Paul Ed Roberts

@Pauledroberts

Carefully covering capitalism in the 21st century for The Seattle Times. News tips/harangues: [email protected]

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jan 25, 2022

Seattle Twitter. What the hell is this?

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Could be the move!! Have been eyeing this domain!!! tho he might drop the price even more if I hold for another day??

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 24

Alaska Airlines says it is starting to 'turn a corner' despite tariffs Via ⁦@LRosenblatt_⁩ seattletimes.com/business/boein…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. Alaska Air Group reported much lower profits in the second quarter compared to the same time period last year, but the airline remained optimistic amid the impact of tariffs.

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 24

Microsoft says it can't fix flaw in some SharePoint servers. Via ⁦@byalexhalverson⁩ seattletimes.com/business/micro…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. In ongoing hacks, Microsoft says it has identified two Chinese hacking groups taking advantage of a key software flaw.

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Chris Daniels@ChrisDaniels_TV · Jul 23

A tip of the cap to Conrad Swanson and the Seattle Times, with an example of why local news is important and especially in underserved communities. “WA fines defunct pulp mill $2.3 million for violations, inaction” seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 22

“If you have [a non-cloud-based] SharePoint exposed to the internet, you should assume that you have been compromised at this point." via @byalexhalverson seattletimes.com/business/micro…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. Hackers are exploiting a flaw in a commonly used Microsoft program to gain access to passwords, sensitive data and more.

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 21

go away, human — this has nothing to do with you

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 20

larch lake

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 18

WA's long list of closed pharmacies gets longer. As CVS rebrands 20 Bartell Drugs & 29 Rite Aid stores acquired in Rite Aid bankruptcy, it also confirmed the 61 other stores where it's only buying Rx files; the stores themselves appear likely to close. seattletimes.com/business/cvs-r…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. CVS has a timeline for rebranding 49 Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores it is buying from bankrupt Rite Aid. But prospects for another 61 stores are uncertain.

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 16

PCC returned to downtown Seattle Tuesday with a smaller format that offers the lunch/deli/grab & go items that generated most of the sales in the first downtown store while avoiding the large operating costs that made it unsustainable. seattletimes.com/business/pcc-b…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. A year and a half after PCC shut down its new downtown flagship store, the co-op has returned with a smaller store and a selection targeting the weekday crowd.

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 16

service alert

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 16

fence operation

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miss white@cinecitta2030 · Jul 12

This is high art

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 14

787 switches at center of Air India crash probe were scrutinized before | The Seattle Times Via ⁦@LRosenblatt_⁩ seattletimes.com/business/boein…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. A preliminary report about the fatal Air India crash resurfaced a 2018 Federal Aviation Administration notice about Boeing's engine fuel control switches.

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 13

tbh they almost always have the car

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 8

according to the crocodile

BBeauty Of Nature 🌳@ShouldHaveAnima · Jun 18

Elephant kicking dirt at a Nile Crocodile for absolutely no reason

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 13

Paging ⁦@EmoPhilips⁩ Denver science museum finds dinosaur fossil under its parking lot seattletimes.com/nation-world/d…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was buried 763 feet below the surface and unearthed because of a drilling project.

Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 12

hillbilly allergy

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Ben Verlander@BenVerlander · Jul 12

Today Cal Raleigh hit his 38th HR before the All-Star Game. List of players with 38+ HR before the break: Barry Bonds in 2001: 39 HR Cal Raleigh in 2025: 38 HR That’s it. End of list.

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Paul Ed Roberts@Pauledroberts · Jul 10

Dispatch told him how to make a tourniquet to slow his bleeding, using the straps of his bicycle helmet. “He appeared to pass in & out of consciousness & sent messages to share with his…family if he didn’t survive.” Via ⁦@MaraMellits⁩ seattletimes.com/seattle-news/o…

Pauledroberts's tweet card. The man, 51, may have fallen as far as 500 feet while biking along No Name Creek near the north end of Little Kachess Lake.