Seattle Floats Scaling Back Energy Code Changes to Cut Housing Costs (www.theurbanist.org)
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping: No longer a partnership of equals (www.bbc.com)
Cutting Trail Tunnel Only Saves 1% of SR 520 Budget (www.theurbanist.org)
Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers (techcrunch.com)
Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account (qz.com)
Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more (www.tomshardware.com)
Video of Chinese Manager Beating African Workers Sparks Racism Debate (www.ndtv.com)
Ex-Bothell council member arrested for investigation of killing woman (www.bothell-reporter.com)
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
LinkedIn is the latest company to get in on gaming (www.theverge.com)
Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer (arstechnica.com)
Zebras get loose near highway exit, gallop into Washington community before most are corralled (apnews.com)
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Cost of EV lease for several models after new WA program (www.notebookcheck.net)
School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis (arstechnica.com)
Coca-Cola is largest known contributor of branded plastic waste, global study finds (www.axios.com)
How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War (youtu.be)
Tesla lays off 'more than 10%' of its global workforce (electrek.co)
Police Contract Offers Big Raises, No Significant Accountability Improvements - PubliCola (publicola.com)
The tentative contract, which runs through the end of 2023, is dated retroactively to January 6, 2021—the day of the national insurrection and attempted takeover of Congress by rioters attempting to overturn the election for Trump.
Seattle Times Shocked to Learn Even Groups They Disagree With Can Get Street-Use Permits - PubliCola (publicola.com)
Controversial clean energy law takes effect in Washington (www.columbian.com)
Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill to hasten Puget Sound Energy’s shift from natural gas to clean energy. Critics contend it will lead to higher energy bills for ratepayers.