hillbilly allergy

throwing shade

I’d like to speak to the manager

summer job

4pm in Seattle two days after solstice

"Some of the rarest & highest-end instruments, like that [$495K] ’59 Les Paul [or] advertised online. Instead, Boone acts as a matchmaker [for the] small group of collectors willing and able to buy them. some nice fret work by by @jimbrunner.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Ballard—Fremont border zone

Several Seattle school properties that were leased to developers in the 1980s are paying the district below-market rents, and won't expire until the 2080s--or, one case, 2181. “The language…is really in the tenant’s favor, and we’re stuck.” www.seattletimes.com/business/ami...

‘In Seattle, rising interest in co-homeownership is so evident that a new crop of housing developments & real estate companies [now sell] “fractional” homes—private bedroom suites w access to communal kitchens & living rooms.’ www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

“multiqueen super colonies” sounds like a something Elon Musk might have in for his Mars colony — but, no, it’s part of an earthly invasion— as The Seattle Times’ @pgcornwell.bsky.social reports www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

But Peter was a naughty rabbit who gossiped in Maths and had to stay after and write sentences and he missed his dinner.

Methow Valley police blotter is the best police blotter

Historians uncover missing page from 1973 Whole Earth Catalog

sailor eclipse

January o’clock

After losing a legal battle with a developer, the Washington town of Cle Elum has swung from a potential housing boom to a $22 million bust, and is now contemplating bankruptcy, reports @jimbrunner.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

12 years of Inslee: @jimbrunner.bsky.social with a look back on the wins, losses and draws for one of Washington state's longest-serving governors. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

ivory towers

crack of dusk

sleep in heavenly peace

silent night

last direct sunlight of 2024!!! Also, until March!!!

Santa team building weekend, 2024!!!

the boys are back in town

history of flight

screen time

sun, dialed

After a summer of mixed guest reviews and a $4.6 million loan default in November, the new owner of Orcas Island's Rosario Resort has brought in veteran hotel experts and says he's close to having new financing & will fully reopen in May. www.seattletimes.com/business/str...

Seattle's 'forever home' problem, via @heidigroover.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

And that, children, is how Crown Hill saved Christmas

Good story by biz wiz @pauledroberts.bsky.social on the anti-Tesla backlash in Seattle

“It’s surprising how much more often I get flipped off now.” In liberal Seattle, driving a Tesla, whose maker helped reelect Trump, now can earn its own kind of ‘Seattle freeze’. Some Tesla fans say they won't get another--or have ditched the brand entirely. www.seattletimes.com/business/onc...

when AI designed a lamp

saturday, in the park

Mid-20th century artist Stanley Roy Badmin had a sharp, almost miniaturist eye for carefully composed detail, and shows a heroic disregard of modern trends in his depictions of an idyllic peacefully-ordered British landscape. Here’s his ‘Cushendall’ seek-unique-co.s3.amazonaws.com/guypeppiatt-...

Donald Trump’s victory is giving Democrats—or some of them—political cover to rethink the government institutions that have been failing to deliver, argue @ezraklein and guests. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

How it’s done

“A lot has happened to me…I’m still standing and thriving, but I’m thinking to myself, ‘What’s the next big thing that could hit?’” For Seattle-area residents, Social Security isn't just a retirement income Via Jessica Fu/The Seattle Times www.seattletimes.com/business/eco...

our lady of the perpetual discount

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Cruelest of all romance scams

9th remaining Sears closes ‘One customer noted the irony of Sears, founded as a mail-order retailer, losing out to abetter version of the same business model. “Everyone blames Amazon for closing brick & mortar stores. But these guys were the original Amazon.”’ www.seattletimes.com/business/at-...

The upgrade to a cloud-based system, which affects everything from driver licensing fees to foster care pmts, will now be 4 years late. An outside expert sharply criticized WA's project mgmt & raised pointed questions about how the new system is being tested. www.seattletimes.com/business/yea...

This is quite a chart. The median age of a first-time homebuyer is now 38, a record high.

Oddly, demand is tiny for Seattle’s smallest non-floating home on the market—a 223-sq ft hotel room-turned-condo, w a little kitchenette & shared kitchen/bathroom sink. “We have to wait for the right buyer.” www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

“Less red” is the new “more blue”

My email inbox suggests the ratio is perhaps higher, as I'm pretty sure I've heard from at least 200k PR people.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man’s mom came around looking for him and she was pissed

November o’clock