Finn @finn@social.seattle.wa.us

At Cal Anderson the #seattleprotest gardens by @blackstarfarmer@twitter.com are still there but the nut tree saplings planted in commemoration of specific deaths are gone.

Here’s a heron in Lake Union for everyone who needs to know today that there are still herons and turtles in Lake Union.

(For those of you who don’t live in #Seattle, this is close to downtown in the neighborhood that Amazon has pretty much taken over.)

(Thanks to @eldang who took this picture, because I couldn’t get my phone out without rocking the kayak too much.)

ATTN #Seattle

The City Council PASSED the #AmazonTax today.

(Okay, technically it's a payroll tax on the largest companies, https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-city-council-could-act-today-on-new-payroll-tax)

someone's being creative in #pdx

Commanding your #terminal with natural language

http://kirin.cs.washington.edu:8000/

https://github.com/TellinaTool/tellina

#nlp #uw #bash #shell

So I now have five dozen pairs of tube socks that I can no longer give to the CHOP because the CHOP no longer exists. Anyone got recommendations for a #Seattle shelter I could plausibly send a friend with a car to deliver these to?

Shingletown Saloon in Ballard #Seattle announces they will close back up for a few more weeks after... you guessed it...

https://www.facebook.com/shingletownballard/photos/pb.719401644836604.-2207520000../2806947682748646/

Followed up with unmarked police vans circling the area shining bright lights at everybody #seattleprotest

The #SeattleProtest at West Precinct just got charged by bike cops in riot gear, anyone know if there's a reason? From what I could see it was just the usual pass the mic and then suddenly they were chasing everybody

#PDX

Have watched at least 4 peaceful protestors be arrested tonight at #seattleprotest for peacefully being a foot or two over a line on the ground

I guess SPD decided this would be a good way to spend time money and energy again #seattleprotest

Another cop was asked how much injury to cops would be acceptable to keep the public safer.

His answer?

None.

He also thinks all officers should carry guns in response to every call.

I think they haven't heard us yet, #seattleprotest

#DefundSPD #endQualifiedImmunity

Talked to a cop today, asked him about his civic responsibility to fight institutional racism.

After a lot of lines about volunteering at soup kitchens and other hypotheticals he gave me a straight answer:

He feels no responsibility to fight racism.

#DefundSPD #seattleprotest

This guy with his badge number covered #seattleprotest

This guy with his mask in his pocket instead of on his face in the middle of a pandemic #seattleprotest

This guy both with badge covered and with no mask on #seattleprotest

This is approximately the perimeter the police are holding at the moment #seattleprotest

The Seattle City Council took a major step Wednesday toward adopting a new tax on big businesses, voting in a budget committee meeting to advance a proposal expected to raise more than $200 million per year for affordable housing, business assistance and community development.

A final vote by the full council is planned for Monday, and passage would mark a turning point at City Hall.

Only two years ago, the council — under intense pressure from corporate critics such as Amazon and the prospect of a voter referendum — repealed a $47 million-per-year big business tax enacted less than a month before.

#Seattle

#Seattle

To get an Amazon tax on the ballot, sign at

#TaxAmazon Initiative 131 Signature Collection Form
https://www.taxamazon.net/sign