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Good morning Bellevue! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will TikTok's latest Bellevue layoffs affect the local tech scene?
  • Which Bellevue teen is racing on cycling's world stage tomorrow?
  • Why T-Mobile's Bellevue team resorted to scissors against Chinese hackers

Also on today's calendar: Dragonflight GameCon 46 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 82, low: 61.
  • Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• TikTok to lay off 75 Bellevue employees, the second consecutive year of local job cuts (kiro7.com) — TikTok plans to cut 75 jobs at its Lincoln Square North offices in Bellevue this October, marking the second straight year of local layoffs. The restructuring affects a sizable share of the company's Bellevue-based e-commerce staff and underscores ongoing shifts in the region's tech employment landscape.
   

• Emma Jimenez Palos Defends Junior Scratch Race World… (usacycling.org subscription) — A young cyclist from Bellevue, Rue Tomko, is set to race the Elimination event at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Belgium, putting a local rider on the international stage. The piece also highlights American teammate Emma Jimenez Palos successfully defending her scratch race world title.
   

• T-Mobile Team Physically Cut Cable with Scissors to Expel Chinese State Hackers (sofx.com) — A T-Mobile cybersecurity team drove to a Bellevue data center in 2024 and literally cut a network cable to block access used by Chinese state-linked hackers. The incident, now detailed alongside a new congressional report, ties Bellevue's infrastructure to a broader national campaign targeting major U.S. telecom carriers.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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