How Big Tech Swallowed Seattle

Photographer: Sasha Arutyunova for Bloomberg Businessweek

An interesting take on what type of development is right for a city.

Jeff Bezos and Paul Allen made billions and remade the city.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech

Illustration by Jeffrey Henson Scales, photographs by Tom Brenner for The New York Times, and Lionel Bonaventure/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Stop Saying “Officer-Involved Shootings”

(Photo by James M. Thresher/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Let’s talk about “officer-involved shootings.” That is the formal term, used by seemingly all American local news broadcasts, for when a cop shoots someone. Instea…

Source: The Dish

2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year

Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

It’s hot. But it may not be the new normal yet. Temperatures are still rising.

Source: www.nytimes.com

More Not So Subtle Racism

The Florida race for governor is getting off to a disturbing start as the Republican nominee Ron DeSantis told voters not to “monkey this up” by electing his Democratic counterpart Andrew Gillum. Gillum is African American. And DeSantis absolutely knew what he was saying.

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner!

Our backyard bird feeders have attracted a Cooper’s Hawk. After the fact, I read some of the bird guides like Audubon and found if you put out seed in your back yard, there’s a good chance you attract the attention of a Cooper’s Hawk, because they mainly eat birds.

This hawk was quite fearless and let me walk up to within six feet of him before he flew away. Continue reading “Look Who’s Coming to Dinner!”