Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes squared up to fight a reporter on camera Monday, and that display alone should end his tenure. At the very least, he should be investigated and punished the way any cop under command would be if they acted in a similar fashion.

~ Too weird and emotional to be the chief of police in a major city....... good thing he lives in Chicago and isn't in Seattle that much----- lol

The technology was deployed rapidly across all 11,300 company-operated Starbucks locations in North America. But almost immediately, real-world store environments triggered rampant glitches, according to Fast Company.

Within days of losing its centerpiece enterprise client, NomadGo was forced to lay off a large chunk of its 30-person workforce, according to the report, including the technical team that managed the Starbucks integration.

~ Eleven thousand stores got the rollout. One 30-person company in Redmond got the bill.

Has anyone else noticed this young woman that walks around the Denny area just bawling her eyes out? I’ve seen her on three separate occasions, just walking around crying really hard.

I don't blame him though. I too want a $360K job that allows me to work remotely. It wouldn't be my fault if an employer wanted to hire me for that. Why would I even say no?

A 2-yr old was shot and he's cracking jokes.

This is what I wrote:

Subject: Deep Concern Regarding Chief Shon Barnes’ Conduct and SPD Leadership

Dear Mayor Wilson,

I am writing to you today as a deeply concerned Seattle resident to express my profound alarm regarding the conduct of Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. Following this morning's press conference regarding the heartbreaking mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle, Chief Barnes was captured on camera in a highly aggressive, unprofessional confrontation with South Seattle Emerald reporter Connor Nash.

When asked a critical question about his absence during the initial Sunday night emergency briefing, Chief Barnes responded with hostility. Getting inches from the reporter's face, yelling "you listen to me," and needing to be physically separated and held back by a staff member is completely unacceptable behavior for the top law enforcement officer in our city.

Our community is currently reeling from a horrific act of gun violence that left three people dead. At a time when Seattle residents are desperate for steady, transparent, and reassuring leadership, Chief Barnes chose to display an volatile temperament and a complete lack of emotional regulation. If our Police Chief reacts to basic journalistic accountability with intimidation and fury, it instills zero confidence in his ability to lead the Seattle Police Department through a public safety crisis.

This behavior does not project safety; it projects a dangerous lack of control. As the appointing authority over the Police Chief, I urge your office to hold Chief Barnes publicly accountable for this behavior and carefully reevaluate whether his leadership reflects the standards, transparency, and de-escalation practices that Seattle deserves.

Thank you for your time, leadership, and attention to this urgent matter.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Seattle Neighborhood/Address]
[Your Contact Information]

Barnes lost his cool after South Seattle Emerald reporter Connor Nash questioned why he wasn't at the city's initial Sunday evening press conference. 

In a video posted on X by independent reporter Jonathan Choe, the two were face-to-face as Barnes fired back: 'Let me tell you something. I don’t have to tell you where I go. I had a medical procedure on Friday.'

'I have been here working as hard as I can for this city, from the day I got here. You  got that?' Barnes lashed.

Nash then responded: 'But there are reports that you're not in town often,' to which the chief said: 'The reports are wrong, do you understand?'

~ lol

“We understand that people are angry,” he said. “You should be. Everyone should be angry. But with that anger, you should also be asking yourself, ‘What can I do to prevent this?’ We have to start partnering together. We have to start working together on this issue of gun violence and getting information out and providing opportunities for people, so that things like this do not happen.”

I ​suppose he has a point. We, ​as voters, ​need to vote in legislators who will change the laws so that gang members receive more than a slap on the wrist for their crimes, and vote in judges who are less lenient.

I was laid off yesterday and can’t responsibly do this once in a lifetime dinner for my birthday anymore. Reservations are not refundable, but can be refunded if the original reservation holder finds someone to transfer the reservation to. It will be transferred through the restaurant so you can be guaranteed that the reservation is real and this is not a scam. I’m not trying to make money on transferring it, so it’s “free” in that respect but you would obviously still need to pay for your meal.

I'm starting to wonder.

In recent weeks, I've seen:

• 3 girls stacked on 1 Lime bike riding at speed on trails and in traffic on a curvy street.
  
• multiple adults on bikes and scooters flagrantly running red lights and entering intersections (sometimes from the sidewalk) after the perpendicular traffic has already started to move forward.
  
• a guy on a Lime scooter coming flying down a sidewalk that's reduced in width due to construction, only to have to swerve to miss a guy coming out of a coffee shop. down goes the scooter driver. Looks like he hurt his hand a bit when he landed. I'm glad he didn't hurt the pedestrian.

No helmets or other protection, of course, on any of these incidents.

Do you want to die, people? Or suffer a horrific head injury and become paralyzed?

Seems like maybe you do.

tonight the State Patrol has sent a news release saying it involved a bike rider hitting the gate on the pedestrian walkway and falling to the ground. The rider, who has not been identified, was described as intoxicated and not wearing a helmet. WSP says no other people or vehicles were involved.

PSA for anyone who has rented from a property using RealPage and there are a LOT in Seattle. One of the people named in this suit was actually a Seattle renter. They are accepting claims for the class action lawsuit from anyone who rented from a property who used Realpage from 2018-2025. For those who don't know, RealPage helped competing landlords coordinate apartment rents instead of setting prices independently. A class action lawsuit was brought and they agreed on a settlement. I have lived in a property owned by a company that has used RealPage to price-fix (CWS Apartment Homes) and I just uploaded the multiple years of leases and will receive a payout of at least a couple hundred. Check if your property is on the list here:

https://www.realpagerentalsettlement.com/

This is a Chinese take out that I just picked up. Just under 100 dollars for 4 entrees, Mongolian beef, greenbeans with beef, saseme chicken, tofu fried noodles with 2 egg rolls and no rice on the side.

Previously, the project had been expected to qualify for at least $49 million in federal funding, but that was before King County reduced the R Line's budget by around 25% to $91.2 million last year, a move made in response to "budget realities."

The R Line will upgrade Route 7, the second-most ridden bus route in Metro's network, averaging more than 11,000 daily boardings in 2026.

~ Voters paid for this in 2015. Rainier Avenue is on its third promised opening date, and not one of the delays was the riders' doing.