That said, as with other global cultural phenomena, such as the Beatles or Shakespeare,
Star Wars doesn t need me to care about it. And, if you ll indulge a tautology, I have no trouble admitting that not caring about
Star Wars isn t as interesting as having something interesting to say about
Star Wars. And while I have nothing to offer in that regard, Mudede will publish a post a little later in the morning that goes some way in describing my preference for
Star Wars-type sci-fi over
Star Trek-type sci-fi.
More 5/4 news: New ep of my fav podcast dropped today. This one is about an actually good Supreme Court reform proposal.
Ivar’s Salmon House [Official Photo]
Something troubling is going on with the size of salmon coming in from Alaska. According to a new Bloomberg report, several species of the fish have shrunk in size so rapidly that two major food companies are altering their business plan. Whole Foods redid its guidelines on salmon purchasing, and Ivar’s the iconic Pacific Northwest seafood chain is increasingly sending more salmon back to the restaurant’s supplier because they are too small.
“You know that the thicker belly sections of big salmon cook the best they remain sweet and moist over heat, where smaller fish and tail sections tend to cook quickly and therefore are prone to dry out,” Ivar’s president Bob Donegan tells Eater Seattle (the franchise location in Mukilteo Landing is the chain’s only restaurant open for full-service at the moment, but Salmon House and Acres of Clams will reopen in May). “It’s why we seek the biggest fishes we can find.”
Just Wondering April 29, 2021 (10:01 pm)
I am confused. A 100 year old sewer pipe breaks; it’s near the bottom of Bonair pretty close to its junction with Alki; 1600 gallons of sewage gets to Puget Sound…. how?Leak discovered when “water” was seen running down Bonair… 1600 gallons of “sewage “ ran down the street level of Bonair… and jumped the curb of Alki… and ran down the steps off Alki to the Sound???Or did an underground river of sewage run from the leak location (several hundred feet from the Alki sea wall)… and seep into the Sound???… through the sea wall???I really don’t understand how a break in a sewer line a fair distance from Puget Sound gets sewage into the Sound… when there is no pipeline connection to the Sound from the Bonair sewer line.
1,655 gallons of sewage spills into Puget Sound after century-old mainline collapses at Alki Beach
1,655 gallons of sewage spills into Puget Sound after century-old mainline collapses at Alki Beach
SPU said the mainline that collapsed is nearly 100-years-old. Some people who live near the beach said they are starting to question the integrity of infrastructure in the area.
WEST SEATTLE, Wash. - Crews are repairing a century-old mainline that collapsed and caused about 1,655 gallons of raw sewage to spill into the Puget Sound. Seattle Public Utilities responded to the overflow at Alki Beach around noon on Tuesday and was able to stop the spill at about 6:00 that night.
The sign’s still up at Bonair/Alki, one day after
Seattle Public Utilities reported a sewer overflow into Puget Sound. The warning zone is at the easternmost end of the beach – it covers “water activities” for about 600 feet in either direction. Today SPU spokesoerson
Sabrina Register told WSB the amount of spilled sewage is estimated at about 1,655 gallons. And a pump station was not involved, she said – rather, “An initial assessment shows structural failure (a collapsed mainline) on nearly 100-year-old infrastructure.” SPU work crews were seen in the area earlier today:
Thanks to
Chas Redmond for that photo. We’ll check on the repair plasn tomorrow; SPU has said the warning signage will remain in place until water sampling shows it’s safe.