anybody have a line on what I should be doing to oppose surveillance here?
Seattle and Portland: Say No to Public-Private Surveillance Networks
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/seattle-and-portland-say-no-public-private-surveillance-networks
An organization calling itself Safe Cities Northwest is aiming to create public-private surveillance networks in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The organization claims that it is building off of a “successful model for public safety” that it built in San Francisco. However, it’s hard to...
A program teaches Seattle teenagers to make websites, providing them to Black-owned businesses
Black-owned restaurants get tech assist from Seattle teens
https://www.kuow.org/stories/black-owned-restaurants-get-tech-assist-from-seattle-teens
In a program created by Seattle’s Office of Economic Development and the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, sixteen high school students learned to make glossy new websites for some of the city’s Black-owned restaurants. The goal was to provide the teens with job skills, while giving the restaurants a stronger presence online.
earthquake satire should have us all feeling chastened
https://theneedling.com/2021/02/25/poor-unprepared-texas-says-city-completely-unprepared-for-inevitably-colossal-earthquake/
seattle ranks no. 1 for percentage of residents working in STEM
Geek city: 1 in 5 Seattle residents work in STEM fields, top in U.S.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/geek-city-1-in-5-seattle-residents-work-in-stem-fields-top-in-u-s/
New census data shows that the number of Seattleites employed in STEM fields has more than doubled, hitting almost 89,700 in 2019. STEM workers make up a remarkable 19% of employed Seattle residents. At the other end of the spectrum,...
the fog this weekend that they kept predicting would clear up may have owed its persistence to wildfire smoke
Is Wildfire Smoke Making Our Fog More Persistent?
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/10/is-wildfire-smoke-making-our-fog-more.html
This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics
New study documents systemic racism in Seattle restaurants
New study documents systemic racism in Seattle restaurants
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/new-study-documents-systemic-racism-in-seattle-restaurants
What happens if a white server and a person of color with the same qualifications apply for jobs at 100 different upscale Seattle restaurants? A new study using pairs of actors found out.
the hotel that was lit up <3 <3 and then <3 BLM is back to <3 <3
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Infectious disease experts: WA's phased reopening will mean fewer cases
Infectious-Disease Experts Think Washington State’s Slow Reopening Will Mean Fewer Cases
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/infectious-disease-experts-think-washington-states-slow-reopening-will-mean-fewer-cases/
Five counties with few cases are starting the state's second phase.
