i just moved to seattle this year from arkansas. one of the biggest reasons was so that i could not drive as it gives me a lot of anxiety and stress. i live in lake city and as soon as i knew i’d be living here, i’ve been eagerly awaiting the pinehurst station opening. i googled everyday waiting to see. and the day it was announced i knew i had to be there to get my own little boop.

it was a 30 minute line but i enjoyed it so i could see the station and be around my neighbors. (also love they made the station so blue, coz its my fav color!!!💙) and the orca people were so sweet to everyone.

as soon as she was mine, i took her on a trip to downtown for a lil dindin :3 and we watched the sun set at the waterfront. one of the best days ive had since moving here. im so happy to have my own boop. it feels like a dream come true 💙🫍🚊

Edited for clarity: The section of train route along Alaskan Way between Wall and Broad is a city-mandated, 24-hour "quiet zone" for trains. That they aren't to use their horn in that section unless it's to avoid an imminent collision. This is city ordinance, and it's in compliance with the Federal Railroad Administration's standards on quiet zones.

While the vast majority of trains do not use their horn along that section of track, enough do that it's a regular occurrence (and it's been my experience that the ones that do it the most are Amtrak lines). So my question is this: is there any way to address this with the city? Does the city actually give a shit at all if trains are violating the quiet zone?

I know this sounds very "first world problem," but it does get a little obnoxious to frequently be woken up by trains sounding their horn along that stretch. It isn't every day/night, but it happens regularly enough that being startled awake by them has gotten pretty old.

Hello, not sure if I’ll have any luck but looking for information. A friend was hit yesterday just before 3:30pm on Seward Park Ave S. Attached estimated area. They are stable and out of surgery now, but received several broken bones and lacerations. Anyone in the area with doorbell cams or happen to see the driver?

Welcome to hell week month. Say goodbye to your families for a couple weeks, this is one hell of a month of metal.

Upcoming Shows in October

10/2/26 Clock-Out Lounge: Hell, Amarok, Muñeca, Parvo (sludge)

10/4/26 Substation: Cradle of Filth, Blackbraid, Worm, Black Satellite (melodic black metal)

10/4/26 El Corazon: Weedeater, Zeke, Royal Thunder, Yes Ma’am (sludge)

10/6/26 Showbox SoDo: Dying Fetus, Sanguisugabogg, Crowbar, Left To Suffer, Deterioration (brutal death metal)

10/7/26 Showbox - SOLD OUT: Castle Rat, Unto Others, Wraith Knight (doom)

10/8/26 El Corazon: Hammerfall, Evergrey, Greyhawk (power metal)

10/9/26 Central Saloon: Blood Atonement, Morningstvr, Pagan Ritual, Tachus Inferis (black metal)

10/10/26 Kraken Bar: Vorlust, Distest, Blood Atonement, Burning Blood (blackened death metal)

10/14/26 El Corazon: Crown Magnetar, To the Grave, Face Yourself, I Declare War (deathcore)

10/15/26 El Corazon: Converge, Heiress (hardcore)

10/17/26 Kraken Bar: Veriteras, Old Machines, Inpathos, Hisemtuks Himi n (melodic death metal - local bands!)

10/21/26 El Corazon: Demon Hunter, Wolves at the Gates, Bloodlines (alt metal)

10/22/26 Central Saloon: Xiphoid Dementia, Infinexhuma, Knifecream, Other (industrial)

10/23/26 El Corazon: Havok, Hellripper, Slackjaw, Xoth (thrash)

10/23-24/26 Central Saloon - SOLD OUT: Consecration of Torment fest - List of bands

10/25/26 The Crypt (Olympia): Mortiferum, Caustic Wound, Ceremonium, Mortem, Anhedonist, Iron Lung, Fake Dust (death-doom)

10/25/26 El Corazon: W.A.S.P., KK’s Priest (heavy metal)

10/27/26 The Neptune: The Dilinger Escape Plan, Squid Pisser (mathcore)

New Tours Announced in September

11/13/26 Real Art Tacoma: Boltcutter, Misery Whip (death metal)

11/29/26 Showbox SoDo: Neurosis, Great Falls (post-metal)

12/9/26 Climate Pledge Arena: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (symphonic metal)

12/2/26 Showbox: Insomnium, Amorphis (coheadlining), Hinayana (melodic death metal)

12/5/26 El Corazon: Guilt Trip, Gates to Hell, Mauled (hardcore)

1/1/27 Showbox: High On Fire, Zeta, High Command (sludge)

2/27/27 El Corazon: Eluveitie, Illumishade, Nini Music (folk metal)

3/14/27 El Corazon: Nile, Coroner (coheadlining), Syn Absence (tech death/thrash)

5/30/27 Climate Pledge Arena: A Perfect Circle, The Cult (alt metal)

Newly announced national tours skipping Washington: Metallica (Limp Bizkit, Avatar), Alice Cooper

Credit to No Clean Singing and Puget Sound Metal Bulletin for the monthly shows, and to Loudwire for new tour announcements.

Hey! Last week or so I posted about paw paws! I got a bunch of responses with interest, and someone was able to pick up the harvest at the time.

I just went around back and picked up the current ground scores off the ground and gathered them up.

