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State Representative Julia Reed @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social In-Session Bluesky account for Rep Julia Reed. Look for live threads and unfiltered opinions from #waleg. All comments are my own.
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Scott Berkley @scott-berkley.bsky.social Tech 4 Housing organizer. Trying to make Seattle a livable and welcoming place for all.
Davina Duerr @davina425.bsky.social Mom who cares about kids, kindness, climate change and the common good. Let’s build more housing and stronger communities. Views are my own. WA State Rep. for the 1st Dist. who also loves her e-bike.
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Based in the Seattle metro area.
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Emily Moore @emilymoore.bsky.social Climate and energy policy in the Pacific Northwest @Sightline.org. Views my own.
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
David Welton @davidwelton.bsky.social Computers, startups, bikes, Italy (lived in Padova for about 15 years), Central Oregon YIMBY
Jess Bateman @jessdbateman.bsky.social WA State senator 22nd district. Let’s build livable, walkable communities. 🏘️
Futurewise @futurewise.bsky.social We work across Washington to create livable communities, ensure clean healthy waterways, and protect farms, forests & habitat for this & future generations.
Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social Governor of the State of Washington
Martina @mpansz.bsky.social comms @sightline.org
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org Fuse is Washington’s largest progressive organization – people creating change online, on the ground, and on issues that matter. www.fusewashington.org
Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com It’s our city. Let’s build it up. 🚰 🌹🧦 🏗️🔰🚊
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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social Climate/water scientist💧🌊
People = Good. Billionaires = Bad.
Eat mango dessert, mask up, land back, save the salmon, imprison no one and house everyone. She/her. Views own
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider
annazivarts.com
#WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org
Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3)
Nondriver Action ndaction.org (c4)
Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social I share about walking, biking, great cities, & progressive politics.
I work for @streetsalliance.bsky.social (Seattle's walking, biking, and streets for people nonprofit), but these are my personal opinions.
Vote Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social Running to represent Northeast and North Seattle in the State Legislature and build an affordable future. Join us at VoteRonDavis.com. Let’s get to work!
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Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus proponent. Former AIA Seattle President and Seattle Planning Commission Co-Chair
Hacks & Wonks @hacksandwonks.bsky.social Political Hacks and Policy Wonks talk about state and local politics and policy in Washington state
Guy Oron @guyoron.net Seattle-based writer and journalist. Pronouns: he/they. Subscribe to my newsletter Gossip Guy for free! gossipguy.net
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org 🤝 🏘️ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all.
🔗 https://linkin.bio/aforhj
Yimby Andy @yimbyandy.bsky.social SeattleYIMBY lead and aspiring developer (🏗️🏢)
Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. welcomingneighbors.us.
Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
Housing Development Consortium @housingconsortium.org We work towards a future where all people throughout King County can live with dignity in safe, healthy, and affordable homes. www.housingconsortium.org
CCPA-BC @ccpabc.bsky.social Social, economic and environmental justice. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, British Columbia. Reposts are not endorsements.
Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://linktr.ee/parkingreform
Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party AAPI Caucus & CA Dem Renters Council Board, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement.
art: http://alfredtwu.com
Payton Chung 🏳️🌈 @westnorth.com Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU 🚄🚋🚴♂️🌇🏗️🚰🏳️🌈
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social Seattle-based reporter, cofounder (with @joshfeit.bsky.social) and editor of PubliCola.com, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
She/her, Latina, Texan
Mayor Melanie Kebler @melaniekebler.bsky.social Mom, attorney, nerd, she/her. Mayor of Bend.
📨 mkebler@bendoregon.
https://linktr.ee/melaniekebler
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Anacortes Area Plant Dad @tarnado.bsky.social Bikes are freedom. Anacortes. Strong Towns Lyfe. Plants are cool and so are soil biota! 🦖
Katie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social Seattle TRU co-founder and general secretary. Occasional writer. Running for Seattle Mayor @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social Seattle urbanista, interested in education, safe streets, and housing. Grew up in Baltimore. Hampshire College grad. GIS graduate student and bike mom. Former wetland biologist. I follow Seattle School Board meetings and yell at cars.
@jesse-simpson.bsky.social @jesse-simpson.bsky.social
Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social I plan cities for people & other living things. I focus on SEA, PDX, Utrecht, women who create cities, bikes, climate. I'm on Boards @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @streetsalliance.bsky.social & volunteer @ BikeFlip + DeFietsmeesters in Utrecht. She/her. PhD
Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw
poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed
Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social 📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Eastside Urbanism @eastsideurbanism.org Social group learning how to advocate for better cities on Seattle's Eastside! 🌇 Meetups every Thursday 6pm - Esterra Park, Redmond! (Join our Discord!) 🧡 https://eastsideurbanism.org
Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social ED @eoionline.bsky.social ⚖️• formerly ending homelessness @communitysolutions 🏡 • former ED, current board @theurbanist.org 🌃 • board @futurewise.bsky.social 🏔 • opinions mine, bad • curious • he/him
K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social Bikes & transit. SEA & WA. Writes, edits, paralegals. Fmr: PeopleForBikes, WA Bike Law, Disability Mobility Initiative.
