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This will be the third Seattle police chief in a row that resigns in scandal. Worth emphasizing - the police chief makes over 300K a year. Median pay for Seattle police officers is about 160k a year (plus 50k signing bonus), which is a decent percentage more than I make as a professional engineer.
Seattle police chief Shon Barnes is getting $700,000 in a settlement for leaving the department, PubliCola has confirmed.
That's almost two years' salary for Barnes, who is also getting to keep a $50,000 hiring bonus intended for rank and file officers, which he received after former mayor Bruce Harrell hired him last year. Police officers have to return the bonus, on a prorated basis, if they leave before five years.
Lviv after the overnight Russian attack. An apartment building was hit. At least one person was killed here, and search and rescue operations are still ongoing. More than 30 people are injured.
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Leon Davis admitted himself into a Federal Way hospital for alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Two days later, police pinned him to the hospital floor, killing him.
Man pinned by police at WA hospital died as doctor, nurses watched
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan has become the main source of beryllium oxide ceramics for the Russian military-industrial complex. It is indispensable for military radars, including Iskander missile seekers, — The Insider. Beryllium oxide ceramics are unique for their high thermal conductivity. 1/3
Guys…. What if Andy Bashir resigns to run for McConnell’s senate seat?
Ka$h goes to Moscow to hang with his besties at the FSB apparently youtu.be/jPwlPUtR2D8?...
Kash Patel in Moscow - Guest of the FSB - Is This a Match Made in Hell?!
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Ignorant me thought Wildberries was just a cereal factory. This makes much more sense now.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2w ago🔥🔥Two major Wildberries logistics hubs are burning after the overnight drone attack on Russia. One fire is in Krasnodar. The other is in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai. Wildberries is Russia’s Amazon-style e-commerce giant, with massive logistics hubs across the country. 🎥 Krasnodar
Been talking to @mykolabielieskov.bsky.social about the appointment of Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new Ukrainian Commander in Chief. His first response was: “Best Choice of Zelensky”.
Chinese warship holds live-fire drills inside Japan’s economic waters for first time
Chinese warship holds live-fire drills inside Japan’s economic waters for first time
Exercise took place about 180km from Okinotori, Japan’s southernmost island, and comes as Chinese and Philippine sailors clashed in the South China Sea A Chinese missile destroyer fired live rounds for the first time inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during a drill on Sunday, a day before Chinese and Philippine sailors clashed in the South China Sea. Three Chinese warships and a Russian frigate were spotted sailing between Okinawa’s main island and Miyako island into the Pacific on Thursday, before being picked up again around 330km south-west of Okinotori in the early hours of Sunday morning. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies
Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies
Iran has attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, after the US launched a tenth consecutive night of strikes * Middle East crisis live: follow latest updates Nearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes on Iran, the Pentagon has said, as Tehran launched a wave of reprisals to the tenth consecutive night of attacks. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they had targeted US military sites including air defence systems and a radar installation in Bahrain and Kuwait, while a tanker in the strait of Hormuz reported being struck by an unknown projectile, forcing its crew to abandon the vessel and board a lifeboat. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
GE Aerospace said it reached new milestones on its hybrid electric engine project, a fuel-saving initiative it has worked on with NASA for more than a decade.
Hybrid electric aircraft reach new heights as climate rules loom
seattletimes.com
I’m tired of winning.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2w ago17 US service members have been killed in Trump's Iran war and more than 400 wounded, but the Pentagon has stopped disclosing when troops are injured and didn't even reveal three strikes against US forces last week. More than 1,700 Iranian civilians have been killed. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
