By no means examine a bag: Sea-Tac Airport was the sufferer of a cyber assault over the weekend. E mail, cellphone providers, and digital programs comparable to checking baggage went offline from Saturday morning by means of Sunday afternoon. Airport employees checked 7,000 baggage by hand. The vast majority of the individuals attempting to examine their baggage missed their flights. What are you, the Queen of England? Shove your shit in a backpack and put it within the overhead compartment like the remainder of us. The FBI is investigating the incident.
New gentle rail stops are coming!!! No one panic. The Lynwood gentle rail extension and its 4 new stations will open this week on Aug. 30. Ahhh! This shall be an enormous win for commuters because the prepare extends alongside I-5, and will chip away on the automobile visitors alongside the 8 1/2 mile route. Listed below are the 4 stops from southernmost to northernmost station: Shoreline South/148th Station, Shoreline North/185th Station, Mountlake Terrace Station, Lynnwood Metropolis Station. Take a look at the Seattle Time‘s breakdown of what is what at every spot (like parking, transit connections, and bike paths). They know a factor or two in regards to the suburbs. All I do know is I will take the prepare to Mountlake Terrace and discover my option to the fucking Regal Cinebarre movie show, the peak of suburban dwelling.
What is the subsequent gentle rail milestone after this? Seems like the subsequent time we’ll be capable to get our transit-oriented rocks off shall be when the Seattle to east aspect connection is completed a while in 2025. They’re retaining that deadline obscure for now. After that, mark your calendars for 2032 for when gentle rail involves West Seattle and Ballard.
Summer time hiatus continues: Right this moment, it is going to be principally nice and heat, however then extra chilly rain will sweep in tonight. After that is over and executed with, fake fall ought to grow to be a distant reminiscence and summer season warmth will take over as soon as once more.
Not solely are we going to get some rain tonight, tonight can be the final 8 pm sundown till April 15, 2025 in Seattle. After the rain late tonight/Tuesday morning warming development the remainder of the week with highs peaking within the mid 70s to mid 80s Friday & Saturday. #wawx pic.twitter.com/GrCuSB1AQg
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) August 26, 2024
Metropolis spent $89,000 tearing down BLM backyard: Eight months in the past, Seattle Parks and Recreation tore down the Black Lives Memorial Backyard, the group backyard undertaking began by activists through the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) in Cal Anderson Park. The decision to take away one of many solely lasting byproducts of CHOP got here instantly from Mayor Bruce Harrell, in accordance with a report by RealChange Information. Moreover, RealChange discovered town spent $89,000 to take action. Parks spent the majority of that cash—$63,840 of it—on safety prices.
Reign retire Rapinoe’s jersey: The Seattle Reign honored the nice Megan Rapinoe by retiring her no. 15 jersey on Sunday night time. The ceremony included an all-female skydiving staff and a video montage from the likes of Macklemore, Jay Inslee, and Eddie Vedder. They then beat the North Carolina Braveness 1-0. We have been there! Learn extra about on Slog later in the present day.
A present for the parks: The Nationwide Park Service will obtain a $100 million donation from the Indianapolis-based basis Lilly Endowment Inc. That is in some way the largest donation in nationwide park historical past. Now, the Park Service might want to determine the best way to unfold the $100 million round to its 400 parks. Some latest priorities for the parks are saving coral reefs in Florida’s Biscayne Nationwide Park and restoring trout populations in western parks, in accordance with the Related Press. I hope this begins a development the place billionaires attempt to outdo one another by how a lot they will donate to the parks.
Unhealthy time for vacationers: In Iceland, an ice cave partially collapsed whereas 25 vacationers from varied nations have been exploring inside. Ice hit 4 individuals, severely injuring two individuals. One individual died from their accidents. Two persons are nonetheless lacking. On the Grand Canyon 4 days in the past, a flash flood swept away one hiker, who was lacking till her physique was found—20 miles away from the place she first disappeared. 100 different hikers needed to be rescued.
Arizona’s governor has activated the nationwide guard to assist with the latest flash flooding at an Indian reservation within the Grand Canyon space. Greater than 100 individuals have been evacuated from the canyon.
Rescue crews are nonetheless looking for a 33-year-old lady who was swept away. pic.twitter.com/mga1UGP09Q
— ABC Information (@ABC) August 25, 2024
File low for fertility: The 2023 fertility charge in the USA fell 3% from 2022. The historic low means there have been about 55 births for each 1,000 ladies aged 15 to 44 and 36 million births complete. Births are shifting to older moms and teenage being pregnant has by no means been decrease. Good for them.
On the point of (extra) conflict: Israel launched airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, a response to Hezbollah’s rocket and drone strike final month. The Israeli navy stated the strike was preemptive, too, because it decided Hezbollah was planning one other volley of rockets for Israel. All out conflict could possibly be imminent and will squander any hopes for a cease-fire settlement in Israel’s conflict on Gaza. Tensions are excessive, but each side appear to have de-escalated and brought a step again from the brink.
Remember in regards to the stranded astronauts: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been caught on the Worldwide Area Station since early June because of points with their Boeing plane. Now, NASA says Wilmore and Williams will be capable to come residence. As a substitute of taking the Boeing Starliner they rode in on residence, the astronauts will tag alongside on the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in February. They have been speculated to be on ISS for eight days. This entire 12 months is humiliation porn for Boeing.
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— amelia elizalde (@ameliaelizalde) August 25, 2024
Telegram CEO detained: French authorities detained Pavel Durov, 39, the CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram. Durov, who’s Russian however lives in Dubai the place Telegram relies, was allegedly arrested “underneath a warrant for offenses associated to the app,” the BBC reviews. Complaints allege Telegram conducts inadequate moderation and doesn’t cooperate with authorities relating to “drug trafficking, little one sexual content material, and fraud” on its platform. The app’s stance has been that it’s not answerable for the abuse of its platform.
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