<p>I don't typically engage via a social media service in order to look for "work", but...<br>I am looking to transition into or near <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> by the end of the year. If anyone working in the <a href="/tags/cannabis/" rel="tag">#cannabis</a> 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.<br><a href="/tags/fedihired/" rel="tag">#fedihired</a> <a href="/tags/getfedihired/" rel="tag">#getfedihired</a></p>
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<p>NEW SUBSTACK: Go Read The Rest Don't Forget To SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-has-a-mascot</span></a> </p><p>"And now, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion of all this—Eric <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, the barking embodiment of dumb-son nepotism. A laughable lout with inherited intellectual necrosis and the empathy of a Terminator wrapped in designer smugness.</p><p>In Eric we have the heir to a <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#political</a> dynasty so corrupt it saddens Tammany Hall, b/c they’re not here to stand and clap. A guy whose gums allow you to shelter-in-place during EF4 tornadoes. Whose existence makes it so when you say the “the dumb Trump son,” you’re somehow not talking about Don Jr." </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#washington</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>
<p>When they set out to make their power supply 100% green, Northwest leaders ignored the fact that the region lacks the wiring to deliver new sources of renewable energy to people’s homes.</p><p>Little has been done to change that, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting found.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a></p>
<p>Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push<br>—</p><p>Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p>
<p>"LIVE REMOVE TRUMP Veterans Rally in Washington D.C."<br><a href="/tags/statuscoupnews/" rel="tag">#StatusCoupNews</a><br><a href="/tags/liveprotest/" rel="tag">#liveprotest</a> <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#washingtondc</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#veterans</a><br><a href="/tags/jonfarina/" rel="tag">#JonFarina</a> is LIVE in <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> as a Veterans rally against Trump has begun. This is in response to the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin's overreach from <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> raids, to his cover ups in the <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> files.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjMboLgXuM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjMboLgXuM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjMbo</span><span class="invisible">LgXuM</span></a></p>
<p>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: <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584</a></p><p><a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>
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<p>🌤️ FediMeteo weather accounts for <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> state, USA</p><p>Follow an account to see forecasts for that town or city:</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/auburn__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>auburn__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/bellevue__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bellevue__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/bellingham__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bellingham__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/bothell__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bothell__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/everett__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>everett__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/federal_way__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>federal_way__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/kennewick__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kennewick__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/kent__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kent__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/kirkland__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kirkland__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/lakewood__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lakewood__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/lynnwood__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lynnwood__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/marysville__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marysville__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/olympia__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>olympia__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/pasco__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pasco__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/puyallup__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puyallup__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/redmond__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>redmond__washington</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/renton__washington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>renton__washington</span></a></span></p><p>🧵 1/2</p>
<p>Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue<br>—</p><p>Last year, The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to go carbon neutral by 2030.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/was</span><span class="invisible">hington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#Taxes</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a></p>
<p>An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work<br>—</p><p>GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> state department of <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#archaeology</a> and historic preservation, trying to make sense of how their permitting system works. Trying to understand why it’s so hard for <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> people to protect their heritage from development, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. This is what I’ve found. 🔍 </p><p><a href="https://www.hcn.org/articles/washington-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hcn.org/articles/washington-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hcn.org/articles/washingto</span><span class="invisible">n-approves-over-99-of-archaeological-permits-records-show/</span></a></p>
