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Seattle has changed a lot over the last decade. It’s always been an expensive city, but we used to have some killer happy hour options. Props to the spots that ran both a regular and late-night happy hour for industry folks and night owls. What were your favorite happy hour spots, and what dishes or drinks do you still think about? I’ll go first. RIP Dragonfish. You served up Asian fusion at ridiculously good prices. I loved the Vodka Lemongrass Lime Rickey, Lime Rickey Shrimp, Caramel Ginger Chicken, and the Poke Roll. Add an Asahi on top of that and the whole thing came out to about $25. If that existed today, it’d easily run $75+.

My friend is wondering if the 76 at Roosevelt & 75th has the most expensive gas in the city. Has anyone seen higher than $6.29 for regular?

The Grit City Gauntlet! Thank you to everyone who came to walk 20 miles (not sure where those other 2 miles went) around beautiful Tacoma, WA. Great group of around 200 folks over the course of the day with about half from Tacoma and half from elsewhere (farthest signup award goes to Eugene, OR). Highlights included: -the variety of Tacoma we got to see (neighborhoods, water, parks, universities, trails etc.) -so many great dogs (I even got to walk one!) -Seeing a family of raccoons pose for the group in point defiance -First time ever being asked by an official for a permit whoops -Someone comparing Seattle to the Elephant graveyard from the lion king -Stumbling upon the 10 things I hate about showing at Stadium high school -Having such a large group make it all the way to the end The last tidbit that I will share is folks were constantly asking me if I had walked the route (I did) which is an innocuous question most of the time, but today it was noticeably more. So I asked someone at the end why they asked me that and they said because when we got to Five Mile Drive at Point Defiance we walked the “wrong” direction. Which I picked the direction that was optimal to potentially see Rainier when we left Point Defiance. But the place that most people park is on the Eastside of the park and then they go counterclockwise, when we went clockwise. There is no right direction, but it was interesting to get the local perspective as something like that would have never crossed my mind when planning a route. Would love to see in the comments if people think there is a right direction to walk five mile drive. Otherwise great day in Tacoma and so proud of everyone who finished! Also heard from a number of folks from outside of Tacoma of how much they enjoyed walking around and that they would love to come back and visit. If anyone missed this, the next big walk we will do will be the Jimothy Jaunt up in Ballard on October 11th!

