Overlook Black Friday: We must always name right now Rainbow Friday. The Washington Division of Fish and Wildlife plans to inventory 24 lakes throughout the state with 65,000 rainbow trout for vacation weekend fishing. Black Friday fishing facilitated by the DFW has been a factor for greater than a decade. Is not it beautiful what authorities funding can provide you? Like, the present of pondering you may present for your self.
Do not cross the picket line: For the fifth 12 months in a row, Amazon employees are hanging this weekend, from Black Friday by means of Cyber Monday, to protest “anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.” Employees in 20 international locations, together with the US, shall be hanging.
Statue thieves strike once more: Within the final 5 months, thieves have stolen two bronze statues and 10 bronze plaques throughout Seattle. The most up-to-date hit occurred in Ballard when the bronze bandits plucked the historic plaque from the Ballard Bell Tower. Council Member Dan Strauss says his workplace will fund a substitute, although that might value upwards of $10,000.
Goats detained: Kent Police detained two goats as a result of they have been chasing individuals. They’re now in custody on the King County Animal Shelter.
Zuck involves dinner: Lest you fall for any artistic rebranding of tech billionaires who now put on chains and do jiu jitsu, here’s a bucket of chilly water to dump over your head. On the eve of Thanksgiving, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke bread with president-elect Donald Trump at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida.
The climate: It will likely be colder than you need it to be right now. Rain is not speculated to fall, however typically it does anyway.
Had been you grateful for this? I hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving. When you’re studying this, I am grateful for you. When you’re studying this and also you touch upon Slog repeatedly, I am solely grateful for these of you who aren’t imply to me. What we will all agree on is gratitude for a gorgeous sundown and a gorgeous metropolis. What a life!
Lovely Orange Sundown on Thanksgiving Night in Seattle 🦃😍 pic.twitter.com/lCeQigUyKZ
— 🔱Seattle Chris⚾ (@CjWieringa17) November 29, 2024
Australia thinks of the youngsters: The Australian Parliament simply handed a regulation which can make it unlawful for kids beneath 16 to have social media accounts. It makes platforms corresponding to TikTok, Fb, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram chargeable for fines of as much as 50 million Australian {dollars} if any youngsters youthful than 16 are discovered to have accounts. Meta stated the laws was “rushed.” Each main events in Australia supported the ban, however little one welfare orgs are involved that it may additional isolate youngsters who use social media to seek out assist—like LGBTQ+ youngsters in rural areas.
Entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana: Justin Solar, a Chinese language-born cryptocurrency engineer, bought that well-known conceptual artwork piece, the banana duct taped to a wall, in any other case often called “Comic,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Solar bought the piece after which ate it at a press convention in a Hong Kong lodge. “It tastes significantly better than different bananas. Certainly, fairly good,” he stated.
Learn this first-hand account of what it’s prefer to be homeless. Journalist and recently-homeless individual Patrick Fealey penned a shocking essay about being a homeless man. Fealey was an award-winning journalist earlier than a manic despair brought on by Bipolar I upended his life.
One other factor to be grateful for: 5 years after the historic Paris cathedral caught fireplace, Notre Dame’s inside is lastly restored.
5 years after, the miracle continues: #NotreDame is reborn. https://t.co/4rEAVvL5Dd pic.twitter.com/oAp76jgpRt
— 𝑨𝒙𝒆𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒅 🇺🇦 (@areinaud) November 24, 2024
British Parliament passes assisted dying: In a 330 to 275 vote, lawmakers within the Home of Commons voted to legalize assisted dying for terminally sick sufferers in Wales and England.
Stowaway: A lady made her manner with no ticket onto a Paris-bound flight from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport. She by some means bypassed ticket checks at TSA and on the gate, although she scanned her baggage and went by means of a physique scan. She hid in bogs on the aircraft for the entire flight, which caught the flight attendants consideration. She was apprehended upon touchdown in Paris. What does TSA even do?
