Update: I just found the photographer. His name is
Yifan Ling and you can find lots of photos in his instagram account, all of them of Orcas. He loves killer whales as much as I do. Look him up. (Ling.j39) I turned this to a Seattle poster.
Good morning Bluesky.
Say hello to our resident Orca, in front of the Seattle waterfront during a gorgeous PNW sunset. He was traveling with his family and T034s, T037/T037Bs. Those little ones in the pods are always the most playful ones. We love our whales. This photo should be a poster!
While Pretzel soaks up a little downtime, Willow makes sure she’s not missing her moment (photobomb). 💖
📸: Animal care staff Dayna
CTA: Seattle
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. www.wired.com/story/madiso...
Didn't they use to let you bring your dog into the store? Did they stop that?
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It's never going to change. Humans are on a neverending loop.
Have him hang out more in the Oval please.
Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets
5 large data centers are being proposed in Seattle.
They would use 369 megawatts, which is 1/3 of the electricity Seattle currently uses
Seattle City Light declines to identify the four companies.
They should hold a public input meeting before making any final decisions.
After three hours inside the confines of the immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she discovered needlessly inhumane conditions, including 32 men housed in each cage, minimal food and a persistent odor of urine.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/04/09/i...
If there is a state with greater scenic beauty than Oregon, I haven’t seen it. Mountains, high desert, Pacific, Hood, Columbia, Portland — it’s just spectacular. I don’t want to spoil anything for residents, but it’s a truly underrated state. I’m lucky to have married into it.
In that case, maybe it's finally Cory Booker's time.
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
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Hear, hear!!
He's still hung up on the underground highway thing?
A photo of a greeting card illustrated by Katie Blanchard, which reads "So very grateful" over a richly-pigmented watercolor painting of a rainbow. The card is being held up in front of Firestorm Books and the store sign is visible in soft focus.
When we posted about our financial uncertainty on Saturday, we didn't imagine we'd be providing an update so soon. But over the last six days the response has been huge. Y'all placed over 350 web orders, which are keeping us BUSY (thank you for your patience!). 1/4
Welcome to the PNW, Onion!
Why did he get moved?
FREE UNI!!!!
Welcome to the PNW!! Stay awhile!
Horrifying
Bocce goes on an adventure! 💚 This rare southern three-banded armadillo pup is thriving and growing, now weighing 2.4 pounds. At just four months old, he’s already made Zoo history. Bocce is only the second healthy armadillo pup born at the Zoo in our 121-year history.
Baby Bean is officially 24 karat gold! ✨
The queen celebrated her 24th birthday in true luxury, with a 24 karat gold-themed bash fit for a legend. 👑🫘
Happy 24th, Bean! 🎂
📹: Animal assistant curator Erin
Yay Bean, happy birthday!
Video pan from a waterfall feeding the Skykomish River as seen from the High Steel Bridge, Skokomish, Washington
A photo of the Pike Place starbucks in Seattle Washington
We, the partners at Pike Place #301, are excited to announce our intent to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. As partners of the first Starbucks, we’ve decided to form a union to uphold the core values of our company and the Pike Place Market: fair and equal treatment, respect, and dignity for every single partner who makes this store so special. Thousands of partners around the country are working together to fight for a better workplace, and we look forward to joining them. Starbucks as a company was built on the core pillars of belonging, courage, and joy. Sadly, under your leadership – in our store and so many others – Starbucks has lost its way and veered from the core values that defined us. Store partners are the most important part of the Starbucks experience. We open the stores every morning and close them every night. We greet customers, make the coffee, clean up the spills, and remember our regulars’ names and favorite orders. But beneath the veneer of the excellent experience we craft for visitors every day, partners do not feel a sense of belonging and joy – unequal treatment is the norm, not the exception. When we speak up, that courage is punished, not rewarded. That has been most evident with Starbucks dispatching two national labor relations personnel to our store to surveil partners after the company heard we were discussing unionization, raising tension in the store that can be felt by both workers and customers. The market's founding gave us clear directions: "It is for you to defend, to protect and to uphold, and it is for you to see that those who occupy it treat you fairly; that no extortion be permitted and that the purpose for which it was created be religiously adhered to." The path to our union may be challenging, but we know this: We are better working together as a team, we have each others’ backs, and we respect everyone’s right to make their own choice. We call on Starbucks to live up to the core values of courage, joy, and be…
Today, the "original" Starbucks at Pike Place Market in Seattle, is announcing they're organizing their union. ✊
Read the letter workers addressed to CEO Brian Niccol about why they're joining thousands of workers nationwide fighting for a better Starbucks:
My message to the former Attorney General is clear: You have the opportunity to come clean. You don't work for Donald Trump anymore.
End the cover-up, and stop protecting the men who abused children and girls.