#Ashlee”Montana”Creighton #CivicHotelInfantdeath #Komo4 #Kiro7 #King5 #SeattleMother #Sentenced ### I know what it means to lose a child. I also know that the words used to describe her final days deserve to be examined carefully. By Astraea Creighton-Freeman's father I am Astraea Creighton-Freeman's father. That is the first thing I want people to know before they read anything else I have to say about Ashlee Creighton. I am not writing as a prosecutor. I am not writing as a defense attorney. I am not writing as someone who wants to erase the death of my daughter or pretend that what happened does not matter. I am writing as her father — and as someone who has had to watch the woman who gave birth to my daughter become a headline. Ashlee received a four-year sentence after a case that originally charged her with second-degree murder and felony assault and ultimately resolved with a plea to first-degree manslaughter. I understand why people see those words and immediately form an opinion. I also understand why the death of a newborn creates an emotional reaction that is almost impossible to avoid. But I believe there is a difference between the tragedy itself and the story constructed around the tragedy. And I believe my daughter deserves enough honesty that we examine that difference. A charging narrative is not a complete human history When prosecutors file charges, they have a legal obligation to present the facts and theory they believe establish probable cause for the offenses charged. That narrative serves a purpose. But it is still a narrative. It is the State's theory of the evidence at that stage of the proceeding. It is not itself the evidence, and it is not necessarily every fact that becomes relevant when a case proceeds toward trial, plea negotiations or sentencing. That distinction is especially important in Ashlee's case. The original charges represented the most serious theory being pursued. The case ultimately resulted in a different legal outcome. And early in the case, the prosecution indicated that it did not believe the incident was motivated by ill intent. As Astraea's father, that distinction matters to me. Because there is a profound difference between saying that a mother made decisions that resulted in the death of her child and saying that she wanted her child to suffer or die. Those are not interchangeable statements. I knew Ashlee. I know the woman who loves all her children. I know her struggles. I know her addiction. I know the trauma that surrounded her life. And I do not believe the word malicious accurately describes the woman I knew. The word "starved" deserves more than a headline There is another part of this story that I believe has been lost beneath emotionally powerful words. Words such as "starved" and "malnourished" carry enormous meaning to the public. They immediately create an image. But medicine does not determine nutritional status by choosing the most emotionally powerful word available. It measures it. And that distinction matters enormously when discussing a newborn who may have been experiencing opioid withdrawal. Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome — NOWS — is a recognized medical condition caused by withdrawal following prenatal opioid exposure. The American Academy of Pediatrics describes NOWS as involving neurological, gastrointestinal and autonomic problems that can include feeding difficulties, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive weight loss and poor weight gain. (American Academy of Pediatrics) And there is something especially important about nutrition in these infants: Withdrawal can increase metabolic demand. The AAP has reported that infants experiencing neonatal withdrawal can require 150–250 calories per kilogram per day, substantially above ordinary newborn energy requirements, because of increased energy expenditure and calories lost through vomiting, regurgitation and loose stools. (American Academy of Pediatrics) That does not mean every infant with NOWS needs exactly that amount. It does not mean that every case of weight loss is caused by withdrawal. And it absolutely does not mean that a diagnosis of NOWS automatically establishes that a particular infant was nutritionally deprived. What it means is that the nutritional equation for a withdrawing newborn can be different from the nutritional equation for an otherwise healthy newborn. That matters. Calories aren't the whole story Imagine two newborns receiving the same amount of nutrition. If one newborn has ordinary metabolic demands and the other is experiencing withdrawal, vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, disrupted sleep and increased metabolic demand, the fact that both received the same number of calories does not necessarily mean they experienced the same nutritional outcome. The American Academy of Pediatrics specifically identifies hyperphagia, excessive weight loss and poor weight gain as common features of NOWS because of increased metabolic demand. (American Academy of Pediatrics) Older AAP guidance likewise described the need for frequent small feeds and potentially hypercaloric nutrition in withdrawing infants, noting that increased energy expenditure and gastrointestinal losses can raise caloric needs substantially. (American Academy of Pediatrics) And newer research continues to show that infants with NOWS can have unusually high feeding volumes while still showing concerning growth trajectories. One study found NOWS infants consuming more than 170 mL/kg/day in certain periods, while still observing decreases in some growth parameters. (PubMed Central (PMC)) That is precisely why I have a problem when words like "starved" get thrown around as though they are self-explanatory. They aren't. A newborn can lose weight for many reasons. A newborn can have increased caloric requirements. A newborn can have difficulty feeding. A newborn can lose calories through vomiting or diarrhea. A newborn can have increased metabolic expenditure. And a newborn can have true nutritional deficiency. Those possibilities have to be medically distinguished. Even "malnutrition" has a clinical meaning The American Academy of Pediatrics now emphasizes objective criteria when discussing undernutrition and malnutrition. Its current guidance says that nutritional status must be evaluated using measurements such as weight-for-length, weight trajectory and standardized growth measures. It specifically cautions that even children who meet certain criteria for faltering weight will not necessarily be malnourished. (AAP) That matters because the words we use do more than describe. They create a picture in the minds of people who were never in the room. When the public hears "starved," they naturally imagine a deliberate withholding of food. But the medical question is more complicated: Was the infant receiving sufficient nutrition for that infant's actual physiological needs? And if the infant had NOWS, what were those needs? How much was the infant consuming? How much was being lost? How much energy was being expended? Was the infant vomiting Was there diarrhea? Was feeding coordinated? Was weight loss within an expected neonatal range or outside it? What was the infant's birth weight? What was the gestational age? What was the weight trajectory? What did the medical records actually show? Those are medical questions. They deserve medical answers. This is not about inventing an excuse I want to be extremely clear. I am not saying NOWS explains everything that happened to my daughter. I am not saying that prenatal opioid exposure proves that Astraea died from withdrawal. I am not saying that a baby who loses weight was necessarily well nourished. And I am not saying that Ashlee should bear no responsibility. I am saying something much narrower: Before we use words like "starved" or "malnourished" to define a mother, we should make certain those words accurately describe the medical evidence. Because if those words are being used as evidence of intentional cruelty, the distinction becomes even more important. Other mothers have faced similar prosecutions Ashlee's case also belongs to a larger and complicated legal history. Researchers Cara Angelotta and Paul S. Appelbaum examined published appellate cases involving women criminally prosecuted for alleged harm associated with substance use during pregnancy. Their 2017 review identified 24 published judicial opinions involving 29 women in 19 states. The cases included charges ranging from child endangerment and drug delivery to homicide and manslaughter. Fourteen women had charges dismissed and 11 had convictions overturned, while four convictions were upheld. (American Academy of Pediatrics) That statistic needs to be understood correctly. It does not mean that 25 out of every 29 mothers prosecuted in America were innocent. It does not mean Ashlee's case is legally identical to those cases. It does not mean substance exposure cannot cause serious harm. It means that courts have repeatedly encountered situations where the relationship between prenatal substance exposure, medical causation and criminal liability was more complicated than the initial prosecution suggested. In some cases, babies died. In some cases, medical experts disagreed. In some cases, courts determined that the criminal statute did not cover the conduct alleged. And in some cases, convictions were overturned. That history does not decide Ashlee's case. But it should make us cautious about pretending these cases are medically or legally simple. ## My daughter deserves better than a slogan Astraea was not a statistic. She was not a toxicology result. She was not a count in an indictment. She was not a word in a headline. She was my daughter. And precisely because she was my daughter, I want the truth about her life and death to be treated seriously. That means I don't want people to soften what happened. But I also don't want people to exaggerate it. If she experienced withdrawal, I want that medical reality considered. If she had increased caloric requirements, I want that considered. If she lost weight, I want the clinical context surrounding that loss considered. If she was medically malnourished, then I want the evidence supporting that conclusion to be clear. If she was not, then I don't believe the public should be allowed to casually substitute the emotionally stronger word because it makes a better headline. My daughter deserves precision. ## And so does Ashlee Ashlee is going to prison. The sentence is real. The consequences are real. My daughter's death is real. But Ashlee is also a human being whose life cannot honestly be reduced to the most damaging words ever written about her. I am not asking anyone to forget Astraea. I am asking people to remember that Astraea's story deserves truth more than it deserves outrage. I believe her mother deserves accountability where accountability is warranted. I believe she deserves compassion where compassion is warranted. And I believe the medical evidence deserves to be examined without allowing emotionally loaded language to substitute for medical conclusions. I am Astraea Creighton-Freeman's father. I lost my daughter. That is why I am asking people to look more closely at the story they think they already understand. Because sometimes the most important part of a tragedy is not the word that makes the strongest headline. It is the question nobody stopped to ask. *written assisted by AI for symptom descriptions and relevant legal proceedings