Writing The Transit Trekker Manual, b/c it should be easier to enjoy the outdoors if you can’t drive. @transittrekker.bsky.social
Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social Personal account.
Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I don’t.
Currently: Strategic Communications Consultant to the Mayor of Seattle
@HacksAndWonks.bsky.social (on hiatus)
Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social Blacktina 🇬🇹 organizer at heart, Councilor by choice. 🩷 Fighting for justice, joy, and a future we deserve. ✊🏾 East Portland District 1. Personal page for big thoughts and bigger dreams. 🫶🏾
👉🏾Follow @counciloravalos.bsky.social for official city biz
Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
Kate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social Seattleite. Likes: maps, dogs, plants, ice cream, walkable cities. Dislikes: fascist takeovers, climate change, most zoning, beets
Hawking whistles since 2025 (@wawhistles.bsky.social)
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
Tim McCormick @tmccormick.org exploring, reading, noting, writing, gathering. mostly in: Cascadia, Western US, LDN; fairly nomadic. https://tmccormick.org
Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms & @electioncheatsheet.bsky.social
Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com Biking news up Seattle’s hills since 2010.
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Josh Feit @joshfeit.bsky.social Author of 2 indie-press poetry books (Shops Close Too Early & The Night of Electric Bikes) https://www.joshfeitpoetry.com/. City planning columnist & cofounder (w/ @ericacbarnett.bsky.social) at https://publicola.com.
Seattle Subway @seattlesubway.org All volunteer organization. We want what it sounds like we want.
West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social Musings on biking in and around West Seattle.
Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com A beautiful home
in a healthy city on
a thriving planet
Lanefab Design / Build
Oori Architecture
B.Eng M.Arch
www.Lanefab.com
Vancouver BC
#ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus
Brittney Bush Bollay @brittneybush.bsky.social Baseball and occasionally not-baseball.
Freelance sports and culture writer, photographer, public servant, snappy dresser
they/them/Dad
Writing and more: https://linktr.ee/brittneybush
📍Nashville, TN ➡️ a long story ➡️ Seattle, WA
PERSONAL ACCOUNT
Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social Mayor of Bothell. Because the world won't change itself. Curious about land use and transportation. Rides a bike to boring meetings.
Nigel Herbig @nigelherbig.bsky.social Dad, husband, political dork. Mayor of Kenmore, WA
Disc golfer, #TBTL Ten, #Seahawks fan. Passionate about transit, housing, and climate (they're all inextricably connected, folks!)
David J. Faber (🧦) @davidjfaber.bsky.social
amb @amb.fyi how can we stroppy strangers live together without doing each other too much violence? | homes not highways | born 350ppm | still got hope so i think we’ll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi
📍stj, pdx, or
Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social Parking and local politics, mostly (and some dad-type jokes). President of the Parking Reform Network. Grist 50 Fixer.
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social Architect, developer, builder, placemaker, cyclist, Urbanist, planning commissioner seeking to build civilization...the neighborhood is the amenity. LGBTQIA+ & Black Lives Matter ally, keeping it real in Bothell, WA.
Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social We are a non-partisan group of advocates supporting more housing of all types for everyone in Metro Vancouver
Brice Maryman PLA FASLA @bmaryman.bsky.social Maryland native, Seattle adopted, father, hubby, Founding Principal at MxMLA.bsky.social
Daniel Herriges @dpherriges.bsky.social Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
Nat Henry @nathenry.com Director of Henry Spatial Analysis | Professional Geographer | Seattleite | Into maps, health data, walking places
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Be:Seattle @beseattleorg.bsky.social Building the power and leadership of renters and people experiencing homelessness to fight for housing that is appropriate and affordable for all
Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com Digital Strategy for California YIMBY. Seattle resident. Personal account -- what you see here represents my own opinions, for better or worse.
Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email my City account for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social Publisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚎🐈
Derek Young @derekmyoung.bsky.social I work for county governments and get mad online about soccer.
Unemployed Left(y) @seattleisbeautiful.bsky.social (she/they)
Find me wandering somewhere in WA State.
Bass guitar, rabble rousing, worrying
…
Posts from here for mutuals mostly.
Tom Hewitt @tomhewittnews.bsky.social Special assistant to the mayor, Fairbanks North Star Borough. email: tom.hewitt@fnsb.gov. 💛 Fairbanks. Policy: Uninterrupted progress. Politics: Anti-graft. Nationality: Arctic Brotherhood.
Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social Host of the Savage Lovecast, author of Savage Love. "A deviant of the highest order!" — The Daily Caller
Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social Thinktanking on housing + democracy + clean energy
Opinions—all mine. Or yours, recycled—as also mine. Zero endorsements here.
#Housing #affordability talking points galore
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Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline. Hot takes are my own.
Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Dan Bertolet @danbertolet.bsky.social I think it's good when cities are legal, and I work at Sightline Institute to make that happen. My takes on here, though, are no less than 100% mine.
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
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