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September is National Preparedness Month. Staff members from King County Emergency Management and Washington Emergency Management Division are here to answer your questions about hazards in King County and how you can be better prepared for emergencies.
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Archive site: https://archive.is/OuLxJ
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Sea Slug Animation Festival is a film festival in the Pacific Northwest celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and weirdness of independent animation. Sea Slug showcases all forms and mediums of animation, but especially film. Sea Slug strives to empower local animators and animation fans from British Columbia to Washington to Oregon to NorCal to form personal and professional connections around animation, and to take pride in the talent right here in our neck of the woods.
Interesting video about the history of Seattle and how it's reflected in the map.
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Please vote in the general election this fall! 54 people in the state determined the outcome of the primary! This is the person who controls all five million acres of public lands and forest fire management.
great post with lots of great threads
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* https://archive.is/vaaUl * https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/lynnwood-link-extension The Lynnwood 1 Line extension is scheduled to open on this Friday, Aug 30th, 2024
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18992019 > @ACPMain > > >In Washington, our comrades at @ACP_Washington spent two days cleaning up Ravenna and Discovery Park. > > >Communists are putting in the work! > > [Image, description above] > > Screenshot:  > > --- > > Source: https://x.com/ACPMain/status/1824519286561415481 >
*The nonprofit announced Friday plans to shutter its South Lake Union and University District locations, citing retail theft, public safety concerns and rising rents and operational costs.*
[Original Link](https://www.kentreporter.com/northwest/belltown-hellcat-arrested-on-renton-bench-warrant/) This entire situation has been wild. From Miles' public defender turning to him and telling him to stop talking in courts, to the idea that renaming your Instagram profile gets around court orders, to just loaning your car out to friends.
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Location: 3rd and Union. The Joseph Vance Building Pay-wall link: https://archive.is/fNbTv
Seattle Police locked down the grocery store and the corner of 15th and John after a reported exchange of gunfire at the Capitol Hill Safeway early Sunday evening. No victims were found at the scene. 25 minutes later, a 911 caller reported a male with a gunshot wound to the leg at 12th and Fir. Police were called to the reported 15th and John shootout just after 5 PM as people in the parking lot and customers inside the store scrambled for cover. SPD taped off a large area around the parking lot and Williams Place Park where they reported finding multiple shell casings and at least one unspent round. According to East Precinct radio updates, the shootout involved at least two armed assailants with one reportedly fleeing northbound on a rental scooter. About 25 minutes after the Safeway call, police were called to 12th and Fir where a male was reported with a gunshot wound to the leg. Seattle Fire was at the scene to treat the victim and transport him to the hospital. It was not immediately clear if the incidents were separate shootings though at least one 911 caller described a group of possible suspects leaving the 12th and Fir scene. There were no reported arrests. According to a radio update, Seattle Police were investigating the possibility a Glock handgun reported stolen earlier in the day was used in the Capitol Hill shooting.
"Copacino Fujikado produced three video ads that exclusively feature male, apparently white, officers rescuing people from dangerous situations, including one in which a male officer saves a crying woman bound with rope from a man who is holding her and another woman hostage." https://publicola.com/2024/08/08/council-increases-spending-on-spd-marketing-rejects-proposals-to-release-youth-mental-health-funding-and-block-expansion-of-encampment-removal-team/
The Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) has adopted new toll rates for the SR 520 Bridge. Beginning **August 15, 2024,** toll rates will increase by an average of 10 percent, rounded to the nearest nickel. Depending on the time of day and day of week, tolls will either decrease by 10 cents or increase by up to 70 cents. In addition, the new rate schedule will feature six rate variations throughout the week instead of the current eight. Please see the table below for a breakdown of the changes: [Weekday rate changes \(Monday-Friday\)](https://preview.redd.it/twrapao67ahd1.png?width=968&format=png&auto=webp&s=9452051de1c9fb827c625847ed3a655d1b1fc95a) [Weekend rate changes \(Saturday & Sunday\)](https://preview.redd.it/9txxxld77ahd1.png?width=988&format=png&auto=webp&s=79348cd8289986e9b8d16424bc262f26aaace56e) State law mandates that tolls generate sufficient revenue to meet the bridge’s financial obligations, such as operations and on-going maintenance costs, and repaying construction bonds used to build the bridge. Tolls are also required to be set in a manner that helps maintain travel time, speed, and reliability in the corridor. These rate adjustments aim to streamline the toll structure while ensuring toll revenue meets the bridge’s financial requirements. For more information about the new toll rates and schedules please [visit our website](https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/roads-bridges/toll-roads-bridges-tunnels/sr-520-bridge-tolling).
