NIMBYs get their way, tiny house village closes: You know who you are, Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) types. Licton Springs is a tiny house village in North Seattle along Aurora Avenue. It offers low-barrier housing for homeless people. Naturally, nearby residents complained about how Licton Springsâ existence raised crime levels. The village was funded for two years. At the end of that stint, officials would determine whether to renew funding. Thereâs no question about it nowâLicton Springs will be closing for good in Jan. 2019. Its residents will be relocated. NIMBYs rejoice.
The Northwest Detention Center canât expand: The Tacoma immigrant detention center wanted to add 1,500 beds. The city said no. The detention center said see you in court. They saw each other in court. Or, well, in an appeal to the state's Growth Management Hearings Board. The board said fuck you to the detention center and upheld Tacomaâs power to forbid expansion. Thereâs a lawsuit thatâs still pending in federal court.
The people are really getting a kick out of this seal bitch-slapping a kayaker with a squid:
A seal slaps a man in the face with an octopus. The best headline you'll see today. pic.twitter.com/6C2nST9Wix
â Matt Colville (@mattcolville) September 26, 2018
THANK GOD Sir Elton John is going to hit the Tacoma Dome on his farewell tour: This is not what I would call news. Itâs what KING5 has on their front page. So long, Sir Elton. Thank you for bidding Tacoma adieu.
A capitol building in Olympia was evacuated because of a bomb threat: Pretty much all the information we have is in this tweet. Updates from Heidi Groover (at the Seattle Times) here.
Inbox: WA state Highways/License building on the Capitol campus evacuated due to bomb threat. #waleg pic.twitter.com/URFyX0PcsA
â Joseph O'Sullivan (@OlympiaJoe) September 26, 2018
Boeing saves big, cuts 6,000 jobs: According to the Seattle Times, Boeing saved $227 million in 2017 because of aerospace industry-tax incentives. They cut over 6,000 jobs. Thatâs not as much as in 2016 when they cut 7,500. Honestly, there are a lot of facts and figures and minutiae that I canât parse through so just read this.
Look at all these nuts: Listen. This was from three days ago. I donât know the rules for Slog PM yet. Technically, there arenât really any because Iâm making this up as I go. So for now you get to see this three-day-old video of an antenna that a squirrel was using as a secret nut storage facility.
A squirrel has been hoarding acorns inside this antenna pic.twitter.com/QHcRJFCPIg
â Nature is Scary (@TheScaryNature) September 24, 2018
Amazon, our favorite local bookseller, turns to selling other things: Brick and mortar stores are all the rage in this day and age. Amazon, our small local treasure, is getting in on the game. Itâs taking its top-rated items (four stars, to be exact) to a new (In Real Life) store called Amazon 4-star. Amazon is all about being unplugged in 2018.
UWâs new computer science building is swanky: My friend Dom worked on this building for her internship with Mortenson Construction before senior year at UW. This is not an ad, Iâm just excited because I love my friend Dom and this building is pretty sexy. Iâm a little sad because I am no longer at UW and never was in computer science. The new computer science kids can enjoy a cup of coffee at the Microsoft Cafe or hang out in the Zillow Commons. The building is neat and it was funded by tech for techâs future.
Holy flash flood:
Police in Tennessee confirm that at least one person was killed today during flash flooding in the town of Soddy-Daisy. https://t.co/rrIXQWBEx1 pic.twitter.com/ezI6nECaQS
â ABC News (@ABC) September 26, 2018
LAX says itâs okay to fly with weed: Itâs legal under Californiaâs Proposition 64. Well, good. I sure havenât flown out of there ever before this news with marijuana. I definitely wasnât worried over the holidays when there was a bomb dog sniffing my bag and I definitely didnât have weed tucked in my backpack among my pencils. LAX says passengers are allowed â28.5 grams of marijuana and 8 grams of concentrated marijuana for personal consumption.â Full disclosure, I donât know how timely this is but I hadnât heard of it until today.
The Mexican military has taken control of Acapulcoâs entire police force: The military alleges that the department in this resort town in Mexico has been infiltrated by drug gangs. Currently, two police commanders are accused of murder and the rest of the officers have been removed. Theyâre going to undergo background checks.
Colorado teens break into pot shop, only get oregano: The shop doesnât put real marijuana in their cases. These kids didnât know that.
CSPD says a group of teens drove a stolen van into this pot shop and then burglarized the store - BUT they didnât make off with any real marijuana. In other words, thereâs a good chance these guys are trying to smoke oregano right now. đŹđ pic.twitter.com/ydQ2Fcv8sH
â Kyla Galer (@kylagalerKKTV) September 26, 2018
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