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In Washington state, border towns that rely heavily on Canadian consumers are taking a financial hit as fewer Canadians cross over to shop, eat and visit. “Canadians are kind of pissed.” @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...

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Unironically the most informative interview on Russia's invasion of Ukraine was Tucker Carlson's of Putin -- in which Carlson was shocked to find out that Putin simply believes Ukraine is Russia's by historical right and so tried to take it.

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Sara Nelson's controversial proposed housing rezone of the land near the two stadiums gets a 3-2 yes vote in committee. Nelson, Mark Solomon and Maritza Rivera voted yes; Bob Kettle and Joy Hollingsworth no. Now it will go to the full council with a "do pass" recommendation

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I may be doing a bit of revisionism, but I genuinely believe members of the Seattle City Council used to talk less

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"Pike Place Market Foundation executive director Lillian Sherman will resign effective March 7. The announcement comes after the nonprofit was hit with a wave of public outcry when it canceled a Day of Remembrance event planned at the market this month."

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What you say when you definitely know whether your bill will pass out of the committee that starts in an hour

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The Market Historical Commission meets tomorrow afternoon, virtual, in-person, and written public comment accepted. www.seattle.gov/neighborhood...

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Victor Steinbrueck park remains closed over a fight about its totem poles. Mayor Harrell says he plans to reopen the park in March but the historic commission is not budging until it has a binding document saying the poles will return www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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The dynamic between Sara Nelson and Dan Strauss on the Seattle City Council is perhaps the most uncomfortable I've ever seen, and that includes years when Kshama Sawant was calling her colleagues corporate stooges

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lol publicola.com/2025/02/24/a...

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In college I took a house painting job. My boss was another college guy running a crew for the first time. On day one he told us he’d hired 12 but only needed 8 so we had to prove ourselves. Seven people quit and he was short staffed the whole summer and never made any money. Reminds me of someone.

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This AM I have re-posted stories from WaPo, the NYT and NPR. The NYT story has multiple bylines and is a thorough factual debunking of an official government communication. You can argue about headlines and stay mad about past errors or you can realize institutional journalists are doing the work.

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I only have two children and a fairly standard 40-hr a week a job and don’t feel like I have the time to engage in social media back and forth

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Great reporting on the local DEI retreat from @jimbrunner.bsky.social and @alexhalverson.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/business/sta...

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In 1996, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested in Iowa on three misdemeanor charges, which were later dismissed. He's never mentioned the arrest, or his tenure at a Omaha-based law firm at the time. Harrell says he was a victim of racial profiling. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Bruce Harrell announced yesterday that this pit where the old Seattle Times building was will now become housing instead of offices. No joke, the guy who sells tacos across the street told me this would happen like a year ago.

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One of the things I hated most about Don’t Look Up was the implication that stories about an asteroid would not be read. This has a 3.2% chance in 7 years and I will read literally every story about it

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It was a good bit

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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is giving his annual State of the City address right now. Among the points he will make: Working toward getting cars out of Pike Place Market.

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To this day I don’t think people appreciate how funny of a Jan. 6 subplot Ariel Pink being there, and then being interviewed by Tucker Carlson, was

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The lead for Seattle’s Prop 1A — taxing high paying companies for social housing — grew to 20 points Thursday as voters embraced a new approach to housing in the city. Now comes the hard part. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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I know there’s been a lot going on at the Stranger, but it’s a bit sad to see zero election night coverage there beyond the morning roundup

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Because Prop 1A is on its way to passing, if the Mariners trade Luis Castillo that would be a roughly $1.2 million hit against public housing in Seattle

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Seattle to join other 'sanctuary' cities suing Trump administration www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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There was a lot of chatter about how high-turnout favored Seattle's left (see: Mercedes Rinck, Alexis) but worth noting that this is likely to be an extremely low turnout election and the win for progressives is nevertheless on pace to be decisive.

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Seattle voters lean toward funding social housing developer with new tax. Story: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Things looking like they're leaning in favor of Prop. 1A, the new tax on companies with workers making over $1 million.

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