david reeves

@MarkRainycity lol. no.

Good call. Except riding a bike around Seattle amounts to a death wish.

@thrayne @NEWSGUYSULLY @GovBobFerguson the actual SDOT budget says otherwise.

@NEWSGUYSULLY @GovBobFerguson The city of Seattle has a ton of neglected bridges as well, but there’s more emphasis on bike lanes and bus lanes than fixing or maintaining what we already have.

Snohomish County has 11 bridges in poor condition. If you drive over one of these bridges every day, you know you can't afford to be cut off from work, school, or errands if it closes. Let's make a historic investment this legislative session to preserve our bridges.

@VoteforPurple @seattledot I’m a little confused - what’s your point?

@seattledot Why are 3 of 4 wearing a bike helmet you ask? Bridge Seismic Program Funding Expenditures $4,000,000 Protected Bike Lanes and Transit Corridor Improvement Investments Expenditures $8,122,376 See page 10 of the budget at seattle.gov/documents/depa…

FLIP YOUR TRIP: with ongoing Revive I-5 construction and work on city streets, travel can be tough. We sit down with several City employees for a Roadside Chat on skipping traffic woes with the bus, light rail, or biking: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/02/04/roa…

@Chris_arnade One of my favorite history books.

Chicago Board of Trade -- originally a business booster club -- arguably made Chicago. Turning it from just another frontier nothing (like Toledo), to one of America's most relevant cities, and in doing so, changed how all of America did business.

@lilMitch82 @MickamiousG Ha, I’m flattered, but nope.

@dreeves @MickamiousG Thanks AI BOT

Someone was wearing a mask on my flight from Melbourne to Adelaide this morning... If it was someone that was elderly, I can understand, but someone middle aged, are we still seriously doing this?

@MrSensitive888 @MickamiousG 1) We’re not talking about the initial covid outbreak, we’re talking about the present 2) stopping many common viruses and bacteria is sufficient - don’t make perfect the enemy of good 3) you’re incorrect about 30 minutes 4) what’s your problem with people wearing masks?

@dreeves @MickamiousG It isn't a meme. It is product packaging. n95 masks are far better, but they do not stop all aerosols. But what percentage of people wore those? 1%? They also need to be disposed of after 30 minutes. How many people in the world did that during the initial covid outbreak?

@MrSensitive888 @MickamiousG Buddy, one meme photo of one box of masks means nothing about masks in general. There’s a mountain of evidence about the effect of good (n95, etc) masks that do stop aerosols.

@dreeves @MickamiousG Yes, the government would never lie about that... It was always a police directive btw, not a medical one. They don't stop aerosols.

@MrsNelson657287 @MickamiousG So if you use a mask incorrectly, it doesn’t help. Got it. But if you use one correctly, it protects airborne against bacteria, toxins and viruses.

@dreeves @MickamiousG Masks that are continuously touched with contaminated hands actually spread bacteria and their damp enviroment are a breeding ground for harmful bacteria to enter the airways. They provide no protection and actually do cause harm.

@MrSensitive888 @MickamiousG Incorrect healthdirect.gov.au/face-masks

@dreeves @MickamiousG Masks will not protect you from any virus. They will however help bacteria into your lungs.

@munkehsoup @MickamiousG Why?

@MickamiousG I saw a middle ager wearing a mask and gloves when I was in the gym yesterday. I was dumbfounded.

@MichaelYearsle2 @stevemur How did I do that?

@dreeves @stevemur The irony of you picking and choosing states that have a billion different variables from washington state, demographics and population size will forever be lost on you. Then when you don't have the "win" you're seeking you move onto another state with the just as many variables.

@stevemur Yes, of course gasoline taxes are inflationary. So are minimum wages. Disorder is a more complicated picture - I would argue each state tolerates different kinds of disorder in line with their ideological beliefs, each with other associated costs.

@stevemur Gasoline taxes are higher, not “energy” taxes. Washington state’s electricity costs are far lower than Florida’s. Public policy to push energy usage toward renewable and cheaper energy sources does not seem dumb.

@stevemur lol, we could go all night :-) There’s considerably higher ‘average’ incomes in Washington than Florida, and the local purchasing power is considerably higher. People with more income tend to consume better housing.

@stevemur But my main point is that at the end of the day the outcomes of “progressive” and “non-progressive” policies are quite similar in high-growth, wealthy cities. Would you agree with that? numbeo.com/cost-of-living…

@stevemur the recent decline in energy costs has favored Florida in this sense, and I agree that Washington has chosen to keep them elevated for reason that aren’t about short-term economics. That said I think there’s considerable wage pressure in both places, by policy or not…

@stevemur Right, it is now; a 2-3 years ago Washington was ~2%+ below Florida’s rate of inflation. I guess I struggle to draw big conclusions from one data point.

@dreeves I think that's right, at least at an order of magnitude. Same basic range as Miami-FL. Still, WA's state level inflation at 4.2% rising to 4.6% is considerably higher than the national average. As are gas prices, energy prices, minimum wage and major factor inputs.

@stevemur I’m saying that the cumulative inflation in Seattle has been similar to or lower than major metros in florida since the pandemic. I don’t read anything you’re showing as contradicting that.

@stevemur Am i missing something?