April 30, 2009
By Chris Kissel at 7:29 pm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, doing his best to reassure his constituents they aren’t all about to die from swine flu: read more →
PubliCola Archives | April 2009
By Sandeep Kaushik at 5:10 pm
before, during and after participating on yesterday evening’s SPJ panel at the UW on media ethics and internet journalism: Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman, who moderated the panel, is more optimistic now about the survival of the Times than he has been in months. Why? The Times now expects to keep more than 90 [...] read more →
By FilmNerd at 4:52 pm
Lucrecia Martel’s The Headless Woman (Argentina) coming to SIFF. I just got back from the Seattle International Film Festival Press Launch, and this Festival’s going to be a good one. The program, which goes from May 21 to June 14, boasts over 250 features, 62 countries represented, and 31 World Premieres, which will descend on [...] read more →
By Chris Kissel at 12:59 pm
It’s been interesting to watch Congressional press offices try, and fail, to make Twitter work as an informational tool. Our delegation illustrates this awkwardness as well as any. Sen. Patty Murray’s office used to have a Twitter, but @PattyMurry has mysteriously turned into @NotPattyMurray and hasn’t been updated in months. @davereichert‘s updates are boring and [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 12:00 pm
This is not ObamaNerd. You can read his review of Obama’s 100-Days Press Conference here. But for a starker review of Obama’s first 100 days, check out this discouraging report from the Center for Constitutional Rights which grades President Obama on everything from his detainees policy to Executive privilege, to War Powers, to surveillance. They [...] read more →
By MusicNerd at 11:01 am
For me, the best part about college radio was the endless collection of dilapidated cardboard boxes, each a brimming landfill of promo CDs. It was kind of an anti-apocalypse shelter, where humanity’s most disposable culture was curated. As we all know, trash + pressure + time = gems, and it was here, amongst the [...] read more →
By ObamaNerd at 10:00 am
Hey everyone! Have you heard? Yesterday marked Obama’s 100th day in office. What?! You haven’t heard? Where have you been quarantined? A small Mexican village filled with swine? No? Then you must have been glued to Fox News. Too bad for you because chances are you missed the most highly anticipated 100-day press conference since [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 9:05 am
Seattle Public Schools announced today they’re closing Madrona K-8 school through next Thursday after one student came down with what may be the swine flu. The PI.com reports: Health officials announced Wednesday night that six people in Washington, including two children, are suspected to have been stricken by the swine flu: three in Seattle, two [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 8:39 am
Wallingford resident Joe Mallahan, 47, a nearly-10-year VP for strategic operations at T-Mobile, will officially jump into the mayor’s race today, adding his obscure name to an already low-profile field. By his own account, Mallahan’s only political experience seems to be supporting bargaining rights for teachers as a student intern at KIRO-TV back in the [...] read more →
April 29, 2009
By Josh Feit at 4:53 pm
The City Council just issued a report (a follow up to SDOT’s own report on itself re: the City’s response during the snowstorm in December.) Man, this story keeps getting more embarrassing. How did the City keep track of what streets had been plowed? According to City Council staff findings: On a dry erase board [...] read more →
By Chris Kissel at 2:42 pm
The national politicians I follow (@schwarzenegger, @SenJohnMcCain, @clairecmc…) are all a-Twitter right now with updates on swine flu. Personally, I find Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) most reassuring (screengrab ganked from tweetcongress.org): Srsly. read more →
By SportsNerd at 1:49 pm
For the first time ever an NBA playoff series has gone into overtime three games in a row. The depleted Boston and the young and hungry Bulls are so evenly matched that these games might as well be simulcast on ESPN Classic. As I predicted in my NBA playoff primer two weeks ago: “Also don’t [...] read more →
