Pictures from the plane before landing

People and signs from the No Kings: Vote Early Rally 10/17 in Seattle

Congratulations! I hope you two are very happy together. 🥰

These things, along with huge unmanned underwater drones, operate out of Keyport, sometimes you can see them being used near Blake Island and coming out of Poulsbo

There is a fake scandal the right wing is trying to stir up here in Seattle.

There is a program, LEAD (law enforcement assited diversion), that diverts addicts from the usual jail route to a rehab and support path. People advocating for the program failed to understand the math in a study analyzing how effective the program was at reducing recidivism and it lead them to overestimate the efficacy of the program.

They had been claiming the program resulted in a 58% reduction in recidivism. A right wing think tank realized the folks evangelizing the program had buggered the math came out claiming this was a huge embarrassment for the city and suggested it was a deliberatel attempt to secure funding.

The thing they never mention is that there was an actual, significant reduction in recidivism it just wasnt as big as portrayed. The program actually lead to a 24% reduction not 58%. Definitely a worth while and effective program, just not quite as good as theyd convinced themselves.

But it doesnt quite end there, one of the think tanks pet critics, a former addict that was put on the oversight board to probide lived experience and opposes what she sees as the city being soft on crime decided to take a shot at the director of the program and asked the director if her kid was an addict would she continue to provide them with a place to live and support. The director said she would and the ex-addict is playing that up in the media to show what a feckless soft addict enabler she was.

The ex-addict truly believes that a loving parent should kick thisr addicted kid onto the street and let them fend for themselves and live or die on their own. This is a very popular position with the right wing scum.

I am so fucking sick of these scumbags actively trying to sabotage every good idea our government manages to produce. Their prostration to the myth of rugged individualism is just sickening. Their lack of empathy and elevation of feelings over science is just dispicable.

Just a pic I took when I visited 2 years ago. I will always have love for Seattle and hope to one day live there.

A few weeks ago, a work group had the opportunity to tour Lumen Field. I won't lie - I was a little skeptical of it being tourist-trap(py), but it was pretty cool! It was definitely a calmer experience than the Seahawks home games we've attended. Absolutely recommend for anyone with kids, or those that just want a cool local experience.

SEA-HAWKS!

made a planter out of the mariners french fry ferry, trader joes mini plantlets, air-dry clay, acrylics, and polycrylic sealant. and printouts of the hot rat summer mosaics polycrylic'd on. inspired by a buncha other people doing similar things! it's just all of the seattle things chucked into a blender and barfed into a used french fry container.

I loved their naengmyeon and had made a reservation to try their soy sauce-marinated crab. But today, both Yelp and Google Maps listed them as temporarily closed, and when we got there, there was a permanent closure notice on the door.

It seemed to happen out of nowhere, and I haven't been able to find any explanation. Does anyone know what happened? I'm really going to miss this place!

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-sued-again-for-teenagers-death-at-gas-works-park/

The family of a 15-year-old who fell to his death at Gas Works Park last summer is again suing the city for failing to maintain and secure the park’s towering coal plant structure, despite decades of evidence pointing toward serious safety concerns.

Hello, for this election cycle we have quite a lot of judges to vote on. I am struggling to find resources on where I can find a list of cases each judge has ruled on and what those rulings were? I know some cases are private but I dont know how to vote on these judges without knowing what their record is, other than to read up on who endorses them.

I’m the woman that collapsed at the Jay Jurden show last night at Emerald City Comedy Club. I’m so sorry everyone! I have zero idea what happened and the doctors aren’t sure either, other than it wasn’t anything major like a seizure or stroke.

Anyway, I hope Jay cracked a few jokes about the old white lady sacked out in front of the doors.

Organized by Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Activists ( https://sarva.asuw.org ). Looks like about 400 people in the crowd.