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NOAA scientists scrub toilets, rethink experiments after service contracts end

Ars Technica

Trash is piling up at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, staffers told ProPublica.

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Amazon’s Zoox starts testing its robotaxis in Los Angeles

Engadget

Its also testing manned robotaxi drives in Miami, Austin and Seattle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received two incident reports involving motorcycles crashing into the back of Zoox vehicles due to this hard braking. This is done with a Highlander and a human safety operator behind the wheel.

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Getting It Right at the GEO Conference in Seattle

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Getting It Right at the GEO Conference in Seattle – Guest post by Albert Ruesga. Is grantmaking getting smarter?

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Register for the 2014 Independent Sector Conference in Seattle, November 16-18

NTEN

NTEN is proud to partner with Independent Sector (IS) to bring its 2014 National Conference to Seattle this November 16-18. conference event independent sector Leadership Seattle' Last year’s conference in New York gathered more than 1,200 nonprofit professionals, including more than 400 nonprofit chief executives.

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‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters say they’re just getting started denouncing DOGE at dealerships

Fast Company Tech

We need to hold Elon Musk accountable, says Saqib Bhatti, cofounder and executive director of the Action Center on Race and the Economy ( ACRE ), a nonprofit that is helping support the national protests. People participate in a “Tesla Takedown” protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla showroom in Seattle, on February 15, 2025.

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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

Coastal Enterprises in Brunswick, Maine received $25 million, the Nonprofit Finance Fund was awarded $22 million, and Craft3 in Seattle announced it received $15 million. The $177 million targeted organizations dedicated to housing and financial assistance. million shares of her Amazon stock. We are enormously grateful for Ms.

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FBI used geofence warrant in Seattle after BLM protest attack, new documents show

The Verge

Federal investigators served Google with a geofence warrant as part of an investigation into an attempted arson against a police union headquarters in Seattle during protests of the shooting of Jacob Blake, as shown by documents unsealed today in federal court.

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