Daily Archives: October 7, 2024

Contraceptive pill available over the counter for more women in NSW after ‘huge success’ of trial

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

from The Guardian – Thanks to Pam P. No requirement to go to GP for new prescription for pill, as long as it has been taken for at least two years More women in New South Wales will have easier access to … Continue reading →

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Nice to see PCC help with recycling

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M. RECYCLE WITH SEADRUNAR Bring the plastic bags, wraps and films that aren’t accepted curbside to your neighborhood co-op. Our partner Seadrunar is breaking down barriers to recycling with a program that supports the wellbeing of planet … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk Presides Over Yet Another Failed Launch

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images BUTLER, PA (The Borowitz Report)—In what experts are calling his most embarrassing implosion ever, Tesla CEO Elon Musk presided over yet another failed launch on Saturday. As Musk looked on, a visibly impaired rocket started emitting abnormal, … Continue reading →

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Platforms and shelters improperly built on new Capitol Hill RapidRide

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By  Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter Three station platforms aren’t the correct height for wheelchair access — and 25 shelters need to be removed, welded and painted again — along Seattle’s latest addition to its RapidRide bus service. The … Continue reading →

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What I’m Thinking About on the First Anniversary of the War

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT So what am I thinking about on this first anniversary of the Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran-Israel war? Something my strategy teacher, Prof. John Arquilla of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, taught me: All wars come … Continue reading →

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Buttigieg on Fox News

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine
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Regressive Burden: WA’s Climate Act Taxes the Working Class

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Jim deMaine

by Casey Corr in the Post Alley commentary — thanks to Ed M. Twelve years ago, I left my hometown of soggy Seattle and moved to dry Yakima, where my wife and I bought land overlooking acres of shrub steppe … Continue reading →

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