I would assume that the efficacy of treating a job search as a full time job goes down the more senior your position is, too. Not a lot of director level jobs out there, fewer than mid or entry level positions, so less work to be done.
Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social · 3w agoThere's this concept that unemployed people should "treat looking for a job like it's full time work" that doesn't really survive first contact with the *actual* labor market. There are very quickly diminishing returns to looking for work.
Seattle folks, this is Matt Calkins, who rage-quit after the local daily wouldn't run his transphobic rants
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 3w agoIn case you’re wondering what the Outkick guy is up to with the Finals credential WNBA PR gave him: He saw two WNBA PR employees sitting at their desks during the national anthem and posted their photo to Twitter and has followed up with additional posts attempting to dox them
I wrote about the PEOs and their labor complaints late last year, when they were trying to get things like paid lunch breaks (since they often get called away during these breaks to work) and better pay, last year. (The pay I mentioned above reflects the more recent contract.)
Parking Enforcement Officers On Work Slowdown After Contract Negotiations Stall - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Seattle’s parking enforcement officers have been engaged in a work slowdown since mid-November, after failing to…
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Strangely missing from this article is that the main reason parking enforcement officers say it's hard to hire more of them is the low pay— $69,000 to $77,000—for jobs that are largely outdoors and involve more than just writing tickets. (Reposting thread to reflect update wages.)
Why isn’t Seattle hiring parking enforcement officers if they make money?
As one of the few revenue-generating city jobs, they should be a budget writer's best friend. Not this year.
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I used to think that Men Who Hate Women, the original title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was way too on the nose. How very, very fucking wrong I was.
@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄🟫@amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 5mo ago“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”
Spokane’s approach to urban tree canopy is to… plant more trees! The SpoCanopy and CoolCanopy programs plant new, healthy trees both on public rights-of-way (easements) and on private property upon request. This $6 million program was funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
From the Spokane community on Reddit: New Trees from SpoCanopy!
Explore this post and more from the Spokane community
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all they need is Trump-Presidential level low-propensity turnout I'm *sure* they'll get that with Trump at 30 percent approval in Pew
Vituperative Erb@vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 3w agoAm i missing something or is the GOP theory of “we’re not as fucked as we seem” at this point something like “unusually robust Election Day GOTV for low-propensity voters?”
"Firefighter Peter Friedel and his wife have checked out some 20 to 30 houses over the past six months in their quest to move into a coveted school district." We need to build more affordable housing, sure. But how about if we also made all school districts good?
America’s housing affordability crisis spreads to the Midwest
Chicago, Milwaukee and Kansas City are among the major metro areas where list prices are rising despite a moribund US housing market, eroding the region's status as a refuge.
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does the media ever—ever—ask republicans to disavow this open white supremacist?
400,000 drivers illegally speeding in just a month on two streets? How can that be true when NextDoor tells me it’s always people walking and biking who break the rules of the road???
The News Tribune@thenewstribune.com · 3w agoThe unexpected number of speeders caused the city and the company that runs the cameras to use a lottery system to randomly issue citations.
This is an excellent press question. Whistleblowers are long able to bring a qui tam lawsuit which DOJ can join & get 15-30% of any settlement under the False Claims Act (which is used often to address health care fraud including in Medicare & Medicaid) compared to only 1% under this capped $ fund.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoQ: You're offering 1% to whistleblowers for turning in what you're defining as fraud. The False Claims Act, which has been on the books since 1863, offers between 10 and 25%-- TRUMP: At 1% people will make millions and millions of dollars
Trump dumped tons of debris containing lead, chromium, and arsenic in a PUBLIC PARK from his east wing teardown & ballroom build & now he is trying to turn a historic community golf course & park into mini Mar-a-Lago We will see you in court tomorrow! More on @MS.Now 👇
On the one hand: this is a great step. On the other hand: we need to do this in Laurelhurst or West Magnolia next.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4w agoMAJOR NEWS: The Seattle Social Housing Developer is announcing its first new construction project, in the Central District at 2402 E Yesler Way. The SSHD board is set to vote on property acquisition momentarily. Construction is set to start next year and wrap in 2028.
A driver killed someone riding a bike early this morning near South Bellevue Station. www.king5.com/article/traf...
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i sincerely do not know if i have heard or seen a republican ad this cycle that *wasn't* about trans people
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 4w agoFascinating tidbit in this interview with former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), he says that Texas Republicans anti-transgender ads aren't "resonating." "What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in." www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Did everyone notice yesterday that the president admitted the entire "Russian diesel deal" thing is complete bullshit, none of the fuel is actually coming to the U.S. and obviously never was, and with a minimum of 40% of Russian refining capacity offline it probably does not exist at all.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last mo.Doocy: "There are some Republicans in the Senate who are upset about this diesel deal." Trump: "That's a diesel deal that's going to be released into the world…They're not releasing that to us, they're releasing that to the entire world."
Full story is here:
Tyreek Hill Found Liable For Two Counts Of Battery | Defector
A jury found former Kansas City and Miami receiver Tyreek Hill liable on Tuesday night for two counts of battery in his civil trial. The same Miami jury found him not liable on another five counts of ...
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Diana Moskovitz@dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 4w agoWe have a verdict in the Tyreek Hill civil trial. It's mixed. The Miami jury found Hill liable tonight of two counts of battery. He was found not liable on six other counts of battery and assault. The jury awarded Lakeeta Vaccaro $500,000 in compensatory damages. Fuller story TK.
Orgs can avoid learning about reality to the extent they have the power to bend reality to their whims, or simply ignore it. That's why technofascism/technofeudalism/consolidation/etc is an existential threat to design research as an occupation, in addition to being an existential threat period.
Real wages are shrinking year-over-year for the sixth month in a row. The Iran War brought an end to three years of real wage growth.
My latest on the implications of this summer's #wildfires. Please read and share: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire?
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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ok heres one democratic senator being clear and unambiguous about this. anyone else want to step up?
Tina Smith@smith.senate.gov · last mo.I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections.
Elon Musk’s PAC is running anti-lgbtq+ midterm ads on X. Not surprising but incredibly unsubtle
I could have renamed hbo to hbo max for only $400 million
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last mo.David Zaslav will receive a $606M payout from the Warner Bros/Paramount merger. (Source: variety.com/2026/tv/news...)
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
Elon Musk pledged to spend $100 MILLION in the midterms. Tesla and SpaceX benefited from four canceled federal enforcement actions each. You see how this looks, right?
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.