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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 8/3/22, 8:01 am

Results! The Democrat will face off against the Republicans who voted for impeachment (but are still very much Republicans). The legislature looks more promising than it did. Maybe Democrats can even gain seats. We’ll have to see when the final results trickle in. And of course, we’ll still have to win in November.

Anyway, for goodness sake, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Monday Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 8/1/22, 7:55 am

Remember to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. Light ballot for me, but there are some interesting legislative and Congressional races. If you drop off your ballot in Downtown Seattle, please note that the location has changed.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 7/29/22, 8:32 am

Do me a favor. Find the biggest cup nearby. Fill it up with ice water and just drink as much as you can.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 7/27/22, 8:01 am

Dope. Seattle just passed an ordinance to make us a sanctuary city for abortion. This means, for example, we won’t enforce warrants on abortion related crimes in places where it’s illegal. I certainly hope that this can be a model for other municipalities and for the state as a whole in the future.

Thanks to all of the Councilmembers who voted for it, and especially to Councilmember Sawant. I love when Seattle does bold things.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 7/25/22, 7:54 am

Stay cool everyone. Drink some water. Right now. More than you think you need. You’ll want to piss clear during the heat wave. But seriously, drink a nice cool glass of water.

And please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. So bossy today.

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Friday Open Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 7/22/22, 8:02 am

Washington people, you should have received your ballot. Go vote in this important primary. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by August 2

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 7/20/22, 9:25 pm

Working from home is when I forget to make these. Sorry?

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 7/18/22, 7:56 am

Mask mandates may be coming back to King County. I think it would be good for public transportation. I mean vaccination and boosters are probably better than masks, but it’s not an either-or situation. So I don’t know enough, but it doesn’t hurt to wear one. I know some of you have glasses or stink breath, but really it’s pretty minimal.

Anyway, push the wire so it fits snuggly against your nose. This way a lot less air will flow, and the mask will work better. It’s also more comfortable.

Anyway, whatever comes of a mask mandate or not, you should wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Friday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 7/15/22, 7:53 am

As you probably know from my now rote sign off, I think you should be vaccinated and boosted. It’s one major thing you can do to protect yourself from the symptoms, and probably some of the contagion of COVID-19. So I am glad to see Governor Inslee pushing booster mandates (item two) for state employees. COVID-19 is still deadly and still spreading through the community. So reasonable measures that slow it down and make it manageable are important.

Anyway, don’t wait for the rules to kick in, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible today.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 7/13/22, 8:03 am

Good morning. Starbucks is closing several locations. They are claiming that it’s because of crime, because that’s the catchall excuse for anyone in this town deciding to act shitty. It seems more likely that it’s in response to their recent unionization.

Many in the local media are taking Starbucks at their word. This morning, KUOW did a piece on the closure of the 23rd and Jackson location. They mention crime specifically, so it’s not just a general it’s closing story. But nothing about union busting. Sad, guys.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 7/11/22, 8:22 am

Your guys deserve more than another dashed off open thread, but sadly, you ain’t getting it. Back to normal soon?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Friday.

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 7/8/22, 7:07 am

No, you forgot you were working from home because you had to start early and didn’t prepare anything. You should be making breakfast right now. What are you doing, just hit publish.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 7/6/22, 7:57 am

Good morning to everyone except Reagan Dunn. Man. While the rest of King County is helping people come here to get abortions, in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. It’s a good thing to do. I hope that the county, and other municipal governments find more ways to act.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Friday!

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 7/1/22, 7:53 am

I am still reading this opinion (.pdf). But this thread about it is a good summary. The Washington State Supreme Court found that you can’t rant about illegal immigrants and building a wall as part of jury selection. It was just horror after horror done to this man to send him to court at all is vile. To also have jury selection go like that. Fuck, man. Fuck.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Wednesday Open Thread.

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 6/29/22, 8:03 am

I don’t know, man. I’ve had several years to process Amazon using drones for delivery, and whatever. The big question is how will the company make the drones pee into a bottle like they do with human drivers, and what happens if you’re under it?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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