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A book and a dog. The brown mixed hound dog of indeterminate breed is in the background, lying down, facing the book with a forlorn, nervous expression. The book, in the foreground, has a stark cover, mostly white, with black lettering, and an image of a bust of a skeleton in a suit with a pirate cap, over two swords. The title is “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America”. The only color is the skeleton’s solid red necktie. The authors name is clipped out of the image but is Brendan Ballou.

Doggo has the concerned expression down.

Y’all…we have got to find a way to stop private equity. Brendan Ballou gives some policy ideas (with legal precedent) in this book.

Man singing w guitar on small stage in local brewery He’s rocking it. Where are you?

Kitsap. Come out and enjoy Jimmy Trogden playing live at Western Red Brewing in Poulsbo. Right now. He’s playing and singing awesome

How frustrating. Sorry.

Is the most annoying sound in the world someone else’s alarm they are ignoring?

It’s a choice. A smaller sign would be safer, IMO

Added to TBR

When Driving Is Not an Option

Thinking about picking up my book? Do it this week! all @islandpress.bsky.social print titles are 50% off until 11/16!
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also lots of other great books to grab as well -- thread below with some links of my favorites

“Play with fire, and you’ll get burned”

But, only if I’m bad at it, right?

But the smell, right? Is it worth it for the pretty?

We’ve bought and use 4 Rad Power bikes, and I think they made it easy to make the switch at an accessible price point.
We use them regularly.

Makes sense.

That seems a little absurd. We know folks at DOT are prob trying to do good work.
Wonder at cause of disparity.

Ooh, Zelda-cuz it’s the only one that has bits that still bubble to the surface of my mind.

🗡️ here, take this

This is not the right rain. Who ordered up east coast rain?

:( I’m not in city of Bremerton, but I really thought this election was going differently. Pretty sure, if it were an even year election, with higher turnout, it would have. (Based solely on vibes)

She's under the bed, trying to figure out how to move it away from the wall, when there is a knock from the direction of the door.

Who knocks on a prison cell?

Ana regrets not having Daskom in her head - he'd have a quip. Probably a rhyme. Damn poet dragon.

#amwriting #fantasy

Thanks. I’m now exploring options to do something similar.

This seems like a neat project - I'm curious about the tech. Do you have multiple mics or old phones setup outside? A single point? Is it static? Is it streamed or manually checked? Do you run the sound through merlin API or roll your own?

oh no...hope you can get it rideable

You think they have the GTFS feed showing actual *and* scheduled buses?

Wow

Concept drawings of two road right of way configurations - a 100ft one on top and a 140 ft below. Both have vehicle travel lanes, sidewalks, trees, and transit.

I'm interested to hear more about what is going on with these proposals for future Silverdale Way (compared to 80 ft ROW all traffic lanes right now)

Kitsap County commissioners will hear/see on Monday 3 NOV, and Central Kitsap CAC on Wednesday 5 NOV - DCD's update to Silverdale Regional Center planning.
I can't link directly to the presentation on Silverdale, but if you search 3 NOV, you will see it www.kitsap.gov/BOC_p/Pages/...

"Is it just us, on this picnic?" Eyebrows up, hand outstretched.

She grabbed his outstretched hand and with both of hers and faced him directly, "Yes, well, us and a giant, pesky, dragon...who is also our ride. It was his idea after all."

#sff

The question, always -
“who benefits?”

This story is sad and terrible in so many ways.

'caregiver' and 'caretaker' are somehow synonymous

but...shouldn't they be antonymous?

Let’s all go explore golf course trails!

deep in The Sun....once we get before the 1990s, nearly all of the Royal Valley references are in the classifieds for Angus bulls.

Screenshot of front page of The (Bremerton) Sun from June 15, 2004 discussing concerns over developing farm and wetlands along Waaga Way in Royal Valley into housing. Headline is "Residents oppose 700-home project" and it is related to changing the zoning urban planning for a parcel.

I'm working on a thing, but it is absolutely wild to me that a housing development that has faced public backlash for more than 20 years is still plodding forward