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Both in terms of the ferry ride and also things to do on the other side.

Has anybody received Invisalign treatment from this dental office? if so how’d it go ?

It’s at Remlinger Farms, about 30 miles from Seattle at 6pm. First person to message me and who can prove they live in the area and have a way to get there tonight gets it! EDIT: Claimed, thanks everyone 🩷

Hey all, I am Tiffany on the Lynnwood arts commission and tomorrow September 26th is our annual Bra-dazzle event at the Lynnwood Library We provide everything for you to make Art out of bras in honor of breast cancer awareness. The final bras get showcased in the art gallery at city hall for the month of October. Learn more here! https://www.lynnwoodwa.gov/Community/Events-Calendar/Brazen-Bra-dazzle-DECORATE-IT-9262026

Hey locals, I've seen Waymos in Redmond. Personally, I don't trust them for a variety of reasons: -Autonomous vehicles have no accountability, good luck figuring out insurance if you end up in an accident with one -Waymos are constantly recording both inside and outside of the vehicle, making them a privacy nightmare. Google owns waymo and they aren't exactly trustworthy. This is worse than Google maps cars because those only come around about every 2 years, as opposed to these which are on the road constantly. -Waymo data use is basically a mystery. We know that law enforcement can request access to it, and that it is used in training AI data sets, but beyond that it's a black box. They have no policy on how long they store data, and the vehicles are capable of contacting police. -Redmond just concluded its contract with flock, which i view as a positive, but as these vehicles invade our streets we essentially have rolling flock cameras that report to Google. -Waymos have a history of erratic behavior and even when it doesn't cause an accident they have been observed freezing up in massive lines, piling up streets and overall just being a nuisance. -Redmond already has a FREE rideshare on demand called Redlink. These are operated by humans and a member of our local community has a job because of it. -Waymo and Google's ultimate goal here is to get rid of driving jobs, the current operators they have won't be there forever. Eventually, if they get their way, the members of our local community that make a living driving will have no income and it's not like labor markets are looking good Personally, I believe that these things have no right to be on our streets. Redmond took a huge win by canceling the flock contract. This momentum shouldn't stop here, Waymo, and all these tech companies don't care about you, me, or our community, they only care about profit and unless our leaders take action they'll continue to infest our home. I realize that this might come across as mad ramblings, but I truly believe that having these things on our streets will only make the average person's experience worse. I will be reaching out to the city council regarding this and I urge others to do the same. https://www.redmond.gov/1301/How-Do-I-Participate this website shows ways that we can. I will be emailing the council and mayor regarding this. TLDR: Waymo, the autonomous cars are in redmond, and I believe they shouldn't be for a variety of reasons.

The Seattle Sauna Festival returns to Ballard’s National Nordic Museum Nov. 7–8, with regional saunas, cold plunges, music, and Nordic-inspired food.

Looking for someone to play with me at the Redmond/Bellevue club. I regularly play around 6:30 AM. Looking for people playing around the same time. Open to play during the weekends as well.

I put together an analysis of the recent September 22 Port of Seattle Commission meeting regarding the postponed Chase Sapphire Lounge vote. Given the discussion around public agendas, transparency, and commissioner preparation, I wanted to share this breakdown with the community. The Port of Seattle Commission was scheduled to decide on September 22 whether to authorize a lease for a proposed Chase Sapphire Lounge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Port staff placed it on the agenda as an action item, with a memo and presentation. The materials named Chase Sapphire, identified the proposed operator, and laid out the financial terms. The proposal called for a roughly 16,000-square-foot lounge on Concourse A under a 15-year lease. Staff projected about $7.9 million in annual rent and said the tenant would invest $70 million in the initial buildout and a later refurbishment. The Port had previously approved another $24.36 million to finish an expanded, Port-run lounge in that space. Staff recommended the Chase lease as a way to bring in more revenue without that additional construction expense. Commissioners had a significant decision in front of them. Yet Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa began with a basic question: What is Chase Sapphire? She also asked who would use the lounge and why airport space should be reserved for those travelers. Equitable access is a fair issue to raise. But SEA already has many different airline lounges. If a Chase lounge raises a concern that those facilities do not, the commission should be able to explain the distinction. Knowing what the proposed lounge is seems like a reasonable starting point before arriving at the meeting scheduled for its authorization. Air travel itself requires passengers to afford a ticket. SEA currently lists 11 commercial passenger lounges, and an ordinary boarding pass alone does not grant access to any of them. Entry depends on a qualifying fare, airline status, a lounge membership, an eligible credit card, or a day pass. The food and drinks inside are part of what travelers receive through that paid or earned access. A Chase lounge would add another version of a service the airport already offers that any member of the general public could buy a day pass for. Lounges can also help people who never use them. Passengers waiting inside are not competing for seats near their gates. The Port itself cites reduced gate crowding as a reason to expand lounge space. More capacity could mean more places to sit for travelers who prefer to wait near their flights. Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed raised a separate concern: lounge guests eating and drinking inside might spend less at other airport businesses. That is worth examining. How much spending would shift? Would the proposed rent offset any lost concession revenue? Those questions deserve figures rather than guesses. The three commissioners present voted to postpone the decision until October 27. Mohamed also wanted the two absent commissioners involved. They were entitled to do that. A staff recommendation does not make approval automatic. But if commissioners needed basic information about access and the effect on other businesses, why had those questions not been resolved before a 15-year lease reached the agenda for authorization? Then, after the vote was postponed, Commission Vice President Sam Cho complained that news of the lounge had appeared online before the commission approved it. He suggested the plan had been leaked and pointed to its appearance on Reddit. The Port, however, had published the plan itself. Its public memo identified the proposed Chase Sapphire Lounge. Its presentation named the lounge and included renderings. The Port says meeting materials are generally posted three to five days before a meeting. A travel writer could read those materials, report that approval was pending, and have readers share the story on Reddit. The details in that coverage were already public. Nothing about their appearance online requires a leak. That cannot rule out the possibility that someone privately shared information. It does mean that the public reporting offers no evidence that a leak was needed to explain the story. Commissioners should scrutinize major leases. Seattle travelers should also expect them to come to an action-item meeting familiar with the proposal in their own packet—and to recognize that a public agenda is meant to be read before the vote.

Going to climate pledge for a first time at an event here soon, what are food and beverage prices like in the arena? I know they’re going to be expensive as it’s the arena but just looking for ballpark ideas. Thank you

I put up a meshcore repeater up today, in the window of my office at Detroit/Cook (3rd floor facing east). It should remain there for the forseeable future. Hope this helps. 🛸