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🚨Apparently all NIH Study Sections have been suspended indefinitely. For those who don’t know, this means there won’t be any review of grants submitted to NIH Depending on how long this goes on for, this could lead to an interruption in billions in research funding.

Big businesses in Seattle have pledged $235,000 over the last two weeks to oppose Prop 1A, which would impose a 5% payroll tax on corporations with employees who make $1 million+ per year to fund social housing. Instead they support Prop 1B, which would not raise any new taxes.

i bring a sort of "i have an ethical objection to the use of generative ai" vibe to every single conversation lately that nobody really likes

“Racism is like a Cadillac, every year they roll out a new model “. Malcolm X

A 22-year-old in Wisconsin died after a severe asthma attack because he couldn't afford the price of his inhaler, which was no longer covered by his insurance. The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that rescheduled his medication is OptumRx, which is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth

All of the websites and databases that were built with YOUR tax dollars that are getting purged and dumped right now contained the product of many years of good research and many many millions of dollars that are simply being dumped down the drain.

Hey! Tough month! I didn't take the severence package because I didn't agree with the non disparagement agreement attached to it. If you wanna support me while I plan my next move, heres my venmo venmo.com/code?user_id=2…

You guys, now that the stranger is dead do we think we'll finally get some of that groundbreaking centrist coverage of homelessness that's just sure to change hearts and minds?

I just cancelled my monthly donation to The Stranger Here's a good place to redirect yours too...

Just ordered me 100 N95 masks before these tariffs hit to top off my stash at home. No CDC, no American eyes into the WHO, no tracking, no funding for tracking, science is dead in this country. And we’re having data and research suppressed in real time. God help us.

Police reporting has gone downhill since 2020. Too many reporters act like SPD stenographers and publicists. Not Ashley Nerbovig. She kept the focus on misconduct. Her loss is a travesty. Here's a thread of some of her best reporting. Venmo: venmo.com/u/Ashley-Nerbo…

Good morning we are still alive and we will not give up 🍉🇵🇸

This is already out of date, as Amazon just dropped $100K to support Prop 1B. Also, famed Seattle Glass artist Dale Chihuly and his wife also donated $2k to the campaign. Meanwhile, Prop 1A raised almost $15k, including 40 new donors: gossipguy.net/who-is-funding…

Don't let people forget.

Leaving the U.S. of your own volition is privilege. It is a privilege American Indians, Alaska Natives, & Native Hawaiians DO NOT HAVE! This is our home. Our only place on the planet. In the observable universe. Your spirit isn't tied to this land. Ours are.

"I've realized that a lot of the difference between me and my less radical friends is that they are less capable of imagining a better world than I am." - Aaron Bushnell

I’m crying remembering this. This was my favorite stranger article ever. It captured so much nuance and represents everything hyperlocal reporting should be. Thank you Ashley Nerbovig. Also your regular reminder that Tanya Woo is a clown in case anyone forgot

Academia is over.

This is what Israel did today, in the WEST BANK. You cannot have a “ceasefire” in Gaza while blowing up the West Bank, it’s all connected, it is all Palestinian, and it has always been a war on Palestinian existence.