daihard (he/him)

Exciting news: Concrete-protected cycle lanes are coming to my neighbourhood.

#BikeTooter #SEABikes

Updating my #introduction!

I'm a Japanese living in Seattle, WA, married with a 6-year-old daughter. I write commercial database software for a living. Ironically, GNU/Linux is my primary and favourite operating system. My personal laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 running ChromeOS Flex.

I'm a big pedestrian/bicycle safety activist. I volunteer for a local advocacy group, Seattle Streets Alliance, to advocate for safe streets for everyone based on the #VisionZero principle.

Nice to meet you, everyone.

#Seattle

Thank you for the warning. I'll keep that in mind...

#BikeTooter #SEABikes #UniversityBridge

New light: Ravemen FR300. I use Ravemen's AGM04 adapter to hang the light underneath my out-front mount. I tried the sandwich method but didn't like the bulk it created with my computer sitting on top of it.

#BikeTooter #MastoBikes #SEABikes #Ravemen

My current setup as of April 2026. Components changed include:

Handlebar: Ritchey Comp Skyline (380mm)
Saddle: Selle Italia Novus Boost Evo Ti 316 (145mm)
Crankset: Shimano 105 50/34 (160mm) (1)
Wheels: Nepest NOVA 35
Tires: Pirelli P-Zero Race TLR 4S

(1) The bike came with the same crankset with longer (165mm) crank arms.

#BikeTooter #SEABikes #Roubaix #Nepest #SelleItalia #Pirelli

I always prefer individual racks like these over a corral. These ones are at the Akin building, Lake City, Seattle.

#CycleParkingAudit #SEABikes #BikeTooter #MastoBikes

Bike Industry, Please Stop Doing This

I agree with pretty much everything they said here—especially (1) Manufacturers should allow parts customization in orders, and (2) bike industry as a whole should focus on entry-level and/or endurance/all-road bikes.

#BikeTooter #RoadCycling #CadeMedia

Reversing Harrell cuts, Parks is now installing the remaining Lake Washington Blvd safety compromise plan

I'm so glad to have Katie Wilson as our mayor.

#SafeStreets #VisionZero #BicycleWeekends

I often hear that the urbanism discourse lacks perspectives from non-drivers. Is that true? As a self-identified urbanist who gets around almost exclusively by bike and transit, I find that inconceivable. I'd appreciate anyone's feedback on this.

It may make sense for tech giants, who rely heavily on AI, to demand water use prioritized for them. Of course, that by no means justifies it. Seattle has just enacted a year-long ban on AI data centres. I hope more municipalities follow suit.

RE: @meganL@mas.to

What enrages me even more than a driver hitting a more vulnerable road user is a driver who does that AND then flees the scene. What kind of cold-blooded humans are they?

https://bsky.app/profile/typewriteralley.bsky.social/post/3mmnki4rk2c2w

3 die in France as temperatures to exceed 105 F in Europe heat wave

And the Tour de France is scheduled to start in less than two weeks...

#Heatwave #CrimateCrisis #Europe

Why don't we implement a tax based on the vehicle weight and displacement instead?

RE: @jbz@indieweb.social

People who supported Zahilay should be outraged. This is a breach of trust, loud and clear.

#KingCountyPolitics

https://bsky.app/profile/typewriteralley.bsky.social/post/3mmukifzm3s2r

NIMBYs in Bainbridge Island are now up in arms about the fact that the Low Income Housing Institute, the org selected by the city to build and operate a planned workforce housing development in downtown Winslow, is being given a table at the Bainbridge Farmer's Market.

by Ryan Packer.

County's Midyear Budget Sparks Controversy Over Harm Reduction, Human Service Contracts, and Lobbyists

Good news. It's time Dembowski put more focus on his Seattle constituents.

#KingCountyPolitics #PugetSound