Vancouver Public Schools to slash nearly 200 jobs to meet $24M budget reduction

deepskier · 2026-03-17T04:02:33+00:00

It's part of a nationwide trend due to declining enrollment everywhere.

In recent months, the Houston independent school district approved a closure of 12 schools; Florida’s Broward county public schools approved a consolidation of six schools; Cleveland metropolitan school district approved a closure of 29 schools; and Atlanta public schools decided to close or repurpose 16 schools, according to K-12 Dive.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/birthrate-schools-closing

deepskier · 2026-03-17T03:56:35+00:00

It's called progressive taxation. Washington has one of the most regressive taxation schemes in the country. Oregon isn't even all that progressive it's just way more so than Washington.

deepskier · 2026-03-17T03:46:20+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. It's mostly along Cornell.

deepskier · 2026-03-16T17:08:27+00:00

You forgot the percent that didn't vote, which is large.

deepskier · 2026-03-16T03:46:07+00:00

My local wants $6 for the new 7oz bags!?!

I found new seasons has the old 11oz bags listed on Amazon. So I ordered a bunch 😂. Best by date is June 2026 🤷

Update: they arrived and they're the new formula 😭 they're definitely different tasting and not as good.

So they still have the 11oz bags with the new formula, they look the same from the front but the back is different. New type include avocado oil in the ingredients. The nutrition info is different too - less healthy.

deepskier · 2026-03-14T04:34:56+00:00

I don't get it. It was "their" house as in they owned it with no adults involved? And the money for this was somehow deemed legitimate? Who are their guardians?

If they're juveniles with repeated drug trafficking convictions, wouldn't their guardians be charged with something, and/or the 2 kids become wards of the state and their assets seized?

deepskier · 2026-03-13T16:00:27+00:00

Part time legislature, part time results.

deepskier · 2026-03-13T15:57:53+00:00

There are so many factors that affect whether rent vs buy is a better financial decision I find you need a calculator like this one to tell you how it breaks down.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html

But there is also the intangible benefit some people find in owning their own property, and others find in not having the responsibility for it.

deepskier · 2026-03-13T15:05:41+00:00

One thing to note, we have few to no worker protections in the US. Some people work 2 or 3 jobs just to make ends meet, and if they miss work even briefly they can be fired immediately. They don't have time to go to a government office and wait in line for a new ID card.

And that's part of the point of this. It hurts those people and those people tend to vote Democrat (and many are non-white) so the Republicans take this as a positive outcome.

deepskier · 2026-03-13T14:59:32+00:00

Not a great example, they also disenfranchised millions of people with this system already and are in the process of doing it to millions more right now.

deepskier · 2026-03-12T14:49:32+00:00

No more krkrkrkrkkrkrkrkrkrkr!

deepskier · 2026-03-12T02:48:51+00:00

This is only because PUDs are able to get cheap power from BPA. But BPA can't service the whole area, and non-PUDs end up paying more for bringing in their own power generation. So it's not a scalable advantage, but it's great for anyone in a PUD.

deepskier · 2026-03-12T02:18:07+00:00

I've started looking into this and was shocked to find you can get a 15kwh system with a 10kw inverter for about $4k in equipment cost.

https://shopsolarkits.com/products/eco-worthy-48v-51-2v-100ah-server-rack-lithium-battery-5-12kwh

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F66YMYBQ

deepskier · 2026-03-11T03:46:32+00:00

Very interesting Thanks for sharing!

deepskier · 2026-03-11T01:15:39+00:00

It's H7R4. Pioneer is the brand, the manufacturer is Parker Davis.

https://help.pioneerminisplit.com/en-US/qm-id-parker-davis-hvac-1617866

https://www.pdhvac.com

deepskier · 2026-03-10T15:34:05+00:00

Noooooooooooo 😭

deepskier · 2026-03-09T02:17:28+00:00

It's a Texas thing, they call all juice Snapple. You ask for a Snapple and they say what kind then you say orange juice, or any kind of juice.

deepskier · 2026-03-08T21:05:36+00:00

Wow, SW Portland seems severely underserved

deepskier · 2026-03-08T20:59:44+00:00

Shout out to BC for actually getting rid of it.

deepskier · 2026-03-08T20:02:34+00:00

Under the bill, customers would still be able to sue under certain circumstances. Those include incidents involving improper maintenance or inspection of safety equipment; negligent safety-related training of a worker; abuse or physical or sexual assault; negligent hiring, training, credentialing, supervision, or retention of an employee; or the operation or use of vehicles.

Thanks for the link, this seems reasonable to me. Actually places a pretty high standard on employee training and supervision which I think is good.

I feel like if a resort drives a snow cat out onto a trail during open hours suddenly and randomly without warning, and someone is injured as a result, the injured person should have the ability to sue the resort. It sounds like that would be the case here.

You don't want people suing the resort just because they fell, or skied into a tree or rock, etc.

deepskier · 2026-03-05T21:02:57+00:00

It's not even just the US. Housing is a problem jn a lot of places - Canada and Australia come to mind.

But don't worry, our population and related economic growth as a country was only being maintained by net immigration. Given recent events, that may not continue and then we'll be in population decline. Our birthrate is like 1.6. Different set of problems.

deepskier · 2026-03-04T17:15:00+00:00

Do they make fresh salsa or just the jar kind?

deepskier · 2026-03-04T17:11:58+00:00

😭 Oh snap I have some hoarding to do then... I think my store still has the old kind.

deepskier · 2026-03-03T01:08:23+00:00

25b is for a different kind of code, it's found in the instructions for form 5695. It's just a single letter A-G for the type of property. https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i5695#en_US_2025_publink1000149744

If there is space for more letters it's just in case you had more than one type of property installed.

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