So in other chords, like the Tillikum Bridge in Portland.

This is what happens when you build your society on car and oil centric infrastructure. Eventually you have to deal with the consequences.

If they chose to own several oversize trucks and SUVs, then they have to deal with consequences. Empathy can only go so far.

I think Brian Wilson wrote a song about him many years ago.

That's from The Kids In The Hall. Best comedy team from Canada in the 90's.

Earl Scruggs never denied the West African origins of the banjo, in fact he mentioned it a lot so people would know.

I don't know, social media has been good at making sure 70's rock and 70's music in general still has an iron grip on society.

Whoever said they were?

Yes, the dad barely tolerated rotary dial phones, manual typewriters and ball point pens. He'd have a seizure over the internet. Not to mention it's obvious he was Watterson's author avatar.

Think of it as the Morrissey Effect. He started saying outrageous things just to piss people off, but he never stopped and wound up believing the hateful ideas that came out of his mouth.

You can be passionate about both.

Not that unusual. Some Midwest and South families would give their kids middle initials that didn't stand for anything. Two famous examples are Harry S. Truman and John R.(Johnny) Cash.

The best unintended advertisement Nutella could have hoped for. "It's the 21st century equivalent of Tang!"

Yes, that's what I meant. People are afraid of using that option for a valid reason - the very real possibility of it failing.

Nice idea, but judging from the users on Bluesky, people here are too afraid to even think about this.

Give Uni a double portion of chicken as a reward for wearing bunny ears.

Ridership Topped 200,000 on 2 Line Crosslake Connection's Opening Day A total of 205,000 transit riders hopped on light rail trains on the first day of full 2 Line service between Seattle and the Eastside. It was the second busiest day in Sound Transit history.

Not quite as much as the Super Bowl victory parade in February, but it shows that if you build needed transit, people will come.

Which has historically been a problem. The reporter is never the one that writes the headline, instead an editor assigns a junior staffer to come up with the most sensational blurb possible, even though it has almost nothing to do with the story.

Not that I know of, I was thinking more about the security measures. They treat passengers on internal HSR trips like it was an international flight, which is overdoing it.

Spain would like to have a word with you about that.

"Process" is coded language for "kick the can down the road and let it be someone else's problem."

Transportation Choices Coalition leader Kirk Hovenkotter takes a selfie with Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine aboard the first train to cross the lake as revenue service

A crowded Mercer Island station platform with a train

Trains are packed and now crossing the lake.

Once this is in full service, metro Seattle inhabitants will wonder why there was so much opposition to it. Just like every time a new transit line opens. (Yes, it's not perfect but it will be of great benefit).

Happy birthday Uni! 🎂 May you get as much chicken as your heart (and stomach) desires.

It certainly worked for Seattle with JSN.

Believe it or not, yes. There are those opposed to cards, etc. that want to go back to a cash-only society. This vainglorious move by TFG pretty much kills that idea.

The last one should read "Czechia vs. Denmark".

A display case of watches with the brand name Nixon, as seen through a store window.

In retrospect the manufacturer could've found a better name for their watches.

Looking at the list, whoever wrote this article didn't try very hard. No one would ever think of Bellevue and Kirkland as isolated from metro Seattle.

Helped by the fact vinyl costs $35-40 per disc now. And with oil prices shooting way up thanks to the unwanted Iran war (vinyl being a petroleum byproduct) expect those prices to keep climbing.