Sound Transit Escalator Not Broken, Just on Healing Journey
In a plea to promote mental health awareness in the region, the escalator that services University of Washington station spoke out today against the hordes of shaming transit riders who have written him off as...
NTK’s Old Campaign Website Crashes After Ann Davison Caught Refreshing Too Many Times for New Ideas
Former Abolitionist City Attorney candidate Nicole Thomas-Kennedy’s archived campaign website reportedly crashed last night after a usually conservative City Attorney Ann Davison tried refreshing it too many times for new policy ideas.
“Between us, Ann...
Seattle Public Schools Replaces After-School Care Program with Amazon Lockers
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced today that they’re teaming up with Amazon to replace its after-school care programs with Amazon Lockers in order to make childcare more quick, cheap and convenient for everyone.
“These self-serve...
New Seattle Police Department Hiring Bonus to Include $4M Taxpayer-funded Murder Settlement
Citing the need to quickly hire more police officers, today Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson proposed a new officer hiring incentive of a $4 million taxpayer-funded court settlement to fully cover all expenses of...
Starbucks Celebrates Women’s History Month by Releasing Mermaid Back into Puget Sound
In a bold and unexpected move for the global coffee empire, Starbucks celebrated Women’s History Month today by finally releasing its iconic mermaid mascot from captivity back into Puget Sound.
“From the glass ceiling to...
Earth Day Hero? This President Just Produced Enough Traffic Gridlock to Make the Entire PNW Go Carless
In what many are calling an Earth Day miracle and unprecedented feat of environmental sustainability, today President Joe Robinette Biden Jr.’s visits to Seattle and Portland produced so much hopeless traffic gridlock that the...
New Drop-in Center for Unhoused Built Entirely from Stacks of Paperwork and Red Tape
Although there are no plans for expanding or expediting access to shelter for people living on Seattle’s streets, today Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the opening of a new drop-in resource center for the city’s...
Geologists: Mount Rainier Will Not Erupt During Your Lifetime, with Possible Exception of Very End
Washington state geologists confirmed today that, according to their most recent research study, Mount Rainier definitely won’t erupt at any point during your lifetime, with the possible exception of the very end.
“The Mountain looms...
How to Cope with Your Local Police Department Being Defunded After It Was Never Defunded
There’s no doubt we’re living in dangerous times. And why? Pandemic? Putin? Unprecedented corporate profiteering? All of those are minor compared to the real cause, at least here in Seattle: The drastic defunding of...
Local Elected Judge Still Pretty Jazzed You Don’t Know Who the Hell They Are
As the country celebrated the historic confirmation of its first black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one local elected judge also seemed pretty jazzed that you still don’t know...
