I have been riding my bicycle along the Ship Canal Trail. It’s relatively flat and connects with some other trails. Anyway, on Friday I go for a ride after work. I get to Fisherman’s Terminal and realized, oh shit, my wallet.

At this point, it’s dusk, so I go back to my apartment hoping to see it on the way. No luck, so I canceled my debit card. The next day, I was able to get a replacement at BECU. I also went to Westlake Station and picked up a new ORCA Card.

I get home and I’m trying to figure out how to transfer my account from the old ORCA Card to the new one, when I get a buzz. I answered it, and the people found my wallet and came to the apartment to give it back.

I mean! Come on. Incredibly grateful that they would do that. I was just back from getting a new card, so I was in a nice button down shirt and a tie on a Saturday. Fancy guy to give his wallet back to.

Good morning. No coat, just a sweater over a button to go for a walk. Spring is Springing, not to jinx it.

• Maaaaan, we need a new King County Assessor.
• Happy Black Earth Day coming up.
• Hopefully the state will do a better job of distributing mifepristone going forward.
• A fast ferry between Seattle and Tacoma would be rad way to commute. No shade to the train.
• Turning off the camera directly pointed at the Planned Parenthood is a step in the right direction, but there’s plenty more to do.

I admire everyone who rode their bikes yesterday. You are made of hardy stuff.

• I am in favor of removing as much parking as possible. Block 46 of Sylvester’s Plat in Olympia seems like a good place.
• The brutally of the Amazon warehouses.
• Pedestrianize for the World Cup. And more?
• NPI’s Spring Gala is coming up.
• 3 of the Spokane 9 are going to trial.

Good morning. I went to my first Mariners game of the year over the weekend. Good times.

I don’t know if the staff are wit the M’s or the stadium, but I do want to give them a shout out. I was there with someone who sometimes needs a wheelchair, and they were very accommodating. Sorry to vaguebook here but I do want to say they checked in without being obtrusive and generally very helpful.

How is everyone?

• The Forest Service is good for forestry business. Such short sighted cuts.
• Let the health inspectors in to the immigrant detention center.
• Hey, stop deporting people who are doing good. And really anyone who isn’t here to do harm.
• The native plant sale is going on now at the UW.

Guys, I’m exhausted. Biking to Drinking Liberally and back is great. But! Sometimes I get an adrenaline rush, especially if I take a different route because of all of the construction on Eastlake. And so I got home at a reasonable time, but didn’t get to sleep for a while. I don’t know. I’m going to ride my bike more now that it’s nice out.

I don’t know, it’s much nicer than a car and quicker than the bus in many cases. Maybe it’s time to get an e-bike?

I hope you had a nice Easter, or if you don’t celebrate, a nice Sunday where some shops were closed.

I still haven’t taken the 2 Line on the Eastside since the connection. But this week for sure. Where would you go for a nice dinner, or a good tourist trap to waste an afternoon? Or a nice bike ride?

Good mornin’.

• Stop sharing information with ICE goons.
• Can’t go big enough on density. Good for Mayor Wilson.
• What killed Blazing Bagels? Spoiler alert: It wasn’t that there will be a millionaire tax in a few years.
• Agrotourism isn’t where you go to another country and yell at them. Apparently.
• Librarians and press staff at the UW walked out the other day.

Oh, no, I was totally prepared and didn’t forget to write anything until a few stops away from work. Um, you did!. No, it was totally me, April Fool’s.

Other than opening day, I still have not taken the 2 Line on the Eastside. But, now it’s connected. You can catch a train in Downtown Seattle and get North, South, and East out of the city without transferring. New stations opening. Less car dependence for everyone.

The future looks pretty great for the region. For connectivity. For ditching the stress of driving. It has come a long way since I was a suburban kid who had to take a winding bus to get Downtown. I can only imagine what 10, 20, 30 years hence looks like if we have the political will to keep up the momentum.

On Saturday you can take light rail across the lake to a No Kings rally.

• So many types of bees.
• I can’t believe that Wilson is still Assessor. At least he’s facing consequences.
• Appreciate Axios’s 3 part look at the Seattle crisis response team needing cops to tag along.
• Look at all of the volunteer commissions in Spokane County. There’s probably one to join, or at least get involved with, in your area.

I feel like recently I have started these by talking about the weather. But today is different I am talking about talking about the weather.

• Look at all of the No Kings events.
• Some Seattle City Council members really like the Flock cameras (item 2).
• Cherry blossoms. So dang many.
• 3 cheers to the kids doing ICE Out protests.
• Family Promise of Puget Sound has money to keep going.

Good morning. I am still adjusting to the nice weather. How lovely, though. Too cold for shorts  not that it stopped some of you.

• The fewer Flock cameras, the better.
• The fewer parking spots, the better.
• The fewer ICE agents at airports, the better. And SeaTac has 0 as the correct number.
• I am struggling to figure out what the sign off should be. Contact your member of Congress is fine, but maybe something more Washington specific?

The ferns and the moss are happy with this gray. But I can use some sun.

• Fuck ICE
• Also, fuck long COVID.
• Fuck CONCACAF, as long as we’re here.
• I don’t even drive, but fuck these gas prices.

Happy Transit Operator Appreciation Day everyone. If you said “thank you” enough while exiting your bus, the Water Taxi fairy will reward you.

• Nobody wants the TransAlta power plant but President Trump orders it to stay open is a real microcosm of his entire administration.
• Matt Shea, go away.
• Are there more important elections this year than the banner in the International District? Maybe. But I won’t see my member of Congress or state legislators as often.
• 500 shelter units by the end of May feels very ambitious.
• A nurse is a human in Washington.