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> The Seattle City Council delayed a vote on an initiative, I-137, to [fund social housing](https://publicola.com/2024/02/06/social-housing-backers-propose-new-tax-on-pay-above-1-million/), citing unspecified legal concerns, on Tuesday. The council’s last-minute maneuver prevents the measure from going onto the ballot in November, when progressive voter turnout is likely to be high. A majority of the council appears to oppose the [measure](https://www.letsbuildsocialhousing.org/initiative-text), which would impose a 5% tax, paid by employers, on employee compensation above $1 million a year.
Join me for some food, fun, and political conversations (if you're into that kind of thing)! Saturday, August 3, 3-8pm, Alki Beach Picnic shelters 3 & 4, near the Statue of Liberty. Let's kick back and chill with a pre-primary party! 😎☀️🥳 Burgers and hot dogs (meat and veggie) will be provided, along with some homemade dessert! Bring what you can to share, take what you need! [\#seattle](https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/seattle) [#ActuallyAutistic](https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/ActuallyAutistic) [#SeaPol](https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/SeaPol) [https://social.seattle.wa.us/@Saunatina4Seattle/112889669561392535](https://social.seattle.wa.us/@Saunatina4Seattle/112889669561392535) [@seattle@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/seattle) [@seattle@universeodon.com](https://universeodon.com/@seattle)
Anyone else hear these jets? They're zipping, and how. E: Blue Angels doing some practice.
Around 6pm US Pacific today (July 30 2024), The Needling published the following post, but pulled it offline sometime before 11:15pm that same evening. The url was https://theneedling.com/2024/07/30/texts-reveal-mayor-harrells-kink-for-dressing-as-dog-sitting-in-rich-peoples-laps/ but now goes to an error page. The article text is below. —— Texts obtained through a public records request by The Needling confirm suspicions that Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has in fact spent the majority of his on-the-clock time in public office indulging a kink for dressing up like a dog and sitting in rich people’s laps. “Up until now, we thought this idea that Mayor Harrell is super cozy with the richest people in town was more of a figure of speech, but we now know through texts he knew very well were public record that he spends much of his work time dressed as a leashed, furry pup going door to door in the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods,” said senior Needling investigative reporter Joey Tyler. “Now there’s nothing wrong with pup play–but on the job engaging in mansion backroom deals as a public servant? Some of these texts are graphic, so let’s just say he also likes getting on his knees and getting a really good sniff in there when he greets them.” The interactions were confirmed by Stuart Sloan, the rich man and owner of U Village with whom Harrell “shared disgust” regarding Denny Blaine’s queer nude beach—enough to attempt ruining it with a privately funded children’s playground last year. “While I am disgusted by human nudity at Denny Blaine Park, I do get off on mayors who want to wag their tails and lick my face when I need their attention,” said Sloan. “Bruce is such a good lap dog: He always comes when called. Just last night, he came over to my Lake Washington mansion, laid his floppy-eared head in my lap while I smoked $100 cigars and drank the last bottle of the most expensive wine on the planet. I told him exactly how I wanted this city run, and he agreed to every single request. Going forward, nudity will not only be banned in public parks but also inside your home.” At press time, the city was hopeful Harrell would tie himself a little less to the demands of the rich when he was spotted playing fetch with Mr. Sloan in Cal Anderson Park’s unofficial off-leash dog area.
