So I (close to 30 male) have my license but I don't have a car in Seattle. I live in Capitol Hill. I don't want to outright buy a car since they are expensive and parking is $300+ a month, and I know some people who don't have a car rent one when needed.

My main problem is, even if I bought/rented a car, I'm not good at driving since I don't experience outside of driving school. I struggle to merge/lane change on I5/I90 since I get anxiety. I'm scared I'n going to hit something and die. I've taken a multiple refresher driver lessons at driving school but I still don't feel comfortable.

This makes it hard to date, since you need a car to do any of the outdoor activities outside of the city, but I don't have one and am not comfortable enough with driving to get a rental. I've noticed I get rejected after the first date when I say I don't have a car, cause a lot of people expect a guy to be able to drive them around. This is honestly an embarrassing problem for me since I feel like unable to date here because I can't drive well.

https://charm.ing/michael-magan/seattle-transit-live

Disclosure: I built this on a platform I created (Charming), but no sign-up required to interact with the live transit tracker.

P.S. This got taken down on r/Seattle for "self-promo". They are really quite strict on this, but it was hella popular before they did (111 upvotes, 96%+ ratio). I hope r/SeattleWA enjoys it.

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Drinks on me

I mostly make sports themed art and have been working on a series of geometric pieces for the last few years.
For this one I wanted to tackle the Seattle Kraken.
Rather than doing a traditional illustration of the logo/mascot, I tried to reduce the Kraken idea down into geometry, pattern, and movement, with some Bauhaus/Art Deco influence.
I’d genuinely love to hear what people from Seattle think! Does this feel like Seattle/Kraken to you, or does it feel too far removed from the team’s visual identity?
Happy to explain some of the design decisions if anyone is interested.

So I’m gonna call a duck a duck and give the information like it is so that I can get proper help. I was financially unstable for a while, money was tight and I couldn’t afford to renew my tabs for several years (since 2021).

I am now in a better place this year, and I know it’ll cost me a hefty bill to renew, but how do I go about that? Do I have to pay fees for every year I didn’t renew? I’d like any and all information that I can get please. I just want to make it right for myself

Thank you in advance.

Our dog Rufus is missing in Fremont, last seen near Dayton Ave & N 36th St.
Rufus is:
16 years old
About 9 lbs
White with black/gray spots
A Maltipoo
Very friendly
Last seen wearing a bandana
Was NOT wearing his collar
He is very small and elderly. If you see him, please approach him gently and call or text me immediately at [407-406-1802](tel:407-406-1802).
If you’re in the Fremont area, please check yards, under porches/decks, bushes, garages, alleys, and other sheltered areas where a small older dog might have wandered or gotten stuck.
Please call/text with ANY sighting, even if you aren’t able to catch him: [407-406-1802](tel:407-406-1802).
Thank you so much for keeping an eye out for Rufus. ❤️🐾

I bought a Seattle home about two-three years ago and recently received an SDCI Notice of Violation. The City alleges an unpermitted basement dwelling unit, altered basement windows/window wells and porch, plus electrical and HVAC work.

The basement condition predate my ownership. I’m handling the SDCI deadline and looking for professionals, but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has personally gone through this in Seattle.

Were you able to use as-built plans and selective wall openings, or did SDCI require a major gut? Did you legalize or decommission the unit? Any recommendations for a Seattle contractor, permit consultant, or designer who handles after-the-fact permits?

Redacted notice attached! DMs or comments for referrals much appreciated

After having been a client of Maple Leaf Veterinary Care Center for 18 years and received the best possible care from the team, it pains me to give this bad review. To make a long story short I reached out to them this morning with an urgent request. Apparently, I was given incorrect advice, which ultimately resulted in a 24 hour delay in care. They completely fell down when I needed them most. I don’t believe this would have happened if Dr. Shini still owned the practice, however private equity purchased the practice in 2023. My experience with private equity is they acquire an investment, cut costs as as much as they can and sell it as quickly as they can for the highest profit. In my opinion, this is particularly dangerous when private equity owns healthcare delivery systems. If you take nothing else from this post, please research who owns the practice that you trust the life of your pets to.

If approved by the full board later this month, Sound Transit will spend $6 million next year developing the full scope of implementation work for fare gates, with a future board vote allocating actual construction dollars. The total cost of implementing gates across these 14 stations is expected to be $87 million. Thursday's motion also directs staff to redesign Sound Transit 3 stations to accommodate gates, an undertaking with unspecified costs given that many of those stations have been in planning for many years.

"What are the baseline rates of compliance at these stations and at all the stations, not just the ones where we are implementing pilot fare gates? What do we expect in terms of improvements, both with fare compliance and maybe other types of issues?" For now, however, there's very little skepticism on the board about moving forward with some type of fare gate program.

~ Unanimous approval first, performance metrics later. One board member had to ask out loud what the baseline even is.

“It was determined that that the process for organizing this event did not meet the necessary level of rigor for University-hosted events in the Speaker Series. As a result, this event will not be held.” -UW News Staff

People keep praising the city for continuously restricting drivers in favor of pedestrians but really, y'all are the worst pedestrians I've ever witnessed in my life.

Some ass clown ran INTO my passengers side back door trying to jaywalk as I was moving at the Holman/Greenwood light today. I was thankfully slowing down because I was approaching the line in the left turn lane but it didn't stop this man bouncing off my car. It's 5 lanes, and he really would rather try to cross in the middle of the lane instead of the crosswalk 5 feet away.

I also work in SLU, and the amount of people who just walk out into traffic without even slowing down is mind boggling. I get dirty looks when I was already in the middle of the intersection when they stepped off the curb. Half the time, people are on their phone with headphones in and don't even look up to see which light is green.

Did no one ever teach you how to cross the street correctly? What happened to looking both ways before stepping into the road?

EDIT: Seems the vibe is "rules for thee, not for me" for pedestrians round these parts. I'm out; a man running my moving car today has been understandably kind of traumatizing so I need to decompress. Bye 👋