Yochi Zakai

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Advocate for low-income energy ratepayers, data-based interconnection policies, and integrated decarbonization planning. Seattle urbanist, cyclist, & dad. Toots my own.
Yochi ZakaiNov 1, 2023
Sportsball for all. https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/27/salem-entrepreneurs-test-northwest-passion-womens-sports/?outputType=amp
Salem entrepreneurs test the limits of the Northwest’s passion for women’s sports

Women’s sports have long faced a lack of media coverage and discrimination. But sports marketing experts say the fan base is growing — and fans are willing to pay to support women’s sports leagues. To serve this increasing fan base, business owners in Portland and Seattle garnered national attention when they opened sports bars centered on women’s sports. Now, four Oregon entrepreneurs are trying the concept outside of a major city — so far, with mixed results.

OPB
Yochi ZakaiOct 31, 2023
Seattle's Mayor should do better. https://publicola.com/2023/10/30/seattles-vehicle-impoundment-policy-betrays-contempt-not-compassion-for-those-living-homeless/
Seattle's Vehicle Impoundment Policy Betrays Contempt, Not Compassion, for Those Living Homeless - PubliCola

By The Rev. Bill Kirlin-Hackett In January 2023, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority announced that addressing homelessness in King…

PubliCola
Yochi ZakaiOct 26, 2023
He was a very good boy. Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, dies at 31 in Portugal - https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208478868/bobi-worlds-oldest-dog-dies-portuguese
Yochi ZakaiOct 22, 2023
Willett KemptonOct 17, 2023
The Delaware Offshore Wind Training pilot program has officially begun! A partnership between University of Delaware, Delaware Technical Community College, and Maersk Training, sponsored by the US Department of Labor, the pilot program will train local workers to work in offshore wind jobs safely, following Global Wind Organization's safety standards. Cristina Archer, Alex Øbell Nielsen, @willett, Rob Nicholson
Yochi ZakaiOct 14, 2023
Crystal FincherOct 14, 2023

Two worthwhile stories covered here:

1. Burien Mayor Sees No Issue With Distribution of Homeless People's Private Info

2. Seattle Council Member Blames Her Colleague for Fentanyl Deaths

https://publicola.com/2023/10/12/burien-mayor-sees-no-issue-with-distribution-of-homeless-peoples-private-info-council-member-blames-her-colleague-for-fentanyl-deaths/ #SEAelex

Burien Mayor Sees No Issue With Distribution of Homeless People's Private Info, Council Member Blames Her Colleague for Fentanyl Deaths - PubliCola

1. During a debate focusing on homelessness sponsored Wednesday night, Burien Mayor Sofia Aragon, who is running for King County…

PubliCola
Show threadYochi ZakaiOct 13, 2023
One of the articles Beauchamp links I think should also be required reading. It discusses Hamas hiding weapons in Mosques and UN schools, and its leaders working out of hospitals. That makes unilateral condemnation of Israel targeting Mosques, schools and hostipals difficult. Note the article is from 2014. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3twCuSM
Why Hamas stores its weapons inside hospitals, mosques and schools

The Washington Post
Yochi ZakaiOct 13, 2023
Very well said. No side can claim moral superiority. https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23911550/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestine-leftist-democrats
How to think morally about the Israel-Hamas war

The discussion around the Israel-Hamas war is broken. The deaths of civilians in Israel and Gaza is neither a symbol of decolonization nor self-defense.

Vox
Yochi ZakaiSep 15, 2023
Surprising that they didn’t already have the cert. I wonder if they are changing designs, or just submitting the product they already have for testing & cert.
Yochi ZakaiSep 15, 2023
Robert ReichSep 15, 2023

When auto CEOs say they can't afford to pay their workers more, remember that the Big Three have made a combined $21 billion in profits in the first half of 2023 and $250 billion in profits over the decade.

They've also spent $5 billion on stock buybacks the past year.

Hello?

Yochi ZakaiAug 27, 2023

Transfer time from Eastside to Rainier Valley, airport & south:
South of CID: 8min 21s
4th Avenue: 1min 3s
Transfer time from Sounder/Amtrak to South Lake Union, Seattle Center & north:
North of CID: 11min and 52s
4th Avenue: 15s

Which will the Sound Transit board select?

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/24/op-ed-chinatown-deserves-a-transit-hub-not-terrible-transfers/

Op-Ed: Chinatown Deserves a Transit Hub, Not Terrible Transfers - The Urbanist

Speak out as the Sound Transit Board prepares to make a generational mistake and skip Chinatown with its new downtown light rail tunnel. Sound Transit is on the precipice of making decisions that will waste your time, over and over again, forever. In the spirit of setting a better example of how to not waste

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