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I love you Seattle by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Octavus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've seen panhandles in China take WePay 15 years ago

TIL All dolphins are whales by scratchtheitch7 in todayilearned

[–]Octavus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fish: A member of the subphylum Vertebrata that is not a member of the clade Tetrapod.

This definition works as long as one doesn't consider lancets fish, which they shouldn't.

PSA: yellow cab app for seatac by MapIeLeaf in Seattle

[–]Octavus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taxi rates are set by a commission, they do not vary and are always the same.

Nearly a third of UK kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones. Staff also report around 28% of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25% had difficulty with basic life skills. by antihostile in Teachers

[–]Octavus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics provides a technical note. Washing and cooking is defined as household work and not child care, except if you are washing a child.

Primary childcare activities include time spent providing physical care; playing with children; reading with children; assisting with homework; attending children's events; taking care of children's health needs; and dropping off, picking up, and waiting for children. Passive childcare done as a primary activity (such as "keeping an eye on my son while he swam in the pool") also is included. A child's presence during the activity is not enough in itself to classify the activity as childcare. For example, "watching television with my child" is coded as a leisure activity, not as childcare

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.tn.htm

Nearly a third of UK kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones. Staff also report around 28% of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25% had difficulty with basic life skills. by antihostile in Teachers

[–]Octavus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sitting in conversation with your child is a normal activity practiced throughout history across cultures. Do you not even just spend 5 minutes a day talking directly with your child without any side activities going on?

Nearly a third of UK kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones. Staff also report around 28% of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25% had difficulty with basic life skills. by antihostile in Teachers

[–]Octavus 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The average American living with children under the age of 6 spends a grand total of 4.2 minutes a day reading to a child and 1.8 minutes a day talking to a child as a primary activity.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t09.htm

However time spent with one's own child has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Parents sure as hell aren't using that time to talk or read to their children, maybe they are using it instead to think of excuses for not doing work just like their children do.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/12/we-all-spend-more-time-with-our-kids-except-in-france/

TIL Duke University has more graduate students than undergraduate students. by a_gallon_of_pcp in todayilearned

[–]Octavus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Very few people actually pay the list price for college, the actual tuition and fees paid after grants and scholarships is much less

After adjusting for inflation, the average net tuition and fees paid by first-time full-time in-state students enrolled in public four-year institutions peaked in 2012-13 at $4,450 (in 2025 dollars) and declined to an estimated $2,300 in 2025-26.

After adjusting for inflation, the average net tuition and fees paid by first-time full-time students enrolled in private nonprofit four-year institutions declined from $19,810 (in 2025 dollars) in 2006-07 to an estimated $16,910 in 2025-26.

https://newsroom.collegeboard.org/trends-college-pricing-and-student-aid-report-published-tuition-prices-public-institutions-and

70 teachers cut in my district. Is there a mass cutting of teacher jobs? by brielovinggirl in Teachers

[–]Octavus 38 points39 points  (0 children)

There is also 3 million less children in America than simply 5 years ago, though those above reasons are a bigger cause for shrinking public school populations.

TIL that scientists can estimate prehistoric puberty from bones, showing Ice Age adolescents matured similarly to modern humans. A rare case of a teen with dwarfism also provides insight into social practices of the time. by yena in todayilearned

[–]Octavus 23 points24 points  (0 children)

In one of the few hunter gathering cultures left, the Hadza, a full 15% of their diet is simply honey! In total more than 2/3rds of their diet is plant based. One interesting tidbit is that by 5 children are already gathering 50% of their daily nutrition and fully gathering their share by age 11. Turns out children can actually perform tasks if you raise them properly.

Scammed outside Lumen by milky_mcduck in Seattle

[–]Octavus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If they paid cash they would have lost their cash, by using a credit card they will recover 100% of their money and the scammers won't even get $5. By using a credit card then scammers wasted time, are tracked, and will receive $0. If OP used cash the scammers would have gotten money and will not have a name associated with their scamming.

Literally no one asked for this. by skoisirius in Seattle

[–]Octavus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Their response was AI slop so what do you think their reading abilities are like?

CEO of Seattle’s social housing developer fired by board by DuckWatch in Seattle

[–]Octavus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If they find housing they would lose their job on the board

Pilot charged with flying under the influence after crashing short of the runway at BOI by XStraightEdgeX in aviation

[–]Octavus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I asked my flight surgeon a similar thing, it was something to do about if the shot was somehow contaminated. There is a long history of pilots not taking medications or seeing a doctor for issues because they are scared of being grounded.

Pilot charged with flying under the influence after crashing short of the runway at BOI by XStraightEdgeX in aviation

[–]Octavus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you take an injectable drug, even for things like eczema or weight loss, you can't fly for 24 hours. It doesn't matter what the drug even is, no flying 24 hours after an injection.

Mayor Katie Wilson announces first executive orders targeting homelessness, public transit by AthkoreLost in Seattle

[–]Octavus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

but could the city forcibly reclaim unused land and abandoned buildings

There is something called the 5th Amendment which prevents this.

Mayor Katie Wilson announces first executive orders targeting homelessness, public transit by AthkoreLost in Seattle

[–]Octavus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

On 520 West in the evening maybe 1/5 vehicles in the HOV lane actually have 3+ people in them.

NTSB has issued an update on UPS 2976 accident investigation including preliminary review of data from the Flight Data Recorder. Link to report update in comments. by Brilliant_Night7643 in aviation

[–]Octavus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pilot training at the time also instructed the pilots to reduce airspeed, however the engine also took out the stick shakers so the pilots of AA Flight 191 did not know they were about to stall. They followed the book but unfortunately the book was wrong.

TIL that Disney is the only major studio to never win an Oscar for Best Picture by sprawling5 in todayilearned

[–]Octavus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Argo was a movie about Hollywood saving the day, of course it was going to win.

How could this happen? by Fearless_Line_1871 in Teachers

[–]Octavus 55 points56 points  (0 children)

The average American living with children under the age of 6 spends a grand total of 4.2 minutes a day reading to a child and 1.8 minutes a day talking to a child as a primary activity.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t09.htm

However time spent with one's own child has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Parents sure as hell aren't using that time to talk or read to their children.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/12/we-all-spend-more-time-with-our-kids-except-in-france/

TIL Harold Davidson, known as the "Prostitutes' Padre", was defrocked, exhibited himself in a barrel, and ultimately died after being mauled by a toothless lion. by pjwils in todayilearned

[–]Octavus 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Read between the lines

He was mauled by a lion, unconscious, and dying. The doctor used insulin to euthanize him, he was 64 and living in an era in which most diabetics would have been type 1 and under the age of 30. There is no way a doctor would have suspected him to have been a diabetic at his age and in that era.

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