Did you miss out on your 2024 ORCA Wrapped report last week? Fret not! You have ONE FINAL chance to register. Do so by Friday (1/10) morning, using the link in bio, to sign up. 🏆

ORCA Tips for Using Tap to Pay • Take your card out of your wallet • Be mindful of other cards when near readers • Keep tapping an ORCA card if you qualify for reduced fares • 1 rider per card • Tap the same card to get your 2hr transfer credit Visit info.myorca.com/contactless/ for more info

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for....introducing the limited-edition SEA26 ORCA card! 💙 ⚽  This was created in partnership with 4Culture by local artist Alison Bremner. For a look at the making of this World Cup ORCA card, check out our blog post at info.myorca.com/news/sea26-o...

POV You just got an ORCA card and are taking the light rail to the Eastside for the first time. 💙 🚆 Transit moments caught on film by Britany and Nolan at the @sound-transit.bsky.social Crosslake Connection opening. 📸 #CrosslakeConnection #JoinThePod

Every card is welcome aboard 🚅 🚌 🛳️  Tap to Pay is now live across Puget Sound! Tap your contactless credit or debit card, physical or in a digital wallet, to pay your transit fare. Easy. Learn more: info.myorca.com/contactless/

On Board with Boop: How fare inspection works when you pay with a credit or debit card 💳 Visit support.myorca.com for more information on Tap to Pay & fare inspection.

We're giving away 2 special edition Mariners cards, so you can try using a Day Pass this season! ⚾ Tag 2 friends you would go to a game with below and we'll randomly pick 2 winners on 3/27. You can purchase an All-Day Pass on the myORCA app, online at myorca.com, or at a ticket vending machine.

Tap to Pay: a new kind of boop is coming to a card reader near you 🚌 🚆 ⛴️  Riders will start to see new screens on ORCA card readers today and through the weekend as Tap to Pay rolls out across the system. Complete launch is set for Monday, February 23rd 🥳

ORCA wants to hear from you! 📝 The 2025 ORCA Customer Survey is here. Please take the short survey to help us better serve you. Your input is highly valued and you can enter a drawing to win a $100 VISA gift card. 🔗 bit.ly/472yieO

Boop is suited up and ready for a summer of soccer. ⚽️ We’ll be handing out these special-edition SEA26 Boop plushies featuring a soccer ball and the SEA26 logo at events during the month of June. @soundtransit will be doing the same! Stay tuned for event info and more!

Cyanokit, a life-saving medication for patients with potential cyanide poisoning, is now available in Montgomery County through the local sheriff's office. cbs6albany.com/news/local/l...

🔈"Scrapping the UK's carbon taxes wouldn't eliminate carbon costs, but it would divert billions of pounds in revenue from the Treasury to Brussels." eciu.net/media/press...

▶️ WATCH: "My personal view is that the electorate has made its mind up on the present Prime Minister and have decided they don't want him to continue in that role." At lunchtime I made my debut on Roxom TV, talking about the local & devolved election results and what they may mean for Keir Starmer.

UWL welcomed officials Friday morning as the university launched the second phase of its Prairie Springs Science Center project. We'll have more details on News 8 Now and at News8000.com 

SHIFTERS. A sci-fi series by Kal Fulsom "SHIFTERS 02: Living with Humans" a.co/d/ddaGXP1 "SHIFTERS 01: Survival is not Optional." books2read.com/SHIFTERS-01

We visited Droid Depot to find the fourth release in the Build-a-droid series, DD-BD. Collecting all six droids allows you to assemble the protocol droid TC-332. This little adminmech was the first droid liberated by L3-37 on Kessel in Solo: A Star Wars Story. He even appeared in LEGO form.

AI + physics simulations just sped up hydrogen fuel cell catalyst design! 🚀 Tokyo researchers found Pt alloys w/ this method consistently outperform others. #materials science Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-smarter-fuel-cell-catalysts-machine.html

GO LEAFS GO

This video is a great reminder that karma exists. 📹: Mikael Khachibabyan.

"Vertraulicher" Modus in Gmail: So holst du Mails auch nach Monaten wieder zurück | t3n https://t3n.de/news/gmail-vertraulicher-modus-mails-zurueckholen-1735264/ #Gmail #VertraulicherModus

Administrator Carter’s first week was a busy one, meeting with dept directors and speaking at the premiere of The Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis's "Investing in Hope" ARPA documentary, while OCA’s Sustainability and Justice Innovation teams shared their expertise as conference panelists.

Great to see that he was outed. Not so friendly neighbourhood Bobby 👮‍♂️ 👏👏👏

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Tackling the cost of living is this government's number one priority. That's why energy bills will fall next week. But we're also learning the right lessons from the current conflict to protect families in the future.

Best start to the day Velcro-Pumpkin, Violet & George on gate duty

They saved Scooby! Body cam footage shows two police officers rescuing a dog from a burning home on Cape Cod last week. https://www.wcvb.com/article/body-camera-footage-police-officers-rescue-dog-from-cape-cod-house-fire/71411186 

“Finnish pro-russia Sally Raiski told #Russian media that, in her opinion, Helsinki is allegedly preparing to provoke a conflict with #Russia by conducting exercises near the border.

