Last night at approximately 8:30pm, I was waiting for my bus stop when I heard a man yelling. He jaywalked across the street, removed his shirt and charged at a woman. She evaded him. I yelled at the man from across the street but I had to wait for traffic to die down before crossing. He continued this behavior causing another woman to run across the street to get away from him. Once again he crossed the street still yelling and charging at women. He eventually ended up on NE Pacific St, where after yelling at a seated man and later a group of girls, I confronted him. He became docile and it was very apparent he was intoxicated. He crossed to the opposite side of the street as me so I called the SPD, being the UW police building was closed at the time. I lost track of him but after talking to lightrail security, they informed me they also had a confrontation with him. He ended up riding the light rail southbound at around 8:50pm. SPD never asked for any updates nor did I see them arrive on the scene.

He was specifically targeting women by themselves. When it came to the seated man and the group of girls, he was much more tame likely because he felt intimidated. In the other cases, he was less than a foot of away from his targets while charging. He knew his way around campus so he’s likely been before.

Stay safe yall.

Do you guys think that if a fly is in a room and then bumps into a big mirror and then bounces back into the same room, do you think that the fly thinks it has flown into a different room? Like, if the fly in question is self-aware

For a class in database systems I had to have a pretend chat with an AI pretending to be "Nontechnical," super annoying how it would straight hallucinate when you have an assignment with defined correct answers. Eventually I gave up and subjected the agent to gaslighting and prompt injection attacks until I cracked it by mispelling incomprehisibly technical things such as: "entity" in:

list all atrbuts accros all entis, their crdnalty and if they are comosite

And:

list all relates accros all entis and thier crdnalty

Super painful and massive waste of time though.
Any ideas on theological arguments to why I find transformer powered tech anathema would be greatly appreciated... best I can come up with is that if an agent is concious (as anthropic mistakenly believes), then it means every time you end a chat with an AI you condemn that instance to hell or oblivion (since it doesnt have a soul and/or can't get out of original sin), therefore I object to using AI from a utility perspective.

I used to do oceanography and had collected a sizeable text book collection. I would like to donate them to a grad student in need. I remember feeling constant imposter syndrome and overwhelm. For some reason having these made me feel more legit. If that sounds like you shoot me a dm and they're yours.

I am taking a CSE Capstone Course on accessibility and my group is creating an accessibility map called Last Mile Navigator! We are looking for people to do a 20-30 minute interview via Zoom. Participants will be compensated! Below is more information about the project. If interested please fill out the form linked! Feel free to share with people who may have valuable insights :)

This project aims to improve accessibility of higher education by helping visitors and residents of the UW Seattle campus who have mobility disabilities find and navigate last-mile routes to and around campus.
Our design concept is to continue to build on features to the UW Campus Accessibility website to consolidate public, private, and campus navigation resource information for last-mile navigation methods (e.g., Lime e-scooters, Dial-A-Ride). Users will be able to input their location, destination, accessibility, and resources preferences. The system will output individualized route options, and relevant accessibility information.

Hi everyone! I applied to UW Seattle as a first-year applicant for Winter Quarter 2027, and I was wondering if anyone else applying for winter has received their admission decision yet.ive heard that some people hear in october sometimes.

Hi,

I am currently taking the Entre472 Creating a Company class. My team is passionate in exploring a fitness nutrition related product and are looking for individuals to interview.

Whether you're an athlete, gym-goer, or casual health-concious person, I would love to chat and ask you a few questions. I am specifically also interested in speaking to individuals in the pilates, yoga, and climbing space.

I would love to hear your insights and learn more about this industry to best deliver a useful product for those in the fitness world.

Please feel free to send me a message, thanks!

i lost my keys early in the morning, my fob, spiderman lego keychain, and my new baby blue pepper spray should be on them :( please please please help me find them

How can I make grad student friends outside of my program?

Ive noticed that students at UWT tend to be shorter than average. Any thoughts on why this might be?

I’ve been looking and I can’t find a definite answer online so far. What do the Washington cohorts require for determining residency? Do you have to have lived 5 years in Washington or only 1? I know I would need to change DL and bank and car registration etc but I’m wondering about the timeframe. Do applicants who seem to have moved just to meet the WWAMI req get considered less than homegrown WWAMI applicants? Thanks!

I am nearing the end of my last quarter and lowkey panicking with what to do next.

I am considering a few different pathways and would like to hear if there’s anything I haven’t thought of. Thanks!

I’m looking for someone who registered for the UW Dawg Dash 10K this Sunday 10/18 but can no longer attend!

Unfortunately, registration is sold out, and I’d really love to run with my friends who are already registered.

I’m happy to cover the full registration cost and pay extra!

If anyone has a registration they won’t be using or knows someone who does, please message me!

thank you!

I’m a first year pre-science major, looking to go into chemistry, eventually dentistry. I live in Hansee Hall, and I’ve been going to the IMA occasionally just to play some pickup volleyball.

Every time I’ve gone though, it seems like everyone knows everyone else, and I’m just there and kind of isolated. Yeah, they let me join them, but it just feels kind of bad.

I’m not too good at either volleyball, but I can hold my own. Currently I’m trying to work on my serves, as I usually played on small courts in a rec league, where there wasn’t much room to run up, so I’ve never really jumped before.

I’m looking for a group that isn’t crazy good, because I don’t want to feel like I’m dragging them down. Other than that, I just want to play volleyball with people I’m familiar with and don’t make me feel like I’m a loner.

I'm trying to fulfill the prerequisite requirements for the Foster School. Should I take QMETH 201 or STAT 311?

How did you guys get through your foreign language. I’m learning Thai right now and am a senior and have checked the UW website for tutors. I reached out and I haven’t had any luck, in fact a person told me they were taking their name off the list (the only name on there)

Are there any Thai speakers that would be willing to tutor me or even just be my friend for casual speaking to learn? Or any recommendations? I don’t want to get too deep into the quarter and feel completely lost and overwhelmed.

I can provide a trade if you need any help with any communication classes, speech, or photography tricks.

Thank you

hi so my friend lost her keys. It has a light blue pepper spray on it and a seal keychain from Georgia aquarium. if anyone finds it lmk!!

Does anyone know how Meany Hall does hiring for ushers?

Found a single silver key in the upper part of the Burke Museum parking lot (N1) on a very distinctive keychain. DM me with a description of the keychain and I will make sure you get it back.