By josh
photo by James Callan [
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- Seattle schools see where their beef is coming from, decide to take it off the menu. (ed: It’s just like the wonderful episode where Lisa Simpson becomes a vegetarian, except that Paul & (then) Linda McCartney aren’t singing on the roof of the 7-11 on Denny.) [bigblog]
- What ever happened to ORCA? (ed: where are my flying cars and jetpacks, while you’re at it.) [seatrans]
- One coyote spared, another sighted. (ed: don’t you love how Seattle feels like a small town sometimes, with wild animal sightings at the top of the news cycle?) [west seattle blog]
- A song about how much some dudes in Kirkland love Obama. (can someone please make this stop? as if obama girl wasn’t enough.) [seattlest]
- Crosscut joins every other online news operation in the universe by starting a group photo pool. [crosscut]
- Amazon buys Audible. [dailyweekly]
The Orca pass is the worst transit idea I have seen. I saw a page explaining the "benefits". I’m not sure who has the problems they are solving, but it sure ain’t any of the current pass holders.
One thing is for certain, if they actually implement this, your employer will eventually get access to your detailed travel logs. They aren’t talking this up, but seeing as your employer pays for the travel, they can make a strong case they own the data. This kind of argument I think would prevail in a courtroom.
Combining geo presence data is dangerous, and the local governments aren’t smart enough to reason properly and avoid disaster. They should solve the problem by not acquiring it in the first place.