@council.seattle.gov it is time to start considering a full Flock ban in the city
Devin
@kasota.bsky.social
Maybe social media just isn't a thing anymore.
I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
> Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel as part of the probable cause justification to search his car for weed; he was arrested on possession charges.
404 Media@404media.co · 3h ago"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
The SpaceX IPO only put 5% of its shares on the market. Another 20% were scheduled to unlock after the Q2 earnings call. That call was yesterday. In the meantime, the stock has fallen over 40% from its initial days of trading. $SPCX 📉 9.25% in pre-market trading as shareholders offload this junk.
SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans
Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company.
bbc.com
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.
Relief in sight! Surface smoke will remain moderate to heavy overnight, with moderate smoke on Wednesday, then less surface smoke on Thursday, as onshore winds push smoke east. Stay tuned for more info! #wawx Loop: HRRR surface smoke via @wxfront.bsky.social
This is @kelabe.bsky.social 's year! So excited for him to represent my family in the 37th!
Devin@kasota.bsky.social · 14h agoKelabe Tewolde at 46% against a 20 something year incumbent is huge! That will creep up over the next few days and he's got this race!
Anyone know how the AP is calling the race for MGP before the WA SOS posts results?
Link for those in need: kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
August 2026 Primary Election - King County, Washington
kingcounty.gov
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Income taxes are popular regardless of what one wants to think
"TikTok’s algorithm pushed him thousands of videos about suicide, sadness, hopelessness and loneliness, right up until he killed himself."
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
bloomberg.com
Today's vote in Kansas on whether to hold partisan elections for Kansas Supreme Court seats is not about "democracy." It is about Republican politicians who are angry at the court and Kansas voters for protecting abortion rights, and who want to reshape the court to do what Republicans want.
The Push to Elect Kansas Supreme Court Justices Is a Cynical Anti-Abortion Power Grab
In 2022, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected the GOP’s anti-abortion agenda. Four years later, state lawmakers are trying “another path.”
ballsandstrikes.org
Whether someone realizes it or not, accepting the "liberal bubble" framing at all is a way of granting the utterly absurd notion that the globally reviled and increasingly unpopular views of the reactionary right are the norm
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 2d ago"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Yesterday’s unanimous committee vote to ban predatory rental junk fees is a key step toward greater transparency and fairness for renters. -Mayor Katie B. Wilson and Councilmember Dionne Foster
tapping the sign
Welcome to the Age of Diarrhea
The future is not knowing what ails you
stringinamaze.net
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · yesterday“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”
Remember when Saka feigned concern over more (incredibly regulated and locked down) speeding cameras for school zones (that are proven to save lives) just a couple years ago? Pepperidge Farms remembers But now when it comes to this less regulated black box surveillance system, *it's urgent*
Transportation Chair Saka Questions School Zone Camera Expansion Plan » The Urbanist
# A plan to expand the number of school zone speed cameras has been in the works for nearly two years. But Councilmember Rob Saka is raising questions about the idea and funds allocated to make it hap...
theurbanist.org
These guys are really wanting to feed us into the AI surveillance state while their neighbors are actively being sent to concentration camps
They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.
Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 20h agoSusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Smoke, Bad Air Quality, and Heat for Western Washington #wawx youtu.be/drGQY9hxh1s
Smoke, Bad Air Quality, and Heat for Western Washington
YouTube video by Western Washington Weather
youtu.be
"Thank goodness he's concentrating all King County offices downtown regardless of function and instituting an RTO policy, compelling those who live and perform field duties further out in our massive county to inevitably drive and commute more"
It's days like this, where I drop my kids off at daycare under an orange smoke-filled sky, that I stop and say "thank goodness the King County Executive disbanded our climate policy office"
