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kingrat.us
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Connections Puzzle #728 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Connections Puzzle #727 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

[space coven] Mary Robinette Kowal: listen up, boys! Kowal: I've got a story for you... the story of the lady astronaut! Kowal: that's right Kowal: a lady wants to be an astronaut Kowal: how about that?!

I have decided I am no longer going to try to make my hair look good at longer lengths. It's a buzz cut at least until i go bald enough on top to pull off a mad scientist look.

Connections Puzzle #726 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

A presentation at the Sound Transit board meeting today drops the news that ST is working to roll out open payment and the ability to pay by tapping credit/debit cards ahead of next year's World Cup events.

Don't worry, no one uses this bike lane that connects the Rainier valley to the CID and downtown Seattle

Connections Puzzle #725 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

No ethical consumption of Harry Potter.

Trying to appease Trump doesn't work. Appeasement to him is a signal he should squeeze harder.

Wherever will the 49ers find money?

Connections Puzzle #723 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

asshole neighbor is trying to chase off homeless folks using the excuse that he has to "clean the sidewalk". he's been hosing the street for 30 minutes. good thing there's no drought.

On the 24th I put in a SF311 request to get flexposts on the bike lane on 7th between Mission & Market. There were like 4 when I moved here, and only 1 (very sad looking) one was left. There were 10 (TEN) fresh flexposts separating the lane from traffic today.

If I can't vote for ordinances that increase the bottom line for my business, why would I want to be on the city council?

Ahem. The latest issue of our newsletter is finally out. It's a big one. WE WON THE FULL NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, THE WHOLE THING, 1880-2017, WE BEAT THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN NEW YORK AND WE'RE SETTING MORE THAN TEN MILLION RECORDS FREEEEEE Read all about it: mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...

Connections Puzzle #722 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

back on my bullshit Connections Puzzle #721 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Cannery Row keeps referring to pineapple pie with bleu cheese, a thing I've never heard of before but really want to try now.

It's WA-09. www.fec.gov/data/committ...

My suggestion for the Sounders is to not let Minnesota score.

It's Pride! So if you're a queer horror writer that we have NOT goofed on yet, please post a reply below with your sales pitch and link to where we can buy/obtain/see your writing!

How to read an ebook

Well that blows Connections Puzzle #720 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦

Apparently Jules James is moving out of Eastlake. I wish him well as far away from the neighborhood as is practical.

Connections Puzzle #719 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 i really shoulda got purple first.

Every time I pay a surcharge at a restaurant I think of @scottwiener.bsky.social and Matt Haney. Thanks buddies! You knew what people *really* wanted.