"Growth of AI means the imposition of Western values, very much at the expense of Indigenous frameworks. This is ‘algorithmic colonialism’, in the words of the Ethiopian-born cognitive scientist Abeba Birhane: a new kind of colonialism every bit as destructive as the old." aeon.co/essays/an-ai...

Unlike in Japan, the U.S. 7-11 model assumes customers arrive by car & visit occasionally. The car-centric geography shapes entire biz model b/c stores are spread far apart. That's 1 reason why the Japanese 7-11 model cannot be copied in the U.S. Via Asian Boss. youtube.com/watch?v=a3EH...

An advancing Sound Transit proposal would spend $6 million for planning and design of fare gates at 14 Link stations, with a future Sound Transit board vote expected to allocate $87 million for full construction. Story: www.theurbanist.org/sound-transi...

Sound Transit Board Committee Advances Fare Gate Retrofit Program

The proposal would spend $6 million planning and designing fare gates at 14 Link stations, with a future Sound Transit board vote expected to allocate the full $87 million construction cost. The agenc...

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Elvis is alive and well in Edmonds, Washington.

I can't make eye contact if I can't see you in the vehicle.

Gwen 🚲🏳️‍🌈@gkdavie.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Make sure to make eye contact with drivers while you're biking." Crackdown on these illegal window tints then.

"Google has basically stopped sending people to websites (including our site) for answers and information. Instead, it's using AI to answer them on its platform, in its words." ~ @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/07/31/g...

Publishers are losing Google traffic as AI answers replace links

It's time to start anticipating the shift to an LLM world.

axios.com

My thoughts exactly.

Joyce Millman@joycemillman.bsky.social · 2w ago

If the deputy chief is capable enough to be left in charge for weeks at a time, then he should be chief. WTF are we paying Barnes $300,000 a year for? Why even hire somebody who won’t move here? I don’t get it.

A recap from Mountlake Terrace city staff on how each department is doing based on the 2024 stragetic plan, including wastewater and water systems, affordable housing, residential code compliance & public safety. mymltnews.com/mlt-2025-per...

Mountlake Terrace 2025 performance report: City exceeds business, public safety goals, affordable housing lags | MLTnews.com

The Mountlake Terrace City Council at its July 23 meeting heard city staff report on each department’s performance for 2025 based on the City’s 2024

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I visited Canary Wharf in Dec. 2023 & walked around the area twice, skipping most of the typical London scenes during my 4-night stay in Poplar. What attracted me the most was the walkability & fewer traffic.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2w ago

Canary Wharf holds lessons for Andy Burnham ft.trib.al/OFSN5iZ | opinion

A month after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, many parents in Edmonds School District wanted resource officers to be out of schools. Now some families are asking District to reinstate SROs in light of recent youth shootings in Lynnwood and Edmonds.

Lynnwood Today@lynnwoodtoday.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mountlake Terrace resident Jackie Trio addressed traffic speed & safety near her home, esp. during school hours during July 23 MLT City Council meeting. She said “people will honk at us” when she bikes w/ her 6 yr old who attends 1st grade at Terrace Park Elementary. mymltnews.com/mlt-council-...

Julian from Siccas Guitars. It took 5 days to finish the subject. #AffinityDesigner #vectorart

Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Nature reports how some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications. 🌎🧪

Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world

Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications.

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Noise pollution hurts, at least among those with fibromyalgia. A 2026 study of 88 ppl with FM found that nature sounds, silence, & static do not reduce pain but urban noise intensifies it. Review by Paul Ingraham. www.painscience.com/blog/nature-...

City noise pollution may aggravate pain (and nature sounds don’t help)

Nature sounds didn’t beat silence for fibromyalgia in this trial—but urban noise did make it worse.

painscience.com

Would love to see more of this in the U.S. Some parts of B.C. (Canada), like Victoria, is already evolving.