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<p>"West Coast governors issue COVID-19 vaccine guidance after CDC concerns"</p><p><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/17/west-coast-governors-oregon-california-washington-hawaii-vaccine-covid-flu/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.opb.org/article/2025/09/17/west-coast-governors-oregon-california-washington-hawaii-vaccine-covid-flu/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.opb.org/article/2025/09/17</span><span class="invisible">/west-coast-governors-oregon-california-washington-hawaii-vaccine-covid-flu/</span></a></p><p>"The guidelines recommend broad access to the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age…"</p><p>"In Oregon, the new guidelines appear to be a step toward eliminating the requirement that patients obtain a prescription to get the 2025-2026 COVID-19 booster shot."</p><p>PDF from OR Health Authority: <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/VACCINESIMMUNIZATION/GETTINGIMMUNIZED/Documents/2025-26-Respiratory-Virus-Vaccine-Recommendations-2-pager.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/VACCINESIMMUNIZATION/GETTINGIMMUNIZED/Documents/2025-26-Respiratory-Virus-Vaccine-Recommendations-2-pager.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTI</span><span class="invisible">ONWELLNESS/VACCINESIMMUNIZATION/GETTINGIMMUNIZED/Documents/2025-26-Respiratory-Virus-Vaccine-Recommendations-2-pager.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a> <a href="/tags/covidisnotover/" rel="tag">#CovidIsNotOver</a></p>
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<p>After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.</p><p>By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sea</span><span class="invisible">ttle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/hotel/" rel="tag">#Hotel</a></p>
<p>Give ICE the Seattle Freeze</p><p><a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/seattlefreeze/" rel="tag">#SeattleFreeze</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/noice/" rel="tag">#NoICE</a></p>
<p>NEW: Our Reporting Showed <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> Ranks Last in Green Energy Growth. Now the State Is Working to Speed It Up.</p><p>The state’s departing commerce director said there’s added urgency to get the projects done after an Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica investigation showed states like <a href="/tags/iowa/" rel="tag">#Iowa</a> and <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> have made more progress in renewable energy growth.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/washington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/was</span><span class="invisible">hington-renewable-energy-projects-grid-upgrades</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a></p>
<p>By request, <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> state USA accounts to follow:</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/@BATtheatre" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BATtheatre</span></a></span> - Non-profit theatre in Seattle<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://kind.social/@outsidercomics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>outsidercomics</span></a></span> - Queer/Trans-owned co-op selling comics, art etc in Seattle<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@WADeptHealth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WADeptHealth</span></a></span> - Official account of Washington State Department of Health<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://gossipguy.net/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>index</span></a></span> - Community activism newsletter in Seattle<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@urbanistorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>urbanistorg</span></a></span> - News on city planning, transportation, housing, politics in Seattle & Puget Sound<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/@norwescon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norwescon</span></a></span> - Sci-fi & Fantasy convention in PNW</p><p>🧵 1/5</p>
<p>The Olympics from Steilacoom <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/n0/" rel="tag">#N0</a></p>
<p>Diablo Reservoir (Thunder Arm), Highway 20, Ross Dam. North Cascades National Park <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/mm/" rel="tag">#MM</a></p>
<p>Well well well...<br>- - - - -</p><p>Nonilex -- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p>In his message, written entirely in capital letters, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> said he had instructed the <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> dept to postpone the strikes pending the outcome of the talks. He also told <a href="/tags/foxbusinessnetwork/" rel="tag">#FoxBusinessNetwork</a> that <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> wanted badly to make a deal, which could come inside 5 days.</p><p>A source briefed on <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>'s <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> plans said <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> had kept it informed of its talks with <a href="/tags/tehran/" rel="tag">#Tehran</a>, & that <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> was likely to follow Washington in suspending any targeting of <a href="/tags/iranian/" rel="tag">#Iranian</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> plants & <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> infrastructure.</p><p>- - - - -<br>And, at Teh Tweeters:<br>- - - - -</p><p>Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) -- adamscochran</p><p>5 minutes before Trump’s announcement:</p><p>* $1.5B notional worth of S&P500 (ES) futures are bought in a single clip.</p><p>* $192M notional of oil futures (CL) sold.</p><p>More than 4x-6x any other trade size during the market close.</p><p>Insiders profited from his lies in broad daylight!</p><p>- - - - -</p><p>And once again, with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, there will be no consequences whatsoever for his actions</p>
<p>Four female patients complained to the state medical commission about alleged sexual misconduct by Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 to 2024.</p><p>The board waited until April 2025 to file a formal statement of charges.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mark-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">k-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a></p>