Levi Pulkkinen

DOGE cancelled this UW scientist’s grant — to save just $866 The budget-slashing mission of Elon Musk's DOGE is to root out waste, fraud and abuse. So why did it end a UW professor's air quality work to save just $866?

The DOGE gremlins cut funding for a UW scientist studying how wildfire smoke affects air quality in schools—kind of an important topic in Washington nowadays!—in order to save $866 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Crisis-hit Boeing delivered less than half as many jets as Airbus in 2024 Year-end jet orders and deliveries figures released Tuesday by Boeing reveal how much Airbus dominated its crisis-ridden U.S. rival in 2024.

Good #airbus v #boeing orders summary by Dominic Gates of #theseattletimes. www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...

A front page for the ages.

the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image

also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*

If you're like, "My brain could use fun words today. If only there was a non-indulgent essay connecting Victorian weirdo trends, well-intentioned parenting fails and pronunciation", here you go.

Today, on the 40th anniversary of Lynch's DUNE, pop on the sooting sounds of THE BALLADS OF GURNEY HALLECK and relax.

‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors - The Hechinger Report Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and ...

"Rural Americans already have far less access to higher education than their counterparts in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and financial crises."

instead of spotify wrapped i want linked in wrapped where it tells me which job listings i spent the most time looking at and wondering if those industries were more stable

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

Seattle's 'forever home' problem, via @heidigroover.bsky.social

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Hard to overstate how hard this hit way back when.

Many of your favorite Seattle Times journalists are now on BlueSky. Follow them all.

Fact: The Counting Crows lyric “it’s been a long December” was written halfway through the first day of December.

The passion of the Mormon feminist - High Country News For 50 years, ‘Exponent II‘ has made the LDS Church squirm. It has no plans to stop.

For 50 years, the Mormon feminist magazine Exponent II has made the male hierarchy of the LDS Church squirm. It has no plans to stop.

My latest story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social

www.hcn.org/issues/56-12...

James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.

Government and Politics Editor - The Seattle Times - Career Page We are seeking a focused and decisive editor to help lead our government and politics coverage!

come work with us!

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