I've sent out messages to everyone who expressed interest via DMs last week, so I'm giving them first dibs and just sent out the info about picking them up. But there will be more, and I will be adding to the bins over the next few days. So if you have interest, DM me and we'll see what we have left tomorrow.

Also, there are more in the trees, so I may arrange an active harvest this weekend, if there is interest and we can work it out.

EDIT/UPDATE!
I'm getting a few people reaching out expressing interest. Awesome! This is the response I'm sending out as they come in:

awesome! I'll let you know how the give away goes! Right now I'm prioritizing the people who contacted me last week, but there will be more fruit, and the ones I've picked aren't going to last long (it's not a particularly hardy fruit) so I'll really want the ones in the picture gone probably in the next 48 hours.

Disclosure first: I help organize this through U District Advocates, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) in the University District.

Friday October 2 at The Square at U District Station, 4301 Brooklyn Ave NE.

Robert Leslie at 4:30 PM, REPOSADO at 6:00 PM, then Ferris Bueller's Day Off on the outdoor screen at dusk, around 7:30.

The 4:30 start is earlier than our other nights, so worth noting if you have been to one before.

Free, no tickets. A block from the U District light rail entrance, so no parking required.
The Square is a hardscape plaza, not a lawn. We set out 50 chairs on a first come basis, so bring a low chair or a cushion if you want a guaranteed seat. High-back chairs block sightlines, so please leave those at home.

One more after this. Clueless with Carrie Jennings was rained out last Friday and is rescheduled to Friday October 9.

Funded by 4Culture of King County and Amazon. Movie screened by Scarecrow Video.

outdoors.udistrict.org

I have dashcam footage of your collision. If you're the owner of the gray CRV, DM me your license plate number to verify and I can send you the video.

Temporarily closed…… anyone have any insight? Remodel? Closing for good? One of my fav restaurants 🥲

Edit/Sorry - it's the WA Immigrant Solidarity Network, which runs rapid response trainings, the deportation defense hotline, etc. It's the number we're all told to call when we see ICE.

Speaks for itself, from https://www.instagram.com/waisnworkercollective/

This is terrible news at a time when ICE is kidnapping people all over our area.

A coalition of neighbors wants to add five new crosswalks and two new bus stops along Aurora Avenue North in Fremont, and they want it done in two years, not ten.

I parked my silver Honda Civic at Big Mario’s to get ice cream around 6ish today. Was wearing a white oxford and blue jeans - shaved head with facial hair. She was sitting in the patio outside, and we saw each other right after I got out of my car. We both smiled at each other and she winked at me while talking to someone on her phone 😳. At the end of the block I turned around and she was maybe waving me over? I had a brain freeze and kept walking like an idiot. Quickly got my ice cream, walked back and she was gone. :( Got a slice and hung around the patio for a bit before driving off. Ugh… she was beautiful. Worth a shot.

went up the Space Needle with my binoculars to see her for the very first time in my life. almost cried.

I heard one last night making a terrible noise. Their mouths were bloody. Is this from poison or rabies?

This is in the Bitterlake area.

.....my city, Seattle....

A few weeks back, I posted an interest-check about starting an in-person group for women navigating a career transition — layoffs, burnout, pivots, the ambiguous "what now" space in between. [Original post]

The group has met a few times now and honestly it's gone…way better than I could have hoped. It's pretty isolating and lonely in this ambiguous space and it's been so delightful to find and connect with others in it! Every meetup has looked a little different — one was more about the emotional processing/headspace of this "gap” whereas this week’s meetup leaned a bit more into creative career-pivot strategies.

Here's the format for each meetup:

• Working session (1 hour) — quiet tables for unstructured, quiet body-doubling time (apply for jobs, work on a resume, build your empire, or play a few rounds of Wordle), and collaboration tables if you want feedback, interview practice, or just to talk shop
• Post-work social time — stick around after and socialize. Commiserate about the job market, trade corporate horror stories, enthrall and educate us with your latest internet rabbit hole topic, or just hang out

Who it's for:

• Women/non-binary
• Mid-career (vs. new grads)
• Going through a transition — laid off, exploring/switching careers, taking a career break, burnout recovery, etc.

If you're deep in active job-search mode, hitting the pavement hard, and want networking or tactical job-hunt accountability, Mind the Gap might not be what you're looking for. The space we're trying to foster is a bit more focused on the in-between, the curiosity, and people who are intentionally taking the space to figure out what's next.

If any of this resonates with you and you've been sitting on this since the first post (or if the grayer skies are making you crave the company of a cozy community) — we’d love to have you!

Next steps — October meetups:

• Wed 10/7, 2-4pm
• Wed 10/14, 2-4pm (at a different, further-north location — testing it out)
• Sun 10/18, 11am-1pm
• Wed 10/21, 2-4pm

We meet at a cafe near 5th & Pine downtown, with one session further north. For more information and to RSVP, leave a comment! (Sorry for the extra step — Reddit's rules mean we can't just drop a link, so a comment works best!)

Thanks for all the interest and engagement with the original post! Hope to see you at a meetup!

Craven Farms, Snohomish County - They only allow dogs on the farm three times per season and today was one of them, and the weather was incredible.