specseaweed

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specseaweed ,

Well that was somehow worse than I thought it would be.

It is difficult for me to square a need for law enforcement with the reality that the people doing it are often not the people you want doing it.

The old saying about how I’d never join a club that would have me seems apropos.

My councilperson is Rob Saka. His deep commitment to more cops being the answer strikes me as deeply unserious.

specseaweed ,

Jesus Christ Saka get a fuckin staffer so you stop being the clown of the council.

specseaweed ,

holy smokes that headline sucks

specseaweed OP , (edited )

Thanks so much for posting that. We’ll put em all on the list. We’ve never been to the island.

specseaweed OP ,

When is she coming and do you have a car?

specseaweed OP ,

If you’re ok with small spaces, the Seattle underground tours are really really fun.

I live in West Seattle so I’m biased, but I think the best park in the city is Lincoln park over on the west side of West Seattle. Grab some sandwiches (or ice cream) from Husky Deli in Alaska Junction then head down to Lincoln Park, get a bench down by the waterfront, and just hang out. The southern most part of Lincoln Park is the easiest way to get to the water. You can go thru the park too (which is a big beautiful urban forest) but the walk down to the water thru the park is a little steep, especially for people not used to hiking.

If dorky Americana type stuff is fun for you, there are lots of semi-pro sports happening around then. Our family likes going to the Dub Sea Fish Sticks games here in West Seattle, but there’s teams all over Seattle. The Fish Sticks play low level baseball and it’s much more people having a good time outside and screwing around than actual serious baseball. There’s also Ballard FC for soccer, with the same vibe.

specseaweed ,

finally man summit has been a slushie mess all year.

specseaweed ,

Boy that name just keeps popping up doesn’t it? You’d think we elected him to something.

specseaweed ,

I’m a union guy and I’ve been a union guy my entire life, since my first job in the early 90s. The problem here is the police union. The police union bargains to prevent the dumb bullshit they do from being taken away from them. When you see cops directing traffic after events, that’s because the cops are soaking up overtime and refuse to let another job title handle traffic. When you see cops responding to non emergency events, it’s because the cops are refusing to let another job title handle little shit.

We need more cops, but we would need FAR fewer and could focus their resources FAR better if we could redefine what a police officer does in the year of our lord 2024. It is a job title that is in obvious need of reimagining. What police provide and what the citizens want is not aligned and it’s crazy that the cops are just like, nah, we ain’t changing how bout dat

They just refuse to change but they make sure to complain the entire time.

specseaweed ,

We need a lotta things, but damn do we need to end the mega mergers too.

specseaweed ,

Thanks for posting that. Great article.

specseaweed ,

May I have snow please. Thank you.

specseaweed ,

"The Fremont Brewing co-founder "

oh shit really

fuck well that’s another on the do not drink list

specseaweed ,

more money for cops tax breaks spending cuts

great innovation guys

well shit

specseaweed ,

Family health problems. That sucks.

specseaweed ,

They’ve completely annihilated bedrock legal principles like standing and precedent (not to mention ethics of any kind or basic standard) but because they didn’t take this case, you’re making the argument that they aren’t “as bad as lemmy makes out”?

dafuq

They didn’t rule against it homie, they just didn’t take this particular case.

i never downvote as a general rule but goddamn i’m being tested here

Anyone else having issues with getting KCTS 9- PBS on a dtv antenna?

I don’t use cable television but have a current TV with internet and a dtv antenna because why bother. PBS hasn’t worked in forever. I saw a 3 year old post on how shitty the KCTS programming is, could they be not even broadcasting? Usually I can manually find if it’s a low signal, but I can’t even find a signal. It’s...

specseaweed ,

I get them perfectly fine. I have a shitty flat antenna in the window of my living room, going to an ancient Hauppage. I’m in West Seattle.

specseaweed ,

You’ve also got a state government that goes out of its way to hurt your city. So that sucks.

Maple Leaf Property Management Promissory Note

Recently I’ve been going back and forth with maple leaf property management to try and rent a townhouse but ran into them making me sign an ‘intent to rent’ promissory note in order to see a full lease. They sent me a generic lease, they haven’t even updated the language to reflect the new late fee policy. In order to...

specseaweed ,

thanks for posting this. that’s some fucking bullshit.

specseaweed ,

Bummer. We would load up on hot bar when we did conventions.

specseaweed ,

Kagi Universal Summarizer of the article:

  • Seattle is emerging as a major hub for fusion energy research and development, with five major companies working on fusion projects in the region.
  • Fusion energy promises unlimited, zero-emissions energy without radioactive waste but researchers have yet to achieve self-sustaining fusion.
  • Mastering fusion could create a $40 trillion global market and is attracting billions from investors like Gates, Bezos and Altman.
  • Helion Energy plans to build a 500 MW fusion power plant by 2030 and sell electricity from fusion to Microsoft by 2028.
  • Zap Energy received $5 million from the DOE to develop fusion technologies.
  • Avalanche Energy achieved a record in its micro-fusion reactor and raised $40 million.
  • ExoFusion and Kyoto Fusioneering are also working on important aspects of fusion in the Seattle area.
  • Universities and national labs in the region contribute to its strength in fusion research.
  • The goal of fusion research is to replicate the power of the sun on Earth.
  • While progress is being made, some remain skeptical of timelines and worry funds could be better spent on proven renewables currently.
specseaweed ,

Had a pipe burst in a rental in Seattle. No shut off. I called the city and they came out and installed a shut off the same day.

Give em a call and see if they’ll put one in.

specseaweed ,

Paxton’s career will be lost to history because of the gravity of the moments around him being heavier, but he is truly a special kind of monster. May he reap every single ounce of what he sowed.

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