Meredith Glaser@cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 3w ago

My favorite quote from a Dutch traffic engineer: if you need a sign, it’s a bad design. Photo: @urbancyclinginstitute

Another project. It's coming together. The attention to details pays off 🙂 #AffinityDesigner

Even as an non-disabled driver who owns a car, I hate it too. And it makes me the way I am. I wish I could only use my car for choice things - road trips, getting lumber, picking up dirt for the garden, etc. but instead I have to use it all the time for everyday tasks. Which is bonkers to me.

I've been nomadish most of my adult life, & I've been giving aging in place more thought since my early 40s when I moved back to San Diego in Sept. 2018. Then COVID + unemployment + severe heat made me take a risk by moving to WA. Story by @a-rlnt.bsky.social mylynnwoodnews.com/is-aging-in-...

Is aging in place still attainable in Snohomish County? Here’s what experts think - My Lynnwood News

For most people, home is where the heart is. That is why many older adults prefer to age in place – somewhere that is familiar and comfortable to them, and […]

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"The measure included considerable exemptions for goods that the US does not widely produce or relies on Brazil for, such as beef, coffee, orange juice and aircraft parts, as Washington tries to clamp down on a growing affordability problem ahead of November’s midterm elections."

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4w ago

The tariffs — which will affect items including wood, machinery and corn ethanol — are set to take effect later this month. ft.trib.al/X7rLCsR

The man who drove a car with 4 passengers off of Edmonds ferry dock last year pled guilty in Snohomish County Courthouse today to 2 counts of homicide, one count of vehicular assault, & one count of vehicle theft. mymltnews.com/man-who-drov...

Man who drove car off Edmonds ferry dock pleads guilty to homicide, vehicular assault charges | MLTnews.com

Accused of driving a car off the Edmonds-Kingston ferry dock in June 2025, killing two passengers, William Russell-Leonard on Wednesday pled guilty to two

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The City of Brier held its first horse show Wednesday morning where several horse owners showcased their Shetland ponies, miniature horses, & Arabians. Brier resident Susan Ernst talked about horse rescues & how horses can be therapeutic to elderly ppl in memory care. mymltnews.com/first-brier-...

First Brier horse show draws attention to animal rescue | MLTnews.com

Children and families gather at the Brier Park Arena for the City of Brier's first horse show. Several horse and pony owners took turns demonstrating some

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Scientific research: If a hypothesis or theory cannot be proven to be false, it is generally accepted as truth until evidence says otherwise. Journalism: If someone or an organization cannot be proven to be dirty or corrupt, it is generally accepted as truth until evidence says otherwise.

Even in digital art, there is still a "learn to see" as in traditional art. I think this can be transfered to painting, graphite, lettering, etc. Or even cooking! I think I'm addicted to doing this, esp. with Lofi Girl playing. #AffinityDesigner

I never thought I could create the illusion of 3D with 2D vector art. Work in progress 😀 #AffinityDesigner

Kinda weird to see #SketcherFest Edmonds is happening in here and the upstairs of the Edmonds Waterfront Center instead of the other places in the last three years.

Dates by ebike are the best. Last night we had dinner downtown and planned to stop by a nearby brewery on the way home. But the sunset was so pretty on the river that we decided to just keep riding to see lakes + sunset instead. And we landed at a different brewery w/ a live band. 1/2

“Some people think our problem is that everyone owns two cars, so we should just make more parking spaces. Or we could switch our investment that we’re already making so that people don’t need two cars.” ~ Mountlake Terrace resident Corey Cross, July 9, 2026 MLT City Council meeting

I'd love to see them remove two street parking lanes and replace them with bike parking, then remove two traffic lanes and replace them with trees and walking paths. Taking away those four lanes still leaves two traffic lanes, which is plenty for this area!

Several meta-analyses have reported that women have similar relative muscle mass & strength gains as men following resistance training, despite women having a 10- to 20-fold lower testosterone & up to 200-fold lower free testosterone concentrations than men. massagefitnessmag.com/fitness/mech...

I’m one of them…I lost my health insurance in January when my premium doubled. Thanks, Trump.