Found the #snowgeese in the #skagitvalley

Up in the #skagit

This is a picture of Allison and Steven holding their newborn baby, Hudson. They are in a hospital room, and the baby is swaddled. They are smiling for the picture.

This is a picture of newborn baby Hudson. He is swaddled and is wearing a cap.

Welcome to Hudson Brian, the first baby born at UW Medical Center – Northwest in 2026!

He was born at 2:02 am, and weighed in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Please join us in congratulating his parents, Allison and Steven, on the birth of their first child! 👶 💜

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Birthday treat- tour is Smith Tower.

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

The Trump administration has targeted a federal office that oversees a $300 million family planning program for layoffs, raising fears that it is effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women, according to people with knowledge of the events.

Yep, that'll tank tourism.

Toothy armor, suction cups: Pacific spiny lumpsuckers persevere in Puget Sound The small, clumsy fish isn’t the strongest or fastest creature living in Puget Sound. But it has developed other tools to survive in rough waters.

www.knkx.org/science/2025...

Our Halloween house in Kent Wa. (Not our house) #halloween #decorations

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

Read this graf pls

Amazing moon and sunset tonight #harvestmoon #sunsets

HAPPY WORLD ANIMAL DAY!

Celebrated annually on Oct 4th, World Animal Day is a global event dedicated to raising awareness about animal welfare and advocating for animal rights.

Animals are at the core of what we do.

#WorldAnimalDay #AnimalRights #AnimalAdvocacy #AusPol

Visitor to feeder this week. Kent Wa. Juvenile Cooper’s hawk. #birds

Bumbles! #bees

Sometimes I love my job. On a @uwmedicine.bsky.social shoot on equestrian safety, I got to meet coco, the great granddaughter of Seattle Slew. #triplecrown # horses

Congressional candidate thrown to ground during protest outside ICE facility Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic candidate running for Illinois’s 9th Congressional District seat, was among the demonstrators who clashed with federal agents.

Federal agents clashed with protesters and threw a congressional candidate to the ground Friday morning during a protest outside a Chicago-area ICE detention facility.

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

We are seeing a roll back of the freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press not just on late-night, but at all levels of society, we must stand united for our freedoms.

That’s why announcing the NOPE Act to prevent presidents from using government to punish critics.

Flicker study. #watercolor #birds

Robert Redford: A Life in Photos

Robert Redford: A Life in Photos www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

yellow sunflower

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A moment of zen at @multnomahfalls.bsky.social

Love @powells.bsky.social !

Love the @oregonzoo.bsky.social

FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

Not surprising, but still dangerous. Counties were already struggling to reach counterparts at FEMA. Their support is critical. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...

NINE rural hospitals may close. MSU's SNAP-Ed program, which provides some schools with their ONLY phys ed program or ONLY school nurse, will be cancelled as of October 1st of THIS YEAR.

Here's more:

The @mcall.com is now reporting "ICE says Allentown grandfather Luis Leon was never taken into custody, calls family’s story a ‘hoax’" www.mcall.com/2025/07/21/l...

Susan Collins is saying this because she is a liar.

A compulsive liar who has spent 8 years protecting Trump while lying about her real goals. There are few lies she has told that are quite so obvious in the moment as this one.