"DOL said Amazon provides the platform for the phone service and declined interview requests. AP journalists were able to replicate the voice by using an Amazon Web Services feature called Polly and selecting a voice called “Lucia,” which mimics Castilian Spanish." This is the wrong Spanish.

This is why I now have three transit cards. And...better go pay the gov some paperwork money myself. Now that I'm thinking of it.

Do they think AI would fix this?

Another news site said that this is near Thomas Jefferson High; this is one of the bougie parts of town.

Yep. And by making truth require a high speed connection / good data while lies will load over almost anything... or you can listen to AM radio. It's free & no internet or cell signal required. People believe the news that they can access.

Mike, your people are saying that we're all going to die and we need Jesus. They're saying our president did nothing to help them when they faced death threats. They're saying that we just need to eat beans & tofu & our money worries will dissolve. I don't think it's helping.

We need to realize that if fraud does happen, with, say, Medicaid or Medicare - it isn't the patients committing fraud. It is hospitals billing incorrectly. It is set-ups where a doctor submits a bill for a service a patient never receives - this is why the system is so strict about DME.

Some of the S King County cities are considering banning goon facilities, including Tukwila & Renton. I am concerned for the area further south. Especially since they are looking at warehouses.

So now they're trying to nominate someone who MAHA thinks is "establishment" but is known for being part of this endless chorus of "doctors don't know the truth about your hormones, birth control is scary". Y'know - one version or another of it is everywhere right now?

HEY, I AM DOING ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS! AND GIVING AWAY ANOTHER SIGNED ARC (Advance Review Copy) OF OBSTETRIX!!! YOU COULD GET TO READ IT EARLY (it doesn't come out until June) AND HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES STAY HOUSED!!!!

My partner found where the cat's toys went to hide. 10 of them that is. 2 of The Very Favorite Toys are still unaccounted for.

Yeah. We know. The women told us.

We've barely had winter here and I've been seeing the highest power bills ever. $297 for last month when the heat wasn't even on most of the time. We can no longer use the gas stove and the plan we are on makes it so that for part of the billing cycle anything over 180 is tier 2. 😭

Y'all still want to vote for Gavin?

Not sure that this was worth how much my head hurts...but I didn't want to be clueless when I went to work.

When will this end?

WA is trying to rectify our tax code...and there's a "first they came for the millionaires" protest as a result. 🤦‍♂️

Don't want to listen to Trump's lies, but DO want a State of the Union update? We've got you. Summer Lee will speak to what people are really feeling: anger at a rigged system, frustration with politicians who protect it, and pride in how our communities are fighting back. wfpus.org/SOTU2026

This is an access issue. I hope that the current students are able to finish.

Central is still at only 10% of the amount they think they need for Match rent relief. But they have cute new images to send around! www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-ren...

They’re calling it the most Spring Training triple play of all-time

I'm confused. How could anybody have video of people dying of Covid when we - HCWs - were the only ones present & no, we can't take a video of a patient dying a put it on the www - Covid has nothing to do with it - it's a HIPAA violation. The problem is that doctors - professors at important

The growing movement to cancel Flock Safety contracts across the country is great. We need to remember that Flock is one of many ALPR vendors and we need to oppose all of them. If we're not careful, we're going to dismantle Flock only to have Axon or Motorola take their place.

if you want to help you can donate to rent funds at standwithminnesota.com and you can help shout

Woot!

There's a new game called Routle and despite the fact that I have taken transit in various parts of this area for over 20 years I am sure I'd do badly - because I'm the sort of person who remembers when the 180 and 150 were the same route, just the 180 started further south.

We need free public restrooms. Also...there is a classism problem with transit, at least in the Tri-County region. The trains are viewed as belonging to people of a higher class & buses to a lower class. Efforts are made to increase train access only in rich areas and slow down access in poor area

This is from the UK...but yes, agreed.

No. Failure to participate in theocracy means you are a heretic. (Yes, I know it's not actually heresy, just regarded as one...a lot of my family are this type of heretic).

Petition for ST to have a more diverse board.

It's day 80 of the ICE occupation of MSP. Many of our neighbors have been in hiding for 11 weeks. We have 9 days to raise March 1 rent for those families. Please dig in and give as you can - many rent relief fund are in desperate need of $$ StandWithMinnesota.com

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It would be really helpful to know what "repeated" means. Are we worried about 3 concussions or 30?

"God uses means" works for the Reformeds. I've seen Pentecostals argue that the Covid vax is how "God healed the land." You unfortunately have to tailor the message to the belief system. I realize as HCW every time we try to think about this it is not that nuanced

First screenshot, bullet point 4 (this is from UK BTW)...they are trying to argue that puberty blockers are a human rights violation because they will prevent egg/sperm retrieval & storage.

This is being led by a former mayor candidate...but I fully agree Nancy Backus has to go. The fact that every time she is up for re-election she is endorsed by so many big names is concerning when you know the harm she has caused. (And this article is a *start*, but it's also what the courts

Well, my library account has three different names for me...not sure this helps.

"After posting a notice that an encampment will be cleared, the Department of Homeless Services will send outreach workers to the site daily for a week, with the goal of moving people into shelters and longer-term housing." Seattle et al would like a word about how this policy is "better".

This is really disappointing because this is a thing that is actually happening. I've seen these for rent on Zillow and known people who lived in them. The legislature is not meeting the moment.

@wadepthealth.bsky.social This would be really cool - I have the state air quality app (which is helpful, thank you!) & it looks like the sites were chosen to capture smoke only & the not the effects of highways / parked freeways & freight trains

Really kind of frustrated that my BON still has a 2021 statement up holding us accountable to both CDC & state DOH standards re: vax & mask info for our disinfo requirement...and the update is a DOH CE. I have a TRAIN account which ofc uses my work email which ofc is hard to access from home

Not just this...at one point we didn't have insulin. Or dialysis. Lots of basic medical care we take for granted is fairly new.

The robots did not work out. Not financially worthwhile. Got in the way of the nurses. Tbh, they got the cheap robots that couldn't operate elevators independently (this was in TNT at the time)...so I'm not quite sure how this was unexpected.

First pepper is up...and Lemon Drop beat out the Jalapenos. (Which is surprising because usually hotter peppers are slower). There are also an incredible amount of portulaca up; these are easier so far than I thought. Some of the petunias are up; they are imcredibly tiny.

Very confused why the Trip Planner website told me to take the bus tomorrow when I entered that I was starting at the end of the 1 Line. Yes, there is also a bus. Yes, I take city buses...but it didn't give me 1 Line as an option until I said to only show me the light rail.

1/3 of the country is okay with this part?

Heads up, Black Diamond and Enumclaw! On Tuesday (2/17), SR 169 traffic will alternate over the Green River Bridge from 9a-2p for routine maintenance. Expect delays in this area.

Petition to remember GoodSpaceGuy.

Abolish DH$, 1C€, the Patr10t Act and the War on Terr0r.

As cranky as I am about Dow joining ST along with his hand-picked board...I'm very glad he stepped aside so Zahilay could be here.