a level where cars aren’t what 80% of people are using you can worry about enforcement
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Cue the many Seattle urbanists telling us why this can’t work for link light rail
nxthompson@nxthompson
The stats here are kind of remarkable. BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time; 41% drop in crime; and $10 million increase in projected revenue. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…
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@stevemur why would seattle residents who already pay high rent and property prices, want to see their electricity bill triple cause some tech company wants to use 1/2 the power of the city on a data center
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Just ten years ago they were calling Seattle “Cloud City.”
Now apparently the Unicause has decided “Data Center Bad”
GeekWire@geekwire
Trending: Seattle mayor floats moratorium on new data centers in city limits geekwire.com/2026/seattle-m…
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@TridentTrue Say it with me:
Service.
Time.
Manipulation.
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Ahhh yes, as we expected! Welcome Will Wilson!
Mariners PR@MarinersPR
Roster moves: 🔹 Will Wilson (#7), INF, selected from Triple-A Tacoma. 🔹 Brendan Donovan, INF/OF, placed on 10-day IL (left groin muscle strain, retro. 4/18). 🔹 Miles Mastrobuoni, INF/OF, transferred to 60-day IL. 🔗 atmlb.com/4tTIYVv
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@Frey_Doh @5149jamesli How can it be properly handled if one order from our supreme leader pushes this on people immediately
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@5149jamesli I understand everyone’s gripe with Joe. But I can’t fault them for attempting this in particular, Ibogaine is going to save countless amounts people from addictions, if this is properly handled.
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Ok so now we know why he was acting skittish when Theo was going off about how the Trump administration was compromised by Israel.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 Joe Rogan texted Trump about Ibogaine for addiction treatment. Trump's reply: "Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it." 56 years of restrictions. One text to undo it. x.com/EricLDaugh/sta…
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The biggest operating cost of a bus network is its drivers' wages. Self-driving buses would be transformative to the economics of expanding bus service reach and frequency. I'm far more excited about this than self-driving cars.
Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺@joakial_
For the first time in Norwegian history, a bus will carry passengers in regular traffic without any human behind the wheel. The first pilot without a safety driver was tested Friday, and if all goes as planned, anyone can ride driverless buses starting in May.
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@KIROCharlie Would you be willing to pay higher taxes to ensure that it stays that clean?
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Today’s commentary: call me a cynic, but it’s really clear we’re getting the town cleaned up to look real nice for the World Cup. Remember what happened last time when the MLB All-Star game was here?
And how it looked just a few weeks after?
KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙@KIRONewsradio
Seattle cleaned up millions of pounds of trash last year. But here’s the number that stands out: 661,000 needles collected from public spaces. @KIROCharlie talks about it in today's commentary.
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@DivestSPD I dont understand this argument from the conservatives. Wouldn't the goal of the program to be upping the percent of fares paid? Where is that data? Why is the only apparent measure of success based on punishment?
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@tom_happinesss @DuncanStott listen im not saying that it would be commonplace, but I bet you it would happen. Some things dont need fixing, and busses are one of those things.
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@Tituslinc @DuncanStott Or they run these things in….normal acting countries only? I take the bus all the time and never thought to myself “what if someone tried hijacking the bus right now?”
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