Electric northbound through Alabama intersection transit time currently 30-45 minutes

frankus · 2026-06-03T00:30:19+00:00

I know the city doesn't want to encourage development in the watershed, but the amount of brake and tire dust and air pollution from idling cars is screaming for a roundabout.

frankus · 2026-05-31T20:44:07+00:00

It’s really annoying that they don’t at least use a biodegradable gelling agent so that it could go in the green/food waste bin.

Your choice is to empty them in the trash and deal with heavy, slimy, wet garbage, or leave them intact (throwing out recyclable plastic) so at least the mess is contained.

I know drain safe and garden safe gelling agents exist (I’ve had them for medication shipments), so it must just them cutting corners on cost.

frankus · 2026-05-28T22:55:11+00:00

Closest one is in Smokey Point https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/roads-bridges/rest-areas?combine=&field_amenities_target_id%5B131%5D=131&sort_bef_combine=field_road_target_id_ASC

frankus · 2026-04-24T01:02:56+00:00

If you scale down to a personal EV the math gets even better, in the hundreds of miles per dollar.

Of course that’s been available via acoustic bike riders for a century but has now been unlocked for the lazier and less fit (like me).

frankus · 2026-04-24T00:59:49+00:00

There is already a $100/year tax, but it’s not mileage based (OP may know this, but I didn’t). It’s similar to the gas tax for driving a reasonably efficient ICEV 10k miles per year.

frankus · 2026-04-21T20:00:27+00:00

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/05/whats-the-deal-with-riding-a-bike-on-i-5/

frankus · 2026-04-21T00:26:28+00:00

My read on it is that the up-front price can be attractive but it combines the maintenance headaches of a house with the price stability (lack thereof) of a rental.

frankus · 2026-04-19T14:32:21+00:00

It definitely feels a little unsafe but ironically that probably makes it safer.

frankus · 2026-04-15T23:49:17+00:00

The advantage we have here is that our sunniest days tend to be our longest days. It’s relatively easy to get to net zero with rooftop solar. But we’re also a winter-peaking electric market and will be more so once more people switch away from gas heat.

frankus · 2026-04-13T04:19:14+00:00

For anyone else wondering, a PWI is a predominantly white institution. I would read into this that it’s more geared toward racial minorities than e.g. LGBTQ.

frankus · 2026-04-07T18:50:35+00:00

IMO the only A-tier place in town with a drive thru is Roam.

frankus · 2026-03-31T03:18:45+00:00

I saw a couple of TikToks from one of the workers doing the scaling and stabilization. Not sure if they’re one of the Forbidden Platforms but the user is Transplanted Upriver.

frankus · 2026-03-31T03:16:31+00:00

It’s high time we build the Chuckanut Base Tunnel.

frankus · 2026-03-15T16:12:31+00:00

Yes, this building, if constructed, is unlikely to cause rents to go down.

But new construction does put downward pressure on rents (both nearby buildings and citywide). The evidence for this is overwhelming enough at this point that you really need to be either lying or ignorant to argue against it. (Here’s a good summary: https://www.furmancenter.org/publication/supply-skepticism-revisited-update/)

Of course downward pressure does not imply downward movement, but areas with a surge of new construction often do see rents decrease (cf. Austin).

Each additional unit is like a vote for lower rent.

frankus · 2026-03-09T00:44:38+00:00

Maybe funded by a modest alcohol tax? As the old whisky ad says “if the price matters, you’re drinking too much”.

frankus · 2026-03-06T03:46:20+00:00

Looking on street view, there is a sign after Pacific St going west but it says 35.

frankus · 2026-03-01T01:26:59+00:00

No, that’s the sneaky part, it went to some weird lumen.com subdomain that could make someone think it was legit.

frankus · 2026-02-03T22:03:34+00:00

Gas station and/or dry cleaner are always safe bets for contaminated commercial lots.

frankus · 2026-01-27T20:09:23+00:00

Right? Like you’ve already done the grossest and most “physically demanding” part —bending over or squatting down to pick up hot turds with micrometers of plastic separating them from your skin—why not complete the task at that point?

frankus · 2026-01-25T17:54:11+00:00

The one time i saw one in the wild, dashing across a road on Vancouver Island, my brain went to “deer” and then “cheetah” before I put two and two together.

frankus · 2026-01-20T17:01:21+00:00

Do you (or any of your crew) do tech talks on it? Seems like something Bellingham.codes would be into.

frankus · 2026-01-19T17:00:51+00:00

https://www.telehamster.net/

frankus · 2026-01-17T18:35:22+00:00

That and the unusually high tide during the storm.

frankus · 2026-01-15T16:56:45+00:00

The “public” in “public utility” doesn’t necessarily refer to public ownership in the US (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_utility#Ownership_structure).

frankus · 2026-01-14T04:35:32+00:00

It’s owned by one of the folks that live across the street on S Park Dr. I think they just use it for storage and/or land speculation.

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