Whoah: vail resorts makes more than a billion on pre-season epic sales.

‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye To Her Pack

It's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change.
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What is being represented, exactly? Is it political parties? Interests? Demographic makeup??

Sightline researcher Al Vanderklipp holds up a handwritten sign prompting bluesky users to “ask him anything.”

Good morning Bluesky! I’m @sightline.org researcher Al Vanderklipp, and I’ll be fielding your questions about proportional representation today. Reply to this thread and I’ll do my best to answer anything you want to know. ☺️ #AMA

High-End Construction Really Does Help Everyone A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb up.

new from me: a story about VACANCY CHAINS, the idea that underlies the argument that more housing is good even if you can't afford it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Using detailed address-level microdata, we trace movement chains originating with the initial residents of The Central and document three main findings. First, we show the building generated a substantial number of local vacancies. We identify 180 specific addresses that became vacant because of moves into The Central. Scaling to account for data coverage suggests the new tower induced more than 500 local vacancies in the three years after construction, by setting off chains of moves. Second, while The Central units were expensive on a per-square-foot basis, the homes vacated by movers were significantly cheaper. Homes left behind by those moving into The Central were about 40% less expensive. Unlike much of the prior literature, which track the changing neighborhood characteristics of movers

Even more evidence that building new housing decreases rents: Researchers tracked the residents of a newly built luxury condo building and found that they freed up less expensive apartments nearby.
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Council votes to remove all parking requirements for new Missoula developments If the change carries through final approval of the larger code document, Missoula will become the first city in Montana to eliminate parking requirements for all new development.

Congrats, Missoula! 🥳

People mostly say "Americans live in different realities" to talk about politics but it is blaring in my head reading the positive reviews of One Battle After Another

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened

North America's Elevator Problem YouTube video by About Here

The United States has the fewest elevators in the rich world, with Canada only a bit ahead. We teamed up with @uytaelee.bsky.social of About Here Videos to investigate why, exactly, North America sucks at elevators.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.

In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:

I haven't seen near the coverage of this catastrophe that it warrants.

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just awful.

Crosscut (as I stubbornly still call it) punched way above its weight class with a relatively small newsroom. My heart hurts for my friends and former colleagues -- and for a future with more stories untold, power left uninvestigated, injustices slid under the rug

Important to note who's funding this campaign in support of Initiative 1B, which guts funds for social housing: "Microsoft ($100,000), Amazon ($100,000), and the Greater Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce ($35,000)."