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I don't typically engage via a social media service in order to look for "work", but...
I am looking to transition into or near #Seattle #Washington by the end of the year. If anyone working in the #cannabis industry wants to get a hold of me, feel free to hit me up. If it helps, I'm an ex-IT guy, so my skill set is all over the place.
#fedihired #getfedihired

This week's "I, Anonymous" in The Stranger is lovely and beautiful.
I hope everyone has friends like this person.

https://www.thestranger.com/i-anonymous/2025/04/23/80027343/forever-friends

#seattle #friendship

#Seattle

Spotted, just now in #Seattle on Broadway:

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Our #Seattle-area, social justice CSA is having a $20 off your first subscription sale! They are just looking for a few more subscribers to put them in a financially secure place to start a non-profit to give out micro-loans to farmers! They work with many of the same producers that high-end restaurants in Seattle use because one of the owners use to run a restaurant group. If you are looking for a CSA and to support a good cause, sign up now! https://local-yokels.com/collections/subscription-boxes

#Seattle, WA

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I don't have any idea how likely this is to make it out, but some fucked up Rs are trying to remove Washington state's amazing voting through mail in ballots. This morning is a great time to do a quick "NO THANK YOU" comment on this bill: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584

#Washington #Seattle #PNW #USPol

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP versions 1.4.6.

Changes this release:

* Addition of a "Difficult" label on Power Line Trail
* Removal of a bike store icon in Roosevelt and 84th
* Addition of fully-separated bike lane on 11th Ave NE from 47th to Ravenna, and on 12th Ave NE from Ravenna to NE 69th
* Waterfront Trail: Yesler to Union now open
* Eastlake from Fairview to John now has separated bike lanes

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work. If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon?

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#BikeMap #northshore #seattle #Shoreline #LakeForestPark #Kenmore #Juanita #Bothell #Kirkland #Woodinville #Redmond #SnohomishCounty #maps #map

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RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 1.8 - 8 June 2025

Additions and changes this release:

* LOTS. Too many to list here. Mostly Seattle, but not only Seattle, as they've dropped the 2025-26 bike map, with which we have issues.

Check the blog post for changes and notes:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/06/08/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-1-8-and-a-decision-about-seattle-2025/

Maps download:

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#biking #BikeTooter #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #SnohomishCounty #Shoreline #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #LakeForestPark #Briar #Kenmore #Juanita #Kirkland #Bothell #Woodinville #Maltby #KingCounty #Redmond #BikeMap #maps #design

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RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 1.5 - 21 February 2025

Additions and changes this release:

* ALL OF NEWCASTLE. Thanks to Kerry Sullivan for help with May Creek Park Drive construction data

* NORTHERN RENTON, including substantial upgrades to Lake Washington Loop markings

* Bike lanes around 100th Ave W. in Edmonds

* Upgrade to 15th Avenue S in the Seattle map – bike lanes now have physical separation.

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#BikeMap #northshore #seattle #Shoreline #LakeForestPark #Kenmore #Juanita #Bothell #Kirkland #Woodinville #Redmond #SnohomishCounty #Newcastle #maps #map

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My previous intro post was a few years old, so behold, new intro post:

Mike. Live in the Seattle area having grown up in the UK as a full blown British. Have a wife (incredible), child (boy), and three dogs (golden retriver/cream retriver/fuck knows).

I work in information security, something I have done for about 20 years. By day I run corporate security, enterprise IT and various other bits and pieces for an EV charging startup. I am big into EV's and currently drive one that is not a Tesla. I want an electric motorbike, so if anyone has a spare one please send it.

I also have a company of my own, Secure Being (https://securebeing.com), which does pen testing and digital forensic work - it's my way of staying super hands on while still doing the management bits on the career path.

I have written books about information security things. Five of them. Two are non-fiction textbooks, and three are fiction based on real world #infosec things. Check out https://infosecdiaries.com and your local bookstore to find them, just search for my name. I have been trying to write more stuff, but always seem to find myself distracted by other things, such as work. linktr.ee/secureowl has some mini stories I've written.

I love radio and everything RF. I have lots of antennas and various scanners and radios on my desk. I love intercepting and decoding things, like digital radio protocols.

I am a big aviation nerd. I always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I gained my private pilots license in the UK at 17, all self funded by my employment at the local Safeway/Morrisons store. I did the sim test and commercial assessments, but for some reason, at 18, I was unable to find the £100k needed to complete the commercial training, so I did computers. But do not worry, because those computers and love of aviation and radio/RF combined, and I run a project called ACARS Drama. https://acarsdrama.com has all the details.

I play guitar and am a big guitar/audio nerd as well. I record music under the moniker Operation: Anxiety, https://operationanxiety.com - the music is on all the normal places.

Finally, I am a massive fan of motorsport. I believe I have watched every F1 race for the last 30 years, maybe 25. I also follow F2, FE, Indycar and MotoGP closely. I average around 18 hours of Le Mans 24 hour racing watching per year.

So there you have it. If you are looking for a thought leader on the topics mentioned above, you've come to the wrong place - because this is where I shitpost, and shitposting is cheap therapy.

#infosec #dfir #pentesting #acars #vdlm2 #sdr #rf #f1 #seattle #introduction

Trump had to spend many millions of dollars to get people to show up to his birthday—we all showed up to protest him for free.

(this crowd stretched shoulder-to-shoulder as far as I could see in every direction)

#FuckTrump #NoKings #Seattle #Protest

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RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 1.5.1 - 8 March 2025

Additions and changes this release:

* WATERFRONT TRAIL now open in Downtown Seattle. This is a small section opening, but it is an important connection

* HONEY DEW CREEK TRAIL in Newcastle/Renton. Turns out it's a popular paved shortcut

* Better road name markings a few places

* Warnings on 15th Avenue S bike lanes which are now _closed_ now 'til spring

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#BikeMap #northshore #seattle #Shoreline #LakeForestPark #Kenmore #Juanita #Bothell #Kirkland #Woodinville #Redmond #SnohomishCounty #Newcastle #maps #map

NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
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A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Seattle #NOAA #Science #Government #USPolitics

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 1.6 - 18 April 2025

Additions and changes this release:

* Large expansion north to Lynnwood City Centre across all of SW Snohomish County

* Extension of Interurban Trail in Edmonds to 78th Place West.

* Improved street labelling, mostly in SW Snohomish County.

* Route indicators at map edges describing continuations to destinations such as UW and City of Snohomish

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#BikeMap #northshore #seattle #Shoreline #LakeForestPark #Kenmore #Juanita #Bothell #Kirkland #Woodinville #Redmond #SnohomishCounty #Newcastle #maps #map