But in late August, the developer notified applicants it was pausing processing applications for people at that lowest income level and moving ahead with those earning between 30% and 50% of area median income, up to about $57,500 for a single person. [...] So far, seven tenants earning 30% of area median income or less and six tenants earning between 30% and 50% of area median income have been approved for the building, the developer said. The 150-unit Elara apartments, which the developer paid $61 million for this spring, offers the first test of the social housing model in Seattle. [...] More than 10,000 people applied for a lottery in the spring, and the developer began processing applications. ~ Voters taxed million dollar salaries specifically to house people at the bottom. Thirteen approvals in, the bottom is the group that got paused.

Newcastle seems to be a really nice and safe area on the eastside and sitting between two amazon school districts belleveu and issaquah (read renton highlands). However the Hazen highschool is rated much lower (6/10) compared to the other schools. What are some of the reasons why the school rating is lower? Is the HS not comparable to other schools in the area?

Is there an event going on? Left this morning to find my street has been closed

Seattle, Washington — Four years is a sentence that can be written in a single line of a court document. Living through those four years is something entirely different. For Ashlee “Montana” Creighton, the sentence represents the consequences of an extraordinarily painful chapter in her life — one involving the death of her child, a criminal prosecution, and decisions whose consequences cannot be undone. Nothing about that loss can be minimized, and nothing can bring her child back. But a sentence is not only a measurement of punishment. It is also a statement about what society believes should happen next. After the case concluded, Ms. Creighton was sentenced to four years in custody. She now faces the difficult work of accepting the consequences of what happened while also becoming the person she wants to be when she returns home. That distinction matters. Accountability and redemption are not mutually exclusive. A person can acknowledge the gravity of an outcome without believing that the worst moment of their life must permanently define every moment that follows it. Those who know Ms. Creighton personally have continued to see more than a criminal case number. They see a loving, kind, nurturing, kind hearted mother, a daughter, a sister, and spouse. A person whose life existed before the courtroom and will continue after it. Her children remain part of that future. Family members have continued to maintain contact and provide support, including visits and regular communication. Her support system has not disappeared simply because the case has ended. The circumstances surrounding the death of her child will always be painful. There are questions, grief, responsibility, and consequences that cannot simply be erased. But justice does not have to mean that a human being becomes permanently disposable. A four-year sentence can serve as accountability while still leaving room for rehabilitation, education, treatment, family reunification, and a meaningful life after incarceration. That is ultimately what Creighton has in front of her now: four years, followed by the rest of her life. The goal is not to rewrite history. It is to make sure history does not become the only thing written about her. She has an opportunity to use this time to learn, to grow, to confront the circumstances that brought her to this point, and to prepare herself to return to her family with something more than remorse. She can return with perspective, responsibility, and a determination to make sure the lessons of this tragedy are carried forward. For the people who love her, supporting her does not mean pretending that nothing happened. It means believing that accountability has meaning precisely because people are capable of change. Four years will pass. What comes after those four years is the part that cannot yet be written.

RIP to the best little shanty lounge at A Gate someone could ask for. The same bartender since I can remember, crumbs on the floor, kids crying, and a conference room table used to store boxes and supplies. Damn, I'll miss this shithole. Great times in there over the years. Hello to a 70 million dollar Taj Mahal. Good gravy this looks nice. [ u/ricetastik ]( u/ricetastik ), keep the hits coming bud! Solid upgrade.

I’m not usually up this early but I had a long day yesterday and crashed early…. So woke up super early. Where can I go to catch a beautiful sunrise since I think it’s supposed to be mostly clear this morning?