Words, words, words. Jay Inslee said at an event in British Columbia this week that heâs committed to implementing an âultra-high-speed transportationâ rail network in the Pacific Northwest. That sure is a nice thing to say! Now here he is talking out of the highway side of his mouth.
The Seattle school board wants mandatory vaccines. The board voted unanimously in favor of urging the state to require COVID vaccines for public school students. (Update: Actually they're urging the state to review vaccine requirements, not to immediately add COVID to the list.) There were nearly 200 COVID outbreaks in August and September, and nearly a thousand cases reported in Seattle schools since then.
So much for the tolerant Earth. The moon will vanish for three hours tonight. Theyâre calling it an âeclipse,â but isnât that just another way of saying that the moon has been cancelled by the largest woke mob in history, the entire Earth?
Have you read the SECBâs vote-no-on-the-recall explainer yet? Read it now. Or just read this tweet. (Oh and also remember to vote.)
I have never seen a "Recall Sawant" sign in front of a house that was worth less than $1.5 million https://t.co/YaH4bGI9AF
â Michael Hobbes (@RottenInDenmark) November 17, 2021
Harvard grads arenât smart, just rich. Almost half of Harvardâs white students are there for reasons other than academic performance â their families either bought their way in, or had the right connections.
Vancouverâs new electric fire truck is đ„đ„đ„. Toot toot! Look at how cute this thing is. So much more maneuverable than the big trucks. Why doesnât Seattle have one? (To be fair, SFD does have some hybrid vehicles.)
Our 1st electric fire truck!
Coming in 2023:
- less noise for residents
- less width, tighter turns
- less $$$ maintenance
- better firefighter health
- better ergonomics
- same capital cost
Canât wait to see this on our #Vancouver streets.@DeputyTMoore
pic.twitter.com/6UIZ0ySvGa
â Dale Bracewell (@Dale_Bracewell) November 18, 2021
Apple will let you fix your phone starting next year. For years, Apple has resisted providing any tools or information that would allow users to repair broken phones and computers â but starting in 2022, theyâll launch a self-repair program that will hopefully make it a little cheaper and easier to deal with shattered glass and dead hard drives. And not just for Apple products, either.
Apple almost certainly yielded on the repair issue due to shareholder pressure, but across the industry, no one person has done more to advocate for right to repair than Kyle. https://t.co/8kuEuXmq58 And no company has fought harder than @iFixit, which makes excellent products.
â Anil Dash (@anildash) November 18, 2021
Hereâs the future of touch. Facebook/Meta is tinkering around with gloves that provide a bit of tactile feedback for VR users. Itâs not quite as real as the holodeck, where objects feel convincingly solid; but when wearing one of their experimental gloves, putting your hand through a table feels âlike jello.â Petting a dog doesnât quite feel like touching real fur, but âemotionally, experientially â it feels real.â Tech company Qualcomm says that metaverse-enabled devices will someday be as ubiquitous as phones.
Major bike and walking upgrades are coming on a route between downtown and West Seattle. Seattleâs getting $20 million to fix East Marginal Way, where bikes and peds must currently travel perilously close to cars and trucks. The street will get two-way protected bike lanes, better sidewalks, and trees. Trees! Imagine that. You can thank Rep. Jayapal for ensuring that the project was funded. Nice â now fix Aurora, please.
Can we get the âpretzels are making me thirstyâ scene next?
"It's my new coat." pic.twitter.com/WcNSpUobeu
â Seinfur (@Seinfur) November 17, 2021