There are orcas northbound in Central Puget Sound right now. Currently between Vashon Island + Blake Island, so if you're in West Seattle or Bainbridge/Kitsap keep your eyes on the water and let us know if you see anything!
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Leah Sottile stands at a podium reading a speech accepting the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction for her book Blazing Eye Sees All. The book cover is projected on a screen behind her.
Well here’s some news: Blazing Eye Sees All won the Oregon Book Award for nonfiction last night. A win for journalism, a win for never giving up.
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Canada needs healthcare workers, but there just aren't enough of them in the country, so they've ramped up their effort to recruit medical professionals from other countries, especially the United States, and they're seeing quite a bit of success.
Can one (1) California Democrat be normal?
a bear vacuuming a floor as a japanese salaryman looks on in terror
found out about the manga kuma gurashi which is like those ones where a manic pixie dream girl comes into a salaryman's life and starts doing all his domestic chores for him to heal his heart except in this one it's a realistically drawn bear and the salaryman is terrified on every single page
Washington law enforcement officers are way behind completing deescalation and mental health training required under the state’s marquee police accountability law.
Tacoma leaders are asking voters to put tax dollars toward repairs to sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and other changes to arterials.
From our partners at Northwest Public Broadcasting.
Huge turnout of 250+ people at a rally and march to demand Sound Transit build light rail to Ballard as promised in the voter-approved ST3 ballot measure.
Joe Biden never opened the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump has opened it multiple times. Checkmate libs!
I stand corrected.
Totally.
Among the many should-immediately-end-this-presidency daily scandals is the fact that the current administration is dismantling research on the most incredible new scientific advance in the last several decades. Literally killing people.
The dred pirate Roberta did nothing wrong.
Page 1 of a legal Judgment document from the United States District Court, District of Oregon for Case No. 6:25-cv-02409-MTK, filed on 04/18/26. The plaintiffs are listed as "STATE OF OREGON, et al.," and the defendants are "ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, et al." The document is from United States District Judge Kasubhai. It outlines that final judgment is entered in favor of the Plaintiffs on Counts I, II, III, and IV. Item 3 states the Court holds unlawful, sets aside, and vacates the "Declaration of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services RE: Safety, Effectiveness and Professional Standards of Care for Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Children and Adolescents".
Page 2 of a legal judgment document for Case 6:25-cv-02409-MTK, filed on April 18, 2026. The text outlines a court order declaring that defendants lack the authority to unilaterally establish standards of care that supersede professionally recognized standards for gender-affirming care in the Plaintiff States. It permanently enjoins defendants and their agents, including the HHS-OIG, from enforcing the "Kennedy Declaration" against providers in those states. The document is dated April 18, 2026, and is signed by United States District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai.
Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics.
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I'm giving a medal to the first person who does.
Sorry Protestants, he's your problem now.
The GOP/Museum of the Bible "America Reads the Bible" event starts tomorrow.
MAGA Christians watching this live Bible reading on Pure Flix will be STUNNED to learn that Isaiah 1:15 is actually from the Bible and not just some "woke" thing Pope Leo made up.
www.museumofthebible.org/events/ameri...
Yesterday, my wallet fell out of my pocket on a bike ride. I couldn't find it one I realized it was missing, so I had to cancel my debit card and I got a new one this morning. Right after I got back, someone who found it came to my apartment. So sweet. I need to put my phone number somewhere.
Trump’s War on History includes creating utterly wrong maps for the America 250 commemoration. Literally nothing is right in this map.
Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.
When the next measles outbreak makes it to your hometown, call it “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
(new @ms.now column)
Worth noting that Chipotle had a string of high-profile E. coli outbreaks from 2015-2017, and their pricing from around this time was part of a larger, aggressive campaign to preserve their customer base
HEY SEATTLE
did you know that 4 mega corps are currently courting Seattle City Light with data center proposals?
Sabey, Prologis, Equinix and another unnamed real estate developer are in talks with our local power company to decide if they can build new centers here.
Despite trying to pretend otherwise, this endorsement makes clear: John Braun shares Trump's MAGA agenda of closing down rural hospitals, gutting SNAP for families, driving up gas prices w/illegal wars, and sending masked ICE agents to abduct working people.
That's why we're working to defeat him.
BUILT TO LAST Celebrating Fuse's Foundation and Future May 13th 2026 6-8pm at Wisteria Design Group
Join Fuse, former Gov @govjayinslee.bsky.social & Seattle City Councilmember @alexis4seattle.bsky.social at our Spring Celebration “Built to Last” on Wed 05/13!
We’re celebrating 19 years of progress with delicious food, drinks & progressive leaders.
Get tickets: fusewashington.org/get-involved...
The victims or whatever.
How long until he gets arrested for something else? Because they always do
Hello! The show is back from hibernation! Alumsionist @korystamper.bsky.social explains her multi-year quest to document the multi-decade quest to define colours for Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. Listen/read at theallusionist.org/hues and of course the podplaces
A far cry from the ice cream barges during WWII.
Seattle's powerful hearing examiner just thwarted a needed grocery store because the city compared the potential environmental impact of a new Winco to the building's previous use as a store—rather than its current "use" as a vacant building. Perverse logic.
www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
