Bus Lane... or SCANDAL? 😱

This is gonna make slam dunk sense to a lot of normies though. Gotta reckon with that. I'm not talking about the NextDoor crowd or the suburban KOMO consumers.

I think at that point it really is about the socioeconomic supports for parents. I have two, we were only 35 when we had the second, and the idea of three had been floated, but for that I saw a need for - more money - bigger house - cheaper childcare Mostly to not shortchange the first two...

I would shoot my children in the feet before I would ever let them enlist, lest they end up serving under a Republican administration.

you're gonna have to be more specific

This is sociopathy masquerading as socialism.

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I spent 6 months working for a Swiss NGO researching the tactics used by Big Oil and how similar they are to Big Tobacco’s tactics, and I can tell you that the ones used by ‘Big AI’ are virtually identical.

The Seahawks couldn’t afford last season’s RB room, but they can recreate it in the aggregate.

I recently learned that my 5th grader is better at identifying AI slop than I am.

Ugh, day 2 of flu symptoms. My SIL and niece exposed us this weekend. My son and I are feeling it. However, we're not doing crazy bad, hoping that's bc we got our flu shots (niece got really, really sick because her dad won't allow her to get one).

Dads, what you need to do is make a point of initiating and answering a lot of correspondence with the school, regardless of whether you've identified yourself as the primary contact. Get them used to dealing directly with you. It takes some time and consistent effort.

Starbucks: Screw you, Seattle. All our unionizing woes will be over once we leave you for Tennessee. Tennessee:

Temu, NO!!!

Officer I have a different way of calculating blood alcohol percentage

Cocaine Salmon Would Like to See You Swim That Far Upstream without a Little Bump: tinyurl.com/5er8hhhj

Hey, @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social you literally GOT this story from me. I broke it days ago on Bluesky and then on my own website, PubliCola. THE POST WAS DOWN BY YESTERDAY. I RAN INTO YOUR REPORTER WHO THANKED ME FOR BREAKING THIS NEWS today. Give my independent outlet credit immediately.

Great timing to announce this on 4/20. This looks like made for stoner viewing.

This is almost exactly like our story, from the postpartum depression after kid #1 to the immense satisfaction of both being home after kid #2. There's always one aspect of our story that I tend to zero in on, which is the difference in employer relationships and just how pronounced it was:

"why don't people like AI?" hmm a real poser...maybe because AI proponents are a collection of the worst people alive bragging about how badly it's going to fuck everything up, which is fine with them because they'll be rich? that's one possibility

Good morning Bluesky. Say hello to our resident Orca, in front of the Seattle waterfront during a gorgeous PNW sunset. He was traveling with his family and T034s, T037/T037Bs. Those little ones in the pods are always the most playful ones. We love our whales. This photo should be a poster!

I think we truly don’t appreciate how much the internet has influenced and given rise to the idea that *everything* is debatable and the ultimate arbiter of truth is determined by who is willing to talk the longest.

Exactly one year ago today:

In case you missed it: first-person video footage of the U.S. Navy Divers Medical Team opening the hatch and entering inside the Orion Integrity capsule to meet the Artemis II heros U.S. Navy Courtesy Asset/ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One www.dvidshub.net/video/100269... #Artemis 🧪🔭

How is TJ Maxx not getting in on "looksmaxxing," riding it hard for a fiscal quarter of advertising campaign, then walking away with the satisfaction of having murdered the trend.

Lots wrong with this, but the "delayed motherhood" part got me thinking, and peers who became parents earlier than we did typically didn't end up having more children than we did. And we didn't end up having more children than peers who became parents older than we did.

J.D. Vance telling Geddy Lee how to play bass.

So the big studios are abandoning the US and turning the staff workers into contractors to get out paying for healthcare. The United States is losing one of its defining industries because of not having universal healthcare and the people are going to be even more vulnerable to the industry.

No one has played themselves out of the hall of fame quite like Chappelle. Make your name speaking truth to power, and then one day you are the power, and you take a 40-minute softball NPR interview to say don't speak truth to me, why is everyone speaking truth to me?

Yeah, Mackenzie Scott is a fascinating case. She is literally ignoring the SOPs of philanthropy in order to give away wealth as quickly and efficiently as possible and she’s still getting richer. At her level it is impossible not to make money. Tax billionaires, A LOT.

Some of you are not in community with anyone who is struggling financially and it really, really shows.

When our attempts at DIY appliance repair come up short, it's nice to know I can text the seven-foot-tall Russian appliance repairman and he'll show up same day. Props to Big Al for now having fixed most of our major appliances (both fridges, laundry machines, dishwasher).

Look, if you're in your 30s or 40s, live with roommates and know you'll never afford to buy a house (in a place you'd actually want to live), but you make a good-sounding number of dollars per hour, can buy cheap consumer goods, and get quality secondhand furnishings for free, do you feel broke?

The bright American Golden Years every senior envisions, DoorDashing to try and keep your spouse alive. Every day they show how far out of touch they are in the most obvious ways.

I dunno, I think the degradation starts with healthcare bankruptcies, poverty-wage jobs, and making heroes out of the people whose sole ambition in life is to exploit the vulnerable and people trying to earn a living. I think it's easy to conclude that moral decay starts at the top.

It cost $9B to run the postal service last year is what I’m hearing. Seems like a screaming deal compared to a lot of other things.

Just absolute failed leadership. It’s so bad that the party leaders have to be overcome to do the right thing.

Would you step in the box to bat against Johnny Dickshot?

Everyone in the world: *busy doing other things* Melania Trump: HEY REMEMBER ME AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN?! Everyone: What, no? Melanie: Me and Donald partied with him! Everyone: Kinda forgot about you. Go on. Melanie: Also, Ghislaine Maxwell... But, I was not an escort. Everyone: Umm, wtf?

The Union was far too lenient on the traitors after the Civil War. Happy Confederate Surrender Day (or whatever it’s called)

Ah, so now he’s f*cking an Ottoman too

Happy Shoulda Finished The Job Day

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

The US press is going to hide this from you but the reason there are "strikes on Lebanon" and "confusion over the strait" is that TRUMP RANDOMLY AGREED TO THE CEASEFIRE TO ESCAPE HIS OWN BLUFF WITHOUT WORKING OUT ANY OF THESE DETAILS

Wow, I knew I have been feeling a certain way that was both familiar and distant, but I didn't put it together...

Anyone in Seattle still thinking We Heart Seattle is a well-meaning services org must look at its leader Andrea Suarez. Who she is, the lies she tells, the right-wing racist causes and the thugs she hangs with. If an elected official or candidate is with Suarez, then you know them too.

A friend of mine created a really fun baseball guessing game. It's a great way to take your mind off things for a few minutes. mlbguessr.com

They really, really don't. A guy across the street from my kids' elementary school owns one, and the way it is parked obscures almost half of the crosswalk right outside the school's gate.