#seattle voters should be receiving their ballots for the Feb 11 election this week. One of the most important items on the ballot is Seattle Prop 1A to tax wealthy businesses to fund social housing. Don't get fooled by Prop 1B which would rob affordable housing funds and was put forth by Seattle's conservative city council to avoid taxing the wealthy. Vote 1A!
https://www.letsbuildsocialhousing.org/
#seattle
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If anyone has information on the location of ICE raids currently being conducted in downtown #Seattle, please reach out to me via Signal at EVHaste.39, so that I can follow them around and be a big pain in the ass.
Heads up Seattle: ICE are around 3rd and University trying to gain access to restaurant kitchens. If you're going to a restaurant today, maybe give the managers a heads up that this is happening, and the number for the Washington Immigration Solidarity Network at 1-844-724-3737 in case they show up.
*Edit* someone in the thread says they've also been spotted around the Northgate area.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1i88jwr/ice_is_downtown/
Just the base of a street sign in #Seattle for #Mosstodon
Growing up I thought I was such a city kid. Then I learned most cities aren’t all #moss and ivy!
Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
First off, you may have read about the Trump administration “pausing” all communications from the U.S. federal health agencies. Which is, you know, pathetic bullshit. Anyway, just a reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not from the federal health agencies. It is not “paused.”
Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, which was nuts last week. How wild? The 1/12 reading was far and away the highest that’s been recorded since last winter. It’s reassuring that it subsequently came down quickly on 1/14, but it’s still quite high when you look at the entire time series.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for …
Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
First off, you may have read about the Trump administration “pausing” all communications from the U.S. federal health agencies. Which is, you know, pathetic bullshit. Anyway, just a reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not from the federal health agencies. It is not “paused.”
Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, which was nuts last week. How wild? The 1/12 reading was far and away the highest that’s been recorded since last winter. It’s reassuring that it subsequently came down quickly on 1/14, but it’s still quite high when you look at the entire time series.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally).
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. So, keep in mind we're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Ballots will be mailed today to King County voters for the Feb. 11 special election, which includes social housing propositions and school levy renewals in #Seattle, a minimum wage initiative in Burien, and a second try at passing a school construction bond in Issaquah. https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/ballotmeasures.aspx?eid=47
If you're in the #Seattle area and you want a Dimplex electric baseboard heater. I'm giving one away. It's 240V. It includes its own wall-mount wireless thermostat. It will need some wires reconnected inside, which took me ~20 min working with the instructions online.
It capably heated a 300 sq ft room for a few months. Then we realized we didn't need it and it was just in the way of my bike.
#BuyNothing
SAFETY ALERT #SEATTLE #lamigra
I am getting reports that #ice agents have been spotted in Seattle, #washington in the #capitolhill and #queenanne areas
Please #boost #antifa #immigrantdefense
If you’re in #seattle and you like standup comedy, Joketellers Union is twice a month on #beaconhill at the Clockout Lounge! The community there is so great!
Hellooooo #KingCounty WA
Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
Anyone here?
Yesterday I traded email with county #EmergencyManagement staff. Up until now the county has not had a good system in place to use the county's experts and resources to produce interactive GIS evacuation maps that are color coded to show the ready-set-go levels of evacuation.
That has now changed. A process for producing those maps is being put in place and will be ready to go for this fire season.
To be notified of any evacuation you need to sign up:
https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/executive-services/health-safety/safety-injury-prevention/emergency-preparedness/alert-king-county
Be sure to include your email so you will get a link to any evacuation map that affects you.
#PNW #Seattle #Wildfire
King County Washington residents: Nic Stone author event upcoming #seattle #books #authors https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/676d880bb4127941005d1051?utm_source=biblioemail-kcls&utm_medium=email&ct=YTo1OntzOjY6InNvdXJjZSI7YToyOntpOjA7czo1OiJlbWFpbCI7aToxO2k6OTQzO31zOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjk0MztzOjQ6InN0YXQiO3M6MjI6IjY3OGFiZDBhOTQ1NzIxNDg3Njg4NDQiO3M6NDoibGVhZCI7czo2OiIyMzg0NDciO3M6NzoiY2hhbm5lbCI7YToxOntzOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjk0Mzt9fQ%3D%3D