More and more workers in #India are collecting video data to train humanoid #robots using head-mounted cameras

Following SCOTUS' decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, Florida Rep @annaforflorida.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social, detailing Ron DeSantis' gerrymander. LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean

Budget 2026 predicts a $9.4B deficit, confirming Alberta’s spending problem.  The #UCP government has far overspent its budget projections every year that Danielle Smith has been premier. Her government needs to find $6.9B in cuts to balance the budget by 2028/29. #ABgov #ABpoli #deficit #debt

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Join SPA's Department of Public Administration and Policy for the annual Levine Lecture, which will be delivered by @princeton.edu's Prof. Seema Jayachandran (@seema.bsky.social), followed by the awards ceremony. 🗓️ Fri. 5/1 🕑 6 - 8 PM📍MGSC 128 👉 RSVP: american-spa.swoogo.com/LevineLecture-2026

We've sure had quite a year!

Valentines for Veterans brings together two of the most vital parts of our community: our children and our veterans. Look at these beautiful cards students from McCurdy Charter School in Española made for our veterans this Valentine’s Day!

We ❤️ you Láolú | Repost #laolunyc From canvas to catwalk, the art has always been integral to fashion transforming, conversing, and living through and beyond runway. NYFW proves how our intersections keep evolving - every pattern, line, and moment spars dialogue between art and style. #nyfw25

Happy Tom Lehrer Tuesday to all who are old and grey!

If you blink, you’ll miss it 💨 On the road to #VivaTech 2026 🏃‍♀️

Why Russia Will Never Be A Democracy Russia will never be a democracy. The cause is cultural, set centuries before Putin was born. #CulturalPerspective #Russia #Hofstede #CulturalTheory #Authoritarianism

Walking Into September: Here's What's Ahead for Markets | #WallStreetGameNotes $AVGO $CRM $FIG $KLAR #CPI #TripleWitching #JobsData #JobsReport #Inflation #StockMarket #Investing #WallStreet #MarketUpdate

Apify Claude Connector. It can scrape any public data on the internet. Social media. Reviews. Whole websites. I've built a scheduled task that scrapes my Instagram every week. Claude analyses the data, ranks my top performers. Then I modify next week's content plan. Full setup guide on my Substack.

Whoa. She/He lucked out on that one 🍀

🎧 Adventures In Legal Tech: In this episode, attorney Harshita Ganesh joins host Jared Correia for a nuanced discussion of AI adoption in law firms. Catch the full interview here: https://ow.ly/zQKX50Z571t

Fresh, clear, and naturally glowing skin ✨🌿 This tea tree essential oil helps soothe, hydrate, and refresh your skin—leaving it soft, smooth, and balanced with every use 😍 👉 Shop now at rizabeautytools.com #TeaTreeOil #NaturalSkincare #ClearSkinGoals #BodyCareRoutine #GlowNaturally

happy friday friends, have a mysterious wasteland burger - on me

If lubricant lubricates, then glue binds. #gamedev #pcgaming #indiegame

🔔My bill passed second reading — a step toward lowering housing costs and creating more affordable opportunities for young people and families. #Nanaimo #Lantzville #bcpoli

16 WHAT! 🗣️👂🏼

Power prices in PA and NJ are about to go up by as much as 20% on June 1st. Protesters gathered outside PJM’s headquarters, calling for more investment in green energy they believe could bring down prices. Catch my story on @wfmz.com at 6

At the conclusion of the 1982 Falklands Conflict, and prior to the repair of the runway at Stanley airport, this method was the fastest method to send mail from the island to the UK.

Bottom of the 5th, TJ McKenzie hits a solo home run of his own, extending the Ballers' lead to 3-0! #letsgooakland #oaklandballers

Christian rights activist: Residency restrictions, attacks escalate aga For daily global news videos, please visit Ranked.News/videos

A successful Sunday at home! 🎥 arenasporttv/IG

The New York Knicks are facing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals in a matchup that has the internet on fire. Vox’s @benjysarlin.bsky.social breaks down what you need to know even if you’re not a basketball fan — and gives a nod to his pick.

Trump begs a reporter to compliment his Truth Social post: I just wrote that. Did you like it? Did you think it was well-written? Do you want to read it? It's a Truth. I just wrote it.

Tropes 🔥MMF 🔥Age Gap 🔥Dark RomCom 🔥Midnight Ballerina 🔥Unexpected Single 'Parent' 🔥Workplace Romance 🔥Touch Her and ☠️ 🔥Bi-Awakening 🔥Found Family 🔥St/-\lker (not MC) Book recommendations | found family trope | dark romcom | dark romantic suspense | dark romance | romantic suspense |

ICYMI, this is Garrett Langley, the CEO of #Flock, in a Forbes interview with @thomasbrewster.bsky.social in September 2025. He believes that opposing mass #surveillance and adding camera locations to a map equates to being a "terroristic organization." Full video: youtu.be/fVCVQcd9PLc #deflock

This week's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "The Purpose of Punishment" by Randy McDonald in response to @monicabyrne13.bsky.social "Golden Rule" from @issuesinst.bsky.social McDonald relates fundamental principles of correction to the justice system in "Golden Rule". issues.org/futuretensef...

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One man can make a difference in a universe gone wrong… Available on #Amazon and #Kindle Now Comes Grim amazon.com/dp/B0CLZ4ZHLJ Whispers of Power a.co/d/iQQnejO Wolves Among Prey amzn.to/46Y0gJ1 #scifi #fantasy #thriller

In the grey… where the real fight is never obvious. 🔥 It’s harder to deal with a mouse in the house than a gorilla in the villa — because the biggest threat isn’t always the loudest one. 🎵 New song inspired by In the Grey #InTheGrey #MouseInTheHouse #GorillaInTheVilla #FightTheGrey