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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/20/24, 8:09 am

Man fuck English ivy. Ban the shit out of it. I have pulled so many of the fuckers. I imagine many of you who aren’t apartment dwellers have pulled even more. They’re invasive fuckers and they choke out natives. Yuck.

But also whenever I see ivy sold at a garden store or whatever I have to wonder who buys it. Like fine, it can be a decorative indoor plant that can be contained to a pot. Just fucking grab some clippers and grab yourself some. Look at all those goddam roots, you don’t need to buy it. Honestly, if you’re buying it, you can’t be trusted with it.

And if you’re looking for outdoor use, why not go eat shit instead?

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/18/24, 8:08 am

– Shoreline!

– Burien?

– Seattle.

– I am not sure that Washington’s approach to sports gambling is good, but perhaps there isn’t a good option.

– There are going to be so many horrible things in the Trump Administration including the ICE raids.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/16/24, 8:16 am

Good morning.

It looks like bird flu is becoming a problem in humans. This is scary shit and will probably get worse in the Trump Administration. It’s something that a competent administration could dealt with, but we have seen that they are not a competent administration when it comes to disease management.

It seems from the article that Washington and Oregon are doing a better job of testing people than Idaho. Still, the diseases don’t stop at state borders.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/13/24, 8:17 am

Listen, people are innocent until proven guilty. And in general I am fine with people running for a district they don’t live in; Let the people decide. Still, the law is there, and you can’t just lie that blatantly.

Come on buddy.

So I guess let John Ley serve until he’s found guilty. But geez man. These Republicans who see election fraud everywhere sure are eager to commit some. Allegedly.

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Wednesday.

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/11/24, 7:59 am

– So much AI garbage pretending to be news. Wow.

– South Seattle getting shit on by the rest of the city.

– Man, who knew the requirements for how many stairs in a building could be so interesting.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/9/24, 7:55 am

– Bremerton fast ferry riders, test out the bike rack.

– Look at the sexy new trains for the Amtrak Cascades route.

– The Emerald talking about COVID-19 just because it’s still a threat.

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FRIDAY

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/6/24, 8:01 am

– More density in Belltown, please.

– Bringing civility back to the Seattle City Council.

– Ann Davison is still the worst.

– Last Open Thread I mentioned the light rail reduction over the weekend. No more. It will happen later.

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It’s Wednesday. It’s A Thread. It’s Open.

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/4/24, 8:19 am

– The backlash to the backlash in Seattle? Maybe. Or maybe it’s one election.

– Or maybe there can only be one good Council member at a time?

– Make sure to plan on having a little extra time if you’re taking the 1 Line over the weekend.

– Still working on a sign-off, this is me, signing off.

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Monday Open Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/2/24, 8:03 am

– The race for King County Executive is shaping up nicely. One note, the longer you struggle with Girmay Zahilay’s name, the greater the side eye.

– I had no idea about Spokane’s Community-Oriented Policing Services but it seems like they have done some questionable things.

– SAM security deserve a fair contract.

– These open threads are often a bullet list, but maybe that’s not the way to go for a city’s legislative agenda.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 11/27/24, 12:09 pm

Pretty checked out right before Thanksgiving.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 11/25/24, 7:52 am

– Boo to the Seattle budget.

– Boo, I say. Boo.

– I’m not one to put much faith in issue polling, but it seems like not popular, so boo.

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 11/22/24, 8:12 am

– Happy Friday to all who celebrate. Maybe an introduction instead of an exit?

– The bike and walking path over 520 looks pretty cool.

– Anybody doing Autumn foraging?

– Seems like there could be trouble for Hanford.

– I hope glass recycling doesn’t go the way plastic bags did.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 11/20/24, 8:29 am

Good morning. I hope you survived the storm. Not too bad on the urban core of Seattle, but your mileage may vary. Anyway, here are some links.

– Still reading these essays in Assigned Media, but goddam. Any trans people reading this, I am glad you’re around.

– Seattle’s budget is yuck.

– Home Depot Unveils 12-Foot Turkey Carcass Skeleton

– Spokane looks to be doing good transportation planning.

– It’s good to have a police accountability agency, but it sure would be great if they did some police accountability.

– Still in need of a proper sign off, but it’s probably still a good idea to wash your hands.

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Monday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 11/18/24, 7:56 am

– NDA’s for renters. What will asssholes think of next?

– HA was once a preeminent spot to learn about school closure. This round we can leave it to others to look for solutions.

– I don’t know what the right thing for a library asked to host bigoted organizations is. But I can say with 100% certainty fuck transphobes.

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Friday!

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 11/15/24, 8:02 am

– I suspect that it will be a theme of these open threads, but it’s tough to know how much Washington should do on its own and how much should be deducted to opposing awful things from the Federal government.

– Info Wars is good now. What a world.

– Algorithms have been pretty bad for the Internet.

– I have mentioned it before, but if you’re new to BlueSky and inexplicably looking for me, there you are. Darryl and Goldy are also there.

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