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2 Line Eastside Bike Connector updated their map to include the new train stations opening today! If you’re seeing this on May 10th, you can go to the opening events!

Naturally, we’ve picked up the new version, and both Greater Northshore Bike Connector and MEGAMAP 1.7 – 10 May 2025 – are now available to download.

But this time, I have something to think about.

They've gone and changed their map key on me, and I'm not entirely sure what to do about that.

solarbird.net/blog/2025/05/10/

unplanned bike maps update was unplanned

but you want it because i accidentally listed some sharrows on 84th in lynnwood as bike lanes for a couple of blocks

sorry about that

also some new infrastructure and some quality of life improvements too so it’s not all mistake corrections xD

From: @solarbird
solarbird.net/blog/2025/05/04/

solarbird.netMaps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.6.1 – Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected
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check this out:

Cyclists DO NOT WANT TO CROSS 99 at 212th. They REALLY don't. I checked some heat maps; it's VERY clear.

They want to go half a mile or more out of their way and cross at 208th, or a mile and a half via 228th.

Not wanting to cross 99 at 220th makes sense on the map. 220th interacts with I-5 in ugly ways not much further east. That's fine.

But 212th doesn't. There's infrastructure on either side of 99, albeit short a couple of blocks. And _people use that infrastructure_.

But they _don't_ leave it. And they _don't_ cross 99 there.

And I can't for the life of me tell you why from looking at maps.

They know something, though.

I wonder what.

March 29th Tesla Takedown

Okay! So! Tesla Takedown Day, March 29th, as it happened in Lynnwood.

It went pretty well. I’m not good at estimating crowd sizes; I thought it was around 300, but it turns out they did a more formal count and it was more like 425. That’s funny, given the location and area code, but also pretty dang good for south Snohomish county.

Drivers going by honked a LOT of support. The counter-crowd was functionally nonexistent – we had a couple of drive-by finger-throwers and swearers, but I only saw one (1) MAGAt hat. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I do think I expected a little more than that.

There was also one fash hanger-on littleman doing a livestream while walking down the sidewalk through the crowd. I think he only did one run-through – I can’t be sure, but I didn’t spot him a second time, and I was looking. He had a couple of his buds trailing behind him, maybe as bodyguards? They weren’t talking, though.

Littleman himself was going off to his audience of maybe tens about how “pathetic” all these people were with “nothing better to do” on a Saturday afternoon. I really wish I’d turned around and gone into my “aren’t you so pathetic! what a good li’l booklicker! <3” doggie voice before delivering commentary about how if protesting is pathetic showing up to cover a protest must be a whole ‘nother world of pathetic but alas, I didn’t.

There’s always next time.

But yeah, even in Snohomish County, the people going by were overwhelmingly on our side. Overwhelmingly, and enthusiastically. Which isn’t that surprising but is good to have confirmed.

Cascadia Strong, team.

Hm, what else? I’ve got a few other notes:

The GMC dealership next door to the Fashhaus had to set up traffic monitors, because the crowd on sidewalks meant they couldn’t see the road on the way out. We weren’t blocking the driveway at all, we just blocked the view by being there. They weren’t mad – after all, we weren’t protesting them.

Lots of people wanted photos of my sign – both sides, specifically. I think I want to change “DO NOT” on the “DO NOT BUY CARS FROM NAZI ASSHOLES” to “DON’T” though, because:

DON’T buy
CARS from
NA-zi
ASS-holes

…is a good chant rhythm. Repeat the set three times, then “Don’t! Buy! their CARS!” over the same beat count, and you’ve got a nice little bit going, I think.

One of the few pro-Tesla cretins who did show up drove by the crowd a couple of times in their Incel Camino with a big I <3 ELON sign, but I couldn’t help but notice that they’d debadged the skip truck. No Tesla logo to be seen.

Hilarious.

We had a couple of T-Rex brigade people show up, that’s always fun. I also managed to completely miss that other people I know where there. From talking with them on Monsterdon afterwards, I literally walked by them multiple times and didn’t notice. But, well, I suppose that wasn’t the point.

Anyway, all in all, two hours, overwhelming enough support to help a bit with the ol’ morale, plus the weather held and we biked there so got in some good exercise. Not a bad day.

Next major event up are the Hands Off!/All Out protests on the 5th. I’ll have a post up about it on Monday; find your local and show up. It won’t be specifically Elon Musk this time, it’ll be about the whole Trump administration, and these have to keep happening and keep getting bigger.

See you on Saturday, I hope.

@moira and I spent our early afternoon by attending a Tesla Takedown protest today. We were at the one in Lynnwood, and a count by a gentleman who went by me put the crowd at about 425.

Lots of drivers going past us were sympathetic and honked loudly in support. There _were_ a small number of people who were obnoxious to us, but honestly fewer than I expected, which was really nice.

And at least the people who went by us in the white Cybertruck carrying "We ❤ Tesla" and "We ❤ Elon" signs had the good sense to stay in their vehicle. 😛

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HEY EVERYBODY DOING THIS

You need to talk about it. At least to say you did it, that you were there.

Media's not reporting it. The fash podcaster littleman was literally the ONLY media showing up.

YOU HAVE TO REPORT IT INSTEAD.

Which is why I'm writing all this up. WE have to spread the news, because THEY WILL NOT.

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hm what else

The non-Tesla car dealership next door had to set up traffic monitors because the crowd on sidewalks meant they couldn't see the road on the way out. We weren't blocking the driveway at all, we just blocked the view by being there. They weren't mad - after all, we weren't protesting _them_.

Lots of people wanted photos of my sign. I think I want to change "DO NOT" to "DON'T" since

DON'T buy
CARS from
NA-zi
ASS-holes

is a good chant rhythm. (Repeat 3x, then "Don't! Buy! their CARS!" over the same beat count.)

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There was one little fash man podcaster doing a livestream while walking down the sidewalk through the crowd - once only, I think - with a couple of his buds behind him,. talking to his audience of maybe tens about how "pathetic" all these people were with "nothing better to do" on a Saturday afternoon, and I wish I'd turned around and gone into my "aren't you so pathetic! what a good li'l booklicker! <3" doggie voice before delivering commentary about how if protesting is pathetic showing up to _cover_ a protest must be a whole 'nother _world_ of pathetic but alas, I didn't.

there's always next time

Okay so it was hard to get photos but I think we had nearly 300 (eta: Anna said they did a count of 425!) - I could count about that and I'm pretty sure I missed some but I also could've double-counted from across the street - at Lynnwood Tesla.

(It's hard to count through moving cars.)

That's pretty good.

Drivers honked a LOT of support. The counter-crowd was functionally _nonexistent_ - we had a couple of drive-by finger-throwers and swearers, but I only saw one (1) MAGAt hat. Which is kinda nuts.