Brandon der Blätter
currently looking for a software job in Seattle, WA or remote!
they/them
interests: ⚙ 20th century tech, 🏘 leftist local politics, 🌲 nature, 🎮video games, 🎞 old movies, 🍽 cheap restaurants, 🗺 exploring
volunteer at @connectionsmuseum.bsky.social
- my Costco haul on #BikeEverywhereDay
- cool font on a technical periodical distributed by the Lenkurt company #telecomHistory
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterYes tree stump, I know downtown subsidizes the suburbs.
- attention Seattle tree people:
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterBegging for this in Seattle and Capitol Hill. Imagine faster buses, less noise, easier deliveries, etc, etc, etc!!
- Congestion pricing was designed to finance more than $15 billion in critical transit upgrades in New York City. Those investments will take years. But the parallel changes at street level are already apparent. Here’s what we know so far. nyti.ms/4mbuGg0
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterIt’s affordable housing week! Katie Wilson answers the burning question on everyone’s mind: How is the housing crisis the hidden reason why your slice of pizza costs $8? WilsonForSeattle.com
- enough for the whole polycule!
- been riding this route a lot to get to the @connectionsmuseum.bsky.social. come visit us on a Sunday!
- The Georgetown to Downtown safety project is really coming along. Finally, a separated route that will get you from the SoDo trail to Georgetown's front door. Cameo by @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterGreat article! Let's make stacked flats as affordable to build as town homes. Email the SBCC (sbcc@des.wa.gov) and tell them to reject the WABO amendments and support Markus Johnson’s amendments citing the desires of the state law and ability to lower the cost of housing. [details in article]
- NEW STORY // The Deck is Stacked Against Stacked Flats in Seattle www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/09/t...
- see how slow route 8 has been every hour for the last month here: denny.intcreator.com
- new target date for the East Link Expansion opening is January 16, 2026. looks like between Feb and March they made just 11 days of progress, or about 1/3 what is expected. if they keep going at that same rate the bridge won't be done until May 3, 2027. source: www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterDespite 75% of Seattle having access to frequent transit, the city planners will be issuing a new map to comply with @jessdbateman.bsky.social ‘s transformative missing middle bill allowing sixplexes on a smaller sliver that doesn’t overlap with todays single family zoning
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterLITTLE KNOWN FACT: Retractable bollards are self-servicing. Once every 10,000 uses, a BMW breaks an oil pan on it, keeping the hydraulic system lubricated.
- and for some reason the city council member representing downtown (super dense), Belltown (dense), Denny Triangle (dense), South Lake Union (dense), Uptown (dense), Westlake (dense) and Queen Anne (fighting everything more than two stories) is from Queen Anne
- Reposted by Brandon der BlätterAttn to Seattle Port/freight lobby: People already walk/roll/bike in industrial parts of the city and it’s time to stop insisting the streets there should prioritize speed and wide turns komonews.com/news/local/h...
